Submerge and Support (BTD6): Difference between revisions

'''Submerge and Support''' is the [[Monkey Sub (BTD6)|Monkey Sub]]'s path 1 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. When purchased, the Monkey Sub gains the Submerge targeting option which can be toggled every 0.5s. When submerged, the Monkey Sub stops its usual attacks, and instead periodically creates an aura in its range that removes the [[Camo Bloon (BTD6)|Camo]] property of Bloons inside it. This decamo aura deals no damage, activates every 1.5 seconds, and has a [[pierce]] of 100.

Crosspaths upgrade the aura. [[Twin Guns (BTD6)|Twin Guns]] increases the [[attack speed]] of the aura, and [[Barbed Darts (BTD6)|Barbed Darts]] increases its [[pierce]]. [[Heat-tipped Darts (BTD6)|Heat-tipped Darts]] and [[Airburst Darts (BTD6)|Airburst Darts]] provide no further benefit to a submerged sub.

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Submerge and Support is a solid de-camo tower, being cheaper than all other options other than the pierce-deficient {{BTD6|Counter-Espionage}}. Despite dealing no damage while submerged, it's overall favorable; this avoids stealing from bloon-based income generators such as [[Bloon Trap (BTD6)|Bloon Trap]], while not demanding external camo detection. It works the best when placed so that its radius covers the entirety of a bend and it can de-camo reliably. However, when playing on maps without bends or with multiple far-apart lanes, Submerge and Support's utility falls off. Due to its lack of constant de-camo, it is also generally not sufficient by itself against {{BTD6|DDT}}s, which can remain Camo between cycles, a period of time that would otherwise be valuable for other towers to deal damage.

To maximize its value, un-submerge it on rounds without Camos to use its main attack. 3-0-1 is the optimal crosspath, greatly enhancing the de-camo pulse's reliability against fast Bloons. {{BTD6|Airburst Darts}} is not needed because it does not increase pulse rate, but still useful when a strong early-game tower is desired. Middle crosspaths aren't much help at T3 (but good for [[Bloontonium Reactor (BTD6)|Bloontonium Reactor]]'s damage to groups), because its decamo already has fair pierce. While Submerge and Support's ability to disable its main attack by being submerged has been valuable in [[2 MegaPops]] when a good early-game tower that does not steal pops later on is desired, [[Adasaurus]] and [[Barracuda]] have superceded it in this role.