Pincushion Flyby

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Pincushion Flyby
Icon of Pincushion Flyby
Type Artifact
Common Monkey Ace pin Bloons for 1s on pop, and have 10% more pierce. Adds a 0-1-1 Monkey Ace to your Party
Rare Monkey Ace pin Bloons for 1s on pop, and have 15% more pierce. Adds a 0-1-2 Monkey Ace to your Party
Legendary Monkey Ace pin Bloons for 1s on pop, and have 25% more pierce. Adds a 0-0-2 Monkey Ace to your Party
Hero parties —
Introduced Version 47.0
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The editor who added this notice elaborates: Determine if all attacks from Monkey Aces can pin or just dart-based attacks.

Pincushion Flyby is a type of Artifact in the Rogue Legends DLC for Bloons TD 6. It grants Monkey Ace a Pin-like effect that stuns small Bloons they pop for 1s, lasting for 10 layers and grants a pierce buff that increases with the rarity of the Artifact. Darts are unable to pin Lead Bloons and Ceramic Bloons until the outer layer is popped. Rosalia starts with the Common variant of this Artifact and it also adds a 0-1-1 / 0-1-2 / 0-0-2 Monkey Ace to the party.

Stats

Pin
Multiplier×0
Duration1.0s
Layers10

Strategy

The Artifact is useful for cleanup in the early game, but shouldn't be relied on as a way to stalling as the radial pattern of the darts plus the flight pattern of the Ace makes it difficult to hit Bloons reliably without extensive micro, at least until Operation: Dart Storm or Neva-Miss Targeting can be used, however, at this point, its utility drops fast when Ceramic and MOAB-Class Bloons start appearing. The extra pierce can be useful for Neva-Miss Targeting and the dart attacks of Spectre in particular, however the presence of Super Ceramic Bloons in later rounds may reduce the necessity for pierce.

Update history

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We aren’t including changes requiring a translation for a patch update, but have included a number of stat changes to many Artifacts as touch up buffs to a number of Artifacts that have been less popular so far.
— Update notes
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  • Buff Pierce multipliers changed; all rarities now increase pierce
    • Common: -40% → +10%
    • Rare: -20% → +15%
    • Legendary: +15% → +25%
  • Descriptions of all rarities updated accordingly

In other languages

Language Text Notes
Arabic أشواك محلقة —
Danish Nålepude —
German Nadelkissen-Vorbeiflug —
Spanish Reconocimiento del alfiletero —
Spanish (Latin America) Vuelo punzante —
Finnish Neulatyynylento —
French Vol d’épingles —
Italian Puntaspilli radente —
Japanese 飛ぶ針差し —
Korean 바늘꽂이 비행 —
Dutch Vliegend speldenkussen —
Norwegian Midt i nåløyet —
Polish Przyszpilający przelot —
Portuguese (Brazil) Alfineteira Voadora —
Russian Прикалывание —
Swedish Nålkuddeförbiflygning —
Thai การบินผ่านเข็มหมุด —
Turkish İğneli Uçuş —
Chinese (simplified) 针垫飞越 —
Chinese (traditional) 針刺飛掠 —