Update history:Heli Pilot (Battles 2)

This is a list of changes to the Heli Pilot in Bloons TD Battles 2 and Bloons TD Battles 2+ post-release.

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Tiers Changes
0-0-0 base tower
  •   Cost reduced ― $1,100 → $900
1-X-X Quad Darts
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $800 → $600
2-X-X Pursuit
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $500 → $400
X-2-X IFR
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $600 → $450
X-X-3 MOAB Shove and further upgrades
  •   Shove: can now slow DDTs when buffed with Camo detection (bug fix)
Tiers Changes
0-0-0 base tower
1-X-X Quad Darts
2-X-X Pursuit
3-X-X Razor Rotors
X-1-X Bigger Jets
X-2-X IFR
X-3-X Downdraft
X-4-X Support Chinook
X-X-1 Faster Darts
  •   Base Heli attack cooldown decreased ― 0.57s → 0.53s
3-X-X Razor Rotors
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,950 → $2,850
4-X-X Apache Dartship
  •   Missiles: bonus damage to Ceramics and MOAB-Class increased ― +0 → +3
5-X-X Apache Prime
  •   Missiles: bonus damage to Ceramics increased ― +0 → +15
X-X-3 MOAB Shove
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,000 → $1,800
X-X-4 Comanche Defense
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $7,000 → $6,000
X-X-4 Comanche Defense
X-X-5 Comanche Commander
  •   Summoned heli missiles: damage type changed ― Explosion → Normal
Tiers Changes
3-X-X Razor Rotors
  •   Rotors: attack cooldown reduced ― 0.75s → 0.55s
Tiers Changes
X-4-X Support Chinook
  •   Supply Crate: initial cooldown increased ― 15s → 20s
X-X-4 Comanche Defense
  •   Main Heli dart: damage increased ― 1 → 2
  •   Mini Heli dart: damage increased ― 3 → 4
X-X-5 Comanche Commander
  •   Main Heli dart: damage increased ― 2 → 3
Comanche Defense and Comanche Commander are the least used tier 4 and 5 Heli Pilot upgrades respectively, plus Heli Pilot in general is not particularly known for being great at pure damage but plays a more supportive role with its abilities. Therefore, we felt like the Comanche upgrades were in need of a buff to be more on par with the top path.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
X-X-4 Comanche Defense
X-X-5 Comanche Commander
  •   Mini-Comanche: missile attack rate reduced ― 3s → 2s
The mini comanche’s missiles have incredibly high pierce (100) but it would very rarely make use of it all due to such a small blast radius. This minor change should help it out a little bit, not increasing its DPS potential but allowing it to perform slightly better in a lot of scenarios.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
X-X-4 Comanche Defense
X-X-5 Comanche Commander
  •   Missile: blast radius increased ― 18 → 25
Faster Darts does not provide any significant benefit and Heli Pilot is not a common starting tower either. This change is intended to improve both of these aspects.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
3-0-1 Razor Rotors + Faster Darts
  •   Rotors Pierce increased ― 13 → 16
X-X-1 Faster Darts
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $150 → $350
  •   Dart Pierce increased ― 3 → 4
Heli Pilot rarely sees much use as a starting tower so we hope that this change will make this option more attractive.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
0-0-0 base tower
  •   Cost reduced ― $900 → $800
Heli Pilot’s large footprint has been a major limitation on the tower’s viability on a lot of maps, so we hope to open up its viability by reducing its size. Comanche Defense has never been a popular choice so we think it’s fair to make it slightly more affordable, and Apache Prime’s damage has been altered so that it performs better against Bonnie’s minecarts.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
All tiers
  •   Footprint size reduced ― 23×23 → 18×18
5-X-X Apache Prime
  •   Missile explosion base damage increased by 12
  •   Missile explosion no longer deals +12 damage to Ceramics
  •   Missile explosion no longer deals +12 damage to MOAB-Class
X-X-4 Comanche Defense
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $8,500 → $7,500
MOAB Shove needed a small buff to prevent it being overwhelmed by the newly boosted MOAB speeds while the Support Chinook was due a price increase as it is currently the one of the best alternative income sources in the game.
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
X-4-X Support Chinook
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $7,500 → $8,500
X-X-3 MOAB Shove and further upgrades
  •   Shove distance against MOABs increased ― ×1.33 → ×1.44
  •   Shove distance against BFBs increased ― ×1.0 → ×1.11
  •   Shove distance against ZOMGs increased ― ×0.5 → ×0.67
The Heli Pilot’s bottom path tier 5s often feel weaker than those of other towers so we are giving it a small buff to help it out. In addition, we are nerfing MOAB Shove slightly because its stall was too cost effective**.** [sic]
— Update notes
Tiers Changes
X-X-3 MOAB Shove
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $3,700 → $4,000
X-X-5 Comanche Commander
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $35,000 → $34,700
  •   Mini-Comanche Dart: Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.15s → 0.13s
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