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Each Boss Rush event has five islands. Each island is assigned a random [[map]] and [[Boss Bloon]]. Initially, players can only enter a Battle on the first island. Each time the Team completes an island, the next island becomes available. Players can Battle previously completed islands, but their scores are not recorded. Each player starts with 4 {{icon|BTD6 CtTicketsIcon.png}} Team Tickets and uses one each time they enter a Battle. Tickets automatically refresh every 6 hours to a total of 6 {{icon|BTD6 CtTicketsIcon.png}}, and the player can also redeem {{BTD6 mm|50}} for a ticket with no limit. Every event per week is the same across all players and Teams.

On the first island, the Team starts with one [[Relic Knowledge|Relic]] and a roster of 16 [[tower]] types, both chosen at random (though the [[Banana Farm (BTD6)|Banana Farm]] is never available). Each player can also use any [[Hero]] except [[Geraldo (BTD6)|Geraldo]] and [[Dan D'Monke]]. When the Team completes an island, all players that ever submitted a score for that island earn rewards, the Team unlocks the next island, the Team's roster loses two random tower types, and the Team gains one of the following Relics:

Islands always use [[Medium]] difficulty, usually in Standard mode, but they have a 15% chance to be in [[Reverse (BTD6)|Reverse]] mode instead. All Powers except [[Portable Lake (BTD6)|Portable Lake]], [[Pontoon (BTD6)|Pontoon]], [[Banana Farmer (BTD6)|Banana Farmer]], and [[Tech Bot (BTD6)|Tech Bot]] are disabled, and Powers are not supplied for free. Additionally, [[Continue]]s, [[Hero Booster]]s, [[Double Cash Mode (BTD6)|Double Cash Mode]], and [[Fast Track Mode]] are disabled. The following maps will never appear on an island:

<section begin="Lych"/>Lych has Regrow properties, and buff-absorbing mechanics, as well as passively reducing sellback by 35%. Lych moves 50% slower while ethereal. Every time Lych pops, it spawns a tombstone at its current location, which spawns Zombie MOABs regularly, increased to Zombie BFBs and Zombie ZOMGs at higher tiers. Every 10 pops, Lych will become ethereal and spawn three Lych-souls (five Lych-souls at 50+<!--or write "at Elite phase" or something--> pops).</section end="Lych" />

<section begin="Dreadbloon"/>Dreadbloon's Ceramic Armor Shell starts at 70 health and its [[Dreadrock Bloon]]s start at 40 health, both of which scale at the same rate as Dreadbloon's health. Each time the player pops Dreadbloon, it re-shields and spawns 6 Dreadrock Bloons. It does not have any damage resistance, though it still has damage type immunities. Dreadbloon's speed is reduced by 10% while shielded. Every 10 pops, Dreadbloon's tower category immunity switches (Primary, Military, Magic, Support).</section end="Dreadbloon" />

<section begin="Phayze"/>Phayze's Reality Shield health scales in the same way as its base health. Its speed increases by 30% while shielded. Its Radar Jam cooldown starts at 32 seconds and reduces by 0.5% each time it pops until it reaches the minimum cooldown of 3.84 seconds. Each time it pops, it generates its Reality Shield but does not warp. Every 10 pops, it creates a portal or moves it to its current position.</section end="Phayze" />

<section begin="Blastapopoulos"/>Blastapopoulos's heat meter increases by 1.5% each time it pops. During Overheat, it stuns all towers for 4 seconds and increases ability cooldowns by 10 seconds (unaffected by number of pops). Every 10 pops, it activates Fireballs and Pyroclastic Rocks and gains 15% of its heat meter.</section end="Blastapopoulos" />

<section begin="Diamondback"/>Diamondback always begins with 7 segments, and has similar Rattle Tail mechanics. Its segments break off when those parts get damaged enough, breaking one segment, starting from the 4th pop. Every time Diamondback pops, it produces spawns of Bloons. Every 10 pops, Diamondback regenerates all of its Rattle Tail and produces stronger spawns, including [[Diamond Bloon]]s after a certain pop amount.</section end="Diamondback" />

{{Strategy needed|Move the extensive stuff to the [[Strategy:Boss Rush]] article (also, not very fleshed out strategy...), also pretty sure this section isn't really proofchecked by anyone other than Qwertyxp2000}}

Quickly popping the Boss is the best way to make income that will allow popping of more tiers of the Boss. During early stages, use an efficient cheap tower with good single-target damage, or the Hero if brought for that purpose. Towards the late-game, afford defenses designed with the current Boss in mind. Like with [[Boss Bloon Event]]s and [[Contested Territory (BTD6)|Contested Territory]]'s Regular Tiles, always max out in [[Monkey Knowledge (BTD6)|Monkey Knowledge]], and add Monkey Knowledge that focuses on maximizing single-target damage.

For Heroes, the most easy-to-use hero is [[Sauda (BTD6)|Sauda]], who is an excellent early-game Hero for damaging the first stages of Bosses, especially Phayze and Blastapopoulos. Just set her on Strong (or First if it's Dreadbloon, avoiding [[Dreadrock Bloon]]s) and spam her Leaping Sword ability. However, some Heroes are better when seeking for late-game, though most of them should be placed after several Boss pops are beaten with other towers. [[Adora (BTD6)|Adora]], [[Benjamin (BTD6)|Benjamin]], [[Admiral Brickell (BTD6)|Admiral Brickell]], and [[Ezili (BTD6)|Ezili]] become more useful going later in a boss.

<li value="1"> Buy [[Sauda (BTD6)|Sauda]], set her on Strong (First if against Dreadbloon).</li>

:*2-4-0 Glue Gunner: Time [[Glue Strike (BTD6)|Glue Strike]] ability when lots of projectiles attack the Boss. Avoid if it's Blastapopoulos.

<li value="4"> Use a cleanup tower if natural Bloons or Bloonarius's rushes start to become a problem.

:*3-0-2 and 4-0-2 Boomerang Monkey: [[Glaive Ricochet (BTD6)|Glaive Ricochet]] can be used for small volume rushes, and [[M.O.A.R Glaives (BTD6)|M.O.A.R Glaives]] for dealing with large rushes.</li>

:*x-3-x Druid: [[Druid of the Jungle (BTD6)|Druid of the Jungle]] on First deals with natural waves in the early stages. Use 1-3-0 versus Leads.

:*4-2-0 Tack: In the event that most other towers aren't available, [[Ring of Fire (BTD6)|Ring of Fire]] can offer cleanup.

<li value="5"> Buy some strong T4 towers.</li>

<li value="6"> Go for a powerful T5 that excels at single-target damage starting from about 30 pops.</li>

:*x-5-x Dartling Gunner: [[M.A.D (BTD6)|M.A.D]] and its ability do lots of Boss damage if pointing towards the Boss.

:*5-x-x Beast Handler: [[Megalodon]] is extremely powerful against Bosses for its cost, but has low range. Set on Strong and reposition the beast once the Boss gets past its range.

<li value="8"> If over $150,000 is available, it's possible to buy very expensive T5's (e.g. [[Super Mines (BTD6)|Super Mines]]), and cheap Paragons (e.g. [[Apex Plasma Master]]). Support [[Sun Temple (BTD6)|Temple]] is also viable.</li>

Optionally, add some income-generating towers. Buccaneer's Merchantman, Alchemist's Lead to Gold and Rubber to Gold, and Engineer's 2-0-4 Bloon Trap are some examples of viable picks. Also Spirit of the Forest for both income and large scale cleanup.

*[[Dreadbloon (BTD6)|Dreadbloon]]: Always have at least two tower categories available to attack the Boss at a time, avoid setting on Strong, and watch out for Dreadrock Bloons.

*[[Blastapopoulos (BTD6)|Blastapopoulos]]: Tower spam of weak individual towers are favorable. Have several cheap towers for meteor fodder. Account for the tower limit. If [[Beast Handler (BTD6)|Beast Handler]] is enabled, [[Megalodon]] carries the late boss pops of this Boss and easily exceeds 70 score for about 90 score at best. If there's enough track length and income generation, an [[Apex Plasma Master]] is the only helpful Paragon for this, as it excels against the rocks.