Update history:Bloons TD 6/Version 39.0: Difference between revisions

{{BTD6 team flair list|introduced=39.0}}

| changes = *{{nerf|Boss Event and CT Boss default Penalty Time changed|10s|10 + round number * 0.25}}

*{{buff|While Penalty time is counting in Boss Events and CT Boss, cash generating abilities will stop cooling down|note=This will also occur in unranked Boss Events despite the absence of the penalty timer}}

| changes = *{{nerf|Resolved an issue with low damage numbers not performing calculations correctly against exceptionally healthy targets (Bosses)|fix=y}}

| changes = *{{nerf|Damage counters should count again for attacks against Bloonarius spawns & Lych Zombie Bloons|fix=y}}

| changes = *{{nerf|Resolved an issue where subtowers did not correctly track damage done to Dreadbloon/Phayze shields|fix=y}}

| changes = *{{nerf|Resolved an issue where Phayze could trigger additional skull events on loading a save|fix=y}}

* The first page of Beginner Difficulty has now been rearranged

| quote 1 = We’re happier with more recent freeze changes succeeding in some of the intentions of older nerfs, given the base tower value in races being hit far more than intended we’re going back over the pierce for Ice Monkey base & middle crosspath. Snowstorm continues to outshine any similar supportive options while being generally cheaper & more versatile.

| changes 1 tiers = 000;1XX+;X1X;XX1+

| changes 2 tiers = x2xc;X3X;X4X

| quote 2 tiers = 000;1XX+;x2x;x3x;xx1+

| quote 1 = Glue Strike for the longest time has had crosspath that only technically grants separate intended use cases, this choice though felt too niche and janky so that crosspath requirement is being completely reworked to allow the ability to hit MOABs regardless of crosspath. Glue Strike will instead work around the standard glue crosspathing benefits of more layers or longer duration.

| changes 1 tiers = 3XX

| changes 1 = *{{buff|DoT tick rate increased|0.575s|0.5s}}

| quote 2 = Small stepping stone buff on top path Dissolver as top glue is quite limited until 4th tier.

| changes 2 tiers = X4X

| changes 2 = *{{nerf|name=Ability|Layers glued decreased|6|3|note=Does not affect debuff layer soak, which remains 6}}<!--140 didn't reqlly do full debuff soak...-->

| changes 3 tiers = X4X;X5X

| changes 3 = *{{buff|name=Ability|Now can now hit MOAB-Class Bloons without needing Corrosive Glue}}

| changes 4 tiers = X5X

| changes 4 = *{{nerf|name=Ability|Layers glued decreased|9|3|note=Does not affect debuff layer soak, which remains 6 (all with 1+-5-0)}}

*{{buff|name=Ability|"Storm" attack cooldown reduced|2s|1s}}

| changes 5 tiers = 140+

| changes 5 = *{{buff|name=Ability|Layers glued increased|3|Infinite}}

| quote 1 tiers = x4x;x5x

| quote 2 tiers = 3xx

| changes 1 tiers = X5X

| changes 1 = *{{buff|name=Ballistic Missile|Bonus damage to Ceramic increased|+15|+20}}

| changes 1 tiers = XX4;XX5;Paragon

| changes 1 = *{{nerf|name=Favored Trades buff|No longer affects Paragon upgrades|fix=y}}

| changes 2 tiers = 4XX;5XX

{{BTD6 tower changes|version=39.0|tower=Monkey Ace|changes 1=*{{nerf|Spectre and Flying Fortress can no longer ignore Phayze’s camo immunity when under Radar Scanner|fix=y}}|changes 1 tiers=XX4;XX5}}

| quote 1 = Support Chinook struggles to do anything with its main attack due to the projectile spawn offset changing at this tier, so we’re slightly tweaking the main attack to assist it here. While the state of Comanche Defense has come a good way, xx5 still feels too expensive for what it offers.

| changes 1 = *{{buff|name=Dart|Projectile size increased|3|6}}

*{{buff|name=Dart|Damage increased|1|2}}

| quote 2 = Support Chinook struggles to do anything with its main attack due to the projectile spawn offset changing at this tier, so we’re slightly tweaking the main attack to assist it here.

| quote 3 = While the state of Comanche Defense has come a good way, xx5 still feels too expensive for what it offers.

| changes 1 tiers = X4X;X5X

| quote 2 tiers = x4x;x5x

| quote 3 tiers = xx5

| changes 1 tiers = 000;1xx;x1x+;xx1+

| changes 1 = *{{buff|name=Explosion<!--needed bc burny exists-->|Damage increased|1|2}}

| changes 2 tiers = 000;X1X+;XX1+

| changes 2 = *{{nerf|name=Explosion<!--needed bc burny exists-->|Pierce reduced|40|25|note=Bigger Blast and its subsequent upgrades unchanged}}

| changes 3 tiers = 2XX;3XX

| changes 3 = *{{buff|name=Explosion<!--needed bc burny exists-->|Damage increased|2|3|note=Shockwaves from Shell Shock and above unchanged, and The Big One and above unchanged}}

| changes 4 tiers = X5X

| changes 4 = *{{buff|name=Explosion|Main attack explosion radius increased|20|23}}

*{{buff|name=Explosion|attack cooldown delay reduced|0.27s|0.0675s}}

*{{nerf|name=Explosion|bonus Ceramic damage reduced|+12|+3}}

*{{nerf|name=Explosion|bonus Lead damage reduced|+4|+1}}

*{{nerf|name=Explosion|bonus Fortified damage reduced|+4|+1}}

*{{nerf|name=Explosion|bonus MOAB damage reduced|+4|+1}}

| changes 5 tiers = X3X+

| changes 5 = *{{buff|name=Explosion|Lead/Mortar/Fortified bonuses should all stack their bonuses on single targets|fix=y}}

| changes 6 tiers = XX3+

| changes 6 = *{{nerf|name=Decamo explosion|Pierce reduced|80|50|note=Bigger Blasts crosspath remains at 90 pierce|undoc=y}}

| quote 1 = We’re looking to shakeup mortar in a couple small ways this update, along with [[Striker Jones (BTD6)|Striker Jones]] changes noted further on for ‘multi-mortaring’ synergy. From the base level Mortar has far more pierce than should ever be necessary at low rounds but doesn’t hit beefy enough for the low fire rate, so we are trading up some base pierce for damage, instead moving this lost pierce up into crosspath. To reduce the great feeling of loss that some players feel when upgrading to Pop and Awe & losing their Artillery Battery ability, this upgrade is seeing a stat rework that considers Artillery Battery as now always active at T5 instead of pumping up the damage numbers.

| quote 2 = We’re looking to shakeup mortar in a couple small ways this update, along with [[Striker Jones (BTD6)|Striker Jones]] changes noted further on for ‘multi-mortaring’ synergy. From the base level Mortar has far more pierce than should ever be necessary at low rounds but doesn’t hit beefy enough for the low fire rate, so we are trading up some base pierce for damage, instead moving this lost pierce up into crosspath.

|quote 2 tiers=000;1xx;2xx;3xx;x1x;x2x;x3x;x4x;xx1+

| quote 1 tiers = x3x;x4x

 

| changes 1 tiers = 120+

| changes 1 = *{{buff|name=Wall of Fire|Duration increased|5.5s|6.5s}}

| changes 5 = *{{buff|Range increased|60|80}}

| quote 1 = We set up for this Wall of Fire change quite a while ago, however finally it feels that Wall of Fire has cooled off enough to smooth out the curve a little more, granting it seamless uptime with crosspathing and a lower price tag. Summon Phoenix price is increasing more along with a larger reduction in cost to the Wizard Lord Phoenix, however Phoenix will now also be able to gain seeking frontal breath attacks with Guided Magic crosspathing. Shimmer’s range/radius values are being adjusted to match the attack trigger area to the tower’s range but with a far larger radius on the actual effect once it is triggered, this reduces inconsistency where Shimmer would often hit only first camo target to enter radius then be stuck on long cooldown. As targeting improvements for Necromancer zombie spawns feel well ironed out now and deal with the old problem that increasing range used to have at T5 we’re bringing back the much larger range on Prince of Darkness which will now also benefit from these Shimmer changes.

|quote 2=We set up for this Wall of Fire change quite a while ago, however finally it feels that Wall of Fire has cooled off enough to smooth out the curve a little more, granting it seamless uptime with crosspathing and a lower price tag. Summon Phoenix price is increasing more along with a larger reduction in cost to the Wizard Lord Phoenix, however Phoenix will now also be able to gain seeking frontal breath attacks with Guided Magic crosspathing.

|quote 2 tiers=x4x;x5x

|quote 3=We set up for this Wall of Fire change quite a while ago, however finally it feels that Wall of Fire has cooled off enough to smooth out the curve a little more, granting it seamless uptime with crosspathing and a lower price tag.

|quote 3 tiers=1xx+;x2x;x3x

|quote 4=Shimmer’s range/radius values are being adjusted to match the attack trigger area to the tower’s range but with a far larger radius on the actual effect once it is triggered, this reduces inconsistency where Shimmer would often hit only first camo target to enter radius then be stuck on long cooldown. As targeting improvements for Necromancer zombie spawns feel well ironed out now and deal with the old problem that increasing range used to have at T5 we’re bringing back the much larger range on Prince of Darkness which will now also benefit from these Shimmer changes.

|quote 4 tiers=xx5

|quote 5=Shimmer’s range/radius values are being adjusted to match the attack trigger area to the tower’s range but with a far larger radius on the actual effect once it is triggered, this reduces inconsistency where Shimmer would often hit only first camo target to enter radius then be stuck on long cooldown.

|quote 5 tiers=xx3;xx4

| changes 1 tiers = 4XX<!--removed 5xx due to TSG mini avatar note-->

| changes 1 = *{{nerf|name=Mini Sun Avatar|No longer ignore line of sight|note=True Sun God mini avatars can still ignore line of sight}}

*{{nerf|name=Sun Temple – Support Sacrifices|No longer increases cash value of Bloons in CHIMPS|fix=y}}

| changes 2 tiers = 041+

| changes 2 = *{{buff|name=Ability|No longer knocks Bloons forward in some cases|fix=y}}

| quote 1 = Flash Bomb’s long time between bombs, without improvements on the main attack leaves this as quite a bad stepping stone, for now due to this long downtime we want to try increasing the stun duration. The recent bug fix for xx4 Sticky Stacking ended up hurting Master Bomber’s viability as it was relying on that bug to have any real single target impact, now that it can be balanced with intended functionality we’re trying out much higher damage per explosion with slower attacks for single target performance as it has Shinobi synergy to bring this rate back up.

| changes 1 tiers = XX3;XX4;XX5

| changes 1 = *{{buff|name=Flash Bomb|Stun duration increased|1s|1.3s}}

| quote 2 = Flash Bomb’s long time between bombs, without improvements on the main attack leaves this as quite a bad stepping stone, for now due to this long downtime we want to try increasing the stun duration.

| changes 2 tiers = XX5

| changes 2 = *{{rate change|name=Sticky Bomb|2|5}}

*{{buff|name=Sticky Bomb – Impact|Damage increased|1000|3000}}

*{{buff|name=Sticky Bomb – AoE|Damage increased|300|600}}

| quote 1 tiers = xx5

| quote 2 tiers = xx3;xx4

| changes 1 tiers = 220+

| changes 1 = *{{nerf|name=Acidic Mixture Dip|Crosspath bonus to Acidic Mixture Dip buff reduced|+3|+2|note=Shot amount reduced from 13 to 12}}

| changes 2 tiers = X4X;X5X

| changes 2 = *{{buff|name=Ability|Damage now soaks through layers}}

| changes 3 tiers = X5X

| quote 1 = Alchemist 220 stands out a little too effectively in the crosspath efficiency of Acidic Mixture Dip uptime combined with the reduced forced downtime at 320 and so is being reduced. Total Transformation alchemist when transformed have never been allowing damage to distribute to children layers of any targets, while this is an option we can use as an intended balance lever - we have instead decided to turn this blocker off as it isn't one we have used elsewhere and has made these upgrades perform far weaker against regular Bloons comparatively to Ceramic & MOAB-class due to damage buffs that have been given to transformed alchemists over time.

|quote 1 tiers=x4x;x5x

| quote 1 = Experimenting more with druid ‘life play’ functionality, similar to Heart of vengeance, we’re adding new functionality to Heart of Oak along with improved means of building into this with the Jungle’s Bounty upgrade, however the base pierce of Jungle’s Bounty is being reduced slightly to account for a higher buff potential it now grants itself.

| changes 1 tiers = x2xc;x3x+

| changes 1 = *{{buff|Now gains a new buff – gains 1% pierce for every life gained from the starting value after the upgrade. Maxes at 100% and diminishes if lives are lost. Includes crosspathed attacks, excluding lightning (which can't be pierce-buffed).}}

| changes 2 tiers = X4X

| changes 2 = *{{buff|Now generates 1 life at the end of each round}}

| changes 3 tiers = X4X;X5X

| changes 3 = *{{nerf|name=Track bramble|Pierce reduced|40|30}}

| changes 4 tiers = 4XX;5XX

| changes 4 = *{{buff|name=Lightning Ball|Freeze chance increased|25%|100%}}

| quote 1 tiers = x4x;x5x

|quote 2=Experimenting more with druid ‘life play’ functionality, similar to Heart of vengeance, we’re adding new functionality to Heart of Oak along with improved means of building into this with the Jungle’s Bounty upgrade

| quote 2 tiers =x2x;x3x

| all tier changes = *{{nerf|Spike Factory no longer can shotgun spikes for exactly one frame after spawning|fix=y}}

| changes 1 tiers = X3X;X4X

| changes 1 = *{{buff|name=Main attack|Bonus damage to MOAB-class increased|+4|+9}}

| changes 2 tiers = X4X

| changes 2 = *{{buff|name=Ability attack|Bonus damage to MOAB-class increased|+4|+9}}

| changes 3 tiers = X5X

| changes 3 = *{{nerf|name=Main attack|Attack cooldown reduced|0.33s|0.49s}}

*{{buff|name=Main attack|Bonus damage to MOAB-class increased|+5|+9}}

*{{buff|name=Ability attack|Bonus to MOAB-class increased|+5|+9}}

| quote 1 tiers = x3x;x4x;x5x

{{BTD6 tower changes|version=39.0|tower=Monkey Village|changes 1 tiers=4XX|changes 1=*{{nerf|Primary Mentoring cooldown buff no longer remains behind when tower is sold while under the range of an Energizer|fix=y}}}}

| quote 1 = Applying pierce crosspathing to Sentry Champion only granting an abysmal +1 pierce to the explosion while an intended joke at the time still feels a little silly, we’re separating that up to get its own larger increase now. Some extra of a makeup buff for XXXL, while the crosspathing rework itself feels nice it ended up nerfing the high-level micro play of this upgrade far more than intended.

| changes 1 tiers = 501;502

| changes 1 = *{{buff|name=Sentry Explosion|Crosspath benefit to pierce bonus increased|+1|+21|note=Pierce increased from 51 to 70}}

| quote 2 = Applying pierce crosspathing to Sentry Champion only granting an abysmal +1 pierce to the explosion while an intended joke at the time still feels a little silly, we’re separating that up to get its own larger increase now.

| quote 3 = Some extra of a makeup buff for XXXL, while the crosspathing rework itself feels nice it ended up nerfing the high-level micro play of this upgrade far more than intended.

| quote 2 tiers = 5xx;xx1;xx2

| quote 3 tiers = xx5

{{BTD6 tower changes|version=39.0|tower=Beast Handler

|quote 1=Our most recently added tower, the Beast Handler, is still going through growing pains with a bulk of minor tweaks and small adjustments - mainly centered around merge mechanic value, so we’ll break this down path by path.

|quote 2 tiers=1xx;2xx;5xx;x1x;x4x;x5x;xx1;xx3

|quote 2=Beast Handler’s general repositioning feels far too free right now, the reposition cooldown is being increased to a more reasonably noticeable number so this feels like a meaningful cost.

|quote 3=Great White lacks a lot of pierce for an upgrade with a slower widespread AoE design for the price range. Orca we feel has both min & max power use cases, though doesn’t grow enough ‘along the way’ from un-maxed merging.

|quote 4=Velociraptor performs as one of the most exceptional early tier upgrades in the game. We’ve been going tame on this path so far as we’re happy for it to stay one of the top options, however it is too far ahead still so we are smoothing out the attack rates to match T-rex.

|quote 5=Horned Owl’s pierce is too high in the base upgrade with very low value from merging, so more of this is shifting into the merge benefit. Condor’s pierce penalties to early MOAB Class are going up, however the max merged version will now be allowed to attack and damage targets that it cannot grab. Pouakai deals way too much moab damage right from base upgrade given how powerful it also is at controlling MOABs, base damage & pierce stats here are also seeing a shift over into higher merge benefits

 

|quote 6=Beast Handler’s general repositioning feels far too free right now, the reposition cooldown is being increased to a more reasonably noticeable number so this feels like a meaningful cost. [...] Great White lacks a lot of pierce for an upgrade with a slower widespread AoE design for the price range.

 

|quote 7=Beast Handler’s general repositioning feels far too free right now, the reposition cooldown is being increased to a more reasonably noticeable number so this feels like a meaningful cost. [...] Orca we feel has both min & max power use cases, though doesn’t grow enough ‘along the way’ from un-maxed merging.

|quote 7 tiers=4xx

 

 

|quote 9 tiers=xx2

 

 

 

|changes 1 quote above=2

 

| changes 2 tiers = 3XX

| changes 2 = *{{buff|name=Great White|Pierce increased|6|10}}

| changes 3 tiers = 4XX

| changes 3 = *{{buff|name=Orca|max bonus pierce from merge increased|24|40|note=Max-power pierce increased from 44 to 60}}

 

|changes 4 quote above=4

| changes 4 tiers = X2X;X3X

| changes 4 = *{{rate change|0.9|1}}

| changes 5 tiers = X5X

| changes 5 = *{{buff|name=Giganotosaurus|Now ignores line of sight}}

*{{buff|name=Ability|cooldown reduced|35s|25s|note=Max-power and mid-power ability cooldowns also decreased}}

| changes 6 tiers = X4X

| changes 6 = *{{nerf|Tyrannosaurus Rex should no longer double cooldown buffs from Energizer sub|fix=y}}

 

|changes 7 quote above=5

| changes 7 tiers = XX2

| changes 7 = *{{nerf|name=Horned Owl|pierce reduced|8|6}}

| changes 8 tiers = XX4

| changes 8 = *{{buff|name=Condor|At Max beast power, it can now attack ungrabbable MOAB-class Bloons (i.e. BADs and Bosses)}}

*{{nerf|name=Condor|MOAB pierce penalty increased|+9|+14}}

*{{nerf|name=Condor|BFB pierce penalty increased|+29|+44}}

| changes 9 tiers = XX5

| changes 9 = *{{nerf|name=Pouakai|Base pierce reduced|200|150}}

*{{buff|name=Pouakai|Max bonus pierce from merge increased|250|300|note=Max-power pierce remains 450, mid-power xx5 pierce decreased from 325 to 300}}

*{{nerf|name=Pouakai|Base damage reduced|20|10}}

*{{buff|name=Pouakai|Max bonus damage from merge increased|40|80|note=Max-power damage increased from 60 to 90, mid-power xx5 from 40 to 50}}

*{{nerf|name=Pouakai|Bonus MOAB-class damage reduced|+110|+80}}

 

|changes 10 tiers=000

|changes 10=*Now usable in Contested Territory

| changes 1 = *{{nerf|name=Cocktail of Fire|Pierce reduced|40|30}}

| changes 1 levels = 3–6

| changes 2 = *{{buff|name=Cocktail of Fire|Pierce increased|30|50}}

| changes 3 = *{{nerf|name=Main attack|Burn damage reduced|2|1}}

| changes 3 levels = 6–8

| changes 4 = *{{nerf|name=Main attack|Burn damage reduced|4|2}}

| changes 5 = *{{nerf|name=Main attack|Burn damage reduced by 2}}

| changes 1 = *{{buff|Target Focus ability added}}

| changes 1 = *{{nerf|name=The Long Arm of Light|Cooldown increased|40s|45s}}

| changes 2 = *{{nerf|name=Blood Sacrifice|Cooldown increased|10s|30s}}

| changes 3 = *{{rate change|name=Divine Bolt|0.8|0.85}}

| changes 3 levels = 11–16

| changes 4 = *{{rate change|name=Divine Bolt|0.6|0.7}}

| changes 5 = *{{nerf|name=Blood Sacrifice|Value required per 1% multiplier no longer reduced|50|100}}

{{BTD6 changes

| version = 39.0

| name = Geraldo

|changes=

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{{!}}[[Sharpening Stone]]

{{!}}{{BTD6 changes|name=Sharpening Stone|version=39.0

|changes=

*{{nerf|Level 5 and level 15 Sharpening Stones can no longer stack buffs on the same tower|fix=y}}

{{!}}{{BTD6 changes|name=Blade Trap|version=39.0

|changes=

*{{buff|Now gains Camo detection if it is granted to Geraldo|fix=y}}

{{!}}{{BTD6 changes|name=Paragon Power Totem|version=39.0|quote=To make things a little clearer for players attempting to be precise with their Paragon Totem farming, the number of totems placed will now be tallied up and listed whenever one is selected.|hide quote=y

|changes=

== Relic Knowledge ==

|[[Bigger Bloon Sabotage]]

|{{BTD6 changes|version=39.0|name=Bigger Bloon Sabotage|changes=*{{buff|Now slows MOAB-Class Bloons again|fix=y}}}}

|[[Flint Tips]]

|{{BTD6 changes|version=39.0|name=Flint Tips|changes=*{{buff|Can no longer skip its final damage tic|fix=y}}}}

|}

{{BTD6 tower changes|quote 1=Dart Monkey is intended to be the ‘Cheapest’ somewhat entry level Paragon so being locked behind a $300k+ price tag meant that all other paragons would have to be higher than that as well - while we’re not too drastically lowering all paragons this update the new lower floor on paragon costs will allow for much more leeway in design going forward. We lowered the power somewhat to justify this new price however not that much as it was one of the more heavily nerfed in power from the bug fix as well, in addition to this now that the Ceramic Bonus is scaling properly, we wanted to increase the value of this bonus far more to really bring out that Juggernaut bonus against Dreadbloon+.|quote 1 tiers=paragon|version=39.0|tower=Dart Monkey|paragon cost before=325000|paragon cost after=150000|paragon changes=

{{BTD6 tower changes|quote 1=A few buffs for the Boomerang Paragon ended up being split up and spread out over a few updates, which resulted in repeated buffs which didn’t seem so necessary after the first, given the fairly high power level it had in v38, as well as suffering less from the bug fix than the Dart Monkey, it felt like it needed more general nerfs to justify any price reduction.|quote 1 tiers=paragon|version=39.0|tower=Boomerang Monkey|paragon cost before=350000|paragon cost after=275000|paragon changes=

*{{nerf|name=Main attack|Damage to Boss Bloons reduced|+60|+50}}

*{{nerf|name=Press|Final explosion damage to Boss Bloons reduced|+5,000|+4,000}}

*{{nerf|name=Press|Base cooldown increased|2.5s|3s}}

*{{nerf|name=Orbitals|damage to Boss Bloons reduced|+160|+150}}

*{{nerf|name=Orbitals|radius reduced|60|50}}

*{{nerf|Has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}}}

| quote 1 = Wasn’t too impacted by the bug fix while standing out as quite powerful for a mid-range cost in general, so just nerfed a little to keep it around where it is after the buffs it is gaining this update from knowledge & the boss bonus multiplier going up.|quote 1 tiers=paragon

*{{nerf|name=Turret|base cooldown increased|0.2145s|0.25s}}

*{{nerf|name=Plane forward attack|Base cooldown increased|0.15s|0.18s}}

*{{nerf|name=Plane radial attack|Base cooldown increased|1.5s|1.8s}}

{{BTD6 tower changes|quote 1=Limiting many changes to Ace for now, we feel that it wasn’t nerfed that badly from the bug fix and we also currently want it to stay one of the much higher level price tags. It has been performing incredibly well even as the most expensive paragon, however given it is very cooldown dependent and scaling that cooldown via degrees is going to be much harder now we want to wait and see the impact of the rest of that rework before anything more significant to it.|quote 1 tiers=paragon|version=39.0|tower=Monkey Ace|paragon changes=*{{nerf|Cost per power increased|$25|$38.25/$45/$48.6/$54}}

*{{nerf|name=Carpet Bomb|Base cooldown increased|40s|45s}}

*{{nerf|Has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}}}

{{BTD6 tower changes|quote 1=Wizard was one of the more heavily impacted Paragons losing power from the bug fix, and had a few planned buffs aside from this anyway. We’re happy keeping it more on the expensive side with a higher skill requirement, so to keep justifying this higher price tag much more significant buffs were necessary to keep it in line.|quote 1 tiers=paragon|version=39.0|tower=Wizard Monkey|paragon changes=

*{{buff|name=Small Zombie|Pierce increased|20|50}}

*{{buff|name=Draining Beam|Base damage increased|50|200}}

*{{buff|name=Arcane Spike|Damage to MOAB-Class increased|+200|+250}}

*{{buff|name=Arcane Spike|Damage to Boss Bloons increased|+100|+150}}

*{{buff|name=Dark Phoenix Firebomb|Now deals +50 damage to Boss Bloons}}

*{{buff|name=Metamorphosis Flamethrower|Pierce increased|30|100}}

*{{buff|name=Metamorphosis Flamethrower|Damage to Boss Bloons increased|+500|+1000}}

*{{nerf|Has less boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}}}

*{{neutral|Cost per power changed|$25|$21.25/$25/$27/$30}}|quote 1=No changes here for now - given that it did feel behind the other paragons previously, however this is the only paragon that actually got stronger from the bug fix rather than weaker|quote 1 tiers=paragon}}

*{{nerf|Cost per power increased|$25|$27.625/$32.5/$35.1/$39}}|quote 1=No changes here as well, we know some people are still hoping for a redesign in general, but with everything else about paragons uncertain this was not a good time for that. We also want to have another Paragon in the support category dealing a DPS role before we seriously consider taking away the current only dps in that category which is already well balanced with strong competitive use.|quote 1 tiers=paragon}}