Embrittlement (BTD6): Difference between revisions

'''Embrittlement''' is the [[Ice Monkey (BTD6)|Ice Monkey]]'s path 1 tier 4 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''.

 

Its attack now applies a brittle debuff to Bloons hit, which has the following effects:

* Makes affected Bloons take +1 damage from all sources for 2 seconds. This can stack with the +4 damage [[Super Brittle (BTD6)|Super Brittle]] debuff.

This effect soaks through layers along with ice shards, and they both soak through 3 layers (4 with [[Deep Freeze (BTD6)|Deep Freeze]]). Shards can also strip [[Camo Bloon (BTD6)|Camo]] and [[Regrow Bloon (BTD6)|Regrow]] properties, unlike [[Ice Shards (BTD6)|Ice Shards]] which only can with its blasts.

Embrittlement is a very versatile but somewhat map dependent tower. If a good enough spot exists where it can target a decent length of the track (for example, in a 90º bend), it is a reliable source of decamo, de-lead, and damage amplifier, all within a cheap price.

It is best paired with towers that have high amounts of attack speed and projectiles with low base damage (like bottom path Tack Shooters, e.g. [[Overdrive (BTD6)|Overdrive]]), since the damage amplification results in a more significant DPS increase. Overdrives also benefit greatly from Embrittlement's de-leading, which allows them to damage {{B|DDT|BTD6}}s, and Embrittlement + Overdrives is a powerful strategy against [[Boss Bloon]]s (except {{B|Vortex|BTD6}}). {{B|Bloon Sabotage|BTD6}} is recommended if using Embrittlement as a de-lead, as slower DDTs allow Embrittlement to hit them more reliably.

For crosspathing, the middle crosspath is recommended, as the increased attack speed improves the rate of freezing and applying debuffs; more importantly, the rate from [[Enhanced Freeze (BTD6)|Enhanced Freeze]] is faster than the debuff duration, allowing for a permanent debuff assuming constant attacks. [[Deep Freeze (BTD6)|Deep Freeze]] is mildly useful, allowing self-sharding in the absence of external speed buffs, but optional for the lategame. Increased range from bottom path is only needed when it has many attack speed buffs (mostly in [[Freeplay]] and later tiers of Bosses), and [[Re-Freeze (BTD6)|Re-Freeze]] is not necessary unless interacting with multiple Ice Monkeys.