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*If attempting to defeat CHIMPS either for the first time or on a map with unprecedented difficulty, a good idea is look up guides to beat it and take notes about the strategies in those guides. Later on, for maps of similar difficulty and layout, attempt to incorporate elements of the guides into the run without directly copying them to improve skills and prospects for future runs.

*Experiment different strategies in [[Sandbox (BTD6)]] or [[Challenge Editor]] to speed up the testing process if only a few rounds are being the roadblock.

*Remember the rounds that frequently become a roadblock, and plan ahead for those rounds later on. Rounds that are are challenging to nearly all CHIMPS runs are listed below.

*Do not spam towers whenever feeling like doing so and leave them at low tiers into the late-game. Focus on a few, strong towers with support centered around them to have the best prospects late-game. The exceptions to this rule are the few good, spammable strategies, such as [[Permanent Brew (BTD6)|Perma-Brew]] with many [[Destroyer (BTD6)|Destroyers]], [[Sun Avatar (BTD6)|Sun Avatars]], or a [[Sniper Monkey (BTD6)|Sniper Monkey]] army. These strong, powerful, and relatively expensive towers, along with powerful heroes and exceptional supporting towers, are termed as win conditions and listed below.

|Obyn is a simple yet versatile Hero, being useful throughout the course of the game on nearly all maps. His seeking attack performs well against the first rounds, and brambles deals with early-game Camos (albeit needing luck on multi-lane maps) and Round 40. Nature's ward totem provides valuable support throughout the game, and Wall of Trees tanks large amounts of leaks, especially at Level 20, at which it serves a similar role as {{B|Perma-Spike|BTD6}}. Obyn's buffs to [[Magic]] towers are useful as well, especially to {{B|Druid of the Storm|BTD6}}, {{B|Avatar of Wrath|BTD6}}, and {{B|Archmage|BTD6}}, with the latter two also having their weaknesses covered by Wall of Trees. Nonetheless, he remains a strong addition to strategies without Magic towers, thanks to his other utilities.

|Ezili's MOAB Hex ability is an exceptionally powerful asset, being able to eliminate heaps of blimps and reduce RBE stress on other towers throughout the mid-game and late-game. While her early-game is sub-par, she is capable of easily breaking open the Round 40 MOAB and future blimps thanks to Level 6. MOAB Hex is useful on all maps, and it synergizes the best with towers that deal solid overall damage but struggle to clumped Super Ceramics, such as Archmage and {{B|Prince of Darkness|BTD6}} (which also benefits from Ezili's pierce buff to Zombie Bloons). The Level 20 MOAB Hex's ability to one-shot the {{B|BAD|BTD6}} can be utilized on [[Expert]] maps, where it costs $13-16k to purchase and is cheaper than other options (such as {{B|First Strike Capability|BTD6}}).

|After the [[Bloons TD 6 v44.0|version 44.0]] buffs, Corvus reaches Level 20 with much fewer need for Nourishment micro, especially on harder maps, simplifying gameplay with him. He trivializes the early-game with Spear, simplifies Round 40 with Ancestral Might, saves up tremendous amounts of money with Trample for dense rounds and Repel and Frostbound and Ancestral Might for blimps in the mid-game, and is powerful in the late-game with Ancestral Might and Overload. As with Geraldo, it takes time to learn him, but it is worth it due to his versatility coming from his spellbook working with a wide variety of strategies and carrying his strength across nearly all maps. Place him at the start of the track so that he can constantly farm mana, and move him there with Spirit Walk if needed.

|Solver is arguably the best win condition against clumped low-tier blimps and clumped Super Ceramics, both of which are very challenging to CHIMPS runs. It wipes out Super Ceramics with ease, with its puddles triggering a chain effect that deals solid damage to blimps and other Super Ceramics as well. Pair it with [[Carpet of Spikes (BTD6)|Carpet of Spikes]], which pops high-health blimps and DDTs to allow Solver to trigger the chain effect. Contrary to popular belief and the case in the past, 5-2-0 is the optimal crosspath for Solver, as it grants extra pierce to the puddles that make Solver a solid option in CHIMPS.

|When paired with stuns such as Relentless Glue, [[Super Glue (BTD6)|Super Glue]], and [[Striker Jones (BTD6)|Striker Jones]]'s Concussive Shell ability, Pop and Awe wipes out almost all rounds with ease. If needed, retarget occasionally to catch leaking Bloons and clumps of blimps that get far. Striker Jones, with his various buffs to Mortars, Concussive Shell stuns, Artillery Command ability resetting Pop and Awe's ability and granting it double damage at Level 20, and Target Command ability easing micro, is the best hero for Pop and Awe. Perma-Spike complements it well, covering its slight weakness against DDTs and catching any leaks that micro mishaps create. In addition, solid BAD damage options, such as [[Spike Storm (BTD6)|Spike Storm]], should be obtained to cover Pop and Awe's BAD weakness.

|Pirate Lord is beginner-friendly, and does good damage in the latter part of late-game and early late-game. It starts to fall off in the 90s due to its relatively low single-target damage that resulted to the nerf to [[Cannon Ship (BTD6)|Cannon Ship]]'s frags, but remains quite powerful due to its ability. Pair it with Admiral Brickell for her Naval Tactics and Mega Mines abilities.

|Orca is one of the strongest win conditions for its cost. At Power 64, it one-shots ZOMGs and DDTs and deals massive damage to everything else surrounding it with its thrash. It wipes out the vast majority of most rounds, especially when paired with [[Overclock (BTD6)|Overclock]], which has full uptime on it thanks to it being a Tier 4 tower. Set it on [[Strong]] so that it gets the most amount of thrash time, switch to [[First]] if a line of Bloons/blimps are to its front, and reposition it if many Bloons/blimps exit its range. The best way to obtain a Power 64 Orca is to get two Power 24 [[Great White]]s (which are far more efficient than additional Orcas) for the mid-game for a smooth save-up, and then merging them into Orca on Round 80. Orca's tendency to leak stray Bloons can be solved by cleanup towers such as [[Perma-Spike (BTD6)|Perma-Spike]] and [[Prince of Darkness (BTD6)|Prince of Darkness]].

|[[Avatar of Wrath]]

|Despite its bloon property debuffs, it is far too slow and inconsistent versus DDTs, and only marginally cheaper than [[Monkey Intelligence Bureau (BTD6)|Monkey Intelligence Bureau]]. [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]] is a far more effective choice against DDTs, and has better group-popping against all rounds, including dense Ceramic rounds such as Round 63.

|Benjamin's primary use is making cash which is not allowed. With Biohack being a worse Pat rallying roar, his only niche is downgrading difficult waves with Syphon Funding. Syphon is relatively difficult to use properly, so he should not be used by inexperienced players. Note that losses from Trojan can be avoided by placing Benjamin behind a Line of Sight blocker, which is not present on some maps.

|[[Trade Empire (BTD6)|Trade Empire]]

|[[File:BTD6 005-MonkeyBuccaneer.png|x50px]]

|While Trade Empire does benefit other Merchantmen with bonus damage, it is primarily used for its income generation and as such should not be used seriously.

** Using the 0-0-0 [[Desperado Monkey|Desperado]] monkey can eliminate the need for extremely precise placement required on certain expert maps

** [[Dragon's Breath (BTD6)|Dragon's Breath]] reliably pops all non-MOABs that it passes through its wall of fire, excluding Purples. It remains powerful through the mid-game.

** If playing on a land-covered map (such as [[Cornfield]]) and a water-based win condition (such as Carrier Flagship, Pirate Lord, and Orca) is desired, [[Lord of the Abyss]] can be purchased in this part of the game to allow for their utilization.

* Super Ceramics start appearing on Round 81, having 60 (120 for Fortified) health and only spawning one children. Thus, many towers fall off against them, such as [[Recursive Cluster (BTD6)|Recursive Cluster]], [[Ring of Fire (BTD6)|Ring of Fire]], and [[Crossbow Master (BTD6)|Crossbow Master]]. For this reason, these towers are generally not recommended for CHIMPS on Expert maps.

* Support towers listed in the General Recommendations section are worth it to get in practically every situation. It is generally not needed to obtain all of them every game, but purchasing some of them greatly aids the defense and is much more cost-efficient than purchasing another win condition.

** There is absolutely zero reason to not get [[Jungle Drums (BTD6)|Jungle Drums]]. Spending $3,000 on a tower that boosts the attack speed of everything in range by ~17.6% when one makes about $180,000 by Round 100's end is unquestionably a terrific deal.

** [[Symphonic Resonance]] no longer stalls BFBs, but it stalls MOABs and DDTs still, and can drag them into a position where towers can reach and more efficiently attack them.

** [[Monkey Intelligence Bureau (BTD6)|MIB]] is a good AFK option for DDTs, but [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]] and [[Glue Storm (BTD6)|Glue Storm]] also neuter Lead properties and provide other utilities.  

Many Advanced and Expert maps have layouts or gimmicks that prevent many aforementioned strategies from working. The majority of Expert maps, in particular, require extremely precise placements to defeat the first few rounds, so watching guides either while or before attempting these maps on CHIMPS for the first time is strongly recommended. For more information on the strategies of those maps, see the Strategy section on their pages.