Slingshot planet

Catches balls that hit it and whirls them around faster and faster, then flings them all out at once in every direction, at high speed and double damage.

From level: 35
Levels: 313
Options: 9
Price: Tier 3

On this page5 parts

How it works
In detail: how each part reacts
Tip
In real space
Customise the Slingshot planet: 9 options

How it works

A planet that catches balls that hit it and whirls them around faster and faster, with a countdown ring.

Effect on your game: After about 1.6 seconds, or when it holds 24 balls, it flings them all out in every direction at 1.7 times speed. They do double damage until they slow down, but you do not choose where they go.

In detail: how each part reacts

Planet: half a brick across, never moves. A ball that touches it is caught and whirls round it in one of 3 lanes.
The spin starts slow and speeds up. 1.6 s after the first catch (later catches don't reset it), or as soon as it holds 24 balls, it flings them all out at once.
Flung balls fly out evenly in every direction from a random start, 70% faster than normal, and do double damage for 2.2 s.
After a release it catches nothing for 0.7 s. It can't be destroyed; bombs, lasers and rockets don't affect it.
Slung balls count as slingshot assists, so it adds points as well as damage.
Triple damage (Tame): flung balls do ×3 instead of ×2. Upward only (Twist): balls are flung in a 104° fan around straight up. Quick release (Twist): lets go after 1 s. Giant planet (Twist): 40% bigger, so it catches more.

Tip

A friend, not an enemy: aim straight at it when the wall is thick. Slung balls fly fast in every direction and do double damage, and the damage counts as assist points.

In real space

Spacecraft borrow speed from a planet's gravity in a 'gravity assist', swinging past it to be flung onward faster and in a new direction. The Voyager probes used it to reach the outer planets. Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

Customise the Slingshot planet: 9 options

Open it from the level card (the hazards row, then this hazard), from the Hazard guide in ⚙ Settings, or from the out-of-shots card. How customising works.

Option	What it does	Price
Fling power
Triple damage Tame	Flung balls do 3× damage instead of 2×.	◆ 20 this stage ◆ 60 this level ◆ 200 for 24 h ⭐ 80 for 7 days ⭐ 200 forever (Mastery)
Fling direction
All directions (today) Today	Balls fly out evenly in every direction.	The game's normal version (free)
Upward only Twist	All balls are flung up toward the bricks.	◆ 24 this stage ◆ 72 this level ◆ 240 for 24 h ⭐ 100 for 7 days ⭐ 200 forever (Mastery)
Spin time
Quick release Twist	Lets go after 1 s instead of 1.6 s.	◆ 12 this stage ◆ 36 this level ◆ 120 for 24 h ⭐ 50 for 7 days ⭐ 120 forever (Mastery)
Size
Giant planet Twist	40% bigger, so it catches more balls.	◆ 12 this stage ◆ 36 this level ◆ 120 for 24 h ⭐ 50 for 7 days ⭐ 120 forever (Mastery)
Colour / skin
Gold Skin	Looks only. Works in every mode.	⭐ 25 for 7 days ⭐ 75 forever free 1-level try
Ruby Skin	Looks only. Works in every mode.	⭐ 25 for 7 days ⭐ 75 forever free 1-level try
Emerald Skin	Looks only. Works in every mode.	⭐ 25 for 7 days ⭐ 75 forever free 1-level try
Sapphire Skin	Looks only. Works in every mode.	⭐ 25 for 7 days ⭐ 75 forever free 1-level try