Trident Swiftness

Trident Swiftness

Tridents are thrown faster and travel further.

Tower	Mermonkey — Path 1 — Tier 2
XP cost	580
Cash cost	$210 — Easy $250 — Medium $270 — Hard $300 — Impoppable

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Trident Swiftness is the Mermonkey's path 1 tier 2 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It reduces the cooldown of the trident attack by a further 25% (effectively +33.33% attack speed), for a total of exactly 40% reduced cooldown (effectively +66.67% attack speed) relative to the base tower due to it stacking with Trident Efficiency. It also increases the projectile speed of its tridents by 50%, but reduces their lifespan, so the maximum distance they can travel before expiring is effectively unchanged.

Contrary to its description, this upgrade affects other attacks when crosspathed, not just tridents.

• Alluring Melody and above trance cooldown decreased by 10% (+11.11% attack speed), totalling 21% (+23.46% attack speed)
• Arctic Knight's Ice Jet gains no attack speed bonus and gains +50% projectile speed without modifying its projectile lifespan, therefore having +50% projectile distance as well.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 28 units Footprint radius 8 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.66s Offset (X, Y, Z) -0.5, 3.4, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 28 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 2 Speed 300 units/s Lifespan 0.6667s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Splash Pierce 3 Max pierce 3 Damage 2 Damage type Shatter Lifespan 0.05s Radius 3 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Buff when in water
Range modifier ×1.35

2-1-0

Attack
Projectile Pierce 2 → 3 Splash Pierce 3 → 6 Max pierce 3 → 6

2-2-0

Attack
Splash Radius 3 units → 4.5 units Freeze Multiplier ×0 Duration 0.5s Layers 4

2-0-1

Attack
Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Seeking distance 80 units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 390 °/s Filters Can now hit Camo Splash Filters Can now hit Camo

2-0-2

Echosense Network
Range modifier +7.5% Max. stacks 10
Has global range

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
2-0-0	$590	$700	$755	$840	$413	$490	$529	$588
2-1-0	$760	$900	$970	$1,080	$532	$630	$679	$756
2-2-0	$950	$1,125	$1,215	$1,350	$665	$788	$851	$945
2-3-0	$2,650	$3,125	$3,375	$3,750	$1,855	$2,188	$2,363	$2,625
2-4-0	$9,450	$11,125	$12,015	$13,350	$6,615	$7,788	$8,411	$9,345
2-5-0	$53,650	$63,125	$68,175	$75,750	$37,555	$44,188	$47,723	$53,025
2-0-1	$760	$900	$970	$1,080	$532	$630	$679	$756
2-0-2	$1,000	$1,180	$1,270	$1,415	$700	$826	$889	$991
2-0-3	$2,700	$3,180	$3,430	$3,815	$1,890	$2,226	$2,401	$2,671
2-0-4	$9,160	$10,780	$11,640	$12,935	$6,412	$7,546	$8,148	$9,055
2-0-5	$30,410	$35,780	$38,640	$42,935	$21,287	$25,046	$27,048	$30,055

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 52.0

Trident Swiftness offers the maximum attack speed benefit for the Mermonkey, in addition to extra projectile speed to more reliably catch bloons. The attack speed is usually the main reason to fully crosspath along the top path, especially for higher-tier Mermonkeys. It's not exceptional on lower-tier Mermonkeys, but still useful for 2-1-0 Sharper Prongs in Race conditions.

Update history

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

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Version 45.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $125 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Trident: projectile lifespan increased ― 0.3333s → 0.6667s

Version 45.1

•  220 Mermonkey should no longer target Camo Bloons (bug fix)

Version 46.0

2-4-0, 2-5-0

•  Now reduces the lifespan of Ice Jet projectiles by 33% (undocumented)
  • Note: This means the maximum travel distance of Ice Jet projectiles is now the same as without the crosspath, since this crosspath increases their projectile speed by 50%

Version 49.0

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $300 → $250
  •  Overall cost reduced by $250 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 50.0

2-1-0

•  Trident: Pierce increased ― 2 → 3
  • Note: Does not affect splash (6)
    
  • X-3-X Riptide Champion unchanged (18)

Version 51.0

“

Mermonkey weren’t[sic] feeling they favoured their natural habitat enough, so their Water Placement bonus is getting a boost. — Update notes

”

•  Range bonus when placed in water increased ― +25% → +35%

2-4-0

•  Ability: Projectile lifespan increased ― 6.6667s → 10s

2-5-0

•  Ability: Projectile lifespan increased ― 10s → 15s

Version 52.0

“

Last update many players felt blindsided when Brickell stopped applying her buff to Mermonkeys since there was no mention in the balance changes section. We would like to apologize for that - it was tasked internally as a bug as it was indeed unintended to work that way. We then left the issue alone for a long time, mostly due to other more pressing matters, and this issue fell through the cracks. In retrospect, it would have been better to treat this as balance rather than a simple bug fix due to how much time had passed. Reading through your feedback, we did consider just reverting the change, however the bigger issue that the feedback reinforced to us was that players considered Mermonkey to be so bad that it was only a "good" tower when used in combination with a single, water-only hero. This sort of forced synergy goes against our design intentions - namely that Mermonkey being our signature amphibious tower should be able to stand on its own without being balance-locked to an interaction with a single hero. With all that in mind, we feel Mermonkey's highest priority right now is large sweeping buffs to each of the paths, so most of the following changes are our first step towards this starting from the low tier crosspaths. — Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Trident: Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.804s → 0.66s (attack speed increased by 21.82%)
  • Note: Attack cooldown reduction from 1-x-x increased from 18% to 25%. The patch notes do not specify that the attack speed buff is only for the main trident attack, all other attacks unchanged.

2-3-0, 2-4-0, 2-5-0

•  Trident: Projectile speed increased ― 150 units/s → 165 units/s
•  Trident: Projectile lifespan decreased ― 1.3333s → 1.1212s
  • Note: Maximum distance traveled by the projectile unchanged. Popseidon side tridents are also affected.

2-4-0, 2-5-0

•  Ice Jet: Projectile speed increased ― 300 units/s → 330 units/s (undocumented)

2-5-0

•  Trident and Side Tridents: Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.402s → 0.33s (attack speed increased by 21.82%)
  • Note: The patch notes do not specify that the attack speed buff is only for the main trident attack, all other attacks unchanged.

Version 54.0

“

Mermonkey ended up somewhat underrated and overbuffed, mid tiers for top and middle paths have really stood out here lately and need to be reigned back in line. — Update notes

”

•  Overall cost increased by $25 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Splash: Radius reduced ― 6 units → 3 units
  • Note: Stacks with X-2-X Tidal Chill ― 9 units → 4.5 units
  • Also affects all crosspaths up to 2-2-2.

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In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 55.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	سرعة الرمح ثلاثي الشعب	—
Danish	Treforkshurtighed	—
German	Dreizack-Schnelligkeit	—
Spanish	Rapidez de tridente	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Celeridad de tridentes	—
Finnish	Atraimen nopeus	—
French	Rapidité du trident	—
Italian	Rapidità del tridente	—
Japanese	三又槍の俊敏性	—
Korean	신속한 삼지창	—
Dutch	Vliegensvlugge drietand	—
Norwegian	Treforkhastighet	—
Polish	Prędkość trójzębu	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Tridente Ligeiro	—
Russian	Быстрый трезубец	—
Swedish	Treuddssnabbhet	—
Thai	ความคล่องแคล่วตรีศูร	—
Turkish	Yaba Hızı	—
Chinese (simplified)	三叉戟迅捷	—
Chinese (traditional)	三叉戟速度	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	يتم رمي الرماح ثلاثية الشعب بشكل أسرع والسفر لمسافة أبعد.	—
Danish	Treforker kastes hurtigere og rækker længere.	—
German	Dreizacke werden schneller geworfen und fliegen weiter.	—
Spanish	Los tridentes se lanzan más rápido y llegan a más distancia.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Los tridentes se arrojan más rápido y llegan más lejos.	—
Finnish	Atraimet heitetään nopeammin ja ne lentävät pidemmälle.	—
French	Les tridents sont lancés plus rapidement et leur portée est accrue.	—
Italian	I tridenti sono lanciati più velocemente e percorrono una maggiore distanza.	—
Japanese	もっと速く遠くまで三又槍を投げられるようになる。	—
Korean	삼지창이 더 빠르고 더 멀리 날아갑니다.	—
Dutch	Drietanden worden sneller geworpen en leggen meer afstand af.	—
Norwegian	Treforker kastes kjappere og lengre.	—
Polish	Trójzęby rzucane są szybciej i lecą dalej.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Os tridentes são arremessados mais rápido e chegam mais longe.	—
Russian	Трезубцы кидаются чаще и летят дальше.	—
Swedish	Treuddar kastas snabbare och färdas längre.	—
Thai	ขว้างตรีศูรเร็วขึ้นและไปได้ไกลขึ้น	—
Turkish	Yabalar daha hızlı fırlatılır ve daha uzağa gider.	—
Chinese (simplified)	三叉戟投掷速度更快，射程更远。	—
Chinese (traditional)	可更快地向更遠處投擲三叉戟。	—