CNSD Reborn Musician Dummy guide

Musician Dummy is a Small Musician unit in CNSD Reborn, obtainable for 250 coins. It is the entry point of the Musician class — a character built around sound-based attacks, mobility, and area disruption. The kit revolves around a boombox that creates sound waves, launches the player backward on command, and stuns enemies in a radius. Musician Dummy is not a primary damage dealer; it is a crowd-control and repositioning tool that works best when you are rotating between lanes or need to create space in a chokepoint.

Appearance

Musician Dummy appears as a standard-size Dummy wearing a green shirt and black pants, with headphones on its head. As you invest in the Upgrade Tree, the character progressively equips a boombox, knee pads, shoulder pads, a bulletproof vest, glasses, boots, and gloves — mirroring the visual progression of other Dummy classes in the game.

Musician Strider Test and Funny Moments in CNSD Reborn

Abilities

M1 — Sound Boom Musician Dummy creates a large sound boom around itself, flinging enemies back with knockback. This is the core ability of the kit — use it to create space when you are surrounded or to push back a pack that is advancing on your lane.

• Damage: 30
• Stamina: 20
• Cooldown: 5

M2 — Sound Boom Recall (Tier 3 Speed upgrade) When the Tier 3 Speed upgrade is applied, using Sound Boom will launch the player backward in the direction they were moving. This adds a repositioning element to an otherwise static ability — timing your movement before triggering the boom means you can push enemies back while simultaneously retreating to safety.

• Damage: 10 (plus 5 damage to Musician Dummy)
• Stamina: 10
• Cooldown: 1

Special — Boombox Stun Musician Dummy pulls out the boombox and begins playing a loud sound. Every enemy within a small radius in front of Musician becomes stunned and receives damage over time. This is the ability that defines the class in combat — it turns a chokepoint into a controlled kill zone.

• Damage: ongoing DOT
• Stamina: high
• Cooldown: 10

Role in a 15-player wave

Musician Dummy fills a utility slot in a siege lobby. It is not the first purchase you should make (Heavy and Rocket Dummy are more universally useful), but once your coin economy is stable, Musician adds a crowd-control dimension that no other starter-class dummy matches at the Small size. The boombox stun is particularly effective before boss waves (Wave 5, Wave 10, Wave 25) where clustered Noobs are a guaranteed pattern.

Use the M1 Sound Boom to interrupt enemy advances during standard waves. Use the Special ability when you have a chokepoint locked and want to melt a pack before they reach your lane. The M2 backward launch is a repositioning tool — use it to stay at range after committing to a M1 if the situation gets too close.

Upgrade priorities

• Speed upgrades first — unlocking the M2 recall makes the kit significantly more mobile
• Sound Boom radius — increases the effective area of your primary knockback
• DOT duration on Special — extends the window of the stun and damage effect

Synergies

Musician Dummy pairs well with Heavy (who holds the chokepoint while Musician controls the crowd) and Jetpack (who can rotate Musician between lanes when one gets overwhelmed). In a lobby with multiple Musician Dummies, stacking boombox stuns on a single chokepoint can lock down a wave entirely.

Compared to other Small units

At 250 coins, Musician Dummy costs more than the basic Dummy but less than a Heavy. Its crowd-control utility makes it more valuable in coordinated lobbies than in solo runs where nobody is watching your lane. If you are playing in a public server with strangers, consider whether your teammates are blocking before you commit to Musician as a primary damage source.

See the titan tier list for information on Musician Strider, the Big Musician counterpart to this unit.

For full class rankings, see the starter tier list.