Dartling Gunner (BTD6): Difference between revisions

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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]].

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{{BTD6 hero list by insta|Dartling Gunner}}

===Related Artifacts===

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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.  

* 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 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.

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).