Sauda (BTD6)
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Swordmaster
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| With calm fury, Sauda can carve Bloons up with her twin razor-sharp swords. |
| Cost | $510 — Easy $600 — Medium $650 — Hard $720 — Impoppable With  Hero Favors:$460 — Easy $540 — Medium $585 — Hard $650 — Impoppable | ||
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| XP curve | ×1.425 (levels up at ×0.7018 the normal rate) | ||
| Rogue Legends party |  0-0-2 Monkey Ace 0-0-2 Glue Gunner Sticky Situation Legendary
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| Frontier Legends attributes | Recruit cost: $4,530 Starting level: 3 Bowie Itchin' Quickshot | ||
| Introduced | Version 24.0 | ||
Sauda is a Hero in Bloons TD 6, introduced in version 24.0. She can be unlocked for 
5,000 starting at level 25.
Sauda swipes her twin swords at Bloons, creating a slash wave that damages Bloons. She has a small range but attacks quickly. Sword slashes deal double base damage to Ceramic and MOAB-Class Bloons. Without support, her slashes can't pop frozen and Lead Bloons, until she reaches level 7 and 13 respectively.
As she levels up, she gains activated abilities that trigger special sword attacks that can pop all Bloon types and temporarily pauses her attacking, all of her attacks deal more damage to Bloons with certain status effects or properties, and she applies a Bloon Bleed damage-over-time effect to Bloons.
- Starting at level 7, all of Sauda's attacks do extra damage to stunned Bloons. The amount of extra damage is improved at levels 13 and 17.
- Starting at level 9, Bloons damaged by her sword slashes will receive the Bloon Bleed damage-over-time effect.
- Starting at level 11, all of Sauda's attacks deal extra damage to slowed Bloons and Bloons with damage-over-time effects other than Bloon Bleed. The amount of extra damage is improved at level 17.
- Sauda has two Activated Abilities:
- Leaping Sword (level 3) — Sauda stops attacking to jump into the air and strike a Bloon based on her targeting, damaging all Bloons she lands on, and leaving behind swords on the track that damage Bloons that pass through them.
- Sword Charge (level 10) — Sauda stops attacking and runs down every lane simultaneously, starting at the exit, damaging Bloons she passes through.
Mechanics
Sword slash
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Sauda's sword slashes are large stationary projectiles that are offset slightly in front of her. Like Ice Monkeys and Ring of Fire, the radius of these projectiles scales with range buffs to allow her slashes to hit Bloons from further away when buffed. She has four attack animations that she uses at random, but their differences are purely visual.
Initially, she slashes every 0.45 seconds and pops 3 Bloons per shot, dealing 1 damage. Versus fortified Bloon, Ceramic Bloon and MOAB-Class Bloon, mutually exclusively, each sword slash always does 2× her base damage.
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| Level | Effect |
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| 2 | Pierce increased from 3 to 4 |
| 4 | Damage increased from 1 to 2 |
| 5 | Attack cooldown reduced from 0.45s to 0.36s (0.8x attack cooldown, +25% attack speed) |
| 6 | Pierce increased from 4 to 6, acquisition range increased from 23 to 26 |
| 7 | Damage type changed from sharp to shatter, and gains extra damage to stunned bloons. Does +2 to stunned bloons or +20 if MOAB-class. |
| 8 | Attack cooldown reduced from 0.36s to 0.27s (0.75x attack cooldown, +33.33% attack speed) |
| 9 | Applies Bloon Bleed on damaged bloons (see this section for details) |
| 11 | Deals more damage to "slowed" and "mutator" bloons, except stuns and Bloon Bleed (i.e. all slowdown except "stun", all mutators except "Bloon Bleed"). Does +2 to slowed/mutator bloons or +10 if MOAB-class. |
| 13 | Does an extra +1 damage to stunned bloons (Bloons: +3, MOAB-class: +21). |
| 14 | Attack cooldown reduced from 0.27s to 0.18s (~0.6666x attack cooldown, +50% attack speed) |
| 15 | Pierce increased from 6 to 8, acquisition range increased from 26 to 29 |
| 17 | Does an extra +1 damage to slowed/mutator bloons (Bloons: +3, MOAB-class: +11). |
| 18 | Attack cooldown reduced from 0.18s to 0.1s |
| 19 | Does +2 damage to Camo/Regrow/Fortified, or +10 if it's also MOAB-class. Cannot do extra damage to combinations of these bloon properties. |
Bloon Bleed
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Bloon Bleed is unlocked at level 9. Sauda inflicts a damage over time effect on Bloons with her sword slashes, dealing damage every 2 seconds for just over 4 seconds. Regular Bloons take 1 damage per tick, while MOAB-Class Bloons take an additional 19 damage per tick (20 total). At level 17, the damage increases to 10 for all Bloons and +40 for MOAB-Class Bloons and lasts for exactly 6 seconds instead of 4.05 seconds.
Bloon Weakness
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Starting from level 7, Sauda gains Bloon Weakness, allowing her to deal more damage to stunned Bloons. This affects her sword slashes and her activated abilities. Level 13 improves the bonus stunned damage on her sword swipes, and even more at level 17.
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Starting from level 11, Sauda deals more damage to Bloons affected by any form of slowdown (including knockback) or a damage-over-time, with pure exception of stunned and Bloon Bleed. This affects her sword swipes and her activated abilities. These bonuses improve on her sword swipes at level 17.
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Knockback
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Sabotage
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StickyBomb
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Abilities
Leaping Sword
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Leaping Sword is unlocked at level 3. Upon activation, Sauda stops attacking for about 0.5s to jump and crash at Bloons with her swords. While jumping, she always tracks her target. Upon hitting a location, the "strike" area-of-effect, followed by an "after-sword" that continuously damages Bloons that pass through its radius. This ability has a cooldown of 30 seconds. She cannot activate any ability while any of her abilities are active. Selling her will remove any placed Leaping Swords that came from her.
The "strike" deals 20 damage or 80 MOAB-Class damage around 15 radius, up to 30 Bloons. The "after-sword" does 2 damage with 5 pierce, with a rehit cooldown of 0.2s and pierce refresh of 0.1s, and 15 radius, lasting for 6.5 seconds plus 0.5s per additional level. Both attributes of the Leaping Sword have the Normal damage type.
At level 12 damage is increased to 40 and MOAB-Class damage to 180. At level 15 damage is further increased to 80 and MOAB-Class damage to 220. At level 20 Damage is increased to 400 and MOAB-Class damage to 540.
Ability deals bonus damage to stunned Bloons starting from level 7, and bonus damage to Bloons that are slowed, immobilized, or taking damage over time starting from level 11.
| Level | Effect |
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| 7 | Deals more damage to stunned bloons |
| 11 | Deals more damage to "slowed" and "mutator" bloons, except stuns and Bloon Bleed (i.e. all slowdown except "stun", all mutators except "Bloon Bleed"). |
| 12 | Damage of "strike" increased to 40, 180 versus MOAB-class. Damage of "after-sword" increased from 2 to 3. |
| 15 | Damage of "strike" increased to 80, 220 versus MOAB-class. Damage of "after-sword" increased to 4. |
| 20 | Damage of "strike" increased to 350, 490 versus MOAB-class. Damage of "after-sword" increased to 6. |
Leaping Sword does bonus damage to stunned Bloons with the following calculations:
- "Strike":
- Bloons:
- MOAB-class:
- "After-sword":
- Bloons:
- MOAB-class:
For slowed/mutator Bloons, the equations are identical to the above.
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| Level | "Strike", Bloons | "Strike", MOAB-class | "After-sword", Bloons | "After-sword", MOAB-class |
| 7 | +10 | +20 | +2 | +20 |
| 12 | +20 | +40 | +3 | +25 |
| 15 | +40 | +80 | +4 | +30 |
| 20 | +175 | +350 | +6 | +40 |
Sword Charge
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Sword Charge is unlocked at level 10. Upon activation, Sauda stops attacking for a brief amount of time to sweep backwards along the track with one copy of Sauda for every entry-to-exit combination. During Sword Charge, she moves at a set speed, dealing 30 damage to every Bloon she passes through. The ability has 400 pierce and a 45 second cooldown. She cannot activate any ability while any of her abilities are active.
Ability deals increased damage to Bloons that are stunned, and starting from level 11 it does increased damage to Bloons that are slowed, immobilized, or taking damage over time.
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| 11 | Deals more damage to "slowed" and "mutator" bloons, except stuns and Bloon Bleed (i.e. all slowdown except "stun", all mutators except "Bloon Bleed"). |
| 16 | Damage increased from 60 to 120, and sweeps through the track(s) twice instead of once. |
| 20 | Damage increased to 200, pierce increased from 400 to 1400, and sweeps through the track(s) three times. |
Sword Charge does bonus damage to stunned Bloons with the following calculations:
- Bloons:
- MOAB-class:
For slowed/mutator Bloons, the equations are identical to the above.
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| 10 | +15 | +30 | ||
| 16 | +30 | +60 | ||
| 20 | +100 | +200 | ||
Levels
| Level | Description |
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| 1 | Slashes with both swords at nearby Bloons. Can pop Camo. |
| 2 | Pops more Bloons per attack. |
| 3 | Leaping Sword Attack: Sauda's dramatic Lead popping leap attack slams down on her targeted Bloons. |
| 4 | Sauda's swords slice through 2 layers of Bloons. |
| 5 | Sauda attacks faster. |
| 6 | Increased attack range and popping power. |
| 7 | Sauda preys on the Bloons' weakness, doing extra damage if they are stunned, and she can now pop frozen Bloons. |
| 8 | Sauda attacks even faster. |
| 9 | Bloon Bleed: Sauda pops through 3 layers of Bloon with each strike, and causes a slow damage over time effect. |
| 10 | Sword Charge: Sauda slides along the whole track, devastating Bloons as she goes. |
| 11 | Sauda inflicts extra damage to any Bloon slowed, immobilized, or taking damage over time from other monkeys. |
| 12 | Leaping Sword Attack increases greatly in power. |
| 13 | Enchanted blades do more damage and allow Sauda to damage all Bloons. |
| 14 | Sauda attacks even faster, and Sword Charge sweeps all track paths two times! |
| 15 | Increased attack range and popping power, and Leaping Sword Attack deals more damage. |
| 16 | Sword Charge greatly increased damage. |
| 17 | Sauda's sword attacks slice through many Bloon layers at once. |
| 18 | Sauda's swords attack with a blur of speed. |
| 19 | Enchanted Blades do extra damage to Regrow, Fortified, and Camo Bloons. |
| 20 | More powerful Sword Charge sweeps all track paths three times! Leaping Sword power greatly increased. |
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XP requirements
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| 2 | 257 (257) | 4 (4) | 4 (4) | 4 (4) | 4 (4) | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 656 (913) | 5 (9) | 4 (8) | 4 (8) | 4 (8) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
| 4 | 1,425 (2,338) | 5 (14) | 6 (14) | 5 (13) | 4 (12) | 9 (10) | 8 (9) | 8 (9) | 7 (8) |
| 5 | 2,651 (4,989) | 7 (21) | 6 (20) | 6 (19) | 7 (19) | 7 (17) | 7 (16) | 7 (16) | 7 (15) |
| 6 | 4,674 (9,663) | 8 (29) | 8 (28) | 8 (27) | 7 (26) | 8 (25) | 8 (24) | 7 (23) | 7 (22) |
| 7 | 7,382 (17,045) | 8 (37) | 7 (35) | 7 (34) | 7 (33) | 8 (33) | 7 (31) | 7 (30) | 7 (29) |
| 8 | 11,856 (28,901) | 9 (46) | 9 (44) | 9 (43) | 8 (41) | 8 (41) | 9 (40) | 8 (38) | 8 (37) |
| 9 | 13,367 (42,268) | 8 (54) | 8 (52) | 7 (50) | 7 (48) | 8 (49) | 7 (47) | 7 (45) | 7 (44) |
| 10 | 19,409 (61,677) | 8 (62) | 8 (60) | 8 (58) | 9 (57) | 8 (57) | 8 (55) | 8 (53) | 7 (51) |
| 11 | 23,342 (85,019) | 8 (70) | 8 (68) | 7 (65) | 7 (64) | 7 (64) | 7 (62) | 7 (60) | 7 (58) |
| 12 | 20,520 (105,539) | 5 (75) | 5 (73) | 6 (71) | 5 (69) | 6 (70) | 5 (67) | 5 (65) | 5 (63) |
| 13 | 23,726 (129,265) | 6 (81) | 5 (78) | 5 (76) | 5 (74) | 5 (75) | 5 (72) | 5 (70) | 5 (68) |
| 14 | 21,290 (150,555) | 5 (86) | 5 (83) | 4 (80) | 4 (78) | 4 (79) | 4 (76) | 4 (74) | 4 (72) |
| 15 | 23,342 (173,897) | 4 (90) | 4 (87) | 5 (85) | 4 (82) | 4 (83) | 4 (80) | 4 (78) | 4 (76) |
| 16 | 25,394 (199,291) | 5 (95) | 5 (92) | 4 (89) | 4 (86) | 5 (88) | 5 (85) | 4 (82) | 4 (80) |
| 17 | 27,446 (226,737) | 5 (100) | 4 (96) | 4 (93) | 5 (91) | 4 (92) | 4 (89) | 4 (86) | 3 (83) |
| 18 | 29,498 (256,235) | 4 (104) | 5 (101) | 5 (98) | 4 (95) | 4 (96) | 4 (93) | 4 (90) | 4 (87) |
| 19 | 23,470 (279,705) | 4 (108) | 3 (104) | 3 (101) | 3 (98) | 3 (99) | 3 (96) | 3 (93) | 3 (90) |
| 20 | 24,624 (304,329) | 3 (111) | 3 (107) | 3 (104) | 3 (101) | 3 (102) | 3 (99) | 3 (96) | 3 (93) |
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Strategy
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On the surface level, Sauda is easy to use because of her strong early game, especially on Beginner maps and Intermediate maps. However, she is by no means a solo tower and will struggle in the mid to late game without using other towers that can trigger her extra damage. Thus, towers such as Relentless Glue (for triggering both bonus stun and slow damage) and Dragon's Breath (for triggering bonus DoT damage) pair well with her. Additionally, she can't solo all map formats on early rounds without leaking and MK.
The majority of Sauda's power comes from her abilities. Leaping Sword is great for general damage if Sauda is targeting Bloons that can trigger her bonus and Sword Charge provides much needed cleanup in the late game while trivializing certain mid-game rounds such as 63, 76, and 78. She is especially powerful on maps with overlapping lanes, such as Quad.
Overall, she excels in casual gameplay, being friendly to newer players without much user input required to optimize her. On Boss Rush, her Leaping Sword can be a simple spammable way to deal early Boss damage, especially versus Phayze and Blastapopoulos. She's decent in early-game Race conditions with Leaping Sword; however, Rosalia's Scatter Missile remains more reliable at maximizing pierce.
Update history
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Rogue Legends
Starting party member changed ― 0-2-0 Tack Shooter → 0-0-2 Monkey Ace
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Starting Artifact changed ― Sticky Situation Common → Sticky Situation Legendary
Cosmetic items
![[[Viking Sauda|Viking Sauda]]](/images/thumb/0/0b/BTD6_VikingSaudaPortrait.png/100px-BTD6_VikingSaudaPortrait.png)
![[[Jiangshi Sauda|Jiangshi Sauda]]](/images/thumb/f/f8/BTD6_JiangshiSaudaPortrait.png/100px-BTD6_JiangshiSaudaPortrait.png)
![[[Red Sauda|Red Sauda]]](/images/thumb/6/60/BTD6_RedSaudaPortrait.png/92px-BTD6_RedSaudaPortrait.png)
![[[Māonǚ Sauda|猫女萨乌达 (Cat Sauda)]]](/images/thumb/f/fa/BTD6XD_Sauda_NewYearPortrait.png/88px-BTD6XD_Sauda_NewYearPortrait.png)
Trophy Store items
| Item | Category | Unlock method(s) | Introduced |
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 Sauda Crane Pet |
Heroes — Pets | Trophy Store —  80, Prime Gaming drop 11, Pets Fan Pack (IAP) |
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Assets
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Sword Charge icon
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Level 20
Voice lines
- When selected in the Heroes menu
- ⓘ "My blades are legendary!"
In other languages
| Language | Text | Notes |
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| Arabic | ساودا | — |
| Danish | Sauda | — |
| German | Sauda | — |
| Spanish | Sauda | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Sauda | — |
| Finnish | Sauda | — |
| French | Sauda | — |
| Italian | Sauda | — |
| Japanese | サウダ | — |
| Korean | 사우다 | — |
| Dutch | Sauda | — |
| Norwegian | Sauda | — |
| Polish | Sauda | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Sauda | — |
| Russian | Сауда | — |
| Swedish | Sauda | — |
| Thai | ซอด้า | — |
| Turkish | Sauda | — |
| Chinese (simplified) | 萨乌达 | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 薩達 | — |
| Language | Text | Notes |
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| Arabic | مع غضبها الهادئ، تستطيع ساودا تقطيع البالونات بسيفيها الحادين. | — |
| Danish | Med stilfærdig vrede snitter Sauda bloons'ene i småbidder med sine to skarpe sværd. | — |
| German | Mit gelassener Wut kann Sauda mit ihren rasiermesserscharfen Doppel-Schwertern Bloons in Stücke schnippeln. | — |
| Spanish | Con una calma furiosa, Sauda destruye a los bloons con dos espadas muy afiladas. | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Con furia serena, Sauda puede despedazar bloons con sus espadas gemelas afiladas como cuchillas. | — |
| Finnish | Rauhallisen raivokas Sauda voi viipaloida blooneja kahdella terävällä miekallaan. | — |
| French | Sous l’emprise d’une furie maîtrisée, Sauda peut découper les Bloons en rondelles avec ses lames jumelles affûtées comme des rasoirs. | — |
| Italian | Con furia controllata, Sauda può tagliuzzare i bloon con le sue spade gemelle affilate come rasoi. | — |
| Japanese | 静かな怒りで、サウダは鋭い双剣でブルーンを削ることができる。 | — |
| Korean | 사우다는 분노를 잔잔하게 다스리며 날카로운 쌍검으로 풍선을 난도질합니다. | — |
| Dutch | Sauda is zowel kalm als razend, en hakt Bloons in de pan met haar twee vlijmscherpe zwaarden. | — |
| Norwegian | Med rolig raseri kan Sauda hugge opp bloons med de sylskarpe tvillingsverdene sine. | — |
| Polish | Sauda tnie blony swoimi dwoma ostrymi mieczami z zimną furią. | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Com uma fúria calma, Sauda pode cortar Bloons com suas duas espadas afiadas. | — |
| Russian | С ледяной яростью Сауда разрубит шары двумя бритвенно-острыми клинками. | — |
| Swedish | Med lugnt raseri kan Sauda skära sönder Bloons med sina dubbla rakbladsvassa svärd. | — |
| Thai | ซอด้าใช้ดาบคู่อันคมกริบฟาดฟันบลูนด้วยความพิโรธในมาดอันสุขุม | — |
| Turkish | Sauda, sakin gazabıyla jilet keskini ikiz kılıçlarını kullanarak Bloon’ları parçalar. | — |
| Chinese (simplified) | 平静的怒火中，萨乌达可以用她那双锋利的剑将气球斯劈成两半。 | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 薩達可以用她的兩把平靜但憤怒的利劍切開氣球。 | — |
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