Glue Storm (BTD6)

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{{BTD6 upgrade info

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| id = Glue Storm

| name = Glue Storm

|name =Glue Storm

| icon = BTD6 GlueGunner GlueStormUpgradeIcon.png

|icon =BTD6 GlueGunner GlueStormUpgradeIcon.png

| image = BTD6 050-GlueGunner.png

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| description = Glue Storm Ability: Pelts the whole screen with glue for 20 seconds.

|description =Glue Storm Ability: Pelts the whole screen with glue for 10 seconds.

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| tower = Glue Gunner

| path = 2

|tower=Glue Gunner

| tier = 5

|path =2

| cost = 16000

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| xp = 25000

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'''Glue Storm''' is the [[Glue Gunner (BTD6)|Glue Gunner]]'s path 2 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It replaces the [[Glue Strike (BTD6)|Glue Strike]] ability with the Glue Storm ability, which glues all Bloons on screen every second for 20 seconds instead of only applying once. The rate at which Bloons are glued by the ability is affected by rate buffs such as [[Jungle Drums (BTD6)|Jungle Drums]]. Glue from the ability lasts for 11 seconds (24~~~~ with ~~0-5-1~~), and the slowdown soaks up to ~~three~~ non-blimp layers (all with ~~1-5-0~~, ~~including~~ blimp layers), while the ~~debuffs~~ soak up to 6 non-blimp layers. ~~Affected Bloons take a +2 damage debuff.~~

'''Glue Storm''' is the [[Glue Gunner (BTD6)|Glue Gunner]]'s path 2 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. <section begin="lede"/>This upgrade replaces the [[Glue Strike (BTD6)|Glue Strike]] ability with the Glue Storm ability, which glues all Bloons on screen every second for 20 seconds instead of only applying once. The rate at which Bloons are glued by the ability is affected by rate buffs such as [[Jungle Drums (BTD6)|Jungle Drums]]. Glue from the ability lasts for 11 seconds (24 with [[Stickier Glue (BTD6)|Stickier Glue]]), and the slowdown soaks up to five non-blimp layers (all with [[Glue Soak (BTD6)|Glue Soak]], includes blimp layers with [[Corrosive Glue (BTD6)|Corrosive Glue]]), while the damage debuff soaks through all non-blimp layers (plus blimps with Glue Soak) and the immunity debuff soak up to 6 non-blimp layers. The [[Ability Cooldown|cooldown]] of this ability is 40 seconds.<section end="lede"/>

~~This upgrade increases the Glue Gunner's~~ [[Ability Cooldown|~~ability~~ cooldown]] ~~from 30 seconds to~~ 40 seconds ~~and adds 10 seconds to the ability's current cooldown~~.

==Stats==

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==Strategy==

~~{{Outdated|glue storm rework again}}~~{{BTD6 last updated|51.1|section=y}}

Glue Storm is a powerful supporting tower, being the most useful past Round 80. Its damage buff is now applied consistently as blimps and insides are popped, thus the ability effectively grants extra damage to all towers on the screen while active, greatly aiding fast-attacking, low-damage towers (~~such as~~ {{BTD6|Sun Avatar}}, and {{BTD6|Bloonjitsu}} with {{BTD6|Shinobi Tactics}}). ~~The ability'~~s more consistent de-[[Lead Bloon (BTD6)|Lead]] capability reduces dependency of [[Monkey Intelligence Bureau (BTD6)|MIB]] versus {{BTD6|DDT}}s. The ability also provides valuable slowdown against Bloons, largely neutralizing their threat.

Glue Storm is a powerful supporting tower, being the most useful past Round 80. Its damage buff is now applied consistently as blimps and insides are popped, thus the ability effectively grants extra damage to all towers on the screen while active, greatly aiding fast-attacking, low-damage towers (e.g. {{BTD6|Sun Avatar}}, and {{BTD6|Bloonjitsu}} with {{BTD6|Shinobi Tactics}}). Compared to multiple {{BTD6|Glue Strike}}s, Glue Storm is more consistent when sustained but has a long period of downtime, unlike the former. Its consistent de-[[Lead Bloon (BTD6)|Lead]] capability reduces dependency of [[Monkey Intelligence Bureau (BTD6)|MIB]] versus {{BTD6|DDT}}s, including from round 95's DDTs. The ability's long duration also provides valuable slowdown against Bloons, largely neutralizing their threat.

Glue Storm is also powerful against [[Boss Bloon]]s and in [[Freeplay]]. In Freeplay, {{BTD6|Primary Expertise}} and {{BTD6|Energizer}}/[[Nautic Siege Core]] are essential for the ability to have a shorter cooldown and catch newly-spawned {{BTD6|BAD}}s more quickly. However, Glue Storm is suboptimal in [[Race Event]]s due to ~~its increased initial cooldown, making~~ selling and rebuying ~~{{BTD6|~~Glue Strike~~}} a~~ superior ~~strategy~~.

Glue Storm is also powerful against [[Boss Bloon]]s and in [[Freeplay]]. In Freeplay, {{BTD6|Primary Expertise}} and {{BTD6|Energizer}}/[[Nautic Siege Core]] are essential for the ability to have a shorter cooldown and catch newly-spawned {{BTD6|BAD}}s more quickly. However, Glue Storm is suboptimal in [[Race Event]]s due to the better value of Glue Strike's instant activations in time-sensitive situations; selling and rebuying Glue Strike is superior.

Crosspaths are important for maximizing its support role. 2-~~5-0 has a stronger +3 damage debuff but lacks full~~ uptime on ~~singular targets (up to 21 seconds out of 40)~~, requiring~~ cooldown buffs ~~to maintain the debuff; with~~ [[Energizer (BTD6)|Energizer]] and [[Primary ~~Expertise~~ (BTD6)|Primary Expertise]] singular targets have almost 100% uptime, and just over 100% when also adding {{BTD6 mk|Global Ability Cooldowns}}. 0-5-2 is more preferable in situations where cooldown reduction cannot be obtained or when doing [[2 MegaPops]], and to be a more reliable de-Lead, with the extra slowdown against {{BTD6|Super Ceramic Bloon}}s as an extra bonus. In [[CHIMPS]]~~, the 0-5-1 crosspath is preferred most of the time, as 20 seconds duration is enough to cover all DDTs on Round 95, this game mode's longest DDT round.

Crosspaths are important for maximizing its support role. Glue Storm may still benefit from first-path crosspaths, as the downtime between storms can still be enough to cause towers to struggle. The uptime on a single blimp throughout the ability, mainly BADs and Bosses, is more than 100% if given 0-5-1, which can still matter without adding ability cooldown buffs like [[Energizer (BTD6)|Energizer]] and [[Primary Mentoring (BTD6)|Primary Mentoring]].

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 {{for|other uses|Glue Storm (disambiguation)}}
-{{Research|how does glue soak crosspath work with moabs?|section=y}}
 {{BTD6 upgrade info
-|id=Glue Storm
+| id = Glue Storm
+| name = Glue Storm
-|name         =Glue Storm
+| icon = BTD6 GlueGunner GlueStormUpgradeIcon.png
-|icon         =BTD6 GlueGunner GlueStormUpgradeIcon.png
+| image = BTD6 050-GlueGunner.png
-|image        =BTD6 050-GlueGunner.png
+| description = Glue Storm Ability: Pelts the whole screen with glue for 20 seconds.
-|description  =Glue Storm Ability: Pelts the whole screen with glue for 10 seconds.
+| description C =
-|description C=
+| tower = Glue Gunner
+| path = 2
-|tower=Glue Gunner
+| tier = 5
-|path =2
+| cost = 16000
-|tier =5
+| cost C =
+| xp = 25000
-|cost  =16000
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-|xp    =25000
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-'''Glue Storm''' is the [[Glue Gunner (BTD6)|Glue Gunner]]'s path 2 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It replaces the [[Glue Strike (BTD6)|Glue Strike]] ability with the Glue Storm ability, which glues all Bloons on screen every second for 20 seconds instead of only applying once. The rate at which Bloons are glued by the ability is affected by rate buffs such as [[Jungle Drums (BTD6)|Jungle Drums]]. Glue from the ability lasts for 11 seconds (24<!--NK lied in v49.0 patch--> with 0-5-1), and the slowdown soaks up to three non-blimp layers (all with 1-5-0, including blimp layers), while the debuffs soak up to 6 non-blimp layers. Affected Bloons take a +2 damage debuff.
+'''Glue Storm''' is the [[Glue Gunner (BTD6)|Glue Gunner]]'s path 2 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. <section begin="lede"/>This upgrade replaces the [[Glue Strike (BTD6)|Glue Strike]] ability with the Glue Storm ability, which glues all Bloons on screen every second for 20 seconds instead of only applying once. The rate at which Bloons are glued by the ability is affected by rate buffs such as [[Jungle Drums (BTD6)|Jungle Drums]]. Glue from the ability lasts for 11 seconds (24 with [[Stickier Glue (BTD6)|Stickier Glue]]), and the slowdown soaks up to five non-blimp layers (all with [[Glue Soak (BTD6)|Glue Soak]], includes blimp layers with [[Corrosive Glue (BTD6)|Corrosive Glue]]), while the damage debuff soaks through all non-blimp layers (plus blimps with Glue Soak) and the immunity debuff soak up to 6 non-blimp layers. The [[Ability Cooldown|cooldown]] of this ability is 40 seconds.<section end="lede"/>
-This upgrade increases the Glue Gunner's [[Ability Cooldown|ability cooldown]] from 30 seconds to 40 seconds and adds 10 seconds to the ability's current cooldown.
 ==Stats==
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 ==Strategy==
-{{Outdated|glue storm rework again}}{{BTD6 last updated|51.1|section=y}}
+{{BTD6 last updated|55.2|section=y}}
-Glue Storm is a powerful supporting tower, being the most useful past Round 80. Its damage buff is now applied consistently as blimps and insides are popped, thus the ability effectively grants extra damage to all towers on the screen while active, greatly aiding fast-attacking, low-damage towers (such as {{BTD6|Sun Avatar}}, and {{BTD6|Bloonjitsu}} with {{BTD6|Shinobi Tactics}}). The ability's more consistent de-[[Lead Bloon (BTD6)|Lead]] capability reduces dependency of [[Monkey Intelligence Bureau (BTD6)|MIB]] versus {{BTD6|DDT}}s. The ability also provides valuable slowdown against Bloons, largely neutralizing their threat.
+Glue Storm is a powerful supporting tower, being the most useful past Round 80. Its damage buff is now applied consistently as blimps and insides are popped, thus the ability effectively grants extra damage to all towers on the screen while active, greatly aiding fast-attacking, low-damage towers (e.g. {{BTD6|Sun Avatar}}, and {{BTD6|Bloonjitsu}} with {{BTD6|Shinobi Tactics}}). Compared to multiple {{BTD6|Glue Strike}}s, Glue Storm is more consistent when sustained but has a long period of downtime, unlike the former. Its consistent de-[[Lead Bloon (BTD6)|Lead]] capability reduces dependency of [[Monkey Intelligence Bureau (BTD6)|MIB]] versus {{BTD6|DDT}}s, including from round 95's DDTs. The ability's long duration also provides valuable slowdown against Bloons, largely neutralizing their threat.
-Glue Storm is also powerful against [[Boss Bloon]]s and in [[Freeplay]]. In Freeplay, {{BTD6|Primary Expertise}} and {{BTD6|Energizer}}/[[Nautic Siege Core]] are essential for the ability to have a shorter cooldown and catch newly-spawned {{BTD6|BAD}}s more quickly. However, Glue Storm is suboptimal in [[Race Event]]s due to its increased initial cooldown, making selling and rebuying {{BTD6|Glue Strike}} a superior strategy.
+Glue Storm is also powerful against [[Boss Bloon]]s and in [[Freeplay]]. In Freeplay, {{BTD6|Primary Expertise}} and {{BTD6|Energizer}}/[[Nautic Siege Core]] are essential for the ability to have a shorter cooldown and catch newly-spawned {{BTD6|BAD}}s more quickly. However, Glue Storm is suboptimal in [[Race Event]]s due to the better value of Glue Strike's instant activations in time-sensitive situations; selling and rebuying Glue Strike is superior.
-Crosspaths are important for maximizing its support role. 2-5-0 has a stronger +3 damage debuff but lacks full uptime on singular targets (up to 21 seconds out of 40),<!--10+11=21--> requiring cooldown buffs to maintain the debuff; with [[Energizer (BTD6)|Energizer]] and [[Primary Expertise (BTD6)|Primary Expertise]] singular targets have almost 100% uptime,<!--21/22--> and just over 100% when also adding {{BTD6 mk|Global Ability Cooldowns}}. 0-5-2 is more preferable in situations where cooldown reduction cannot be obtained or when doing [[2 MegaPops]], and to be a more reliable de-Lead, with the extra slowdown against {{BTD6|Super Ceramic Bloon}}s as an extra bonus. In [[CHIMPS]], the 0-5-1 crosspath is preferred most of the time, as 20 seconds duration is enough to cover all DDTs on Round 95, this game mode's longest DDT round.
+Crosspaths are important for maximizing its support role. Glue Storm may still benefit from first-path crosspaths, as the downtime between storms can still be enough to cause towers to struggle. The uptime on a single blimp throughout the ability, mainly BADs and Bosses, is more than 100% if given 0-5-1, which can still matter without adding ability cooldown buffs like [[Energizer (BTD6)|Energizer]] and [[Primary Mentoring (BTD6)|Primary Mentoring]].
 ==Update history==

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