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=== Overheat === | === Overheat === | ||
When its heat reaches the maximum, Blastapopoulos enters an '''Overheat''' state for 20 seconds, causing several negative effects to towers: | When its heat reaches the maximum, Blastapopoulos enters an '''Overheat''' state for 20 seconds, causing several negative effects to towers (except for [[Ice Monkey (BTD6)|Ice Monkeys]] and [[Silas (BTD6)|Silas]], who are immune): | ||
* All existing towers are stunned for 4 seconds, during which they cannot attack, use abilities, or be sold. Newly placed towers during the overheat duration are also stunned for 4 seconds. | * All existing towers are stunned for 4 seconds, during which they cannot attack, use abilities, or be sold. Newly placed towers during the overheat duration are also stunned for 4 seconds. | ||
* All ability cooldowns are immediately increased by +10 seconds, increased to +15 for Elite Blastapopoulos. | * All ability cooldowns are immediately increased by +10 seconds, increased to +15 for Elite Blastapopoulos, and do not tick down during the stun duration. | ||
* All projectiles have their lifespans reduced to 0.2 seconds for the overheat duration. | * All projectiles have their lifespans reduced to 0.2 seconds for the overheat duration. | ||
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=== Skulls === | === Skulls === | ||
When a skull on its health bar is reached, Blastapopoulos shoots up to three towers with fireballs | When a skull on its health bar is reached, Blastapopoulos shoots up to three towers with fireballs and creates Pyroclastic Rocks near itself, then gains 25% of its heat meter. Blastapopoulos cannot be targeted by attacks for 2 seconds upon reaching a skull. | ||
A single attack cannot damage past a skull; for example if an attack normally deals 4,500 damage and Blastapopoulos has only 1,000 health remaining to the next skull, that attack deals only 1,000 damage. | A single attack cannot damage past a skull; for example if an attack normally deals 4,500 damage and Blastapopoulos has only 1,000 health remaining to the next skull, that attack deals only 1,000 damage. | ||
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== Strategy == | == Strategy == | ||
{{main strategy}} | {{main strategy}} | ||
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Blastapopoulos is a Boss that counters strategies that are focused on abilities and spamming of many low damage projectiles. | Blastapopoulos is a Boss that counters strategies that are focused on abilities and spamming of many low damage projectiles. As Blastapopoulos can also limit the effectiveness of towers further away from itself using Pyroclastic Rocks or Overheat's projectile burning, it is best fought at point-blank range using towers that can pull their weight using only their base attacks. | ||
While engaging with the Heat mechanic is far from necessary to defeat Blastapopoulos, it can make the fight decently easier by reducing the risk of overheating while preventing it from debilitating key towers using its Fireballs. [[Icicles (BTD6)|Icicles]] in particular is a relatively inexpensive option that is capable of heavily suppressing Heat by itself at Tier 1 thanks to having bonus Heat reduction and fast attack speed, while [[Icicle Impale (BTD6)|Icicle Impale]] can do an even better job in later tiers. [[Silas (BTD6)|Silas]] can assist in cooling using his abilities and his orbiting ice shards, and at Level 13 can allow for the building of a second Icicle Impale. While Tier 5 (particularly on Elite) is very difficult to stop from heating up due to the immense Heat gain on skulls, the [[Herald of Everfrost]] is able to almost single-handedly keep it in check. Should the player decide to ignore the mechanic, a secondary defense should be ready to handle the Bloons if the overheat happens at the wrong time (e.g. [[Perma-Spike (BTD6)|Perma-Spike]] or [[Spirit of the Forest (BTD6)|Spirit of the Forest]]). | |||
Players can play around the increased ability cooldowns by using [[Geraldo (BTD6)|Geraldo's]] [[Rejuv Potion]], which will make abilities immediately available, | Players can play around the increased ability cooldowns by using [[Geraldo (BTD6)|Geraldo's]] [[Rejuv Potion]], which will make abilities immediately available, though they must be careful of the extra Heat added by ability uses. | ||
Common defenses for Tier 1 and 2 include [[Elite Defender (BTD6)|Elite Defender]], [[M.A.D (BTD6)|M.A.D]], [[Overdrive (BTD6)|Overdrive]] / [[The Tack Zone (BTD6)|The Tack Zone]] + [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]], [[Avatar of Wrath (BTD6)|Avatar of Wrath]] + [[Poplust (BTD6)|Poplust]]. and [[MOAB Eliminator (BTD6)|MOAB Eliminator]]. For Tier 2, if the player has access to Rejuv Potions, many [[Spike Storm (BTD6)|Spike Storms]] are also a viable option. | Common defenses for Tier 1 and 2 include [[Elite Defender (BTD6)|Elite Defender]], [[M.A.D (BTD6)|M.A.D]], [[Overdrive (BTD6)|Overdrive]] / [[The Tack Zone (BTD6)|The Tack Zone]] + [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]], [[Avatar of Wrath (BTD6)|Avatar of Wrath]] + [[Poplust (BTD6)|Poplust]]. and [[MOAB Eliminator (BTD6)|MOAB Eliminator]]. For Tier 2, if the player has access to Rejuv Potions, many [[Spike Storm (BTD6)|Spike Storms]] are also a viable option. Tier 3 and higher can be defended with [[Paragon|Paragons]] and/or [[VTSG]]; [[Apex Plasma Master]] gets a special mention because its juggernaut balls can bounce around inside the ring of Pyroclastic Rocks it spawns. | ||
[[Sticky Bomb (BTD6)|Sticky Bomb]], [[Master Bomber (BTD6)|Master Bomber]] and [[Ascended Shadow]] are poor options against Blastapopoulos because their bombs are considered a kind of damage over time that gets burnt before it has the chance to damage the boss. | |||
[[ | If Blastapopoulos's heat is high enough to use fireballs, it will always target the closest, farthest and most expensive towers on the screen with its fireballs in order. The first two can be manipulated by placing inexpensive towers like [[Dart Monkey (BTD6)|Dart Monkeys]] right next to the track, the attacking towers a little bit further away and other cheap towers in a corner very far from the Boss so two of the fireballs are just wasted on irrelevant monkeys. A non-attacking tower like a [[Banana Farm (BTD6)|Farm]] or [[Benjamin (BTD6)|Benjamin]] can also be placed far from the boss to bait the fireball. | ||
While the least likely one to be fired, manipulating the most expensive tower fireball is a bit more difficult as in a lot of cases is just going to be the same tower that is used as the main attacking tower, but for Tiers 1 and 2 it can be baited with a [[Monkeyopolis (BTD6)|Monkeyopolis]].<!--no, farms will no longer boost its sellback value, but the scaling numbers of farms still boost its sellback--> If it targets an attacking tower, additional defenses might be needed to deal with the regular Bloon rounds. If the player can obtain a [[Spirit of the Forest (BTD6)|Spirit of the Forest]] it can be used as bait for the most expensive tower as most of its damage comes from the thorns that are not affected by the magma pool, this enables using tier 5 towers that are cheaper than Spirit of the Forest to damage the boss like [[The Tack Zone (BTD6)|The Tack Zone]], [[Super Brittle (BTD6)|Super Brittle]] and [[Comanche Commander (BTD6)|Comanche Commander]]. | |||
In [[Boss Rush]], like many other bosses, the first pops of Blastapopoulos can be obtained from [[Sauda (BTD6)|Sauda]], [[MOAB SHREDR (BTD6)|MOAB SHREDR]], [[Spiked Balls (BTD6)|Spiked Balls]] and [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]]. [[Druid of the Jungle (BTD6)|Druid of the Jungle]] can be used to deal with most of the regular spawns. Going into the middle game and late is where the strategy is different compared to other bosses, as going into an expensive tower or a Paragon is sometimes not worth it because is going to be stunned most of the time by the fireballs. Instead spamming many of the same tower is a more common strategy as if they get hit by the fireballs, the overall damage is not going to suffer a significant decrease. [[Comanche Defense (BTD6)|Comanche Defense]] is a common tower that can be spammed at this point of the game. | In [[Boss Rush]], like many other bosses, the first pops of Blastapopoulos can be obtained from [[Sauda (BTD6)|Sauda]], [[MOAB SHREDR (BTD6)|MOAB SHREDR]], [[Spiked Balls (BTD6)|Spiked Balls]] and [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]]. [[Druid of the Jungle (BTD6)|Druid of the Jungle]] can be used to deal with most of the regular spawns. Going into the middle game and late is where the strategy is different compared to other bosses, as going into an expensive tower or a Paragon is sometimes not worth it because is going to be stunned most of the time by the fireballs. Instead spamming many of the same tower is a more common strategy as if they get hit by the fireballs, the overall damage is not going to suffer a significant decrease. [[Comanche Defense (BTD6)|Comanche Defense]] is a common tower that can be spammed at this point of the game. | ||
==Pre-release== | ==Pre-release== | ||