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.