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'''Diamondback''', titled '''The Village Devourer''', is a [[Boss Bloon]] in [[Bloons TD 6|''Bloons TD 6'']]. It was introduced in {{BTD6 version|52.0}} as an exclusive Boss to the ''[[Frontier Legends]]'' DLC, before being added to the game proper in {{BTD6 version|54.0}}. It is the third original boss in ''BTD6'' after [[Lych]] and [[Phayze]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite|author=Ninja Kiwi|date=2025-11-28|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/1p8kde6/bloons_td_6_v520_update_preview/|title=Bloons TD 6 v52.0 - Update Preview!|publisher=Reddit|retrieved=2025-11-28|quote=Diamondback, the new and terrifying multi-segment Boss Bloon<br>* This boss will be exclusive to Frontier at launch, but we will be adapting it for inclusion in the base game next year<br>* We’re sure players will work out all there is to know but we will share that it is a conglomerate boss inspired by Bloons Super Monkey 2<br>* Core mechanics revolve around Pierce and deliberate attacks that cause the boss to debuff itself}}</ref> In ''Frontier Legends'', Diamondback serves as the main antagonist to the story, where it destroyed the [[Sheriff (BTD6)|Sheriff]]'s home and now threatens the entire Frontier.<ref>{{Cite|author=Ninja Kiwi|date=2025-11-28|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVaNbCIr2mY|title=Ice Paragon & Frontier Legends {{!}} Coming Soon to Bloons TD 6!|publisher=YouTube|retrieved=2025-11-28}}</ref>

This boss is composed of multiple segments, with a head that blocks all [[pierce|piercing]] attacks and a shielded tail that, if targeted enough, can stun and debuff the Boss. It is able to spawn large numbers of supplementary Bloons as it loses health. Every time it reaches a skull threshold, Diamondback will shed one body segment in order to spawn an especially large wave of more powerful Bloons, and regrow the shield protecting its tail.

 

=== General ===

Diamondback is a segmented boss consisting of a head segment, a tail segment, and 5 body segments, increased to 7 body segments for Elite Diamondback. Each segment is counted as a separate Bloon and can be independently damaged, but all of them share a single total health bar.

 

Projectiles will have their pierce reduced to 0 if they hit Diamondback's head segment, and reduced by 2 if they hit a body segment.

Diamondback's tail segment is protected by a shield with [[Fortified Bloon (BTD6)|Fortified]] properties, represented by a secondary brown bar beneath its health bar. The health of the shield is always equal to 12.5% of Diamondback's maximum health for the current tier, including the extra health from [[Co-op (BTD6)|co-op]]. When the Rattle Tail shield is destroyed, Diamondback will be stunned for 12 seconds, and all segments take doubled damage from all attacks until the shield regenerates. While the Rattle Tail shield is disabled, the zig-zagging lines on Diamondback's health bar will turn dull, and the tail's health bar will turn bright blue and display "Vulnerable" text.

For every 1% of health Diamondback loses, its head and each of its body segments will spawn a certain type of Bloon all over the track depending on its type and tier. Upon spawning, these Bloons are briefly immune to damage.

When a skull is reached, Diamondback loses one of its body segments, fully regenerates the Rattle Tail's shield, and spawns more difficult waves of Bloons all over the track from its head and body segments, which always include a number of [[Diamond Bloon|Diamond Bloons]]. Diamondback cannot be targeted by attacks for 3 seconds after reaching a skull.  

A single attack cannot damage past a skull; for example if an attack normally deals 4,500 damage and Diamondback has only 1,000 health remaining to the next skull, that attack deals only 1,000 damage.

=== List of Scattered and Skull Bloons ===

{| class="wikitable"

!Bloons Spawned at Each Skull

!Bloons Scattered per 1% HP

|1

|2

|[[Fortified Bloon (BTD6)|Fortified]] [[Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Ceramic Bloon]] x1, [[Yellow Bloon (BTD6)|Yellow Bloon]] x6, [[Blue Bloon (BTD6)|Blue Bloon]] x12

|3

|[[Fortified Bloon (BTD6)|Fortified]] [[Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Ceramic Bloon]] x3, [[Yellow Bloon (BTD6)|Yellow Bloon]] x9, [[Blue Bloon (BTD6)|Blue Bloon]] x24

|4

|[[Fortified Bloon (BTD6)|Fortified]] [[Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Ceramic Bloon]] x10, [[Yellow Bloon (BTD6)|Yellow Bloon]] x12, [[Blue Bloon (BTD6)|Blue Bloon]] x30

|5

|1

|2

|3

|4

|5

===Boss Rush===

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{{BTD6 boss bloon health|20000|95000|444000|900000|3800000}}{{BTD6 boss bloon health|2500|11875|55500|112500|475000|label=Rattle Tail shield health}}{{BTD6 boss bloon speed|2|2|2|2|2}}

=== Elite ===

{{BTD6 boss bloon health|95000|550000|4000000|15000000|65000000}}{{BTD6 boss bloon health|11875|68750|500000|1875000|8125000|label=Rattle Tail shield health}}{{BTD6 boss bloon speed|2|2|2|2|2}}

 

{{Strategy needed}}