Energizer (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Energizer (Battles 2).

Energizer

Reduces ability cooldowns everywhere by 20% and by 40% for Water based Monkeys. While in radius, Heroes earn XP 50% faster.

Tower	Monkey Sub — Path 1 — Tier 5
XP cost	33,000
Cash cost	$23,800 — Easy $28,000 — Medium $30,240 — Hard $33,600 — Impoppable

← Bloontonium Reactor

Nautic Siege Core →

Energizer is the Monkey Sub's path 1 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. This upgrade allows Monkey Sub to grant a buff to all towers on screen which reduces their ability cooldowns by 20%. For water-based towers within its range, this buff reduces ability cooldowns by 40% instead of 20%. Heroes within its range gain +50% XP from the ends of rounds and sacrifices (not from purchasing levels).

This upgrade also improves Monkey Sub's attack. The pierce of both its decamo and damage auras are increased to 1000, and its damage aura's damage is increased from 1 to 5 with additional +5 Ceramic damage. This upgrade increases the damage of Monkey Sub's darts from 2 to 5 while not submerged, including Airburst Darts with the 5-0-2 crosspath.

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 52 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.75s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 20.41, 7.05 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 52 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Can target in range of other towers with shared range (including Camo)
Projectile Pierce 2 Damage 5 Damage type Sharp Speed 170 units/s Seeking distance ∞ units Seeking angle 180° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s Lifespan 2.9412s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Pulse (decamo)
Cooldown 0.28s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 0 Targeting range ∞ units
Can fire without a target
Projectile Pierce 1,000 Lifespan 0.1s Persists between rounds 1 Radius 52 units Ignores blockers Removes Camo

Pulse (damage)
Cooldown 0.28s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 0 Targeting range ∞ units
Can fire without a target
Projectile Pierce 1,000 Damage 5 Damage to Ceramic +5 Damage type Shatter Lifespan 0.1s Persists between rounds 1 Radius 52 units Filters Ignores Lead if its damage type cannot damage it Cannot hit Bloons with radiation Ignores blockers Radiation Duration 0.28s Layers ∞

Ability cooldown buff
Ability cooldown modifier -20%

Ability cooldown buff (global)
Ability cooldown modifier -20% Hero XP multiplier ×1.5
Has global range

5-1-0

Attack
Projectile Pierce 2 → 5

Pulse (decamo)
Projectile Pierce 1,000 → 1,050

Pulse (damage)
Projectile Pierce 1,000 → 1,050

5-2-0

Attack
Projectile Damage type Sharp → Normal

Pulse (damage)
Projectile Damage to Lead or DDTs +5 Damage type Shatter → Normal

5-0-1

Attack
Cooldown 0.75s → 0.375s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 20.41, 7.05 ↓ 6.7, 16.25, 2.55 (side 1) -6.7, 16.25, 2.55 (side 2)

Pulse (decamo)
Cooldown 0.28s → 0.196s

Pulse (damage)
Cooldown 0.28s → 0.196s
Projectile Radiation Duration 0.28s → 0.196s

5-0-2

Attack
Projectile Max pierce ∞ → 1 Airburst dart Count 3 Pierce 2 Damage 5 Damage type Sharp 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
5-0-0	$27,245	$32,055	$34,615	$38,465	$19,072	$22,439	$24,231	$26,926
5-1-0	$27,625	$32,505	$35,100	$39,005	$19,338	$22,754	$24,570	$27,304
5-2-0	$27,880	$32,805	$35,425	$39,365	$19,516	$22,964	$24,798	$27,556
5-0-1	$27,625	$32,505	$35,100	$39,005	$19,338	$22,754	$24,570	$27,304
5-0-2	$28,475	$33,505	$36,180	$40,205	$19,933	$23,454	$25,326	$28,144

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Monkey Sub (BTD6).

This section was last updated for: version 51.0

Energizer is a multi-purpose tower that excels in certain scenarios. It is the most potent in Freeplay and against Boss Bloons, where its cooldown reduction is essential for towers like Ultraboost and Homeland Defense. In the farming process of these game modes, Energizer is also crucial due to it reducing cooldowns for money generators as well. However, when using Adora in Freeplay, submerging Nautic Siege Core is recommended, making Energizer redundant for the final setup in that scenario.

In other game modes, Energizer's main use is allowing slower-leveling Heroes reach higher levels before Round 100. The Heroes that benefit the most are Admiral Brickell, Psi, Captain Churchill, and Sauda. In particular, Admiral Brickell's powerful Naval Tactics and Mega Mines abilities have their cooldowns nearly halved, making her synergize really well with Energizer. The ability cooldown reduction to towers is a good bonus, but it is not sufficient on its own to justify using Energizer outside of Freeplay and Boss Bloon battles. 5-0-1 is the preferred crosspath, as the extra pierce and Lead damage popping power and bonus from 5-2-0, most of the time, are not favorable and 5-0-1's attack speed allows for better cleanup of Super Ceramic Bloons.

Update history

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

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Version 6.0

•  Can now damage DDTs while in range of an MIB (bug fix)

Version 7.0

•  Dart: pierce increased by 1
  • Note: Does not affect Airburst Darts and above
•  Pulse: damage increased ― 1 → 3

Version 9.0

•  Should correctly apply bonus XP to heroes (bug fix)

Version 10.0

•  Ability cooldown buff for towers placed in water no longer applies to towers not placed in water (bug fix)

Version 11.0

•  No longer requires the center pixel of MOAB-Class Bloons to be within range to target them (bug fix)

Version 12.0

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $40,000 → $32,000

Version 15.0

• "Optimized art for all submerged versions"

Version 18.0

•  Range increased ― 50 → 52

5-0-1

•  Pulse: rate reduced ― 0.3s → 0.255s

5-0-2

•  Pulse: rate reduced ― 0.3s → 0.19125s

Version 29.0

“

The logic on a Lead crosspath not being required to give Lead popping to an attack based on something weak against Lead has never sat right, so we’re finally sorting that out and making sub a little angrier. — Update notes

”

•  Damage pulse: Damage type changed ― Normal → Shatter
  • Note: 4-2-0 and 5-2-0 damage type remains Normal

Version 31.0

“

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. — Update notes

”

•  Pulse: Damage increased ― 3 → 5
•  Pulse: Now gains bonus Ceramic damage ― +0 → +5

Version 32.0

“

Similar types of camo reveal like Shimmer/Signal Flare/Embrittlement are all pierce limited, but the Submerge sub has practically infinite pierce while also being extremely cheap with a very fast rate and a T4 that is far better at camo removal than those other towers can reach. Giving this upgrade a more reasonable pierce value brings these more in line and allows for the pierce crosspath to have some potential meaning. — Update notes

”

•  Camo Pulse: Pierce reduced ― infinite → 1000

5-1-0

•  Camo Pulse: Pierce reduced ― infinite → 1020

5-2-0

•  Camo Pulse: Pierce reduced ― infinite → 1050

Version 34.0

•  Energizer ability cooldown reduction for land towers increased ― 20% → 40% (bug)
•  Energizer ability cooldown reduction for water towers increased ― 50% → 70% (bug)

Version 34.2

•  Ability cooldown reduction for land towers decreased ― 40% → 20% (bug fix)
•  Ability cooldown reduction for water towers decreased ― 70% → 50% (bug fix)

Version 41.0

“

We have come back a number of times to add, fix & balance sub crosspathing, over years of learning though it currently feels messy and we’d like simplification. Heat-Tipped Darts doesn’t increase base sub pierce, so it feels silly to require it for maximum pierce on Submerged subs. Likewise Airburst shouldn’t be required to maximize the rate of submerged subs, instead we’d rather give people an easier way to work with the Airburst attack if they desire to upgrade to it so ‘Submerge’ is moving to a new Tower Special rather than target priority. — Update notes

”

•  Submerge targeting is now mapped to Monkey Special 1

5-1-0

•  Decamo pulse: Pierce increased ― 120 → 150
•  Damage pulse: Pierce increased ― 70 → 100

5-2-0

•  Heat-tipped Darts no longer increases decamo pulse pierce by 30
  •  Overall pierce is unchanged (due to changes to the previous tier)
•  Heat-tipped Darts no longer increases damage pulse pierce by 30
  •  Overall pierce is unchanged (due to changes to the previous tier)

5-0-1

•  Damage pulse and decamo pulse: Attack cooldown bonus increased ― -15% → -30%
  •  Overall attack cooldown reduced ― 0.255s → 0.21s

5-0-2

•  Airburst Darts no longer reduces the attack cooldown of the damage pulse
  •  Overall attack cooldown increased ― 0.19125s → 0.21s (due to changes to the previous tier)

Version 41.1

•  Submerge toggle now has a 1-second cooldown

Version 42.0

“

As currently nothing else ever happens with the main attack beyond T2 on the top path we want to give Energizer a little more power here to promote reason to un-submerge, although knowing how well this attack scales in terms of buffability we’re starting off with a careful amount to not take this too far. — Update notes

”

•  Main dart: damage increased ― 1 → 5
•  Retry Last Round no longer removes the submerge toggle (bug fix)

5-0-2

•  Airburst dart: damage increased ― 1 → 5

Version 43.0

“

The bonus to Lead on Reactor currently doesn't apply to T5, so this bonus is being carried up and improved along with a small price reduction to Energizer as strategies using it have fallen somewhat in viability. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $32,000 → $31,000

5-2-0

•  Radioactive pulse: Gains bonus Lead damage ― +0 → +5

Version 44.0

• Buff icon now appears on X-4-X Beast Handlers

Version 45.0

“

We’re improving Reactor’s attack cooldown to improve general consistency. — Update notes

”

•  Pulse: cooldown reduced ― 0.3s → 0.28s
•  No longer displays a Paragon pip without all tier 5 upgrades unlocked (bug fix)

5-0-1, 5-0-2

•  Pulse: cooldown reduced ― 0.21s → 0.196s

Version 47.0

“

Price reductions for Energizer to reduce the cost of related build synergies. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $31,000 → $28,000

Version 49.0

“

Some feedback was convinced this would be enough to solve many concerns, so ok 👍 — Update notes

”

•  Submerge toggle: Cooldown reduced ― 1s → 0.5s

Version 50.0

•  Local water buff: No longer reduces Ice Monkey cooldowns by 50% unless the target is placed on water (bug fix)

Version 50.2

•  No longer should have less range when targeting MOAB-Class Bloons (bug fix)

Version 51.0

“

Energizer’s cooldown reduction for nearby water towers has always felt excessive, so we’re dialing it back to 40%, still strong just not quite double uptime strong. — Update notes

”

•  Ability cooldown reduction bonus to nearby water towers decreased ― −50% → −40%
• Description changed ― Reduces ability cooldowns everywhere by 20%. While in radius, Heroes earn XP 50% faster and water Monkeys ability cooldowns are halved. → Reduces ability cooldowns everywhere by 20% and by 40% for Water based Monkeys. While in radius, Heroes earn XP 50% faster.

Version 53.0

•  Overall cost increased by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Gallery

For more Monkey Sub images, see Gallery:Monkey Sub.

Screenshots

• 
  Energizer for no crosspath and middle crosspath
• 
  Energizer with bottom crosspath
• 
  Energizer aura for all crosspaths except Heat-tipped Darts
• 
  Aura for 520 Sub

Assets

• 
  Portrait
• 
  Upgrade icon
• 
  Insta Monkey icon
• 
  Nearby buff icon
• 
  Global buff icon

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	مُنشط تقليل فترات تباطؤ القدرة في كل مكان بنسبة 20٪. أثناء وجودها في نصف قطر المدى، يكسب الأبطال نقاط خبرة أسرع بنسبة 50٪ ويتم تقليل فترات تباطؤ قدرة القرود المائية إلى النصف.	—
Danish	Aktivator Reducerer evne-nedkølingstider overalt med 20%. Indenfor radius kan helte optjene XP 50% hurtigere og Vandabers evne-nedkølingstider er halveret.	—
German	Energizer Reduziert Fähigkeitsabkühlen überall um 20%. Wenn sich Helden im Radius befinden, verdienen sie XP 50% schneller und die Fähigkeitsabkühlzeit von Wasseraffen ist halbiert.	—
Spanish	Energizador Reduce los tiempos de recuperación de las habilidades en todos lados en un 20 %. Dentro del radio, los héroes ganan PE un 50 % más rápido y los tiempos de recuperación de las habilidades de los Monos acuáticos se reducen a la mitad.	—
Spanish (LA)	Energizador Reduce los tiempos de recuperación de las habilidades en todos lados en un 20 %. Dentro del radio, los héroes ganan PE un 50 % más rápido y los tiempos de recuperación de las habilidades de los Monos acuáticos se reducen a la mitad.	—
Finnish	Energisoija Lyhentää kykyjen palautumisaikoja kaikkialla 20 %. Kantamalla olevat sankarit ansaitsevat 50 % nopeammin XP:tä ja vesiapinoiden kykyjen palautumisajat puolitetaan.	—
French	Énergisant Réduit le temps de recharge pour les aptitudes de 20 %, partout. Lorsqu'ils se trouvent dans le rayon, les héros gagnent des XP 50 % plus rapidement, et les singes aquatiques voient leur temps de recharge pour les aptitudes diminuer de moitié.	—
Italian	Energizzante Riduce ovunque del 20% il tempo di ricarica delle abilità. Nel suo raggio d'azione gli eroi ottengono ESP il 50% più rapidamente e il tempo di ricarica delle abilità delle scimmie acquatiche si dimezza.	—
Japanese	エナジャイザー あらゆる場所のアビリティクールダウンを20％減らす。半径内では、ヒーローはXPを50％速く獲得でき、水のモンキーアビリティのクールダウンが半分になる。	—
Korean	에너자이저 모든 곳의 능력 쿨다운이 20% 감소합니다. 반경 내에 있는 영웅의 XP 획득 속도가 50% 증가하고 수중 원숭이의 능력 쿨다운이 반으로 감소합니다.	—
Dutch	Energiegever Vermindert overal afkoeltijden van vaardigheden met 20%. Helden die in het gebied zijn verdienen 50% sneller XP en de afkoeltijden van Waterapen wordt gehalveerd.	—
Norwegian	Opplader Reduserer evnenedkjøling overalt med 20%. Når innenfor radius tjener helter XP 50% raskere og vannapers evnenedkjøling halveres.	—
Polish	Wzmacniacz Skraca wszędzie odnawianie o 20%. Bohaterowie znajdujący się w promieniu zdobywają PD o 50% szybciej, a umiejętności odnawiania wodnych małpek skracają się o połowę.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Energizador Reduz todas as recargas de habilidade em 20%. Enquanto estiver no alcance heróis ganham XP 50% mais rápido e as recargas de habilidades de macacos aquáticos caem pela metade.	—
Russian	Энерджайзер Сокращает время перезарядки способностей на 20% в любом месте. Находясь в радиусе действия, герои зарабатывают опыт на 50% быстрее, и время перезарядки способностей водных обезьян сокращается вдвое.	—
Swedish	Energigivare Minskar nedkylningen av förmågor överallt med 20 %. Inom radien får hjältar XP 50 % snabbare och vattenapornas nedkylning av förmågor halveras.	—
Thai	เติมพลังงาน ลดคูลดาวน์สกิลทั้งหน้าจอลง 20% และถ้าหากอยู่ในรัศมี ฮีโร่จะได้รับ XP เร็วขึ้น 50% และคูลดาวน์สกิลของลิงแบบวางในน้ำจะลดลงครึ่งหนึ่ง	—
Turkish	Enerji Verici Yetenek gecikme süreleri her yerde %20 azalır. Yarıçaptayken Kahramanlar %50 daha hızlı XP kazanır ve su Maymunları yetenek gecikme süreleri yarıya düşer.	—
Chinese (simplified)	增能器 所有猴子的技能冷却时间减少 20%。英雄在增能器半径内时获得经验的速度提高50％。在其半径范围内，水面猴子的技能冷却时间减半。	—
Chinese (traditional)	增能器 所有區域技能冷卻時間減少20％。在其半徑範圍內，英雄獲得經驗的速度提高50％，水面猴子的技能冷卻時間減半。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1