Marked to Pop ability: Marks extra Bloons, then proceeds to attack all Marked Bloons. Marked Bloons take more damage and give more cash. All Desperados can target Marked Bloons.
Bounty Hunter is the Desperado's path 2 tier 4 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It increases the damage of its pistol from 6 to 16 and grants it +16 damage to Ceramic Bloons, increases the damage of its rifle attack from 10 to 24 and damage to Fortified Bloons from +10 to +24, and unlocks a non-damaging attack that places marks on Bloons, the Marked to Pop Activated Ability, and an improved version of the Take Aim ability. If at least one Bounty Hunter is present, it grants all Desperados the capability to prioritize marked Bloons.
The marking attack places a mark on a target Bloon every 9 seconds. Marked Bloons take double damage from Desperados and give twice as much cash per pop (affected by cash per pop modifiers in later rounds), but it only affects one layer. It can affect MOAB-Class Bloons, though they do not display any visual indication that they are affected. This attack is affected by attack speed modifiers, but cannot have its attack speed reduced to be below 9 seconds. It has the same range as the rifle and is active regardless of which weapon the Desperado is currently using.
Mark prioritization
If there is at least one Desperado with the Bounty Hunter upgrade on the map, all Desperados gain a Monkey Special that causes them to prioritize marked Bloons when enabled. This option disappears if the only Desperado with this upgrade or Golden Justice on the map is removed.
Marked to Pop
Marked to Pop is an Activated Ability that temporarily stops all the Desperado's other attacks, switching it to a non-damaging attack that rapidly marks Bloons for 2 seconds (marking up to 30 Bloons without any attack speed modifiers), then switching it to an attack that rapidly attacks only marked Bloons for 1 second, before returning it to using its other attacks. Both attacks have infinite range, but can only target Bloons within line of sight. The second attack deals 30 damage per hit (before the damage multiplier from being marked), can damage all Bloon types, and has a chance to crit for 4× damage (like all attacks with Bullseye).
Both of this ability's attacks benefit from Quickdraw, Standoff, Wanderer, and Nomad in the same way as the pistol and rifle attacks.
Take Aim
Bounty Hunter has an improved version of Deadeye's Take Aim ability. It applies +50% range instead of +25%, reduces spread by 80% instead of 50%, and allows the affected tower to damage Black Bloons, White Bloons, and Purple Bloons.
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
0-4-0
$8,325
$9,800
$10,585
$11,760
$5,828
$6,860
$7,410
$8,232
1-4-0
$8,495
$10,000
$10,800
$12,000
$5,947
$7,000
$7,560
$8,400
2-4-0
$8,665
$10,200
$11,015
$12,240
$6,066
$7,140
$7,711
$8,568
0-4-1
$8,510
$10,020
$10,820
$12,025
$5,957
$7,014
$7,574
$8,418
0-4-2
$8,750
$10,300
$11,120
$12,360
$6,125
$7,210
$7,784
$8,652
Strategy
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Bounty Hunter's support capabilities are versatile, offering further range from its Take Aim and income generation from its marked statuses, plus extra DPS for Desperado defenses. Outside of CHIMPS, Bounty Hunter is one of the major farming supports, excelling at directly making income when combined with blimp instakills, as well as assisting Monkey City range to cover more Farms in the transition to Monkeyopolis or for simply covering the buff further. It remains viable in CHIMPS for its support value. Marked to Pop ability has a fair amount of burst damage, though primarily used for the income bonus.
The marked status helps Desperados deal much more damage to single bloons, such as the single blimps on Rounds 60, 80, and 100, and also assists XXXL Trap farming versus blimps. Setting on Strong is usually better, so the marked status can target the strongest Bloons and the rifle can take advantage of its high damage. Its income generation against anything but a blimp instakill farm is inferior because it's much slower at making income than most options.
The improved Take Aim's bigger range is best applied on single towers that need very wide coverage for a while, and the capability to pop Black, White, and Purple Bloons is most effective on towers with these specific weaknesses, such as The Biggest One (versus DDTs), Recursive Cluster, Arctic Knight, and Ring of Fire, in addition to temporary camo detection. It's also a solid choice on Monkey Villages, such as spreading Monkey Commerce buffs further and the aforementioned Monkey City.
2-4-0 is usually the better crosspath due to its large synergy with Quickdraw's speed buffs when attacking far targets, plus better single-target damage via Standoff, compared to 0-4-2 which is more consistent versus groups but less effective single-target damage.
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Desperado’s middle path did too many things, so we’re streamlining its kit. The base stat improvements have been removed, instead ramping up its passive Bloon Marking debuff which refocuses the path on its bounty hunting identity and interactions. — Update notes
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Upgrade cost reduced ― $6,500 → $6,000
Mark attack: Cooldown reduced ― 9s → 6s
Mark attack: Minimum cooldown reduced ― 9s → 3s
Note: This means the attack can now be affected by attack speed buffs, up to a minimum of 3s
Mid-path desperado’s pistol was intended to be a soft ‘minimum range’, but implementation was confusing and frustrating to use, somehow again right after Wolfy’s recent struggles (fun videos those), we decided to work on improving the first timer's desperado experience for this path. The Rifle weapon will now always take priority and shoot first over the pistol if there are targets within Rifle radius, HOWEVER, pistol range is now a true deadzone that the rifle cannot target within. TLDR; The pistol now attacks when there are only Bloons within the pistol radius and nothing in the rifle radius. — Update notes
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Targeting and weapon selection: Desperados will now prioritize attacking Bloons with the Rifle over any pistol target
Rifle attack: Cannot longer target Bloons in the pistol's range
Note: This is implemented as a minimum range of 40 units
Pistol attack: Range increased ― 28 units → 40 units
Note: Rifle range unchanged (80 units)
Pistol attack: Range cannot longer be buffed
This allows range buffs to not reduce the minimum range of the rifle, but prevents the pistol attack from triggering at longer ranges.
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قدرة التحديد للفرقعة: يتوقف مؤقتًا عن الهجوم لتحديد البالونات، ثم يواصل مهاجمة جميع البالونات المحددة. تتم مشاركة أولوية البالونات المحددة مع مجرمين طائشين x2x آخرين، وتتعرض البالونات المحددة لمزيد من الضرر وتمنح المزيد من النقود.
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Danish
Pop-markeringsevne: Sætter angreb på markerede bloons på pause og fortsætter derefter med at angribe alle markerede bloons. Prioriteten af markerede bloons deles med andre x2x Desperadoer, og skaden øges på markerede bloons, og de giver flere penge.
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German
Zum-Platzen-Markieren-Fähigkeit: Angriff wird unterbrochen, um Bloons zu markieren, anschließend werden alle markierten Bloons angegriffen. Die Priorität der markierten Bloons wird mit anderen x2x Desperados geteilt, und markierte Bloons nehmen mehr Schaden und geben mehr Geld ab.
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Spanish
Habilidad Apuntar para explotar: pausa el ataque a los bloons marcados y luego procede a atacar a estos. La prioridad de los bloons marcados se comparte con otros Desperados x2x, y los bloons marcados reciben más daño y te proporcionan más dinero.
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Spanish (Latin America)
Habilidad Marcado para reventar: pausa el ataque para marcar bloons y luego ataca a todos los marcados. La prioridad de los bloons marcados se comparte con otros x2x forajidos. Los bloons marcados reciben más daño y otorgan más dinero.
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Finnish
Merkitty poksautettavaksi -kyky: Lopettaa hyökkäämisen merkitäkseen blooneja ja hyökkää sitten kaikkien merkittyjen bloonien kimppuun. Merkittyjen bloonien prioriteetti jaetaan muiden x2x-Desperadojen kanssa ja kaikki merkityt bloonit ottavat enemmän vahinkoa ja antavat enemmän käteistä.
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French
Aptitude Destiné à éclater : pause les attaques pour marquer des Bloons, puis attaque tous les Bloons marqués. La priorité de ciblage des Bloons marqués est également appliquée aux autres desperados x2x, et ces Bloons marqués subissent plus de dégâts et confèrent plus d'argent.
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Italian
Abilità Scoppio marchiato: ferma l'attacco per marchiare i bloon, poi attacca tutti quelli marchiati. I bloon marchiati condividono la priorità con altri x2x Fuorilegge e i bloon marchiati subiscono più danni e offrono più contante.
수배 표식 능력: 공격을 잠시 멈추고 풍선에 표식을 남긴 후, 모든 표식이 있는 풍선을 공격합니다. 표식이 있는 풍선의 우선순위는 다른 x2x 데스페라도들과 공유하며, 표식이 있는 풍선은 피해를 더 많이 받고 캐시를 더 많이 줍니다.
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Dutch
Tot knal veroordeeld-vaardigheid: onderbreekt het aanvallen om Bloons te markeren en valt daarna alle gemarkeerde Bloons aan. De prioriteit Gemarkeerde Bloon wordt gedeeld met andere Desperado's (x-2-x) en gemarkeerde Bloons lopen meer schade op en leveren meer geld op.
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Norwegian
Evnen Markert for popping: Pauser angrep for å markere bloons, for deretter å angripe alle markerte bloons. Prioritet for markerte bloons deles med andre x2x-desperadoer, og markerte bloons påføres mer skade og gir mer kontanter.
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Polish
Umiejętność Oznaczenie do przekłucia: Desperado wstrzymuje atak, aby oznaczyć blony, a następnie atakuje wszystkie oznaczone blony. Priorytet oznaczonych blonów jest współdzielony z innymi Desperado z rzędu x2x. Oznaczone blony otrzymują większe obrażenia i dają więcej małpiej kasy.
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Portuguese (Brazil)
Habilidade Marcado para Estourar: pausa os ataques para marcar Bloons e, então, passa a atacar todos os Bloons marcados. A prioridade de alvo dos Bloons marcados é compartilhada com outros x2x Pistoleiros. Bloons marcados recebem mais dano e dão mais dinheiro.
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Russian
Способность «Пробивающая метка»: сначала перестает атаковать, чтобы отметить шары, а потом атакует все отмеченные шары. Приоритет отмеченных шаров передается еще двум десперадо, а отмеченные шары получают больше урона и дают больше денег.
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Swedish
Märkt för smällningsförmåga: Pausar attackerna till Märkta Bloons och forsätter sedan att attackera alla Märkta Bloons. Märkt Bloon-prioriteringen delas med andra x2x-Desperados och Märkta Bloons tar mer skada och ger mer pengar.
İşaretli Hedef yeteneği: Saldırıyı durdurup Bloon'ları işaretler, ardından tüm İşaretli Bloon'lara saldırır. İşaretli Bloon hedef önceliği, diğer x2x Desperadolarla paylaşılır. İşaretli Bloon'lar daha fazla hasar alır ve daha çok nakit kazandırır.
Marked to Pop ability: Marks extra Bloons, then proceeds to attack all Marked Bloons. Marked Bloons take more damage and give more cash. All Desperados can target Marked Bloons.
Take Aim: No longer reduces accuracy if crosspathed (bug fix)
No longer grants infinite range to Advanced Intel subs (bug fix)
Pistol attack: Range increased ― 28 units → 40 units 
0-4-0 Desperado
All crosspaths
Marking attack being used on a Test Bloon
Take Aim being used on Quincy
Marked to Pop marking Yellow Bloons
Marked to Pop executing Yellow Bloons
Marking attack applying the wrong visual effect when crosspathed
3-2-0 Monkey Buccaneers
Bounty Hunter granting infinite range to Advanced Intel
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