Hot Shots (BTD6)

For the Monkey Buccaneer's upgrade, see Hot Shot (BTD6). For other uses, see Hot Shots (disambiguation).

Hot Shots

Shoots superhot tacks that do extra damage and can pop Lead Bloons.

Tower	Tack Shooter — Path 1 — Tier 3
XP cost	2,400
Cash cost	$510 — Easy $600 — Medium $650 — Hard $720 — Impoppable

← Even Faster Shooting

Ring of Fire →

Hot Shots is the Tack Shooter's path 1 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. This upgrade increases damage from 1 to 3 and grants the ability to pop Lead and Frozen Bloons, although Tack Shooters can already pop Frozen with Hard Tacks.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 23 units Footprint radius 6 units Targeting options Close

Attack
Cooldown 0.63s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 6.27 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 23 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Count 8 Angle 360° Pierce 1 Damage 2 Damage type Normal Speed 160 units/s Lifespan 0.2s Radius 0 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

3-1-0

Tower
Display range 23 units → 26.91 units

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 6.27 ↓ 0, 0, 7.84 Targeting range 23 units → 26.91 units
Projectile Speed 160 units/s → 187.2 units/s Lifespan 0.2s → 0.234s

3-2-0

Tower
Display range 26.91 units → 30.82 units

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 7.84 ↓ 0, 0, 9.08 Targeting range 26.91 units → 30.82 units
Projectile Pierce 1 → 4 Lifespan 0.234s → 0.2631s

3-0-1

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 6.27 ↓ 0, 0, 6.31
Projectile Count 8 → 10

3-0-2

Attack
Projectile Count 10 → 12

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
3-0-0	$1,045	$1,230	$1,330	$1,475	$732	$861	$931	$1,033
3-1-0	$1,130	$1,330	$1,440	$1,595	$791	$931	$1,008	$1,117
3-2-0	$1,320	$1,555	$1,685	$1,865	$924	$1,089	$1,180	$1,306
3-0-1	$1,175	$1,380	$1,490	$1,655	$823	$966	$1,043	$1,159
3-0-2	$1,305	$1,530	$1,650	$1,835	$914	$1,071	$1,155	$1,285

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 56.0

Hot Shots serves as a decent early-game, being very solid on maps with good bends but lacking on maps without them. Its high base damage makes it excel at groups or singular targets depending on its crosspaths.

3-2-0 should be used against groups, being optimal for general gameplay and in the absence of flat pierce buffs. This crosspath shines in Races, handling rushes consistently and transitions well into Ring of Fire, which is exceptionally strong in Races. Compared to Blade Shooter, some edge cases with starting cash may make that T3 sometimes more optimal to access the bonus pierce immediately, but otherwise 3-2-0 Hot Shots is more efficient in DPS per cost.

3-0-2 does better single-target damage than 2-0-3 when excluding blimp debuffs. Its best use case is against Blastapopoulos in Boss Rush, but remains a strong spammable option in combination with flat pierce buffs including Primary Mentoring (for free T1's as well).

Update history

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

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Version 43.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $20 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 56.0

“

Hot Shots is historically far less popular than Tack Sprayer, to make it a more compelling alternative we’ve adjusted crosspath prices to allow room for Hot Shots to gain a damage increase while keeping those 302 and 203 total upgrade costs the same.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $80 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Damage increased ― 2 → 3
  • Note: 4-X-X Ring of Fire unchanged (5)

Gallery

For more Tack Shooter images, see Gallery:Tack Shooter.

Screenshots

• 
  Hot Shots with no crosspath
• 
  Hot Shots with 301 crosspath
• 
  Hot Shots with 302 crosspath
• 
  Hot Shots with 310 crosspath
• 
  Hot Shots with 320 crosspath
• 
  Hot Shots attacking a bloon

Assets

• 
  Portrait
• 
  Upgrade icon
• 
  Insta Monkey icon

Trivia

• Following BTD3 Blade Shooter and BTD5 Tack Sprayer, Hot Shots is the latest iteration of the Tack Shooter upgrade that upgrades from a maximized lower-tier speed upgrade.

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	طلقات قاتلة إطلاق مسامير فائقة الحرارة والتي تتسبب في إحداث أضرار أخرى ومن الممكن أن يفرقع بالونات الرصاص.	—
Danish	Varme Skud Affyrer superhede stifter, der gør ekstra skade og kan springe bly-bloons.	—
German	Hot-Shots Schießt superheiße Nägel, die Extraschaden anrichten und Blei-Bloons zum Platzen bringen.	—
Spanish	Tiros calientes Dispara tachuelas supercalientes que hacen daño extra y explotan bloons Emplomados.	—
Spanish (LA)	Tiros calientes Dispara tachuelas supercalientes que hacen daño extra y explotan bloons Emplomados.	—
Finnish	Polttavat paukut Ampuu superkuumia nastoja, jotka tekevät lisävahinkoa ja voivat poksauttaa lyijybloonit.	—
French	Tirs brûlants Tire des punaises super chaudes qui livrent des dégâts supplémentaires et peuvent faire éclater des Bloons en plomb.	—
Italian	Colpi infuocati Spara puntine roventi capaci di provocare danno extra e di far scoppiare i bloon di piombo.	—
Japanese	ホットショット 追加ダメージを与え鉛ブルーンを割れるスーパーショットのびょうを撃つ。	—
Korean	뜨거운 사격 추가 피해를 주며 납 풍선을 터트릴 수 있는 매우 뜨거운 압정을 쏩니다.	—
Dutch	Hotshots Schiet superhete punaises af die extra schade doen en Loden Bloons kunnen laten knallen.	—
Norwegian	Varmeskudd Skyter glovarme stifter som gjør ekstra skade og kan poppe bly-bloons.	—
Polish	Gorące strzały Strzela super gorącymi gwoździami, które zadają dodatkowe obrażenia i mogą przekłuwać ołowiane blony.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Disparos Quentes Dispara tachinhas incandescentes que causam dano extra e podem estourar Bloons de Chumbo.	—
Russian	Горячие выстрелы Стреляет раскаленными шпильками, которые наносят дополнительный урон и способны пробить свинцовые шары.	—
Swedish	Hot Shots Skjuter superheta nubb som ger extra skada och kan smälla Blybloons.	—
Thai	ตะปูร้อนฉ่า ยิงตะปูความร้อนสูงที่ทำดาเมจเพิ่มเติมและเจาะลูกโป่งตะกั่วได้	—
Turkish	Sıcak Atışlar Ekstra hasar verip Kurşun Bloon’ları patlatabilen süper sıcak çiviler fırlatır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	激射 射出超热刺钉，可造成额外伤害和击破铅气球。	—
Chinese (traditional)	火熱射擊 射出超熱刺釘，可對鉛氣球造成額外傷害。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1