Boss (Item Set)

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Boss is an early/end-game item set. It consists of slick black-colored items fit for an office manager.

Items

Boss items are available in Epic and Legendary quality. The set includes the following items:

Cup Knife Watch Book
Sprite Legendary boss cup.png Legendary boss knife.png Legendary boss watch.png Legendary boss book.png
Name Thermal Cup Trench Knife Smart Watch Notebook

Set Bonus

Once a unit with this set comes out of the bus, they and all units (including the units summoned after them) receive a 25% damage boost, which can't stack. If another Boss wearer is sent out, the timer is reset to 3 seconds.

Because Agents naturally count as two units, they make the timer last 6 seconds instead of 3 when coming out of the bus.

Analysis

This set is best used on spammable fighters, as it essentially turns them into an on-demand boost for every single unit on the field. Sadly, this severely limits the number of units who can safely utilize this set, because it becomes largely inefficient if used on anyone who takes even 5 seconds to deploy. On the other hand, the few units that make good use of it can prove to be exceptionally helpful, such as Private Rodriguez, Glenn, and especially Redneck.

It's interesting to point out that Boss can work as an "all-around" option when a unit fails to get use out of any specialized sets. It can work as an offense-oriented alternative to Fast Food which also fulfills that niche, though Boss sets can be more beneficial stats-wise due to their legendary quality availability. Some example units include Nancy and Queen, who typically have a difficult time maximizing the utility of other sets such as Gentleman or Surgery.

Location

The table below displays which Supply Runs have the Boss set in their reward pool.

Epic
Easy Normal Hard
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Location 4 Button x.png Button x.png Button v.png
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Location 6 Button x.png Button x.png Button x.png
Location 7 Button x.png Button x.png Button x.png
Location 8 Button x.png Button x.png Button x.png
Legendary
Easy Normal Hard
Location 1 Button x.png Button x.png Button x.png
Location 2 Button x.png Button x.png Button x.png
Location 3 Button x.png Button x.png Button v.png
Location 4 Button x.png Button x.png Button x.png
Location 5 Button x.png Button x.png Button x.png
Location 6 Button x.png Button x.png Button x.png
Location 7 Button x.png Button x.png Button x.png
Location 8 Button x.png Button x.png Button x.png
Item Sets
Common Common junk cup.png Junk Common adventurer cup.png Adventurer
Rare Rare startup cup.png Startup Rare butcher cup.png Butcher
Epic Epic builder cup.png Builder Epic fastfood cup.png Fast Food Epic tactical cup.png Tactical Epic ranger cup.png Ranger Epic teenager cup.png Teenager Epic chef cup.png Chef
Legendary Legendary hitman cup.png Hitman Legendary surgery cup.png Surgery Legendary boss cup.png Boss Legendary fitness cup.png Fitness Legendary gentleman cup.png Gentleman Legendary hunter cup.png Hunter Legendary swissmade cup.png SwissMade Legendary military cup.png Military Legendary firefighter cup.png Firefighter Legendary scout cup.png Scout Legendary gambling cup.png Gambling Legendary patriot cup.png Patriot Legendary luckyguy cup.png Lucky Guy Legendary bigboy cup.png Big Boy Legendary lonewolf cup.png Lone Wolf Legendary icebreaker cup.png Ice Breaker