Spectre (BTD6)

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'''Spectre''' is the [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]]'s path 3 tier 4 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It grants Monkey Ace a new attack which rapidly fires darts and bombs directly at Bloons. This new attack has a [[Attack speed|cooldown]] of 0.06 seconds, and alternates between firing:

'''Spectre''' is the [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]]'s path 3 tier 4 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. <section begin="lede" />This upgrade grants Monkey Ace a new attack which rapidly fires darts and bombs directly at Bloons. This new attack has a [[Attack speed|cooldown]] of 0.06 seconds, and alternates between firing:

* Darts, which deal 6 [[damage]], have 4 [[pierce]], and ~~has~~ the {{BTD6 dt|Sharp}} damage type.

* Darts, which deal 6 [[damage]], have 4 [[pierce]], and have the {{BTD6 dt|Sharp}} [[damage type]].

* Bombs, which deal 3 damage with +4 Ceramic damage, have 20 pierce, and ~~has~~ the {{BTD6 dt|Explosion}} damage type.

* Bombs, which deal 3 damage with +4 [[Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Ceramic]] damage, have 20 pierce, and have the {{BTD6 dt|Explosion}} damage type.

Both of these types of projectiles seek their target. This attack is always on First targeting.

This upgrade also increases the damage of Monkey Ace's main seeking darts from 1 to 3 and significantly improves ~~its~~ homing capability.

This upgrade also increases the damage of Monkey Ace's main seeking darts from 1 to 3 and significantly improves their homing capability.<section end="lede" />

==Mechanics==

===Homing darts===

Spectre retains the radial volley attack of [[Neva-Miss Targeting (BTD6)|Neva-Miss Targeting]], its previous upgrade, but ~~deals~~ 3 damage instead of 1 and ~~lasts~~ longer. Like Neva-Miss Targeting, each homing dart of the Spectre's dart volleys will decelerate if the target is not within a 20° cone of their current trajectory and accelerate if the target is within a 5° cone, allowing them to make much tighter turns in the air to avoid missing their targets. This seeking style is shared with [[Adora (BTD6)|Adora]]'s Divine Bolts.

Spectre retains the radial volley attack of [[Neva-Miss Targeting (BTD6)|Neva-Miss Targeting]], its previous upgrade, but these darts now deal 3 damage instead of 1 and last longer. Like Neva-Miss Targeting, each homing dart of the Spectre's dart volleys will decelerate if the target is not within a 20° cone of their current trajectory and accelerate if the target is within a 5° cone, allowing them to make much tighter turns in the air to avoid missing their targets. This seeking style is shared with [[Adora (BTD6)|Adora]]'s Divine Bolts.

===Front attack===

The front attack consists of an alternating rapid-fire attack of homing darts and bombs. Both projectiles move in a straight line and are able to rotate towards bloons from any distance. Bombs seek bloons up to a 45° cone from its direction, and seek at 45°/second. Darts seek bloons up to a 30° cone but have infinite seeking rate. Unlike the homing darts, the darts and bombs of the front attack ~~neither accelerate nor decelerate~~.

The front attack consists of an alternating rapid-fire attack of homing darts and bombs. Both projectiles move in a straight line and are able to rotate towards bloons from any distance. Bombs seek bloons up to a 45° cone from its direction, and seek at 45°/second. Darts seek bloons up to a 30° cone but have infinite seeking rate. Unlike the homing darts, the darts and bombs of the front attack always move at a constant speed.

Bombs have larger hitboxes but move slower than the darts, and bombs last longer.

Bombs gain two stat bonuses with [[Exploding Pineapple (BTD6)|Exploding Pineapple]]: +10 pierce (30 total) and +3 explosion radius (23).

==Stats==

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==Strategy==

Spectre is an effective yet very expensive mid-game carry on many maps. Unlike its previous upgrade, [[Neva-Miss Targeting (BTD6)|Neva-Miss Targeting]], Spectre's rapid attack speed limits its synergy with [[Berserker Brew (BTD6)|Berserker Brew]]. However, its attacks already have high enough base pierce and damage to reliably handle rounds 63, 76, and 78 on maps with reasonable track length. It falls off in the late game since it takes too many hits to destroy Super Ceramics and wastes shots chasing strays. Since the barrage always targets First, it is recommended that the Spectre flies ahead of the Bloons.

Spectre is an effective yet very expensive mid-game carry on many maps. Unlike its previous upgrade, [[Neva-Miss Targeting (BTD6)|Neva-Miss Targeting]], Spectre's rapid attack speed limits its synergy with [[Berserker Brew (BTD6)|Berserker Brew]]. However, its attacks already have high enough base pierce and damage to reliably handle rounds 63, 76, and 78 on maps with reasonable track length. It falls off in the late game since it takes too many hits to destroy Super Ceramics and wastes shots chasing strays. Since the barrage always targets First, it is recommended that the Spectre flies ahead of the Bloons to better utilize pierce.

Because of its high cost, [[Rosalia (BTD6)|Rosalia]] is the preferred Hero for Spectre in [[CHIMPS]], and on most maps the duo can save enough money to buy [[Flying Fortress (BTD6)|Flying Fortress]] to carry the rest of the game.

~~Top~~ crosspath is preferred for higher DPS. 0-2-4, outside of challenges that require the Camo crosspath, is ~~only~~ beneficial on [[Race Event]]s and CT Time Attack, as the [[Exploding Pineapple (BTD6)|Exploding Pineapple]] crosspath ~~offers much more~~ pierce on its bombs ~~than~~ the ~~overall~~ attack speed and projectile bonuses.

Path 1 crosspath is preferred for higher DPS. 0-2-4, outside of challenges that require the Camo crosspath, is mainly beneficial for [[Race Event]]s and CT Time Attack, as the [[Exploding Pineapple (BTD6)|Exploding Pineapple]] crosspath increases the base pierce of its bombs by 50%, compared to the 33% attack speed and projectile bonuses of the top path upgrades.

==Update history==

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-'''Spectre''' is the [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]]'s path 3 tier 4 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It grants Monkey Ace a new attack which rapidly fires darts and bombs directly at Bloons. This new attack has a [[Attack speed|cooldown]] of 0.06 seconds, and alternates between firing:
+'''Spectre''' is the [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]]'s path 3 tier 4 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. <section begin="lede" />This upgrade grants Monkey Ace a new attack which rapidly fires darts and bombs directly at Bloons. This new attack has a [[Attack speed|cooldown]] of 0.06 seconds, and alternates between firing:
-* Darts, which deal 6 [[damage]], have 4 [[pierce]], and has the {{BTD6 dt|Sharp}} damage type.
+* Darts, which deal 6 [[damage]], have 4 [[pierce]], and have the {{BTD6 dt|Sharp}} [[damage type]].
-* Bombs, which deal 3 damage with +4 Ceramic damage, have 20 pierce, and has the {{BTD6 dt|Explosion}} damage type.
+* Bombs, which deal 3 damage with +4 [[Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Ceramic]] damage, have 20 pierce, and have the {{BTD6 dt|Explosion}} damage type.
 Both of these types of projectiles seek their target. This attack is always on First targeting.
-This upgrade also increases the damage of Monkey Ace's main seeking darts from 1 to 3 and significantly improves its homing capability.
+This upgrade also increases the damage of Monkey Ace's main seeking darts from 1 to 3 and significantly improves their homing capability.<section end="lede" />
 ==Mechanics==
 ===Homing darts===
-Spectre retains the radial volley attack of [[Neva-Miss Targeting (BTD6)|Neva-Miss Targeting]], its previous upgrade, but deals 3 damage instead of 1 and lasts longer. Like Neva-Miss Targeting, each homing dart of the Spectre's dart volleys will decelerate if the target is not within a 20° cone of their current trajectory and accelerate if the target is within a 5° cone, allowing them to make much tighter turns in the air to avoid missing their targets. This seeking style is shared with [[Adora (BTD6)|Adora]]'s Divine Bolts.
+Spectre retains the radial volley attack of [[Neva-Miss Targeting (BTD6)|Neva-Miss Targeting]], its previous upgrade, but these darts now deal 3 damage instead of 1 and last longer. Like Neva-Miss Targeting, each homing dart of the Spectre's dart volleys will decelerate if the target is not within a 20° cone of their current trajectory and accelerate if the target is within a 5° cone, allowing them to make much tighter turns in the air to avoid missing their targets. This seeking style is shared with [[Adora (BTD6)|Adora]]'s Divine Bolts.
 ===Front attack===
-The front attack consists of an alternating rapid-fire attack of homing darts and bombs. Both projectiles move in a straight line and are able to rotate towards bloons from any distance. Bombs seek bloons up to a 45° cone from its direction, and seek at 45°/second. Darts seek bloons up to a 30° cone but have infinite seeking rate. Unlike the homing darts, the darts and bombs of the front attack neither accelerate nor decelerate.
+The front attack consists of an alternating rapid-fire attack of homing darts and bombs. Both projectiles move in a straight line and are able to rotate towards bloons from any distance. Bombs seek bloons up to a 45° cone from its direction, and seek at 45°/second. Darts seek bloons up to a 30° cone but have infinite seeking rate. Unlike the homing darts, the darts and bombs of the front attack always move at a constant speed.
 Bombs have larger hitboxes but move slower than the darts, and bombs last longer.
+Bombs gain two stat bonuses with [[Exploding Pineapple (BTD6)|Exploding Pineapple]]: +10 pierce (30 total) and +3 explosion radius (23).
 ==Stats==
 {{BTD6 stat list by tiers|Monkey Ace|004}}
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 ==Strategy==
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+{{BTD6 last updated|55.2|section=y}}
-Spectre is an effective yet very expensive mid-game carry on many maps. Unlike its previous upgrade, [[Neva-Miss Targeting (BTD6)|Neva-Miss Targeting]], Spectre's rapid attack speed limits its synergy with [[Berserker Brew (BTD6)|Berserker Brew]]. However, its attacks already have high enough base pierce and damage to reliably handle rounds 63, 76, and 78 on maps with reasonable track length. It falls off in the late game since it takes too many hits to destroy Super Ceramics and wastes shots chasing strays. Since the barrage always targets First, it is recommended that the Spectre flies ahead of the Bloons.
+Spectre is an effective yet very expensive mid-game carry on many maps. Unlike its previous upgrade, [[Neva-Miss Targeting (BTD6)|Neva-Miss Targeting]], Spectre's rapid attack speed limits its synergy with [[Berserker Brew (BTD6)|Berserker Brew]]. However, its attacks already have high enough base pierce and damage to reliably handle rounds 63, 76, and 78 on maps with reasonable track length. It falls off in the late game since it takes too many hits to destroy Super Ceramics and wastes shots chasing strays. Since the barrage always targets First, it is recommended that the Spectre flies ahead of the Bloons to better utilize pierce.
 Because of its high cost, [[Rosalia (BTD6)|Rosalia]] is the preferred Hero for Spectre in [[CHIMPS]], and on most maps the duo can save enough money to buy [[Flying Fortress (BTD6)|Flying Fortress]] to carry the rest of the game.
-Top crosspath is preferred for higher DPS. 0-2-4, outside of challenges that require the Camo crosspath, is only beneficial on [[Race Event]]s and CT Time Attack, as the [[Exploding Pineapple (BTD6)|Exploding Pineapple]] crosspath offers much more pierce on its bombs than the overall attack speed and projectile bonuses.
+Path 1 crosspath is preferred for higher DPS. 0-2-4, outside of challenges that require the Camo crosspath, is mainly beneficial for [[Race Event]]s and CT Time Attack, as the [[Exploding Pineapple (BTD6)|Exploding Pineapple]] crosspath increases the base pierce of its bombs by 50%, compared to the 33% attack speed and projectile bonuses of the top path upgrades.
 ==Update history==

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