The Blazing Sun: Difference between revisions

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'''The Blazing Sun''' is the [[Desperado (BTD6)|Desperado]]'s path 1 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It increases the damage of its pistol shots from 6 to 20, grants them 40 extra damage to Ceramics, reduces the [[attack speed|attack cooldown]] between bursts from 1.2 seconds to 0.3 seconds, and grants a special mechanic that changes its [[attack speed]] and allows it to inflict [[damage over time]] based on the number of shots it has fired.  

Once the counter has reached 55, each shot also generates a small area of effect (12 radius) with 8 [[pierce]] (9 with {{BTD6 mk|Extra Dart Pops}}) that sets all Bloons on fire. The area of effect deals no damage by itself, but the [[damage over time]] deals 75 damage every 1.5 seconds for 12.05 seconds.<!--75*8=600, finalharmonic maths btw-->

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At a total cost of $30,000 or less, the Blazing Sun serves a similar role to the 2-0-5 [[Elite Defender (BTD6)|Elite Defender]], lacking pierce with high attack speed and damage. Comparatively, it trades off unlimited range of a Sniper for more DPS and the capability to one-shot [[Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Ceramic Bloon]]s before round 81, allowing the player to easily save up to an expensive tier 5. As a result, it excels at carrying the mid-game<!--2-0-5 edef can't just clean up--> and reaching higher rounds on maps that it fits on. However, it falls off starting from round 81, due to Super Ceramics blocking multiple shots. As such, cleanup towers should be used alongside it, such as [[Etienne (BTD6)|Etienne]] for the UCAV to assist with cleanup and grouped popping power, or [[The Bloon Solver (BTD6)|The Bloon Solver]] for its immense Ceramic Bloon stopping power. On later rounds, dense groups of blimps become a problem for The Blazing Sun, but it can provide solid supporting fire for rounds with high health single targets, such as 97 or 100.

The Blazing Sun is generally unreceptive to buffs from common support towers like [[Berserker Brew (BTD6)|Berserker Brew]], but more range effectively improves its speed due to the [[Quickdraw (BTD6)|Quickdraw]] upgrade, so a [[Primary Training (BTD6)|Primary Training]] can be considered. Additionally, its damage-over-time is high enough to consider pairing the upgrade with [[The Final Harmonic]] to amplify its effect and stall groups of BFBs. Like with all Desperados, [[Captain Churchill (BTD6)|Captain Churchill]] is a strong pick to cover its weaknesses.

Its best crosspath is 5-2-0, as a [[Bullseye (BTD6)|Bullseye]] critical hit directly multiplies its damage and the critical shot chances are much more common when one is already encouraged to place as far away from the track as possible to maximize crit chance and maximize Quickdraw benefits. Speed buffs don't contribute much to the Blazing Sun's DPS, as its shot bursts have a fixed firing rate,<!--fixed gun pewpew rate of 0.05s--> and neither [[Wanderer]] nor [[Nomad]] give enough attack speed combined to offer greater average DPS than the crits, even under the perfect conditions of the bottom crosspath.