Monkey Intelligence Bureau (BTD6): Difference between revisions

'''Monkey Intelligence Bureau''' is the [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Village]]'s path 2 tier 3 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It grants towers in range the [[Damage#Normal / Acid|Normal damage type]], allowing them to damage Bloons with [[Black Bloon (BTD6)|Black]], [[White Bloon (BTD6)|White]], [[Purple Bloon (BTD6)|Purple]], [[Lead Bloon (BTD6)|Lead]], and/or [[Frozen Bloon (BTD6)|Frozen]] properties.{{Fn|It does not allow the Heli Pilot's Downdraft upgrade to blow back Lead Bloons, which may be a bug.}} This buff also grants targeting of Lead and Purple properties (e.g. [[Psi (BTD6)|Psi]] before Level 6 or 11), but will not grant targeting of other bloon properties, including Frozen.

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Monkey Intelligence Bureau is a simple but expensive solution to countering Bloon properties, and its strength compared to alternatives is its 100% uptime and lack of reliance on timing. Most use cases for Monkey Intelligence Bureau is to allow towers to counter the Lead and Black properties of DDTs, and occasionally to prevent backfiring against Frozen Bloons (e.g. [[Snowstorm (BTD6)|Snowstorm]]<!--would put impale but who uses it in v48.0-->). Removing bloon weaknesses also opens up crosspaths that are much stronger than the one that pops all bloon types (e.g. 5-2-0 [[Glaive Lord (BTD6)|Glaive Lord]] over 5-0-2). However, compared to alternatives that counter specific bloon properties, MIB lacks any further utility, at a cost similar to [[Glue Strike (BTD6)|Glue Strike]] and [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]]. Moreover, the 0-5-2 [[Glue Storm (BTD6)|Glue Storm]] is able to cover all DDT rounds in CHIMPS, including Round 95, de-leading every DDT and letting them take extra damage.

MIB also sees niche use in certain [[Race Event]]s that utilize [[Recursive Cluster (BTD6)|Recursive Cluster]] if alternatives such as [[MOAR Glaives (BTD6)|MOAR Glaives]] and [[Ice Shards (BTD6)|Ice Shards]] are unavailable.