{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Dart Monkey is intended to be the ‘Cheapest’ somewhat entry level Paragon so being locked behind a $300k+ price tag meant that all other paragons would have to be higher than that as well - while we’re not too drastically lowering all paragons this update the new lower floor on paragon costs will allow for much more leeway in design going forward. We lowered the power somewhat to justify this new price however not that much as it was one of the more heavily nerfed in power from the bug fix as well, in addition to this now that the Ceramic Bonus is scaling properly, we wanted to increase the value of this bonus far more to really bring out that Juggernaut bonus against Dreadbloon+.|version=39.0|tower=Dart Monkey|paragon cost before=325000|paragon cost after=150000|paragon changes=
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Dart Monkey is intended to be the ‘Cheapest’ somewhat entry level Paragon so being locked behind a $300k+ price tag meant that all other paragons would have to be higher than that as well - while we’re not too drastically lowering all paragons this update the new lower floor on paragon costs will allow for much more leeway in design going forward. We lowered the power somewhat to justify this new price however not that much as it was one of the more heavily nerfed in power from the bug fix as well, in addition to this now that the Ceramic Bonus is scaling properly, we wanted to increase the value of this bonus far more to really bring out that Juggernaut bonus against Dreadbloon+.|version=39.0|tower=Dart Monkey|paragon cost before=325000|paragon cost after=150000|paragon changes=
*{{nerf|Resolved an inconsistency with Master Double Cross contributing far more to Paragon Degrees than it should be worth|note=This inconsistency is a 4th tier 5 tower contributing an extra 10,000 power from the cash contribution resulting in a degree 30 Dart Paragon.This change also affects other Paragons but only in coop.|fix=y}}
*{{nerf|Resolved an inconsistency with Master Double Cross contributing far more to Paragon Degrees than it should be worth|note=This inconsistency is a 4th tier 5 tower contributing an extra 10,000 power from the cash contribution resulting in a degree 30 Dart Paragon.This change also affects other Paragons but only in coop.|fix=y}}
*{{buff|Dart Monkey Paragon cash per power decreased|$25|$6.375/$7.5/$8.1/$9}}
*{{nerf|Has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}}}
*{{nerf|Dart Monkey Paragon has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=A few buffs for the Boomerang Paragon ended up being split up and spread out over a few updates, which resulted in repeated buffs which didn’t seem so necessary after the first, given the fairly high power level it had in v38, as well as suffering less from the bug fix than the Dart Monkey, it felt like it needed more general nerfs to justify any price reduction.|version=39.0|tower=Boomerang Monkey|paragon cost before=350000|paragon cost after=275000|paragon changes=*{{nerf|Boomerang Paragon range reduced|75|60}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=A few buffs for the Boomerang Paragon ended up being split up and spread out over a few updates, which resulted in repeated buffs which didn’t seem so necessary after the first, given the fairly high power level it had in v38, as well as suffering less from the bug fix than the Dart Monkey, it felt like it needed more general nerfs to justify any price reduction.|version=39.0|tower=Boomerang Monkey|paragon cost before=350000|paragon cost after=275000|paragon changes=
*{{nerf|Boomerang Paragon main attack bonus boss damage reduced|60|50}}
*{{buff|Cost per power reduced|$25|$11.685/$13.75/$14.85/$16.5}}
*{{nerf|Boomerang Paragon Press attack's final explosion Boss bonus reduced|5000|4000}}
*{{nerf|Press attack: base cooldown increased|2.5s|3s}}
*{{buff|Boomerang Paragon cash per power reduced|$25|$11.685/$13.75/$14.85/$16.5}}
*{{nerf|Orbital attack: damage to Boss Bloons reduced|+160|+150}}
*{{nerf|Boomerang Paragon has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}
*{{nerf|Orbital attack: radius reduced|60|50}}
*{{nerf|Has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}
|paragon quote=A few buffs for the Boomerang Paragon ended up being split up and spread out over a few updates, which resulted in repeated buffs which didn’t seem so necessary after the first, given the fairly high power level it had in v38, as well as suffering less from the bug fix than the Dart Monkey, it felt like it needed more general nerfs to justify any price reduction.}}
|paragon quote=A few buffs for the Boomerang Paragon ended up being split up and spread out over a few updates, which resulted in repeated buffs which didn’t seem so necessary after the first, given the fairly high power level it had in v38, as well as suffering less from the bug fix than the Dart Monkey, it felt like it needed more general nerfs to justify any price reduction.}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Wasn’t too impacted by the bug fix while standing out as quite powerful for a mid-range cost in general, so just nerfed a little to keep it around where it is after the buffs it is gaining this update from knowledge & the boss bonus multiplier going up.|version=39.0|tower=Monkey Buccaneer|paragon changes=*{{nerf|Buccaneer paragon turrets attack cooldown delay increased|0.2145|0.25}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Wasn’t too impacted by the bug fix while standing out as quite powerful for a mid-range cost in general, so just nerfed a little to keep it around where it is after the buffs it is gaining this update from knowledge & the boss bonus multiplier going up.|version=39.0|tower=Monkey Buccaneer|paragon changes=
*{{nerf|Buccaneer paragon planes main attack cooldown delay increased|0.15|0.18}}
*{{neutral|Cost per power changed|$25|$23.375/$27.5/$29.7/$33}}*{{nerf|Turret: base cooldown increased|0.2145s|0.25s}}
*{{nerf|Plane forward attack: base cooldown increased|0.15s|0.18s}}
*{{nerf|Buccaneer paragon has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}
*{{nerf|Plane radial attack: base cooldown increased|1.5s|1.8s}}
*{{neutral|Buccaneer paragon price per power changed|$25|$23.375/$27.5/$29.7/$33}}
*{{nerf|Has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}
|paragon quote=Wasn’t too impacted by the bug fix while standing out as quite powerful for a mid-range cost in general, so just nerfed a little to keep it around where it is after the buffs it is gaining this update from knowledge & the boss bonus multiplier going up.}}
|paragon quote=Wasn’t too impacted by the bug fix while standing out as quite powerful for a mid-range cost in general, so just nerfed a little to keep it around where it is after the buffs it is gaining this update from knowledge & the boss bonus multiplier going up.}}
=== [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]] ===
=== [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Limiting many changes to Ace for now, we feel that it wasn’t nerfed that badly from the bug fix and we also currently want it to stay one of the much higher level price tags. It has been performing incredibly well even as the most expensive paragon, however given it is very cooldown dependent and scaling that cooldown via degrees is going to be much harder now we want to wait and see the impact of the rest of that rework before anything more significant to it.|version=39.0|tower=Monkey Ace|paragon changes=*{{nerf|Monkey Ace paragon Carpet Bomb ability cooldown increased|40s|45s}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Limiting many changes to Ace for now, we feel that it wasn’t nerfed that badly from the bug fix and we also currently want it to stay one of the much higher level price tags. It has been performing incredibly well even as the most expensive paragon, however given it is very cooldown dependent and scaling that cooldown via degrees is going to be much harder now we want to wait and see the impact of the rest of that rework before anything more significant to it.|version=39.0|tower=Monkey Ace|paragon changes=*{{nerf|Cost per power increased|$25|$38.25/$45/$48.6/$54}}
*{{nerf|Monkey Ace paragon has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}
*{{nerf|Carpet Bomb: base cooldown increased|40s|45s}}
*{{nerf|Monkey Ace paragon cash per power increased|$25|$38.25/$45/$48.6/$54}}
*{{nerf|Has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}
|paragon quote=Limiting many changes to Ace for now, we feel that it wasn’t nerfed that badly from the bug fix and we also currently want it to stay one of the much higher level price tags. It has been performing incredibly well even as the most expensive paragon, however given it is very cooldown dependent and scaling that cooldown via degrees is going to be much harder now we want to wait and see the impact of the rest of that rework before anything more significant to it.}}
|paragon quote=Limiting many changes to Ace for now, we feel that it wasn’t nerfed that badly from the bug fix and we also currently want it to stay one of the much higher level price tags. It has been performing incredibly well even as the most expensive paragon, however given it is very cooldown dependent and scaling that cooldown via degrees is going to be much harder now we want to wait and see the impact of the rest of that rework before anything more significant to it.}}
=== [[Wizard Monkey (BTD6)|Wizard Monkey]] ===
=== [[Wizard Monkey (BTD6)|Wizard Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Wizard was one of the more heavily impacted Paragons losing power from the bug fix, and had a few planned buffs aside from this anyway. We’re happy keeping it more on the expensive side with a higher skill requirement, so to keep justifying this higher price tag much more significant buffs were necessary to keep it in line.|version=39.0|tower=Wizard Monkey|paragon changes=*{{buff|Small Zombie sub projectile pierce increased|20|50}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|quote=Wizard was one of the more heavily impacted Paragons losing power from the bug fix, and had a few planned buffs aside from this anyway. We’re happy keeping it more on the expensive side with a higher skill requirement, so to keep justifying this higher price tag much more significant buffs were necessary to keep it in line.|version=39.0|tower=Wizard Monkey|paragon changes=
*{{buff|Drain Beam damage increased|50|200}}
*{{nerf|Cost per power increased|$25|$31.875/$37.5/$40.5/$45}}
*{{nerf|Wizard Monkey Paragon has less boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}
*{{buff|Metamorphosis Flamethrower: damage to Boss Bloons increased|+500|+1000}}
*{{nerf|Wizard Monkey Paragon cash per power increased|$25|$31.875/$37.5/$40.5/$45}}
*{{nerf|Phoenix should no longer be immune to Vortex stun|fix=y}}
*{{nerf|Has less boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}
|paragon quote=Wizard was one of the more heavily impacted Paragons losing power from the bug fix, and had a few planned buffs aside from this anyway. We’re happy keeping it more on the expensive side with a higher skill requirement, so to keep justifying this higher price tag much more significant buffs were necessary to keep it in line.}}
|paragon quote=Wizard was one of the more heavily impacted Paragons losing power from the bug fix, and had a few planned buffs aside from this anyway. We’re happy keeping it more on the expensive side with a higher skill requirement, so to keep justifying this higher price tag much more significant buffs were necessary to keep it in line.}}
=== [[Ninja Monkey (BTD6)|Ninja Monkey]] ===
=== [[Ninja Monkey (BTD6)|Ninja Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|version=39.0|tower=Ninja Monkey|paragon changes=*{{nerf|Ninja Paragon has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|version=39.0|tower=Ninja Monkey|paragon changes=*{{nerf|Ninja Paragon has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}
*{{neutral|Ninja Paragon price per power changed|$25|$21.25/$25/$27/$30}}|quote=No changes here for now - given that it did feel behind the other paragons previously, however this is the only paragon that actually got stronger from the bug fix rather than weaker
*{{neutral|Cost per power changed|$25|$21.25/$25/$27/$30}}|quote=No changes here for now - given that it did feel behind the other paragons previously, however this is the only paragon that actually got stronger from the bug fix rather than weaker
|paragon quote=No changes here for now - given that it did feel behind the other paragons previously, however this is the only paragon that actually got stronger from the bug fix rather than weaker}}
|paragon quote=No changes here for now - given that it did feel behind the other paragons previously, however this is the only paragon that actually got stronger from the bug fix rather than weaker}}
Note: Despite what Ninja Kiwi said the Ascended Shadow did get a big boss damage nerf for most elite bosses.
Note: Despite what Ninja Kiwi said the Ascended Shadow did get a big boss damage nerf for most elite bosses.
{{BTD6 tower changes|version=39.0|tower=Engineer Monkey|paragon changes=*{{nerf|Engineer Paragon has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|version=39.0|tower=Engineer Monkey|paragon changes=*{{nerf|Has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees}}
*{{nerf|Engineer Paragon price per power increased|$25|$27.625/$32.5/$35.1/$39}}|quote=No changes here as well, we know some people are still hoping for a redesign in general, but with everything else about paragons uncertain this was not a good time for that. We also want to have another Paragon in the support category dealing a DPS role before we seriously consider taking away the current only dps in that category which is already well balanced with strong competitive use.
*{{nerf|Cost per power increased|$25|$27.625/$32.5/$35.1/$39}}|quote=No changes here as well, we know some people are still hoping for a redesign in general, but with everything else about paragons uncertain this was not a good time for that. We also want to have another Paragon in the support category dealing a DPS role before we seriously consider taking away the current only dps in that category which is already well balanced with strong competitive use.
|paragon quote=No changes here as well, we know some people are still hoping for a redesign in general, but with everything else about paragons uncertain this was not a good time for that. We also want to have another Paragon in the support category dealing a DPS role before we seriously consider taking away the current only dps in that category which is already well balanced with strong competitive use.}}
|paragon quote=No changes here as well, we know some people are still hoping for a redesign in general, but with everything else about paragons uncertain this was not a good time for that. We also want to have another Paragon in the support category dealing a DPS role before we seriously consider taking away the current only dps in that category which is already well balanced with strong competitive use.}}
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
Cocktail of Fire ability pierce reduced ― 40 → 30
7+
Cocktail of Fire ability pierce increased ― 30 → 50
6-8
Base attack burn damage reduced ― 2 → 1
9
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+
Target Focus ability: For 15 seconds all Mortars will follow touch/cursor & have 30% improved accuracy (45s cooldown)
Note: Ninja Kiwi said 30 seconds in the patch notes but in game testing proves this wrong
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
Adora performs extremely well throughout the hardest rounds without any significant weakness that feel fairly comparable to other top of the line heroes. Due to very high ability uptime there is low strategic requirement to her ability timing much of the time, and a strong highly buffable baseline of power even when abilities are not active. — Update notes
To make things a little clearer for players attempting to be precise with their Paragon Totem farming, the number of totems placed will now be tallied up and listed whenever one is selected. — Update notes
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Levels
Changes
20
Each Paragon totem placed now displays a buff icon with a stack count that displays how many are placed
5+
Lv5 & Lv15 Sharpening Stones can no longer stack their benefits (bug fix)
7+
Blade Trap can now benefit from Camo granted to Geraldo (bug fix)
Flint Tip Darts should no longer be able to skip its final damage tic (bug fix)
Bigger Bloon Sabotage CT Relic should now correctly reduce MOAB Speed (bug fix)
Paragons
“
For this update we’ve given Paragons their own section due to the large number of changes to this system. Also note, while we have provided the numerical changes do not take any of the raw damage numbers at face value - they will not be entirely equivalent to actual performance changes in gameplay
”
For more details on the Paragon Rework please check out this Reddit post by Ninja Kiwi as it explains most of the changes.
Fixes and changes
Resolved a bug that was benefitting different paragons boss damage by differing amounts
Note: Net nerf for most paragons
Resolved an issue preventing other Paragon damage bonuses (like Ceramic/Camo) from scaling well with degrees
Building any Paragon in a real game now will now unlock that Paragon’s upgrade for use in sandbox
Paragon Cash Slider
Upon purchasing any Paragon upgrade, the confirmation prompt now includes an option to inject extra cash into the transformation.
This scales from $0 up to the max amount of cash that could be spent to max cash contribution, and also displays a combined cost of this plus the base upgrade cost
This contributes to the paragon cash contributed by absorbed towers scaling value at 5% reduced efficiency
Boss Bonus Damage
“
As most paragons were positively benefiting in terms of boss damage, we want to increase the intended Boss Damage multiplier a little more. — Update notes
”
Paragon Boss damage multiplier each 20 degrees increased ― 20% → 25%
Cost per power reduced ― $25 → $6.375/$7.5/$8.1/$9
Base damage reduced ― 20 → 15
Damage to Ceramics increased ― +30 → +75
Base attack cooldown increased ― 0.35s → 0.4s
Resolved an inconsistency with Master Double Cross contributing far more to Paragon Degrees than it should be worth (bug fix)
Note: This inconsistency is a 4th tier 5 tower contributing an extra 10,000 power from the cash contribution resulting in a degree 30 Dart Paragon.This change also affects other Paragons but only in coop.
Has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees
Drone Flying 101
Obyn's Gardening School
Grow Less Than Galaxili!
Beast Handler now enabled for CT
While Penalty time is counting in Boss Events and CT Boss, cash generating abilities will stop cooling down 