Submerge and Support (BTD6)

For other uses, see Submerge and Support (disambiguation).

Submerge and Support

Adds Submerge targeting option that permanently reveals Camo Bloons in its radius but does not attack while submerged.

Tower	Monkey Sub — Path 1 — Tier 3
XP cost	2,250
Cash cost	$595 — Easy $700 — Medium $755 — Hard $840 — Impoppable

← Advanced Intel

Bloontonium Reactor →

Submerge and Support is the Monkey Sub's path 1 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. When purchased, the Monkey Sub gains the Submerge targeting option which can be toggled every 0.5s. When submerged, the Monkey Sub stops its usual attacks, and instead creates an aura in its range that periodically removes the Camo property of Bloons inside it. This decamo aura deals no damage, activates every 1.5 seconds, and has a pierce of 100.

The aura can be upgraded with crosspathing. Twin Guns causes the aura to decamo more often, and Barbed Darts increases its pierce. Heat-tipped Darts and Airburst Darts provide no further benefit to a submerged sub.

Stats

For a complete list of Monkey Sub stats, see Stats:Monkey Sub (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 52 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.75s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 14.81, 2.04 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 52 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Can target in range of other towers with shared range (including Camo)
Projectile Pierce 2 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 170 units/s Seeking distance ∞ units Seeking angle 180° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s Lifespan 2.9412s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Pulse (decamo)
Cooldown 1.35s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 0 Targeting range ∞ units
Can fire without a target
Projectile Pierce 100 Lifespan 0.1s Persists between rounds 1 Radius 52 units Ignores blockers Removes Camo

3-1-0

Attack
Projectile Pierce 2 → 5

Pulse (decamo)
Projectile Pierce 100 → 150

3-2-0

Attack
Projectile Damage type Sharp → Normal

3-0-1

Attack
Cooldown 0.75s → 0.375s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 14.81, 2.04 ↓ 5.5, 14, 1.4 (side 1) -5.5, 14, 1.4 (side 2)

Pulse (decamo)
Cooldown 1.35s → 0.945s

3-0-2

Attack
Projectile Max pierce ∞ → 1 Airburst dart Count 3 Pierce 2 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 340 units/s Lifespan 0.2794s Radius 3 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

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
3-0-0	$1,405	$1,655	$1,785	$1,985	$984	$1,159	$1,250	$1,390
3-1-0	$1,785	$2,105	$2,270	$2,525	$1,250	$1,474	$1,589	$1,768
3-2-0	$2,040	$2,405	$2,595	$2,885	$1,428	$1,684	$1,817	$2,020
3-0-1	$1,785	$2,105	$2,270	$2,525	$1,250	$1,474	$1,589	$1,768
3-0-2	$2,635	$3,105	$3,350	$3,725	$1,845	$2,174	$2,345	$2,608

Strategy

Submerge and Support is a solid de-camo tower, being cheaper than all other options other than the pierce-deficient Counter-Espionage. Despite dealing no damage while submerged, it's overall favorable; this avoids stealing from bloon-based income generators such as Bloon Trap, while not demanding external camo detection. It works the best when placed so that its radius covers the entirety of a bend and it can de-camo reliably. However, when playing on maps without bends or with multiple far-apart lanes, Submerge and Support's utility falls off. Due to its lack of constant de-camo, it is also generally not sufficient by itself against DDTs, which remain as Camo for up to 1.5 seconds, a period of time that would otherwise be valuable for other towers to deal damage.

To maximize its value, un-submerge it on rounds without Camos to utilize its main attack. 3-0-1 is the optimal crosspath, greatly enhancing the de-camo pulse's reliability against fast Bloons. Airburst Darts is not needed due to it not increasing the pulse rate, but it is useful when a strong early-game tower is desired. Middle crosspaths aren't much help at T3 (but good for Bloontonium Reactor's damage to groups), because its decamo already has fair pierce. While Submerge and Support's ability to disable its main attack by being submerged has been valuable in 2 MegaPops when a good early-game tower that does not steal pops later on is desired, Adasaurus and Barracuda have superceded it in this role.

Update history

For a complete list of Monkey Sub changes, see Update history:Monkey Sub (BTD6).

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Version 6.0

•  Can now damage DDTs while in range of an MIB (bug fix)

Version 7.0

•  Dart: pierce increased by 1
  • Note: Does not affect Airburst Darts and above

Version 11.0

•  No longer requires the center pixel of MOAB-Class Bloons to be within range to target them (bug fix)

Version 15.0

• "Optimized art for all submerged versions"

Version 18.0

•  Advanced Intel no longer permanently breaks after being placed back down from a Door Gunner (bug fix)
  • Note: Advanced Intel still does not work while used as a Door Gunner
•  Range modifier from Longer Range increased ― +8 units → +10 units
  •  Overall range increased ― 50 → 52

3-0-1

•  Twin Guns now reduces the pulse attack's cooldown by 15%

3-0-2

•  Airburst Darts now reduces the pulse attack's cooldown by 25%
  •  Overall reduces attack cooldown by 36.25% (due to changes to Twin Guns)

Version 26.0

• Submerge and Support should no longer be possible to disconnect tower location from visible model (bug fix)

Version 32.0

“

Similar types of camo reveal like Shimmer/Signal Flare/Embrittlement are all pierce limited, but the Submerge sub has practically infinite pierce while also being extremely cheap with a very fast rate and a T4 that is far better at camo removal than those other towers can reach. Giving this upgrade a more reasonable pierce value brings these more in line and allows for the pierce crosspath to have some potential meaning.
— Update notes

”

•  Camo Pulse: Pierce reduced ― infinite → 100

3-1-0

•  Camo Pulse: Pierce reduced ― infinite → 120

3-2-0

•  Camo Pulse: Pierce reduced ― infinite → 150

Version 33.0

• Now submerges correctly on Quarry (bug fix)

Version 41.0

“

We have come back a number of times to add, fix & balance sub crosspathing, over years of learning though it currently feels messy and we’d like simplification. Heat-Tipped Darts doesn’t increase base sub pierce, so it feels silly to require it for maximum pierce on Submerged subs. Likewise Airburst shouldn’t be required to maximize the rate of submerged subs, instead we’d rather give people an easier way to work with the Airburst attack if they desire to upgrade to it so ‘Submerge’ is moving to a new Tower Special rather than target priority.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $500 → $700
•  Submerge targeting is now mapped to Monkey Special 1

3-1-0

•  Decamo pulse: Pierce increased ― 120 → 150

3-2-0

•  Heat-tipped Darts no longer increases decamo pulse pierce by 30
  •  Overall pierce is unchanged (due to changes to the previous tier)

3-0-1

•  Decamo pulse: Attack cooldown bonus increased ― -15% → -30%
  •  Overall attack cooldown reduced ― 1.275s → 1.05s

3-0-2

•  Airburst Darts no longer reduces the attack cooldown of the decamo pulse
  •  Overall attack cooldown increased ― 0.95625s → 1.05s (due to changes to the previous tier)

Version 41.1

•  Submerge toggle now has a 1-second cooldown

Version 42.0

•  Retry Last Round no longer removes the submerge toggle (bug fix)

Version 45.0

• No longer displays a Paragon pip without all tier 5 upgrades unlocked (bug fix)

Version 49.0

“

Some feedback was convinced this would be enough to solve many concerns, so ok 👍
— Update notes

”

•  Submerge toggle: Cooldown reduced ― 1s → 0.5s

Version 50.2

•  No longer should have less range when targeting MOAB-Class Bloons (bug fix)

Version 53.0

“

Monkey Sub kept leaving bags of poop on our doorstep and will be gaining improved reliability for its de-camo pulse [...]
— Update notes

”

•  Pulse (decamo): Attack cooldown reduced ― 1.5s → 1.35s (attack speed increased by 11.11%)
  • Note: 4-X-X Bloontonium Reactor unchanged (0.28s)
  • Stacks with X-X-1 Twin Guns crosspath ― 1.05s → 0.945s

Gallery

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  300 Sub unsubmerged
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  301 Sub unsubmerged
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  302 Sub unsubmerged
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  310 Sub unsubmerged
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  320 Sub unsubmerged
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  Submerge and Support aura

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
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  Insta Monkey icon

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	الغمر والدعم إضافة خيار الاستهداف أثناء الغمر تحت الماء والذي دائمًا ما يكشف عن البالونات المموهة في دائرة نصف قطر ولكنه لا يهاجم أثناء الغمر تحت الماء.	—
Danish	Undervandsstøtte Undervandsmålsøgning kan permanent se camo-bloons indenfor dens radius, men kan ikke angribe under vand.	—
German	Abtauchen und Unterstützen Fügt Untertauch-Zieloption hinzu, die dauerhaft Tarn-Bloons in deren Radius zeigt, aber im Untertauchmodus nicht angreift.	—
Spanish	Inmersión y apoyo Agrega la opción de apuntar sumergido, que revela de forma permanente a los camufloons en el radio y no ataca bajo el agua.	—
Spanish (LA)	Inmersión y apoyo Agrega la opción de apuntar sumergido, que revela de forma permanente a los camufloons en el radio y no ataca bajo el agua.	—
Finnish	Sukella ja tue Lisää tähtäykseen sukellusvalinnan, joka paljastaa pysyvästi maastokuvioidut bloonit alueellaan, mutta ei hyökkää sukelluksen aikana.	—
French	Immersion et appui Ajoute l'option de ciblage Immersion qui révèle les Bloons camouflés dans son rayon de façon permanente, mais n'attaque pas tant qu'il est immergé.	—
Italian	Immersione e supporto Aggiunge l'opzione Mira sommersa che consente di individuare permanentemente la presenza di bloon mimetizzati nel proprio raggio d'azione, ma non attacca in immersione.	—
Japanese	潜水サポート 潜水中は攻撃しないが、半径内のカモフラージュブルーンを永久的に見えるようにする潜水照準オプションを加える。	—
Korean	수중 지원 잠수 중에는 공격을 멈추는 대신 반경 내 캐모 풍선을 영구적으로 드러내는 잠수 표적 옵션을 추가합니다.	—
Dutch	Steun uit de diepte Voegt de optie Onderwaterrichten toe, dat permanent Gecamoufleerde Bloons in het gebied onthult, maar niet aanvalt zolang hij onder water is.	—
Norwegian	Gå under vann Tilfører målrettingsalternativet Gå under, som permanent viser kamuflasjebloons innen rekkevidde, men angriper ikke mens man er under.	—
Polish	Zanurzenie i wsparcie Dodaje opcję celowania w zanurzeniu, która permanentnie ujawnia kamuflażowe blony w swoim promieniu, ale nie atakuje podczas zanurzenia.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Submersão e Suporte Adiciona a opção de mira submersa que revela permanentemente Bloons Camuflados no seu raio, mas não ataca enquanto submerso.	—
Russian	Погружение и поддержка Добавляет функцию постоянного обнаружения камуфлированных шаров в радиусе действия, но атаковать при погружении нельзя.	—
Swedish	Undervattensläge och Stöd Lägger till ett målsökningsalternativ i U-läge som avslöjar Kamobloons permanent inom dess radie, men attackerar inte från U-läge.	—
Thai	ดำน้ำและสนับสนุน เพิ่มตัวเลือกการเล็งเป้าหมาย "ดำน้ำ" ทำให้เปิดเผยลูกโป่งลายพรางในรัศมีได้อย่างถาวร แต่จะไม่โจมตี	—
Turkish	Suya batma ve Destek Yarıçapı içindeki Kamuflajlı Bloon’ları kalıcı olarak görünür hale getiren Suya Batık hedefleme seçeneği ekler ancak batıkken saldırıda bulunmaz.	—
Chinese (simplified)	潜望支持 增加潜望锁定选项，可永久显示其半径内的迷彩气球，但在潜水时不进行攻击。	—
Chinese (traditional)	潛入和支援 增加潛入鎖定目標選項，可在其半徑內永久顯示偽裝氣球，但無法在潛入時進行攻擊。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1