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{{research|Verify the stat numbers for attack cooldown; it is apparently a 15% attack cooldown decrease on the old stat from v4.12 going into v4.13}}

{{BTDB2 upgrade info

|id=Blade Shooter

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|image =BTDB2 030_tack_shooter.png

|icon =BTDB2 tack_shooter blade_shooter_upgrade_icon.png

|description=Switches tacks out for sharp blades that can pop up to 2 additional ~~Bloons~~.

|description=Switches tacks out for sharp blades that can pop up to 1 additional Bloon.

|tower=Tack Shooter

|path =2

|tier =3

|cost =~~750~~

|cost =600

}}

'''Blade Shooter''' is the [[Tack Shooter (Battles 2)|Tack Shooter]]'s path 2 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD Battles 2]]''. It replaces sharp tacks with high pierce blades. The upgrade increases pierce from 2 to 4, increases projectile radius, and attack cooldown ~~reduced~~ from 1.4 to 1.~~232~~ seconds (0.~~88x~~ multiplier).

'''Blade Shooter''' is the [[Tack Shooter (Battles 2)|Tack Shooter]]'s path 2 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD Battles 2]]''. It replaces sharp tacks with high pierce blades. The upgrade increases [[pierce]] from 2 to 3, increases [[Projectile size|projectile radius]] from 2 to 6, and reduces [[Attack speed|attack cooldown]] from 1.4 to 1.19 seconds (0.85x multiplier). This also gets an additional +1 pierce from the [[Even More Tacks (Battles 2)|Even More Tacks]] upgrade, for a total of 4 pierce.

==Costs and sell values==

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==Strategy==

~~{{strategy needed}}~~

It is a little overpriced for the amount of defense it can do against early-game rushes, particularly Spaced Whites, while struggling to Grouped Yellows without additional damage such as [[Quincy (Battles 2)|Quincy]]. However, the extra projectile size allows for more of these projectiles to hit Bloons where the thinner tacks would not, thus taking better advantage of pierce than 3-2-0 [[Hot Shots (Battles 2)|Hot Shots]] or 0-2-3 [[Tack Sprayer (Battles 2)|Tack Sprayer]].

~~A strong~~ early-game ~~carry~~.

2-3-0 is generally preferred, with 1-3-0 and 0-3-0 being viable stepping stones into it to save money for greeding more eco or an early Farm. 0-3-2 can be useful due to the large pierce gain in addition to bonus projectiles, but it's too slow for the stat bonuses it provides and will struggle to catch up to fast-moving Bloons.

==Update history==

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-{{stub}}
+{{for|other uses|Blade Shooter (disambiguation)}}
+{{research|Verify the stat numbers for attack cooldown; it is apparently a 15% attack cooldown decrease on the old stat from v4.12 going into v4.13}}
 {{BTDB2 upgrade info
 |id=Blade Shooter
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 |image      =BTDB2 030_tack_shooter.png
 |icon       =BTDB2 tack_shooter blade_shooter_upgrade_icon.png
-|description=Switches tacks out for sharp blades that can pop up to 2 additional Bloons.
+|description=Switches tacks out for sharp blades that can pop up to 1 additional Bloon.
 |tower=Tack Shooter
 |path =2
 |tier =3
-|cost =750
+|cost =600
 }}
-'''Blade Shooter''' is the [[Tack Shooter (Battles 2)|Tack Shooter]]'s path 2 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD Battles 2]]''. It replaces sharp tacks with high pierce blades. The upgrade increases pierce from 2 to 4, increases projectile radius, and attack cooldown reduced from 1.4 to 1.232 seconds (0.88x multiplier).
+'''Blade Shooter''' is the [[Tack Shooter (Battles 2)|Tack Shooter]]'s path 2 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD Battles 2]]''. It replaces sharp tacks with high pierce blades. The upgrade increases [[pierce]] from 2 to 3, increases [[Projectile size|projectile radius]] from 2 to 6, and reduces [[Attack speed|attack cooldown]] from 1.4 to 1.19 seconds (0.85x multiplier). This also gets an additional +1 pierce from the [[Even More Tacks (Battles 2)|Even More Tacks]] upgrade, for a total of 4 pierce.
 ==Costs and sell values==
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 ==Strategy==
-{{strategy needed}}
+{{BTDB2 last updated|4.13|section=y}}
-{{BTDB2 last updated|4.10|section=y}}
+It is a little overpriced for the amount of defense it can do against early-game rushes, particularly Spaced Whites, while struggling to Grouped Yellows without additional damage such as [[Quincy (Battles 2)|Quincy]]. However, the extra projectile size allows for more of these projectiles to hit Bloons where the thinner tacks would not, thus taking better advantage of pierce than 3-2-0 [[Hot Shots (Battles 2)|Hot Shots]] or 0-2-3 [[Tack Sprayer (Battles 2)|Tack Sprayer]].
-A strong early-game carry.
+-3-0 is generally preferred, with 1-3-0 and 0-3-0 being viable stepping stones into it to save money for greeding more eco or an early Farm. 0-3-2 can be useful due to the large pierce gain in addition to bonus projectiles, but it's too slow for the stat bonuses it provides and will struggle to catch up to fast-moving Bloons.
 ==Update history==