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Initially, she slashes every 0.45s and pops 3 Bloons per shot, dealing 1 damage. Versus Ceramics and MOAB-Class, mutually exclusively, each sword slash always does 2× her base damage. Her slashes improve as she levels up:

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'''Leaping Sword''' is unlocked at level 3. Upon activation, Sauda stops attacking for about 0.5s to jump and crash at Bloons with her swords. While jumping, she always tracks her target. Upon hitting a location, the "strike" area-of-effect, followed by an "after-sword" that continuously damages Bloons that pass through its radius. This ability has a cooldown of 30 seconds. She cannot activate any ability while any of her abilities are active.

The "strike" deals 20 damage or 80 [[MOAB-Class damage]] around 15 radius, up to 30 Bloons. The "after-sword" does 2 damage with 5 pierce, with a rehit cooldown of 0.2s and pierce refresh of 0.1s, and 15 radius. Both attributes of the Leaping Sword have the Normal damage type.

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|level 1 =Slashes with both swords at nearby Bloons. Can pop Camo.

|level 2 =Pops more Bloons per attack.

|level 3 =Leaping Sword Attack: Sauda's dramatic Lead popping leap attack slams down on her targeted Bloons.

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|level 4 =Sauda's swords slice through 2 layers of Bloons.

|level 5 =Sauda attacks faster.

|level 6 =Increased attack range and popping power.

|level 7 =Sauda preys on the Bloons' weakness, doing extra damage if they are stunned, and she can now pop frozen Bloons.

|level 8 =Sauda attacks even faster.

|level 9 =Bloon Bleed: Sauda pops through 3 layers of Bloon with each strike, and causes a slow damage over time effect.

|level 10=Sword Charge: Sauda slides along the whole track, devastating Bloons as she goes.

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|level 11=Sauda inflicts extra damage to any Bloon slowed, immobilized, or taking damage over time from other monkeys.

|level 12=Leaping Sword Attack increases greatly in power.

|level 13=Enchanted blades do more damage and allow Sauda to damage all Bloons.

|level 14=Sauda attacks even faster, and Sword Charge sweeps all track paths two times!

|level 15=Increased attack range and popping power, and Leaping Sword Attack deals more damage.

|level 16=Sword Charge greatly increased damage.

|level 17=Sauda's sword attacks slice through many Bloon layers at once.

|level 18=Sauda's swords attack with a blur of speed.

|level 19=Enchanted Blades do extra damage to Regrow, Fortified, and Camo Bloons.

|level 20=More powerful Sword Charge sweeps all track paths three times! Leaping Sword power greatly increased.

 

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On the surface level, Sauda is easy to use because of her strong early game, especially on Beginner maps and Intermediate maps. However, she is by no means a solo tower and will struggle in the mid to late game without using other towers that can trigger her extra damage. Thus, towers such as [[Relentless Glue (BTD6)|Relentless Glue]] (for triggering both bonus stun and slow damage) and [[Dragon's Breath (BTD6)|Dragon's Breath]] (for triggering bonus DoT damage) pair well with her.  

The majority of Sauda's power comes from her abilities. Leaping Sword is great for general damage if Sauda is targeting Bloons that can trigger her bonus and Sword Charge provides much needed cleanup in the late game while trivializing certain mid game rounds such as 63, 76, and 78. She is especially powerful on maps with overlapping lanes, such as [[Quad]].

Overall, she excels in most of the standard game modes, plus [[Boss Rush]].<!--rosa is better for race events, but sauda still good?-->

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