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| The '''Spike Factory''' slowly generates spikes around its range, which build up its damage to bloons. Although mainly designed to protect exits, it has a few upgrades that allow Spike Factory to act as a DPS option. Its lower tiers are decent, and its higher-tiers can greatly assist cleanup and general damage depending on upgrades. | | The '''Mermonkey''' [does stuff]. [sentence about more stuff] [lower tiers and upper tiers] |
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| ==Base== | | ==Base== |
| The base Spike Factory can be used to tank small amounts of Bloons, including early Camo Bloons. Ideally, place it near an exit so it has time to generate spikes. | | The base Mermonkey is weak for its cost. It does limited grouped damage that is more expensive than Bomb and less pierce than most towers. |
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| ==Upgrades== | | ==Upgrades== |
| ===Tier 2 and below=== | | ===Tier 2 and below=== |
| *[[Bigger Stacks (BTD6)|Bigger Stacks]] is almost always the preferred crosspath for all Tier 2 and below Spike Factories, maximizing spikes for a low cost. Leaving them uncrosspathed without Bigger Stacks is not preferable.
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| **1-0-2 is a decent choice for protecting an exit at a specific location.
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| **1-1-0 and 1-2-0 can quickly refresh spikes.
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| *[[Smart Spikes (BTD6)|Smart Spikes]] for lower tiers, specifically 0-0-2, is often used in [[Boss Rush]] combined with [[Sauda (BTD6)|Sauda]] to begin versus most Bosses, if other more reliable towers are absent. | |
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| *[[Spiked Balls (BTD6)|Spiked Balls]] is valuable in the mid-game to tank small amounts of bloons, yet still retains value in the late-game to handle Super Ceramics. | | *TBA |
| *[[Spiked Mines (BTD6)|Spiked Mines]] handles large groups of bloons effectively.
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| *[[Super Mines (BTD6)|Super Mines]] is very expensive but does enormous damage to all bloons with its explosions and napalm. It can be used both as a DPS option and tanking bloons near the exit. It also is effective against Boss Bloons with its general high damage.
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| *[[MOAB SHREDR (BTD6)|MOAB SHREDR]] is niche, and mainly used if targeting exactly one MOAB-class bloon, such as the Round 100 BAD and Boss Bloons. Crosspathing with Bigger Stacks (1-3-0) is usually preferred. In Boss Rush, it's often used with 0-3-2 crosspath. | | *TBA |
| *[[Spike Storm (BTD6)|Spike Storm]] has excellent single-target damage on compact maps, and can synergize with pierce buffs such as [[Abyssal Warrior]] and [[Striker Jones (BTD6)|Striker Jones]] Level 8+.
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| *[[Carpet of Spikes (BTD6)|Carpet of Spikes]] is a decent T5 that excels against DDT and BAD rounds in CHIMPS, as well as acting as a more concentrated Spike Storm that continually does high damage to MOAB-class bloons.
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| *[[Long Life Spikes (BTD6)|Long Life Spikes]]'s main value is carrying spikes over rounds, but is not very effective in game modes that have continous rounds (e.g. [[Apopalypse (BTD6)|Apopalypse]], [[Boss Rush]]).
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| *[[Deadly Spikes (BTD6)|Deadly Spikes]] is not very much stronger than Long Life Spikes, though its +2 damage often gives more tanking power for its cost than external buffs such as [[Berserker Brew (BTD6)|Berserker Brew]].
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| *[[Perma-Spike (BTD6)|Perma-Spike]] is a powerful cleanup option in CHIMPS, especially on single-exit maps. For the best results, pair with Berserker Brew and [[Jungle Drums (BTD6)|Jungle Drums]], and deal with dense rounds via other towers.
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| ===[[Mega Massive Munitions Factory]]===
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| *Like [[Perma-Spike (BTD6)|Perma-Spike]], Mega Massive Munitions Factory prefers stockpiling giant mines near the back, rather than near bloons. As it lacks any targeting options to adjust locations for the spikes, always place it with barely enough range to reach the track.
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| *It stands out hugely in Timed Bosses. Unlike Perma-Spike, the MMMF bypasses the anti-cheese mechanic of Bosses removing projectiles upon spawning; each giant mine explodes into spike piles that can still damage the boss. Stockpiling to the max is vital.
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| *Spike Factories in general are strong against Bosses, as they can pile up damage at a steady rate, and have excellent synergy with pierce buffs. They also have innate Camo detection, which helps protect against natural Camos and damage Phayze without support. | | *TBA |
| **For [[Boss Bloon Event]]s, Spike Factories tend to work best on Timed events, particularly with [[Spike Storm (BTD6)|Spike Storm]] spam and external buffs. For Timed Bosses, it's optimal to pair with [[Geraldo (BTD6)|Geraldo]] for his [[Rejuv Potion]], providing up to 3 abilities per tower in a short timespan. Spike Factory can also be useful to tank Camos in the early-game, though on longer maps it's not very efficient on Boss Events due to the time penalty. | | **Boss Event |
| **For [[Boss Rush]], 0-3-2 [[MOAB SHREDR (BTD6)|MOAB SHREDR]] is a staple if Spike Factory is enabled, which can rack up plenty of early kills in early stages. x-x-2 crosspaths are generally preferable against most Bosses in Boss Rush. Make sure to have defenses that can handle natural bloons and boss minions, to reduce wastage of spikes. | | **Boss Rush |
| **For [[Contested Territory (BTD6)|Contested Territory]]'s Boss tiles, Spike Storm and tanking early Camos are often the main use cases of Spike Factory if this tower is enabled. | | **CT Boss |
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| |[[File:BTD6 BloonariusPortrait.png|50px]]<br />[[Bloonarius (BTD6)|Bloonarius]] | | |[[File:BTD6 BloonariusPortrait.png|50px]]<br />[[Bloonarius (BTD6)|Bloonarius]] |
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| *Most spikes are consumed by Bloonarius's minions before they are able to damage Bloonarius. However, super-buffed [[Spike Storm (BTD6)|Spike Storm]] spam and/or [[Mega Massive Munitions Factory]] usually counter that problem. Thus, Spike Factories are effective against Bloonarius in Timed Bosses, but not so much in Boss Rush or CT Boss tiles. | | *TBA |
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| |[[File:BTD6 LychPortrait.png|50px]]<br />[[Lych]] | | |[[File:BTD6 LychPortrait.png|50px]]<br />[[Lych]] |
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| *Spike Factories, especially Spike Storm, remain an excellent option for all stages, handling Lych and its Lych-Soul and Resurrected Blimps efficiently, as all of them are considered MOAB-class and don't have as much RBE as Bloonarius's bloons. | | *TBA |
| *Due to Lych's forced invulnerability, it is recommended to time each Spike Storm ability slowly, not all at once.
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| *Avoid x-x-2+ upgrades, as Lych is able to sap the [[Smart Spikes (BTD6)|Smart Spikes]] buff.
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| *Mega Massive Munitions Factory is usable versus Lych but poor choice due to Lych being able to sap the Controlled Burst ability.
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| |[[File:BTD6 VortexPortrait.png|50px]]<br />[[Vortex (BTD6)|Vortex]] | | |[[File:BTD6 VortexPortrait.png|50px]]<br />[[Vortex (BTD6)|Vortex]] |
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| *Spike Factories are much less effective versus Vortex but still usable for a burst. Vortex removes spikes regularly, nullifying any stockpiles. Although Spike Storms remain relevant versus Vortex, many other towers (especially Snipers) simply do better. | | *TBA |
| *Mega Massive Munitions Factory is a poor choice, as Vortex removes its stockpiles often, and this Paragon's low range makes it prone to being stunned.
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| |[[File:BTD6 DreadbloonPortrait.png|50px]]<br />[[Dreadbloon (BTD6)|Dreadbloon]] | | |[[File:BTD6 DreadbloonPortrait.png|50px]]<br />[[Dreadbloon (BTD6)|Dreadbloon]] |
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| *Provided Dreadbloon lacks Support immunity, [[Super Mines (BTD6)|Super Mines]] is strong against Dreadbloon's Ceramic armor. Spike Storm remains a strong choice when spammed. | | *TBA |
| *In Boss Rush, 0-3-2 remains a strong choice if the Lead properties are countered, and the Support immunity is dealt by other towers. [[Embrittlement (BTD6)|Embrittlement]], [[Glue Strike (BTD6)|Glue Strike]], or [[Monkey Intelligence Bureau (BTD6)|Monkey Intelligence Bureau]] can assist versus unshielded Dreadbloon, though the former two cannot be used versus the Primary immunity.
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| *Whenever Phayze hits a skull, its invulnerable state removes every projectile (including spikes) that it goes through. If using Spike Storms, use only enough Spike Storm abilities to trigger the skull phase. | | *TBA |
| *In the absence of [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]] in Boss Rush, 0-0-2 Spike Factory combined with [[Sauda (BTD6)|Sauda]] near the start is often the go-to choice for starting against Phayze.
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| *Mega Massive Munitions Factory is poor versus Phayze, as each skull wipes out stockpiles that this Boss passes over, and frequently skips important chokepoints that this Paragon takes advantage of.
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| |[[File:BTD6 BlastapopoulosPortrait.png|50px]]<br />[[Blastapopoulos (BTD6)|Blastapopoulos]] | | |[[File:BTD6 BlastapopoulosPortrait.png|50px]]<br />[[Blastapopoulos (BTD6)|Blastapopoulos]] |
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| *Spike Storm ability spikes do not lose lifespan once deployed; in Timed Bosses, it's recommended to spam all abilities as fast as possible, before Blastapopoulos can stun and delay further abilities. | | *TBA |
| *In Boss Rush, only 0-3-2 is recommended; Spike Storms are too slow and vulnerable against Blastapopoulos's stuns, and Super Mines is far too expensive (relative to other Bosses in Boss Rush, which more easily snowball Boss kills) and cannot apply napalm on Blastapopoulos.
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