Cluster Bombs (BTD6)

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Cluster Bombs
Portrait of Cluster Bombs
Icon of Cluster BombsThrows out secondary bombs instead of sharp fragments every shot.
Tower Bomb Shooter — Path 3 — Tier 3
XP cost 2,500
Cash cost $595 — Easy
$700 — Medium
$755 — Hard
$840 — Impoppable
With Budget Clusters Budget Clusters:
$495 — Easy
$600 — Medium
$655 — Hard
$740 — Impoppable

Cluster Bombs is the Bomb Shooter's path 3 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. This upgrade replaces each of the Bomb Shooter's fragments with a smaller "cluster" explosive, each of which deal 1 Explosion damage and have 8 pierce. Clusters have 15 blast radius and are larger than the main explosions. Unlike fragments, clusters can damage the same target as the main bomb. Each cluster moves outwards from the main explosion and explodes at slightly different times while travelling.

With Bigger Bombs, clusters gain +6 pierce and 50% larger blast radius, and with Heavy Bombs, clusters gain a further +10 pierce (total of +16) and +1 damage.

Stats

For a complete list of Bomb Shooter stats, see Stats:Bomb Shooter (BTD6).
This data was last updated for: version 56.3
Tower
Display range54 units
Footprint radius7 units
Targeting options
  • First
  • Last
  • Close
  • Strong
Attack
Cooldown1.5s
Offset (X, Y, Z)
0, 9.88, 10.08
TargetingDepends on targeting option
Targeting range54 units
Filters
  • Cannot target Camo
Projectile
Pierce1
Max pierce1
Speed180 units/s
Lifespan0.6s
Radius4 units
Filters
  • Cannot hit Camo
Cluster projectile
Count8
Angle360°
Pierce1
Max pierce1
Speed130 units/s
Min travel distance22 units
Max travel distance40 units
Radius5 units
Explosion
Pierce22
Damage1
Damage typeExplosion
Lifespan0.1s
Persists between rounds1
Radius12 units
Filters
  • Cannot hit Camo
  • Ignores blockers
Cluster explosion
Pierce8
Damage1
Damage typeExplosion
Lifespan0.1s
Persists between rounds1
Radius15 units
Filters
  • Cannot hit Camo
  • Ignores blockers

1-0-3

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z)
0, 9.88, 10.08
↓
0, 7.46, 9.69
Projectile
Radius4 units → 5 units
Explosion
Pierce22 → 28
Radius12 units → 18 units
Cluster explosion
Pierce8 → 14
Radius15 units → 22.5 units

2-0-3

Attack
Explosion
Pierce28 → 38
Damage1 → 2
Cluster explosion
Pierce14 → 24
Damage1 → 2

0-1-3

Attack
Cooldown1.5s → 1.125s
Offset (X, Y, Z)
0, 9.88, 10.08
↓
0, 7.46, 9.69

0-2-3

Tower
Display range54 units → 58 units
Attack
Cooldown1.125s → 0.825s
Offset (X, Y, Z)
0, 7.46, 9.69
↓
0, 17.07, 11.12
Targeting range54 units → 58 units
Projectile
Speed180 units/s → 270 units/s

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 $1,340 $1,575 $1,700 $1,890 $938 $1,103 $1,190 $1,323
1-0-3 $1,550 $1,825 $1,970 $2,190 $1,085 $1,278 $1,379 $1,533
2-0-3 $2,105 $2,475 $2,670 $2,970 $1,474 $1,733 $1,869 $2,079
0-1-3 $1,550 $1,825 $1,970 $2,190 $1,085 $1,278 $1,379 $1,533
0-2-3 $1,890 $2,225 $2,400 $2,670 $1,323 $1,558 $1,680 $1,869

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 49.2

Cluster Bombs is a very strong tower in Race Events, where it wipes out massive clumps of Bloons thanks to its excessively large pierce and 2 damage with the 2-0-3 crosspath, which is recommended in all cases. However, Cluster Bombs is sub-par outside of races, due to its inability to pop Black Bloons without Striker Jones, 2-0-3's unreliability, and 0-2-3's weak damage. If running a Cluster Bomb spam strategy, which is functional but suboptimal, Striker Jones is the recommended Hero for his various buffs to Bomb Shooters and Primary Expertise for both its buffs to Primary Towers and granting of free Tier 1 and 2 upgrades.

Update history

For a complete list of Bomb Shooter changes, see Update history:Bomb Shooter (BTD6).
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“
Some low tier Bomb pierce has been shifted further up into the 2xx Heavy Bombs upgrade to effectively nerf 130 Mauler meta in price, but the price of these upgrades and MOAB Damage of T4 Maulers have both been buffed to benefit other variations of bomb better.
— Update notes
”
  • Nerf Pierce reduced ― 18 → 14
“
We’ve acknowledged that Frag Bombs have felt like an inconsistent crosspath both in what they add to the tower and what they lose when upgraded further on their own path, so now in addition to frags popping Black Bloons xx2+ will allow all attacks from the tower to pop Black.
— Update notes
”
  • Buff Overall cost reduced by $75 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
  • Buff Explosion: Damage type changed ― Explosion → Normal
“
Cluster Bombs has far superior pierce over top path which is the actual pierce path while also providing better overall cleanup power, so for now we’d like to reign those in a little closer.
— Update notes
”
  • Nerf Cluster explosion: Pierce reduced ― 10 → 8
“
A while ago Frag Bombs was reworked to give Bomb normal type damage however we were not happy with the results of that change in the end, we didn’t want to go back and remove that again without giving back something nice in return so it has taken a while but now we have decided to go ahead with changing that back along with swapping out Recursive fortified damage for raw damage which we hope also improves crosspathing as the damage crosspath isn’t such a large increase over the base damage anymore.
— Update notes
”
  • Nerf Explosion: Damage type changed ― Normal → Explosion
    • Note: Bloon Crush and MOAB Eliminator are unchanged
“
For a crosspathing trial we’re removing the limits on Frags buffability & also giving more of a range boost to Extra Range.
— Update notes
”
  • Buff Overall cost reduced by $150 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
  • Buff Range bonus increased ― +7 → +12
    • Note: xx2 total range bonus increased from +9 to +14
  • Buff Main explosion: pierce increased ― 14 → 22
“
Cutting down roughly 10% on all bottom path upgrade costs as especially on Bomb Blitz even after recent buffs there are many downsides that need to be covered to use this path effectively.
— Update notes
”
  • Buff Upgrade cost reduced ― $800 → $700
For more Bomb Shooter images, see Gallery:Bomb Shooter.

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Assets

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 49.1
Name
Language Text Notes
Arabic قنابل عنقودية —
Danish Klyngebomber —
German Streubomben —
Spanish Bombas de racimo —
Spanish (Latin America) Bombas de racimo —
Finnish Rypälepommit —
French Bombes à sous-munitions —
Italian Bombe a grappolo —
Japanese クラスター爆弾 —
Korean 집속탄 —
Dutch Clusterbommen —
Norwegian Klasebomber —
Polish Bomby kasetowe —
Portuguese (Brazil) Bombas Múltiplas —
Russian Кассетные бомбы —
Swedish Splitterbomber —
Thai ระเบิดคลัสเตอร์ —
Turkish Misket Bombası —
Chinese (simplified) 集束炸弹 —
Chinese (traditional) 群集炸彈 —
Description
Language Text Notes
Arabic إلقاء قنابل ثانوية بدلاً من الشظايا الحادة في كل طلقة. —
Danish Kaster for hvert skud sekundære bomber i stedet for skarpe fragmenter. —
German Wirft bei jedem Schuss Sekundärbomben statt scharfe Fragmente aus. —
Spanish Arroja bombas secundarias en vez de fragmentos afilados con cada disparo. —
Spanish (Latin America) Arroja bombas secundarias en vez de fragmentos afilados con cada disparo. —
Finnish Lennättää toissijaisia pommeja terävien sirpaleiden sijaan kullakin laukauksella. —
French Lance des bombes secondaires au lieu de fragments tranchants à chaque tir. —
Italian Con ogni colpo lancia un bomba secondaria anziché frammenti affilati. —
Japanese 発射のたびに、鋭い破片の代わりに第二の爆弾を投じる。 —
Korean 발사당 뾰족한 파편 대신 이차 폭탄을 던집니다. —
Dutch Werpt bij elk schot secundaire bommen in plaats van scherpe fragmenten. —
Norwegian Kaster ut sekundærbomber i stedet for skarpe fragmenter hvert skudd. —
Polish Zamiast ostrych odłamków, za każdym strzałem wyrzuca kolejne bomby. —
Portuguese (Brazil) Lança bombas secundárias ao invés de fragmentos afiados a cada disparo. —
Russian При каждом выстреле вместо осколков разбрасывает дополнительные бомбы. —
Swedish Kastar ut sekundära bomber istället för vasst splitter i varje attack. —
Thai ส่งระเบิดออกมาอีกทอดหนึ่ง แทนที่จะส่งสะเก็ดแหลมคมออกมาในแต่ละนัด —
Turkish Her atışta keskin parçalar yerine ikincil bombalar fırlatır. —
Chinese (simplified) 每发炮弹都能发射次级炸弹,而不是锋利碎片。 —
Chinese (traditional) 每次射擊扔出二級炸彈,而不是碎片。 —