Dartling Gunner (BTD6)

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|unlock =[[Gift Box]] (3,000,000 pops)<br>[[Shop (BTD6)|Shop]] (Dartling Unlock Pack)

|category =Military

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The '''Dartling Gunner''' is a [[Military]] [[tower]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', introduced in {{BTD6 version|22.0}}. ~~To unlock Dartling Gunner, the player must reach at least Level 30 to access the "Unlock By Pops" menu, then get 3,000,000 pops by playing the game.~~

The '''Dartling Gunner''' is a [[Military]] [[tower]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', introduced in {{BTD6 version|22.0}}. It shoots darts from its Dartling Gun, which can be pointed in any direction using the cursor, rotating at a rate of 180°/s, and shots have a deviation angle of 23° from the centre. Each dart has 1 pierce and 1 damage, 2 radius, and enough projectile speed and lifespan to last across the entire map, but cannot see [[Camo Bloon (BTD6)|Camo Bloon]]s without support or upgrades such as [[Advanced Targeting (BTD6)|Advanced Targeting]].

~~The Dartling Gunner~~ shoots darts from its Dartling Gun, which can be pointed in any direction using the cursor, rotating at a rate of 180°/s, and shots have a deviation angle of 23° from the centre. Each dart has 1 pierce and 1 damage, 2 radius, and enough projectile speed and lifespan to last across the entire map, but cannot see [[Camo Bloon (BTD6)|Camo Bloon]]s without support or upgrades such as [[Advanced Targeting (BTD6)|Advanced Targeting]].

It can be upgraded to shoot lasers, missiles or independently targeting blasts of buckshot.

==Upgrades==

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==''Rogue Legends''==

===Starter parties with Dartling Gunners===

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===Artifacts that add Dartling Gunners===

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There are currently no Artifacts that add Dartling Gunners.

===Artifacts that affect Dartling Gunners===

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{{hat|This list does not include Artifacts that affect all Military towers.}}

~~<!--~~{{hat|This list does not include Artifacts that affect all ~~Primary~~ towers.}}

{{BTD6 artifact list by name|~~Fish Nova;Follow Me;~~Homing Projectiles~~;Malicious Mauling~~|columns=1}}

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==Costs and sell values==

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==Strategy==

{{~~strategy needed~~|~~this should contain a few basic tips, details should be saved for the strategy article~~}}

~~The~~ Dartling Gunner ~~costs a decent sum of money,~~ but ~~shoots quickly and has~~ infinite range. Its lower-tier upgrades can be helpful in bridging the gap from early to mid game, while its stronger upgrades can serve as the win condition for a game.

Dartling Gunner is decently expensive in the early-game but its infinite range, controllable shots, and fast firing makes it excel at carrying on open maps such as [[Muddy Puddles]]. Its lower-tier upgrades can be helpful in bridging the gap from early to mid game, while its stronger upgrades can serve as the win condition for a game.

* All Dartling Gunners come with a "Locked" targeting priority, causing the tower to stop moving and focusing fire on one spot. Use this targeting option if a good straightaway is available and/or player attention and micro is required elsewhere.

* Path 1 features [[Laser Cannon (BTD6)|Laser Cannon]] and [[Plasma Accelerator (BTD6)|Plasma Accelerator]]. These upgrades do great damage before Round 80, though they fare much worse in [[Freeplay]] due to [[Super Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Super Ceramics]]. They also cannot pop [[Purple Bloon (BTD6)|Purples]]. ~~The [[Ray of Doom (BTD6)|Ray~~ of ~~Doom]] has great~~ damage and exceptionally high pierce, ~~though it is quite expensive~~.

* Path 1 switches out the darts for energy based attacks. This path gains lots of MOAB damage and later exceptionally high pierce. Higher tiers have most of the damage locked behind a special condition, requiring the bloon to either be hit by the endpoint of the beam or be the first bloon hit by the beam depending on tier.

* Path 2 enables the Dartling to shoot deadly [[Hydra Rocket Pods (BTD6)|rocket pods]] that can pop any Bloon type. This makes it useful against Bloons rushes. Its final upgrade, the [[M.A.D (BTD6)|M.A.D]], changes the tower's function - instead of being strong against rushes, it deals enormous damage to [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class Bloons]].

* Path 3 switches out darts for [[Buckshot (BTD6)|Buckshot]]. These projectiles hit hard, but have much more limited range. [[Bloon Area Denial System (BTD6)|Further]] [[Bloon Exclusion Zone (BTD6)|upgrades]] enable the tower to shoot from multiple automatically-targeting barrels, making for great all-around defense ~~that does not require micro~~.

* Path 3 switches out darts for [[Buckshot (BTD6)|Buckshot]]. These projectiles hit hard, but have much more limited range. [[Bloon Area Denial System (BTD6)|Further]] [[Bloon Exclusion Zone (BTD6)|upgrades]] enable the tower to shoot from multiple automatically-targeting barrels, making for great all-around defense.

==Pre-release==

===Development===

[[File:BTD6 dartling gunner concept art.png|thumb|300px|Concept art of the Dartling Gunner's original upgrades]]

While the Dartling Gunner released in {{BTD6 version|22.0}}, assets for the tower, such as projectile textures and upgrade descriptions, existed in the game's data since launch. Early text and concept art for the tower indicates its upgrades were completely overhauled before the tower released; the original upgrade text and concept art indicates the tower was originally designed to be more similar to [[Dartling Gun (BTD5)|its iteration]] in ''[[Bloons TD 5]]'' (though the rename from "Dartling Gun" to "Dartling Gunner" was already planned).

{|class="wikitable center-col-1"

!Tier

!Pre-22.0

!22.0

!Notes

|-

|Base

|<pre>Dartling Gunner

Uses a dart-shooting machine-gun. Aims wherever you last tapped on the screen.</pre>

|<pre>Dartling Gunner

Uses a dart-shooting machine-gun. Aims wherever you point on the screen.</pre>

|The description seems to have been altered to account for non-touchscreen players (i.e., keyboard and mouse).

|-

!colspan="4"|Path 1

|-

|1

|colspan="2"|<pre>Focused Firing

Increases accuracy of the Dartling Gun.</pre>

|

|-

|2

|<pre>Faster Barrel Spin

Makes gun fire much faster.</pre>

|<pre>Laser Shock

Laser tipped shots shock Bloons into popping again 1 second after being struck.</pre>

|Faster Barrel Spin was moved to the middle path. Its original spot was replaced with a new upgrade, [[Laser Shock (BTD6)|Laser Shock]].

|-

|3

|colspan="2"|<pre>Laser Cannon

Rapid fire laser blasts can pop Frozen Bloons.</pre>

|

|-

|4

|colspan="2"|<pre>Plasma Accelerator

Concentrates a powerful beam of energy to a single point.</pre>

|

|-

|5

|<pre>Ray of Doom

Creates a solid line of Bloon annihilation. You can basically erase the Bloons at your leisure.</pre>

|<pre>Ray of Doom

Creates a solid line of annihilation. You can erase most Bloons at your leisure.</pre>

|The description was reworded.

|-

!colspan="4"|Path 2

|-

|1

|<pre>Powerful Darts

Darts move faster and can pop 3 Bloons each.</pre>

|<pre>Advanced Targeting

Allows Dartling Gunner to hit Camo Bloons.</pre>

|Powerful Darts was moved to the bottom path. Its original spot was replaced with a new upgrade, [[Advanced Targeting (BTD6)|Advanced Targeting]].

|-

|2

|<pre>Depleted Bloontonium

Shots can damage any Bloon type.</pre>

|<pre>Faster Barrel Spin

Makes gun fire much faster.</pre>

|This upgrade was omitted. The text for this upgrade still exists, unused, in the game's localization files.

|-

|3

|<pre>Hydra Rocket Pods

Shoots depleted bloontonium missiles instead of darts, which can pop black and lead Bloons.</pre>

|<pre>Hydra Rocket Pods

Shoots vicious little missiles instead of darts.</pre>

|The description was reworded to account for the omission of Depleted Bloontonium.

|-

|4

|<pre>Rocket Storm

Rocket Storm ability: Sends a powerful storm of rockets in all directions.</pre>

|<pre>Rocket Storm

Rocket Storm ability: Launches a powerful storm of rockets in a wide cone</pre>

|The description of the ability's firing angle was altered.

|-

|5

|<pre>MAD (Moab Assured Destroyer)

Each missile does extreme damage to MOAB-Class Bloons.</pre>

|<pre>M.A.D

Moab Assured Destroyer. Each missile does extreme damage to MOAB class bloons.</pre>

|The name and description were reworded.

|-

!colspan="4"|Path 3

|-

|1

|colspan="2"|<pre>Faster Swivel

Barrel can swivel much faster.</pre>

|

|-

|2

|<pre>Lock and Load

Can lock Dartling in one aim direction.</pre>

|<pre>Powerful Darts

Darts move faster and can pop 3 Bloons each.</pre>

|This upgrade was omitted. The ability to lock the Dartling Gunner in place became an inherent mechanic. The text for this upgrade was removed from the localization files.

|-

|3

|colspan="2"|<pre>Buckshot

Shoots blasts of deadly buckshot instead of darts.</pre>

|

|-

|4

|<pre>Bloon Area Denial System

4-barreled auto-cannon can set to attack automatically.</pre>

|<pre>Bloon Area Denial System

4-barreled auto-cannon that can be set to attack automatically.</pre>

|The description was very slightly reworded.

|-

|5

|<pre>Bloon Exclusion Zone

Increased damage and upgrade to 6 barrels. Bloons are excluded.</pre>

|<pre>Bloon Exclusion Zone

Upgraded to 6 barrels and massively increased damage. Bloons are excluded from existence.</pre>

|The description was reworded.

|}

===Promotion===

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==Related achievement==

==Gallery==

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BTD6 000-DartlingGunner.png|Portrait

BTD6 000-DartlingGunnerInsta.png|[[Insta Monkey]] icon

</gallery>

===Concept art===

BTD6 dartling gunner concept art.png

BTD6 yzibelle dartling gunner concept art.jpg

BTD6 yzibelle dartling gunner combination concept art.jpg

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~~{{dartling gunner nav}}~~

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-{{for|the Dartling Gunner in general|Dartling Gunner}}
+{{dartling gunner hat}}
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 |id=DartlingGunner
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 |description C=
+|unlock      =[[Gift Box]] (3,000,000 pops)<br>[[Shop (BTD6)|Shop]] (Dartling Unlock Pack)
 |category    =Military
 |cost        =850
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 }}
-The '''Dartling Gunner''' is a [[Military]] [[tower]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', introduced in {{BTD6 version|22.0}}. To unlock Dartling Gunner, the player must reach at least Level 30 to access the "Unlock By Pops" menu, then get 3,000,000 pops by playing the game.
+The '''Dartling Gunner''' is a [[Military]] [[tower]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', introduced in {{BTD6 version|22.0}}. It shoots darts from its Dartling Gun, which can be pointed in any direction using the cursor, rotating at a rate of 180°/s, and shots have a deviation angle of 23° from the centre. Each dart has 1 pierce and 1 damage, 2 radius, and enough projectile speed and lifespan to last across the entire map, but cannot see [[Camo Bloon (BTD6)|Camo Bloon]]s without support or upgrades such as [[Advanced Targeting (BTD6)|Advanced Targeting]].
-The Dartling Gunner shoots darts from its Dartling Gun, which can be pointed in any direction using the cursor, rotating at a rate of 180°/s, and shots have a deviation angle of 23° from the centre. Each dart has 1 pierce and 1 damage, 2 radius, and enough projectile speed and lifespan to last across the entire map, but cannot see [[Camo Bloon (BTD6)|Camo Bloon]]s without support or upgrades such as [[Advanced Targeting (BTD6)|Advanced Targeting]].
 It can be upgraded to shoot lasers, missiles or independently targeting blasts of buckshot.
+{{TOC}}
+{{clear|right}}
 ==Upgrades==
 {{BTD6 upgrade list by tower|Dartling Gunner}}
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 ==''Rogue Legends''==
 ===Starter parties with Dartling Gunners===
-{{incomplete|Add the explicitly part of starter parties thing}}
 {{BTD6 hero list by insta|DartlingGunner}}
-<!--While not explicitly part of their starter parties, [[Striker Jones (BTD6)|Striker Jones]] and [[Smudge Catt (BTD6)|Smudge Catt]] also start with a Bomb Shooter because they start with [[Malicious Mauling]] Common and [[Cats Meow]] Legendary, respectively.-->
 ===Artifacts that add Dartling Gunners===
+{{Cleanup|Use the Cargo tool to allow "BTD6 artifact list by insta" to output only a single sentence about "no artifacts that add this tower", so the code information below can be uncommented}}
 <!--{{BTD6 artifact list by insta|DartlingGunner}}-->
 There are currently no Artifacts that add Dartling Gunners.
 ===Artifacts that affect Dartling Gunners===
-{{incomplete|Add the artifacts that affect this tower}}
+{{hat|This list does not include Artifacts that affect all Military towers.}}
-<!--{{hat|This list does not include Artifacts that affect all Primary towers.}}
+{{BTD6 artifact list by name|Homing Projectiles|columns=1}}
-{{BTD6 artifact list by name|Fish Nova;Follow Me;Homing Projectiles;Malicious Mauling|columns=1}}
--->
 ==Costs and sell values==
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 ==Strategy==
 {{main strategy}}
-{{strategy needed|this should contain a few basic tips, details should be saved for the strategy article}}
+{{BTD6 last updated|55.2|section=y}}
-The Dartling Gunner costs a decent sum of money, but shoots quickly and has infinite range. Its lower-tier upgrades can be helpful in bridging the gap from early to mid game, while its stronger upgrades can serve as the win condition for a game.
+Dartling Gunner is decently expensive in the early-game but its infinite range, controllable shots, and fast firing makes it excel at carrying on open maps such as [[Muddy Puddles]]. Its lower-tier upgrades can be helpful in bridging the gap from early to mid game, while its stronger upgrades can serve as the win condition for a game.
 * All Dartling Gunners come with a "Locked" targeting priority, causing the tower to stop moving and focusing fire on one spot. Use this targeting option if a good straightaway is available and/or player attention and micro is required elsewhere.
-* Path 1 features [[Laser Cannon (BTD6)|Laser Cannon]] and [[Plasma Accelerator (BTD6)|Plasma Accelerator]]. These upgrades do great damage before Round 80, though they fare much worse in [[Freeplay]] due to [[Super Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Super Ceramics]]. They also cannot pop [[Purple Bloon (BTD6)|Purples]]. The [[Ray of Doom (BTD6)|Ray of Doom]] has great damage and exceptionally high pierce, though it is quite expensive.
+* Path 1 switches out the darts for energy based attacks. This path gains lots of MOAB damage and later exceptionally high pierce. Higher tiers have most of the damage locked behind a special condition, requiring the bloon to either be hit by the endpoint of the beam or be the first bloon hit by the beam depending on tier.
 * Path 2 enables the Dartling to shoot deadly [[Hydra Rocket Pods (BTD6)|rocket pods]] that can pop any Bloon type. This makes it useful against Bloons rushes. Its final upgrade, the [[M.A.D (BTD6)|M.A.D]], changes the tower's function - instead of being strong against rushes, it deals enormous damage to [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class Bloons]].
-* Path 3 switches out darts for [[Buckshot (BTD6)|Buckshot]]. These projectiles hit hard, but have much more limited range. [[Bloon Area Denial System (BTD6)|Further]] [[Bloon Exclusion Zone (BTD6)|upgrades]] enable the tower to shoot from multiple automatically-targeting barrels, making for great all-around defense that does not require micro.
+* Path 3 switches out darts for [[Buckshot (BTD6)|Buckshot]]. These projectiles hit hard, but have much more limited range. [[Bloon Area Denial System (BTD6)|Further]] [[Bloon Exclusion Zone (BTD6)|upgrades]] enable the tower to shoot from multiple automatically-targeting barrels, making for great all-around defense.
 ==Pre-release==
+===Development===
+[[File:BTD6 dartling gunner concept art.png|thumb|300px|Concept art of the Dartling Gunner's original upgrades]]
+While the Dartling Gunner released in {{BTD6 version|22.0}}, assets for the tower, such as projectile textures and upgrade descriptions, existed in the game's data since launch. Early text and concept art for the tower indicates its upgrades were completely overhauled before the tower released; the original upgrade text and concept art indicates the tower was originally designed to be more similar to [[Dartling Gun (BTD5)|its iteration]] in ''[[Bloons TD 5]]'' (though the rename from "Dartling Gun" to "Dartling Gunner" was already planned).
+{{clear|right}}
+{|class="wikitable center-col-1"
+!Tier
+!Pre-22.0
+!22.0
+!Notes
+|-
+|Base
+|<pre>Dartling Gunner
+Uses a dart-shooting machine-gun. Aims wherever you last tapped on the screen.</pre>
+|<pre>Dartling Gunner
+Uses a dart-shooting machine-gun. Aims wherever you point on the screen.</pre>
+|The description seems to have been altered to account for non-touchscreen players (i.e., keyboard and mouse).
+|-
+!colspan="4"|Path 1
+|-
+|1
+|colspan="2"|<pre>Focused Firing
+Increases accuracy of the Dartling Gun.</pre>
+|
+|-
+|2
+|<pre>Faster Barrel Spin
+Makes gun fire much faster.</pre>
+|<pre>Laser Shock
+Laser tipped shots shock Bloons into popping again 1 second after being struck.</pre>
+|Faster Barrel Spin was moved to the middle path. Its original spot was replaced with a new upgrade, [[Laser Shock (BTD6)|Laser Shock]].
+|-
+|3
+|colspan="2"|<pre>Laser Cannon
+Rapid fire laser blasts can pop Frozen Bloons.</pre>
+|
+|-
+|4
+|colspan="2"|<pre>Plasma Accelerator
+Concentrates a powerful beam of energy to a single point.</pre>
+|
+|-
+|5
+|<pre>Ray of Doom
+Creates a solid line of Bloon annihilation. You can basically erase the Bloons at your leisure.</pre>
+|<pre>Ray of Doom
+Creates a solid line of annihilation. You can erase most Bloons at your leisure.</pre>
+|The description was reworded.
+|-
+!colspan="4"|Path 2
+|-
+|1
+|<pre>Powerful Darts
+Darts move faster and can pop 3 Bloons each.</pre>
+|<pre>Advanced Targeting
+Allows Dartling Gunner to hit Camo Bloons.</pre>
+|Powerful Darts was moved to the bottom path. Its original spot was replaced with a new upgrade, [[Advanced Targeting (BTD6)|Advanced Targeting]].
+|-
+|2
+|<pre>Depleted Bloontonium
+Shots can damage any Bloon type.</pre>
+|<pre>Faster Barrel Spin
+Makes gun fire much faster.</pre>
+|This upgrade was omitted. The text for this upgrade still exists, unused, in the game's localization files.
+|-
+|3
+|<pre>Hydra Rocket Pods
+Shoots depleted bloontonium missiles instead of darts, which can pop black and lead Bloons.</pre>
+|<pre>Hydra Rocket Pods
+Shoots vicious little missiles instead of darts.</pre>
+|The description was reworded to account for the omission of Depleted Bloontonium.
+|-
+|4
+|<pre>Rocket Storm
+Rocket Storm ability: Sends a powerful storm of rockets in all directions.</pre>
+|<pre>Rocket Storm
+Rocket Storm ability: Launches a powerful storm of rockets in a wide cone</pre>
+|The description of the ability's firing angle was altered.
+|-
+|5
+|<pre>MAD (Moab Assured Destroyer)
+Each missile does extreme damage to MOAB-Class Bloons.</pre>
+|<pre>M.A.D
+Moab Assured Destroyer. Each missile does extreme damage to MOAB class bloons.</pre>
+|The name and description were reworded.
+|-
+!colspan="4"|Path 3
+|-
+|1
+|colspan="2"|<pre>Faster Swivel
+Barrel can swivel much faster.</pre>
+|
+|-
+|2
+|<pre>Lock and Load
+Can lock Dartling in one aim direction.</pre>
+|<pre>Powerful Darts
+Darts move faster and can pop 3 Bloons each.</pre>
+|This upgrade was omitted. The ability to lock the Dartling Gunner in place became an inherent mechanic. The text for this upgrade was removed from the localization files.
+|-
+|3
+|colspan="2"|<pre>Buckshot
+Shoots blasts of deadly buckshot instead of darts.</pre>
+|
+|-
+|4
+|<pre>Bloon Area Denial System
+-barreled auto-cannon can set to attack automatically.</pre>
+|<pre>Bloon Area Denial System
+-barreled auto-cannon that can be set to attack automatically.</pre>
+|The description was very slightly reworded.
+|-
+|5
+|<pre>Bloon Exclusion Zone
+Increased damage and upgrade to 6 barrels. Bloons are excluded.</pre>
+|<pre>Bloon Exclusion Zone
+Upgraded to 6 barrels and massively increased damage. Bloons are excluded from existence.</pre>
+|The description was reworded.
+|}
+===Promotion===
 {{empty}}
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 ==Related achievement==
-{{BTD6 achievement list by name|Regifted}}
+{{BTD6 achievement list|exclude others=y|include=Regifted}}
 ==Gallery==
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 BTD6 000-DartlingGunner.png|Portrait
 BTD6 000-DartlingGunnerInsta.png|[[Insta Monkey]] icon
+</gallery>
+===Concept art===
+<gallery>
+BTD6 dartling gunner concept art.png
+BTD6 yzibelle dartling gunner concept art.jpg
+BTD6 yzibelle dartling gunner combination concept art.jpg
 </gallery>
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 {{BTD6 dartling gunner nav}}
 {{BTD6 tower nav}}
-{{dartling gunner nav}}

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