Carrier Flagship (BTD6): Difference between revisions

|id=Buccaneer-Carrier Flagship

 

|name         =Carrier Flagship

|icon         =BTD6 MonkeyBuccaneer CarrierFlagshipUpgradeIcon.png

|image       =BTD6 500-MonkeyBuccaneer.png

|description =Does extra damage. Can place other Monkeys on the upper decks of the ship and increases attack speed of all water based Monkeys and Monkey Aces.

|description C=

 

|tower=Monkey Buccaneer

|path =1

|tier =5

 

|cost =24500

|cost C=

|xp   =37000

'''Carrier Flagship''' is the [[Monkey Buccaneer (BTD6)|Monkey Buccaneer]]'s path 1 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It improves all weapons of the [[Aircraft Carrier (BTD6)|Aircraft Carrier's]] aircraft. Carrier Flagship provides a [[buff]] to all water towers and [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Aces]] on screen, including itself, which reduces their [[Attack Cooldown|attack cooldown]] by 15%, or a ~17.6% attack speed increase. Carrier Flagship gains two platforms on its main tower which towers may be placed onto.

If [[Hot Shot (BTD6)|Hot Shot]] is purchased, Carrier Flagship increases the damage of its damage-over-time effect from 4 to 9.

* Forward Darts: Increased Ceramic damage by +3, increased pierce by +3. Also, can fire at Bloons from any direction instead of only within a 60 degree field of vision.

Carrier Flagship grants a buff to all towers on screen which are in water, as well as [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Aces]], which decreases their attack cooldown by 15%. It does not apply to land towers which are on an ice platform provided by [[Arctic Wind (BTD6)|Arctic Wind]]. This buff can apply to the following towers, excluding [[Paragon|Paragons]]:

* All [[Monkey Buccaneer (BTD6)|Monkey Buccaneers]] including itself

* All [[Monkey Sub (BTD6)|Monkey Subs]]

* All [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Aces]]

* [[Admiral Brickell (BTD6)|Admiral Brickell]]

* [[Mermonkey (BTD6)|Mermonkeys]] if placed in water

* [[Pat Fusty (BTD6)|Pat Fusty]] if placed in water

* [[Sun Temple (BTD6)|Sun Temple]] and [[True Sun God (BTD6)|True Sun God]] if placed in water

These stats do not include the Carrier Flagship's buff, which it virtually always has.{{BTD6 stat list by tiers|Monkey Buccaneer|500}}

The queen of the seas, the Carrier Flagship is best as the centerpiece of a larger defense. Its upgrade is all about increasing its utility to other towers, even changing the shape of the battlefield itself.

 

Firstly, Carrier Flagship's airgroup gains a significant upgrade over its predecessor. While all its damage gains a significant boost, the most important attribute is that its Fighters' MOAB Missiles are granted the ability to hit and damage Black balloons -- which is to say, DDTs, the critical weak link in the Aircraft Carrier's coverage. A 5-0-2 Carrier Flagship can thus deal with all types of Bloon on a mapwide basis, though a 5-2-0 Flagship will still have more impressive damage output provided Camo coverage can be given. The Flagship's own guns, still kept over from its Destroyer days, also become that much stronger.

 

In addition to this, the Carrier Flagship provides a significant boost to all the towers it "commands", including itself, in the form of a 15% attack speed increase. As this includes Monkey Aces in addition to any tower that can float on water (or stand in it, in the case of Pat Fusty or the Sun Temple), the Carrier Flagship is often worth being dipped into if there is any scrap of water to float one in, as it can crank up the already extreme attack speed of potent planes such as the Specter or Sky Shredder. If deployed at the head of a fleet of Mermonkeys, Monkey Subs, and other Monkey Buccaneers, the Carrier Flagship can cause a massive boost in defense power just by existing even before its air groups reach targets.

Finally, Carrier Flagship's two platforms all on their own can (on some maps) be worth the massive investment. The central command tower (right of the two) is very, very tall, allowing towers placed on it to see over almost all obstacles. The one on the left isn't quite as tall but still allows some height, along with an additional foothold for a land-based tower in potentially some very odd places. As a result, Carrier Flagship can let towers dependent on map line-of-sight (particularly Monkey Snipers) completely bypass any number of obstacles, totally changing the shape of a match.

Where Carrier Flagship starts to flag compared to its Pirate Lord counterpart is in its own personal effectiveness. As a more expensive tower by a noticeable margin (though not a severe one) and the most expensive top path option for the Monkey Buccaneer, the Carrier Flagship is a significant investment to get going, particularly when the high cost of both Destroyer and Aircraft Carrier are added to it. As it also works best when it has other towers present to buff, with their own investments, Carrier Flagship is something of a rich man's tower, working best with established defenses. If given a fleet to command, however, it can be a massive force multiplier.