Jar of Pickles

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The '''Jar of Pickles''', or '''Pickles''', is a [[Geraldo (BTD6)#Geraldo's Shop|Geraldo's Shop]] item in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It applies a buff to towers which increases their damage by 1 but reduces their attack speed by 25% (1.~~33×~~ attack cooldown) for 5 rounds. The buff also applies to sub-towers of the tower it is applied to – for example, it applies to all of Geraldo's sub-towers if used on Geraldo himself. At level 16, it is upgraded to also provide +1 [[Fortified damage]] to affected towers.

The '''Jar of Pickles''', or '''Pickles''', is a [[Geraldo (BTD6)#Geraldo's Shop|Geraldo's Shop]] item in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It applies a buff to towers which increases their damage by 1 but reduces their attack speed by 33% (1.66× attack cooldown) for 5 rounds. The buff also applies to sub-towers of the tower it is applied to – for example, it applies to all of Geraldo's sub-towers if used on Geraldo himself. At level 16, it is upgraded to also provide +1 [[Fortified damage]] to affected towers.

Jar of Pickles may not be applied to [[Banana Farm (BTD6)|Banana Farms]] or [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Villages]] other than [[Primary Expertise (BTD6)|Primary Expertise]]. It can, however, be applied to [[Glue Gunner (BTD6)|Glue Gunner]] even without any damaging upgrades – this does not increase their glue's damage. An upgraded version of the buff may be applied to a tower with an inferior version, overriding it and resetting the duration.

== Strategy ==

{{strategy needed|Add additional examples of towers that benefit from Pickles synergy and why and when you'd use that synergy. Also determine how important layer-skipping is for pickles synergy, if necessary. 1-0-2 spac when no alch? Jitsu? jungledruid?}}

Jar of Pickles ~~exchanges attack~~ speed ~~for extra~~ damage. ~~Extra~~ damage ~~allows~~ more ~~layers~~ to ~~pop at once~~, ~~plus extra single~~-~~target damage per second if projectiles already do~~ low ~~base~~ damage.

Jar of Pickles' flat damage bonus at the cost of a minor speed reduction is most efficient on low damage towers (such as the [[The Tack Zone (BTD6)|Tack Zone]] or [[Sun Avatar (BTD6)|Sun Avatar]]). Any tower with 1 or 2 damage is overall buffed by the Jar of Pickles, those with 3 damage are overall neutral, and any tower with 4 or more is effectively nerfed. When Geraldo gets to level 16, it buffs 1 to 5 damage towers only against Fortified Bloons. If buffed by Alchemist or Bloons are affected by debuffs, treat the damage value higher (e.g. [[Berserker Brew (BTD6)|Berserker Brew]] = +1). Flat damage bonuses also drastically improve layer-skipping of Bloons for low-damage towers.

~~===Best Candidates~~ for ~~Jar of Pickles===~~

~~It is better to use Jar of Pickles on low damage towers (such as the~~ [[~~Tack Zone]] or [[Avatar of Wrath~~ (BTD6)|~~Avatar of Wrath~~]]~~) Any tower with 1 or 2 damage is buffed by the Jar of Pickles~~, ~~any tower with 4~~ or more ~~is nerfed~~. ~~When Geraldo gets to level 16~~, it ~~buffs 1~~ to 5 damage ~~towers only if they attack fortified bloons~~.

*'''[[Overdrive (BTD6)|Overdrive]]:''' When used for single-target without other buffs, or to handle Fortified more efficiently, Overdrive retains sizable DPS without much compromise to its reliability.

*'''[[Gerry's Fire]]''': The fire spirit's flames have low damage and attack quickly, and allowing it to layer-skip spawns fewer Bloons during the mid-game. Only use this synergy on towers that already deal low damage.

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-The '''Jar of Pickles''', or '''Pickles''', is a [[Geraldo (BTD6)#Geraldo's Shop|Geraldo's Shop]] item in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It applies a buff to towers which increases their damage by 1 but reduces their attack speed by 25% (1.33× attack cooldown)<!--1.33 attack cooldown multiplier per v36.0, 1/1.33=~0.75 attack speed--> for 5 rounds. The buff also applies to sub-towers of the tower it is applied to – for example, it applies to all of Geraldo's sub-towers if used on Geraldo himself. At level 16, it is upgraded to also provide +1 [[Fortified damage]] to affected towers.
+The '''Jar of Pickles''', or '''Pickles''', is a [[Geraldo (BTD6)#Geraldo's Shop|Geraldo's Shop]] item in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It applies a buff to towers which increases their damage by 1 but reduces their attack speed by 33% (1.66× attack cooldown)<!--1.33 attack cooldown multiplier per v36.0, 1/1.33=~0.75 attack speed--> for 5 rounds. The buff also applies to sub-towers of the tower it is applied to – for example, it applies to all of Geraldo's sub-towers if used on Geraldo himself. At level 16, it is upgraded to also provide +1 [[Fortified damage]] to affected towers.
 Jar of Pickles may not be applied to [[Banana Farm (BTD6)|Banana Farms]] or [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Villages]] other than [[Primary Expertise (BTD6)|Primary Expertise]]. It can, however, be applied to [[Glue Gunner (BTD6)|Glue Gunner]] even without any damaging upgrades – this does not increase their glue's damage. An upgraded version of the buff may be applied to a tower with an inferior version, overriding it and resetting the duration.
 == Strategy ==
-{{Incomplete}}
+{{strategy needed|Add additional examples of towers that benefit from Pickles synergy and why and when you'd use that synergy. Also determine how important layer-skipping is for pickles synergy, if necessary. 1-0-2 spac when no alch? Jitsu? jungledruid?}}
-Jar of Pickles exchanges attack speed for extra damage. Extra damage allows more layers to pop at once, plus extra single-target damage per second if projectiles already do low base damage.
+{{BTD6 last updated|51.2|section=y}}
+Jar of Pickles' flat damage bonus at the cost of a minor speed reduction is most efficient on low damage towers (such as the [[The Tack Zone (BTD6)|Tack Zone]] or [[Sun Avatar (BTD6)|Sun Avatar]]). Any tower with 1 or 2 damage is overall buffed by the Jar of Pickles, those with 3 damage are overall neutral, and any tower with 4 or more is effectively nerfed. When Geraldo gets to level 16, it buffs 1 to 5 damage towers only against Fortified Bloons. If buffed by Alchemist or Bloons are affected by debuffs, treat the damage value higher (e.g. [[Berserker Brew (BTD6)|Berserker Brew]] = +1). Flat damage bonuses also drastically improve layer-skipping of Bloons for low-damage towers.
-===Best Candidates for Jar of Pickles===
+<!--add only USEFUL instances of the pickles synergies and why they're helpful for specific role-->
-It is better to use Jar of Pickles on low damage towers (such as the [[Tack Zone]] or [[Avatar of Wrath (BTD6)|Avatar of Wrath]]) Any tower with 1 or 2 damage is buffed by the Jar of Pickles, any tower with 4 or more is nerfed. When Geraldo gets to level 16, it buffs 1 to 5 damage towers only if they attack fortified bloons.
+*'''[[Overdrive (BTD6)|Overdrive]]:''' When used for single-target without other buffs, or to handle Fortified more efficiently, Overdrive retains sizable DPS without much compromise to its reliability.
+*'''[[Gerry's Fire]]''': The fire spirit's flames have low damage and attack quickly, and allowing it to layer-skip spawns fewer Bloons during the mid-game. Only use this synergy on towers that already deal low damage.
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