Hot Shots (BTD6)

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'''Hot Shots''' is the [[Tack Shooter (BTD6)|Tack Shooter]]'s path 1 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It increases damage from 1 to 3 and grants the ability to pop [[Lead Bloon (BTD6)|Lead]] and [[Damage type|Frozen]] Bloons, although Tack Shooters can already pop Frozen with {{BTD6 mk|Hard Tacks}}.

'''Hot Shots''' is the [[Tack Shooter (BTD6)|Tack Shooter]]'s path 1 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. <section begin="lede" />This upgrade increases damage from 1 to 3 and grants the ability to pop [[Lead Bloon (BTD6)|Lead]] and [[Damage type|Frozen]] Bloons, although Tack Shooters can already pop Frozen with {{BTD6 mk|Hard Tacks}}.<section end="lede" />

==Stats==

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==Strategy==

{{BTD6 last updated|49.3|section=y}}Hot Shots serves as a decent early-game, being very solid on maps with good bends but lacking on maps without them. 3-2-0 ~~does significantly more overall damage~~, ~~due to~~ the ~~greatly improved~~ pierce~~, and is optimal for most cases~~. It shines in [[Race ~~Event~~]]s, ~~where its high pierce, high attack speed, and 2 damage per tack handles many rounds simultaneously~~ and transitions well into {{BTD6|Ring of Fire}}, which is exceptionally strong in ~~races as well~~. 3-0-2 ~~performs more single-target damage and can be used for Round 40, and has more raw~~ single-target damage than 2-0-3 ~~(and thus great early~~-~~game~~ against [[Blastapopoulos (BTD6)|Blastapopoulos]] in [[Boss Rush]]), but ~~otherwise not very~~ strong ~~unless upgrading further~~.

Hot Shots serves as a decent early-game, being very solid on maps with good bends but lacking on maps without them. Its high base damage makes it excel at groups or singular targets depending on its crosspaths.

3-2-0 should be used against groups, being optimal for general gameplay and in the absence of flat pierce buffs. This crosspath shines in [[Race (BTD6)|Race]]s, handling rushes consistently and transitions well into {{BTD6|Ring of Fire}}, which is exceptionally strong in Races. Compared to [[Blade Shooter (BTD6)|Blade Shooter]], some edge cases with starting cash may make that T3 sometimes more optimal to access the bonus pierce immediately, but otherwise 3-2-0 Hot Shots is more efficient in DPS per cost.

3-0-2 does better single-target damage than 2-0-3 when excluding blimp debuffs. Its best use case is against [[Blastapopoulos (BTD6)|Blastapopoulos]] in [[Boss Rush]], but remains a strong spammable option in combination with flat pierce buffs including [[Primary Mentoring (BTD6)|Primary Mentoring]] (for free T1's as well).

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-'''Hot Shots''' is the [[Tack Shooter (BTD6)|Tack Shooter]]'s path 1 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It increases damage from 1 to 3 and grants the ability to pop [[Lead Bloon (BTD6)|Lead]] and [[Damage type|Frozen]] Bloons, although Tack Shooters can already pop Frozen with {{BTD6 mk|Hard Tacks}}.
+'''Hot Shots''' is the [[Tack Shooter (BTD6)|Tack Shooter]]'s path 1 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. <section begin="lede" />This upgrade increases damage from 1 to 3 and grants the ability to pop [[Lead Bloon (BTD6)|Lead]] and [[Damage type|Frozen]] Bloons, although Tack Shooters can already pop Frozen with {{BTD6 mk|Hard Tacks}}.<section end="lede" />
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 ==Strategy==
-{{BTD6 last updated|49.3|section=y}}Hot Shots serves as a decent early-game, being very solid on maps with good bends but lacking on maps without them. 3-2-0 does significantly more overall damage, due to the greatly improved pierce, and is optimal for most cases. It shines in [[Race Event]]s, where its high pierce, high attack speed, and 2 damage per tack handles many rounds simultaneously and transitions well into {{BTD6|Ring of Fire}}, which is exceptionally strong in races as well. 3-0-2 performs more single-target damage and can be used for Round 40, and has more raw single-target damage than 2-0-3 (and thus great early-game against [[Blastapopoulos (BTD6)|Blastapopoulos]] in [[Boss Rush]]), but otherwise not very strong unless upgrading further.
+{{BTD6 last updated|56.0|section=y}}
+Hot Shots serves as a decent early-game, being very solid on maps with good bends but lacking on maps without them. Its high base damage makes it excel at groups or singular targets depending on its crosspaths.
+-2-0 should be used against groups, being optimal for general gameplay and in the absence of flat pierce buffs. This crosspath shines in [[Race (BTD6)|Race]]s, handling rushes consistently and transitions well into {{BTD6|Ring of Fire}}, which is exceptionally strong in Races. Compared to [[Blade Shooter (BTD6)|Blade Shooter]], some edge cases with starting cash may make that T3 sometimes more optimal to access the bonus pierce immediately, but otherwise 3-2-0 Hot Shots is more efficient in DPS per cost.
+-0-2 does better single-target damage than 2-0-3 when excluding blimp debuffs.<!--not just "debuffs"; that would've otherwise assumed tower debuffs--> Its best use case is against [[Blastapopoulos (BTD6)|Blastapopoulos]] in [[Boss Rush]], but remains a strong spammable option in combination with flat pierce buffs including [[Primary Mentoring (BTD6)|Primary Mentoring]] (for free T1's as well).
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