Golden Justice

Golden Justice

They say Desperado's longarm can hit clean through an army of Bloons.

Tower	Desperado — Path 2 — Tier 5
XP cost	40,000
Cash cost	$35,700 — Easy $42,000 — Medium $45,360 — Hard $50,400 — Impoppable

← Bounty Hunter

Golden Justice is the Desperado's path 2 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. This upgrade changes the rifle attack to produce a straight line shot that fires half as fast (every 3.18 seconds) but has practically infinite pierce and deals 280 base damage and +280 damage to Ceramic or Fortified Bloons. Additionally, this upgrade changes the following:

• Increases the crit damage of all its attacks from 4× to 8×.
• Improves the pistol attack to now deal 24 base damage, +24 damage to Ceramic Bloons, mark the target Bloon, and produce an area of effect around the target that hits up to 8 Bloons overlapping the initial shot's centerpoint, dealing the same base damage and damage to Ceramic layers as the initial shot. The AoE can hit the same Bloon as the initial shot.
• Increases the base attack speed of the marking attack from every 6 seconds to every 3 seconds, and reduces its minimum attack cooldown from 3 seconds to 1 second.
• Increases the base damage of its Marked to Pop ability from 30 to 300. Its version of the ability occupies a separate slot from Bounty Hunter's.

Stats

For a complete list of Desperado stats, see Stats:Desperado (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.2

Tower
Display range 80 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Burst count 2 Burst interval 0.1s Cooldown 1.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 40 units Crit multiplier ×8 Crit base chance 2.5% Crit chance per distance from target +0.25% Filters Cannot target Bloons that the alternate attack can target
Projectile Pierce 1 Damage 24 Damage to Ceramic +24 Damage type Normal Radius 2 units Filters Can only hit the target Ignores blockers Mark Duration ∞s Layers 1 Explosion Pierce 8 Damage 24 Damage to Ceramic +24 Damage type Normal Lifespan 0.1s Persists between rounds 1 Radius 0 units Ignores blockers

Rifle attack
Cooldown 3.18s Offset (X, Y, Z) 1.51, 15.76, 9.88 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 80 units Crit multiplier ×8 Crit base chance 2.5% Crit chance per distance from target +0.4%
Projectile Pierce 9,999,999 Damage 280 Damage to Ceramic or Fortified +280 Damage type Normal Lifespan 0.05s Radius 6 units Ignores blockers

Mark attack
Cooldown 3s Min. cooldown 1s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 80 units Filters Cannot target Bloons with Marked
Projectile Pierce 2 Max pierce 2 Radius 18 units Filters Can only hit the target Ignores blockers Mark Duration ∞s Layers 1

Take Aim
Cooldown 30s
Buff Range modifier ×1.5 Spread modifier ×0.2 Immunity override Purple, Black, White Lifespan 15s

Marked to Pop
Cooldown 45s Lifespan 3s
Marking attack Cooldown 0.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 0 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units Filters Cannot target Bloons with Marked Projectile Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Radius 2 units Filters Can only hit the target Ignores blockers Mark Duration ∞s Layers 1 Execution attack Cooldown 0.05s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units Crit multiplier ×8 Crit base chance 2.5% Crit chance per distance from target +0.25% Filters Cannot target Bloons with Marked Projectile Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Damage 300 Damage type Normal Radius 2 units Filters Can only hit the target Ignores blockers

1-5-0

Attack
Speed per distance from target +1% Speed per distance from target max +50%

Rifle attack
Speed per distance from target +1% Speed per distance from target max +50%

Mark attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 ↓ 1.51, 15.76, 9.88

Marked to Pop
Marking attack Speed per distance from target +1% Speed per distance from target max +50% Execution attack Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 ↓ 0, 0, 0 Speed per distance from target +1% Speed per distance from target max +50%

2-5-0

Attack
Speed with 0 or 1 Bloon in range +60% Penalty per additional Bloon in range -15%

Rifle attack
Speed with 0 or 1 Bloon in range +60% Penalty per additional Bloon in range -15%

Marked to Pop
Marking attack Speed with 0 or 1 Bloon in range +60% Penalty per additional Bloon in range -15% Execution attack Speed with 0 or 1 Bloon in range +60% Penalty per additional Bloon in range -15%

0-5-1

Attack
Speed with no towers in range +45% Penalty per tower in range -15%

Rifle attack
Speed with no towers in range +45% Penalty per tower in range -15%

Mark attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 ↓ 1.51, 15.76, 9.88

Marked to Pop
Marking attack Speed with no towers in range +45% Penalty per tower in range -15% Execution attack Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.65, 11.25 ↓ 0, 0, 0 Speed with no towers in range +45% Penalty per tower in range -15%

0-5-2

Attack
Speed per Bloon in range +0% → +2% Speed per Bloon in range max +0% → +50%

Rifle attack
Speed per Bloon in range +0% → +2% Speed per Bloon in range max +0% → +50%

Marked to Pop
Marking attack Speed per Bloon in range +0% → +2% Speed per Bloon in range max +0% → +50% Execution attack Speed per Bloon in range +0% → +2% Speed per Bloon in range max +0% → +50%

Nomad buff
Cooldown modifier ×0.6 Range bonus +16 Lifespan 15s Cooldown 60s

Costs and sell values

Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.

Tiers	Total cost				Sell value
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
0-5-0	$44,035	$51,800	$55,945	$62,160	$30,825	$36,260	$39,162	$43,512
1-5-0	$44,205	$52,000	$56,160	$62,400	$30,944	$36,400	$39,312	$43,680
2-5-0	$44,375	$52,200	$56,375	$62,640	$31,063	$36,540	$39,463	$43,848
0-5-1	$44,220	$52,020	$56,185	$62,425	$30,954	$36,414	$39,330	$43,698
0-5-2	$44,460	$52,300	$56,485	$62,760	$31,122	$36,610	$39,540	$43,932

Strategy

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This section was last updated for: version 50.2

Golden Justice's infinite pierce and high damage from the rifle attack makes it stand out against hyperdense rounds if it is allowed to shoot along a long straight line and if Bloons are slow enough between its long cooldown. The rifle's speed penalty makes it unreliable without consistent straight lines, and struggles versus fast-moving Bloons such as DDTs and Super Ceramics. Like its previous two upgrades, the pistol attack should be avoided if possible, which is forced when Bloons get close and has significantly less DPS, despite the capability to directly mark targets. Because of this weakness, Golden Justice is mostly locked to Silas, which combined with Absolute Zero can keep the most powerful attack active at all times.

2-5-0 is usually preferred, to improve consistency against single targets because of Standoff, and Quickdraw's distance speed buff sees more practical use given its need to fire along long straight lines. If groups of Bloons entering its range is a concern, going 0-5-2 can be considered because of Nomad's increased speed per Bloon in range. However, as it has long range, retaining Wanderer buffs is not practical outside of custom challenges.

Update history

For a complete list of Desperado changes, see Update history:Desperado (BTD6).

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Version 49.2

•  Take Aim: No longer reduces accuracy if crosspathed (bug fix)
•  Take Aim: Now allows xx2 Mortars to apply Burny Stuff to Black Bloons (bug fix)
•  No longer grants infinite range to Advanced Intel subs (bug fix)

Version 49.3

•  Take Aim: Now applies to sub-towers (bug fix)
•  Crit damage multiplier increased ― 4× → 8× (bug fix)

Version 50.0

“

[...] the rest of the higher tiers in this path see a number of stat improvements to balance out their unique use cases. The T5’s Bounty Mark application is improving with faster passive Marks and the pistol now also applying a Mark to the first Bloon hit by each attack.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $1,650 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Rifle: Damage increased ― 210 → 280
•  Pistol: Bonus damage to Fortified Bloons increased ― +210 → +280
•  Mark attack: Cooldown reduced ― 9s → 3s
•  Pistol: Now marks the main target
•  Pistol — area of effect: Pierce increased ― 5 → 8
•  Rifle: No longer ignores Boss immunity windows (bug fix)
  • Note: The issue can still happen on certain circumstances
•  Rifle: No longer fails to hit targets next to a wall (bug fix)

Version 50.1

•  Partially fixed an issue where they could hit Boss Bloons during their immunity windows (bug fix)

Version 50.2

•  Fixed an issue where they could hit Boss Bloons during their immunity windows (bug fix)

Version 51.0

•  Pistol now reloads at the end of the round

Version 53.1

0-5-1, 0-5-2

• No longer crashes when loading a game save or using Retry Last Round (bug fix)

Version 54.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $500 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Mark attack: Pierce increased ― 1 → 2
•  Rifle: Now deals +280 damage to Ceramic Bloons
  • Note: Bonus damage to Creamic Bloons does not apply to the Pistol attack
•  Mark attack: Minimum cooldown reduced ― 3s → 1s
  • Note: This means the attack can now be affected by attack speed buffs, up to a minimum of 1s

Version 54.2

•  Mark attack: Projectile radius increased to match previous tier ― 2 → 18 (bug fix)

Version 55.0

“

Mid-path desperado’s pistol was intended to be a soft ‘minimum range’, but implementation was confusing and frustrating to use, somehow again right after Wolfy’s recent struggles (fun videos those), we decided to work on improving the first timer's desperado experience for this path. The Rifle weapon will now always take priority and shoot first over the pistol if there are targets within Rifle radius, HOWEVER, pistol range is now a true deadzone that the rifle cannot target within. TLDR; The pistol now attacks when there are only Bloons within the pistol radius and nothing in the rifle radius.
— Update notes

”

•  Desperados will now prioritize attacking Bloons with the rifle over any pistol target
•  Rifle attack: No longer targets Bloons in the pistol's range
  • Note: This is implemented as a minimum range of 40 units
•  Pistol attack: Range increased ― 28 units → 40 units
•  Pistol attack: Range can no longer be buffed
  • This allows range buffs to not reduce the minimum range of the rifle, but prevents the pistol attack from triggering at longer ranges.

Version 56.0

•  Can no longer bypass Boss Skull immunity when doing a Crit (bug fix)

Version 56.2

• T3 Take Aim buff icon is no longer shown when both T3 and T4 Take Aim effects are active on a tower

Gallery

For more Desperado images, see Gallery:Desperado.

Screenshots

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  X-5-X Desperado
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  Take Aim being used on Quincy
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  Marking attack being used on a Test Bloon
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  Marked to Pop marking Yellow Bloons
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  Marked to Pop executing Yellow Bloons
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  Granting infinite range to Advanced Intel (pre-49.2)

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Icon
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  Marked to Pop ability icon
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  Insta Monkey icon

In other languages

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	العدالة الذهبية	—
Danish	Gylden retfærdighed	—
German	Goldene Gerechtigkeit	—
Spanish	Justicia dorada	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Justicia dorada	—
Finnish	Kultainen oikeus	—
French	Justice dorée	—
Italian	Giustizia dorata	—
Japanese	絶対的ルール	—
Korean	황금빛 정의	—
Dutch	Gouden regel	—
Norwegian	Gyllen rettferd	—
Polish	Złota sprawiedliwość	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Justiça Áurea	—
Russian	Золотая справедливость	—
Swedish	Gyllene Rättvisa	—
Thai	ความยุติธรรมสีทอง	—
Turkish	Altın Adalet	—
Chinese (simplified)	金色正义	—
Chinese (traditional)	黃金正義	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	يُقال إن ذراع المجرم الطائش الطويلة يمكنها إصابة جيش من البالونات بدقة تامة.	—
Danish	De siger, at Desperados riffel kan ramme rent gennem en hær af bloons.	—
German	Man sagt, dass das Gewehr des Desperado durch eine ganze Armee von Bloons noch treffen kann.	—
Spanish	Dicen que el brazo largo de Desperado puede golpear tranquilamente a un ejército de bloons.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Dicen que el fusil del forajido puede atravesar un ejército de bloons.	—
Finnish	Kerrotaan, että desperadon kivääri pystyy ampumaan suoraan bloonilauman läpi.	—
French	On dit que les armes du desperado trouvent toujours leur cible, en particulier quand il s'agit d'une armée de Bloons.	—
Italian	Si dice che un colpo del fucile di Fuorilegge possa trapassare un intero esercito di bloon.	—
Japanese	デスペラードのでっかいライフルは、ブルーンの大群を一撃で倒せるという噂だ。	—
Korean	데스페라도의 소총이 풍선의 군대도 뚫을 수 있다고 합니다.	—
Dutch	Het gerucht gaat dat Desperado met zijn jachtgeweer dwars door een heel leger Bloons heen kan schieten.	—
Norwegian	De sier Desperados langvåpen kan skyte gjennom en hær av bloons.	—
Polish	Ponoć karabin Desperado potrafi przebijać się przez całe armie blonów.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Dizem que a espingarda do Pistoleiro pode atravessar um exército de Bloons.	—
Russian	Говорят, что длинная рука десперадо может пробить целую армию шаров.	—
Swedish	De säger att Desperados långdistansgevär kan rensa upp en hel Bloonarmé.	—
Thai	พวกเขาบอกว่าอาวุธระยะไกลของเดสเปราโดโจมตีกองทัพบลูนได้อย่างหมดจด	—
Turkish	Derler ki Desperado'nun uzun menzilli silahı, bir Bloon ordusunu baştan sona delip geçebilir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	据说亡命猴的长管枪能一枪穿透整支气球大军。	—
Chinese (traditional)	據說亡命之猴的長槍可擊穿整支氣球大軍。	—