Giganotosaurus

Giganotosaurus

The biggest and most fierce dinosaur of them all, Giganotosaurus can shred almost any Bloon instantly and with ease. Stomp ability hits the whole map and lasts longer. Requires 3 additional Tyrannosaurus Handlers to control.

Tower	Beast Handler — Path 2 — Tier 5
XP cost	90,000
Cash cost	$51,000 — Easy $60,000 — Medium $64,800 — Hard $72,000 — Impoppable

← Tyrannosaurus Rex

Giganotosaurus is the Beast Handler's path 2 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. The Beast Handler now handles a giganotosaurus instead of a tyrannosaurus rex. In order to upgrade to Giganotosaurus, the T-Rex must have 3 additional merged T-Rexes. Its Beast Power is increased by +20, changing its Beast Power scale from 16–64 to 36–132, with the default being 84 with the three extra tier 4s.

The Giganotosaurus' bite its base range is increased to 50, bite radius increases from 18 to 24, can see over all obstacles, can penetrate blimp layers at any Beast Power (instead of only at max Power), and gains a variety of stat changes that are improved by merges:

• Damage: Increased from 20–60 to 750–1550, with a default of 1150 at 84/132 Beast Power
• Attack cooldown: Increased from 1s to 1.25s, 0.9061s at max Beast Power, and starts at 1.078s at 84/132.
• Pierce: Increased from 20–45 to 44–110, starting at 99 pierce at 84/132.

Ability cooldown for its Stomp ability is reduced from 40–19.03 seconds to 25–15.51 seconds, the Stomp ability covers the whole screen, and stuns all affected Bloons for at least twice as long. Its damage is also increased from 150–202 to 300–1100, and pierce from 400–433 to 600–690.

Stats

For a complete list of Beast Handler stats, see Stats:Beast Handler (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 54.0

Tower
Display range 60 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Beast

Tower
Display range 50 units Footprint radius 2 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 1.25s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 50 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Radius 0 units Filters Can only hit the target Ignores blockers Splash Pierce 44 Damage 750 Damage to stunned +250 Damage type Normal Lifespan 0.05s Radius 24 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers Damage soaks through MOAB-Class layers

Ability
Cooldown 25s
Stomp projectile Pierce 600 Damage 300 Damage type Normal Lifespan 0.1s Radius 2,000 units Ignores blockers Stun Multiplier ×0 Duration 12s Duration for MOABs 8s Duration for BFBs 6s Duration for ZOMGs 4s Duration for DDTs 4s Layers ∞

Beast Power-dependent stats

Power	Scale	Attack	Splash			Ability	Stomp projectile
		Cooldown	Pierce	Damage	Damage to stunned	Cooldown	Pierce	Damage
36	0%	1.25s	44	750	250	25s	600	300
37	1.042%	1.246s	44	758	252	24.93s	600	308
38	2.083%	1.243s	45	766	255	24.86s	601	316
39	3.125%	1.239s	46	775	258	24.78s	602	325
40	4.167%	1.236s	46	783	261	24.71s	602	333
41	5.208%	1.232s	47	791	263	24.64s	603	341
42	6.25%	1.229s	48	800	266	24.56s	604	350
43	7.292%	1.225s	48	808	269	24.49s	604	358
44	8.333%	1.221s	49	816	272	24.41s	605	366
45	9.375%	1.218s	50	825	275	24.34s	606	375
46	10.42%	1.214s	50	833	277	24.26s	606	383
47	11.46%	1.211s	51	841	280	24.19s	607	391
48	12.5%	1.207s	52	850	283	24.11s	608	400
49	13.54%	1.203s	52	858	286	24.03s	608	408
50	14.58%	1.2s	53	866	288	23.96s	609	416
51	15.62%	1.196s	54	875	291	23.88s	610	425
52	16.67%	1.193s	55	883	294	23.8s	611	433
53	17.71%	1.189s	55	891	297	23.72s	611	441
54	18.75%	1.186s	56	900	300	23.64s	612	450
55	19.79%	1.182s	57	908	302	23.56s	613	458
56	20.83%	1.178s	57	916	305	23.48s	613	466
57	21.88%	1.175s	58	925	308	23.4s	614	475
58	22.92%	1.171s	59	933	311	23.32s	615	483
59	23.96%	1.168s	59	941	313	23.24s	615	491
60	25%	1.164s	60	950	316	23.15s	616	500
61	26.04%	1.16s	61	958	319	23.07s	617	508
62	27.08%	1.157s	61	966	322	22.99s	617	516
63	28.12%	1.153s	62	975	325	22.9s	618	525
64	29.17%	1.15s	63	983	327	22.82s	619	533
65	30.21%	1.146s	63	991	330	22.73s	619	541
66	31.25%	1.143s	64	1000	333	22.65s	620	550
67	32.29%	1.139s	65	1008	336	22.56s	621	558
68	33.33%	1.135s	66	1016	338	22.48s	622	566
69	34.38%	1.132s	66	1025	341	22.39s	622	575
70	35.42%	1.128s	67	1033	344	22.3s	623	583
71	36.46%	1.125s	68	1041	347	22.21s	624	591
72	37.5%	1.121s	68	1050	350	22.12s	624	600
73	38.54%	1.117s	69	1058	352	22.03s	625	608
74	39.58%	1.114s	70	1066	355	21.94s	626	616
75	40.62%	1.11s	70	1075	358	21.85s	626	625
76	41.67%	1.107s	71	1083	361	21.76s	627	633
77	42.71%	1.103s	72	1091	363	21.67s	628	641
78	43.75%	1.1s	72	1100	366	21.58s	628	650
79	44.79%	1.096s	73	1108	369	21.49s	629	658
80	45.83%	1.092s	74	1116	372	21.39s	630	666
81	46.88%	1.089s	74	1125	375	21.3s	630	675
82	47.92%	1.085s	75	1133	377	21.2s	631	683
83	48.96%	1.082s	76	1141	380	21.11s	632	691
84	50%	1.078s	77	1150	383	21.01s	633	700
85	51.04%	1.074s	77	1158	386	20.92s	633	708
86	52.08%	1.071s	78	1166	388	20.82s	634	716
87	53.12%	1.067s	79	1175	391	20.72s	635	725
88	54.17%	1.064s	79	1183	394	20.62s	635	733
89	55.21%	1.06s	80	1191	397	20.52s	636	741
90	56.25%	1.057s	81	1200	400	20.42s	637	750
91	57.29%	1.053s	81	1208	402	20.32s	637	758
92	58.33%	1.049s	82	1216	405	20.22s	638	766
93	59.38%	1.046s	83	1225	408	20.12s	639	775
94	60.42%	1.042s	83	1233	411	20.02s	639	783
95	61.46%	1.039s	84	1241	413	19.91s	640	791
96	62.5%	1.035s	85	1250	416	19.81s	641	800
97	63.54%	1.031s	85	1258	419	19.7s	641	808
98	64.58%	1.028s	86	1266	422	19.6s	642	816
99	65.62%	1.024s	87	1275	425	19.49s	643	825
100	66.67%	1.021s	88	1283	427	19.38s	644	833
101	67.71%	1.017s	88	1291	430	19.28s	644	841
102	68.75%	1.014s	89	1300	433	19.17s	645	850
103	69.79%	1.01s	90	1308	436	19.06s	646	858
104	70.83%	1.006s	90	1316	438	18.95s	646	866
105	71.88%	1.003s	91	1325	441	18.84s	647	875
106	72.92%	0.9992s	92	1333	444	18.73s	648	883
107	73.96%	0.9957s	92	1341	447	18.61s	648	891
108	75%	0.9921s	93	1350	450	18.5s	649	900
109	76.04%	0.9885s	94	1358	452	18.39s	650	908
110	77.08%	0.9849s	94	1366	455	18.27s	650	916
111	78.12%	0.9813s	95	1375	458	18.16s	651	925
112	79.17%	0.9777s	96	1383	461	18.04s	652	933
113	80.21%	0.9742s	96	1391	463	17.92s	652	941
114	81.25%	0.9706s	97	1400	466	17.8s	653	950
115	82.29%	0.967s	98	1408	469	17.68s	654	958
116	83.33%	0.9634s	99	1416	472	17.56s	655	966
117	84.38%	0.9598s	99	1425	475	17.44s	655	975
118	85.42%	0.9563s	100	1433	477	17.32s	656	983
119	86.46%	0.9527s	101	1441	480	17.2s	657	991
120	87.5%	0.9491s	101	1450	483	17.07s	657	1000
121	88.54%	0.9455s	102	1458	486	16.95s	658	1008
122	89.58%	0.9419s	103	1466	488	16.82s	659	1016
123	90.62%	0.9383s	103	1475	491	16.7s	659	1025
124	91.67%	0.9348s	104	1483	494	16.57s	660	1033
125	92.71%	0.9312s	105	1491	497	16.44s	661	1041
126	93.75%	0.9276s	105	1500	500	16.31s	661	1050
127	94.79%	0.924s	106	1508	502	16.18s	662	1058
128	95.83%	0.9204s	107	1516	505	16.05s	663	1066
129	96.88%	0.9168s	107	1525	508	15.92s	663	1075
130	97.92%	0.9133s	108	1533	511	15.78s	664	1083
131	98.96%	0.9097s	109	1541	513	15.65s	665	1091
132	100%	0.9061s	110	1550	516	15.51s	666	1100

Costs and sell values

Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.

Tiers	Total cost				Sell value
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
0-5-0	$61,895	$72,820	$78,645	$87,385	$43,327	$50,974	$55,052	$61,170
1-5-0	$62,030	$72,980	$78,815	$87,575	$43,421	$51,086	$55,171	$61,303
2-5-0	$62,720	$73,790	$79,690	$88,545	$43,904	$51,653	$55,783	$61,982
0-5-1	$62,055	$73,010	$78,850	$87,615	$43,439	$51,107	$55,195	$61,331
0-5-2	$62,785	$73,870	$79,780	$88,645	$43,950	$51,709	$55,846	$62,052

Strategy

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This section was last updated for: version 53.1

Giganotosaurus is very powerful, but has few practical uses. Giganotosaurus's poor single-target damage is outclassed by Megalodon, which lasts longer into Freeplay and has more efficient damage per dollar and space, including versus Boss Bloons. However, its capability to skip blimp layers makes it not a bad choice in CHIMPS. Its slow attack speed is a nuisance, remaining weak to fast-moving DDTs, MOABs, and clumps of Super Ceramics without its Stomp ability. It has one of the simplest save-ups of any expensive tower thanks to the high strength of T-Rex.

In the saveup to Giganotosaurus, the maxed T-Rex is typically better than four separate T-Rexes, as the focused damage and blimp layer-skipping are better value than multiple lower-powered T-Rexes, which are only better for the stuns.

Update history

For a complete list of Beast Handler changes, see Update history:Beast Handler (BTD6).

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Version 37.0

“

As our newest tower to be added to BTD6, we went over feedback for every path and made a large number of adjustments addressing a variety of points.
— Update notes

”

•  Top and Middle path Beast Handler paths can now be targeted by Overclock and Ultraboost
•  Tyrannosaurus Rex and Giganotosaurus Max Merge Bonus: Overkill damage on MOABs now distributes to the children of that target
•  Stomp ability now scales with Challenge Editor ability cooldown slider (bug fix)

Version 39.0

“

Beast Handler’s general repositioning feels far too free right now, the reposition cooldown is being increased to a more reasonably noticeable number so this feels like a meaningful cost.
— Update notes

”

•  Giganotosaurus: Now ignores line of sight
•  Ability: cooldown reduced ― 35s → 25s
  • Note: Max-power and mid-power ability cooldowns also decreased
•  Beast: Reposition cooldown increased ― 0.5s → 5s

Version 40.0

•  Beast Handler reposition cooldown reduced ― 5s → 3s

Version 41.0

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $70,000 → $60,000

Version 42.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $485 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 43.0

“

In going over our large list of price changes for Beast Handler’s lower tiers in 42 this change was received very positively, however we did not realize that in making this change we killed off all chance of dual-beast handlers being used as a round 1 starting option for under $650 in hard modes – So we gotta do that math all over again and convert it for difficulty, painful 😀 All T1 beast prices changed to allow 110 & 101 beast handler combos to be placed for under $650 in hard mode, all T2 & T3 prices shifted around to keep these same cost ratios. [...] We’re slightly reducing beast reposition cooldown as the tiny range leaves movement very tight, which is especially painful for Microraptor path given the low range.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $185 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Beast: Reposition cooldown reduced ― 3s → 2s
•  Dinosaurs: Now spawns within 30% of their range to the track

Version 45.0

•  Merging/Beast positioning range reduced ― 60 → 50

Version 47.0

“

As a quality of life improvement, Beast Handler movement cooldowns have now been separated
— Update notes

”

•  Fish & Dino beast reposition cooldowns are now independent

Version 48.0

•  Stomp ability: Initial ability cooldown no longer has initial cooldown ― 1.6667s → 0s (undocumented)

Version 49.0

•  Can now move beasts onto ice and ink platforms. Beasts with only ice/ink platforms as valid placement will no longer randomly choose a location when attempting to place into ice/ink platforms. (undocumented)
•  Merging/Beast positioning range increased ― 50 → 60

Version 50.0

“

On the other hand Giganotosaurus’ ability damage is increasing to feel more worthy of a T5 ability.
— Update notes

”

•  Stomp ability: Base damage increased ― 150 → 300
  • Note: Damage for 132 (maximum) Beast Power increased from 950 to 1100, and damage for 84 (default) Beast Power increased from 550 to 700

Version 53.0

“

Giganotosaurus is getting something of a fix to its stun which was previously stunning BFBs for longer than MOABs, additionally it is seeing the long requested change to finally after all this time become best friends with permaspike, that’s right, Giganotosaurus was spotted at Permaspike's birthday and we have eye witness reports that they have signed a buddy agreement. Now it can break through Moab layers at the cost of pierce.
— Update notes

”

•  Ability: Stun duration for blue MOABs increased ― 3s → 8s
•  Main attack: Damage now soaks through MOAB-Class layers at any Beast Power, instead of only at max Beast Power
•  Main attack: Pierce reduced ― 60 → 44
•  Main attack: Pierce scaling with Beast Power reduced ― +90 → +66
  • Note: With both changes combined the pierce at maximum Beast Power is reduced from 150 to 110

Version 54.0

2-5-0

•  Crosspathing Barracuda with Microraptor, Golden Eagle, or their higher tiers now reduces the range of the Barracuda ― 35 → 30 (bug)
  •  Overall range with these crosspaths is effectively the same as it was prior to this update

Version 54.2

2-5-0

•  Barracuda: Range increased to match other crosspaths ― 30 → 35 (bug fix)

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  Giganotosaurus for all upgrades
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  Power 36 Giganotosaurus
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  Power 100 Giganotosaurus
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  Power 132 Giganotosaurus
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  Giganotosaurus attacking
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  Giganotosaurus ability

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	جيجانوتوصور أكبر الديناصورات وأكثرها شراسة على الإطلاق، يمكن لجيجانوتوصور تمزيق أي بالون تقريبًا على الفور وبمنتهى السهولة. ويتميز بقدرة على السحق يضرب بها الخريطة بالكامل ويستمر لفترة أطول. يلزم 3 آخرين من مروضي تيرانوصور لإحكام السيطرة عليه.	—
Danish	Giganotosaurus Den største og mest glubske dinosaur af dem alle, Giganotosaurus, kan med lethed flænse næsten enhver bloon på et øjeblik. Dens Trampe-evne føles på hele banen og varer længere. Kræver 3 ekstra Tyrannosauruspassere for at styre.	—
German	Giganotosaurier Der größte und wildeste Dinosaurier von allen. Ein Giganotosaurier kann so gut wie jeden Bloon im Nu mit Leichtigkeit zerfetzen. Stampf-Fähigkeit trifft die gesamte Karte und dauert länger. Erfordert 3 zusätzliche Tyrannosaurus-Zähmer, um ihn zu kontrollieren.	—
Spanish	Gigantosaurio El gigantosaurio es el dinosaurio más grande y feroz de todos, y puede triturar casi cualquier bloon al instante y con facilidad. La habilidad de pisotón golpea todo el mapa y dura más. Requiere 3 domadores de tiranosaurio adicionales para controlarlo.	—
Spanish (LA)	Gigantosaurio El gigantosaurio es el dinosaurio más grande y feroz de todos, y puede triturar casi cualquier bloon al instante y con facilidad. La habilidad de pisotón golpea todo el mapa y dura más. Requiere 3 domadores de tiranosaurio adicionales para controlarlo.	—
Finnish	Giganotosaurus Giganotosaurus on kaikista dinosauruksista suurin ja hurjin, ja se voi murskata melkein minkä tahansa bloonin välittömästi ja helposti. Tallauskyky vaikuttaa koko karttaan ja kestää pidempään. Vaatii 3 ylimääräistä tyrannosauruksen käsittelijää hallintaa varten.	—
French	Giganotosaure Le plus grand et le plus féroce de tous les dinosaures, le Giganotosaure peut déchiqueter pratiquement n'importe quel Bloon instantanément, en toute facilité. L'aptitude Piétinement touche toute la carte et dure plus longtemps. Nécessite 3 Dresseurs de tyrannosaure supplémentaires pour être contrôlé.	—
Italian	Giganotosaurus Il più grande e il più feroce di tutti i dinosauri, il giganotosaurus può lacerare immediatamente tutti i bloon con facilità. L'Abilità Carica colpisce tutta la mappa e dura di più. Richiede 3 domatori di tirannosauro in più per essere controllato.	—
Japanese	ギガノトサウルス 最大級で最も恐ろしい恐竜であるギガノトサウルスは、ほとんどのブルーンを瞬時に簡単に切り刻むことができる。足音能力はマップ全体を覆い、より長く持続する。コントロールするには、3人の追加ティラノサウルスハンドラーが必要。	—
Korean	기가노토사우루스 공룡 중에서 가장 몸집이 크고 사나운 기가노토사우루스는 거의 모든 풍선을 바로 쉽게 갈가리 찢어버릴 수 있습니다. 발바닥쿵 능력이 맵 전체에 더 오래 적용됩니다. 조련하려면 티라노사우루스 조련사가 3명 더 필요합니다.	—
Dutch	Giganotosaurus De Giganotosaurus is de grootste en sterkste dinosaurus van allemaal en hij versnippert met gemak vrijwel elke Bloon. De stampvaardigheid treft de hele kaart en werkt langer. Minstens 3 andere Tyrannosaurus-temmers nodig.	—
Norwegian	Gigantosaurus Den største og heftigste dinosauren av dem alle. Gigantosaurus kan rive i stykker nærmest enhver bloon umiddelbart og helt uten problemer. Trampeevnen treffer hele kartet og varer lengre. Krever 3 ekstra tyrannosaurusmestere å kontrollere.	—
Polish	Giganotozaur Największy i najpotężniejszy z dinozaurów, gigantozaur, może natychmiast rozszarpać niemal każdego blona. Umiejętność stąpania uderza w całą mapę i działa dłużej. Aby go kontrolować, potrzeba 3 dodatkowych Pogromców tyranozaura.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Gigantossauro O maior e mais feroz dos dinossauros, o Gigantossauro pode dilacerar quase qualquer Bloon instantaneamente com facilidade. A habilidade Pisão atinge o mapa inteiro e dura mais tempo. Necessita de mais 3 Domadores de Tiranossauro para controlar.	—
Russian	Гигантозавр Крупнейший и опаснейший динозавр. Гигантозавр способен уничтожить почти любой шар мгновенно и без лишних усилий. Его топот поражает всю карту и длится дольше. Для управления нужны 3 дополнительных укротителя тираннозавров.	—
Swedish	Giganotosaurus Giganotosaurus, den största och argaste dinosaurien av dem alla, kan strimla sönder nästan alla Bloons på nolltid och med lätthet. Stampförmågan påverkar hela skärmen och varar längre. Kräver 3 ytterligare Tyrannosaurushanterare för att kunna kontrolleras.	—
Thai	ไจแกนโนโตซอรัส ไจกาโนโทซอรัส ไดโนเสาร์ชนิดที่ใหญ่และดุร้ายที่สุด สามารถฉีกลูกโป่งได้เกือบทุกชนิดได้อย่างง่ายดายในทันที มีสกิลในการกระทืบให้กระทบทั้งแผนที่และสั่นสะเทือนนานขึ้น ต้องการผู้ปราบทีเร็กซ์เพิ่ม 3 คนเพื่อควบคุม	—
Turkish	Giganotozor Hepsinin arasında en büyük ve en acımasız dinozor olan Giganotozor, neredeyse tüm Bloon’ları anında ve kolaylıkla parçalar. Ezme yeteneği tüm haritayı vurur ve daha uzun sürer. Kontrol edilmesi için 3 ek Tiranozor Terbiyecisi gerektirir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	南方巨兽龙 这是体型最大、性情最凶残的恐龙。南方巨兽龙不费吹灰之力就能撕碎任何气球。践踏技能能够击晕整个地图上的所有气球，并且效果持续时间更长。需要3个额外的霸王龙野兽之主才能控制。	—
Chinese (traditional)	巨獸龍 這是體型最大、性情最兇殘的恐龍。南方巨獸龍不費吹灰之力就能撕碎任何氣球。踐踏技能能夠擊暈整個地圖上的所有氣球，並且效果持續時間更長。需要3個額外的霸王龍野獸之主才能控制。	—
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