Ballistic Missile (BTD6)

For other uses, see Ballistic Missile (disambiguation).

Ballistic Missile

Missile seeks target within range and does extra MOAB and Ceramic damage.

Tower	Monkey Sub — Path 2 — Tier 3
XP cost	3,000
Cash cost	$1,150 — Easy $1,350 — Medium $1,460 — Hard $1,620 — Impoppable

← Heat-tipped Darts

First Strike Capability →

Ballistic Missile is the Monkey Sub's path 2 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It grants Monkey Sub an additional missile attack that triggers when Bloons pass through its range, regardless of line of sight, or the range of all towers with (Advanced Intel. Each missile does 3 damage with +3 Ceramic damage (or +4 with Breaking Ballistic), +5 MOAB-Class damage, 40 pierce, and an attack cooldown of 1 second. The missiles are shot upwards and land directly on their target ignoring line of sight blockers, similarly to Mortar Monkey's attacks except they also seek their targets. Missiles cannot damage Black Bloons.

This upgrade also increases the range of Monkey Sub by +8 units.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 50 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.75s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 19.5, 8.1 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 50 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 5 Damage 1 Damage type Normal Speed 170 units/s Seeking distance ∞ units Seeking angle 180° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s Lifespan 1.5s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Ballistic Missile
Cooldown 1s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, -6.27, 11.2 Targeting First / Last / Close / Strong Targeting range 50 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Explosion Pierce 40 Damage 3 Damage to Ceramic (excl. Ceramic Armor Shell) +3 Damage to MOAB-Class +3 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.1s Persists between rounds 1 Radius 18 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

1-3-0

Tower
Display range 50 units → 60 units

Attack
Targeting range 50 units → 60 units

Ballistic Missile
Targeting range 50 units → 60 units

2-3-0

Attack
Can now target in range of other towers with shared range (including Camo)

Ballistic Missile
Can now target in range of other towers with shared range (including Camo)

0-3-1

Attack
Cooldown 0.75s → 0.375s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 19.5, 8.1 ↓ 2, 19.5, 8.5 (side 1) -2, 19.5, 8.5 (side 2)

Ballistic Missile
Cooldown 1s → 0.875s

0-3-2

Attack
Projectile Max pierce ∞ → 1 Airburst dart Count 3 Pierce 5 Damage 1 Damage type Normal Speed 340 units/s Lifespan 0.2794s Radius 3 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Costs and sell values

Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.

Tiers	Total cost				Sell value
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
0-3-0	$2,065	$2,425	$2,620	$2,910	$1,446	$1,698	$1,834	$2,037
1-3-0	$2,175	$2,555	$2,760	$3,065	$1,523	$1,789	$1,932	$2,146
2-3-0	$2,600	$3,055	$3,300	$3,665	$1,820	$2,139	$2,310	$2,566
0-3-1	$2,450	$2,875	$3,105	$3,450	$1,715	$2,013	$2,174	$2,415
0-3-2	$3,300	$3,875	$4,185	$4,650	$2,310	$2,713	$2,930	$3,255

Strategy

Ballistic Missile is a good early-game to mid-game tower for clumped Bloons, thanks to its high pierce and 3 damage. However, it is not recommended to use it as the only damage dealer, due to its inability to damage Black and Zebra Bloons. Ballistic Missile spam with Sub Commander is usable for CHIMPS, but it has fallen behind alternatives (such as Bloon Exclusion Zone and Destroyers + Permanent Brew). 2-3-0 is the recommended crosspath when Advanced Intel is needed to reach all lanes, but 0-3-2 is recommended when the base range is sufficient for partially reaching all lanes.

Update history

For a complete list of Monkey Sub changes, see Update history:Monkey Sub (BTD6).

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Version 7.0

•  Pierce increased ― 4 → 5
  • Note: Does not affect X-X-2 Airburst Darts crosspath

Version 8.0

•  Ballistic Missile: Cooldown reduced ― 2s → 1.5s

Version 9.0

2-3-0

•  Advanced Intel no longer causes the missile attack to only target Bloons the main attack can target, instead of having global range (bug fix)

Version 18.0

•  Range increased ― 42 → 60
•  Missile attack: Range reduced ― ∞ → 60

1-3-0

•  Longer Range now applies to the missile attack
  •  Overall range of the attack with this crosspath is reduced ― ∞ → 70 (due to the attack no longer having infinite range by default)

2-3-0

•  Advanced Intel now grants the missile attack infinite range
  •  Overall range of the attack with this crosspath is unchanged (due to the attack no longer having infinite range by default)

0-3-1

•  Twin Guns now reduces the missile attack's cooldown by 15%

0-3-2

•  Airburst Darts now reduces the missile attack's cooldown by ~41%
  •  Overall reduces attack cooldown by 50% (due to changes to Twin Guns)

Version 19.0

•  Range reduced ― 60 → 50
•  Missile attack: Can no longer hit Camo Bloons without Camo detection (bug fix)

0-3-1

•  Twin Guns reduces the cooldown of the missile attack by less ― -15% → -12.5%

0-3-2

•  Airburst Darts reduces the cooldown of the missile attack by less ― -41% → -25%
  •  Overall cooldown modifier reduced ― -50% → -34.375% (due to changes to Twin Guns)

Version 22.0

“

Ballistic Missile previously had far too much attack speed added into the crosspath and was rebalanced for parity, but the overall performance loss from this was too much. Better balance will come from the base rate of Ballistic Missile itself.
— Update notes

”

•  Missile attack: Attack cooldown reduced ― 1.5s → 1.3s (attack speed increased by 15.38%)
  • Stacks with X-X-1 Twin Guns crosspath ― 1.3125s → 1.1375s
  • Stacks with X-X-2 Airburst Darts crosspath ― 0.984375s → 0.853125s

Version 26.0

“

As Airburst Darts alone already gives a huge benefit to the tower regardless of not applying any crosspath buff, some of the attack speed benefit this upgrade gave to 032 Ballistic Missile has instead been moved into the base 030 Missile.
— Update notes

”

•  Missile attack: Attack cooldown reduced ― 1.3s → 1.105s (attack speed increased by 17.65%)
  •  Stacks with X-X-1 Twin Guns crosspath ― 1.1375s → 0.9669s

0-3-2

•  Missile attack: Overall attack cooldown with X-X-2 Airburst Darts crosspath increased ― 0.853125s → 0.8702s (attack speed reduced by 1.96% due to changes to the attack's base stats)

0-3-2

•  Airburst Darts reduces the cooldown of the missile attack by less ― -25% → -10%

Version 27.0

“

Ballistic Missile’s 230 crosspath has been in a confusing spot for a while where it functioned different to Advanced Intel, so it has been converted to function with Advanced Intel in the same way that any other Sub upgrade would.
— Update notes

”

2-3-0

•  Ballistic Missile: Now benefits from Advanced Intel's targeting in the same way as the main attack
  •  Can now detect and hit Camo Bloons in range of towers that have Camo detection
  •  No longer has infinite range; can only target Bloons in range of other towers

Version 30.0

“

Previously the rate increase to Ballistic Missile from crosspath was reduced due to Airburst having enough value on it’s own. This reason still applies as Airburst provides a significant power boost just on it’s own, so all rate increase has been removed from Airburst and applied directly to the base Ballistic Missile to help crosspath diversity slightly.
— Update notes

”

•  Missile attack: Attack cooldown reduced ― 1.105s → 0.9945s (attack speed increased by 11.11%)
  • With X-X-1 Twin Guns crosspath ― 0.9669s → 0.8702s

0-3-2

•  Airburst Darts no longer reduces the missile attack's cooldown by 10%
  •  Overall attack cooldown of this crosspath is unchanged (due to changes to the missile attack's base cooldown)

Version 41.0

“

Ballistic Missiles always had excessive pierce for what it is, so this is being cut back on.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $1,400 → $1,350
•  Missile attack: Attack cooldown increased ― 0.9945s → 1s (attack speed reduced by 0.55%)
  •  Stacks with Twin Guns crosspath ― 0.8702s → 0.875s
•  Missile attack: Pierce reduced ― 100 → 60

Version 45.0

“

Ballistic Missile struggles greatly against standard Bloons since almost all of its power is in the Ceramic/Moab bonus, so we’re also balancing this consistency out with greater damage to standard targets while retaining the same total MOAB-Class power at the cost of pierce.
— Update notes

”

•  Missile attack: Base damage increased ― 1 → 3
•  Missile attack: Damage to Ceramic reduced ― +5 → +3
•  Missile attack: Pierce reduced ― 60 → 40

Version 48.0

•  Missile attack: now lands in the place of its intended target instead of the center of the map or over itself when the target is destroyed while the missile is in mid-air (bug fix)

Version 49.0

•  Ballistic missile attack: No longer ignores line of sight blockers (bug fix)
  • Note: Does not affect First Strike or Pre-emptive Strike abilities

Version 49.3

“

Due to a misunderstanding in v49 this was fixed as a bug, but it is intended that Ballistic Missile can be fired over walls so this has been enabled again
— Update notes

”

•  Ballistic Missile attack: Ignores line of sight again

Version 50.0

• Description changed ― Missile seeks target within range and does extra MOAB and Ceramic damage. → Fires missiles at targets within range. Missiles fly over walls and deal extra damage to MOABs and Ceramics.

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	صاروخ باليستي يعمل الصاروخ على البحث عن الهدف ضمن المدى ويحدث ضررًا إضافيًا لمنطاد "موآب" والبالونات السيراميكية.	—
Danish	Ballistisk Missil Missilet søger mål indenfor rækkevidde og gør ekstra skade på MOAB og keramiske bloons.	—
German	Ballistische Rakete Rakete sucht Ziel in Reichweite und fügt zusätzlichen MOAB- und Keramikschaden zu.	—
Spanish	Misil balístico El misil busca un objetivo a su alcance y hace daño extra a MOAB y cerámicos.	—
Spanish (LA)	Misil balístico El misil busca un objetivo a su alcance y hace daño extra a MOAB y cerámicos.	—
Finnish	Ballistinen ohjus Ohjus hakee kohdetta kantamalta ja tuottaa lisävahinkoa MOAB-luokan ja keraamisille blooneille.	—
French	Missile balistique Le missile cherche une cible à portée et inflige des dégâts supplémentaires aux Bloons MOAB et en céramique.	—
Italian	Missile balistico Il missile è in grado di trovare il proprio bersaglio se a portata e di provocare danno extra a bloon MOAB e di ceramica.	—
Japanese	弾道ミサイル 範囲内の標的を探し、追加のMOABおよぼ後期ダメージを与える。	—
Korean	탄도 미사일 미사일이 사정거리 내의 표적을 추적하며, MOAB과 세라믹 풍선에 추가 피해를 줍니다.	—
Dutch	Ballistische raket Raket zoekt doel binnen bereik en doet extra schade aan MOAB en Keramische Bloons.	—
Norwegian	Ballistisk missil Missilet søker mål innen rekkevidde og gjør ekstra skade på MOAB-klasse og keramiske bloons.	—
Polish	Rakieta balistyczna Rakieta poszukuje celu w zasięgu i zadaje dodatkowe obrażenia MOAB-om oraz ceramicznym blonom.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Míssil Balístico O míssil persegue o alvo dentro do alcance e causa dano extra em MOAB e Cerâmica.	—
Russian	Баллистическая ракета Снаряд обнаруживает цель в своей зоне действия и наносит дополнительный урон керамическим и MOAB-шарам.	—
Swedish	Ballistisk missil Missilen söker mål inom räckvidd och ger extra skada på MOAB och Keramik-Bloons.	—
Thai	มิสไซล์วิถีโค้ง มิสไซล์ตามหาเป้าหมายภายในระยะ และทำดาเมจเพิ่มเติมกับลูกโป่ง MOAB และเซรามิก	—
Turkish	Balistik Füze Füze menzil içinde hedefi bulabilir ekstra MOAB ve Seramik hasarı verir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	弹道式导弹 导弹会自动寻找射程内的目标，并对MOAB级气球和陶瓷气球造成额外伤害。	—
Chinese (traditional)	彈道飛彈 飛彈可在範圍內追蹤目標，並對MOAB氣球和陶瓷氣球有額外傷害。	—
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