Striker Jones (Battles 2)

Striker Jones iterations: BTD6 • Bloons Pop! • Battles 2 • BCS

Striker Jones Artillery Commander
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Striker Jones is a Hero in Bloons TD Battles 2. He costs  3,000 Monkey Money to unlock.

Striker Jones attacks by firing shells from his bazooka that explode on contact, dealing damage to Bloons caught in the blast. He cannot damage Black Bloons or Camo Bloons. As he levels up, his attack speed increases, his shells' explosions deal more damage to more Bloons at a time and cover a larger area, and he unlocks multiple buffs and Bloon debuffs that affect himself, Bomb Shooters, and Mortar Monkeys.

• At levels 4 and 18, he unlocks buffs that increase the attack speed of himself and all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys.
• Starting at level 5, he causes all explosions to have a 50% chance to ignore Black Bloon properties, which becomes guaranteed at level 19.
• Starting at level 7, he buffs the blast radius of himself and all Mortar Monkeys.
• Starting at level 8, he buffs the range and pierce of himself and all Bomb Shooters within his range.
• He has two Activated Abilities:
  • Concussive Shell (level 3) — Fires a seeking shell at the strongest non-Camo Bloon on-screen, damaging and stunning Bloons hit by the explosion. Its damage and stun duration increase at higher levels.
  • Artillery Command (level 10) — Triggers the Activated Abilities of all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys, even if they are on cooldown, without putting them on cooldown, and grants himself a range, attack speed, and MOAB-Class damage buff for a short time. Starting at level 20, it also boosts the damage and pierce of all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys for a short time.

Mechanics

Bazooka

Jones' bazooka fires a shell every 1.2 seconds that explodes on contact with a Bloon, dealing 1 explosion-type damage to up to 10 Bloons in its blast radius. He cannot target or hit Camo Bloons.

Levels (does not factor in passive buffs)

Level	Effect
2	Blast radius increases from 15 units to 19 units.
6	Pierce increases to 20. Blast radius increases to 28.5 units.
7	Damage increases to 2.
9	Attack cooldown reduces to 0.9 seconds, effectively increasing attack speed by roughly 33%.
11	Attack cooldown reduces to 0.65 seconds, effectively increasing attack speed by roughly 38.5%.
12	Damage increases to 3. Range increases from 55 units to 58 units.
13	Attack cooldown reduces to 0.5 seconds, effectively increasing attack speed by 30%.
16	Attack cooldown reduces to 0.35 seconds, effectively increasing attack speed by roughly 42.9%.
17	Damage increases to 4. Range increases to 60 units.
18	Attack cooldown reduces to 0.2 seconds, effectively increasing attack speed by roughly 75%.

Buffs

Striker Jones provides several passive buffs. Each one is unlocked at a different level.

• Level 4: reduces the attack cooldowns of himself and all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys on-screen by 15%, effectively increasing their attack speed by roughly 17.6%, despite what the in-game description states.
• Level 7: increases the blast radius of himself and all Mortar Monkeys on-screen by 25%.
• Level 8: provides an extra buff to himself and all Bomb Shooters within his range only, increasing their range by 15% and pierce by 40%.
• Level 18: reduces the attack cooldowns of himself and all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys on-screen by 15%. This stacks multiplicatively with the level 4 buff.

Black Bloon debuff

Starting at level 5, all Black Bloons, Zebra Bloons, and DDTs have a 50% chance for their immunity to explosion damage to be ignored when hit. This chance is applied separately for each Bloon hit by a source of explosion damage; for example, an explosion that hits two Black Bloons may damage one Black Bloon but not the other. This applies to projectiles that deal explosion-type damage, not just from Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys, though it does not affect damage over time. Starting at level 19, this chance becomes guaranteed.

Abilities

Concussive Shell

Concussive Shell is unlocked at level 3. It fires a seeking projectile that targets the strongest Bloon on-screen, though it cannot target Camo Bloons unless Jones is granted Camo detection. The projectile can pass through line of sight blockers and through Bloons that are not the target. On impact, the explosion hits up to 48 Bloons in its radius, dealing 2 Unstoppable-type damage and stunning all non-BAD Bloons hit for 2 seconds. The ability cannot be activated if there are no targetable Bloons on-screen. It has a 16-second cooldown and a 5-second initial cooldown.

Levels

Level	Effect
9	Damage increases to 12. Pierce increases to 58. Now stuns regular Bloons for 6 seconds and MOAB-Class Bloons for 4 seconds.
14	Blast radius increases from 27 units to 40.5 units. Now stuns regular Bloons for 9 seconds and MOAB-Class Bloons for 6 seconds.
15	Cooldown reduces to 11 seconds.

Artillery Command

Artillery Command is unlocked at level 10. It instantly triggers the Activated Abilities of all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys on-screen, even if they are on cooldown, without putting them on cooldown or restarting any active cooldowns, and grants Striker Jones a buff that triples his range, quadruples his attack speed, and increases the damage he deals to MOAB-Class Bloons by 10 for 7 seconds. It can activate the abilities of MOAB Assassin and MOAB Eliminator even if there are no Bloons on-screen that they can target, though nothing happens upon doing so. It cannot activate the abilities of Artillery Battery or Pop and Awe if they are already active. It has a 30-second cooldown and no initial cooldown.

At level 20, activating this ability also doubles the damage and pierce of Jones and all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys on-screen for 7 seconds. It doesn't buff towers placed after its activation.

Levels

Level	Description
1	Striker Jones shoots a powerful bazooka to explode the bloons.
2	Increased blast radius.
3	Concussive Shell: shoots a guided shell to the largest bloon on screen, stunning it.
4	Striker and all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys on screen shoot 10% faster.
5	Makes all Black bloons less resistant to explosive damage from all Monkeys.
6	Blast radius and pops for Jones' normal attacks increases greatly.
7	Pops 2 layers per shot. Shots from Jones and Mortar Monkeys have a 25% larger blast radius.
8	Striker Jones and all Bomb Shooters near him get get +15% range and +40% pierce.
9	Increased attack speed and increased Concussive Shell pierce, damage, and stun.
10	Artillery Command: Fire the abilities of all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys for free, even if they're on cooldown. Striker gains a huge boost to his range and attack speed.
11	Increased attack speed.
12	Slightly increased attack range, and extra layer pop.
13	Increased attack speed.
14	Concussive Shell affects a larger area and for a longer duration.
15	Concussive Shell cooldown reduced to 11 seconds.
16	Increased attack speed.
17	Increased range and pops 4 layers per shot.
18	Striker Jones, Bomb Shooters, and Mortar Monkeys attack an additional 15% faster.
19	Increased attack speed and makes all Black Bloons vulnerable to explosive damage.
20	Artillery Command also gives double damage and pops per shot to all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys while active.

XP requirements

Level	XP required	Rounds to level up
		From round 1	From round 2
2	1,080 (1,080)	2 (start of round 3)	2 (start of round 4)
3	1,360 (2,440)	1 (start of round 4)	1 (start of round 5)
4	1,900 (4,340)	2 (start of round 6)	2 (start of round 7)
5	2,560 (6,900)	2 (start of round 8)	2 (start of round 9)
6	3,180 (10,080)	3 (start of round 11)	2 (start of round 11)
7	4,320 (14,400)	2 (start of round 13)	3 (start of round 14)
8	5,920 (20,320)	3 (start of round 16)	3 (start of round 17)
9	6,880 (27,200)	3 (start of round 19)	2 (start of round 19)
10	7,040 (34,240)	2 (start of round 21)	3 (start of round 22)
11	6,820 (41,060)	2 (start of round 23)	2 (start of round 24)
12	6,860 (47,920)	2 (start of round 25)	1 (start of round 25)
13	6,920 (54,840)	2 (start of round 27)	2 (start of round 27)
14	6,880 (61,720)	2 (start of round 29)	2 (start of round 29)
15	7,160 (68,880)	1 (start of round 30)	1 (start of round 30)
16	7,040 (75,920)	1 (start of round 31)	1 (start of round 31)
17	6,920 (82,840)	1 (start of round 32)	2 (start of round 33)
18	7,080 (89,920)	2 (start of round 34)	1 (start of round 34)
19	7,120 (97,040)	1 (start of round 35)	1 (start of round 35)
20	7,260 (104,300)	1 (start of round 36)	1 (start of round 36)

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Striker Jones (Battles 2).

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Update history

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Version 1.0.6

Levels	Changes
20	Artillery Command: duration increased ― 5s → 10s

Version 4.1

“

Striker Jones’ main purpose is to provide buffs to Bombs and Mortars, however he very often isn’t the preferred hero for Bomb/Mortar strategies and so he rarely gets used. We have augmented the buffs that he provides to Bombs and Mortars to help address this.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
7+	Mortar Monkey blast radius buff increased ― +15% → +25%
8+	Bomb Shooter range buff increased ― +5% → +15%  Bomb Shooter pierce buff increased ― +35% → +40%

Version 4.7

“

While heroes who have clear synergies with specific towers are generally a good thing, Striker Jones in particular has been over reliant on Bomb and Mortar which has made him an unpopular hero. We have changed several of his upgrades so that they no longer do nothing if Bomb/Mortar are not present and added a secondary effect to his Artillery Command so that, while he’s still better with his favourite towers, he is capable of functioning without them.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
4+	Attack speed buff: now also applies to Striker Jones
7+	Blast radius buff: now also applies to Striker Jones
8+	Range and pierce buff: now also applies to Striker Jones
10+	Artillery Command: now grants Striker Jones 4× attack speed, 3× range, and +10 damage to MOAB-Class for 7 seconds  Artillery Command: can now be activated without having a Bomb Shooter or Mortar Monkey with an ability on-screen (undocumented)
18+	Attack speed buff: now also applies to Striker Jones
20	Artillery Command: damage and pierce buff now also applies to Striker Jones  Artillery Command: duration reduced ― 10s → 7s

Cosmetic items

Hero Rewards

Icon	Text	Category	Cost
	Blasting off again! An extreme response to defeat	Defeat Animation	100 9,000
	Shine 'em up Getting parade ready	Taunt	200 15,000
	4 Gun Salute Fire when ready!	Victory Animation	200 15,000
	Well Groomed Trimmed to perfection	Emote	80 6,000
	Dropping Bombs Probably against protocol	Placement Animation	150 12,000
	We Want You To Pop Bloons	Avatar Icon	80 6,000
	Lock 'n' Load Ready to fire	Level Up Animation	400 24,000
	Bloon Uniform Don't be fooled!	Bloon Decal	80 6,000
	Smoke Tracers A patriotic flare	Trail Effect	300 18,000
	Ten HUT! Show the world your favorite hero with this title!	Player Title	160 12,000

Customization

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Table Flip	Defeat Animation	Season X, Daily Offers	Version 1.8
Comms Trouble	Defeat Animation	Season Retro Warfare Showcase, Retro Warfare Showcase, Daily Offers	Launch
Single Tear	Defeat Animation	Default Striker Jones item	Launch
Blasting off again!	Defeat Animation	Striker Jones Hero Rewards	Launch
Lock 'n' Load	Level Up Animation	Striker Jones Hero Rewards	Launch
Dropping Bombs	Placement Animation	Striker Jones Hero Rewards	Launch
Remote Strike	Taunt	Season X, Daily Offers	Version 1.8
Shine 'em up	Taunt	Striker Jones Hero Rewards	Launch
Strategize	Taunt	Season Retro Warfare Showcase, Retro Warfare Showcase, Daily Offers	Launch
Open Fire!	Taunt	Default Striker Jones item	Launch
Special Hoperative	Taunt	Easter 2023 event (VIP only), Easter 2025 event	Version 1.9.1
Smoke Tracers	Trail Effect	Striker Jones Hero Rewards	Launch
Miniature Wargames	Match Up Animation	Season X, Daily Offers	Version 1.8
Salute	Match Up Animation	Default Striker Jones item	Launch
Flyover	Match Up Animation	Season Retro Warfare Showcase, Retro Warfare Showcase, Daily Offers	Launch
The Love Letter	Weapon Skin	Season Valentines Showcase, Valentines Showcase	Version 1.0.7
Retro Paintjob	Weapon Skin	Season Retro Warfare Showcase, Retro Warfare Showcase, Daily Offers	Launch
Little Victories	Victory Animation	Season X, Daily Offers	Version 1.8
Medal	Victory Animation	Default Striker Jones item	Launch
4 Gun Salute	Victory Animation	Striker Jones Hero Rewards	Launch

Gallery

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Screenshots

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Assets

• 
  Levels 1–2
• 
  Levels 3–9
• 
  Levels 10–19
• 
  Level 20
• 
  Hero Point icon
• 
  Background
• 
  Concussive Shell icon
• 
  Artillery Command icon
• 
  Buff icon

Voice lines

When selected in the Heroes menu

• ^ⓘ "Orders?"

When placed

• ^ⓘ "I love the smell of bubblewrap in the morning."
• ^ⓘ "Prepare for liberation!"

When selected

• ^ⓘ "Yes?"
• ^ⓘ "Yeah?"
• ^ⓘ "Target?"
• ^ⓘ "What next?"
• ^ⓘ "Hey!"
• ^ⓘ "Orders?"

When activating Concussive Shell

• ^ⓘ "Boom! Ha-ha!"

When activating Artillery Command

• ^ⓘ "Fire at will!"

When leveling up

• ^ⓘ "Alright!"
• ^ⓘ "Yes!"
• ^ⓘ "Nice!"
• ^ⓘ "Oh yeah!"
• ^ⓘ "Awesome!"
• ^ⓘ "Sweet!"
• ^ⓘ "Ha-ha!"
• ^ⓘ "Ha!"

When leveling up to level 20

• ^ⓘ "Maximum firepower!"

When a MOAB appears

• ^ⓘ "Target that MOAB!"

When a BFB appears

• ^ⓘ "Target that BFB!"

When a ZOMG appears

• ^ⓘ "Target that ZOMG!"

When a DDT appears

• ^ⓘ "Target that DDT!"

When a BAD appears

• ^ⓘ "Target that big huge one!"

When a Bloon leaks

• ^ⓘ "They're getting through!"
• ^ⓘ "Defend that exit!"

Cosmetic items

Taunts

• ^ⓘ "Boom! Ha-ha!" — Open Fire!
• ^ⓘ "Parade ready!" — Shine 'em up
• ^ⓘ "Victory assured! Right here." — Strategize
• ^ⓘ "Launch remote strike!" — Remote Strike
• ^ⓘ "Launch the attack!" — Special Hoperative

Match Up Animations

• ^ⓘ "Prepare for liberation!" — Salute
• ^ⓘ "Maximum firepower." — Flyover
• ^ⓘ "My plan is simple: victory!" — Miniature Wargames

Victory Animations

• ^ⓘ "Got it on the first try!" — Medal
• ^ⓘ "I love the smell of victory!" — 4 Gun Salute
• ^ⓘ "Perfect strategy, perfect execution!" — Little Victories

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 4.6.1

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Angriber-Jones	—
German	Striker Jones	—
Spanish	Striker Jones	—
Finnish	Striker Jones	—
French	Striker Jones	—
Italian	Striker Jones	—
Japanese	ストライカー・ジョーンズ	—
Korean	스트라이커 존스	—
Dutch	Striker Jones	—
Norwegian	Striker Jones	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Striker Jones	—
Russian	Ударник Джонс	—
Swedish	Striker Jones	—
Turkish	Vurucu Jones	—
Chinese (traditional)	先鋒瓊斯	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Angriber-Jones er en stærk leder, som bruger sin viden om langdistancekamp til at øge sprængstoffers sprængevne eksplosivt.	—
German	Striker Jones ist ein starker Kommandant, der mit seinem Wissen über den Fernkampf die Kraft seiner Bomben deutlich erhöht.	—
Spanish	Striker Jones es un comandante fuerte que usa su conocimiento en el combate de largo alcance para incrementar muchísimo el poder de los explosivos.	—
Finnish	Striker Jones est un commandant solide qui utilise ses connaissances de combat longue portée pour améliorer grandement le pouvoir des explosifs.	—
French	Striker Jones est un commandant solide qui utilise ses connaissances de combat longue portée pour améliorer grandement le pouvoir des explosifs.	—
Italian	Striker Jones è un valoroso comandante che sfrutta la sua conoscenza delle tecniche di combattimento a lunga distanza per potenziare la capacità distruttiva degli esplosivi.	—
Japanese	ストライカー・ジョーンズは長距離戦の知識を駆使し、爆破力に輪をかける力強い司令官。	—
Korean	스트라이커 존스는 원거리 전투에 해박하며, 특히 폭발물을 제대로 활용하는 법을 압니다.	—
Dutch	Striker Jones is een sterke commandant die zijn kennis over vechten op lange afstand gebruikt om de kracht van explosieven enorm te boosten.	—
Norwegian	Striker Jones er en sterk kommandør som bruker sin kunnskap innen langdistansekamp for å øke kraften av eksplosiver.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Striker Jones é um poderoso comandante que usa seu conhecimento de combate de longo alcance para aumentar bastante o poder dos explosivos.	—
Russian	Ударник Джонс — опытный командир. Он много знает о боях на дальней дистанции и делает взрывчатку куда мощнее.	—
Swedish	Striker Jones är en stark kommendant som använder sin kunskap om långdistansstrid för att öka kraften hos sprängmedel betydligt.	—
Turkish	Patlayıcıların gücünü önemli ölçüde artırmak için uzun mesafeli savaşla ilgili bilgilerini kullanan Vurucu Jones güçlü bir Komutandır.	—
Chinese (traditional)	先鋒瓊斯是一名強大的指揮官，他熟知遠距作戰的奧義，可大大提升炸彈的爆炸力。	—