Wizard Lord Phoenix (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Wizard Lord Phoenix (Battles 2).

Wizard Lord Phoenix

Wizard Lord becomes a master of the flame, turning into a super powerful Lava Phoenix for a short time.

Tower	Wizard Monkey — Path 2 — Tier 5
XP cost	35,000
Cash cost	$42,500 — Easy $50,000 — Medium $54,000 — Hard $60,000 — Impoppable

← Summon Phoenix

Magus Perfectus →

Wizard Lord Phoenix is the Wizard Monkey's path 2 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It improves Wizard Monkey's ability to summon a much stronger phoenix, and grants a permanent phoenix sub-tower which is identical to that summoned by the tier 4 Summon Phoenix ability.

Wizard Lord Phoenix's ability transforms the Wizard Monkey into a Lava Phoenix for 20 seconds which flies in a circle in the center of the screen, and attacks Bloons with flames that deal 20 damage, have 50 pierce, and an attack cooldown of 0.1 seconds. It has a second attack which fires 8 meteors at a time, one in each direction. Meteors deal 50 damage with a pierce of 300, have an attack cooldown of 1 second. The Lava Phoenix has infinite range and ignores line-of-sight blockers. The Lava Phoenix's flames cannot damage Purple Bloons, but its meteors can damage all Bloon types. This ability has a cooldown of 45 seconds and an initial cooldown of 15 seconds. The permanent phoenix remains while the ability is active, but Wizard Monkey stops all other attacks while transformed.

This upgrade increases fireball explosion damage from 3 to 9, and increases wall of fire damage from 1 to 5. This upgrade allows the dragon's breath attack to fire 3 flames per shot instead of 2, increases its pierce from 3 to 15, increases DoT damage from 2 to 30, and increases DoT duration from 3s to 15s.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 40 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 1.1s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 14.3, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 40 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 3 Damage 1 Damage type Energy Speed 200 units/s Lifespan 0.4s Radius 4 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Fireball
Cooldown 2.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 14.3, 7 Targeting First / Last / Close / Strong Targeting range 40 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Count 3 Angle 60° Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Damage 1 Damage type Fire Speed 200 units/s Lifespan 0.4s Radius 3 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Explosion Pierce 15 Damage 9 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.1s Radius 14 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Wall of Fire
Cooldown 4.5s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 14.3, 7 Targeting Track or Default Targeting range 40 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 20 Damage 5 Damage type Fire Lifespan 4.5s Radius 15 units Rehit interval 0.1s Refresh pierce interval 0.1s Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Dragon's Breath
Cooldown 0.135s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 14.3, 7 Targeting First / Last / Close / Strong Targeting range 40 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Count 3 Angle 15° Pierce 15 Damage 2 Damage type Plasma Speed 125 units/s Lifespan 0.4s Radius 6 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Damage over time Damage 30 Damage type Fire Duration 15.1s Interval 1.5s Layers ∞

Ability
Cooldown 45s Disables other attacks 20s

Lava Phoenix

Tower
Display range 50 units Movement speed 50 units/s Lifespan 20s

Attack
Cooldown 0.1s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0.08, 12.58, 7 Targeting range ∞ units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 50 Damage 20 Damage type Fire Speed 450 units/s Lifespan 0.8889s Radius 6 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Fireballs
Cooldown 1s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0.08, 12.58, 7 Targeting range ∞ units
Can fire without a target
Projectile Count 8 Angle 360° Pierce 300 Damage 50 Damage type Normal Speed 85 units/s Lifespan 2.9412s Radius 15 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Phoenix

Tower
Display range 50 units Movement speed 50 units/s

Attack
Cooldown 0.1s Offset (X, Y, Z) -0.18, 10.94, 7 Targeting range ∞ units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 8 Damage 5 Damage type Plasma Speed 450 units/s Lifespan 0.8889s Radius 6 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

1-5-0

Attack
Now ignores blockers
Projectile Seeking distance 80 units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s Lifespan 0.4s → 0.8s Now ignores blockers

Fireball
Now ignores blockers
Projectile Lifespan 0.4s → 0.8s Now ignores blockers

Wall of Fire
Targeting Track or Default → Locked / Track or Default
Now ignores blockers
Projectile Lifespan 4.5s → 6.5s

Dragon's Breath
Now ignores blockers
Projectile Lifespan 0.4s → 0.8s Now ignores blockers

Lava Phoenix

Attack
Projectile Seeking distance 80 units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s

Phoenix

Attack
Projectile Seeking distance 80 units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s

2-5-0

Attack
Projectile Damage 1 → 2 Radius 4 units → 6 units

Fireball
Explosion Damage 9 → 10

0-5-1

Attack
Projectile Pierce 3 → 8 Speed 200 units/s → 400 units/s

Fireball
Projectile Speed 200 units/s → 400 units/s Explosion Pierce 15 → 20

Wall of Fire
Projectile Pierce 20 → 25

Dragon's Breath
Projectile Pierce 15 → 17 Speed 125 units/s → 250 units/s

0-5-2

Tower
Display range 40 units → 50 units

Attack
Targeting range 40 units → 50 units Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

Fireball
Targeting range 40 units → 50 units Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo Explosion Filters Can now hit Camo

Wall of Fire
Targeting range 40 units → 50 units Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

Dragon's Breath
Targeting range 40 units → 50 units Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile 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
0-5-0	$51,550	$60,650	$65,505	$72,780	$36,085	$42,455	$45,854	$50,946
1-5-0	$51,700	$60,825	$65,695	$72,990	$36,190	$42,578	$45,987	$51,093
2-5-0	$52,080	$61,275	$66,180	$73,530	$36,456	$42,893	$46,326	$51,471
0-5-1	$51,805	$60,950	$65,830	$73,140	$36,264	$42,665	$46,081	$51,198
0-5-2	$52,060	$61,250	$66,155	$73,500	$36,442	$42,875	$46,309	$51,450

Update history

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

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Version 2.0

•  Lava Phoenix fireball: Projectile count increased ― 4 → 8
•  Lava Phoenix fireball: Projectile radius increased ― 5 units → 15 units
•  Lava Phoenix fireball: Pierce increased ― 300 → 500 (undocumented)
•  Lava Phoenix breath: Projectile speed increased ― 400 → 450
•  Wall of Fire: Can no longer deploy outside its range (bug fix)
•  Wall of Fire: Pierce reduced ― ∞ → 20

Version 4.0

•  Overall cost increased by $200 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  WLP flame: Damage increased by 4x ― 5 → 20
•  WLP meteor: Damage increased by 10x ― 5 → 50

Version 6.0

•  Dragon's breath: pierce increased by 38
•  Lava Phoenix dragon's breath: pierce increased by 38

Version 7.0

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $80,000 → $60,000
  •  Overall cost reduced by $21,700 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Wall of Fire: can now pop Purple Bloons while buffed by an MIB (bug fix)

Version 8.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $400 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Wall of Fire: Deploy cooldown reduced ― 5.5s → 4.5s
•  Wall of Fire: No longer deals damage faster than normal (bug fix)

Version 10.0

•  Dragon's Breath: now applies damage over time that deals 1 fire-type damage per 1.5 seconds for 3 seconds

Version 11.0

•  Now has a permanent regular Phoenix while the ability is not active

Version 12.0

•  Lava Phoenix breath projectile speed increased by 100 units/s
•  Phoenix damage increased by 1
  • Note: Does not apply to Lava Phoenix
•  Phoenix projectile speed increased by 100 units/s
•  Fireball: explosion can no longer hit Camo Bloons without Camo detection (bug fix)

Version 17.0

•  Lava Phoenix: Activating the ability now permanently disables the regular Phoenix (bug)
•  No longer counts as two towers (bug fix)
• Changed the visual effects of Dragon's Breath
• Changed the visual effects of the Phoenix's fire breath
• Changed the visual effects of Wall of Fire

Version 17.1

•  Lava Phoenix: No longer removes the regular Phoenix when active
  • Note: This indirectly resolves a bug from 17.0 where the regular Phoenix would permanently disappear after using the ability
• "Resolved a rare crash upgrading Wizard to x5x"

Version 18.0

•  Wall of Fire: Pierce reduced ― 20 → 15

1-5-0, 2-5-0

•  Guided Magic now causes Wall of Fire to use the tower's current targeting to determine placement

0-5-1, 0-5-2

•  Intense Magic now grants +5 pierce to Wall of Fire
  •  Overall pierce of this crosspath is unchanged (due to changes to Wall of Fire's base pierce

Version 20.0

“

Second and third path upgrades get some fine tuning for more internal consistency. We want to make slow tweaks here to bring them into better balance
— Update notes

”

•  Phoenix: summon states now save between games

0-5-1

•  Dragon's Breath: pierce increased ― 50 → 52

Version 21.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 22.0

“

Some changes have been made to wall of fire to improve race balance in particular
— Update notes

”

•  Wall of Fire: Now saves the time remaining on its attack cooldown
•  Wall of Fire: Now removed when the tower is sold

Version 23.0

“

Despite ranking low overall, Wizard Lord Phoenix has dodged balance changes because of its extremely popular place as a challenge tower. With the rise of other towers in challenges, we’ve decided to start off buffing it based on its own merits in general gameplay.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $60,000 → $54,000
•  Fireball: Damage increased ― 1 → 9
•  Dragon's Breath: Damage increased ― 1 → 2
•  Fireball: Radius increased ― 10 → 14

Version 25.0

“

Wall of Fire has been reworked in order to cut down on cases of frustrating randomness as well as the initial cooldown on the attack being reduced. Additionally at the highest tier all fire attacks will be further enhanced in damage
— Update notes

”

•  Fireball: Damage increased ― 9 → 27
•  Wall of Fire: Damage increased ― 1 → 3
•  Dragon's Breath attack: Damage increased ― 2 → 6
•  Wall of Fire: Initial cooldown reduced ― 5.5s → 1s
• 

Version 27.0

“

In order to allow for more strategic use of the birdy, Summoned Phoenix^[sic] will now follow the set target priority.
— Update notes

”

•  Lava Phoenix breath attack: Now uses the Wizard Monkey's current targeting option (instead of always targeting Close)
•  Phoenix breath attack: Now uses the Wizard Monkey's current targeting option (instead of always targeting Close)

Version 28.0

“

Some general buffs have been made to Wizard’s abilities to give it a small boost.
— Update notes

”

•  Ability: Cooldown reduced ― 50s → 45s
•  Lava Phoenix fireball attack: Travel range increased ― 180 → 250
•  Phoenix breath attack: Damage increased ― 4 → 5
  • Note: Does not apply to Lava Phoenix
•  Phoenix breath attack: Pierce increased ― 6 → 10
  • Note: Does not apply to Lava Phoenix

Version 29.0

“

In contrast, Fireball continues to underwhelm, so is seeing an initial buff plus a larger buff at T3.
— Update notes

”

•  Fireball attack: Attack cooldown reduced ― 3s → 2.2s (attack speed increased by 36.36%)
•  Permanent Phoenix: No longer fails to incorporate external buffs depending on build order (bug fix)

0-5-1, 0-5-2

•  Intense Magic grants less pierce to Wall of Fire ― +5 → +4

Version 30.0

•  Overall cost increased by $25 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 31.0

0-5-2

•  Phoenix should now correctly interact with camo prio with Monkey Sense crosspath (bug fix)

Version 31.2

•  Dragon's Breath: no longer has single-layer damage (undocumented)
•  Fireball: no longer has single-layer damage (undocumented)
•  Wall of Fire: no longer has single-layer damage (undocumented)

Version 32.0

“

Polishing some crosspaths, 130 Dragons Breath is the only crosspath for Guided Magic that doesn't yet attack through walls, and 011 Fireball also does not benefit from having the pierce crosspath
— Update notes

”

1-5-0, 2-5-0

•  Dragon's Breath: projectile now ignores walls

0-5-1, 0-5-2

•  Fireball: pierce increased ― 15 → 20

Version 33.0

“

Wall of Fire’s exceptional T2 power needs to be moved around for improved crosspathing, along with a slight nerf to Phoenix as it is currently performing too well, and both of these upgrades are shifting some of their power into Dragon’s Breath so it can stand out as more than just a buff to WoF & a stepping stone to Phoenix.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost increased by $500 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Wall of Fire: pierce per tic increased ― 15 → 20
•  Phoenix: pierce reduced ― 10 → 8
  • Note: Does not apply to Lava Phoenix

0-5-1, 0-5-2

•  Wall of Fire:  pierce per tic reduced ― 19 → 15
•  Wall of Fire: pierce per tick increased ― 19 → 25 (undocumented)

1-5-0, 2-5-0

•  Wall of Fire: duration increased ― 4.5s → 5.5s
•  Wall of Fire: no longer auto-targets but gains a target marker (like Cleansing Foam Engineer)

Version 34.0

“

Phoeniis ^[sic] still far too strong for an extremely cheap T4, so cost is being shifted from the T5 down.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $54,000 → $52,500
  •  Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 35.0

“

Dragon’s Breath range is being fixed to actually match the tower radius, but now xx2 crosspath will also improve range and can bring it back to what it was.
— Update notes

”

•  Flame (Dragon's Breath) attack now matches tower range properly ― 50 → 40
  • Note: xx2 crosspath unchanged

Version 36.0

“

Dragon’s Breath will still be great, just a little less excessively so
— Update notes

”

•  Dragon's breath attack: Attack cooldown increased ― 0.1s → 0.125s (attack speed reduced by 20%)
•  Dragon's breath attack: No longer deals +1 damage to Ceramic

Version 38.0

“

Middle path T4 Phoenix continues carrying rounds quite well for a long period of the game, as a light nerf here we’re taking away the free camo detection that Phoenix used to get, given the tower has a camo crosspath it could go for to properly inherit this onto the phoenix anyway.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost increased by $300 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Lava Phoenix: No longer sees Camo innately without the Monkey Sense crosspath
•  Phoenix: No longer sees Camo innately unless upgraded to Monkey Sense

Version 39.0

“

We set up for this Wall of Fire change quite a while ago, however finally it feels that Wall of Fire has cooled off enough to smooth out the curve a little more, granting it seamless uptime with crosspathing and a lower price tag. Summon Phoenix price is increasing more along with a larger reduction in cost to the Wizard Lord Phoenix, however Phoenix will now also be able to gain seeking frontal breath attacks with Guided Magic crosspathing.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $52,500 → $50,000
  •  Overall cost reduced by $1,150 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Lava Phoenix – Meteor: pierce reduced ― 500 → 300

1-5-0, 2-5-0

•  Wall of Fire: Duration increased ― 5.5s → 6.5s
•  Phoenix – Flame: Guided Magic crosspath now grants light seeking to the Phoenix flames

Version 41.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $500 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Dragon’s Breath attack cooldown increased ― 0.125s → 0.135s
•  Lava Phoenix: targeted breath attack type changed ― Normal → Fire

Version 42.0

“

Wizard is feeling effective across the board with nice use cases across each path so there was hesitation about making changes. Nevertheless we felt there were important changes here with DoT in mind, so there’s now new scaling on the Dragon’s Breath attack improving damage over time on higher upgrades and a for-fun change to the projectile count assisting in spreading flames to many targets. We understand we are affecting current balance but it’s done in the name of fun and for Wizard fans.
— Update notes

”

•  Dragon's Breath: Damage-over-time tick damage increased ― 1 → 10
•  Dragon's Breath: now fires 3 projectiles
•  Dragon's Breath: damage reduced ― 6 → 2
•  Dragon's Breath: pierce reduced ― 50 → 15
•  Phoenix: Base attack projectile speed increased ― 350 → 450

Version 43.0

“

As Fireball becomes very forgotten at higher tiers and is hard to even see at Dragon’s Breath, we’re improving the crosspath and adding even more projectiles at T3 for wider explosive coverage. [...] Wizard Lord Phoenix’s Wall of Fire hasn’t had any meaningful upgrade progression, so its damage is being increased.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Fireball: Projectile count increased ― 1 → 3
•  Wall of Fire: Attack damage increased ― 3 → 5
•  Dragon's Breath: fireball damage reduced ― 27 → 9

2-5-0

•  Fireball: Damage reduced ― 27 → 10 (undocumented)

Version 47.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $1,000 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Flame (Dragon's Breath): DoT damage increased ― 10 → 30
•  Flame (Dragon's Breath): DoT duration increased ― 3s → 15s

Version 48.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $75 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 49.0

“

[...] we can justify a QoL buff with Dragon’s Breath’s scaling adjusting to match more crosspath improvements, meaning it will now benefit [... from] bottom path’s projectile speed increase.
— Update notes

”

0-5-1, 0-5-2

•  Dragon's Breath attack: Projectile speed increased ― 125 units/s → 250 units/s

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	طائر فينيق سيد العرافين يصبح سيد السحرة سيد الشعلة، ويتحول إلى عنقاء الحمى البركانية فائق القوة لفترة قصيرة.	—
Danish	Troldmandsmester Føniks Troldmandsmesteren bliver en flammens hersker og forvandles kortvarigt til en kraftfuld Lava Føniks.	—
German	Zauberer-Phönix Der Zauberer wird zum Meister der Flamme und verwandelt sich für kurze Zeit zu einem superstarken Lava-Phönix.	—
Spanish	Amo hechicero fénix El maestro hechicero se vuelve un experto de las llamas y se convierte en un fénix de lava superpoderoso por poco tiempo.	—
Spanish (LA)	Amo hechicero fénix El maestro hechicero se vuelve un experto de las llamas y se convierte en un fénix de lava superpoderoso por poco tiempo.	—
Finnish	Velhoherra Feenix Velhoherrasta tulee tulen mestari, joka muuttuu hetkellisesti supertehokkaaksi laavafeenikseksi.	—
French	Phénix seigneur des sorciers Le seigneur des sorciers devient un maître des flammes, se transformant en phénix de lave super puissant pendant une courte durée.	—
Italian	Mago supremo fenice Il mago supremo diventa maestro della fiamma e si trasforma per un breve lasso di tempo in una super potente fenice di lava.	—
Japanese	魔法使いの王フェニックス 魔王使いの王が炎の達人となり、短時間の間、パワフルな溶岩フェニックスに変化する。	—
Korean	마법사 군주 피닉스 마법사 군주가 화염의 대가가 되어 잠시 동안 초강력 용암 피닉스로 변신합니다.	—
Dutch	Tovenaarsleider Feniks Tovenaarsleider wordt een meester van de vlam en verandert voor korte tijd in een superkrachtige Lavafeniks.	—
Norwegian	Trollmannherren Føniks Trollmannherren blir flammenes mester og forvandler ham til en supermektig Lavaføniks i en kort periode.	—
Polish	Czarownik Feniks Czarownik staje się mistrzem płomieni, zamieniając się w super potężnego Feniksa Lawy na krótki czas.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Lorde Mago Fênix O Lorde Mago torna-se um mestre das chamas, transformando-se numa superpoderosa Fênix de Lava por um curto período de tempo.	—
Russian	Феникс великого мага Великий маг становится повелителем огня, превращаясь ненадолго в мощнейшего феникса из лавы.	—
Swedish	Trollkarlsherre Fenix Trollkarlsherren blir en eldmästare och förvandlas till en superkraftfull Lavafenix under en kort stund.	—
Thai	ฟีนิกซ์ลอร์ดผู้วิเศษ ลอร์ดผู้วิเศษได้กลายเป็นเจ้าแห่งเพลิง แปลงร่างเป็นฟีนิกซ์ลาวาอันแสนทรงพลังเป็นเวลาสั้นๆ	—
Turkish	Sihir Lordu Anka Kuşu Sihir Lordu alevin ustası olur ve kısa süreliğine süper güçlü bir Lav Anka Kuşuna dönüşür.	—
Chinese (simplified)	高阶法师菲尼克斯 高阶法师变身火焰大师，短时间内变成超强大的熔岩凤凰。	—
Chinese (traditional)	大法師不死鳥 大法師成為火焰大師，短時間內變成一隻超級強大的熔岩不死鳥。	—
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