{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Beast Handler’s general repositioning feels far too free right now, the reposition cooldown is being increased to a more reasonably noticeable number so this feels like a meaningful cost.|version=39.0|tower=Beast Handler|changes 1=*{{nerf|Beast Handler beast reposition cooldown increased to to 5s}}}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Our most recently added tower, the Beast Handler, is still going through growing pains with a bulk of minor tweaks and small adjustments - mainly centered around merge mechanic value, so we’ll break this down path by path.
Beast Handler’s general repositioning feels far too free right now, the reposition cooldown is being increased to a more reasonably noticeable number so this feels like a meaningful cost.
Great White lacks a lot of pierce for an upgrade with a slower widespread AoE design for the price range. Orca we feel has both min & max power use cases, though doesn’t grow enough ‘along the way’ from un-maxed merging.
Velociraptor performs as one of the most exceptional early tier upgrades in the game. We’ve been going tame on this path so far as we’re happy for it to stay one of the top options, however it is too far ahead still so we are smoothing out the attack rates to match T-rex.
Horned Owl’s pierce is too high in the base upgrade with very low value from merging, so more of this is shifting into the merge benefit. Condor’s pierce penalties to early MOAB Class are going up, however the max merged version will now be allowed to attack and damage targets that it cannot grab. Pouakai deals way too much moab damage right from base upgrade given how powerful it also is at controlling MOABs, base damage & pierce stats here are also seeing a shift over into higher merge benefits|version=39.0|tower=Beast Handler|changes 1=*{{nerf|Beast Handler beast reposition cooldown increased to to 5s}}|changes 2 tiers=3XX|changes 2=*{{buff|3xx Great White pierce increased|6|10}}
*{{buff|3xx Great White max bonus pierce from merge increased|18|20}}|changes 3 tiers=4XX|changes 3=*{{buff|4xx Orca max bonus pierce from merge increased|24|40}}|changes 4 tiers=X2X,X3X|changes 4=*{{nerf|x2x Adasaurus attack delay increased|0.9|1}}
*{{buff|x2x Adasaurus max attack delay reduction from merge increased|0.3105|0.3439}}|changes 5 tiers=X5X|changes 5=*{{buff|x5x Giganotosaurus now ignores line of sight}}
*{{buff|xx2 Horned Owl max bonus pierce from merge increased|8|12}}|changes 7 tiers=XX4|changes 7=*{{buff|xx4 Condor at Max beastpower can now attack ungrabbable MOABs}}
{{BTD6 hero changes|quote=Gwen’s early game is just too much, especially far too excessive with the right combinations of knowledge / relic buffs so some of this power is being pushed up more with a makeup buff to cocktail at Lv7 where this has started to fall off by.|version=39.0|hero=Gwendolin|changes 1=*{{nerf|Lv3 Cocktail of Fire ability pierce reduced|30|50}}|changes 1 levels=3-6|changes 2=*{{buff|Lv7 Cocktail of Fire ability pierce increased|30|50|note=Lv7 Cocktail gains +20 pierce bonus}}|changes 2 levels=7+|changes 3=*{{nerf|Lv6 base attack burn damage reduced|2|1}}|changes 3 levels=6-8|changes 4=*{{nerf|Lv9 base attack burn damage reduced|4|2}}|changes 4 levels=9|changes 5=*{{change|Lv10+ base attack burn damage remains +1 per level|note=total burn damage reduced by 2 overall}}|changes 5 levels=10+}}
=== [[Striker Jones (BTD6)|Striker Jones]] ===
{{BTD6 hero changes|quote=We were hopeful to get this in early last year, however it was delayed at the time in favour of other things. Finally though, along with the other Mortar changes in this update it feels like a good time for Jones to learn a new Lv7 QoL ability designed around managing large numbers of mortars more effectively.|version=39.0|hero=Striker Jones|changes 1=*{{buff|Lv7 Target Focus ability: For 15 seconds all Mortars will follow touch/cursor & have 30% improved accuracy (30s cooldown)}}
*At the end of the ability duration, mortars snap back to their previous set location
*A new target can be set on any Mortar during this ability to break them out early|changes 1 levels=7}}
Gwen’s early game is just too much, especially far too excessive with the right combinations of knowledge / relic buffs so some of this power is being pushed up more with a makeup buff to cocktail at Lv7 where this has started to fall off by. — Update notes
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Levels
Changes
3-6
Lv3 Cocktail of Fire ability pierce reduced ― 30 → 50
7+
Lv7 Cocktail of Fire ability pierce increased ― 30 → 50
Note: Lv7 Cocktail gains +20 pierce bonus
6-8
Lv6 base attack burn damage reduced ― 2 → 1
9
Lv9 base attack burn damage reduced ― 4 → 2
10+
Lv10+ base attack burn damage remains +1 per level
We were hopeful to get this in early last year, however it was delayed at the time in favour of other things. Finally though, along with the other Mortar changes in this update it feels like a good time for Jones to learn a new Lv7 QoL ability designed around managing large numbers of mortars more effectively. — Update notes
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Levels
Changes
7
Lv7 Target Focus ability: For 15 seconds all Mortars will follow touch/cursor & have 30% improved accuracy (30s cooldown)
At the end of the ability duration, mortars snap back to their previous set location
A new target can be set on any Mortar during this ability to break them out early
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