Sauda (BTD6)

For Sauda in general, see Sauda.

Sauda
Swordmaster

With a calm fury, Sauda can carve Bloons up with her twin razor-sharp swords.

Cost	$510 — Easy $600 — Medium $650 — Hard $720 — Impoppable With Hero Favors: $460 — Easy $540 — Medium $585 — Hard $650 — Impoppable
XP curve	×1.425 (levels up at ×0.7018 the normal rate)
Introduced	Version 24.0

Sauda is a Hero in Bloons TD 6, introduced in version 24.0. She can be unlocked for  5,000 starting at level 25.

Sauda swipes her twin swords at bloons, creating a slash wave that damages bloons. She has small range but attacks quickly. Her Level 3 ability is Leaping Sword, which sends Sauda to follow her target and strike onto the bloons. Her Level 10 ability is Sword Charge, creating copies of herself to slash the bloons across all lanes.

Mechanics

Sword slash

Sauda's sword slashes are large stationary projectiles that are offset slightly in front of her. Like Ice Monkeys and Ring of Fire, the radius of these projectiles scales with range buffs to allow her slashes to hit Bloons from further away when buffed. She has four attack animations that she uses at random, but their differences are purely visual.

Bloon Bleed

Bloon Bleed is unlocked at level 9. Sauda inflicts a damage over time effect on Bloons with her sword slashes, dealing damage every 2 seconds for just over 4 seconds. Regular Bloons take 1 damage per tick, while MOAB-Class Bloons take an additional 19 damage per tick (20 total). At level 17, the damage increases to 10 for all Bloons and +40 for MOAB-Class Bloons and lasts for exactly 6 seconds instead of 4.05 seconds.

Extra damage to stunned and "harmed"

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Starting from Level 7, Sauda deals more damage to stunned bloons. This affects her sword swipes and her activated abilities.

Starting from Level 11, Sauda deals more damage to bloons affected by any form of slowdown (including knockback) or a damage-over-time. This affects her sword swipes and her activated abilities.

Abilities

Leaping Sword

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Leaping Sword is unlocked at level 3. Upon activation, Sauda stops attacking for a brief amount of time to jump and crash at Bloons with her swords. Upon hitting a location, the "strike" area-of-effect deals 20 damage or 80 MOAB-Class damage, followed by an "after-sword" that continuously damages bloons that pass through its radius. It has a cooldown of 30 seconds. At level 12 damage is increased to 40 and MOAB-Class damage to 180. At level 15 damage is further increased to 80 and MOAB-Class damage to 220. At level 20 Damage is increased to 400 and MOAB-Class damage to 540. Ability deals bonus damage to stunned bloons starting from level 7, and bonus damage to bloons that are slowed, immobilized, or taking damage over time starting from level 11.

Sword Charge

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Sword Charge is unlocked at level 10. Upon activation, Sauda stops attacking for a brief amount of time to sweep backwards along the track with one copy of Sauda for every entry-to-exit combination. During Sword Charge, she moves at a set speed, dealing 30 damage to every bloon she passes through. The ability has 400 pierce and a 45 second cooldown. At level 14 Sauda sweeps through the track twice. At level 16 the damage is doubled from 30 to 60. At level 20 Sauda sweeps through the track three times. Damage is increased to 220 and pierce to 1400. Ability deals increased damage to bloons that are stunned, and starting from level 11 it does increased damage to bloons that are slowed, immobilized, or taking damage over time.

Levels

XP requirements

Note: the number of rounds to level up assumes the Hero is placed on round 1 and no other Heroes are placed.

Level	XP required	Rounds to level up				Rounds to level up w/
		Beginner	Intermediate	Advanced	Expert	Beginner	Intermediate	Advanced	Expert
2	257 (257)	4 (4)	4 (4)	4 (4)	4 (4)	—	—	—	—
3	656 (913)	5 (9)	4 (8)	4 (8)	4 (8)	1 (1)	1 (1)	1 (1)	1 (1)
4	1,425 (2,338)	5 (14)	6 (14)	5 (13)	4 (12)	9 (10)	8 (9)	8 (9)	7 (8)
5	2,651 (4,989)	7 (21)	6 (20)	6 (19)	7 (19)	7 (17)	7 (16)	7 (16)	7 (15)
6	4,674 (9,663)	8 (29)	8 (28)	8 (27)	7 (26)	8 (25)	8 (24)	7 (23)	7 (22)
7	7,382 (17,045)	8 (37)	7 (35)	7 (34)	7 (33)	8 (33)	7 (31)	7 (30)	7 (29)
8	11,856 (28,901)	9 (46)	9 (44)	9 (43)	8 (41)	8 (41)	9 (40)	8 (38)	8 (37)
9	13,367 (42,268)	8 (54)	8 (52)	7 (50)	7 (48)	8 (49)	7 (47)	7 (45)	7 (44)
10	19,409 (61,677)	8 (62)	8 (60)	8 (58)	9 (57)	8 (57)	8 (55)	8 (53)	7 (51)
11	23,342 (85,019)	8 (70)	8 (68)	7 (65)	7 (64)	7 (64)	7 (62)	7 (60)	7 (58)
12	20,520 (105,539)	5 (75)	5 (73)	6 (71)	5 (69)	6 (70)	5 (67)	5 (65)	5 (63)
13	23,726 (129,265)	6 (81)	5 (78)	5 (76)	5 (74)	5 (75)	5 (72)	5 (70)	5 (68)
14	21,290 (150,555)	5 (86)	5 (83)	4 (80)	4 (78)	4 (79)	4 (76)	4 (74)	4 (72)
15	23,342 (173,897)	4 (90)	4 (87)	5 (85)	4 (82)	4 (83)	4 (80)	4 (78)	4 (76)
16	25,394 (199,291)	5 (95)	5 (92)	4 (89)	4 (86)	5 (88)	5 (85)	4 (82)	4 (80)
17	27,446 (226,737)	5 (100)	4 (96)	4 (93)	5 (91)	4 (92)	4 (89)	4 (86)	3 (83)
18	29,498 (256,235)	4 (104)	5 (101)	5 (98)	4 (95)	4 (96)	4 (93)	4 (90)	4 (87)
19	23,470 (279,705)	4 (108)	3 (104)	3 (101)	3 (98)	3 (99)	3 (96)	3 (93)	3 (90)
20	24,624 (304,329)	3 (111)	3 (107)	3 (104)	3 (101)	3 (102)	3 (99)	3 (96)	3 (93)

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 52.2

Tower
Display range 23 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.45s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.5, 8.7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 23 units
Projectile Pierce 3 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Lifespan 0.05s Radius 16.5 units Ignores blockers

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Sauda (BTD6).

Cosmetic items

Hero Skins

• 
  Viking Sauda
• 
  Jiangshi Sauda
• 
  Red Sauda
• 
  猫女萨乌达 (Cat Sauda)

Trophy Store items

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Sauda Crane Pet	Heroes — Pets	Trophy Store —  80, Prime Gaming drop 11, Pets Fan Pack (IAP)	Version 25.0

Gallery

For more Sauda images, see Gallery:Sauda.

Screenshots

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Artwork and icons

• 
  Level 1-2
• 
  Level 3-9
• 
  Level 10-19
• 
  Level 20
• 
  Round icon
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  Square icon
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  Leaping Sword Attack icon
• 
  Sword Charge icon

Voice lines

When selected in the Heroes menu

• ^ⓘ "My blades are legendary!"

When placed

• ^ⓘ "Let's make some ribbons!"
• ^ⓘ "This is me! Pop star!"

When selected

• ^ⓘ "Ready to slice!"
• ^ⓘ "Heya."
• ^ⓘ "Hey!"
• ^ⓘ "Hey."
• ^ⓘ "What's next?"
• ^ⓘ "Hero time!"

When selected repeatedly

• ^ⓘ "These are sharp, remember?"
• ^ⓘ "아, 왜!?" ("Ah, why!?")

When activating Leaping Sword Attack

• ^ⓘ "이거나 먹어라!" ("Take this!")
• ^ⓘ "Leaping sword!"

When activating Sword Charge

• ^ⓘ "쌍룡검!" ("Twin dragon sword!")
• ^ⓘ "Sword charge!"

When leveling up

• ^ⓘ "Good choice."
• ^ⓘ "Lookin' sharp."
• ^ⓘ "Ha! That tickles."
• ^ⓘ "Extra sharp!"
• ^ⓘ "Cool!"
• ^ⓘ "Now we're talking!"
• ^ⓘ "Even better!"
• ^ⓘ "I'm as sharp as it gets."

When leveling up to level 20

• ^ⓘ "My blades are legendary!"

When a MOAB appears

• ^ⓘ "Get ready! MOAB!"

When a BFB appears

• ^ⓘ "Big, red, and slicy!"

When a ZOMG appears

• ^ⓘ "Get that ZOMG!"

When a DDT appears

• ^ⓘ "DDT! I got this!"

When a BAD appears

• ^ⓘ "Attack as one!"

When a MOAB-Class Bloon is destroyed

• ^ⓘ "Clean cut, and still cuts a tomato."
• ^ⓘ "아싸, 지렸다리~" ("Oh yeah, I was awesome~")

When a Bloon leaks

• ^ⓘ "Ah, I could've popped that!"
• ^ⓘ "Ah, I could've popped that!"

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	ساودا مع الغضب الهادئ، يمكن أن تنحت ساودا البالونات بسيفيها التوأم الحاد.	—
Danish	Sauda Med en stilfærdig vrede snitter Sauda bloons'ene i småbidder med sine to skarpe sværd.	—
German	Sauda Mit gelassener Wut kann Sauda mit ihren rasiermesserscharfen Doppel-Schwertern Bloons in Stücke schnippeln.	—
Spanish	Sauda Con furia y calma, Sauda destruye a los bloons con dos espadas muy afiladas.	—
Spanish (LA)	Sauda Con furia y calma, Sauda destruye a los bloons con dos espadas muy afiladas.	—
Finnish	Sauda Rauhallisen raivokas Sauda voi viipaloida blooneja kahdella terävällä miekallaan.	—
French	Sauda Avec une furie maîtrisée, Sauda peut découper les Bloons en rondelles avec ses lames jumelles affûtées comme des rasoirs.	—
Italian	Sauda Con una furia controllata, Sauda può tagliuzzare i bloon con le sue spade gemelle affilate come rasoi.	—
Japanese	サウダ 静かな怒りで、サウダは鋭い剣2本でブルーンを削ることができる。	—
Korean	사우다 사우다는 분노를 잔잔하게 다스리며 날카로운 쌍검으로 풍선을 난도질합니다.	—
Dutch	Sauda Sauda is zowel kalm als razend, en hakt Bloons in de pan met haar twee vlijmscherpe zwaarden.	—
Norwegian	Sauda Med et rolig raseri kan Sauda hugge opp bloons med de sylskarpe tvillingsverdene sine.	—
Polish	Sauda Sauda tnie blony swoimi dwoma ostrymi mieczami ze stoicką furią.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Sauda Com uma fúria calma, Sauda pode cortar Bloons com suas duas espadas afiadas.	—
Russian	Сауда С ледяной яростью Сауда разрубит шары своими бритвенно-острыми клинками.	—
Swedish	Sauda Med lugnt raseri kan Sauda karva sönder Bloons med sina dubbla rakbladsvassa svärd.	—
Thai	ซอด้า ซอด้าใช้ดาบคู่อันคมกริบฟาดฟันบลูนด้วยความพิโรธในมาดอันสุขุม	—
Turkish	Sauda Sauda, sakin gazabıyla jilet keskini ikiz kılıçlarını kullanarak Bloon’ları parçalar.	—
Chinese (simplified)	萨乌达 平静的怒火中，萨乌达可以用她那双锋利的剑将气球斯劈成两半。	—
Chinese (traditional)	薩達 在平靜的怒火下，薩達可以用她的兩把利劍切開氣球。	—
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