Fusty the Snowman (Battles 2)

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“

I like warm hugs!
— Fusty the Snowman

”

Fusty the Snowman is a Hero Alt of Pat Fusty in Bloons TD Battles 2, introduced in version 1.7. He costs  5,000 Monkey Money and 40,000 Pat Fusty Hero Points to unlock.

Mechanics

Slam

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Slap

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Frozen-popping buff

Starting from level 2, Fusty the Snowman allows all towers to damage Frozen Bloons. However, he will not grant the targeting of Frozen Bloons; Ice Monkeys and other freezing attacks remain unaffected.

White-popping buff

Starting from level 9, Fusty the Snowman allows all towers to damage White Bloon properties, which mainly affects Ice Monkeys.

Abilities

Chilling Cheer

Chilling Cheer is unlocked at level 3. It temporarily buffs Fusty the Snowman and all nearby Ice Monkeys, increasing their damage and attack speed and allowing them to pop all Bloon types for a short time. Starting at level 8, it also allows Ice Monkeys to target and deal damage to MOAB-Class Bloons, dealing ×3 damage to them (applied after the additive buffs from Chilling Cheer), and allows Arctic Wind's slowing aura to slow MOAB-Class Bloons by 33%. It has a 50-second cooldown and starts with a 12-second cooldown.

Initially, the effect has a range of 60 units and increases damage by 1, reduces attack cooldown by 15% (increasing attack speed by ~17.6%), and lasts for 7 seconds. Starting at level 14, its buff range increases to 70 units, it increases damage by 3 instead of 1, it reduces attack cooldowns by 50% (doubling attack speed) instead of 15%, and it lasts for 9 seconds instead of 7.

Crushing Ice

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Crushing Ice allows Fusty the Snowman to squeeze a visible MOAB-class bloon other than a BAD, and once released produces a high-damage snow blast that freezes nearby bloons. While squeezing, he disables his main attack and cannot activate Chilling Cheer, but all slowable bloons around his radius will move much slower.

Levels

This section was last updated for: version 4.6

Level	Description
1	Fusty slams bloons into the ground.
2	Increase radius of slam attack and allows all monkeys to pop frozen bloons.
3	Chilling Cheer: All nearby Ice Monkeys gain extra damage and speed for a short time.
4	Increased attack speed.
5	Sometimes does a powerful slap that pushes bloons away from the exit. Frozen bloons hit explode in shards of ice.
6	Bloons struck by Fusty are frozen for a short time.
7	Increased popping power and damage.
8	Increased attack range. Chilling Cheer lets Ice Monkeys hit MOABs and do x3 damage to them.
9	Increased attack speed. All Ice Monkeys can pop white and zebra bloons.
10	Crushing Ice: Grabs a MOAB, BFB, DDT (if visible), or ZOMG and crushes it until it bursts in a cloud of freezing snow. Nearby Bloons are slowed while he does it.
11	Attack pops more layers.
12	Increased attack speed.
13	Attack freezes bloons for longer and can freeze MOAB class bloons very briefly.
14	Chilling Cheer increased radius and duration and increased damage and attack speed of ice monkeys.
15	Slap attack can affect more bloons.
16	Increased attack range and bonus damage to ceramic and MOAB class bloons.
17	Increased attack speed.
18	Increased popping power.
19	Attack pops more layers.
20	Crushing Ice can grab several big Bloons at once and creates a bigger and more powerful snow burst. Nearby Bloons are slowed even more.

XP requirements

Level	XP required	Rounds to level up
		From round 1	From round 2
2	1,020 (1,020)	2 (start of round 3)	2 (start of round 4)
3	1,440 (2,460)	1 (start of round 4)	1 (start of round 5)
4	2,250 (4,710)	3 (start of round 7)	2 (start of round 7)
5	3,240 (7,950)	2 (start of round 9)	3 (start of round 10)
6	4,170 (12,120)	3 (start of round 12)	3 (start of round 13)
7	5,880 (18,000)	3 (start of round 15)	3 (start of round 16)
8	7,680 (25,680)	3 (start of round 18)	3 (start of round 19)
9	9,270 (34,950)	4 (start of round 22)	3 (start of round 22)
10	9,690 (44,640)	2 (start of round 24)	3 (start of round 25)
11	10,530 (55,170)	3 (start of round 27)	2 (start of round 27)
12	10,710 (65,880)	2 (start of round 29)	3 (start of round 30)
13	10,980 (76,860)	2 (start of round 31)	2 (start of round 32)
14	10,920 (87,780)	2 (start of round 33)	1 (start of round 33)
15	11,340 (99,120)	2 (start of round 35)	2 (start of round 35)
16	11,160 (110,280)	1 (start of round 36)	1 (start of round 36)
17	10,980 (121,260)	2 (start of round 38)	2 (start of round 38)
18	11,520 (132,780)	1 (start of round 39)	1 (start of round 39)
19	11,280 (144,060)	1 (start of round 40)	2 (start of round 41)
20	11,760 (155,820)	2 (start of round 42)	1 (start of round 42)

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Fusty the Snowman (Battles 2).

Popular loadouts

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Update history

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Version 4.1

“

Same changes as Pat Fusty, plus a minor tweak to the level 8 Ice Monkey buff to increase its effectiveness.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
8+	3× damage buff against MOAB-Class Bloons now applies after the +1 base damage buff instead of before, so the flat damage buff is also multiplied — an Ice Monkey with 2 damage now deals (2+1)×3 damage to MOAB-Class when buffed instead of (2×3)+1
11-18	Slam: base damage increased ― 5 → 6
16+	Slam: bonus damage to MOAB-Class Bloons increased ― +8 → +13
17+	Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.55s → 0.4s
19+	Slam: base damage increased ― 15 → 16

Version 4.3.1

• "Fixed animation issues with a few of Fusty the Snowman's cosmetics"

Version 4.4

“

Despite having a much clearer strategy, Fusty the Snowman also suffers from very low play rates. Letting him remove the Ice Monkey’s main weakness makes the pairing much stronger in the early game.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
5+	Now allows all Ice Monkeys to pop and freeze White Bloons  Slap: now creates 6 ice shards on each frozen Bloon it hits Description changed ― "Sometimes does a powerful slap that pushes bloons away from the exit." → "Sometimes does a powerful slap that pushes bloons away from the exit. Frozen bloons hit explode in shards of ice. All Ice Monkeys can pop white and zebra bloons."
10-19	Crushing Ice: Bloons in range are slowed to 40% speed while the ability is in use Description changed ― "Crushing Ice: Grabs a MOAB, BFB, DDT (if visible), or ZOMG and crushes it until it bursts in a cloud of freezing snow." → "Crushing Ice: Grabs a MOAB, BFB, DDT (if visible), or ZOMG and crushes it until it bursts in a cloud of freezing snow. Nearby Bloons are slowed while he does it."
20	Crushing Ice: Bloons in range are slowed to 20% speed while the ability is in use Description changed ― "Crushing Ice can grab several big Bloons at once and creates a bigger and more powerful snow burst." → "Crushing Ice can grab several big Bloons at once and creates a bigger and more powerful snow burst. Nearby Bloons are slowed even more."

Version 4.6

“

Fusty’s ability to remove Ice Monkey’s weakness to white bloons was making part of his Chilling Cheer ability redundant before it had a chance to be relevant and was contributing to making Ice strategies too hard to rush. We are moving the global buff to higher in his upgrades so that the effect requires his ability to be active in the earlier game.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
8+	Chilling Cheer: Arctic Wind speed multiplier to MOAB-class increased ― 40% → 66% Note: Slowdown to MOAB-class reduced from 60% to 33%
5-9	White popping power buff moved ― Level 5 → Level 9

Version 4.11

“

We are changing this for the same reason as Pat’s, but the dps on Fusty the Snowman is already good so reducing amount ice shards will keep the dps as it was before.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
5+	Slap: activations per slam increased ― 5th attack → 3rd attack  Slap: Knockback duration decreased ― 1s → 0.5s  Slap: Shard amount when hitting Frozen Bloons decreased ― 6 → 3

Cosmetic items

Hero Rewards

Icon	Text	Category	Cost
	Ice Sculpture A work of art.	Victory Animation	200 15,000
	Ammo Dump That's a lot of snowballs!	Match Up Animation	150 12,000
	Snow Joke It's snow laughing matter.	Defeat Animation	100 9,000
	Snow Drop Anyone got a hot water bottle?	Taunt	200 15,000
	Let It Slide It's all in good fun!	Emote	80 6,000
	Winter Warmer Very cosy.	Avatar Icon	80 6,000
	Ice Entrance Straight from the ice age.	Placement Animation	150 12,000
	Frozen Food How long was that in there?	Level Up Animation	400 24,000
	Snowy Tower Boost Attack faster to keep warm!	Tower Boost FX	200 15,000

Customization

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Snow Joke	Defeat Animation	Fusty the Snowman Hero Rewards	Version 1.7
Wipeout	Defeat Animation	Season XII, Season Fusty the Snowboarder Showcase, Fusty the Snowboarder Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.10
Too Hot For Heroes	Defeat Animation	Season IX, Season Snow Sculptures Showcase, Snow Sculptures Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.7
Cold Tears	Defeat Animation	Default Fusty the Snowman item	Version 1.7
Frozen Food	Level Up Animation	Fusty the Snowman Hero Rewards	Version 1.7
Ice Entrance	Placement Animation	Fusty the Snowman Hero Rewards	Version 1.7
Stick the Landing	Placement Animation	Season Fusty the Snowboarder Showcase, Season XII, Fusty the Snowboarder Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.10
Cold Cannon	Taunt	Season IX, Season Snow Sculptures Showcase, Snow Sculptures Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.7
Snow Drop	Taunt	Fusty the Snowman Hero Rewards	Version 1.7
Snowball Fight	Taunt	Default Fusty the Snowman item	Version 1.7
Family Feud	Taunt	Season XXVI, Daily Offers	Version 4.3.1
Snow Is Falling	Match Up Animation	Season XXVI, Daily Offers	Version 4.3.1
Stars, Stripes, and Style	Match Up Animation	4th July 2024 event	Version 4.0.3
Nothing Gets Past My Snow	Match Up Animation	Season Snow Sculptures Showcase, Season IX, Snow Sculptures Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.7
Ammo Dump	Match Up Animation	Fusty the Snowman Hero Rewards	Version 1.7
Hit the Slopes	Match Up Animation	Season Fusty the Snowboarder Showcase, Season XII, Fusty the Snowboarder Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.10
Snow Drift	Match Up Animation	Default Fusty the Snowman item	Version 1.7
Holiday Sweater	Weapon Skin	Season XXVI, Daily Offers	Version 4.3.1
Ice Sculpture	Victory Animation	Fusty the Snowman Hero Rewards	Version 1.7
Sick Tricks	Victory Animation	Season Fusty the Snowboarder Showcase, Season XII, Fusty the Snowboarder Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.10
Snowman Surprise	Victory Animation	Default Fusty the Snowman item	Version 1.7
Jolly Happy	Victory Animation	Season IX, Season Snow Sculptures Showcase, Snow Sculptures Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.7
Snowmance	Victory Animation	Valentines 2023 event	Version 1.8.2

Gallery

For more Fusty the Snowman images, see Gallery:Pat Fusty.

Screenshots

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Assets

• 
  Levels 1–2
• 
  Levels 3–4
• 
  Levels 5–9
• 
  Levels 10–19
• 
  Level 20
• 
  Hero Point icon
• 
  Background
• 
  Chilling Cheer icon
• 
  Crushing Ice icon
• 
  Frozen Bloons icon

Voice lines

When selected in the Heroes menu

• ^ⓘ "Hi!"

When placed

• ^ⓘ "Happy birthday!"
• ^ⓘ "This will be fun!"

When selected

• ^ⓘ "Yes?"
• ^ⓘ "Yeah?"
• ^ⓘ "What's up?"
• ^ⓘ "What next?"
• ^ⓘ "Ready!"

When activating Chilling Cheer

• ^ⓘ "Get them!"

When activating Crushing Ice

• ^ⓘ "I like warm hugs."

When leveling up

• ^ⓘ "Snowtastic!"
• ^ⓘ "Cool!"
• ^ⓘ "Frosty!"
• ^ⓘ "Awesome!"

When leveling up to level 20

• ^ⓘ "This hat has serious magic!"

When a MOAB appears

• ^ⓘ "Let's get the big one!"

When a BFB appears

• ^ⓘ "Don't be scared!"

When a ZOMG appears

• ^ⓘ "We need a lot of snowballs!"

When a Bloon leaks

• ^ⓘ "Careful now!"
• ^ⓘ "Careful now!"

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Danish	Snemanden Fusty Var en springglad sjæl	—
German	Fusty der Schneemann War eine putzige glückliche Seele	—
Spanish	Musti el hombre de nieve Era un alma feliz	—
Finnish	Lumiukko-Fusty Iloinen veikkonen	—
French	Fusty le bonhomme de neige Était quelqu'un de joyeux et éclatant	—
Italian	Fusty il pupazzo di neve Era un tipo che scoppiettava allegramente	—
Japanese	雪だるまのファスティー 明るく愉快なやつだった	—
Korean	눈사람 퍼스티 풍선 터트리기를 좋아해요.	—
Dutch	Fusty de Sneeuwpop Was een poppy blije ziel	—
Norwegian	Snømannen Fusty Var en lykkelig sjel	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Fusty Boneco de Neve Era uma alma alegre e um estouro	—
Russian	Снеговик Фасти Был весёлым пробивным малым	—
Swedish	Snögubben Fusty Var en smällglad typ	—
Turkish	Fusty Kardan Adam Mutlu mesut bir ruhtu	—
Chinese (traditional)	雪人法斯第 曾是砰砰快樂靈魂	—
Last updated: version 4.1.1