Glaive Ricochet (BTD6)

For other uses, see Glaive Ricochet (disambiguation).

Glaive Ricochet

	Glaives will bounce from Bloon to Bloon automatically and aggressively.

Tower		Path	Tier
Boomerang Monkey		1	3

XP cost	2,500
Cash cost	$510 — Easy $600 — Medium $650 — Hard $720 — Impoppable

← Glaives

M.O.A.R Glaives →

Glaive Ricochet is the Boomerang Monkey's path 1 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It increases the pierce of its glaives to 15 (45 with Extra Bounce), and allows them to bounce from Bloon to Bloon, with a maximum jump distance of 80 units. Additionally, it allows glaives to travel through line-of-sight blockers (though it does not allow Boomerang Monkey to see through them) and it increases projectile speed from 175 to 220.

Stats

For a complete list of Boomerang Monkey stats, see Stats:Boomerang Monkey (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 43 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 1.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) -3.47, 8.52, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 43 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 15 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 220 units/s Bounce distance 80 units Bounce targeting Close Lifespan 2s Radius 7.5 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

3-1-0

Attack
Cooldown 1.2s → 0.9s

3-2-0

Attack
Cooldown 0.9s → 0.6s
Projectile Speed 220 units/s → 286 units/s

3-0-1

Tower
Display range 43 units → 57.19 units

Attack
Targeting range 43 units → 57.19 units

3-0-2

Attack
Projectile Damage 1 → 2 Damage type Sharp → Normal

Costs and sell values

Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.

Tiers	Total cost				Sell value
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
3-0-0	$1,190	$1,395	$1,505	$1,675	$833	$977	$1,054	$1,173
3-1-0	$1,340	$1,570	$1,695	$1,885	$938	$1,099	$1,187	$1,320
3-2-0	$1,550	$1,820	$1,965	$2,185	$1,085	$1,274	$1,376	$1,530
3-0-1	$1,275	$1,495	$1,615	$1,795	$893	$1,047	$1,131	$1,257
3-0-2	$1,530	$1,795	$1,940	$2,155	$1,071	$1,257	$1,358	$1,509

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 52.2

Glaive Ricochet is a cheap early-game tower with high cleanup potential on single-lane maps, but it falls off greatly against multiple far-apart lanes. Due to its low single-target damage, it is bad against Ceramic Bloons and above. It is an excellent tower for Race Events with its high pierce allowing many round sends, especially with Extra Bounce.

3-0-2 is the optimal crosspath, granting the capability to pop Lead Bloons and skip layers with the higher damage.

Update history

For a complete list of Boomerang Monkey changes, see Update history:Boomerang Monkey (BTD6).

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Version 17.0

•  "Glaive Bounce pattern improved"

Version 22.0

•  Now has "Switch Hands" targeting option by default

Version 26.0

•  Glaive attack cooldown reduced ― 1.207s → 1.2s

3-1-0

•  Boomerang: attack cooldown reduced ― 0.90525s → 0.9s

3-2-0

•  Boomerang: attack cooldown reduced ― 0.6789375s → 0.675s

Version 36.0

“

Boomerang’s Ricochet buildup into T4 feels rough compared to many other options that exist nowadays, ignoring obstacles worked out as a strong fix for the T4 so we want to bring that down to the T3 as well along with some other general tweaks to bridge this gap. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $1,300 → $1,200
•  Glaives: Projectile ignores obstacles
•  Pierce increased ― 50 → 60
  • Note: MOAR Glaives unaffected
•  Jump distance increased ― 62.5 → 90

Version 41.0

“

Glaives are heavily focused grouped cleanup with low damage but high target count, however this scales poorly into MOABs & lategame so we’re reworking Ricochet to a much cheaper but weaker starting cleanup with MOAR staying a significant upgrade over this. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $1,200 → $600
•  Main attack: Pierce reduced ― 60 → 30
•  Main attack: Bounce distance reduced ― 90 → 60
  • Note: Does not affect M.O.A.R Glaives

Version 43.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $10 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 48.0

“

Faster Rangs has had some inconsistency resolved for an overall crosspathing improvement — Update notes

”

3-2-0

•  Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.675s → 0.6s (attack speed increased by 12.5%)

Version 54.0

“

Ricochet struggles to find targets to bounce to due to its low range and projectile speed, this was a balancing factor for the upgrade’s low cost however we’ve decided to shift toward higher reliability in exchange for lower pierce. — Update notes

”

•  Bounce seeking distance increased ― 60 units → 80 units
•  Pierce reduced ― 30 → 15
•  Projectile speed increased ― 175 units/s → 220 units/s
  • Note: Stacks with 3-2-0 Faster Rangs crosspath ― 227.5 units/s → 286 units/s
  • 3-0-1 and 3-0-2 are unaffected by all changes.

Version 54.1

3-0-1, 3-0-2

•  Bounce seeking distance increased ― 60 units → 80 units (bug fix)
•  Pierce reduced ― 30 → 15 (bug fix)
•  Projectile speed increased ― 175 units/s → 220 units/s (bug fix)
  • Note: These changes were intended for version 54.0 but this crosspath was unchanged

Gallery

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  No upgrades (3-0-0)
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  Long Range Rangs (3-0-1)
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  Red Hot Rangs (3-0-2)
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  Faster Throwing (3-1-0)
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  Faster Rangs (3-2-0)

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
• 
  Insta Monkey icon

Trivia

• According to a Ninja Kiwi blog post, Glaive Ricochet's bouncing projectiles inspired Quincy during his training.

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	جلايف ريكوشيت سوف ترتد القواطع الحادة من بالون إلى بالون تلقائيًا وبعنف وقوة.	—
Danish	Glavind-hop Glavind vil hoppe automatisk og aggressivt fra bloon til bloon.	—
German	Gleven-Ricochet Gleven springen automatisch und äußerst aggressiv von Bloon zu Bloon.	—
Spanish	Rebote de gujas Las gujas rebotan de bloon en bloon de forma automática y agresiva.	—
Spanish (LA)	Rebote de gujas Las gujas rebotan de bloon en bloon de forma automática y agresiva.	—
Finnish	Heittoterän kimmoke Heittoterät ponnahtavat bloonista blooniin automaattisesti ja aggressiivisesti.	—
French	Ricochet de glaive Les glaives rebondiront de Bloon en Bloon automatiquement et de façon agressive.	—
Italian	Glaive con rimbalzo I falcioni rimbalzeranno di bloon in bloon automaticamente e aggressivamente.	—
Japanese	グレイヴ・リコシェット 剣が自動的に、ブルーンからブルーンへ攻撃的に跳ね返る。	—
Korean	글레이브 도탄 글레이브가 자동으로 풍선에서 풍선으로 튀며 공격합니다.	—
Dutch	Messenkaats Messen stuiteren automatisch en agressief van Bloon naar Bloon.	—
Norwegian	Rikosjetterende glaive Lanser spretter fra bloon til bloon automatisk og aggressivt.	—
Polish	Glewie rykoszetowe Glewie będą odbijać się od blonów automatycznie i agresywnie.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Ricochete Gládio As lâminas ricochetearão de Bloon em Bloon automática e agressivamente.	—
Russian	Рикошетящие глефы Глефы автоматически и агрессивно отскакивают от шара к шару.	—
Swedish	Glavrikoschett Glavarna kommer att studsa från Bloon till Bloon automatiskt och aggressivt.	—
Thai	กงจักรสะท้อน กงจักรจะชิ่งไปยังลูกโป่งลูกอื่นโดยอัตโนมัติอย่างรุนแรง	—
Turkish	Yıldız Bıçak Sekmesi Yıldız Bıçaklar otomatik ve saldırgan bir şekilde Bloon’dan Bloon’a seker.	—
Chinese (simplified)	利刃弹射 利刃将自动在气球之间弹射。	—
Chinese (traditional)	反彈大刀 大刀可在氣球間自動兇猛彈跳。	—
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