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'''Overclock''' is the [[Engineer Monkey (BTD6)|Engineer Monkey]]'s path 2 tier 4 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It unlocks an [[Activated Ability]] that allows the player to temporarily buff a selected [[tower]]'s [[attack speed]] (increases [[range]] if used on a [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Village]]) for a short time. The duration of the buff depends on the target's highest [[upgrade]] tier. Additionally, this upgrade increases the base [[pierce]] of the Engineer Monkey's main attack by 12 (15 in total) and increases the pierce of its [[Cleansing Foam (BTD6)|Cleansing Foam]] puddles by 4 (14 in total). It also doubles the [[projectile speed]] of its nails, but halves their [[projectile lifespan|lifespan]], so their maximum travel distance remains the same.

Overclock is a great support tower when one's strategy depends on few strong towers rather than many weak towers. It provides an average ~44.44% DPS boost on tier 5 towers and has full uptime on tier 4 towers. Thus, it has significant value with high-DPS towers such as [[Dark Champion (BTD6)|Dark Champion]], or an [[Orca]] or [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]] with max beast power. While it does not have full uptime on Heroes, requiring timing with one Overclock, the ability can help improve DPS-centered Heroes such as [[Adora (BTD6)|Adora]] and [[Captain Churchill (BTD6)|Captain Churchill]], as well as those that have blimp knockback such as level 5+ [[Pat Fusty (BTD6)|Pat Fusty]] and level 5+ [[Rosalia (BTD6)|Rosalia]].

Overclock is also a key tower when farming, particularly for Boss events. Since [[Banana Research Facility (BTD6)|Banana Research Facility (BRF)]] and [[Banana Central (BTD6)|Banana Central]] generate 5 banana crates per round, when overclocked they generate 9 crates as <math>5*1.66=8.3</math>, which rounds up to 9. Therefore an Overclock constitutes an 80% buff to cash generation for these Farms, making Overclocked BRFs and Banana Central more efficient than BRFs and Banana Central alone. It is not recommended to use Overclock on [[Monkey Wall Street (BTD6)|Monkey Wall Street]] as it does not affect its end-of-round cash bonus. The table below shows the increase in production for different Banana Farms:

|+Number of bananas or crates produced by overclocked farms

| colspan="2" |Overclock

The range buff it provides Villages is beneficial for [[Monkey City (BTD6)|Monkey City]], allowing the upgraded [[Monkeyopolis (BTD6)|Monkeyopolis]] to fit more Farms in range, and expanding coverage of its own buffs. If Overclocking would cover the range of at least 5 extra BRFs,<!--1+0.2*5=2, and bonus crates is +4 from 5 which is 9 and 1.8--> applying it on Monkey City would earn more than on one BRF (assuming they're not income-buffed by other sources such as [[Fertilizer]]); the Monkey City buff generates +100% income across the five or more BRFs, compared to +80% income from one BRF. Overclock and [[Bounty Hunter]]'s Take Aim, and nearby Village are the main range buffs to maximize Village range for income purposes.

Crosspaths aren't necessary, since none of its crosspaths affect its ability, but provides more value for its foam due to the extra pierce.

Versus [[Lych (BTD6)|Lych]], its start-of-round speed boost may cause Lych to re-gain its Regrow property, but the foam can be used to remove it. Target only towers that are far away from Lych, and if the target must be closer or it's Tier 5 Lych then time the ability just after Lych does the "suction" animation (indicating that Lych has recently absorbed buffs every 12 seconds).

{{screenshot needed|oc apparently has an animation when overclocking a tower... so a gif of that would be nice}}