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'''Blade Shooter''' is the [[Tack Shooter (BTD6)|Tack Shooter]]'s path 2 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. | '''Blade Shooter''' is the [[Tack Shooter (BTD6)|Tack Shooter]]'s path 2 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. <section begin="lede" />This upgrade replaces sharp tacks with large high-pierce blades. The upgrade increases pierce from 4 to 8 (10 with {{BTD6 mk|Poppy Blades}}), increases range from 31 to 46 units (around a 2.2× increase from base tier), projectile radius increases from 0 to 4,{{fn|Tacks from most upgrades have 0 radius, meaning a tack can only hit Bloons by colliding its central hitbox onto the hitbox of a Bloon.}}<!--bwiki blade shooter gallery has examples of "weird blade visual shenanigans"--> and changes its [[damage type]] from {{BTD6 dt|Sharp}} to {{BTD6 dt|Shatter}}, allowing it to pop [[Freeze|frozen]] Bloons (if {{BTD6 mk|Hard Tacks}} is active, there is no change). <section end="lede" /> | ||
==Stats== | ==Stats== | ||
{{BTD6 stat list by | {{BTD6 stat list by tiers|Tack Shooter|030}} | ||
==Costs and sell values== | ==Costs and sell values== | ||
{{BTD6 cost list by upgrade|Tack Shooter|2|3}} | {{BTD6 cost list by upgrade|Tack Shooter|2|3}} | ||
==Strategy== | |||
{{BTD6 last updated|51.2|section=y}} | |||
Blade Shooter's high pierce for its cost makes it valuable against constant waves of ordinary Bloons, especially for early-game in [[Race Event]]s and CT Time Attack. However, it falls behind in any non-continuous game mode, especially CHIMPS, not often needing to maximize pierce and other options (e.g. [[Ring of Fire (BTD6)|Ring of Fire]]) fulfilling more efficient grouped damage in the mid-game. Ideally, place Blade Shooter where all blades can hit the Bloons. | |||
Compared to other T3 Tacks, Blade Shooter is better when wanting high pierce right away, but often outclassed by the other T3 Tacks unless wanting to progress to [[Blade Maelstrom (BTD6)|Blade Maelstrom]]. 3-2-0 Hot Shots' layer-skipping for half as much pierce is more efficient overall without Blade Shooter's {{BTD6 mk|Poppy Blades}} MK. On the other hand, standalone Blade is more efficient pierce-wise than any Tack Sprayer crosspath, and the large range buff allows Blade to attack sooner. | |||
For crosspaths, the top crosspaths are generally better for the greater attack speed, while bottom crosspaths are niche if needing extra popping power for cheap, or if going for a longer-duration Blade Maelstrom or [[Super Maelstrom (BTD6)|Super Maelstrom]]. | |||
==Update history== | ==Update history== | ||
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=== | ===Assets=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
BTD6 030-TackShooter.png|Portrait | BTD6 030-TackShooter.png|Portrait | ||
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BTD6 030-TackShooterInsta.png|[[Insta Monkey]] icon | BTD6 030-TackShooterInsta.png|[[Insta Monkey]] icon | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*Despite Blade Shooter's [[Blade Shooter (disambiguation)|previous iterations]] all having an increased projectile size, this was not the case for it in BTD6 until {{BTD6 version|46.0}}. | |||
**In the {{multiplat version of|Bloons TD 5}}, all hitboxes were based on the bounding boxes of their respective sprite unless a radius was explicitly defined, making their "increased" size caused by a larger graphic. | |||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||
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|last updated=43.1 | |last updated=43.1 | ||
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== Footnotes == | |||
<references group="fn"/> | |||
==Navigation== | ==Navigation== | ||
{{BTD6 tack shooter nav}} | {{BTD6 tack shooter nav}} | ||
{{BTD6 upgrade nav}} | {{BTD6 upgrade nav}} | ||