Update history:Sniper Monkey (BTD6)

This is a list of changes to the Sniper Monkey in Bloons TD 6 post-release.

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Version 2.0

Tiers	Changes
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Attack cooldown reduced ― 1.4s → 0.8s (attack speed increased by 75%)  Now applies an attack speed buff to all Sniper Monkeys
X-X-5 Elite Defender	Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.13s → 0.065s (attack speed increased by 100%)

Version 7.0

Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Maim MOAB	Base damage increased ― 18 → 30
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	Base damage increased ― 18 → 60
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet	Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,500 → $3,200
X-4-X Supply Drop	Upgrade cost reduced ― $8,000 → $7,200
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Upgrade cost reduced ― $16,000 → $13,000

Version 8.0

Tiers	Changes
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	Upgrade cost reduced ― $50,000 → $40,000
X-4-X Supply Drop X-5-X Elite Sniper	Ability: Now starts with its full cooldown

Version 9.0

Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Maim MOAB	No longer applies stun visuals to BADs (bug fix)  Correctly applies stun art (bug fix)
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet	No longer gets stuck on the track between jumps (bug fix)

Version 10.0

Tiers	Changes
X-X-5 Elite Defender	Passive ability correctly triggers when losing lives above max (bug fix)

Version 11.0

Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Maim MOAB	"Maim MOAB no longer applies stun art to BADs"
X-1-X Night Vision Goggles	Description changed ― "Allows Sniper to detect and shoot Camo Bloons." → "Allows Sniper to detect and do an additional 2 damage to Camo bloons."
X-1-X Night Vision Goggles and further upgrades	Now deals +2 damage to Camo Bloons
X-X-5 Elite Defender	Now gains attack speed based on the distance between the furthest Bloon on the track and the exit  Passive ability: now has an initial cooldown (undocumented)

Version 12.0

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Deadly Precision	Base damage increased by 2 Note: Does not carry over to Maim MOAB and above
3-X-X Deadly Precision and further upgrades	Now deals +15 damage to Ceramics
4-X-X Maim MOAB	Upgrade cost reduced ― $7,000 → $5,000

Version 17.0

Tiers	Changes
3-2-0 Deadly Precision + Shrapnel Shot and further upgrades	Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 1 → 2
X-2-X Shrapnel Shot	Description changed (undocumented) Before After Destroyed Bloons spray out sharp shrapnel in all directions. Damaged bloons spray out a cone of sharp shrapnel.
X-2-X Shrapnel Shot and further upgrades	Shrapnel: Now emits on every Bloon shot instead of only if it fully pops the Bloon  Shrapnel: Projectile count reduced ― 8 → 5  Shrapnel: Spread angle reduced ― 360° → 45°  Shrapnel: Emission angle is now relative to the Sniper Monkey's angle
X-5-X Elite Sniper	"Elite Targeting Priority should correctly prioritise again" (bug fix)
X-X-5 Elite Defender	Description changed (undocumented) Before After A lost life gives this Sniper 4x attack speed for a short time in retaliation. A lost life gives this Sniper 4x attack speed for a short time in retaliation. Also attacks faster the further the Bloons are along the track.

Version 18.0

Tiers	Changes
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Elite Targeting: has had an issue resolved where it was measuring track distance off-screen and thus triggering much later than intended on most maps (bug fix)

Version 19.0

Tiers	Changes
2-2-0 Large Calibre + Shrapnel Shot 2-3-0 Bouncing Bullet + Large Calibre 2-4-0 Supply Drop + Large Calibre 2-5-0 Elite Sniper + Large Calibre	Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 1 → 2
3-2-0 Deadly Precision + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 2 → 4
4-2-0 Maim MOAB + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 3 → 6
5-2-0 Cripple MOAB + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 5 → 12

Version 20.0

“

This tower felt like it’s strength too heavily required the xx2 upgrade, and that this harmed crosspath choices. So we increased the base attack rate while nerfing the increase from these upgrades. This is a slight overall buff — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-0-0 base tower 1-X-0 Full Metal Jacket and further upgrades X-1-0 Night Vision Goggles X-2-0 Shrapnel Shot X-3-0 Bouncing Bullet X-4-0 Supply Drop	Fire rate increased ― 2s → 1.59s
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	Stun/debuff duration increased for all MOAB-Class Bloons  Duration for MOAB ― 6s → 7s  Duration for BFB ― 3s → 6s  Duration for ZOMG ― 1.5s → 3s  Duration for DDT ― 1.5s → 4s  Duration for BAD ― 0.25s → 0.75s
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Fire rate increased ― 0.8s → 0.636s Note: 051 increased from 0.52s to 0.4452s and 052 increased from 0.312s to 0.3116s
X-X-1 Fast Firing	Attack cooldown modifer reduced ― -35% → -30%  Overall fire rate increased ― 1.3s → 1.113s (due to a buff to the base fire rate)
X-X-2 Even Faster Firing	Attack cooldown modifier reduced ― -40% → -30%  Overall fire rate increased ― 0.78s → 0.7791s (due to a buff to the base fire rate)
X-X-3 Semi-Automatic	Fire rate increased ― 0.26s → 0.2597s
X-X-4 Full Auto Rifle	Fire rate increased ― 0.13s → 0.1298s
X-X-5 Elite Defender	Fire rate increased ― 0.065s → 0.0649s

Version 21.0

“

To retain value in more Lead-heavy situations including against DDTs, this upgrade that has always allowed Lead popping to main attack will now also grant this to the Shrapnel from any shrapnel shot snipers mixing in this upgrade — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
1-2-0 Shrapnel Shot + Full Metal Jacket and further upgrades	Full Metal Jacket now changes the damage type of Shrapnel to Normal

Version 22.0

“

Trading off rate of fire for shrapnel crosspath doesn’t work well for Maim MOAB as it’s all about being a stall tower, so instead of focussing on a damage increase here the shrapnel will now apply the benefits of the sniper’s stun & debuff to turn this crosspath choice into a question of preference in grouping vs single target. Bouncing Bullet has also had its shrapnel pierce increased as it was the only T3 sniper that did not have 3 pierce shrapnel. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
4-2-0 Maim MOAB + Shrapnel Shot 5-2-0 Cripple MOAB + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: can now apply stun
5-2-0 Cripple MOAB + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: can now apply debuff
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet and further upgrades	Shrapnel: pierce increased ― 2 → 3

Version 23.0

“

Small improvements for underloved sniper upgrades with respective path specialties intact. As bottom path sniper has proven superiority for group damage dealing in many situations and middle T4 on the group-damage path has only offered a farming option, the pierce of shrapnel has been doubled at this T4 to add offensive value as well..[sic] — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	Bullet: damage increased ― 60 → 80
X-4-X Supply Drop and further upgrades	Shrapnel: pierce increased ― 3 → 6

Version 26.0

“

Cripple MOAB’s price currently limits it mainly to freeplay and so has been reduced. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	Upgrade cost reduced ― $40,000 → $34,000
X-4-X Supply Drop X-5-X Elite Sniper	Crate ability: no longer lands inside high terrain (bug fix)

Version 27.0

Tiers	Changes
5-2-0 Cripple MOAB + Shrapnel Shot	Now applies its debuff effect and visuals correctly in all cases (bug fix)

Version 28.0

“

No wrist enjoys spamming cash drops, so sniper’s random cash drop has been standardized around a higher amount with slower cooldown for an overall buff. As middle path sniper has been feeling to be in a good spot with alchemist buffs, but other uses of sniper shrapnel weak due to lack of alchemist buff, we have decided to swap alchemist buffability over from the number of bounces to the power of the shrapnel itself. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-1-X Night Vision Goggles and all crosspaths X-2-X Shrapnel Shot and all crosspaths X-3-X Bouncing Bullet and further upgrades	Camo Prioritization filter added
X-2-X Shrapnel Shot and all crosspaths X-3-X Bouncing Bullet and further upgrades	Shrapnel can now receive external buffs
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet and further upgrades	Number of bounces can no longer be affected by pierce buffs
X-4-X Supply Drop	Ability: Cash produced increased ― $500-$1000 → $1200
X-4-X Supply Drop X-5-X Elite Sniper	Ability: Now has a 3 minute timeout  Ability: Cooldown increased ― 60s → 90s
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Ability: Cash produced increased ― $1500-$3000 → $3000
0-2-3 Semi-Automatic + Shrapnel Shot and further upgrades	Shrapnel: pierce reduced ― 3 → 2 (undocumented)
X-X-4 Full Auto Rifle	Upgrade cost reduced ― $4,750 → $4,250
X-X-4 Full Auto Rifle X-X-5 Elite Defender	Damage type changed ― Normal → Sharp

Version 30.0

“

Elite Sniper bouncing bullet jump distance has been reduced so that it can't quite bridge small track splits so easily, however to change up use this lost distance has been added back to crosspathing. Elite Defender falls off a lot after midgame & really lacks any true cross pathing choice, so it has had some MOAB damage added to the base attack with the amount improved from crosspathing. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet and further upgrades	Bouncing Bullet: bounce distance reduced ― 50 → 40
2-3-0 Bouncing Bullet + Large Calibre	Large Calibre now increases bounce distance ― 40 → 50 Note: Due to a bug this change was never implemented for higher tiers
X-X-4 Full Auto Rifle	Gains MOAB bonus ― +0 → +1
0-X-5 Elite Defender	Gains MOAB-class bonus ― +0 → +2
1-0-5 Elite Defender + Full Metal Jacket	Gains MOAB bonus ― +0 → +3
2-0-5 Elite Defender + Large Calibre	Gains MOAB bonus ― +0 → +4

Version 32.0

“

Sniper middle path is too strong for how easy to use it is, while having infinite range & cash production as well. We have removed the free +1 pierce increase shrapnel gains at T3 in addition to the added bounce. Maim MOABs grouped stun potential when crosspathed with Shrapnel feels it is overperforming too much so the shrapnel will now have a reduced stun amount compared to the initial target hit — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
4-2-0 Maim MOAB + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: Stun duration reduced by 33%  MOAB ― 3s → 2s  BFB ― 1.5s → 1s  ZOMG ― 0.75s → 0.5s
5-2-0 Cripple MOAB + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: Stun/debuff duration reduced by about 33%  MOAB ― 7s → 4.5s  BFB ― 6s → 4s  ZOMG ― 3s → 2s  DDT ― 4s → 2.5s  BAD/Boss ― 0.75s → 0.5s
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet	Shrapnel: Pierce reduced ― 3 → 2
X-4-X Supply Drop X-5-X Elite Sniper	Shrapnel: Pierce reduced ― 6 → 5

Version 33.0

“

After the lower tier nerfs Elite Sniper still remains just a bit too good even without considering its cash production. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Upgrade cost increased ― $13,000 → $14,500

Version 34.0

“

All paths of the Sniper Monkey are really starting to show strong use in different cases, and we’re quite happy with this, although bottom path feels like it relies a little too heavily on the top-end upgrades for such an overall cheap path, we are shifting a small amount of price out from the T3 into the T5 — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-X-3 Semi-Automatic	Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,500 → $3,000
X-X-5 Elite Defender	Upgrade cost increased ― $14,000 → $14,500

Version 35.0

“

While there is some level of strategic placement to the 420 crosspath, Maim MOAB has high effectiveness for unlimited range slowing without any necessary spam use so is seeing a small price increase with a larger reduction on the T5 cost. Bouncing bullet synergises too effectively with some buffs too early, and we don’t want to raise the price here and make the saveup from T2 to 3 any more tedious so the number of bounces is going down but remaining unchanged at T4. Full Auto Rifle gains 1 more MOAB damage bonus to improve it as a stepping stone into the T5. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Maim MOAB	Upgrade cost increased ― $5,000 → $5,400
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	Upgrade cost reduced ― $34,000 → $32,000
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet	Bounce pierce ― 4 → 3 Note: Supply Drop bounce pierce unchanged
X-X-4 Full Auto Rifle	MOAB-class bonus on the bullet increased ― +1 → +2 Note: Elite Defender MOAB-class bonus on the bullet unchanged

Version 36.0

“

Sniper is feeling really good, but Elite Defender gaining further increased MOAB Damage locked behind the 205 crosspath feels unnecessary now given how much current crosspath balance has started leaning towards favoring 205 anyway. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-X-5 Elite Defender	Bonus MOAB-class damage increased ― +2 → +4
1-0-5 Elite Defender + Full Metal Jacket	Bonus MOAB-class damage increased ― +3 → +4 Note: Full Metal Jacket no longer increases MOAB Damage by 1
2-0-5 Elite Defender + Large Calibre	Large Calibre no longer increases MOAB Damage by 1 Note: Bonus MOAB remains at +4

Version 37.0

“

This will allow Cripple MOAB to take out regular MOAB layers in one shot until round 100; for such a slow attacking single target tower we feel this will help top path flex, even if mostly for show. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	Damage increased ― 80 → 280

Version 38.0

“

Sniper farming gets a bit, er, very tedious in lategame when you reach large numbers of x4xs. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Ability: Now also triggers all other Supply Drop abilities Elite Sniper’s Elite Supply Drop no longer shares button space in the ability quickbar with other Supply Drop Abilities

Version 40.0

“

Full auto sniper's 024 crosspath sees a lot of fun/meme use, but not so much more than that. We’re hoping that applying the MOAB bonus that it gains to the shrapnel as well will help improve non-meme use here. (And looking over my notes, it seems this was meant to be included a while ago…But better late than never!) — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-2-4 Full Auto Rifle + Shrapnel Shot 0-2-5 Elite Defender + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: now deals +1 damage to MOAB-Class

Version 41.0

“

Sniper Monkey has some very powerful upgrades but also many poor stepping stones. We felt this tower needed a big price shuffle all around, pushing down the cost of many underwhelming upgrades but returning this back into stronger upgrades. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
2-X-X Large Calibre	Upgrade cost reduced ― $1,500 → $1,300
4-X-X Maim MOAB	Upgrade cost increased ― $5,400 → $5,650
X-1-X Night Vision Goggles	Upgrade cost reduced ― $300 → $250
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet	Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,200 → $2,800
X-4-X Supply Drop X-5-X Elite Sniper	Ability: Crates now remain collectable if the tower is sold (bug fix)
X-X-1 Fast Firing	Upgrade cost increased ― $400 → $450
X-X-2 Even Faster Firing	Upgrade cost increased ― $400 → $450
X-X-3 Semi-Automatic	Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,000 → $2,900
X-X-4 Full Auto Rifle	Upgrade cost reduced ― $4,250 → $4,100
X-X-5 Elite Defender	Upgrade cost increased ― $14,500 → $14,700

Version 42.0

“

Bouncing Bullets still feels decent enough at some points, however we feel it’s too difficult to save up into to justify the current power level. We’re shuffling prices to allow this upgrade to come online sooner while keeping the path at the same value for higher tiers as these still offer additional income support that they are balanced around. Additionally we think the T5 sniper changes for improving sniper farming QoL was a step in the right direction, however we want to take it further and work this way directly from the T4 Supply Drop. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet	Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,800 → $2,400
X-4-X Supply Drop	Upgrade cost increased ― $7,200 → $7,600  Ability now triggers other supply drops when one is used

Version 42.2

•  Sniper abilities should no longer take up separate quickbar buttons

Version 43.0

“

Lower tier Shrapnel crosspathing balance doesn’t feel great currently, so the damage crosspath benefits at T1 & T2 are improving. Even with the high damage per shot, Cripple MOAB still has low value outside of debuff capability, we feel that these shots pack enough of a punch now that they should do a little collateral damage - so lets do it! (we’ve also increased shrapnel pierce at this tier to not tip crosspath balance too far to one side). — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
2-2-0 Large Calibre + Shrapnel Shot 2-3-0 Bouncing Bullet + Large Calibre 2-4-0 Supply Drop + Large Calibre 2-5-0 Elite Sniper + Large Calibre	Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 2 → 3
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	Additionally damages Bloons around the main target
5-2-0 Cripple MOAB + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: Shrapnel pierce increased ― 2 → 3
1-2-0 Shrapnel Shot + Full Metal Jacket 1-3-0 Bouncing Bullet + Full Metal Jacket 1-4-0 Supply Drop + Full Metal Jacket 1-5-0 Elite Sniper + Full Metal Jacket	Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 1 → 2

Version 44.0

“

Geraldo was the main power carry for Bouncing Bullet so performance has continued to drop with Geraldo synergies being less powerful now, but the save-up window from shrapnel into bouncing bullet has always been an annoying one so we’re happy to lower the price further to make this easier. Supply Drop’s crate value is staying matched to the total cost of the upgrade so it benefits from this small price buff as well. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	Explosion no longer hits camo without Camo detection (bug fix)
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet	Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,400 → $2,100
X-4-X Supply Drop	Cash per crate reduced ― $1,200 → $1,100 Note: Elite Sniper is unchanged

Version 45.0

Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Maim MOAB	Description changed ― "Deals much more damage and immobilizes MOAB-Class Bloons for a short time." → "Deals much more damage and projectiles immobilize MOAB-Class Bloons for a short time."

“

… and more on that now, the improved bounce distance crosspathing hasn’t ever been as useful as we hoped, so this benefit is being greatly improved. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
2-3-0 Bouncing Bullet + Large Calibre	Bounce distance increased ― 50 → 80
2-4-0 Supply Drop + Large Calibre 2-5-0 Elite Sniper + Large Calibre	Bounce distance increased ― 40 → 80 Note: The intended bounce distance for this crosspath was 50, but it remained at 40 due to a bug

Version 46.0

“

Players have requested a bonus for the 025 Sniper shrapnel given it’s meant to be a pierce crosspath but struggles on anything non-MOAB, so we’d like to try moving the bonus MOAB damage on 024 shrapnel into base damage instead. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-2-4 Full Auto Rifle + Shrapnel Shot 0-2-5 Elite Defender + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: base damage increased ― 1 → 2  Shrapnel: no longer deals +1 damage to MOAB-Class

Version 48.0

“

Supply Drop is a weak stepping stone without considering the cash generation, but is also not a preferred cash generation option either so improvements are being made to higher tiers of this path. While Maim MOAB is reasonably powerful, Deadly Precision is niche in application so price is shifting up here. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Deadly Precision	Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,000 → $2,500
4-X-X Maim MOAB	Upgrade cost increased ― $5,650 → $6,000
X-4-X Supply Drop X-5-X Elite Sniper	Bullet: Pierce increased ― 4 → 5

Version 49.0

“

Along with its concentrated AoE the base impact damage for Cripple MOAB now feels excessive and is being cut back — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	Bullet: Damage reduced ― 280 → 140

Version 50.0

“

Cripple MOAB’s shrapnel piercing has been improved to assist in support purposes. Elite Sniper has fallen in use so price is being reduced, and a small price shift has been made for bottom path to bring Semi-Auto Rifle online sooner. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
5-2-0 Cripple MOAB + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: Pierce increased ― 3 → 6  Shrapnel: Lifespan increased ― 0.2s → 0.25s  Shrapnel: Projectile speed increased ― 160 units/s → 320 units/s Note: With both effects the Shrapnel will travel for 80 units instead of 32 units
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Upgrade cost reduced ― $14,000 → $12,000
X-X-3 Semi-Automatic	Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,900 → $2,700
X-X-5 Elite Defender	Upgrade cost increased ― $14,700 → $14,900  Retaliation: Passive no longer activates by tapping the Activate Selected Tower Ability 1 hotkey (bug fix)

Version 53.0

“

For Deadly Precision a price decrease allows for more early to mid flexibility, and granting it a huge Ceramic bonus allows it to pop Super Ceramics now in 1 hit instead of 2 for possible lategame use cases without spiking its MOAB power too much as Maim MOAB doesn’t really want to destroy MOABs quickly. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Deadly Precision	Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,500 → $2,200
3-X-X Deadly Precision and further upgrades	Bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons increased ― +15 → +50
4-X-X Maim MOAB	Upgrade cost increased ― $6,000 → $6,300

Version 54.0

“

Shrapnel defender has been doing too good a carry job early on across too many maps, so the flat damage has been reduced back to a ceramic bonus, keeping it quite good but not overstaying its welcome. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-2-5 Elite Defender + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: Damage reduced ― 2 → 1  Shrapnel: Now deals +1 damage to Ceramic Bloons

Version 54.1

Tiers	Changes
0-2-4 Full Auto Rifle + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: Damage reduced ― 2 → 1 (undocumented)
0-2-5 Elite Defender + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: No longer deal bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons (undocumented) (bug)

Version 54.2

Tiers	Changes
0-2-4 Full Auto Rifle + Shrapnel Shot 0-2-5 Elite Defender + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: Deals +1 damage to Ceramic Bloons