Overclock (BTD6): Difference between revisions

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Overclock is a great support tower when one's strategy depends on few strong towers rather than many weak towers. It provides an average ~44.44% DPS boost on tier 5 towers and has full uptime on tier 4 towers. Thus, it has significant value with high-DPS towers such as [[Dark Champion (BTD6)|Dark Champion]], or an [[Orca]] or [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]] with max beast power. It is also effective at buffing DPS-centered heros such as [[Adora (BTD6)|Adora]] and [[Captain Churchill (BTD6)|Captain Churchill]], as well as heroes that are capable of blimp knockback such as level 5+ [[Pat Fusty (BTD6)|Pat Fusty]] and level 5+ [[Rosalia (BTD6)|Rosalia]].

Overclock is also a key tower when farming, particularly for Boss events. Since [[Banana Research Facility (BTD6)|Banana Research Facility (BRF)]] and [[Banana Central (BTD6)|Banana Central]] generate 5 banana crates per round, when overclocked they generate 9 crates as <math>5*1.66=8.3</math>, which rounds up to 9. Therefore an Overclock constitutes an 80% buff to cash generation for these Farms, making Overclocked BRFs and Banana Central more efficient than BRFs and Banana Central alone. It is not recommended to use Overclock on [[Monkey Wall Street (BTD6)|Monkey Wall Street]] as it does not affect its end-of-round cash bonus. The table below shows the increase in production for different Banana Farms:  

The range buff it provides Villages is useful on a [[Monkey City (BTD6)|Monkey City]] when building a [[Monkeyopolis (BTD6)|Monkeyopolis]], as the increased range will allow more Farms to fit in range of the Village. If Overclocking would cover the range of at least 5 extra BRFs,<!--think of it... 1+0.2*5=2, and bonus crates is +4 from 5 which is 9 and 1.8--> applying it on Monkey City would make more profit than on one BRF (assuming they're not income-buffed by other sources such as [[Fertilizer]]), in addition to covering more range for the discounts of [[Monkey Commerce (BTD6)|Monkey Commerce]]. More specifically, covering at least 5 extra BRFs would make +100% income across them, compared to +80% income from one BRF. However, the range increase to Villages is rarely useful outside of applying to Monkey City; it is usually cheaper to buy more Villages rather than an Overclock, and [[Deadeye]]'s Take Aim fulfills a similar role in game modes that ban income. If income is enabled, Overclock and [[Bounty Hunter]]'s Take Aim become the main range buffs to maximize range alongside neighboring Villages.

As a supportive tower, Overclock is a very poor damage dealer by itself despite the fact that it gains pierce. It usually should not be crosspathed at all, since none of the crosspaths improve the ability. However, the Overclock's extra foam pierce does have niche use for more reliable decamo; it has better crosspathing value than its T3.

As with its T3, [[Cleansing Foam (BTD6)|Cleansing Foam]], avoid placing Overclock too close to [[Lych (BTD6)|Lych]], as its start-of-round speed boost may heal Lych.