Pop and Awe (BTD6)

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{{research|Confirm if P&A can re-stun Bloons, and if the rate of the ability's global damage+stun can be improved with speed buffs}}

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'''Pop and Awe''' is the [[Mortar Monkey (BTD6)|Mortar Monkey]]'s path 2 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It replaces Artillery Battery's Bombardment ability with ~~a new ability named~~ Pop and Awe ~~that~~ stuns all Bloons and blimps (excluding [[BAD (BTD6)|BADs]] and [[Boss Bloon|Bosses]], while allowing all others to inch forward), does 20 damage per second to everything on the screen and immediately to any newly spawned Bloon, has a cooldown of 60 seconds, and lasts for 8 seconds. With the 0-5-2 crosspath, the ability also applies [[Burny Stuff (BTD6)|Burny Stuff]] that deals 36 damage per tick of every 1.25 seconds for up to 7.5 seconds.

'''Pop and Awe''' is the [[Mortar Monkey (BTD6)|Mortar Monkey]]'s path 2 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. <section begin="lede" />This upgrade replaces [[Artillery Battery (BTD6)|Artillery Battery]]'s Bombardment ability with the Pop and Awe ability, which stuns all Bloons and blimps (excluding [[BAD (BTD6)|BADs]] and [[Boss Bloon|Bosses]], while allowing all others to inch forward), does 20 damage per second to everything on the screen and immediately to any newly spawned Bloon, has a cooldown of 60 seconds, and lasts for 8 seconds. With the 0-5-2 crosspath, the ability also applies [[Burny Stuff (BTD6)|Burny Stuff]] that deals 36 damage per tick of every 1.25 seconds for up to 7.5 seconds.

Pop and Awe also gains a permanent 4× attack speed compared to [[Artillery Battery ~~(BTD6)|Artillery Battery]]~~ (with the ability inactive). In addition, bonus damage against stunned targets is increased (+2 → +8), and the blast radius is increased from 20 to 23 (28 to 32.2 with 1/2-5-0). With the 0-5-2 crosspath, the [[Burny Stuff (BTD6)|Burny Stuff]]'s damage per tick is increased from 6 to 20 and its duration is increased from 3.75 seconds to 7.5 seconds. Pop and Awe also grants all [[Artillery Battery (BTD6)|Artillery Batteries]] +1 BAD/Boss damage but it does not give this buff to itself.

Pop and Awe also gains a permanent 4× attack speed compared to Artillery Battery (with the ability inactive). In addition, bonus damage against stunned targets is increased (+2 → +8), and the blast radius is increased from 20 to 23 (28 to 32.2 with 1/2-5-0). With the 0-5-2 crosspath, the [[Burny Stuff (BTD6)|Burny Stuff]]'s damage per tick is increased from 6 to 20 and its duration is increased from 3.75 seconds to 7.5 seconds. Pop and Awe also grants all [[Artillery Battery (BTD6)|Artillery Batteries]] +1 BAD/Boss damage but it does not give this buff to itself.<section end="lede" />

==Stats==

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Pop and Awe is among the strongest Tier 5 upgrades for its cost, with it being one of the top options for [[CHIMPS]], provided it can be micromanaged sufficiently. Maps with long loops are preferred, such as [[Moon Landing (BTD6)|Moon Landing]] and [[Dark Path]]. Towers that stun blimps, such as [[Relentless Glue (BTD6)|Relentless Glue]], are doubly helpful as Pop and Awe can take advantage of its bonus damage to stunned Bloons. [[Striker Jones (BTD6)|Striker Jones]] is the best hero for it, thanks to his plethora of buffs to Mortars and Concussive Shell stun granting bonus damage. Bloon cleanup towers like [[Perma-Spike (BTD6)|Perma-Spike]] are recommended in combination with Pop and Awe. Against the BAD, use [[MOAB Eliminator (BTD6)|MOAB Eliminator]] or [[Spike Storm (BTD6)|Spike Storm]].

The 2-5-0 crosspath is preferred for its increased damage, pierce, and blast radius, allowing its main attack to reliably deal with dense groups of Bloons, especially while its ability is on cooldown. 0-5-2 gives Pop and Awe and its ability the Burny Stuff effect, but has inferior damage and consistency.

The 2-5-0 crosspath is preferred for its increased damage, pierce, and blast radius, allowing its main attack to reliably deal with dense groups of Bloons, especially while its ability is on cooldown. 0-5-2 gives Pop and Awe and its ability the Burny Stuff effect, but has much inferior damage and consistency.

==Update history==

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BTD6 050-MortarMonkeyInsta.png|[[Insta Monkey]] icon

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==Trivia==

*In {{BTD6 version|33.0}}, {{BTD6|Artillery Battery}} and Pop and Awe were buffed to be able to deal extra damage to {{BTD6|BAD}}s and [[Bosses]]. This has been removed since {{BTD6 version|49.0}} (however, Pop and Awe's activated ability still grants those bonuses to all Artillery Batteries).

**This bonus was from (and still exists in) its [[Pop and Awe (BTDB2)|Bloons TD Battles 2]] counterpart.

**They are the only non-[[Paragon]] towers to ever have bonus Boss damage, and the only towers to ever have bonus BAD damage.

*Its name is a wordplay on the term [[wp:shock and awe|shock and awe]], a military strategy involving a vague concept of applying "overwhelming power" to the enemy.

==In other languages==

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+{{research|Confirm if P&A can re-stun Bloons, and if the rate of the ability's global damage+stun can be improved with speed buffs}}
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-'''Pop and Awe''' is the [[Mortar Monkey (BTD6)|Mortar Monkey]]'s path 2 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It replaces Artillery Battery's Bombardment ability with a new ability named Pop and Awe that stuns all Bloons and blimps (excluding [[BAD (BTD6)|BADs]] and [[Boss Bloon|Bosses]], while allowing all others to inch forward), does 20 damage per second to everything on the screen and immediately to any newly spawned Bloon, has a cooldown of 60 seconds, and lasts for 8 seconds. With the 0-5-2 crosspath, the ability also applies [[Burny Stuff (BTD6)|Burny Stuff]] that deals 36 damage per tick of every 1.25 seconds for up to 7.5 seconds.
+'''Pop and Awe''' is the [[Mortar Monkey (BTD6)|Mortar Monkey]]'s path 2 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. <section begin="lede" />This upgrade replaces [[Artillery Battery (BTD6)|Artillery Battery]]'s Bombardment ability with the Pop and Awe ability, which stuns all Bloons and blimps (excluding [[BAD (BTD6)|BADs]] and [[Boss Bloon|Bosses]], while allowing all others to inch forward), does 20 damage per second to everything on the screen and immediately to any newly spawned Bloon, has a cooldown of 60 seconds, and lasts for 8 seconds. With the 0-5-2 crosspath, the ability also applies [[Burny Stuff (BTD6)|Burny Stuff]] that deals 36 damage per tick of every 1.25 seconds for up to 7.5 seconds.
-Pop and Awe also gains a permanent 4× attack speed compared to [[Artillery Battery (BTD6)|Artillery Battery]] (with the ability inactive). In addition, bonus damage against stunned targets is increased (+2 → +8), and the blast radius is increased from 20 to 23 (28 to 32.2 with 1/2-5-0). With the 0-5-2 crosspath, the [[Burny Stuff (BTD6)|Burny Stuff]]'s damage per tick is increased from 6 to 20 and its duration is increased from 3.75 seconds to 7.5 seconds. Pop and Awe also grants all [[Artillery Battery (BTD6)|Artillery Batteries]] +1 BAD/Boss damage but it does not give this buff to itself.
+Pop and Awe also gains a permanent 4× attack speed compared to Artillery Battery (with the ability inactive). In addition, bonus damage against stunned targets is increased (+2 → +8), and the blast radius is increased from 20 to 23 (28 to 32.2 with 1/2-5-0). With the 0-5-2 crosspath, the [[Burny Stuff (BTD6)|Burny Stuff]]'s damage per tick is increased from 6 to 20 and its duration is increased from 3.75 seconds to 7.5 seconds. Pop and Awe also grants all [[Artillery Battery (BTD6)|Artillery Batteries]] +1 BAD/Boss damage but it does not give this buff to itself.<section end="lede" />
 ==Stats==
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 Pop and Awe is among the strongest Tier 5 upgrades for its cost, with it being one of the top options for [[CHIMPS]], provided it can be micromanaged sufficiently. Maps with long loops are preferred, such as [[Moon Landing (BTD6)|Moon Landing]] and [[Dark Path]]. Towers that stun blimps, such as [[Relentless Glue (BTD6)|Relentless Glue]], are doubly helpful as Pop and Awe can take advantage of its bonus damage to stunned Bloons. [[Striker Jones (BTD6)|Striker Jones]] is the best hero for it, thanks to his plethora of buffs to Mortars and Concussive Shell stun granting bonus damage. Bloon cleanup towers like [[Perma-Spike (BTD6)|Perma-Spike]] are recommended in combination with Pop and Awe. Against the BAD, use [[MOAB Eliminator (BTD6)|MOAB Eliminator]] or [[Spike Storm (BTD6)|Spike Storm]].
-The 2-5-0 crosspath is preferred for its increased damage, pierce, and blast radius, allowing its main attack to reliably deal with dense groups of Bloons, especially while its ability is on cooldown. 0-5-2 gives Pop and Awe and its ability the Burny Stuff effect, but has inferior damage and consistency.<!--takes too long for the 20 DoT/1.5s to do more damage than it would take for +1 damage, also the pierce and blast REALLY matters for p&a in particular, and ability also takes too long for consistent damage. there's finalharmonic but there's better synergies like solver-->
+The 2-5-0 crosspath is preferred for its increased damage, pierce, and blast radius, allowing its main attack to reliably deal with dense groups of Bloons, especially while its ability is on cooldown. 0-5-2 gives Pop and Awe and its ability the Burny Stuff effect, but has much inferior damage and consistency.
 ==Update history==
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 BTD6 050-MortarMonkeyInsta.png|[[Insta Monkey]] icon
 </gallery>
+==Trivia==
+*In {{BTD6 version|33.0}}, {{BTD6|Artillery Battery}} and Pop and Awe were buffed to be able to deal extra damage to {{BTD6|BAD}}s and [[Bosses]]. This has been removed since {{BTD6 version|49.0}} (however, Pop and Awe's activated ability still grants those bonuses to all Artillery Batteries).
+**This bonus was from (and still exists in) its [[Pop and Awe (BTDB2)|Bloons TD Battles 2]] counterpart.
+**They are the only non-[[Paragon]] towers to ever have bonus Boss damage, and the only towers to ever have bonus BAD damage.
+*Its name is a wordplay on the term [[wp:shock and awe|shock and awe]], a military strategy involving a vague concept of applying "overwhelming power" to the enemy.
 ==In other languages==

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