Spiked Balls (BTD6)

Spiked Balls

Produces spiked balls that do extra damage to Ceramic and Fortified Bloons.

Tower	Spike Factory — Path 1 — Tier 3
XP cost	2,400
Cash cost	$1,955 — Easy $2,300 — Medium $2,485 — Hard $2,760 — Impoppable

← White Hot Spikes

Spiked Mines →

Spiked Balls is the Spike Factory's path 1 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. Instead of spike piles, it dispenses spiked balls that deal 2 damage, +3 Ceramic damage, and +1 Fortified damage, and have 11 pierce. Spiked balls can pop Frozen and Lead Bloons.

Stats

For a complete list of Spike Factory stats, see Stats:Spike Factory (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 34 units Footprint radius 8 units Targeting options Normal

Attack
Cooldown 1.75s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 15.54 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 34 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 11 Damage 2 Damage to Ceramic (excl. Ceramic Armor Shell) +3 Damage to Fortified +1 Damage type Normal Lifespan 50s Radius 6 units Rehit interval 0.001s Ignores blockers

3-1-0

Attack
Cooldown 1.75s → 1.4s

3-2-0

Attack
Cooldown 1.4s → 1.05s

3-0-1

Tower
Display range 34 units → 42 units

Attack
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 15.54 ↓ 0, 0, 17.53 Targeting range 34 units → 42 units
Projectile Lifespan 50s → 100s

3-0-2

Tower
Targeting options Close Smart Automatic Set Target

Start-of-round buff
Cooldown modifier ×0.25 Lifespan 3s

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
3-0-0	$3,995	$4,700	$5,080	$5,640	$2,797	$3,290	$3,556	$3,948
3-1-0	$4,505	$5,300	$5,730	$6,360	$3,154	$3,710	$4,011	$4,452
3-2-0	$5,185	$6,100	$6,595	$7,320	$3,630	$4,270	$4,617	$5,124
3-0-1	$4,120	$4,850	$5,240	$5,820	$2,884	$3,395	$3,668	$4,074
3-0-2	$4,460	$5,250	$5,670	$6,300	$3,122	$3,675	$3,969	$4,410

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 52.2

Spiked Balls is mediocre as a mid or late game cleanup. Before round 81, an unbuffed Spiked Balls is less cost-efficient than a base Spike Factory with Berserker Brew. Buffing Spiked Balls with Berserker Brew will make it more powerful, but this setup is so expensive for cleanup that it will delay any saveup. Therefore it is not a worthwhile option at all unless upgrading to Spiked Mines, which becomes the mid game carry itself. It also performs poorly against Super Ceramics, taking 1.5 piles (0.85 with Berserker Brew) to pop each one and costing much more than other options.

Both crosspaths have their own use cases. 3-2-0 is better if building into Spiked Mines, while 3-0-2 is more useful for defending multiple or intersecting exits.

Update history

For a complete list of Spike Factory changes, see Update history:Spike Factory (BTD6).

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Version 7.0

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,400 → $2,200

Version 8.0

•  Spike: Damage to Ceramics increased ― +2 → +3

Version 19.0

•  Base damage of each spike increased ― 1 → 2

Version 22.0

“

We quite liked how the lifespan changes for xx1 spikes went previously, though this still wasn’t enough to make the path competitive and increasing this number further wouldn’t have much of an impact since most earlier rounds aren’t long enough. Spiked Balls strats have also felt too strong compared to higher tiers on top path, so touching on all of these issues slightly the base lifespan of spikes has been reduced, ceramic bonus increased on 4xx; and a new bonus added to 5xx.
— Update notes

”

•  Base projectile lifespan reduced ― 70s → 50s
  • Note: Long Reach lifespan remains at 100s

Version 23.0

“

Like a few other towers before it, the attack speed crosspath for Spike Factory has outshined the others. We have reworked the lower Spike Factory tiers to distribute this power more evenly while keeping high tier factories at a similar level of power.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost increased by $200 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Base spike factory rate increased ― 2.2s → 1.75s

3-1-0

•  Rate reduced ― 1.32s → 1.4s

3-2-0

•  Rate increased ― 0.99s → 0.98s

Version 24.0

“

Spiked Balls are used quite a lot, but we like their overall position right now so they have had only a slight bump up in price, along with a bigger decrease to the price of T4 Spiked Mines.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $2,200 → $2,300

Version 26.0

“

Pierce amounts for Spiked Balls and Mines fits their use cases too awkwardly due to super ceramics. Considering the power of Spiked Balls, their pierce has been reduced slightly to add value to the pierce focussed higher tier in addition to a price cut for Spiked Mines.
— Update notes

”

•  Pierce reduced ― 17 → 14

Version 36.0

“

Permaspike, while admittedly not often utilized to its max potential, has sat in a dominant high end position for a long time so we are shifting it away from such high pierce into more damage per pierce.
— Update notes

”

•  Pierce per spiked ball reduced ― 14 → 12

Version 39.0

•  Spike Factory no longer can shotgun spikes for exactly one frame after spawning (bug fix)

Version 45.0

“

Still very strong cleanup, Spiked Balls slowly approaches 10 pierce, while leaving Spiked Mines unchanged for more encouragement to upgrade past it.
— Update notes

”

•  Pierce reduced ― 12 → 11
  • Note: Pierce of Spiked Mines and above remains the same

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	الكرات المسننة تنتج الكرات المسننة التي تسبب ضررًا إضافيًا لبالونات السيراميك والبالونات المحصنة.	—
Danish	Sømkugler Producerer sømkugler der gør ekstra skade mod keramiske og forstærkede bloons.	—
German	Nagelbälle Erzeugt Nagelbälle, die bei Keramik- und Wehrbloons viel Schaden anrichten.	—
Spanish	Bolas con clavos Produce bolas con clavos que hacen más daño a los bloons cerámicos y fortificados.	—
Spanish (LA)	Bolas con clavos Produce bolas con clavos que hacen más daño a los bloons cerámicos y fortificados.	—
Finnish	Piikkipallot Tuottaa piikkipalloja, jotka tekevät enemmän vahinkoa keraamisille ja vahvistetuille blooneille.	—
French	Boules à pointes Produit des boules à pointes qui infligent des dégâts supplémentaires aux Bloons en céramique et fortifiés.	—
Italian	Sfere acuminate Produce sfere acuminate che provocano danno extra a bloon di ceramica e fortificati.	—
Japanese	スパイクボール 陶器と強化ブルーンに追加ダメージを与えるスパイクボールを生産する。	—
Korean	스파이크구 세라믹과 강화 풍선에 추가 피해를 주는 뾰족한 스파이크구를 생산합니다.	—
Dutch	Stekelballen Produceert stekelballen die extra schade doen aan Keramische en Gepantserde Bloons.	—
Norwegian	Spikerkuler Produserer spikerkuler som gjør ekstra skade på keramiske og forsterkede bloons.	—
Polish	Kolczaste kule Produkuje kolczaste kule, które zadają dodatkowe obrażenia ceramicznym i ufortyfikowanym blonom.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Bolas de Espinhos Produz bolas de espinhos que causam dano extra a Bloons de Cerâmica e Fortificados.	—
Russian	Шипованные ядра Производит шипованные ядра, которые наносят дополнительный урон керамическим и укреплённым шарам.	—
Swedish	Spikbollar Producerar spikbollar som orsakar extra skada på Keramik- och förstärkta Bloons.	—
Thai	บอลหนาม ผลิตลูกตุ้มหนามที่ทำดาเมจเพิ่มเติมกับบลูนเซรามิกและบลูนเสริมเกราะ	—
Turkish	Çivili Top Seramik ve Güçlendirilmiş Bloon’lara ekstra hasar veren çivili toplar üretir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	刺钉球 生产刺钉球，对陶瓷气球和强化气球造成额外伤害。	—
Chinese (traditional)	刺球 生產刺球，對陶瓷和強化氣球造成額外傷害。	—
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