Cluster Bombs (Battles 2)

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For the Bloons TD 6 upgrade, see Cluster Bombs (BTD6). For other uses, see Cluster Bombs (disambiguation).

Cluster Bombs

Throws out secondary bombs instead of sharp fragments every shot.

Tower	Bomb Shooter — Path 3 — Tier 3
Cost	$900

← Frag Bombs

Recursive Cluster →

Cluster Bombs is the Bomb Shooter's path 3 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2. This upgrade replaces each of the Bomb Shooter's fragments with a smaller "cluster" explosive, each of which deal 1 Unstoppable damage and have 8 pierce. Clusters have 15 blast radius and are larger than the main explosions. Only one cluster can hit the same target per shot, unless the cluster of a bomb hits an obstacle. Each cluster explodes at the same time.

With Bigger Bombs, clusters gain +4 pierce and 50% larger blast radius (22.5), and with Heavy Bombs, clusters gain a further +4 pierce (total of +8) and +1 damage.

Costs and sell values

Tiers	Cost	Sell value
0-0-3	$1,925	$1,347.5
1-0-3	$2,275	$1,592.5
2-0-3	$2,925	$2,047.5
0-1-3	$2,175	$1,522.5
0-2-3	$2,575	$1,802.5

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 4.13

Cluster Bombs is a consistent way to deal with early spaced Bloons when playing Bomb strategies. Its advantage compared to other Round 3-8 carries is that it has no trouble once crosspathed for those rounds, only needs a little extra for Spaced Zebras on Round 9, and works very well on wide bends with good coverage, such as in COBRA Command (especially the Reverse variant, which is less liable to layering). Just like Glaive Ricochet, even M.O.A.R Glaives, it struggles against Spaced Ceramics with just one; two of them can be decent, but they still might struggle against large enough Grouped Ceramics. One isn't enough versus Regrow Rainbows, but two have no trouble if bought soon enough and accounting for the slow cooldown between shots.

2-0-3 is the preferred crosspath. Go 1-0-3 first to get the extra radius and pierce to make it barely get through most rushes before buying the more expensive Heavy Bombs upgrade. It may help to use a cheap early-game Hero like normal Quincy (not Cyber Quincy, since Bomb usually has lower weaknesses to groups) to get through its weaknesses to Spaced Bloon rushes.

0-2-3 is faster but less consistent and more prone to layering, with its lower pierce value being especially inferior to the double pierce and damage from 2-0-3. It's still better against spaced rushes, however, but that crosspath is greatly outclassed by other methods such as Dart Monkeys.

Update history

For a complete list of Bomb Shooter changes, see Update history:Bomb Shooter (Battles 2).

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Version 1.1

•  Overall cost reduced by $75 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Projectile speed increased ― 180 → 240

Version 1.1.1

•  Overall cost reduced by $75 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Frag Bombs upgrade: damage type changed ― Explosion → Normal

Version 4.11

“

Cluster Bombs is already a potent weapon against grouped bloons, especially when map blockers allow multiple explosions to hit the same bloon. We don’t feel like it needs any extra power so we are reducing the extra pierce gained from crosspathing.
— Update notes

”

1-0-3

•  Cluster: pierce bonus decreased ― +6 → +4
  • Note: Total pierce decreased from 14 to 12

2-0-3

•  Cluster: pierce bonus decreased ― +6 → +4
  • Note: Total pierce decreased from 20 to 16

Gallery

For more Bomb Shooter images, see Gallery:Bomb Shooter.

Screenshots

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  No cross-path (0-0-3)
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  Bigger Bombs (1-0-3)
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  Heavy Bombs (2-0-3)
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  Faster Reload (0-1-3)
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  Missile Launcher (0-2-3)
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  A Cluster Bomb on Oasis

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Danish	Klyngebomber Kaster for hvert skud sekundære bomber i stedet for skarpe fragmenter.	—
German	Streubomben Wirft bei jedem Schuss Sekundärbomben statt scharfe Fragmente aus.	—
Spanish	Bombas de racimo Arroja bombas secundarias en vez de fragmentos filosos con cada disparo.	—
Finnish	Rypälepommit Lennättää toissijaisia pommeja terävien sirpaleiden sijaan kullakin laukauksella.	—
French	Bombes à sous-munitions Lance des bombes secondaires au lieu de fragments tranchants à chaque tir.	—
Italian	Bombe a grappolo Con ogni colpo lancia un bomba secondaria anziché frammenti affilati.	—
Japanese	クラスター爆弾 発射のたびに、鋭い破片の代わりに第二の爆弾を投じる。	—
Korean	집속탄 발사당 뾰족한 파편 대신 이차 폭탄을 던집니다.	—
Dutch	Clusterbommen Schiet bij elk schot secundaire bommen in plaats van scherpe fragmenten.	—
Norwegian	Klasebomber Kaster ut sekundærbomber i stedet for skarpe fragmenter med hvert skudd.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Bombas Múltiplas Lança bombas secundárias ao invés de fragmentos afiados a cada disparo.	—
Russian	Кассетные бомбы При каждом выстреле вместо осколков разбрасывает дополнительные бомбы.	—
Swedish	Klusterbomber Kastar ut sekundära bomber istället för vasst splitter i varje attack.	—
Turkish	Misket Bombası Her atışta keskin parçalar yerine ikincil bombalar fırlatır.	—
Chinese (traditional)	集束炸彈 每次射擊扔出二級炸彈，而不是碎片。	—
Last updated: version 4.0.1