Grand Saboteur (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Grand Saboteur (disambiguation).

Grand Saboteur

Ability duration is longer and buffs Shinobi while active, and MOAB-Class Bloons spawn with less health during the sabotage.

Tower	Ninja Monkey — Path 2 — Tier 5
XP cost	35,000
Cash cost	$18,700 — Easy $22,000 — Medium $23,760 — Hard $26,400 — Impoppable

← Bloon Sabotage

Ascended Shadow →

Grand Saboteur is the Ninja Monkey's path 2 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It upgrades Ninja Monkey's Bloon Sabotage ability, increasing its duration from 15 seconds to 30 seconds. While active, the upgraded ability deals 25% percent damage to all new MOAB-Class Bloons that spawn, including BADs but not Boss Bloons. The ability also grants a buff to all Ninja Monkeys on screen with the Shinobi Tactics upgrade, increasing their range by +10 units and increasing their MOAB-Class damage by +2.

The new sabotage allows the slow effect to receive damage buffs which allow the Grand Saboteur's ability to damage all Bloons on screen and all new Bloons that spawn. The ability deals damage to Bloons that are under effects of a damage-increasing debuffs before activating.

Stats

These stats do not include the Shinobi Tactics' buff, which it virtually always has at least 1 stack of.

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 40 units Footprint radius 6 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong Camo Prioritization

Attack
Cooldown 0.62s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 12.7, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 40 units
Projectile Pierce 2 Damage 1 Damage to Camo +2 Damage type Sharp Speed 300 units/s Lifespan 0.62s Radius 3 units Removes Camo if the target takes damage from this projectile Blowback Chance 15% Min distance 100 units Max distance 150 units

Ability
Cooldown 60s
Attack Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 0 Targeting range ∞ units Ignores blockers Can fire without a target Can fire between rounds Projectile Pierce 9,999,999 Damage 0 Damage type Normal Lifespan 30s Persists between rounds ∞ Radius 999 units Filters Cannot hit bosses Cannot hit Bloons with Sabotage Ignores blockers Effect Multiplier ×0.5 Duration 30s Duration for BADs 0s Layers ∞

Shinobi Tactics
Cooldown modifier ×0.92 Max. stacks 20 Filters Only affects: Ninja Monkey

1-5-0

Attack
Cooldown 0.62s → 0.434s

2-5-0

Attack
Projectile Pierce 2 → 4

0-5-1

Tower
Display range 40 units → 47 units

Attack
Targeting range 40 units → 47 units
Projectile Seeking distance ∞ units Seeking angle 144° Seeking rotation speed ∞ °/s Seeking time 3.48s

0-5-2

Caltrops
Cooldown 3.9s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 12.7, 7 Targeting Normal (track) Targeting range 47 units
Projectile Pierce 6 Damage 1 Damage to Camo +2 Damage type Sharp Lifespan 35s Radius 4 units Rehit interval 0.001s Ignores blockers Removes Camo if the target takes damage from this projectile Blowback Chance 10% Min distance 100 units Max distance 150 units

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	$25,030	$29,450	$31,800	$35,340	$17,521	$20,615	$22,260	$24,738
1-5-0	$25,325	$29,800	$32,180	$35,760	$17,728	$20,860	$22,526	$25,032
2-5-0	$25,620	$30,150	$32,560	$36,180	$17,934	$21,105	$22,792	$25,326
0-5-1	$25,285	$29,750	$32,125	$35,700	$17,700	$20,825	$22,488	$24,990
0-5-2	$25,665	$30,200	$32,610	$36,240	$17,966	$21,140	$22,827	$25,368

Strategy

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This section was last updated for: version 49.3

Since Ascended Shadow now grants a permanent HP reduction to incoming blimps, Grand Saboteur's value is mostly relegated to the bonus MOAB-class damage for nearby Shionbis during its ability. Regardless, Grand Saboteur's ability is still a great way to accrue max pops for the Ascended Shadow. Buffs such as Gerry's Fire and Total Transformation are among the many standout synergies with Grand Saboteur, in some cases rivalling other T5 Ninja strategies for the cost to set up.

Update history

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

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Version 2.0

•  Overall cost increased by $1,000 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 6.0

•  Can now decamo Bloons that are normally immune to its attacks if a buff allows it to damage them (i.e. MIB) (bug fix)

Version 7.0

•  Ability: no longer applies damage to Bloons that are already on-screen (bug fix)

Version 11.0

•  Now also buffs pierce by 8% per stack, up to +160%
•  "[S]hould no longer be able to occasionally shoot with an infinite range in specific setups" (bug fix)
•  Ability: no longer slows BADs (bug fix)

Version 25.0

•  Overall cost increased by $200 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 28.0

“

As ninja is the ‘Camo Specialist’ and has been since inception, it is the only tower that will unlock Camo Prioritization on the base tower. — Update notes

”

•  Camo Prioritization filter added

Version 29.0

0-5-2

•  Caltrop attack: Gains 15% distraction chance (bug fix)

Version 31.0

“

Grand Sabotage is extremely powerful in freeplay, but really boring outside of that one scaling mechanic. For a little more flavour with the shinobi mechanic, the T5 will now boost the potential of your shinobi army. — Update notes

”

•  Ability: Grants all Shinobi Tactics on screen +5 range
•  Ability: Grants all Shinobi Tactics on screen +1 damage to MOAB-class

Version 35.0

“

Ninja's x5x ability side-benefit of buffing all x3x ninja doesn't quite pack enough punch — Update notes

”

•  Ability's buff range bonus increased ― +5 → +10
•  Ability buff's MOAB-class bonus increased ― +1 → +2

Version 40.0

“

For an early game Distraction improvement the consistency of blowbacks is being averaged out more with increased minimum distance but reduced maximum, in many cases there would not actually be 250 units of track length in front of defenses to be blown back across anyway so the overall average distance is slightly lower. More at the mid to endgame we are also weakening distraction distance against Ceramics specifically as by this point Ninja have stacked so much speed and projectiles the consistency doesn’t matter anymore. Finally, distraction values for secondary projectiles are being modified, as Distraction chance as it has existed was never balanced around more than the main attack — Update notes

”

•  Distraction blowback range normalized (all attacks) ― 10-250 units → 100-150 units
•  Distraction distance applies to Ceramics at 0.5x
  • Note: New distraction distance is 50-75 units

0-5-2

•  Caltrop: distraction chance reduced ― 15% → 10%

Version 43.0

“

While a great early game option, Ninja generally struggles with dominant crosspathing choices and also has relatively poor base tower value. Without going into every single change, T3s onward remain relatively unchanged with a lot of prices below T3 being moved around from less favorable crosspaths into better/higher tier upgrades. — Update notes

”

•  Main attack: Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.7s → 0.62s (attack speed increased by 12.9%)
  • Note: Attack cooldown with Ninja Discipline is unchanged

Version 46.0

• Description changed ― "Ability duration is longer, and MOAB-Class Bloons spawn with less health during the sabotage. Buffs all Shinobi." → "Ability duration is longer and buffs Shinobi while active, and MOAB-Class Bloons spawn with less health during the sabotage."

Version 47.0

•  Counter-Espionage now grants the main attack +2 damage to Camo Bloons (undocumented)

0-5-2

•  Counter-Espionage now grants Caltrops +2 damage to Camo Bloons (undocumented)

Version 55.0

•  Resolved an issue where the ability could be buffed (bug fix)

Gallery

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Screenshots

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  Grand Saboteur for all upgrades

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
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  Insta Monkey icon

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	المخرب الكبير تتميز مدة القدرة بأنها أطول حيث تعمل على تعزيز قوة الشينوبي أثناء النشاط، وتظهر البالونات من فئة منطاد "MOAB" بصحة أقل أثناء أعمال التخريب.	—
Danish	Ærkesabotør Evnens varighed forøges, og styrker alle Shinobi mens den er aktiv, og MOAB-klasse-bloons har mindre liv, mens sabotagen står på.	—
German	Groß-Saboteur Die Fähigkeit dauert länger und bufft Shinobi, solange sie aktiv ist, und Bloons der MOAB-Klasse erscheinen während der Sabotage mit weniger Gesundheit.	—
Spanish	Gran saboteador La habilidad dura más tiempo y potencia a los shinobi mientras están activos, y los bloons clase MOAB se generan con menos vida durante el sabotaje.	—
Spanish (LA)	Gran saboteador La habilidad dura más tiempo, potencia a los shinobi y los bloons clase MOAB se generan con menos vida durante el sabotaje.	—
Finnish	Suuri sabotoija Kyky kestää pidempään ja tehostaa Shinobia ollessaan aktiivinen, ja MOAB-luokan bloonit syntyvät heikompina sabotaasin aikana.	—
French	Grand saboteur La durée de l'aptitude est plus longue et elle accorde des bonus aux shinobis lorsqu’elle est active. Les Bloons de classe MOAB apparaissent aussi avec moins de santé durant le sabotage.	—
Italian	Gran sabotatore L'abilità ha una durata superiore, potenzia i ninja mentre è attiva e durante il sabotaggio vengono generati bloon di classe MOAB con meno PV.	—
Japanese	大破壊工作者 アビリティの持続期間がより長くなり、アクティブ中は「忍び」にバフを適用する。サボタージ中にスポーンするMOAB級ブルーンのヘルスが減少する。	—
Korean	그랜드 사보추어 능력 지속 시간이 증가하며, 발동되는 동안 시노비를 버프하고, 사보타주 동안 나타나는 MOAB급 풍선의 체력이 감소합니다.	—
Dutch	Grootsaboteur De vaardigheid duurt langer, geeft Shinobi een boost zolang deze actief is en MOAB-klasse Bloons verschijnen met minder gezondheid tijdens de sabotage.	—
Norwegian	Store sabotør Evnen varer lenger og styrker Shinobi mens aktiv, og bloons av MOAB-klasse dukker opp med mindre helse under sabotasjen.	—
Polish	Wielki sabotażysta Umiejętność działa dłużej i wzmacnia Shinobiego, gdy jest aktywna, a blony klasy MOAB podczas sabotażu przywołują się z niższym zdrowiem.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Grande Sabotador Duração da habilidade mais longa e dá vantagem para Shinobi enquanto ativa, e os Bloons Classe MOAB nascem com menos vida durante a sabotagem.	—
Russian	Великий саботажник Способность действует дольше, придаёт Синоби сил на время действия, а шары класса MOAB во время саботажа появляются с укороченной жизнью.	—
Swedish	Mästarsabotör Förmågans varaktighet är längre och ökar effekten för Shinobi medan den är aktiv och MOAB-klass-Bloons återföds med mindre hälsa under sabotaget.	—
Thai	ก่อวินาศกรรมครั้งใหญ่ ระยะเวลาทำงานของสกิลนานขึ้นและบัฟชิโนบิขณะกำลังใช้งาน และบลูนคลาส MOAB จะเกิดมาพร้อมพลังชีวิตน้อยลงระหว่างที่สกิลก่อวินาศกรรมทำงาน	—
Turkish	Muhteşem Sabotajcı Yetenek süresi daha uzundur ve etkinken Shinobi’yi güçlendirir. MOAB Sınıfı Bloon’lar sabotaj sırasında daha düşük can sayısıyla canlanır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	大破坏 技能持续时间更长，在开启期间为神兵提供增益，MOAB级气球在破坏期间孵化的气球生命值较低。	—
Chinese (traditional)	大破壞者 技能持續時間更長並在啟用時強化忍者，陰謀破壞期間，MOAB級氣球生成時生命值降低。	—
This list was last updated for: version 46.1