Bigger Stacks (BTD6)

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Bigger Stacks provides a significant pierce gain, allowing each spike pile to pop more bloons. It also has an inexpensive lead-popping successor, [[White Hot Spikes (BTD6)|White Hot Spikes]], for dealing with DDTs without support.

For ~~lower~~ tiers, this is (ignoring external buffs such as {{BTD6 mk|One More Spike}}) a +100% pierce bonus for tanking bloons, an efficient crosspath for its cost. It remains a favorable crosspath for tanking bloons throughout the entire bottom path upgrades~~, plus the middle path~~. [[MOAB SHREDR (BTD6)|MOAB SHREDR]] and above ~~benefit from~~ Bigger Stacks as a direct DPS crosspath, with thicker piles that more reliably take down MOAB-class bloons ~~with essentially +100% pierce~~.

For most tiers, this essentially (ignoring external buffs such as {{BTD6 mk|One More Spike}}) a +100% pierce bonus for tanking bloons. For lower-tier upgrades, this is an efficient crosspath for its cost. It remains a favorable crosspath for tanking bloons throughout the entire middle and bottom path upgrades. For [[MOAB SHREDR (BTD6)|MOAB SHREDR]] and above, Bigger Stacks acts as a direct DPS crosspath, with thicker piles that more reliably take down MOAB-class bloons.

Although [[Perma-Spike (BTD6)|Perma-Spike]] only gains +70% pierce from this crosspath, it's still more efficient at generating spikes than the 0-2-5's +66% attack speed, but roughly equal when basic external pierce buffs (e.g. [[Abyssal Warrior]] and [[Berserker Brew (BTD6)|Berserker Brew]]) are involved. Likewise, [[Carpet of Spikes (BTD6)|Carpet of Spikes]] still usually favors this crosspath despite only gaining +50% pierce, as the 0-5-1's lifespan and 0-5-2's lane-switching are rarely more impactful.

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 Bigger Stacks provides a significant pierce gain, allowing each spike pile to pop more bloons. It also has an inexpensive lead-popping successor, [[White Hot Spikes (BTD6)|White Hot Spikes]], for dealing with DDTs without support.
-For lower tiers, this is (ignoring external buffs such as {{BTD6 mk|One More Spike}}) a +100% pierce bonus for tanking bloons, an efficient crosspath for its cost. It remains a favorable crosspath for tanking bloons throughout the entire bottom path upgrades, plus the middle path. [[MOAB SHREDR (BTD6)|MOAB SHREDR]] and above benefit from Bigger Stacks as a direct DPS crosspath, with thicker piles that more reliably take down MOAB-class bloons with essentially +100% pierce.
+For most tiers, this essentially (ignoring external buffs such as {{BTD6 mk|One More Spike}}) a +100% pierce bonus for tanking bloons. For lower-tier upgrades, this is an efficient crosspath for its cost. It remains a favorable crosspath for tanking bloons throughout the entire middle and bottom path upgrades. For [[MOAB SHREDR (BTD6)|MOAB SHREDR]] and above, Bigger Stacks acts as a direct DPS crosspath, with thicker piles that more reliably take down MOAB-class bloons.
 Although [[Perma-Spike (BTD6)|Perma-Spike]] only gains +70% pierce from this crosspath, it's still more efficient at generating spikes than the 0-2-5's +66% attack speed, but roughly equal when basic external pierce buffs (e.g. [[Abyssal Warrior]] and [[Berserker Brew (BTD6)|Berserker Brew]]) are involved.<!--(50*1.2+2)/(0.8*0.75)-(85*1.2+2) = negative, but replace 2 with 3 to get 0--> Likewise, [[Carpet of Spikes (BTD6)|Carpet of Spikes]] still usually favors this crosspath despite only gaining +50% pierce, as the 0-5-1's lifespan and 0-5-2's lane-switching are rarely more impactful.

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