Shimmer (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Shimmer (Battles 2).

Shimmer

Gains a dark magic attack that periodically reveals location of all nearby Camo Bloons permanently.

Tower	Wizard Monkey — Path 3 — Tier 3
XP cost	2,200
Cash cost	$1,275 — Easy $1,500 — Medium $1,620 — Hard $1,800 — Impoppable

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Shimmer is the Wizard Monkey's path 3 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It grants a new aura attack that removes the Camo property from Camo Bloons. This aura deals no damage, has 500 pierce, an attack cooldown of 2 seconds, and a radius of 75 units. It can remove Camo from all Bloon types. This upgrade also increases the range of Wizard Monkey by 10 units (20% larger than the previous tier).

Crosspathing with Guided Magic allows the aura attack to detect Camo Bloons behind line of sight blockers. Without the crosspath, it can still decamo Bloons behind blockers if a Camo Bloon within sight causes the aura attack to trigger.

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 60 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong Camo Prioritization

Attack
Cooldown 1.1s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 8.17, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 60 units
Projectile Pierce 8 Damage 1 Damage type Energy Speed 400 units/s Lifespan 0.4s Radius 4 units

Shimmer
Cooldown 2s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 8.17, 7 Targeting range 60 units Filters Can only target Camo
Projectile Pierce 500 Lifespan 0.05s Radius 75 units Ignores blockers Removes Camo

1-0-3

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

Shimmer
Now ignores blockers

2-0-3

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

0-1-3

Fireball
Cooldown 2.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 8.17, 7 Targeting First / Last / Close / Strong Targeting range 60 units
Projectile Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Damage 1 Damage type Fire Speed 400 units/s Lifespan 0.4s Radius 3 units Explosion Pierce 20 Damage 1 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.1s Radius 10 units Ignores blockers

0-2-3

Wall of Fire
Cooldown 6.5s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 8.17, 7 Targeting Track or Default Targeting range 60 units
Projectile Pierce 15 Damage 1 Damage type Fire Lifespan 4.5s Radius 15 units Rehit interval 0.15s Refresh pierce interval 0.15s Ignores blockers

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	$1,995	$2,350	$2,540	$2,820	$1,397	$1,645	$1,778	$1,974
1-0-3	$2,145	$2,525	$2,730	$3,030	$1,502	$1,768	$1,911	$2,121
2-0-3	$2,525	$2,975	$3,215	$3,570	$1,768	$2,083	$2,251	$2,499
0-1-3	$2,250	$2,650	$2,865	$3,180	$1,575	$1,855	$2,006	$2,226
0-2-3	$2,930	$3,450	$3,730	$4,140	$2,051	$2,415	$2,611	$2,898

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 49.3

Shimmer doesn't attack fast enough and is too expensive to be a viable decamo option, while offering almost no damage or other utility. While the aura has much more pierce and radius than other options such as Signal Flare and Submerge and Support, it struggles to decamo DDTs and rounds with fast bloons such as 47, 48, and 53. It should only serve as a stepping stone to Necromancer, which has far more consistent Camo-popping. However, if there's no other high-pierce decamo available, such as on Magic Monkeys Only, additional camo-poppers must be bought to cover the downtime of Shimmer.

For crosspaths, only 1-0-3 has an effect for purely support, allowing the shimmers to trigger behind obstacles. Otherwise, treat it like a lower-tier Wizard or when going for Necromancer and above.

Update history

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

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Version 7.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 20.0

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $1,800 → $1,700

Version 21.0

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

Version 28.0

•  Camo Prioritization filter added

Version 29.0

0-2-3

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

Version 30.0

“

Wizard Prince of Darkness is annoying to position correctly due to the sudden massive radius increase & it also needs a power nerf. So overall here we are moving all of the range increase down into a lower amount at the T3 so that range positioning is known before buying any necromancer upgrades, as well as moving some of the lifespan of the zombies themselves into the lesser used 1xx lifespan crosspath. — Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $25 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Range increased ― 40 → 60

Version 32.0

“

011 Fireball also does not benefit from having the pierce crosspath — Update notes

”

0-1-3, 0-2-3

•  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. Shimmer is prone to missing a lot of camo Bloons due to the low attack rate, we do want it to be slower than other decamos to account for the larger radius and better T5 so we are making the radius benefit more noticable and lowering price — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $1,700 → $1,500
•  Shimmer radius increased ― 70 → 80

0-2-3

•  Wall of Fire pierce per tic reduced ― 19 → 15

Version 39.0

“

Shimmer’s range/radius values are being adjusted to match the attack trigger area to the tower’s range but with a far larger radius on the actual effect once it is triggered, this reduces inconsistency where Shimmer would often hit only first camo target to enter radius then be stuck on long cooldown. — Update notes

”

•  Shimmer: Targeting range now matches tower range ― 80 → 60
•  Shimmer: Effect radius set to 25% more than tower range ― 70 → 75

Version 43.0

“

As Shimmer is the slowest de-camo in the game it is important that it not miss when it does trigger, so pierce is greatly increased. — Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Shimmer: Pierce increased ― 200 → 500

Version 47.0

“

Shimmer struggles as a de-camo option due to the low consistency, so the attack rate is being improved. — Update notes

”

•  Shimmer attack cooldown decreased ― 2.5s → 2s

Version 48.0

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

Gallery

For more Wizard Monkey images, see Gallery:Wizard Monkey.

Screenshots

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  Shimmer with no crosspath
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  Shimmer with Fireball crosspath
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  Shimmer with Wall of Fire crosspath
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  Shimmer with Guided Magic crosspath
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  Shimmer with Arcane Blast crosspath
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  Shimmer decamo attack. Note that the radius is larger than the visual aura.

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
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  Insta Monkey icon

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 49.3

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	وميض	—
Danish	Flimren	—
German	Schimmer	—
Spanish	Centelleo	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Centelleo	—
Finnish	Hohto	—
French	Scintillement	—
Italian	Luccichio	—
Japanese	キラキラ	—
Korean	깜박깜박	—
Dutch	Schittering	—
Norwegian	Flimmer	—
Polish	Migotanie	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Reluzente	—
Russian	Отблеск	—
Swedish	Skimmer	—
Thai	เผยโฉม	—
Turkish	Pırıltı	—
Chinese (simplified)	微光	—
Chinese (traditional)	微光	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	اكتساب هجوم سحري مظلم من شأنه أن يكشف بشكل دوري عن موقع جميع البالونات القريبة المموهة دائمًا.	—
Danish	Sort magi som periodevis permanent afslører beliggenheden af camo-bloons i nærheden.	—
German	Erhält einen Angriff mit schwarzer Magie, der dauerhaft den Standort aller Tarn-Bloons in der Nähe zeigt.	—
Spanish	Gana un ataque de magia oscura que revela la ubicación de todos los camufloons cercanos de forma permanente cada tanto.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Gana un ataque de magia oscura que revela la ubicación de todos los camufloons cercanos de forma permanente cada tanto.	—
Finnish	Saa musta magian hyökkäyksen, joka ajoittain paljastaa kaikkien lähellä olevien maastokuvioitujen bloonien sijainnin pysyvästi.	—
French	Confère une attaque de magie noire qui révèle de temps en temps l'emplacement de tous les Bloons camouflés à proximité de façon permanente.	—
Italian	Ottiene un attacco di magia nera che rivela periodicamente la posizione di tutti i bloon mimetizzati nelle vicinanze in modo permanente.	—
Japanese	付近のカモフラージュブルーンの場所が時々見えるようになる黒魔術攻撃を永久に取得する。	—
Korean	주기적으로 주변의 캐모 풍선의 위치를 영구히 드러내는 흑마법 효과가 추가됩니다.	—
Dutch	Krijgt een duistere magische aanval die periodiek de locatie van alle Gecamoufleerde Bloons in de buurt permanent onthult.	—
Norwegian	Får et angrep med svart magi som periodevis avslører plasseringen til alle kamuflasjebloons i nærheten permanent.	—
Polish	Zyskuje atak czarnej magii, który okresowo trwale ukazuje lokalizację wszystkich pobliskich kamuflażowych blonów.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Ganha uma magia obscura que periodicamente revela a localização de todos os Bloons Camuflados permanentemente.	—
Russian	Обучается тёмномагической атаке, которая периодически и насовсем обнаруживает поблизости камуфлированные шары.	—
Swedish	Förvärvar en attack med mörk magi som periodvis avslöjar läget för alla Kamo-Bloons i närheten permanent.	—
Thai	ได้รับท่าโจมตีด้วยเวทมนตร์ความมืด ซึ่งเผยตำแหน่งของบลูนพรางตัวทั้งหมดที่อยู่ใกล้เคียงอย่างถาวร เป็นระยะๆ	—
Turkish	Yakındaki tüm Kamuflajlı bloon’ların yerini belirli aralıklarla ortaya çıkaran bir kara büyü saldırısı kazanır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	获得黑暗魔法攻击，周期性永久显示附近所有迷彩气球的位置。	—
Chinese (traditional)	獲得黑魔法攻擊，可周期性地顯示附近所有偽裝氣球的位置。	—