Plasma Accelerator (BTD6)

Plasma Accelerator

Concentrates a powerful beam of energy to a single point.

Tower	Dartling Gunner — Path 1 — Tier 4
XP cost	12,500
Cash cost	$9,985 — Easy $11,750 — Medium $12,690 — Hard $14,100 — Impoppable

← Laser Cannon

Ray of Doom →

Plasma Accelerator is the Dartling Gunner's path 1 tier 4 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It replaces its lasers with a continuous beam that extends to the tower's target location. The beam hits every 0.2s with 50 pierce, and gains the ability to pop Lead Bloons. The tip of the beam is wider and deals 2 damage, with +10 MOAB damage.

Crosspathing with Powerful Darts increases the beam's pierce by 100 and its radius by 50%.

With Cross the Streams, beams create plasma pools every 0.5 seconds at any points where they intersect. This requires at least 2 Plasma Accelerators.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 20 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options Normal Locked

Attack
Cooldown 0.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 19.5, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units Rotation speed 180 deg/s Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 50 Damage 1 Damage to shocked (tier 4) +1 Damage type Plasma Speed 360 units/s Lifespan 0.05s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Laser Shock Damage 1 Damage type Plasma Duration 5s Interval 0.95s Layers ∞ Projectile at tip Pierce 50 Damage 2 Damage to MOAB-Class +10 Damage to shocked (tier 4) +1 Damage type Plasma Lifespan 0.06s Radius 4 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Laser Shock Damage 1 Damage type Plasma Duration 5s Interval 0.95s Layers ∞

4-1-0

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 19.5, 7 ↓ 0, 20, 7 Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo Projectile at tip Filters Can now hit Camo

4-2-0

Attack
Cooldown 0.2s → 0.132s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 20, 7 ↓ 0, 19.22, 6.42

4-0-1

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 19.5, 7 ↓ 0, 9, 7 Rotation speed 180 deg/s → 440 deg/s
Projectile Speed 360 units/s → 880 units/s

4-0-2

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 9, 7 ↓ 0, 9.03, 7.1778
Projectile Pierce 50 → 150 Radius 2 units → 3 units Projectile at tip Pierce 50 → 150 Radius 4 units → 6 units

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
4-0-0	$14,280	$16,800	$18,145	$20,160	$9,996	$11,760	$12,702	$14,112
4-1-0	$14,490	$17,050	$18,415	$20,460	$10,143	$11,935	$12,891	$14,322
4-2-0	$15,295	$18,000	$19,440	$21,600	$10,707	$12,600	$13,608	$15,120
4-0-1	$14,405	$16,950	$18,305	$20,340	$10,084	$11,865	$12,814	$14,238
4-0-2	$15,425	$18,150	$19,600	$21,780	$10,798	$12,705	$13,720	$15,246

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 53.0

Plasma Accelerator is a versatile tower, with strong MOAB-Class damage at its focus point and good group damage along its beam, as well as being able to focus onto targets anywhere at will. It is strongest on maps with straight lines or where the beam can pass multiple parts of the track. As such, it is often better placed near the edge of maps rather than the middle.

However, its damage against Super Ceramic Bloons is very poor, making it weak against rounds 81 and above. Past that point, its main use is breaking down MOAB-Class Bloons. Therefore in CHIMPS and Impoppable, it should be paired with towers that can handle groups of Super Ceramic Bloons.

The Plasma Accelerator's best crosspath is almost always 4-2-0, giving higher attack speed to its already fairly high pierce, plus innate camo detection. It only ever needs the Powerful Darts crosspath in Race conditions when better options aren't available and reliable decamo is available; it can still pierce-cap but its pierce bonus is significantly higher than the speed bonus.

Update history

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

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Version 23.0

“

As our most recently added tower we are very happy with all the excitement surrounding this beloved monkey tower and the general middleground play position. We’re happy enough with its time in the wild to make some first impression changes here which we hope you’ll continue to enjoy.
— Update notes

”

•  Can now apply Laser Shock with the beam instead of just the tip
•  Beam: Now deals +10 damage to MOAB-class (bug)

Version 23.2

“

Plasma Accelerator beam continues to apply shock and benefits from shock damage bonus as was added in 23.0 but the beam no longer unintentionally double stacks the tower’s MOAB Damage bonus
— Update notes

”

•  Beam: no longer deals +10 MOAB class damage (bug fix)

Version 24.0

“

Plasma Accelerator attack delay has been buffed so that now the beam ‘tic rate’ matches the attack speed at tier 3, overall giving it a 20% buff to all DPS which carries on up to the Tier 5.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $150 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.25s → 0.2s (attack speed increased by 25%)

Version 31.0

4-0-2

•  Powerful Darts crosspath beam width increased ― 2 → 3
•  Powerful Darts crosspath focal point size increased ― 4 → 6

Version 34.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $500 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 41.0

“

Laser Cannon is not a great stepping stone for Plasma Accelerator, we think these are ok though so adjusting prices between them slightly.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $11,000 → $11,100
  •  Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 44.0

“

402’s pierce increase is extremely hard to justify over fire rate which increases single target & grouped damage at the same time, so we’re giving it more pierce than it knows what to do with
— Update notes

”

4-0-2

•  Pierce bonus increased ― +25 → +100
  • Note: Does not carry over to Ray of Doom

Version 46.0

“

Plasma Accelerator’s cost is shifting further down to improve upgrade progression.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $11,100 → $11,750
  •  Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Gallery

For more Dartling Gunner images, see Gallery:Dartling Gunner.

Screenshots

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  Plasma Accelerator with no crosspath
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  Plasma Accelerator with 410 crosspath
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  Plasma Accelerator with 420 crosspath
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  Plasma Accelerator with 401 crosspath
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  Plasma Accelerator with 402 crosspath
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  Plasma Accelerator's beam

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	جهاز تسريع البلازما تركيز شعاع قوي من الطاقة على نقطة واحدة.	—
Danish	Plasmaaccelerator Koncentrerer en kraftig energistråle mod et enkelt punkt.	—
German	Plasmabeschleuniger Konzentriert einen mächtigen Energiestrahl auf einen einzelnen Punkt.	—
Spanish	Acelerador de plasma Concentra un rayo de energía poderoso en un punto.	—
Spanish (LA)	Acelerador de plasma Concentra un rayo de energía poderoso en un punto.	—
Finnish	Plasmakiihdytin Keskittää voimallisen energiasäteen yhteen pisteeseen.	—
French	Accélérateur de plasma Concentre un rayon d'énergie puissant sur un point précis.	—
Italian	Acceleratore al plasma Concentra un potente raggio energetico in un unico punto.	—
Japanese	プラズマアクセル 一か所に向けてパワフルなエネルギー光線を集中させる。	—
Korean	플라스마 가속기 한 지점에 강력한 에너지빔을 쏩니다.	—
Dutch	Plasmaversneller Vormt een krachtige energiestraal op één punt.	—
Norwegian	Plasma-akselerator Konsentrerer en kraftig stråle av energi til ett punkt.	—
Polish	Akcelerator plazmy Koncentruje potężną wiązkę energii na jednym punkcie.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Acelerador Plasmático Concentra um poderoso raio de energia num único ponto.	—
Russian	Плазменный ускоритель Сосредотачивает мощный пучок энергии в одной точке.	—
Swedish	Plasmaaccelerator Koncentrerar en kraftfull energistråle på en enskild punkt.	—
Thai	เครื่องเร่งอนุภาคพลาสม่า เพ่งลำแสงพลังงานอันทรงพลังไปที่จุดเดียว	—
Turkish	Plazma Hızlandırıcı Güçlü bir enerji ışınını tek bir noktaya odaklar.	—
Chinese (simplified)	等离子加速器 将强大的能量束集中在一个点上。	—
Chinese (traditional)	電漿加速器 將一個強大的能量束集中到一點上。	—
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