Spiked Balls (BTD6): Difference between revisions

'''Spiked Balls''' is the [[Spike Factory (BTD6)|Spike Factory]]'s path 1 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. Instead of spike piles, it dispenses spiked balls that deal 2 damage, +3 [[Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Ceramic]] damage, and +1 [[Fortified Bloon (BTD6)|Fortified]] damage, and have 11 pierce. Spiked balls can pop Frozen and [[Lead Bloon (BTD6)|Lead]] Bloons.<!--uhh, where to supersede the crosspathing interactions despite it having basic interactions? some people wanna know all the crosspathing interactions in spite of this, and spalls needs this due to being a tanking upgrade-->

Spiked Balls is mediocre as a mid or late game cleanup. Before round 81, an unbuffed Spiked Balls is less cost-efficient than a base Spike Factory with {{BTD6|Berserker Brew}}. Buffing Spiked Balls with Berserker Brew will make it more powerful, but this setup is so expensive for cleanup that it will delay any saveup. Therefore it is not a worthwhile option at all unless upgrading to {{BTD6|Spiked Mines}}, which becomes the mid game carry itself. It also performs poorly against [[Super Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Super Ceramics]], taking 1.5 piles (0.85 with Berserker Brew) to pop each one and costing much more than other options.

Both crosspaths have their own use cases. 3-2-0 is better if building into Spiked Mines, while 3-0-2 is more useful for defending multiple or intersecting exits.