Summon Phoenix (BTD6)

For other uses, see Summon Phoenix (disambiguation).

Summon Phoenix

Summon Phoenix ability: Powerful phoenix wreaks Bloon havoc for 20 seconds.

Tower	Wizard Monkey — Path 2 — Tier 4
XP cost	13,000
Cash cost	$5,100 — Easy $6,000 — Medium $6,480 — Hard $7,200 — Impoppable

← Dragon's Breath

Wizard Lord Phoenix →

Summon Phoenix is the Wizard Monkey's path 2 tier 4 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. The Wizard Monkey gains a Summon Phoenix ability which summons a phoenix sub-tower for 20 seconds. The phoenix flies in a circle in the center of the screen, and attacks Bloons with flames that deal 5 Fire-type damage (cannot pop Purple Bloons), have 8 pierce, and an attack cooldown of 0.1 seconds. The phoenix has infinite range and ignores line-of-sight blockers. This ability has a cooldown of 45 seconds and an initial cooldown of 15 seconds.

This upgrade also improves the Wizard's dragon's breath attack, firing two flames per shot instead of one, with a 10° spread.

Crosspathing interactions are identical to its predecessor, with extra benefits to the phoenix:

• Guided Magic — Phoenix sub-tower projectiles gain light seeking similar to the Wizard's bolt attack.
• Monkey Sense — Phoenix sub-tower gains the innate ability to pop Camo Bloons.

Stats

For a complete list of Wizard Monkey stats, see Stats:Wizard Monkey (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 56.1

Tower
Display range 40 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 1.1s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10.5, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 40 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 3 Damage 1 Damage type Energy Speed 200 units/s Lifespan 0.4s Radius 4 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Fireball
Cooldown 2.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10.5, 7 Targeting First / Last / Close / Strong Targeting range 40 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Count 3 Angle 60° Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Damage 1 Damage type Fire Speed 200 units/s Lifespan 0.4s Radius 3 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Explosion Pierce 15 Damage 3 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.1s Radius 14 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Wall of Fire
Cooldown 4.5s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10.5, 7 Targeting Track or Default Targeting range 40 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 20 Damage 1 Damage type Fire Lifespan 4.5s Radius 15 units Rehit interval 0.1s Refresh pierce interval 0.1s Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Dragon's Breath
Cooldown 0.135s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10.5, 7 Targeting First / Last / Close / Strong Targeting range 40 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Count 2 Angle 10° Pierce 3 Damage 2 Damage type Plasma Speed 125 units/s Lifespan 0.4s Radius 6 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Damage over time Damage 2 Damage type Fire Duration 3.1s Interval 1.5s Layers ∞

Ability
Cooldown 45s

Phoenix

Tower
Display range 50 units Movement speed 50 units/s Lifespan 20s

Attack
Cooldown 0.1s Offset (X, Y, Z) -0.18, 10.94, 7 Targeting range ∞ units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 8 Damage 5 Damage type Plasma Speed 450 units/s Lifespan 0.8889s Radius 6 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

1-4-0

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10.5, 7 ↓ 0, 8.17, 7
Now ignores blockers
Projectile Seeking distance 80 units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s Lifespan 0.4s → 0.8s Now ignores blockers

Fireball
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10.5, 7 ↓ 0, 8.17, 7
Now ignores blockers
Projectile Lifespan 0.4s → 0.8s Now ignores blockers

Wall of Fire
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10.5, 7 ↓ 0, 8.17, 7 Targeting Track or Default → Locked / Track or Default
Now ignores blockers
Projectile Lifespan 4.5s → 6.5s

Dragon's Breath
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10.5, 7 ↓ 0, 8.17, 7
Now ignores blockers
Projectile Lifespan 0.4s → 0.8s Now ignores blockers

Phoenix

Attack
Projectile Seeking distance 80 units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s

2-4-0

Attack
Projectile Damage 1 → 2 Radius 4 units → 6 units

Fireball
Explosion Damage 3 → 4

0-4-1

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10.5, 7 ↓ 0, 8.17, 7
Projectile Pierce 3 → 8 Speed 200 units/s → 400 units/s

Fireball
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10.5, 7 ↓ 0, 8.17, 7
Projectile Speed 200 units/s → 400 units/s Explosion Pierce 15 → 20

Wall of Fire
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10.5, 7 ↓ 0, 8.17, 7
Projectile Pierce 20 → 25

Dragon's Breath
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10.5, 7 ↓ 0, 8.17, 7
Projectile Pierce 3 → 5 Speed 125 units/s → 250 units/s

0-4-2

Tower
Display range 40 units → 50 units

Attack
Targeting range 40 units → 50 units Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

Fireball
Targeting range 40 units → 50 units Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo Explosion Filters Can now hit Camo

Wall of Fire
Targeting range 40 units → 50 units Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

Dragon's Breath
Targeting range 40 units → 50 units Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

Costs and sell values

Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.

Tiers	Total cost				Sell value
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
0-4-0	$9,050	$10,650	$11,505	$12,780	$6,335	$7,455	$8,054	$8,946
1-4-0	$9,200	$10,825	$11,695	$12,990	$6,440	$7,578	$8,187	$9,093
2-4-0	$9,585	$11,275	$12,180	$13,530	$6,710	$7,893	$8,526	$9,471
0-4-1	$9,305	$10,950	$11,830	$13,140	$6,514	$7,665	$8,281	$9,198
0-4-2	$9,560	$11,250	$12,155	$13,500	$6,692	$7,875	$8,509	$9,450

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 56.3

Summon Phoenix has a decent high-cost mid-game saveup that can carry most non-Purple rounds until Round 63, where the Phoenix can only partially handle up to 2 of its waves. The improved Dragon's Breath is beneficial for quicker damage to single targets such as MOABs and BFBs, allowing the main Wizard to hold off longer against them before resorting to the Phoenix ability for handling global cleanup. However, both attacks fall off in the late-game, where it's mostly relegated to extra single-target damage. Previously, it used to be a top-tier option with Geraldo's Rejuv Potion, but has since been superseded by Spike Storm as the dominant synergizing target in Boss Events.

Crosspathing is beneficial for the Summon Phoenix, mainly for its main attacks, but currently limited for the Phoenix ability. Guided Magic aids accuracy of every attack and allows its main attacks to ignore Line of Sight, while Intense Magic is the pierce crosspath for all but the Phoenix. Arcane Blast only affects the damage of the triple fireballs, which should be ignored if costs are a concern. Monkey Sense grants innate camo detection for the Phoenix as well as extra range for the main Wizard.

Update history

For a complete list of Wizard Monkey changes, see Update history:Wizard Monkey (BTD6).

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Version 2.0

•  Wall of Fire: Can no longer deploy outside its range (bug fix)
•  Wall of Fire: Pierce reduced ― ∞ → 20

Version 4.0

•  Overall cost increased by $200 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

1-4-0, 2-4-0

•  Guided Magic now allows Wall of Fire to ignore walls

Version 7.0

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $5,000 → $4,000
  •  Overall cost reduced by $1,700 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Wall of Fire: Can now pop Purple Bloons while buffed by MIB (bug fix)

Version 8.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $400 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Phoenix breath: Damage increased ― 1 → 2
•  Wall of Fire: Deploy cooldown reduced ― 5.5s → 4.5s
•  Wall of Fire: No longer deals damage faster than normal (bug fix)
•  Wall of Fire: Can now damage Purple Bloons (bug)

Version 10.0

•  Dragon's Breath: now applies damage over time that deals 1 fire-type damage per 1.5 seconds for 3 seconds

Version 11.0

• "Wizard’s Phoenix should no longer stop attacking when villages are placed within its radius" (bug fix)

Version 12.0

•  Phoenix breath: Damage increased ― 2 → 3
•  Phoenix breath: Projectile speed increased ― 200 units/s → 300 units/s
•  Fireball attack: Explosion can no longer hit Camo Bloons without Camo detection (bug fix)

Version 17.0

• Changed the visual effects of Dragon's Breath
• Changed the visual effects of the Phoenix's fire breath
• Changed the visual effects of Wall of Fire

Version 18.0

•  Wall of Fire: Pierce reduced ― 20 → 15

1-4-0, 2-4-0

•  Guided Magic now causes Wall of Fire to use the tower's current targeting to determine placement

0-4-1, 0-4-2

•  Intense Magic now grants +5 pierce to Wall of Fire
  •  Overall pierce of this crosspath is unchanged (due to changes to Wall of Fire's base pierce)

Version 20.0

“

Second and third path upgrades get some fine tuning for more internal consistency. We want to make slow tweaks here to bring them into better balance
— Update notes

”

•  Ability: Summon states now save between games

0-4-1, 0-4-2

•  Intense Magic now grants +2 pierce to Dragon's Breath

Version 21.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Phoenix breath attack: Projectile radius increased ― 5 → 6
•  Phoenix breath attack: Damage increased ― 3 → 4
•  Phoenix breath attack: Pierce increased ― 5 → 6
•  Phoenix breath attack: Projectile speed increased ― 300 → 350

Version 22.0

“

Some changes have been made to wall of fire to improve race balance in particular
— Update notes

”

•  Wall of Fire: Attack now starts on its full cooldown
•  Wall of Fire: Now saves the time remaining on its attack cooldown
•  Wall of Fire: Now expires immediately upon selling the tower

Version 23.0

•  Fireball attack: Damage increased ― 1 → 3
•  Fireball attack: Radius increased ― 10 → 14

Version 25.0

“

Wall of Fire has been reworked in order to cut down on cases of frustrating randomness as well as the initial cooldown on the attack being reduced.
— Update notes

”

•  Wall of Fire: Initial cooldown reduced ― 5.5s → 1s
•  Wall of Fire: Now targets the closest point on the track by default (instead of randomly within range)

Version 27.0

“

In order to allow for more strategic use of the birdy, Summoned Phoenix^[sic] will now follow the set target priority.
— Update notes

”

•  Phoenix breath attack: Now uses the Wizard Monkey's current targeting option (instead of always targeting Close)

Version 28.0

“

Some general buffs have been made to Wizard’s abilities to give it a small boost.
— Update notes

”

•  Ability: Cooldown reduced ― 60s → 45s
•  Phoenix breath attack: Damage increased ― 4 → 5
  • Note: Does not apply to Lava Phoenix
•  Phoenix breath attack: Pierce increased ― 6 → 10
  • Note: Does not apply to Lava Phoenix

Version 29.0

“

In contrast, Fireball continues to underwhelm, so is seeing an initial buff plus a larger buff at T3.
— Update notes

”

•  Fireball attack: Attack cooldown reduced ― 3s → 2.2s (attack speed increased by 36.36%)
•  Fireball attack: Damage increased ― 3 → 9

0-4-1, 0-4-2

•  Intense Magic grants less pierce to Wall of Fire ― +5 → +4

Version 30.0

•  Overall cost increased by $25 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 31.0

0-4-2

•  Phoenix: Now uses Camo Prioritization targeting if enabled on the parent tower (bug fix)

Version 31.2

•  Dragon's Breath: no longer has single-layer damage (undocumented)
•  Fireball: no longer has single-layer damage (undocumented)
•  Wall of Fire: no longer has single-layer damage (undocumented)

Version 32.0

“

Polishing some crosspaths, 130 Dragons Breath is the only crosspath for Guided Magic that doesn't yet attack through walls, and 011 Fireball also does not benefit from having the pierce crosspath
— Update notes

”

1-4-0, 2-4-0

•  Guided Magic now allows Dragon's Breath to ignore blockers

0-4-1, 0-4-2

•  Intense Magic now grants +5 pierce to the fireball attack

Version 33.0

“

Wall of Fire’s exceptional T2 power needs to be moved around for improved crosspathing, along with a slight nerf to Phoenix as it is currently performing too well, and both of these upgrades are shifting some of their power into Dragon’s Breath so it can stand out as more than just a buff to WoF & a stepping stone to Phoenix.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $4,000 → $4,500
•  Dragon's Breath: Base damage increased ― 1 → 2
•  Wall of Fire: Pierce per tick increased ― 15 → 20
•  Phoenix: Pierce reduced ― 10 → 8
  • Note: Does not apply to Lava Phoenix

0-4-1, 0-4-2

•  Wall of Fire: Pierce per tick reduced ― 19 → 15
•  Wall of Fire: Pierce per tick increased ― 19 → 25 (undocumented)

1-4-0, 2-4-0

•  Wall of Fire: duration increased ― 4.5s → 5.5s
•  Wall of Fire: no longer auto-targets but gains a target marker (like Cleansing Foam Engineer)

Version 34.0

“

Phoeniis ^[sic] still far too strong for an extremely cheap T4, so cost is being shifted from the T5 down.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $4,500 → $6,000

Version 35.0

“

Dragon’s Breath range is being fixed to actually match the tower radius, but now xx2 crosspath will also improve range and can bring it back to what it was.
— Update notes

”

•  Dragon's Breath attack: Now matches tower range properly ― 50 → 40
  • Note: xx2 crosspath unchanged

Version 36.0

“

Dragon’s Breath will still be great, just a little less excessively so
— Update notes

”

•  Dragon's breath attack: Attack cooldown increased ― 0.1s → 0.125s (attack speed reduced by 20%)
•  Dragon's breath attack: No longer deals +1 damage to Ceramic

Version 38.0

“

Middle path T4 Phoenix continues carrying rounds quite well for a long period of the game, as a light nerf here we’re taking away the free camo detection that Phoenix used to get, given the tower has a camo crosspath it could go for to properly inherit this onto the phoenix anyway.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost increased by $300 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Phoenix: No longer sees Camo innately without the Monkey Sense crosspath

Version 39.0

“

We set up for this Wall of Fire change quite a while ago, however finally it feels that Wall of Fire has cooled off enough to smooth out the curve a little more, granting it seamless uptime with crosspathing and a lower price tag. Summon Phoenix price is increasing more along with a larger reduction in cost to the Wizard Lord Phoenix, however Phoenix will now also be able to gain seeking frontal breath attacks with Guided Magic crosspathing.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $6,000 → $7,500
  •  Overall cost increased by $1,350 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

1-4-0, 2-4-0

•  Wall of Fire: Duration increased ― 5.5s → 6.5s
•  Phoenix – Flame: Guided Magic crosspath now grants light seeking to the Phoenix flames

Version 41.0

“

Dragon’s Breath is too much of an early powerhouse right now, as the DoT doesn’t care for high rate we’re reducing that rate, but slightly reducing the cost of Phoenix as well.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $7,500 → $7,000
•  Dragon's breath attack: Attack cooldown increased ― 0.125s → 0.135s (attack speed reduced by 7.41%)
•  Etienne no longer allows Phoenixes to become permanent (also known as the "quantum entanglement" glitch) (bug fix)

Version 42.0

“

Wizard is feeling effective across the board with nice use cases across each path so there was hesitation about making changes. Nevertheless we felt there were important changes here with DoT in mind, so there’s now new scaling on the Dragon’s Breath attack improving damage over time on higher upgrades and a for-fun change to the projectile count assisting in spreading flames to many targets. We understand we are affecting current balance but it’s done in the name of fun and for Wizard fans.
— Update notes

”

•  Dragon's breath attack: Now fires 2 projectiles
•  Dragon's breath attack: Pierce reduced ― 4 → 3
•  Dragon's breath DoT: Damage per tick increased ― 1 → 2
•  Phoenix breath attack: Base attack projectile speed increased ― 350 → 450

Version 43.0

“

As Fireball becomes very forgotten at higher tiers and is hard to even see at Dragon’s Breath, we’re improving the crosspath and adding even more projectiles at T3 for wider explosive coverage.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Fireball: Projectile count increased ― 1 → 3
•  Fireball: Damage reduced ― 9 → 3

2-4-0

•  Fireball: Damage with Arcane Blast increased ― 3 → 4 (undocumented)

Version 47.0

“

Summon phoenix falls off in single target fairly early so we are lowering the cost back again to bring back options to let it fly before it has to deal with so many stronger targets.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $7,000 → $6,000

Version 48.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $75 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 49.0

“

[...] we can justify a QoL buff with Dragon’s Breath’s scaling adjusting to match more crosspath improvements, meaning it will now benefit [... from] bottom path’s projectile speed increase.
— Update notes

”

0-4-1, 0-4-2

•  Dragon's Breath attack: Projectile speed increased ― 125 units/s → 250 units/s

Gallery

For more Wizard Monkey images, see Gallery:Wizard Monkey.

Screenshots

• 
  Summon Phoenix with no crosspath
• 
  Summon Phoenix with 140 crosspath
• 
  Summon Phoenix with 240 crosspath
• 
  Summon Phoenix with 041 crosspath
• 
  Summon Phoenix with 042 crosspath
• 
  Summon Phoenix ability

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
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  Insta Monkey icon

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	استدعاء طائر الفينيق قدرة استدعاء طائر العنقاء: طائر الفينيق القوي يعيث دمارًا في البالونات لمدة 20 ثانية.	—
Danish	Hidkald Fugl Føniks Hidkald Fugl Føniks-evne: Kraftfuld Fugl Føniks der skaber ødelæggelse i 20 sekunder.	—
German	Phönix beschwören Phönix-herbeirufen-Fähigkeit: Der mächtige Phönix richtet 20 Sekunden lang verheerende Schäden unter den Bloons an.	—
Spanish	Invocación de fénix Habilidad Invocación de fénix: el poderoso fénix hace estragos entre los bloons durante 20 segundos.	—
Spanish (LA)	Invocación de fénix Habilidad Invocación de fénix: el poderoso fénix hace estragos entre los bloons durante 20 segundos.	—
Finnish	Feeniksin kutsu Feeniksin kutsu -kyky: Voimakas feeniks tekee tuhojaan blooneille 20 sekunnin ajan.	—
French	Invocation du phénix Aptitude Invocation du phénix : le puissant phénix fait des ravages sur les Bloons pendant 20 secondes.	—
Italian	Evoca la fenice Abilità Evoca la fenice: la potente fenice sparge distruzione tra i bloon per 20 secondi.	—
Japanese	不死鳥召喚 フェニックス召喚能力：パワフルなフェニックスが20秒間ブルーンに大惨事をもたらす。	—
Korean	피닉스 소환 피닉스 소환 능력: 강력한 피닉스가 20초 동안 풍선을 사정없이 파괴합니다.	—
Dutch	Feniks oproepen Feniks oproepen-vaardigheid: krachtige feniks richt verwoesting aan onder de Bloons gedurende 20 seconden.	—
Norwegian	Tilkall føniks Tilkall Føniks-evne: mektige Føniks bringer total ødeleggelse til bloons i 20 sekunder.	—
Polish	Wezwanie Feniksa Umiejętność wezwanie feniksa: potężny feniks sieje spustoszenie wśród blonów przez 20 sekund.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Invocar Fênix Habilidade Invocar Fênix: Uma poderosa fênix causa destruição Bloon por 20 segundos.	—
Russian	Вызов феникса Вызов феникса: могучий феникс в течение 20 секунд сеет хаос среди шаров.	—
Swedish	Tillkalla Fenix Frammana Fenix-förmåga: Kraftfull fenix orsakar förödelse bland Bloons i 20 sekunder.	—
Thai	อัญเชิญฟีนิกซ์ สกิลอัญเชิญฟีนิกซ์: ฟีนิกซ์อันทรงพลังออกอาละวาด\n ทำลายบลูนเป็นเวลา 20 วินาที	—
Turkish	Anka Kuşunu Çağırma Anka Kuşunu Çağırma yeteneği: Güçlü anka kuşu 20 saniye boyunca Bloon’lara hasar verir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	召唤凤凰 召唤凤凰技能：强大的凤凰会对气球造成20秒的浩劫。	—
Chinese (traditional)	召喚不死鳥 召喚不死鳥技能：強大的不死鳥造成氣球在浩劫，持續20秒。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1