Abyssal Warrior

Abyssal Warrior

Coats tridents in a thick ink that slows bloons. Abyssal creature grows in power, destroying most Bloons with ease and enhancing nearby Monkeys with more pierce.

Tower	Mermonkey — Path 1 — Tier 4
XP cost	11,000
Cash cost	$3,570 — Easy $4,200 — Medium $4,535 — Hard $5,040 — Impoppable

← Abyss Dweller

Lord of the Abyss →

Abyssal Warrior is the Mermonkey's path 1 tier 4 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It allows the Mermonkey's trident splashes to coat Bloons they hit in ink, slowing all their layers for up to 10 seconds. It slows regular Bloons by 40% and MOABs and BFBs by 28%, but does not affect any other MOAB-Class Bloons, and does not affect Bloons that the splashes cannot deal damage to. This upgrade also affects other aspects of the Mermonkey:

• The Abyssal Creature's tentacles now deal 12 damage and +6 damage to Ceramic Bloons (enough to one-shot a non-Fortified non-Super Ceramic), have 25 pierce instead of 15 (still gaining +35% pierce with the Sharper Prongs crosspath), the slaps cover a 50% larger area, and their attack cooldown reduces from 3 seconds to 2.5 seconds (effectively increasing their attack speed by 20%).
• The Mermonkey's trident splashes now deal 8 damage instead of 4.
• The Mermonkey's buff to towers in range now increases their pierce by 20% instead of 10%.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 28 units Footprint radius 8 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.66s Offset (X, Y, Z) -0.5, 3.4, 10.4 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 28 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 2 Speed 300 units/s Lifespan 0.6667s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Splash Pierce 3 Max pierce 3 Damage 8 Damage type Shatter Lifespan 0.05s Radius 3 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers Ink Multiplier ×0.6 Multiplier for MOAB-Class ×1.2 Duration 10s Duration for MOAB-Class 0s Duration for ZOMGs 0s Duration for DDTs 0s Layers ∞

Tentacle
Copies of this attack 8 Cooldown 2.5s Offset (X, Y, Z) -0.5, 3.4, 10.4 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 28 units Filters Targeting angle: 45 deg Cannot target Camo
Explosion Pierce 25 Damage 12 Damage to Ceramic +6 Damage type Shatter Lifespan 0.1s Persists between rounds 1 Radius 12 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Buff when in water
Range modifier ×1.35

Pierce buff
Pierce modifier ×1.2

4-1-0

Attack
Projectile Pierce 2 → 3 Splash Pierce 3 → 6 Max pierce 3 → 6

Tentacle
Explosion Pierce 25 → 33.75

4-2-0

Attack
Splash Radius 3 units → 4.5 units Freeze Multiplier ×0 Duration 0.5s Layers 4

4-0-1

Attack
Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Seeking distance 80 units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 390 °/s Filters Can now hit Camo Splash Filters Can now hit Camo

Tentacle
Filters Can now target Camo
Explosion Filters Can now hit Camo

4-0-2

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) -0.5, 3.4, 10.4 ↓ -0.5, 3.4, 7

Tentacle
Offset (X, Y, Z) -0.5, 3.4, 10.4 ↓ -0.5, 3.4, 7

Echosense Network
Range modifier +7.5% Max. stacks 10
Has global range

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
4-0-0	$5,690	$6,700	$7,235	$8,040	$3,983	$4,690	$5,065	$5,628
4-1-0	$5,860	$6,900	$7,450	$8,280	$4,102	$4,830	$5,215	$5,796
4-2-0	$6,050	$7,125	$7,695	$8,550	$4,235	$4,988	$5,387	$5,985
4-0-1	$5,860	$6,900	$7,450	$8,280	$4,102	$4,830	$5,215	$5,796
4-0-2	$6,100	$7,180	$7,750	$8,615	$4,270	$5,026	$5,425	$6,031

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 53.2

Abyssal Warrior stands out for assisting Round 40 due to its dual MOAB slow and tentacle one-shots on Ceramics, while continuing to be relevant later on with its lower-tier blimp slowdown and substantial percentage pierce buffs. Its tridents and tentacles do great all-around damage even without the Ceramic one-shot. Its percentage pierce bonus pairs very well with Spike Factory, especially Perma-Spike which already has high pierce. In Race conditions, it remains strong with its high damage and pierce, especially if all tentacles can be used.

Like Abyss Dweller, crosspathing is situational. 4-0-2 is preferred in general gameplay, making it buff more towers in range and improve reach of its tentacles, though 4-0-1 is enough if not revolving around a Mermonkey strategy. Additionally, its higher trident damage makes homing tridents worth it. 4-1-0 is preferred in Race conditions. 4-2-0's freeze can double-dip slowdown against Ceramics and below, but can harm strategies that have a Frozen weakness.

Update history

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

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Version 44.1

“

While we’re not jumping into any full on balance changes, there’s a few corrections that we wanted to make for type-fixes and other intended play. [...] Damage type fixes - 320 required external Lead-popping which isn’t fun [...] Since the slowing effect was balanced around a bug which is also being fixed in this patch, we’re giving back a little extra power compensation.
— Update notes

”

•  Ink: Speed reduction for MOAB-class reduced ― -46% → -28%
•  Tentacle attack: Damage type changed ― Sharp → Shatter

Version 45.0

“

As the middle crosspath is currently less useful for higher tiers, we’ve upgraded Sharper Prongs to improve Tentacle pierce as well. As the main Trident’s damage falls behind and has caused annoying layer skipping for some more observant players the damage of this attack is increasing at T3 & T4. The % pierce buff is being improved at all levels since this has settled without causing too much of a stir [...]
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $125 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Trident: Damage increased ― 4 → 8
•  Trident: Projectile lifespan increased ― 0.3333s → 0.6667s
•  Pierce buff increased ― +15% → +20%

4-1-0, 4-2-0

•  Sharper Prongs now grants the tentacle attacks +35% pierce

Version 47.0

•  Ink: Should no longer slow Lead Bloons without the correct damage type (bug fix)

Version 48.0

“

Abyss Dweller is far too inconsistent before it gains the T4 ink attack, so a lot of price is being shifted up out of this update.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $3,600 → $4,200
  •  Overall cost reduced by $200 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Main attack: No longer ignores Lead Bloons if buffed to damage them (bug fix)

Version 49.0

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

Version 50.0

“

Abyssal Warrior will now have a slight startup cooldown to limit certain exploity tactics. Middle crosspath trident gains extra projectile pierce to improve early game value.
— Update notes

”

•  Tentacle: Now begins with 0.5s initial cooldown

4-1-0

•  Trident: Pierce increased ― 2 → 3
  • Note: Does not affect splash (6)
    
  • X-3-X Riptide Champion unchanged (18)

Version 51.0

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Mermonkey weren’t^[sic] feeling they favoured their natural habitat enough, so their Water Placement bonus is getting a boost.
— Update notes

”

•  Range bonus when placed in water increased ― +25% → +35%

Version 52.0

“

Last update many players felt blindsided when Brickell stopped applying her buff to Mermonkeys since there was no mention in the balance changes section. We would like to apologize for that - it was tasked internally as a bug as it was indeed unintended to work that way. We then left the issue alone for a long time, mostly due to other more pressing matters, and this issue fell through the cracks. In retrospect, it would have been better to treat this as balance rather than a simple bug fix due to how much time had passed. Reading through your feedback, we did consider just reverting the change, however the bigger issue that the feedback reinforced to us was that players considered Mermonkey to be so bad that it was only a "good" tower when used in combination with a single, water-only hero. This sort of forced synergy goes against our design intentions - namely that Mermonkey being our signature amphibious tower should be able to stand on its own without being balance-locked to an interaction with a single hero. With all that in mind, we feel Mermonkey's highest priority right now is large sweeping buffs to each of the paths, so most of the following changes are our first step towards this starting from the low tier crosspaths.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Trident: Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.804s → 0.66s (attack speed increased by 21.82%)
  • Note: Attack cooldown reduction from 1-x-x increased from 18% to 25%. The patch notes do not specify that the attack speed buff is only for the main trident attack, all other attacks unchanged.
•  Tentacle attack: Pierce reduced ― 32 → 30
  • Note: 5-X-X Lord of the Abyss unchanged (80)

4-1-0, 4-2-0

•  Tentacle attack: Pierce reduced ― 43.2 → 40.5
  • Note: 5-1-0+ Lord of the Abyss unchanged (108)

Version 53.0

“

Top path Mermonkey’s pierce scaled up more than intended from applying its own pierce buff to its own already high pierce so this is being reduced but the T5 Lord of the Abyss will now gain a slight base range increase.
— Update notes

”

•  Tentacle attack: Pierce reduced ― 30 → 25
  • Stacks with X-1-X Sharper Prongs crosspath ― 40.5 → 33.75

Version 54.0

“

Mermonkey ended up somewhat underrated and overbuffed, mid tiers for top and middle paths have really stood out here lately and need to be reigned back in line.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost increased by $225 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Tentacle: Now deals +6 damage to Ceramic Bloons
•  Splash: Radius reduced ― 6 units → 3 units
•  Tentacle: Damage decreased ― 18 → 12

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In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 55.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	محارب الهاوية	—
Danish	Afgrundskriger	—
German	Krieger des Abgrunds	—
Spanish	Guerrero abisal	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Guerrero abisal	—
Finnish	Syvyyksien soturi	—
French	Guerrier des abysses	—
Italian	Guerriero abissale	—
Japanese	奈落の底の戦士	—
Korean	심연의 전사	—
Dutch	Krijger van de diepte	—
Norwegian	Avgrunnskriger	—
Polish	Wojownik Otchłani	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Guerreiro Abissal	—
Russian	Воин бездны	—
Swedish	Avgrundskrigare	—
Thai	นักรบเหวสมุทร	—
Turkish	Cehennemi Savaşçı	—
Chinese (simplified)	深渊战士	—
Chinese (traditional)	深淵戰士	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	تغطية الرماح ثلاثية الرؤوس بحبر كثيف من شأنه إبطاء حركة البالونات، وهو ما يعمل على زيادة قوة مخلوق الهاوية، وتدمير معظم البالونات بسهولة وتعزيز قوة القرود القريبة بالمزيد من الاختراقات.	—
Danish	Overtrækker treforken med blæk, der bremser bloons. Afgrundens væsen vokser i kraft, ødelægger de fleste bloons med lethed og forstærker nærliggende aber med mere springkraft.	—
German	Überzieht Dreizacke mit einer dicken Tinte, die Bloons verlangsamt. Die Kreatur aus dem Abgrund wird stärker, zerstört die meisten Bloons mit links und verleiht den Affen in der Nähe mehr Durchschlagskraft.	—
Spanish	Recubre sus tridentes en una tinta espesa que ralentiza a los bloons. Esta criatura abisal incrementa su poder y destruye a la mayoría de los bloons con facilidad, y también mejora a los monos cercanos con más perforación.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Cubre los tridentes con una tinta espesa que ralentiza a los bloons. La criatura abisal se fortalece, destruye a la mayoría de los bloons con facilidad y mejora a los monos cercanos con más perforación.	—
Finnish	Peittää atraimet paksulla musteella, joka hidastaa blooneja. Syvyyksien olento vahvistuu ja tuhoaa useimmat bloonit helposti ja voimistaa läheisiä apinoita lisäläpäisyllä.	—
French	Recouvre les tridents d’une encre épaisse qui ralentit les Bloons. La créature des abysses augmente en puissance, détruisant facilement la plupart des Bloons et accordant aux singes à proximité une augmentation de pouvoir perforant.	—
Italian	Ricopre il tridente di uno spesso strato di inchiostro che rallenta i bloon. La creatura abissale aumenta di potenza, distruggendo con facilità la maggior parte dei bloon e potenzia le scimmie donando loro maggiore perforazione.	—
Japanese	ブルーンの動きを遅らせるドロドロの墨で三又槍をコーティングする。奈落の底の生物は威力を増し、ほぼすべてのブルーンをたやすく破壊して付近のモンキーの貫通を増やす。	—
Korean	삼지창의 표면에 풍선의 속도를 낮추는 찐득한 먹물을 바릅니다. 심연의 괴물이 더 막강해져 대부분의 풍선을 쉽게 무찌르고 주변 원숭이들의 관통력을 더 증가합니다.	—
Dutch	Voorziet drietanden van een laag dikke inkt om Bloons te vertragen. Het Wezen uit de diepte wordt sterker en kan met gemak de meeste Bloons vernietigen. Verbetert de doorboring van Apen in de buurt.	—
Norwegian	Dekker treforker i tykt blekk som sakker bloons. Avgrunnens skapning får økt kraft og tar enkelt knekken på de fleste bloons og gir aper i nærheten mer gjennomtrengningskraft.	—
Polish	Pokrywa trójzęby gęstym atramentem, który spowalnia blony. Istota z Otchłani rośnie w siłę i bez wysiłku rozwala większość blonów, jeszcze bardziej ulepszając zdolności przebijania małpkom w okolicy.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Cobre os tridentes com uma tinta grossa que desacelera os Bloons. O poder da Criatura Abissal aumenta, destruindo a maioria dos Bloons com facilidade e melhorando os macacos próximos com mais perfuração.	—
Russian	Покрывает трезубцы густыми чернилами, замедляющими шары. Существо из бездны становится сильнее, легко расправляется с большинством шаров и усиливает пробивание для обезьян поблизости.	—
Swedish	Omsluter treuddar med ett tjockt bläck som saktar ner Bloons. Avgrundsvarelsen växer i kraft och förstör de flesta Bloons med lätthet och förstärker apor i närheten med större genomslag.	—
Thai	เคลือบตรีศูรด้วยหมึกเหนียวซึ่งทำให้บลูนช้าลง อสูรแห่งเหวสมุทรแข็งแกร่งขึ้น ทำลายบลูนส่วนใหญ่อย่างง่ายดายและเสริมการเจาะให้กับลิงใกล้เคียง	—
Turkish	Yabaları kapladığı kalın mürekkep, Bloon’ları yavaşlatır. Cehennemi Yaratığın gücü artarak birçok Bloon’u kolaylıkla yok eder ve yakındaki Maymunları daha fazla delme yeteneği açısından geliştirir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	在三叉戟上涂抹浓厚的墨水，减缓气球的速度。深渊生物的力量不断增强，可以轻松摧毁大多数气球，并增强附近猴子的穿透力。	—
Chinese (traditional)	給三叉戟塗上厚重的墨水，可降低氣球速度。深淵生物的力量增強，輕鬆摧毀大多數氣球，並進一步提升附近猴子的穿透力。	—