Dreadbloon (BTD6): Difference between revisions

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Dreadbloon is one of the slowest bosses in the game, but it employs numerous methods to resist attacks. Its main body has the [[Lead Bloon (BTD6)|Lead]] property, and also reduces the damage of all incoming attacks by a flat amount. Dreadbloon spawns with a Ceramic Armor Shell which protects its main body and fully regrows at every skull, while slowing its movement. While its Shell is active, Dreadbloon summons [[Dreadrock|Dreadrock Bloons]], additional Bloons which are much faster than Dreadbloon, and are targeted by all attacks with the Strong target priority over Dreadbloon itself. Dreadbloon is always immune to attacks from one entire [[tower category]], beginning with [[Primary]] and cycling to [[Military]], [[Magic]], and [[Support]] immunities every time a skull is reached. The Ceramic Armor Shell and Dreadrock Bloons inherit this immunity.

===Damage reduction===

Dreadbloon reduces all damage taken by 1: [[projectile]]s deal 1 less damage per hit and [[damage over time]] deals 1 less damage per tick. If Dreadbloon would have taken damage from something but its damage is reduced to zero, it displays text that says "RESIST". Attacks which deal zero damage to Dreadbloon do not apply secondary effects such as the debuff from [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]].

Elite Dreadbloon reduces damage by 2 at tier 4 and by 3 at tier 5.

===Immunities===

At the start of the encounter, Dreadbloon is immune to all [[Primary]] towers, which changes to a different [[tower category|category]] each time it reaches a skull: it is immune to [[Military]] after the first skull, [[Magic]] after the second, and [[Support]] after the third. Dreadbloon reflects projectiles from towers it is immune to instead of neutralizing them, and it cannot have effects applied to it by immune towers at all. Text that says "IMMUNE" pops up each time Dreadbloon is hit by an immune tower.

=== Lead property ===

Dreadbloon's immunity to [[damage type|sharp, cold, and energy damage]] works mostly the same as a normal immunity. It does not take extra "[[lead damage]]" from [[Heavy Shells (BTD6)|Heavy Shells]], but it does from other sources such as [[Lead to Gold (BTD6)|Lead to Gold]] and [[Ultra-Juggernaut (BTD6)|Ultra-Juggernaut]]. Methods of granting lead popping capabilities work against Dreadbloon, such as the [[Acidic Mixture Dip (BTD6)|Acidic Mixture Dip]] and [[Monkey Intelligence Bureau (BTD6)|Monkey Intelligence Bureau's]] buffs. Also, Dreadbloon's lead property may be temporarily removed by debuffs such as from [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]] and [[Glue Strike (BTD6)|Glue Strike]].

Dreadbloon starts each encounter with a '''Ceramic Armor Shell'''. The health of the shield is equal to 50% of its maximum health for the current tier, including the extra health from [[Co-op (BTD6)|Co-op]] (meaning it also gains 20% more health per additional player). While the shell is active, Normal Dreadbloon's speed is reduced by 70%, while Elite Dreadbloon's speed is reduced by 65%. The shell does not reduce damage and does not have Lead properties, but it does inherit Dreadbloon's category-based immunity. In addition to taking extra damage from sources that deal bonus [[MOAB-Class damage]] and [[boss damage]], it also takes extra damage from some, but not all, sources that deal extra damage to Ceramic Bloons. For example, it takes extra damage from [[Juggernaut (BTD6)|Juggernaut]], but not [[Spiked Balls (BTD6)|Spiked Balls]]. (There is no consistent pattern to which ones count and which ones do not, it's purely a quirk of the game's programming.) The shield regenerates at each skull.

Each time Dreadbloon reaches a skull, Dreadrock Bloons start spawning from the entrances. It keeps spawning them at regular intervals until Dreadbloon's Ceramic Armor Shell is destroyed, and spawns a certain number of Dreadrock Bloons within the first five seconds (so the time between spawns is 5 seconds divided by the amount). The two spawns happen at the same time. Dreadrock Bloons have the same category-based immunity as Dreadbloon and have the highest priority bracket for [[strong]] targeting, meaning all towers that target strong will target them before anything else. Dreadrock Bloons take extra MOAB damage and boss damage, but are not MOAB-Class Bloons. The health, spawning rate, and number of lives lost when they leak increases at higher tiers.

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==Rounds==

{{cleanup|This should be a proper comparison between the normal round set and modified round set instead of just a list}}Dreadbloon rounds are the same as normal rounds with the following exceptions:

* All Leads & Ceramics become fortified

* All Zebras are replaced with Leads

* All Rainbows are replaced with Ceramics

* After round 40, every other MOAB that spawns becomes fortified

* After round 70, every MOAB is fortified

* Round 39: Rainbows are replaced with 12 Fortified Leads & 6 Ceramics

{{BTD6 rounds|Dreadbloon}}

{{strategy needed|this section should have a few basic pointers, while the strategy page should go in-depth}}

===Artwork and icons===

BTD6 DreadbloonPortrait.png|Dreadbloon

BTD6 DreadbloonPortraitElite.png|Elite Dreadbloon

BTD6 DreadbloonPortraitDefeat.png|Dreadbloon (defeated)

BTD6 DreadbloonPortraitEliteDefeat.png|Elite Dreadbloon (defeated)

BTD6 DreadbloonEventIcon.png|Event icon

BTD6 DreadbloonBtn.png|Dreadbloon menu icon

BTD6 DreadbloonBtnElite.png|Elite Dreadbloon menu icon

BTD6 DreadbloonBadge.png|Dreadbloon [[medal]]

BTD6 DreadbloonEliteBadge.png|Elite Dreadbloon medal

BTD6 DreadbloonTitle.png|Logo