Glue Storm (BTD6)

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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 [[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. ~~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 Glue Gunner's~~ [[Ability Cooldown|~~ability~~ cooldown]] is 40 seconds.

==Stats==

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==Strategy==

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 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. Glue Storm may still benefit from first-path crosspaths, as the ~~re-gluing is slow~~ enough to ~~not always have full~~ uptime ~~during~~ the ability~~. However~~, ~~without third-path crosspath~~, ~~Glue Storm's debuffs 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, and just over 100% when also adding {{BTD6 mk|Global Ability Cooldowns}}. 0-5-1 is better for uptime where ability cooldown reductions can't be obtained for singular targets, with the extra slowdown against {{BTD6|Super Ceramic Bloon}}s via 0-5-1 as an extra bonus. In [[CHIMPS]]~~, either crosspath is roughly equally as strong at the T5, because it's still encouraged to destroy blimps as fast as possible in Glue Storm synergies~~.

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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-'''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 [[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. 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 Glue Gunner's [[Ability Cooldown|ability cooldown]] is 40 seconds.
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 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 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. Glue Storm may still benefit from first-path crosspaths, as the re-gluing is slow enough to not always have full uptime during the ability. However, without third-path crosspath, Glue Storm's debuffs 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}}. 0-5-1 is better for uptime where ability cooldown reductions can't be obtained for singular targets, with the extra slowdown against {{BTD6|Super Ceramic Bloon}}s via 0-5-1 as an extra bonus. In [[CHIMPS]], either crosspath is roughly equally as strong at the T5, because it's still encouraged to destroy blimps as fast as possible in Glue Storm synergies.
+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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