Crossbow Master (BTD6)

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==Strategy==

Crossbow Master is one of the worst Tier 5 towers in general gameplay. On easier [[Beginner]] maps, it can carry a defense to round 80, yet too expensive for this role for how many weaknesses it has throughout the game. During the mid-game, it pierce caps too often versus Ceramics on dense rounds such as 63, not helped by the exact amount of damage it deals two-shotting them into Blues, creating many more Bloon clumps that severely worsen its cleanup. It relies heavily on straight lines, and has a tendancy to miss shots on many lane formats. Its value diminishes signficantly beginning on round 81 because of the high health of {{BTD6|Super Ceramic}}s. It falls off heavily on [[Advanced]] and [[Expert]] maps, and even some trickier [[Intermediate]] maps like Chutes and Rake.

Crossbow Master is one of the worst Tier 5 towers in general gameplay. On easier [[Beginner]] maps, it can carry a defense to round 80, yet too expensive for this role for how many weaknesses it has throughout the game. During the mid-game, it pierce caps too often versus Ceramics on dense rounds such as 63, not helped by the exact amount of damage it deals two-shotting them into Blues, creating many more Bloon clumps that severely worsen its cleanup. It relies heavily on straight lines, and has a tendancy to miss shots on many lane formats. Its value diminishes signficantly beginning on round 81 because of the high health of {{BTD6|Super Ceramic}}s. It falls off heavily on [[Advanced]] and [[Expert]] maps, and even some trickier [[Intermediate]] maps like [[Chutes]] and [[Rake]].

Crossbow Master is one of two T5 options that can reliably solo [[Deflation (BTD6)|Deflation]], requiring {{BTD6 mk|Come On Everybody!}} and {{BTD6 mk|Bonus Monkey!}} to afford a 0-2-5 Crossbow Master. It is preferred over 5-2-0 [[The Blazing Sun]] on maps that require long range, such as [[Tricky Tracks]].

0-2-5's greater single-target damage and reliability plus better receptiveness to flat pierce buffs (e.g. {{BTD6|Primary Training}}) is superior to 2-0-5, which has more potential DPS against groups but doubles down on its reliance on straight lines and ~~neuters its damage against~~ high health ZOMGs and the BAD.

On Boss contexts, Crossbow Master is usually one of the lowest priority choices for accumulating pops for the [[Apex Plasma Master]], as the other two Dart T5's are better at accumulating pops despite fulfilling difference niches. Likewise, although {{BTD6 mk|Master Double Cross}} does boost the initial degree for an Apex Plasma Master, it can only boost up to 10 more degrees than normal for more cost than spamming many 2-3-0 [[Triple Shot (BTD6)|Triple Shot]], making this niche not impactful enough for Least Cash or Least Tiers Bosses, and often too unnecessary in [[Boss Rush]] where getting the Paragon earlier would generally be better.

0-2-5's greater single-target damage and reliability plus better receptiveness to flat pierce buffs (e.g. {{BTD6|Primary Training}}) is superior to 2-0-5, which has more potential DPS against groups but doubles down on its reliance on straight lines and become weak to high health ZOMGs and the BAD.

==Update history==

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-Crossbow Master is one of the worst Tier 5 towers in general gameplay. On easier [[Beginner]] maps, it can carry a defense to round 80, yet too expensive for this role for how many weaknesses it has throughout the game. During the mid-game, it pierce caps too often versus Ceramics on dense rounds such as 63, not helped by the exact amount of damage it deals two-shotting them into Blues, creating many more Bloon clumps that severely worsen its cleanup. It relies heavily on straight lines, and has a tendancy to miss shots on many lane formats. Its value diminishes signficantly beginning on round 81 because of the high health of {{BTD6|Super Ceramic}}s. It falls off heavily on [[Advanced]] and [[Expert]] maps, and even some trickier [[Intermediate]] maps like Chutes and Rake.
+Crossbow Master is one of the worst Tier 5 towers in general gameplay. On easier [[Beginner]] maps, it can carry a defense to round 80, yet too expensive for this role for how many weaknesses it has throughout the game. During the mid-game, it pierce caps too often versus Ceramics on dense rounds such as 63, not helped by the exact amount of damage it deals two-shotting them into Blues, creating many more Bloon clumps that severely worsen its cleanup. It relies heavily on straight lines, and has a tendancy to miss shots on many lane formats. Its value diminishes signficantly beginning on round 81 because of the high health of {{BTD6|Super Ceramic}}s. It falls off heavily on [[Advanced]] and [[Expert]] maps, and even some trickier [[Intermediate]] maps like [[Chutes]] and [[Rake]].
 Crossbow Master is one of two T5 options that can reliably solo [[Deflation (BTD6)|Deflation]], requiring {{BTD6 mk|Come On Everybody!}} and {{BTD6 mk|Bonus Monkey!}} to afford a 0-2-5 Crossbow Master. It is preferred over 5-2-0 [[The Blazing Sun]] on maps that require long range, such as [[Tricky Tracks]].
--2-5's greater single-target damage and reliability plus better receptiveness to flat pierce buffs (e.g. {{BTD6|Primary Training}}) is superior to 2-0-5, which has more potential DPS against groups but doubles down on its reliance on straight lines and neuters its damage against high health ZOMGs and the BAD.
+On Boss contexts, Crossbow Master is usually one of the lowest priority choices for accumulating pops for the [[Apex Plasma Master]], as the other two Dart T5's are better at accumulating pops despite fulfilling difference niches. Likewise, although {{BTD6 mk|Master Double Cross}} does boost the initial degree for an Apex Plasma Master, it can only boost up to 10 more degrees than normal for more cost than spamming many 2-3-0 [[Triple Shot (BTD6)|Triple Shot]], making this niche not impactful enough for Least Cash or Least Tiers Bosses, and often too unnecessary in [[Boss Rush]] where getting the Paragon earlier would generally be better.
+-2-5's greater single-target damage and reliability plus better receptiveness to flat pierce buffs (e.g. {{BTD6|Primary Training}}) is superior to 2-0-5, which has more potential DPS against groups but doubles down on its reliance on straight lines and become weak to high health ZOMGs and the BAD.
 ==Update history==

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