Bouncing Bullet (Battles 2)

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Bouncing Bullet
Shots bounce to new targets up to 5 times. Tower Path Tier Cost Sniper Monkey 2 3 $2,600
← Shrapnel Shot Supply Drop →

Bouncing Bullet is the Sniper Monkey's path 2 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2. It grants Sniper Monkey's bullets the ability to bounce up to 5 times, hitting up to 6 Bloons per shot. The first bullet impact retains the Shrapnel Shot attack which sprays 5 projectiles in a cone formation which hit 2 Bloons each. Bullets can bounce to other Bloons within a 50 unit radius of a target.

Crosspathing with Full Metal Jacket allows shrapnel to pop frozen and lead bloons. With Large Calibre, the shrapnel damage increases to 2.

Costs and sell values

Tiers	Cost	Sell value
0-3-0	$3,350	$2,345
1-3-0	$3,600	$2,520
2-3-0	$4,350	$3,045
0-3-1	$3,650	$2,555
0-3-2	$3,950	$2,765

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This section was last updated for: version 4.10

An inefficient Tier 3 upgrade for its cost. In a vacuum, it is decent because of its cost-efficient pierce and damage with top path, however it still struggles hugely versus large rushes and especially layered rushes. It's almost always bought solely to transition into Supply Drop.

Update history

For a complete list of Sniper Monkey changes, see Update history:Sniper Monkey (Battles 2).

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Version 3.2

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Sniper Monkey also lacks early game efficiency, being most used for its tier 3/4/5 upgrades way past the early game. Additionally, Sniper hasn’t been particularly prevalent in highest arenas recently, so we have made quite a few price cuts to the early upgrades to encourage Sniper to be used more and to potentially provide some more use cases for it in the early game. — Update notes

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•  Upgrade cost increased ― $3,000 → $3,200
  •  Overall cost reduced by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 4.1

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 4.2.1 (OTA update 2)

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We were a little too successful in trying to increase the popularity of the Sniper Monkey as it is now the single most used tower in the game, surpassing even the Banana Farm. Sniper's popularity is due to it's versatility as an income source that also excels with both group popping through its shrapnel shot and at single targets with its high damage. We believe the primary culprit for Sniper's dominance is the x3x Bouncing Bullet's ability to create multiple bursts of high damage shrapnel so we have capped it to 1 burst per shot [...] — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,200 → $3,000
  •  Overall cost reduced by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Shrapnel: now only creates on the initial hit and not on bloons hit by bounces

Version 4.3.1 (OTA update 1)

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The sniper has remained reasonably popular despite its nerf, although nothing close to the level of its glory days. While forcing a choice between high damage and cash generation paths was the point of the nerfs, it did leave Bouncing Bullet, a pure damage upgrade on the cash generation path, in a bit of a sad state. Without the extra shrapnel, we can afford to make the pierce much better without compromising the identity of the middle path. We also felt we could restore the bouncing shrapnel on the x5x since, as a tier 5 upgrade, it is automatically gated to the late game and can't be bought more than once. — Update notes

”

•  Bullet: number of bounces increased ― 3 → 5

Version 4.10

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Sniper monkey has fallen off the play rate compared to other towers so we’re hoping that these changes will bring him back up to speed — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,000 → $2,250

Version 4.11

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This was buffed in a previous update, but it has been performing better than we thought it would. So this should bring its performance to where we want it. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $2,250 → $2,600

Version 4.12

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This nerf will help make camo bloons more dangerous — Update notes

”

•  Bullet: Bonus Camo damage decreased ― +2 → +1
•  Shrapnel: Bonus Camo damage decreased ― +2 → +1

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Danish	Prelle-patron Skud hopper til nye mål op til 5 gange.	—
German	Abprallgeschoss Schüsse prallen bis zu 5-mal auf neue Ziele ab.	—
Spanish	Bala rebotadora Los disparos rebotan hacia objetivos nuevos hasta 5 veces.	—
Finnish	Kimmahtava luoti Laukaukset ponnahtavat uusiin kohteisiin jopa 5 kertaa.	—
French	Balle rebondissante Les tirs rebondissent vers de nouvelles cibles jusqu’à 5 fois.	—
Italian	Proiettile rimbalzante I colpi rimbalzano andando a colpire un nuovo bersaglio fino a 5 volte.	—
Japanese	跳ね返る銃弾 最高5回まで、新しい標的めがけてショットが跳ね返る。	—
Korean	튀는 탄환 탄환이 최대 5개의 새로운 대상을 향해 튑니다.	—
Dutch	Stuiterende kogel Schoten stuiteren tot 5 keer naar nieuwe doelwitten.	—
Norwegian	Sprettkule Skudd spretter til nye mål opptil 5 ganger.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Bala Ricochete Disparos ricocheteiam a novos alvos até 5 vezes.	—
Russian	Рикошетящая пуля Пули отскакивают к новым целям до 5 раз.	—
Swedish	Studsande skott Skotten studsar till nya mål upp till 5 gånger.	—
Turkish	Seken Mermi 5 sefere kadar yeni hedeflere sekerek fırlatır.	—
Chinese (traditional)	彈跳彈 射擊反彈到新目標，最多可反彈5次。	—
Last updated: version 4.3