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Ice Shards is outstanding in [[Race Event]]s and CT Time Attack, where its shards do extraordinary damage when Bloons frozen by it are popped by another tower. Having innate camo detection, a well-timed Ice Shards deals with Camos handily without relying entirely on another Camo popper, solidifying its power in these game modes. However, Ice Shards is rather slow, so it shouldn't be entirely relied on for popping dense clumps. | Ice Shards is outstanding in [[Race Event]]s and CT Time Attack, where its shards do extraordinary damage when Bloons frozen by it are popped by another tower. Having innate camo detection, a well-timed Ice Shards deals with Camos handily without relying entirely on another Camo popper, solidifying its power in these game modes. However, Ice Shards is rather slow, so it shouldn't be entirely relied on for popping dense clumps. | ||
Outside of Races and CT Time Attack, Ice Shards is far too unreliable and there are usually not enough Bloons for its shards to trigger and perform significant damage. Thus, outside of Races and CT Time Attack, it is only bought as a stepping stone for [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]], which has more reliable popping power, de-leading, and damage debuffs, rather than just de-camo and de-regrow. | Outside of Races and CT Time Attack, Ice Shards is far too unreliable and there are usually not enough Bloons for its shards to trigger and perform significant damage. Thus, outside of Races and CT Time Attack, it is only bought as a stepping stone for [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]], which has more reliable popping power, de-leading, and damage debuffs, rather than just de-camo and de-regrow. In [[CHIMPS]], Ice Shards without upgrading further is niche, primarily used in [[Silas (BTD6)|Silas]] strategies, either for leveling him faster for cheap (it's the cheapest Ice T3) or for round 40 to freeze all four Ceramics of the MOAB when other towers pop the MOAB layer in its range.<!--just pop the ceramics, then boom. Also there's camopurp+camolead reliable for dirt cheap, but... that's even more niche for lcash challenges--> | ||
For crosspathing, 3-2-0 is the preferred crosspath, as not only does [[Enhanced Freeze (BTD6)|Enhanced Freeze]] improve its attack speed, [[Deep Freeze (BTD6)|Deep Freeze]] soaks the "ice shards" effect through multiple layers, maximizing the total amount of shards at once. 3-0-2 is rarely useful outside of pairing with other Ice Monkeys, as Ice Shards already gains more range and middle crosspath is still more reliable for spamming Ice Shards. | For crosspathing, 3-2-0 is the preferred crosspath, as not only does [[Enhanced Freeze (BTD6)|Enhanced Freeze]] improve its attack speed, [[Deep Freeze (BTD6)|Deep Freeze]] soaks the "ice shards" effect through multiple layers, maximizing the total amount of shards at once. 3-0-2 is rarely useful outside of pairing with other Ice Monkeys, as Ice Shards already gains more range and middle crosspath is still more reliable for spamming Ice Shards. | ||