MOAB Mauler (BTD6)

For other uses, see MOAB Mauler (disambiguation).

MOAB Mauler

MOAB Maulers do much more damage to MOAB-Class Bloons.

Tower	Bomb Shooter — Path 2 — Tier 3
XP cost	2,700
Cash cost	$850 — Easy $1,000 — Medium $1,080 — Hard $1,200 — Impoppable

← Missile Launcher

MOAB Assassin →

MOAB Mauler is the Bomb Shooter's path 2 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It increases the Bomb Shooter's MOAB-Class damage by +15 (or +17 with Mega Mauler), for a total of 16 (or 18 with Mega Mauler). It also increases range by 5 units, from 44 to 49 without bottom crosspaths. Frag Bombs causes each fragment to deal +9 MOAB-class damage.

Stats

For a complete list of Bomb Shooter stats, see Stats:Bomb Shooter (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.2

Tower
Display range 49 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.825s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 27.1, 16.3 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 49 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Speed 270 units/s Lifespan 0.6s Radius 4 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Explosion Pierce 22 Damage 1 Damage to MOAB-Class +15 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.1s Persists between rounds 1 Radius 12 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

1-3-0

Attack
Projectile Radius 4 units → 5 units Explosion Pierce 22 → 28 Radius 12 units → 18 units

2-3-0

Attack
Explosion Pierce 28 → 38 Damage 1 → 2

0-3-1

Tower
Display range 49 units → 61 units

Attack
Targeting range 49 units → 61 units

0-3-2

Tower
Display range 61 units → 63 units

Attack
Targeting range 61 units → 63 units
Frag Count 8 Angle 360° Pierce 1 Damage 1 Damage to MOAB-Class +4 Damage type Sharp Speed 300 units/s Lifespan 0.1667s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

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
0-3-0	$1,720	$2,025	$2,185	$2,430	$1,204	$1,418	$1,530	$1,701
1-3-0	$1,930	$2,275	$2,455	$2,730	$1,351	$1,593	$1,719	$1,911
2-3-0	$2,480	$2,925	$3,155	$3,510	$1,736	$2,048	$2,209	$2,457
0-3-1	$1,890	$2,225	$2,400	$2,670	$1,323	$1,558	$1,680	$1,869
0-3-2	$2,145	$2,525	$2,725	$3,030	$1,502	$1,768	$1,908	$2,121

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 54.0

MOAB Mauler cannot be expected to solo blimps, but is useful for Round 40 as cheap assistance against the first MOAB that spawns, in addition to breaking down blimps in the mid-game, especially grouped blimps on rounds such as 75. However, its fairly low blimp damage for its cost makes late-game MOAB Mauler spam are not very strong.

Usually, a 0-3-0 MOAB Mauler is enough, but extra range can be obtained with 0-3-1 if needed. The 1-3-0 or 2-3-0 crosspath can be used for MOAB Mauler to dent clumped blimps in late-game rounds. 0-3-2 is preferred when going for Mauler spam, since the bonus MOAB damage is significant and can be much improved with flat pierce buffs like Primary Training.

Update history

For a complete list of Bomb Shooter changes, see Update history:Bomb Shooter (BTD6).

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Version 4.0

•  Damage to MOAB-class increased ― +10 → +15

Version 12.0

•  Attack cooldown with Missile Launcher reduced ― 1.2s → 1.02s (attack speed increased by 17.65%)
•  Now deals +5 damage to Ceramic

Version 15.0

•  Range increased ― 44 → 49

Version 16.0

•  Explosion: MOAB-class bonus increased ― +15 → +18
  • Note: x-5-x unchanged (+79)

Version 18.0

•  Attack cooldown modifier from Missile Launcher increased ― -15% → -26.77%
  •  Overall attack cooldown modifier increased ― -32% → -45% (relative to the attack cooldown at 0-0-0, factoring in changes to Faster Reload)
  •  Overall attack cooldown reduced ― 1.02s → 0.825s (attack speed increased by 23.64%)

Version 20.0

“

[L]arger groups of basic T3 Maulers are now performing far too well against everything when they are intended to be more of a MOAB Specialist. This change means little in the early game, but should pull these groups back a little in more higher round gameplay.
— Update notes

”

•  Damage to Ceramic reduced ― +5 → +4

Version 22.0

“

Some low tier Bomb pierce has been shifted further up into the 2xx Heavy Bombs upgrade to effectively nerf 130 Mauler meta in price, but the price of these upgrades and MOAB Damage of T4 Maulers have both been buffed to benefit other variations of bomb better.
— Update notes

”

•  Pierce reduced ― 18 → 14

Version 23.0

“

Small nerf to the regular-Bloon power of MOAB Mauler’s domination.
— Update notes

”

•  Bonus Ceramic damage reduced ― +4 → +3
  • Note: MOAB Assassin unaffected (+4)

Version 25.0

“

MOAB Maulers have been a very strong meta spam for a while now, so we are chipping off most of its ceramic bonus at T3.
— Update notes

”

•  Ceramic bonus reduced ― +3 → +1
  • Note: MOAB Assassin unchanged

Version 28.0

“

While MOAB Maulers are a current popular meta the base bomb shooter is unaffordable early on for the little contribution it can make at early levels when not much pierce is really needed, so some cost has been moved out of the base upgrade and into the Mauler with an overall price increase to Mauler.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $900 → $1,100
  •  Overall cost increased by $125 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 30.0

“

Has strong meta usage, Mauler as a moab focus upgrade no longer needs the bonus to ceramic crutch
— Update notes

”

•  No longer deals +1 damage to Ceramics
  • Note: Does not carry over to higher tier upgrades

Version 32.0

“

Has been a standout tier 3 for long enough, T4 remaining unchanged to still encourage more focussed use over low tier spam.
— Update notes

”

•  Bonus MOAB-class damage reduced ― +18 → +15
  • Note: MOAB Assassin unchanged

Version 44.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $150 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 46.0

•  Main explosion: pierce increased ― 14 → 22

Version 47.0

“

Moving some cost up into MOAB Assassin so Maulers have more leeway early game & en masse.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $1,100 → $1,000

Version 54.0

“

MOAB Assassin has traded the small ceramic bonus for MOAB-Mauling frag synergy, and to make things more frag-tastic the ability now also synergizes with frags for added flair.
— Update notes

”

0-3-2

•  Frag: Now deals +4 damage to MOAB-Class Bloons

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	صاروخ المطرقة لمنطاد "موآب" صواريخ المطرقة لمنطاد "موآب" تُلحق ضرر أكبر بكثير على البالونات من فئة منطاد "موآب".	—
Danish	MOAB-mukkert MOAB-Mukkerter gør meget mere skade på MOAB-klasse bloons.	—
German	MOAB-Schläger MOAB-Schläger richten bei Bloons der MOAB-Klasse viel mehr Schaden an.	—
Spanish	Golpeador de MOAB Los golpeadores de MOAB hacen mucho más daño a los bloons clase MOAB.	—
Spanish (LA)	Golpeador de MOAB Los golpeadores de MOAB hacen mucho más daño a los bloons clase MOAB.	—
Finnish	MOAB-raatelija MOAB-raatelijat tekevät paljon enemmän vahinkoa MOAB-luokan blooneille.	—
French	Cogneur de MOAB Les cogneurs de MOAB infligent bien plus de dégâts aux Bloons de classe MOAB.	—
Italian	Demolitore MOAB I Demolitori MOAB provocano molto più danno ai bloon di classe MOAB.	—
Japanese	MOAB\nモーラー MOABモーラーは、MOAB級ブルーンにさらに大きなダメージを与える。	—
Korean	MOAB 격투자 MOAB 격투자는 MOAB급 풍선에 훨씬 더 많은 피해를 줍니다.	—
Dutch	MOAB-mepper MOAB-meppers doen veel meer schade aan MOAB-klasse Bloons.	—
Norwegian	MOAB-mishandler MOAB-kløyvere gjør mye mer skade på bloons av MOAB-klasse.	—
Polish	Zabijaka MOAB-ów Zabijaki MOAB-ów zadają o wiele większe obrażenia blonom klasy MOAB.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Esmaga MOAB Esmaga MOAB causa muito mais dano a Bloons Classe MOAB.	—
Russian	Гроза MOAB Гроза MOAB наносит больше урона шарам класса MOAB.	—
Swedish	MOAB-Misshandlare MOAB-misshandlare åsamkar mycket större skada på MOAB-klass-Bloons.	—
Thai	มอลเลอร์ MOAB มอลเลอร์ MOAB ทำดาเมจกับลูกโป่งคลาส MOAB แรงขึ้นอย่างมาก	—
Turkish	MOAB Hırpalayıcı MOAB Hırpalayıcılar, MOAB Sınıfı Bloon’lara çok daha fazla hasar verir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	MOAB重锤 MOAB重锤对MOAB级气球造成更多伤害。	—
Chinese (traditional)	MOAB重鎚 MOAB重鎚可以對MOAB級氣球造成更多傷害。	—
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