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'''Primary Expertise''' is the [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Village]]'s path 1 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It improves the buff given to [[Primary]] towers in its range to increase pierce by +3 instead of +1, provide free tier 1 and 2 upgrades, and reduce [[Activated Ability|ability]] cooldowns by 25%.

This upgrade adds a Mega Ballista attack ~~with the following features:~~

This upgrade adds a Mega Ballista attack that has infinite range, has 100 pierce, and does 10 {{BTD6 dt|Normal}}-type damage, +270 Ceramic damage, and +270 MOAB-class damage, with an [[attack cooldown]] of 2.5 seconds. It can naturally detect [[Camo Bloon (BTD6)|Camo Bloon]]s. After hitting a target, it can ricochet between up to 90 units between targets, with a short delay between ricochets.

* 10 damage

** +270 [[Ceramic damage]]

** +270 [[MOAB-~~Class~~ damage]]

* 100 pierce

** Damaging [[~~MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class Bloons]] uses up 10 pierce instead of 1~~

* 3s attack cooldown

* Infinite range

* [[Damage#Normal / Acid|Normal damage type]] ~~and~~ can ~~target~~ [[Camo Bloon (BTD6)|Camo ~~Bloons~~]]

* Bounces to nearby targets on hit, up to 90 units between targets

==Stats==

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== Strategy ==

Primary Expertise can be used to support strategies involving heavy use of [[Primary]] towers by increasing their pierce and further decreasing their ability cooldowns. However, outside of allowing certain T5 abilities to have more than full uptime with [[Energizer (BTD6)|Energizer]] (e.g. 2-5-0 [[Glue Storm (BTD6)|Glue Storm]], 0-5-2 [[Super Maelstrom (BTD6)|Super Maelstrom]]), this support usually isn't worth the price tag, and the village is often better kept as [[Primary Mentoring (BTD6)|Primary Mentoring]] or [[Primary Training (BTD6)|Primary Training]] with the cash spent on other support towers. In [[Boss Bloon Event|Boss Bloon Events]] or [[Freeplay]], Primary Expertise's cooldown reduction is valuable in reducing the cooldown of [[Glue Storm (BTD6)|Glue Storm]].

Providing free tier 2 upgrades allows for very cheap spam of tier 2 or 3 Primary towers inside its range. Candidates for this strategy include [[MOAB Mauler (BTD6)|MOAB Mauler]] or [[Cluster Bombs (BTD6)|Cluster Bombs]] spam strategies.

The Mega Ballista attack on the Primary Expertise can one-shot [[Super Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Super Ceramic Bloons]] but is slow-firing and its seeking isn't always accurate. It performs worse against [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class Bloons]] due to its large pierce penalty. This attack should not be relied upon to do any meaningful damage or cleanup.

The Mega Ballista attack on the Primary Expertise can one-shot [[Super Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Super Ceramic Bloons]] but is slow-firing and its seeking isn't always accurate. It performs worse against [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class Bloons]] due to its large pierce penalty. This attack should not be relied upon to do any meaningful damage or cleanup, and the ballista kills any end-of-round stall.

==Update history==

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 '''Primary Expertise''' is the [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Village]]'s path 1 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It improves the buff given to [[Primary]] towers in its range to increase pierce by +3 instead of +1, provide free tier 1 and 2 upgrades, and reduce [[Activated Ability|ability]] cooldowns by 25%.
-This upgrade adds a Mega Ballista attack with the following features:
+This upgrade adds a Mega Ballista attack that has infinite range, has 100 pierce, and does 10 {{BTD6 dt|Normal}}-type damage, +270 Ceramic damage, and +270 MOAB-class damage, with an [[attack cooldown]] of 2.5 seconds. It can naturally detect [[Camo Bloon (BTD6)|Camo Bloon]]s. After hitting a target, it can ricochet between up to 90 units between targets, with a short delay between ricochets.
-* 10 damage
-** +270 [[Ceramic damage]]
-** +270 [[MOAB-Class damage]]
-* 100 pierce
-** Damaging [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class Bloons]] uses up 10 pierce instead of 1
-* 3s attack cooldown
-* Infinite range
-* [[Damage#Normal / Acid|Normal damage type]] and can target [[Camo Bloon (BTD6)|Camo Bloons]]
-* Bounces to nearby targets on hit, up to 90 units between targets
 ==Stats==
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 == Strategy ==
-{{BTD6 last updated|section=y|49.3}}
+{{BTD6 last updated|55.2|section=y}}
 Primary Expertise can be used to support strategies involving heavy use of [[Primary]] towers by increasing their pierce and further decreasing their ability cooldowns. However, outside of allowing certain T5 abilities to have more than full uptime with [[Energizer (BTD6)|Energizer]] (e.g. 2-5-0 [[Glue Storm (BTD6)|Glue Storm]], 0-5-2 [[Super Maelstrom (BTD6)|Super Maelstrom]]), this support usually isn't worth the price tag, and the village is often better kept as [[Primary Mentoring (BTD6)|Primary Mentoring]] or [[Primary Training (BTD6)|Primary Training]] with the cash spent on other support towers. In [[Boss Bloon Event|Boss Bloon Events]] or [[Freeplay]], Primary Expertise's cooldown reduction is valuable in reducing the cooldown of [[Glue Storm (BTD6)|Glue Storm]].
 Providing free tier 2 upgrades allows for very cheap spam of tier 2 or 3 Primary towers inside its range. Candidates for this strategy include [[MOAB Mauler (BTD6)|MOAB Mauler]] or [[Cluster Bombs (BTD6)|Cluster Bombs]] spam strategies.
-The Mega Ballista attack on the Primary Expertise can one-shot [[Super Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Super Ceramic Bloons]] but is slow-firing and its seeking isn't always accurate. It performs worse against [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class Bloons]] due to its large pierce penalty. This attack should not be relied upon to do any meaningful damage or cleanup.
+The Mega Ballista attack on the Primary Expertise can one-shot [[Super Ceramic Bloon (BTD6)|Super Ceramic Bloons]] but is slow-firing and its seeking isn't always accurate. It performs worse against [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class Bloons]] due to its large pierce penalty. This attack should not be relied upon to do any meaningful damage or cleanup, and the ballista kills any end-of-round stall.
 ==Update history==