| quote = To add a little more synergetic crosspath use for the Juggernaut 402 crosspath, xx2 will now also grant bonus projectile lifespan, this applies to any use of that crosspath though we feel it will in particular pair nicely with the ricocheting projectiles. Juggernaut in general is also seeing a small utility knockback buff to help it carry on a little longer into the game.
| quote 1 = To add a little more synergetic crosspath use for the Juggernaut 402 crosspath, xx2 will now also grant bonus projectile lifespan, this applies to any use of that crosspath though we feel it will in particular pair nicely with the ricocheting projectiles. Juggernaut in general is also seeing a small utility knockback buff to help it carry on a little longer into the game.
| version = 31.0
| version = 31.0
| tower = Dart Monkey
| tower = Dart Monkey
| tiers 1 = XX1
| changes 1 tiers = XX1
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Long Range Darts also increases projectile lifespan by +15%}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Long Range Darts also increases projectile lifespan by +15%}}
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Enhanced Eyesight also increases projectile lifespan by +20%}}
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Enhanced Eyesight also increases projectile lifespan by +20%}}
| quote 1 = To add a little more synergetic crosspath use for the Juggernaut 402 crosspath, xx2 will now also grant bonus projectile lifespan, this applies to any use of that crosspath though we feel it will in particular pair nicely with the ricocheting projectiles.
| quote 2 = To add a little more synergetic crosspath use for the Juggernaut 402 crosspath, xx2 will now also grant bonus projectile lifespan, this applies to any use of that crosspath though we feel it will in particular pair nicely with the ricocheting projectiles.
| tiers 2 = XX2
| changes 2 tiers = XX2
| quote 2 = Juggernaut in general is also seeing a small utility knockback buff to help it carry on a little longer into the game.
| quote 3 = Juggernaut in general is also seeing a small utility knockback buff to help it carry on a little longer into the game.
| tiers 3 = 4XX,5XX
| changes 3 tiers = 4XX;5XX
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Juggernaut gains a slight Bloon knockback causing bloons to move backwards at 3x speed for 0.1s}}
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Juggernaut gains a slight Bloon knockback causing bloons to move backwards at 3x speed for 0.1s}}
{{BTD6 tower changes|version=31.0|tower=Boomerang Monkey|tiers 1=502|changes 1=*{{buff|Boomerang glaives again crosspath correctly with xx2|fix=y}}}}
{{BTD6 tower changes/new|version=31.0|tower=Boomerang Monkey|changes 1 tiers=502|changes 1=*{{buff|Boomerang glaives again crosspath correctly with xx2|fix=y}}}}
=== [[Bomb Shooter (BTD6)|Bomb Shooter]] ===
=== [[Bomb Shooter (BTD6)|Bomb Shooter]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| quote = The Frags crosspath for top path Bomb Shooter has always been quite a poor choice, trying to compete with attack speed as a benefit for stun utility isn’t going to ever work out so we have instead gone the route of turning the frags crosspath into a DPS/Stun hybrid with a lot of small buffs to frag power.
| quote 1 = The Frags crosspath for top path Bomb Shooter has always been quite a poor choice, trying to compete with attack speed as a benefit for stun utility isn’t going to ever work out so we have instead gone the route of turning the frags crosspath into a DPS/Stun hybrid with a lot of small buffs to frag power.
| quote 1 = The Frags crosspath for top path Bomb Shooter has always been quite a poor choice, trying to compete with attack speed as a benefit for stun utility isn’t going to ever work out so we have instead gone the route of turning the frags crosspath into a DPS/Stun hybrid with a lot of small buffs to frag power.
| quote = Energizer upgrade offers nothing extra to the reactor sub aside from niche utility buffs, so we have increased the lategame cleanup potential by a large amount to help deal with Super Ceramics.
| quote = The base Grape attack of T4 MOAB Takedown has had a ceramic bonus added to lead up to the T5 a little better.
| version = 31.0
| version = 31.0
| tower = Monkey Buccaneer
| tower = Monkey Buccaneer
| tiers 1 = X4X
| changes 1 tiers = X4X
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Grapes: Now gains bonus Ceramic damage|+0|+1}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Grapes: Now gains bonus Ceramic damage|+0|+1}}
| quote 1 = The base Grape attack of T4 MOAB Takedown has had a ceramic bonus added to lead up to the T5 a little better.
| quote 1 = The base Grape attack of T4 MOAB Takedown has had a ceramic bonus added to lead up to the T5 a little better.
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=== [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]] ===
=== [[Monkey Ace (BTD6)|Monkey Ace]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| quote = Spy Plane is always a lesser crosspath aside from specific challenges that call for camo detection. It has a similar vibe to Night Vision sniper so we have given it a similar buff.
| quote 1 = Spy Plane is always a lesser crosspath aside from specific challenges that call for camo detection. It has a similar vibe to Night Vision sniper so we have given it a similar buff.
| quote 1 = Spy Plane is always a lesser crosspath aside from specific challenges that call for camo detection. It has a similar vibe to Night Vision sniper so we have given it a similar buff.
}}{{Research|Is this comanche crosspath fix a buff?}}
}}
=== [[Heli Pilot (BTD6)|Heli Pilot]] ===
=== [[Heli Pilot (BTD6)|Heli Pilot]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{Research|Exact details for the bottom Heli bugfixes are unknown. Is this comanche crosspath fix a buff?}}
| quote = Previously Razor Rotor’s used to make the heli pursue for a further distance & this caused it to often fail to reach Lead Bloons with the rotor attack that could pop them. This overall seemed like a design flaw so that back-off distance has been moved up to the T4 instead. Apache Dartship has also fallen off over time as a viable saveup for prime, though it is meant to be reasonably difficult some changes have made this a little more difficult than it probably should be so we have increased the pierce of the machinegun attack.
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| quote 1 = Previously Razor Rotor’s used to make the heli pursue for a further distance & this caused it to often fail to reach Lead Bloons with the rotor attack that could pop them. This overall seemed like a design flaw so that back-off distance has been moved up to the T4 instead. Apache Dartship has also fallen off over time as a viable saveup for prime, though it is meant to be reasonably difficult some changes have made this a little more difficult than it probably should be so we have increased the pierce of the machinegun attack.
|quote 1 tiers=4xx
| version = 31.0
| version = 31.0
| tower = Heli Pilot
| tower = Heli Pilot
| tiers 1 = 3XX
| changes 1 tiers = 3XX
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Razor Rotor’s Pursuit targeting modified to move closer to the Bloons|note=4xx and above unaffected}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Razor Rotor’s Pursuit targeting modified to move closer to the Bloons|note=4xx and above unaffected}}
| quote 1 = Previously Razor Rotor’s used to make the heli pursue for a further distance & this caused it to often fail to reach Lead Bloons with the rotor attack that could pop them. This overall seemed like a design flaw so that back-off distance has been moved up to the T4 instead.
| quote 2 = Previously Razor Rotor’s used to make the heli pursue for a further distance & this caused it to often fail to reach Lead Bloons with the rotor attack that could pop them. This overall seemed like a design flaw so that back-off distance has been moved up to the T4 instead.
| tiers 2 = 4XX
|quote 2 tiers=3xx
| changes 2 tiers = 4XX
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Machinegun: Pierce increased|5|7|note=Apache Prime unchanged}}
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Machinegun: Pierce increased|5|7|note=Apache Prime unchanged}}
| quote 2 = Apache Dartship has also fallen off over time as a viable saveup for prime, though it is meant to be reasonably difficult some changes have made this a little more difficult than it probably should be so we have increased the pierce of the machinegun attack.
| quote 2 = Apache Dartship has also fallen off over time as a viable saveup for prime, though it is meant to be reasonably difficult some changes have made this a little more difficult than it probably should be so we have increased the pierce of the machinegun attack.
| tiers 3 = 104
| changes 3 tiers = 104
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Mini Comanches now correctly fire 5 darts at a time with Quad Darts crosspath|fix=y}}
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Mini Comanches now correctly fire 5 darts at a time with Quad Darts crosspath|fix=y}}
| tiers 4 = XX5
| changes 4 tiers = XX5
| changes 4 = *{{buff|Comanche Commander's damage has been corrected with crosspaths|fix=y}}
| changes 4 = *{{buff|Comanche Commander's damage has been corrected with crosspaths|fix=y}}
| quote 1 tiers = 3xx
}}
| quote 2 tiers = 4xx
}}{{Research|Exact details for the bottom Heli bugfixes are unknown}}
=== [[Mortar Monkey (BTD6)|Mortar Monkey]] ===
=== [[Mortar Monkey (BTD6)|Mortar Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
|version=31.0
|version=31.0
|tower=Mortar Monkey
|tower=Mortar Monkey
|tiers 1=502
|changes 1 tiers=502
|changes 1=*{{buff|Biggest One now correctly applies burn to DDTs without MIB as long as it can detect camo|fix=y}}
|changes 1=*{{buff|Biggest One now correctly applies burn to DDTs without MIB as long as it can detect camo|fix=y}}
| quote = Ray of Doom suffers from the downsides of being designed as a high piercing tower, for the price this makes it feel far too weak against the round 100 BAD if you invest in it too early without some other forms of single target, to bring back a little of the interesting sort of targeting that the T4 has and help with this single target problem it will now deal a massive damage bonus to the first target hit along the beam’s path.
| quote 1 = Ray of Doom suffers from the downsides of being designed as a high piercing tower, for the price this makes it feel far too weak against the round 100 BAD if you invest in it too early without some other forms of single target, to bring back a little of the interesting sort of targeting that the T4 has and help with this single target problem it will now deal a massive damage bonus to the first target hit along the beam’s path.
| version = 31.0
| version = 31.0
| tower = Dartling Gunner
| tower = Dartling Gunner
| tiers 1 = 5XX
| changes 1 tiers = 5XX
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Ray of Doom: Now deals +55 bonus damage to the first target}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Ray of Doom: Now deals +55 bonus damage to the first target}}
| quote 1 = Ray of Doom suffers from the downsides of being designed as a high piercing tower, for the price this makes it feel far too weak against the round 100 BAD if you invest in it too early without some other forms of single target, to bring back a little of the interesting sort of targeting that the T4 has and help with this single target problem it will now deal a massive damage bonus to the first target hit along the beam’s path.
| changes 8 = *{{neutral|Rocket Storm ability is now grayed out between rounds}}
| changes 8 = *{{neutral|Rocket Storm ability is now grayed out between rounds}}
| tiers 9 = X5X
| changes 9 tiers = X5X
| changes 9 = *{{neutral|MAD height inconsistencies compare to Rocket Storm have been resolved|fix=y}}
| changes 9 = *{{neutral|MAD height inconsistencies compare to Rocket Storm have been resolved|fix=y}}
| quote 1 tiers = 5xx
| quote 1 tiers = 5xx
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=== [[Wizard Monkey (BTD6)|Wizard Monkey]] ===
=== [[Wizard Monkey (BTD6)|Wizard Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| quote = Arcane Blast's benefit to the base tower is quite small for the price and also doesn't carry on well as a crosspath to the other T3s since they add new attacks instead of buffing the base attack, the price has been reduced to add a little more value here along with more MOAB damage at the T5 to give it a little more value over Arcane Spikes. As we somewhat expected the last Prince of Darkness rework didn’t end up really nerfing it so much, so we are now following up with a small price nerf.
| quote 1 = Arcane Blast's benefit to the base tower is quite small for the price and also doesn't carry on well as a crosspath to the other T3s since they add new attacks instead of buffing the base attack, the price has been reduced to add a little more value here along with more MOAB damage at the T5 to give it a little more value over Arcane Spikes. As we somewhat expected the last Prince of Darkness rework didn’t end up really nerfing it so much, so we are now following up with a small price nerf.
| quote 2 = Arcane Blast's benefit to the base tower is quite small for the price and also doesn't carry on well as a crosspath to the other T3s since they add new attacks instead of buffing the base attack, the price has been reduced to add a little more value here
|quote 2 tiers=2xx
|quote 3=Arcane Blast's benefit to the base tower is quite small for the price and also doesn't carry on well as a crosspath to the other T3s since they add new attacks instead of buffing the base attack, the price has been reduced to add a little more value here along with more MOAB damage at the T5 to give it a little more value over Arcane Spikes.
|quote 3 tiers=5xx
|quote 4=As we somewhat expected the last Prince of Darkness rework didn’t end up really nerfing it so much, so we are now following up with a small price nerf.
|quote 4 tiers=xx5
| version = 31.0
| version = 31.0
| tower = Wizard Monkey
| tower = Wizard Monkey
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| path 3 tier 5 cost before = 24000
| path 3 tier 5 cost before = 24000
| path 3 tier 5 cost after = 26500
| path 3 tier 5 cost after = 26500
| tiers 1 = 5XX
| changes 1 tiers = 5XX
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Bonus damage to MOAB-class increased|+17|+19}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Bonus damage to MOAB-class increased|+17|+19}}
| quote 1 = Arcane Blast's benefit to the base tower is quite small for the price and also doesn't carry on well as a crosspath to the other T3s since they add new attacks instead of buffing the base attack, the price has been reduced to add a little more value here
| changes 2 tiers = 042;052
| tiers 2 = 042,052
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Phoenix should now correctly interact with camo prio with Monkey Sense crosspath|fix=y}}
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Phoenix should now correctly interact with camo prio with Monkey Sense crosspath|fix=y}}
| quote 2 = along with more MOAB damage at the T5 to give it a little more value over Arcane Spikes.
}}
| quote 3 = As we somewhat expected the last Prince of Darkness rework didn’t end up really nerfing it so much, so we are now following up with a small price nerf.
| quote 1 tiers = 2xx
| quote 2 tiers = 5xx
| quote 3 tiers = xx5
}}<!-- Fix this section because of robo pierce buff. Did tech terror and anti-bloon get a buff too? -->
=== [[Super Monkey (BTD6)|Super Monkey]] ===
=== [[Super Monkey (BTD6)|Super Monkey]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes
<!-- Fix this section because of robo pierce buff. Did tech terror and anti-bloon get a buff too? -->
| quote = Robo didn't need to lose pierce in the last Super Monkey T2 rework, and Dark Knight feels like it has too much pierce without ever considering the pierce crosspath. So to balance these together we’ve taken out pierce from Dark Knight and added it back into x2x carrying up into Robo Monkey. Dark Champion pierce is increased rather than decreased to push it further ahead of Dark Knight.
| quote 1 = Robo didn't need to lose pierce in the last Super Monkey T2 rework, and Dark Knight feels like it has too much pierce without ever considering the pierce crosspath. So to balance these together we’ve taken out pierce from Dark Knight and added it back into x2x carrying up into Robo Monkey. Dark Champion pierce is increased rather than decreased to push it further ahead of Dark Knight.
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Epic Range pierce bonus increased|+1|+2}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Epic Range pierce bonus increased|+1|+2}}
| quote 1 = Robo didn't need to lose pierce in the last Super Monkey T2 rework, and Dark Knight feels like it has too much pierce without ever considering the pierce crosspath. So to balance these together we’ve taken out pierce from Dark Knight and added it back into x2x carrying up into Robo Monkey.
| quote 2 = Robo didn't need to lose pierce in the last Super Monkey T2 rework, and Dark Knight feels like it has too much pierce without ever considering the pierce crosspath. So to balance these together we’ve taken out pierce from Dark Knight and added it back into x2x carrying up into Robo Monkey.
| tiers 2 = XX3
| changes 2 tiers = XX3
| changes 2 = *{{nerf|Pierce reduced|5|4}}
| changes 2 = *{{nerf|Pierce reduced|5|4}}
| quote 2 = Dark Champion pierce is increased rather than decreased to push it further ahead of Dark Knight.
| changes 3 tiers = XX4
| tiers 3 = XX4
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Pierce increased|7|8}}
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Pierce increased|7|8}}
| tiers 4 = XX5
| changes 4 tiers = XX5
| changes 4 = *{{nerf|Portal: Now applies after lives are lost|bug=y}}
| changes 4 = *{{nerf|Portal: Now applies after lives are lost|bug=y}}
| quote = Grand Sabotage is extremely powerful in freeplay, but really boring outside of that one scaling mechanic. For a little more flavour with the shinobi mechanic, the T5 will now boost the potential of your shinobi army.
| version = 31.0
| version = 31.0
| tower = Ninja Monkey
| tower = Ninja Monkey
| tiers 1 = X5X
| changes 1 tiers = X5X
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Ability: Grants all [[Shinobi Tactics (BTD6)|Shinobi Tactics]] on screen +5 range}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Ability: Grants all [[Shinobi Tactics (BTD6)|Shinobi Tactics]] on screen +5 range}}
*{{buff|Ability: Grants all Shinobi Tactics on screen +1 damage to MOAB-class}}
*{{buff|Ability: Grants all Shinobi Tactics on screen +1 damage to MOAB-class}}
| changes 2 = *{{nerf|Resolved an issue with Master Bomber Stickies sometimes hitting regular Bloons instead of MOAB-class|fix=y}}
| changes 2 = *{{nerf|Resolved an issue with Master Bomber Stickies sometimes hitting regular Bloons instead of MOAB-class|fix=y}}
| quote 1 = Grand Sabotage is extremely powerful in freeplay, but really boring outside of that one scaling mechanic. For a little more flavour with the shinobi mechanic, the T5 will now boost the potential of your shinobi army.
| quote 1 = Grand Sabotage is extremely powerful in freeplay, but really boring outside of that one scaling mechanic. For a little more flavour with the shinobi mechanic, the T5 will now boost the potential of your shinobi army.
| tiers 2 = XX5
| changes 2 tiers = XX5
| quote 1 tiers = x5x
| quote 1 tiers = x5x
}}
}}
=== [[Druid (BTD6)|Druid]] ===
=== [[Druid (BTD6)|Druid]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes|version=31.0|tower=Druid
{{BTD6 tower changes/new|version=31.0|tower=Druid
|tiers 1=5XX|changes 1=*{{buff|Superstorm now benefits from Ball Lightning 25% freeze chance regardless of crosspath|fix=y}}
|changes 1 tiers=5XX|changes 1=*{{buff|Superstorm now benefits from Ball Lightning 25% freeze chance regardless of crosspath|fix=y}}
}}
}}
=== [[Banana Farm (BTD6)|Banana Farm]] ===
=== [[Banana Farm (BTD6)|Banana Farm]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| quote = Partially to help a little with tedious endgame farm collection in ranked boss events, or any other use you may desire for it, we have added a non-power form of easy banana collection. However we do not want to trivialize the intended downside of opting for a more micro intensive farm path too much, so this is still restricted behind a low-range tier 5 upgrade.
| version = 31.0
| version = 31.0
| tower = Banana Farm
| tower = Banana Farm
| tiers 1 = XX5
| changes 1 tiers = XX5
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Monkey Wall Street now collects nearby bananas/crates as a [[Banana Farmer (BTD6)|Banana Farmer]] would}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Monkey Wall Street now collects nearby bananas/crates as a [[Banana Farmer (BTD6)|Banana Farmer]] would}}
| quote 1 = Partially to help a little with tedious endgame farm collection in ranked boss events, or any other use you may desire for it, we have added a non-power form of easy banana collection. However we do not want to trivialize the intended downside of opting for a more micro intensive farm path too much, so this is still restricted behind a low-range tier 5 upgrade.
| quote 1 = Partially to help a little with tedious endgame farm collection in ranked boss events, or any other use you may desire for it, we have added a non-power form of easy banana collection. However we do not want to trivialize the intended downside of opting for a more micro intensive farm path too much, so this is still restricted behind a low-range tier 5 upgrade.
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=== [[Spike Factory (BTD6)|Spike Factory]] ===
=== [[Spike Factory (BTD6)|Spike Factory]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| quote = To help make the tradeoff of building one T5 over multiple T4 not be as hard a choice, the basic attack on Carpet of Spikes has had power increased significantly over rate, range & damage.
| version = 31.0
| version = 31.0
| tower = Spike Factory
| tower = Spike Factory
| tiers 1 = X5X
| changes 1 tiers = X5X
| changes 1 = *{{neutral|Range increased|34|50|note=May reduce concentration of spikes}}
| changes 1 = *{{neutral|Range increased|34|50|note=May reduce concentration of spikes}}
*{{buff|Spikes: Damage increased|3|4}}
*{{buff|Spikes: Damage increased|3|4}}
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=== [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Village]] ===
=== [[Monkey Village (BTD6)|Monkey Village]] ===
{{BTD6 tower changes
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| quote = Call to Arms ability suffers from uptime, for such an expensive upgrade which is such low range and purely support this makes it hard to use, so duration has now been increased to push it up to a 1/3rd uptime threshold
| quote 1 = Call to Arms ability suffers from uptime, for such an expensive upgrade which is such low range and purely support this makes it hard to use, so duration has now been increased to push it up to a 1/3rd uptime threshold
| quote 1 = Call to Arms ability suffers from uptime, for such an expensive upgrade which is such low range and purely support this makes it hard to use, so duration has now been increased to push it up to a 1/3rd uptime threshold
{{Research|Did these bug fixes also affect XXXL trap?}}
| quote = Sentry Expert really needed some logic fixes to get more of the actual correct sentries placed at the right times, it has also received a number of power buffs across the board to the special sentries at T4 complimenting the new logic reworking. Cleansing Foam has had some extra crosspath utility added at the cost of a small price increase and a large decrease to Ultraboost price.
{{BTD6 tower changes/new
| quote 1 = Sentry Expert really needed some logic fixes to get more of the actual correct sentries placed at the right times, it has also received a number of power buffs across the board to the special sentries at T4 complimenting the new logic reworking. Cleansing Foam has had some extra crosspath utility added at the cost of a small price increase and a large decrease to Ultraboost price.
| version = 31.0
| version = 31.0
| tower = Engineer Monkey
| tower = Engineer Monkey
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| path 2 tier 5 cost before = 120000
| path 2 tier 5 cost before = 120000
| path 2 tier 5 cost after = 105000
| path 2 tier 5 cost after = 105000
| tiers 1 = 4XX
| changes 1 tiers = 4XX
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Sentry Expert logic has been reworked to evaluate threat levels based on Bloon types that it can counter, Bloon types that counter the sentries that it wants to spawn, and which of the current threats on screen is the greatest. Distribution of sentry types should scale based on how much one Bloon threat is more of a threat than another.}}
| changes 1 = *{{buff|Sentry Expert logic has been reworked to evaluate threat levels based on Bloon types that it can counter, Bloon types that counter the sentries that it wants to spawn, and which of the current threats on screen is the greatest. Distribution of sentry types should scale based on how much one Bloon threat is more of a threat than another.}}
| quote 1 = Sentry Expert really needed some logic fixes to get more of the actual correct sentries placed at the right times, it has also received a number of power buffs across the board to the special sentries at T4 complimenting the new logic reworking.
| quote 2 = Sentry Expert really needed some logic fixes to get more of the actual correct sentries placed at the right times, it has also received a number of power buffs across the board to the special sentries at T4 complimenting the new logic reworking.
| tiers 2 = 032,042,052
| changes 2 tiers = 032+
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Pin crosspath allows Cleansing Foam to slow Bloons by 50% for 2 seconds}}
| changes 2 = *{{buff|Pin crosspath allows Cleansing Foam to slow Bloons by 50% for 2 seconds}}
*{{buff|Pin crosspath allows Cleansing Foam to slow all MOAB-class (including BADs)<!--also bosses?--> by 50% for 2 seconds|bug=y}}
*{{buff|Pin crosspath allows Cleansing Foam to slow all MOAB-class (including BADs)<!--also bosses?--> by 50% for 2 seconds|bug=y}}
| quote 2 = Cleansing Foam has had some extra crosspath utility added at the cost of a small price increase
| quote 3 = Cleansing Foam has had some extra crosspath utility added at the cost of a small price increase
| tiers 3 = 130,140,150
| changes 3 tiers = 130+
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Foam makes Sentries shoot Foamy nails that strip properties}}
| changes 3 = *{{buff|Foam makes Sentries shoot Foamy nails that strip properties}}
| quote 3 = a large decrease to Ultraboost price.
| quote 4 = a large decrease to Ultraboost price.
| tiers 4 = XX4
| changes 4 tiers = XX4
| changes 4 = *{{buff|Bloon Trap issue resolved on Sunken Columns with Bloontraps falling under the map in certain location|fix=y}}
| changes 4 = *{{buff|Bloon Trap issue resolved on Sunken Columns with Bloontraps falling under the map in certain location|fix=y}}
| tiers 5 = 014
| changes 5 tiers = 014
| changes 5 = *{{nerf|Bloon Trap issue resolved with certain conditions causing Bloontraps to repeatedly auto-collect even while empty|fix=y}}
| changes 5 = *{{nerf|Bloon Trap issue resolved with certain conditions causing Bloontraps to repeatedly auto-collect even while empty|fix=y}}
| quote 1 tiers = 4xx
| quote 2 tiers = 4xx
| quote 2 tiers = x3x
| quote 3 tiers = x3x
| quote 3 tiers = x5x
| quote 4 tiers = x5x
}}{{Research|Did these bug fixes also affect XXXL trap?}}
}}
== Heroes ==
== Heroes ==
=== [[Gwendolin (BTD6)|Gwendolin]] ===
=== [[Gwendolin (BTD6)|Gwendolin]] ===
{{BTD6 hero changes
{{BTD6 hero changes/new
| version = 31.0
| version = 31.0
| hero = Gwendolin
| hero = Gwendolin
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=== [[Pat Fusty (BTD6)|Pat Fusty]] ===
=== [[Pat Fusty (BTD6)|Pat Fusty]] ===
{{BTD6 hero changes
{{BTD6 hero changes/new
| version = 31.0
| version = 31.0
| hero = Pat Fusty
| hero = Pat Fusty
| quote = Pat Fusty was initially given a smaller footprint than it felt he should have due to concerns about balance with his small radius, but actually has been extremely powerful for a long time despite these radius issues. We feel like now giving him back the footprint size that he always should have had similar to Churchill will add a reasonable lategame downside to consider without harming his early use so badly.
| quote = Pat Fusty was initially given a smaller footprint than it felt he should have due to concerns about balance with his small radius, but actually has been extremely powerful for a long time despite these radius issues. We feel like now giving him back the footprint size that he always should have had similar to Churchill will add a reasonable lategame downside to consider without harming his early use so badly.
| changes 1 = *{{nerf|Footprint size|7|8}}
| all level changes = *{{nerf|Footprint size increased|7|8}}
| quote = We felt that Psi’s early game too easily carried into some extremely powerful endgame setups. These setups were overperforming due to certain cooldown interactions with stalling out cooldown, however in an effort to try to avoid nerfing the cooldown for the average player we decided to make that stalling synergy harder to pull off instead.
| quote = We felt that Psi’s early game too easily carried into some extremely powerful endgame setups. These setups were overperforming due to certain cooldown interactions with stalling out cooldown, however in an effort to try to avoid nerfing the cooldown for the average player we decided to make that stalling synergy harder to pull off instead.
| changes 2 = *{{neutral|Psionic Scream ability 'speed of blow back' increased from bloon speed increased|300%|600%|note=May reduce stalling potential, but also may allow targets to reach towers sooner}}
| changes 1 = *{{neutral|Psionic Scream ability 'speed of blow back' increased from bloon speed increased|300%|600%|note=May reduce stalling potential, but also may allow targets to reach towers sooner}}
| changes 2 levels = 10+
| changes 1 levels = 10+
}}
}}
=== Glue Rat ===
==Bugs introduced==
{{Quote|Glue Rat pet has been overperforming in all game modes for a while now without any apparent weakness or strategic downsides.}}
* Base movement speed ramping level endures persistently
* Max level goggle tightness loosened from Max -> Sam
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== Video ==
== Video ==
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==Notes==
*The official update notes claim that frags from 5-0-2 [[Bloon Crush (BTD6)|Bloon Crush]] + [[Frag Bombs (BTD6)|Frag Bombs]] now deal +12 damage to Ceramics, but this change was not actually implemented.
*The official update notes include a list of joke changes for the [[Glue Rat]].
:{{blockquote|Glue Rat pet has been overperforming in all game modes for a while now without any apparent weakness or strategic downsides.
:*Base movement speed ramping level endures persistently
:*Max level goggle tightness loosened from [[Max]] -> [[Sam]]}}
Version 31.0 is the second major update to Bloons TD 6 of 2022. This update introduced the new hero Geraldo, the Boss Bloon Vortex, and the new map Scrapyard.
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Hotkeys
If you have already placed your hero, your ‘Hero hotkey’ (U by default) will now swap to instead ‘select your hero’ wherever it is. If you have more than one hero this will cycle through them
Resolved an issue with using hotkeys during loading screens causing some tower portraits to become faded out
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This article is in need of research. You can help out by editing this article or discussing your findings on the talk page. The editor who added this notice elaborates: Does DChamp +1 pierce buff affect LotN?
This article is in need of research. You can help out by editing this article or discussing your findings on the talk page. The editor who added this notice elaborates: Did these bug fixes also affect XXXL trap?
The official update notes claim that frags from 5-0-2 Bloon Crush + Frag Bombs now deal +12 damage to Ceramics, but this change was not actually implemented.
The official update notes include a list of joke changes for the Glue Rat.
Glue Rat pet has been overperforming in all game modes for a while now without any apparent weakness or strategic downsides.
Base movement speed ramping level endures persistently
Max level goggle tightness loosened from Max -> Sam
Now benefits from Freeplay scaling (bug)