Archmage (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Archmage (Battles 2).

Archmage

	A true master of magical wizardry. Attacks faster and does more damage to MOAB-class Bloons.

Tower		Path	Tier
Wizard Monkey		1	5

XP cost	35,000
Cash cost	$27,200 — Easy $32,000 — Medium $34,560 — Hard $38,400 — Impoppable

← Arcane Spike

Magus Perfectus →

Archmage is the Wizard Monkey's path 1 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It improves all of its own attacks, especially its main bolt, and grants the signature attacks of Dragon's Breath and Shimmer:

• Main bolt: Damage increased from 6 to 8 with bonus MOAB-Class damage from +10 to +19 (or +20 with Arcane Impale), increases their pierce from 7 to 11 (16 with 5-0-1), and has an attack cooldown of 0.1375 seconds. With Arcane Impale, this upgrade grants main bolts +1 Ceramic damage.
• Dragon's Breath: Has an attack cooldown of 0.0675 seconds instead of 0.135, and each flame receives +8 MOAB-Class damage.
• Shimmer: Attacks every second instead of every 2 seconds.

Crosspathing with Fireball and Wall of Fire grants the following benefits:

• Fireball — increases its projectile count from 1 to 3, increasing its damage from 2 to 9 with +24 MOAB-Class damage, increasing its pierce from 19 to 23. Its improved attack cooldown is 1.1 seconds.
• Wall of Fire — increases Wall of Fire's MOAB-Class damage from +2 to +6, and deploys Wall of Fires twice as fast. Its improved attack cooldown is 3.25 seconds.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

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

Attack
Cooldown 0.1375s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 25.8, 16.2 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 11 Damage 8 Damage to MOAB-Class +19 Damage type Plasma Speed 200 units/s Seeking distance 80 units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s Lifespan 1.4s Radius 6 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Shimmer
Cooldown 1s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 25.8, 16.2 Targeting range 60 units Filters Can only target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 500 Lifespan 0.05s Radius 75 units Ignores blockers Removes Camo

Dragon's Breath
Cooldown 0.0675s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 25.8, 16.2 Targeting First / Last / Close / Strong Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 3 Damage 2 Damage to MOAB-Class +8 Damage type Plasma Speed 125 units/s Lifespan 1.4s Radius 6 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers Damage over time Damage 1 Damage type Fire Duration 3.1s Interval 1.5s Layers ∞

5-1-0

Fireball
Cooldown 1.1s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 25.8, 16.2 Targeting First / Last / Close / Strong Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Count 3 Angle 60° Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Damage 1 Damage type Fire Speed 200 units/s Lifespan 1.4s Radius 3 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers Explosion Pierce 23 Damage 9 Damage to MOAB-Class +24 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.1s Radius 10 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

5-2-0

Wall of Fire
Cooldown 3.25s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 25.8, 16.2 Targeting Locked / Track or Default Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 10 Damage 1 Damage to MOAB-Class +6 Damage type Fire Lifespan 6.5s Radius 15 units Rehit interval 0.15s Refresh pierce interval 0.15s Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

5-0-1

Attack
Projectile Pierce 11 → 16 Speed 200 units/s → 400 units/s

Dragon's Breath
Projectile Pierce 3 → 5 Speed 125 units/s → 250 units/s

5-0-2

Tower
Display range 60 units → 70 units

Attack
Targeting range 60 units → 70 units Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

Shimmer
Targeting range 60 units → 70 units
Projectile Radius 75 units → 87.5 units

Dragon's Breath
Targeting range 60 units → 70 units Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now 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
5-0-0	$37,670	$44,325	$47,870	$53,190	$26,369	$31,028	$33,509	$37,233
5-1-0	$37,925	$44,625	$48,195	$53,550	$26,548	$31,238	$33,737	$37,485
5-2-0	$38,605	$45,425	$49,060	$54,510	$27,024	$31,798	$34,342	$38,157
5-0-1	$37,925	$44,625	$48,195	$53,550	$26,548	$31,238	$33,737	$37,485
5-0-2	$38,180	$44,925	$48,520	$53,910	$26,726	$31,448	$33,964	$37,737

Strategy

This article is in need of research. You can help out by editing this article or discussing your findings on the talk page. The editor who added this notice elaborates: Determine these theories for strategy: Maybe the strong seeking bolts getting more pierce is useful for off lane snipes on Quad or something during DDT rounds? In testing the two were performing the same on my end even then. On 98, 520 did more damage. On Ouch and others, that sliver of DDT downtime for 5-2-0 can be a dealbreaker

This section was last updated for: version 52.2

Archmage deals great damage against blimps over long range with seeking projectiles and the ability to attack through walls, allowing it to perform well even on many Expert maps such as Ravine CHIMPS. It excels against DDT rounds, but lacks enough pierce to easily handle denser rounds, being very weak against Super Ceramics. It pairs well with strong cleanup like The Bloon Solver and blimp stallers that spread out blimps that reduce reduce pierce issues (e.g. Giant Condor).

5-2-0 does more damage to both single targets and clumped blimps. Its Wall of Fire attack should be manually targeted onto blimps as this is a great portion of its damage. Switching target priority between Last and Close helps avoid wasting pierce on Ceramics while cleaning the MOAB rushes that Last tends to leave behind. It requires external Camo detection as its inherent Shimmer is inconsistent for DDTs on split-lane and short maps. 5-0-2 trades off DPS mainly for innate Camo detection and a range bonus, making it suitable versus Phayze.

Update history

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Version 2.0

•  Pierce increased ― 2 → 10
  • Stacks with Intense Magic: 7 → 15

Version 4.0

5-2-0

•  Wall of Fire: Now ignores walls

Version 7.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 10.0

•  Dragon's Breath: now applies damage over time that deals 1 fire-type damage per 1.5 seconds for 3 seconds

Version 17.0

• Changed the visual effects of Dragon's Breath

Version 18.0

5-2-0

•  Now uses tower targeting priority to guide the Wall of Fire

Version 19.0

•  Overall cost increased by $900 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 20.0

“

Second and third path upgrades get some fine tuning for more internal consistency. We want to make slow tweaks here to bring them into better balance — Update notes

”

5-0-1

•  Intense Magic now grants +2 pierce to Dragon's Breath ― 4 → 6

Version 21.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 30.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $925 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 31.0

“

Arcane Blast's benefit to the base tower is quite small for the price and also doesn't carry on well as a crosspath to the other T3s since they add new attacks instead of buffing the base attack, the price has been reduced to add a little more value here along with more MOAB damage at the T5 to give it a little more value over Arcane Spikes. — Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $150 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Bonus damage to MOAB-class increased ― +17 → +19

Version 31.2

•  Dragon's Breath: no longer has single-layer damage (undocumented)

Version 32.0

“

Polishing some crosspaths, 130 Dragons Breath is the only crosspath for Guided Magic that doesn't yet attack through walls — Update notes

”

•  Dragon's Breath: projectile now ignores walls

Version 33.0

“

Wall of Fire’s exceptional T2 power needs to be moved around for improved crosspathing, along with a slight nerf to Phoenix as it is currently performing too well, and both of these upgrades are shifting some of their power into Dragon’s Breath so it can stand out as more than just a buff to WoF & a stepping stone to Phoenix. — Update notes

”

•  Dragon's Breath base damage increased ― 1 → 2

5-2-0

•  Wall of Fire duration increased ― 4.5s → 5.5s
•  Wall of Fire no longer auto-targets but gains a target marker (like Cleansing Foam Engineer)

Version 34.0

“

Wizard Archmage currently doubles the attack speed of the main attack along with adding a sizable MOAB damage bonus, but these benefits are not applied to the extra attacks that it gains as a 533 tower, which specifically makes the 520 crosspath benefits feel disappointing and the base dragon's breath it gains quite insignificant to the main tower. — Update notes

”

•  Dragon's Breath: rate doubled ― 0.1s → 0.05s
•  Shimmer: rate doubled ― 2.5s → 1.25s
•  Dragon's Breath: MOAB-class bonus added ― +0 → +2

5-1-0, 5-2-0

•  Fireball: damage increased to match Dragon's Breath bonus fireball damage ― 1 → 9
•  Fireball: rate doubled ― 2.2s → 1.1s
•  Fireball: MOAB-class bonus added ― +0 → +9

5-2-0

•  Wall of Fire rate ― 6.5s → 3.25s
•  Wall of Fire MOAB-class bonus added ― +0 → +1

Version 35.0

•  Flame (Dragon's Breath) attack range reduced ― 60 → 40 (undocumented)

5-0-2

•  Range increased ― 60 → 70

Version 36.0

“

Dragon’s Breath will still be great, just a little less excessively so — Update notes

”

•  Dragon's Breath: attack cooldown increased ― 0.05s → 0.0625s
•  Dragon's Breath: no longer deals +1 damage to Ceramic

Version 39.0

“

We set up for this Wall of Fire change quite a while ago, however finally it feels that Wall of Fire has cooled off enough to smooth out the curve a little more, granting it seamless uptime with crosspathing and a lower price tag. — Update notes

”

5-2-0

•  Wall of Fire: Duration increased ― 5.5s → 6.5s

Version 41.0

•  Dragon's Breath attack cooldown increased ― 0.0625s → 0.0675s

Version 43.0

“

As Fireball becomes very forgotten at higher tiers and is hard to even see at Dragon’s Breath, we’re improving the crosspath and adding even more projectiles at T3 for wider explosive coverage. [...] As Shimmer is the slowest de-camo in the game it is important that it not miss when it does trigger, so pierce is greatly increased. — Update notes

”

•  Overall cost increased by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Shimmer: Pierce increased ― 200 → 500
•  Dragon's Breath: Pierce reduced ― 4 → 3

5-1-0, 5-2-0

•  Fireball: Projectile count increased ― 1 → 3

Version 46.0

“

Archmage’s secondary attacks are gaining bonus MOAB damage increases as due to Archmage’s unique mechanics, nerfs building up from Dragon's Breath have also indirectly caused an impact for the Archmage. — Update notes

”

•  Dragon's Breath: Bonus damage to MOAB-Class Bloons increased ― +2 → +6

5-1-0, 5-2-0

•  Fireball: Bonus damage to MOAB-Class Bloons increased ― +9 → +27

5-2-0

•  Wall of Fire: Bonus damage to MOAB-Class Bloons increased ― +1 → +4

Version 47.0

“

Archmage still seems to prefer the 502 crosspathing, so the fire attacks are being taken even further. — Update notes

”

•  Flame (Dragon's Breath): Bonus damage to MOAB-class increased ― +6 → +10
•  Shimmer attack cooldown decreased ― 1.25s → 1s (undocumented)

5-1-0

•  Fireball: Bonus damage to MOAB-class increased ― +27 → +36

5-2-0

•  Blaze (WoF): Bonus damage to MOAB-class increased ― +4 → +8

Version 48.0

“

Arcane Spike is now seeing some of the crosspathing benefits that Archmage recently received, although Archmage’s Wall of Fire is being reduced in power. — Update notes

”

5-2-0

•  Wall of Fire: Bonus MOAB-class damage reduced ― +8 → +6

Version 49.0

“

Archmage’s MOAB bonuses are a little overkill and being lowered so we can justify a QoL buff with Dragon’s Breath’s scaling adjusting to match more crosspath improvements, meaning it will now benefit from Archmage’s range increase as well as bottom path’s projectile speed increase. — Update notes

”

•  Dragon's Breath attack: Bonus damage against MOAB-Class Bloons reduced ― +10 → +8
•  Dragon's Breath attack: Range increased ― 40 units → 60 units

5-1-0, 5-2-0

•  Fireball attack: Bonus damage against MOAB-Class Bloons reduced ― +36 → +24

5-0-1, 5-0-2

•  Dragon's Breath attack: Projectile speed increased ― 125 units/s → 250 units/s

Gallery

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Screenshots

This article or section needs more images. The editor who added this notice elaborates: Repeat of the Archmage GIF against FDDT but with 5-2-0 crosspath. Target WoF on right

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  Archmage for all upgrades
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  500 Archmage using all of its attacks

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	الساحر القوي أحد السادة الحقيقيين للشعوذة السحرية، حيث يهاجم بشكل أسرع ويقوم بإلحاق أضرار أكبر بكثير على البالونات من فئة منطاد "موآب".	—
Danish	Ærketroldmand En sand mester i magiens kunst. Angriber hurtigere og gør mere skade på MOAB-klasse bloons.	—
German	Erzmagier Ein wahrer Meister zauberhafter Hexerei. Greift schneller an und fügt Bloons der MOAB-Klasse mehr Schaden zu.	—
Spanish	Archimago Un verdadero maestro de la hechicería mágica. Ataca más rápido y causa más daño a los bloons clase MOAB.	—
Spanish (LA)	Archimago Un verdadero maestro de la hechicería mágica. Ataca más rápido y causa más daño a los bloons clase MOAB.	—
Finnish	Arkkimaagi Todellinen maagisten velhoilujen mestari. Hyökkää nopeammin ja tekee lisävahinkoa MOAB-luokan blooneja vastaan.	—
French	Archimage Un véritable maître de magie et de sorcellerie. Attaque plus rapidement et inflige plus de dégâts aux Bloons de classe MOAB.	—
Italian	Arcimago Un vero maestro della magia. Attacca più velocemente e infligge più danni ai bloon di classe MOAB.	—
Japanese	アーチメイジ 魔法の魔術学の真の導師。魔法使いの真のマスター。 MOAB級のブルーンに対して、より速く攻撃し、より多くのダメージを与える。	—
Korean	대마법사 마법술의 진정한 대가입니다. 공격 속도가 증가하며, MOAB급 풍선에 더 큰 피해를 줍니다.	—
Dutch	Aartsmagiër Een echte meester in magische tovenarij. Valt sneller aan en doet veel meer schade aan MOAB-klasse Bloons.	—
Norwegian	Erkemagiker En sann trolldommens mester. Angriper kjappere og påfører mer skade på bloons i MOAB-klasse.	—
Polish	Arcymag Prawdziwy mistrz sztuk magicznych. Atakuje szybciej i zadaje większe obrażenia blonom klasy MOAB.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Arquimago Um verdadeiro mestre das artes mágicas. Ataca mais rápido e causa mais dano em Bloons classe MOAB.	—
Russian	Великий колдун Настоящий мастер магии. Атакует быстрее и наносит больше урона шарам класса MOAB.	—
Swedish	Ärkemagiker En verklig mästare på magiska trollkonster. Attackerar snabbare och åsamkar mer skada på MOAB-klass-Bloons.	—
Thai	มหาจอมเวท เจ้าแห่งศาสตร์เวทมนตร์อย่างแท้จริง	—
Turkish	Usta Büyücü Büyü ustalığında gerçek bir uzman. Daha hızlı saldırır ve MOAB Sınıfı Bloon’lara daha fazla hasar verir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	大法师 真正的魔法大师。攻击速度更快，并且可对MOAB级气球造成更高伤害。	—
Chinese (traditional)	灵魔法师 真正的魔法大師。 攻擊速度更快，對 MOAB 級氣球造成更高傷害。	—
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