Neva-Miss Targeting (BTD6)

For other uses, see Neva-Miss Targeting (disambiguation).

Neva-Miss Targeting

Darts automatically seek out and pop Bloons by themselves.

Tower	Monkey Ace — Path 3 — Tier 3
XP cost	3,000
Cash cost	$2,165 — Easy $2,550 — Medium $2,755 — Hard $3,060 — Impoppable

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Neva-Miss Targeting is the Monkey Ace's path 3 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. With this upgrade, the Monkey Ace's darts will seek Bloons out, targeting them over any distance. It also increases the darts' projectile speed and lifespan from 1.4 seconds to ~3.3333 seconds, though in practice it's actually 1 second, as its lifespan switches to its homing lifespan.

Mechanics

Neva-Miss Targeting's main attack is a radial volley of 8 darts (12 with 2-0-3) that seek out Bloons and deal sharp-type damage. Darts are spread 45° from each other (30° with 2-0-3). Unlike most seeking projectiles, Neva-Miss darts will decelerate if the target is not within a 20° cone of their current trajectory and accelerate if the target is within a 5° cone, allowing them to make much tighter turns in the air to avoid missing their targets. This seeking style is shared with Adora's Divine Bolts. However, Neva-Miss's homing darts have much faster acceleration and higher max projectile speed.

In the console version, due to it being based on an older version of the game, the darts use the standard seeking mechanics. They have a slower turning rate and cannot accelerate or decelerate.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 22 units Movement speed 60 units/s Targeting options Circle Figure Infinite Figure Eight Centered Path

Attack
Cooldown 1.68s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.2, -3.6 Targeting range 22 units
Ignores blockers Can fire without a target
Main projectile Count 8 Angle 360° Pierce 8 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 180 units/s Max speed 350 units/s Acceleration 50 units/s2 Lifespan 3.3333s Lifespan while seeking 1s Radius 3 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

1-0-3

Attack
Cooldown 1.68s → 1.26s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.2, -3.6 ↓ 0, 13.1, -3.6

2-0-3

Attack
Main projectile Count 8 → 12

0-1-3

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 12.2, -3.6 ↓ 0, 13.1, -3.6

Bomb attack
Cooldown 1.6s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 13.1, -3.6 Targeting range ∞ units
Can fire without a target
Explosion Pierce 32 Damage 1 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.05s Radius 35 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

0-2-3

Attack
Filters Can now target Camo
Main projectile Damage to Camo +1 Filters Can now hit Camo

Bomb attack
Explosion Damage to Camo +1 Filters Can now 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
0-0-3	$3,735	$4,400	$4,755	$5,280	$2,615	$3,080	$3,329	$3,696
1-0-3	$4,115	$4,850	$5,240	$5,820	$2,881	$3,395	$3,668	$4,074
2-0-3	$4,580	$5,400	$5,835	$6,480	$3,206	$3,780	$4,085	$4,536
0-1-3	$3,905	$4,600	$4,970	$5,520	$2,734	$3,220	$3,479	$3,864
0-2-3	$4,200	$4,950	$5,350	$5,940	$2,940	$3,465	$3,745	$4,158

Strategy

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This section was last updated for: version 49.3

For its cost, Neva-Miss Targeting is not cost-efficient for an upgrade that simply adds homing, despite its long range and many projectiles per shot, requiring external buffs such as Berserker Brew to be worth considering. Despite its name, its darts are still prone to missing and/or wasting themselves chasing bloons, particularly if too far away, and it's not recommended to position this Ace directly on top of a crowd of Bloons. When given external buffs, Neva-Miss stands out in Deflation and as a fairly effective early-to-midgame carry on CHIMPS.

2-0-3 is the preferred crosspath, which maximizes the number of darts per second. 0-2-3 only offers innate camo detection, but even with increased Camo damage it still struggles to Fortified Camo Ceramic rounds such as 67 and 74 without external buffs, and is not very cost-efficient due to its already low pierce.

Update history

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

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Version 8.0

•  Projectile lifespan increased by 50%
•  Projectile speed increased by 50%
•  Projectile turn rate increased

Version 9.0

• Neva-Miss Darts should no longer perform considerably worse with the Accelerated Aerodarts knowledge active

Version 14.0

• "Global Range tracking no longer stutters unreasonably"

Version 22.0

“

While Pineapples are never the star of the show, the amount of pierce they have is completely unnecessary for their usage window and has only led to balance problems for Bombing Run, specifically in races. This high amount of pierce has been more evenly spread through higher tiers & crosspath.
— Update notes

”

0-1-3, 0-2-3

•  Pineapple/bomb explosions now gain +12 pierce from Sharper Darts

Version 23.0

“

Monkey Ace was never intended to be a great starting tower and instead come into power at mid- and high-tier upgrades, but since the base tower feels lacking to new players (and some of us old timers) we decided to rework low tier power into the base tower.
— Update notes

”

•  Dart: Projectile size increased ― 2 → 3
•  Base Monkey Ace attack cooldown reduced ― 2.1s → 1.68s

0-1-3, 0-2-3

•  Exploding Pineapple: attack cooldown reduced ― 3s → 2s

Version 27.0

“

Now allows you to find your center. Very zen.
— Update notes

”

•  Centered Path mode: Now allows the player to change the center point of the path

Version 30.0

“

More of a straight quality of life, Ace has gained a new special toggle button to allow it to turn back and fly in reverse on any selected flight pattern.
— Update notes

”

•  Reverse flight pattern added

Version 32.0

“

Neva-Miss has been generally over performing for quite a cheap T3, increasing price here slightly but not carrying that increase up through higher tiers.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $2,200 → $2,800

Version 35.0

•  Resolved an issue where reversing flight path before purchasing Centered Path would prevent the centered path target from flying in the correct direction (bug fix)
  • Note: nerf to ace micro

Version 40.0

“

The homing for Neva-miss darts can cause darts to expire just before they are able to loop around and hit their target, which is unsatisfying to see – we like the pattern this attacks with though so allowing a little extra distance before expiration should mostly solve this.
— Update notes

”

•  Projectile distance increased ― 450 → 600

Version 41.0

“

Centered Path these days adds a lot more potential power to Ace than before and we are moving price down into it from Neva-Miss.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,800 → $2,550
  •  Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 46.0

“

As efforts to improve the feeling of top path Buccaneer have gone relatively well, projectile seeking has now been greatly improved for the Bottom path Ace as well.
— Update notes

”

•  Radial darts: now use Adora's seeking mechanics, allowing them to decelerate to take much tighter turns towards targets and accelerate when targets are directly in front
•  Radial darts: lifespan reduced ― 3.33s → 1.5s (undocumented)

Version 46.1

•  Radial dart: projectile lifespan reduced ― 1.5s → 1s

Version 48.0

“

[...] Neva-Miss darts max speed and homing acceleration is being increased so the projectiles are less likely to expire before meeting their target unless placement is terrible.
— Update notes

”

•  Homing dart: Max projectile speed increased ― 180 → 350
•  Homing dart: Projectile acceleration increased ― 20 → 50
•  Homing dart: Projectile lifespan increased ― 1s → 3.3333s (undocumented)
  • Note: Only affects the projectile while not homing; the lifespan while homing switches to Adora homing stats, which remain unchanged at 1s

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	لا تخطئ التصويب مطلقًا السهام تبحث تلقائيًا عن بالونات وتقوم بفرقعتها بنفسها.	—
Danish	Træfsikker Målsøgning Dartpile søger automatisk selv bloons og springer dem.	—
German	Nie-daneben-Zielsystem Pfeile schwärmen automatisch aus und lassen Bloons platzen.	—
Spanish	Puntería infalible Los dardos buscan y explotan bloons por su cuenta.	—
Spanish (LA)	Puntería infalible Los dardos buscan y explotan bloons por su cuenta.	—
Finnish	Napakymppi Tikat automaattisesti hakeutuvat ja poksauttavat blooneja itsestään.	—
French	En plein dans le mille Les fléchettes ciblent automatiquement et font éclater les Bloons d'elles-mêmes.	—
Italian	Mira infallibile Le freccette ricercano automaticamente bloon da far scoppiare.	—
Japanese	標的ネバ－ミス ダーツが自分で自動的にブルーンを探しだして割る。	—
Korean	백발백중 다트가 자동으로 풍선을 추적하여 알아서 터트립니다.	—
Dutch	Nimmermis-richtsysteem Pijltjes zoeken automatisch Bloons op en laten ze knallen.	—
Norwegian	Aldri bom mållokalisering Dartpiler søker automatisk etter bloons og popper dem på egenhånd.	—
Polish	Nieomylne celowanie Rzutki automatycznie wyszukują i przekłuwają blony.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Mira Perfeita Dardos perseguem e estouram Bloons automaticamente.	—
Russian	Точный прицел Дротики автоматически отслеживают и пробивают шары.	—
Swedish	Missa-Inte-Målsökning Pilar söker automatiskt upp och smäller Bloons av sig själva.	—
Thai	เล็งเป้าไม่มีพลาด ลูกดอกจะค้นหาและเจาะบลูนเองโดยอัตโนมัติ	—
Turkish	Iskalamayan Hedefleme Oklar Bloon’ları otomatik olarak bulup patlatır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	精准锁定 飞镖可自动寻搜寻并击破气球。	—
Chinese (traditional)	百發百中 飛鏢自動追蹤並自行擊破氣球。	—
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