Activated Ability

This article is about the gameplay mechanic. For the Monkey Knowledge book, see Monkey Knowledge (BMC).

Activated Abilities are a game mechanic introduced in Bloons TD 5. These are special attacks or powerful effects that certain towers can perform after obtaining a certain upgrade and must be activated manually. After being used, the abilities go into a period of time where they cannot be used again known as ability cooldown (to differentiate it from attack cooldown), and once this time expires, the ability can be used again.

Mechanics

In most Bloons TD games where they appear, Activated Abilities share a common set of mechanics with very few exceptions, for particulars on a specific game check their corresponding section below.

• All tower types have at least one Activated Ability, but is usually restricted to a specific upgrade, for example in games from the BTD5 generation, they are obtained from a path 2, tier 4 upgrade, meanwhile Heroes in the BTD6 generation gain an ability at Levels 3 and 10.
• After purchasing the upgrade, the game will show an icon on the screen with an image corresponding to the ability, and to activate it, the player must click on the icon.
• If the player has multiples of a tower which has an ability, each individual tower will be able to perform it independently from the rest, and the icon on the screen will show a number indicating the amount of uses that the player has available across all towers on the map.
• After using an ability, the tower it belonged to will start a timer where it cannot be used again, this is known as an ability cooldown and its duration might be different for each individual ability. In the user interface, the icon will change slightly to indicate that it is not available and present some sort of graphic to indicate the remaining time until it is recharged.
• When the upgrade is purchased, the ability may be instantly available or start in cooldown, for game balance reasons. Additionally, some abilities may or may not be activated during breaks between rounds.
• Certain towers or game mechanics can provide buffs to decrease the amount of time needed to recharge an ability, but these are independent from the usual attack speed buffs. Most of these buffs are percentage-based.

Bloons TD 3 and Bloons TD 4

Although abilities were not formally introduced until the fifth entry of the series, a precursor of this mechanic is found in Bloons Tower Defense 3 by upgrading a Monkey Beacon into a Monkey Storm Beacon, and later in Bloons TD 4 by upgrading a Monkey Beacon into a Monkey Storm, which allows it to call a Super Monkey Storm on command by paying some cash.

Bloons TD 5

Icons of many activated abilities in the mobile version of Bloons TD 5.

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One of your towers now has an Activated Ability. These are extremely powerful abilities that can be used when you get in trouble. Each ability is on a 'cool-down' before it can be used again. You can use the ability by clicking the ability icons above the deployment bar. — tutorial popup

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Activated Abilities were formally introduced in BTD5, and are obtained by upgrading towers to their path 2 tier 4 upgrade, with the exception of the Banana Farm. Certain Special Agents can also have an ability, and certain Specialty Buildings allow all towers of a specific type to share an ability.

Activated Abilities in Bloons TD 5

Tower	Upgrade		Description
Bloonchipper	Supa-Vac		Huge burst of suction power brings all nearby non-MOAB class bloons towards it and holds them there until they are sucked into the tower. Lasts 8 seconds.	Huge burst of suction power brings all nearby non-MOAB class bloons towards it and holds them there until they are sucked into the tower. Lasts 8 seconds.
Bomb Tower	MOAB Assassin		Ability: deadly missile seeks the nearest MOAB and destroys it.	MOAB Assassin Ability: super deadly missile seeks the nearest MOAB-class bloon and destroys it instantly. Does 1000 damage to ZOMG bloons instead of destroying them.
Boomerang Thrower	Turbo Charge		Ability: attacks incredibly fast for 10 seconds.	Turbo Charge Ability: increase attack speed to hypersonic for 10 seconds.
Dart Monkey	Super Monkey Fan Club		Ability: up to 10 nearby dart monkeys go Super for 10 seconds.	Super Monkey Fan Club Ability: Converts up to 10 nearby dart monkeys into Super Monkeys for 15 seconds
Dartling Gun	Bloon Area Denial System		Ability: shoots missiles toward the nearest 100 bloons on screen.	The BADS covers a wide area with each shot. Enables the Rocket Storm Ability: Rocket Storm shoots out a missile towards the nearest 100 bloons on screen. Ouch.
Glue Gunner	Glue Striker		Ability: glues everything on the screen temporarily.	Glue Strike Ability: glues all bloons on the screen.
Heli Pilot	Support Chinook		Abilities: drops med and cash crates, or can pick up and reposition most towers.
Ice Tower	Absolute Zero		Ability: freezes all bloons on screen temporarily.	Absolute Zero Ability: freezes the entire screen of bloons for 4 seconds. Does not affect MOAB-class bloons.
Monkey Ace	Ground Zero		Ability: drops a devastating bomb that destroys all bloons and damages MOAB class.	Drops a single devastating bomb that destroys all bloons on screen and heavily damages MOAB-class bloons.
Monkey Apprentice	Summon Phoenix		Ability: super powerful phoenix wreaks bloon havoc for 20 seconds.	Summon Phoenix Ability: Creates a super powerful flying phoenix that flies around wreaking bloon havoc for 20 seconds.
Monkey Buccaneer	Monkey Pirates		Ability: grapples the nearest MOAB and brings it down.	MOAB Takedown Ability: takes hold of the nearest MOAB-class bloon with a grappling hook and brings it down. ZOMG bloons are immune to this.
Monkey Engineer	Overclock		Ability: target tower becomes super powered for 60 seconds.	Activated Ability: Overclock - target tower becomes super powered for 60 seconds.
Monkey Sub	First Strike Capability		Ability: a devastating missile strike on the largest bloon on screen. Destroys up to a ZOMG bloon in one go, or many lesser bloons.	Activated Ability: First Strike Capability - a devastating missile strike on the largest bloon on screen destroys up to a ZOMG bloon in one go, or many lesser bloons. 60 second cooldown.
Monkey Village	MIB Call To Arms		Ability: increases attack speed, pierce, and range for towers in radius for 10 seconds	Call to Arms Ability: Doubles the attack speed and popping power of all nearby towers for 10 seconds.
Mortar Tower	Artillery Battery		Ability: immobilizes and bombards the entire screen for 5 seconds.	Shoots mortar shells 3x as fast. Pop And Awe Ability: bombards the screen for 5 seconds, popping every bloon 1 time per second, and immobilizes all bloons during that time. Does not affect MOAB-class bloons.
Ninja Monkey	Sabotage Supply Lines		Ability: Lasts for 15 seconds. During the sabotage, all new bloons are crippled to half speed.	Sabotage Supply Lines Ability: Sabotage the bloons supply lines for 15 seconds. During the sabotage, all recently created and new bloons are crippled to half speed.
Sniper Monkey	Supply Drop		Ability: drops a crate full of cash.	Supply Drop Ability: drops a crate full of cash.
Spike Factory	Spike Storm		Ability: Lays down a thick carpet of Spikes over the whole track.	Lays down a thick carpet of spikes over the whole track.
Super Monkey	Technological Terror		Ability: destroys all bloons within short radius of tower - completely and utterly.	Be proud of this Technological Terror you've constructed. Bloon Annihilation Ability: Destroys all bloons within short radius of tower, completely, and utterly. Does 1000 damage to MOAB-class bloons.
Tack Shooter	Blade Maelstrom		Ability: covers the area in a storm of blades.	Blade Maelstrom Ability: covers the area in an unstoppable storm of blades.

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Bloons Monkey City

Activated Abilities re-appear with the same towers and upgrades as Bloons TD 5. On the Flash version of Bloons Monkey City, there also exists 2 additional abilities from Special Items, the Cuddly Bear and Anti Camo Dust, and more abilities from Special Missions like the Sticky Sap Plant and Shipwreck.

Note that on the Flash version, the Supply Drop ability is put on its full cooldown after purchasing it, and on the desktop releases of the mobile version, there are no longer any hotkeys to activate abilities.

Activated Abilities in Bloons Monkey City

Tower	Upgrade		Description
Bloonchipper	Supa-Vac		Supa-vac pulls nearby bloons in then holds them near the tower for 8 seconds.
Bomb Shooter	MOAB Assassin		Ability: deadly missile seeks the nearest MOAB and destroys it.	MOAB Assassin Ability: super deadly missile seeks the nearest MOAB-class bloon and destroys it instantly. Does 1000 damage to ZOMG bloons instead of destroying them.
Boomerang Thrower	Turbo Charge		Ability: attacks incredibly fast for 10 seconds.	Turbo Charge Ability: increase attack speed to hypersonic for 10 seconds.
Dart Monkey	Super Monkey Fan Club		Ability: up to 10 nearby dart monkeys go Super for 10 seconds.	Super Monkey Fan Club Ability: Converts up to 10 nearby dart monkeys into Super Monkeys for 15 seconds
Dartling Gun	Bloon Area Denial System		Ability: shoots missiles toward the nearest 100 bloons on screen.	The BADS covers a wide area with each shot. Enables the Rocket Storm Ability: Rocket Storm shoots out a missile towards the nearest 100 bloons on screen. Ouch.
Glue Gunner	Glue Striker		Ability: glues everything on the screen temporarily.	Glue Strike Ability: glues all bloons on the screen.
Heli Pilot	Support Chinook		Abilities: drops med and cash crates, or can pick up and reposition most monkeys.
Ice Monkey	Absolute Zero		Ability: freezes all bloons on screen temporarily.	Absolute Zero Ability: freezes the entire screen of bloons for 4 seconds. Does not affect MOAB-class bloons.
Monkey Ace	Ground Zero		Ability: drops a devastating bomb that destroys all bloons and damages MOAB class.	Ground Zero Ability: drops a single devastating bomb that destroys all bloons on screen except MOAB-class bloons.
Monkey Apprentice	Summon Phoenix		Ability: super powerful phoenix wreaks bloon havoc for 20 seconds.	Summon Phoenix Ability: Creates a super powerful flying phoenix that flies around wreaking bloon havoc for 25 seconds.
Monkey Buccaneer	Monkey Pirates		Ability: grapples the nearest MOAB and brings it down.	MOAB Takedown Ability: takes hold of the nearest MOAB-class bloon with a grappling hook and brings it down. ZOMG bloons are immune to this.
Monkey Engineer	Overclock		Ability: target monkey becomes super powered for 60 seconds.	Activated Ability: Overclock - target tower becomes super powered for 60 seconds.
Monkey Sub	First Strike Capability		Missile Strike on largest bloon. Destroys up to a ZOMG in one go.
Monkey Village	MIB Call To Arms		Ability: Doubles the attack speed and pierce for monkeys in radius for 10 seconds	Call to Arms Ability: Doubles the attack speed and popping power of all nearby towers for 10 seconds.
Mortar Monkey	Artillery Battery		Ability: immobilizes and bombards the entire screen for 5 seconds.	Shoots mortar shells 3x as fast. Pop And Awe Ability: bombards the screen for 5 seconds, popping every bloon 1 time per second, and immobilizes all bloons during that time. Does not affect MOAB-class bloons.
Ninja Monkey	Sabotage Supply Lines		Ability: Lasts for 15 seconds. During the sabotage, all new bloons are crippled to half speed.	Sabotage Supply Lines Ability: Sabotage the bloons supply lines for 15 seconds. During the sabotage, all new bloons are crippled to half speed.
Sniper Monkey	Supply Drop		Ability: drops a crate full of cash.	Supply Drop Ability: drops a crate full of cash.
Spike Factory	Spike Storm		Ability: Lays down a thick carpet of Spikes over the whole track.	Lays down a thick carpet of spikes over the whole track.
Super Monkey	Technological Terror		Ability: destroys all bloons within a short radius - completely and utterly.	Be proud of this Technological Terror you've constructed. Bloon Annihilation Ability: Destroys all bloons within short radius of tower, completely, and utterly. Does 1000 damage to MOAB-class bloons.
Tack Shooter	Blade Maelstrom		Ability: covers the area in a storm of blades.	Blade Maelstrom Ability: covers the area in an unstoppable storm of blades.

Bloons TD 6

Icons of many Activated Abilities on Bloons TD 6, abilities that are not currently available are shown in a darker color and with an orange circle that indicates remaining cooldown.

Upgrade screen of the Dart Monkey in BTD6, upgrades that confer Activated Abilities are highlighted by a orange thunder symbol in the top right of the upgrade icon. In this case it only applies to the middle path on tiers 4 and 5.

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You have an Activated Ability! These create powerful temporary effects to help you win. Choose carefully when to use them however as each one has a cooldown before it can be used again. — Tutorial popup

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In Bloons TD 6, activated abilities are usually obtained by upgrading towers into their middle path, usually on tiers 4 and 5, but a couple of tier 3 upgrades can also have abilities, also it is more common for towers to have more than one ability. Heroes on the other hand gain their abilities when they reach Level 3 and Level 10, but some of them also have a third ability at Level 7. Most abilities start with a third of its cooldown still remaining upon purchasing the upgrade.

For balance reasons, specially in competitive modes, some abilities may have restrictions on how often they can be used:

• Have a limited amount of activations per round, this is specially evident on Cash-generating abilities.
• Can only be activated in 3 minutes from the round start.
• Needs to pay lives as a cost.
• Cannot be used during the break between rounds.
• Disabled during the penalty timer of Boss Bloon Events and Contested Territory Boss tiles.

Buffs that reduce the ability cooldowns stack additively, including the penalty from Blastapopoulos's passive abilities, but the cooldown can only be decreased by up to 70% from its normal amount (excluding challenge modifiers).

List of activated abilities on BTD6

Tower	Upgrade	Ability	Effect	Cooldown and restrictions
Dart Monkey	Super Monkey Fan Club	Super Monkey Fan Club	Transforms itself and the closest 9 other Dart Monkeys (with up to 2-4-2 upgrades) to Super Monkeys for 15s. On Tier 5, the ability can now affect up to 19 other Dart Monkeys with up to 2-5-2 upgrades and theiy now shoot Plasma Blasts.	50s 16.67s initial
	Plasma Monkey Fan Club	Plasma Monkey Fan Club		50s
Boomerang Monkey	Turbo Charge	Turbo Charge	Attacks 5× as fast for 10s.	45s 15s initial
	Perma Charge	Perma Charge	Increases damage of each boomerang by +8 for 15s. Replaces the previous ability as the attack speed increase is now permanent.	45s
	Glaive Dominus	Overcharge	Grants itself 10 stacks of an "Overcharge" buff, each one reduces the attack cooldown by 10% (stacked multiplicatively) and loses one every 4s.	45s 45s initial
Bomb Shooter	MOAB Assassin	Assassinate MOAB	Launches a missile towards a MOAB-Class Bloons that deals 750 damage and 3 additional damage to other Bloons in the blast radius. On Tier 5, the damage increased to 4,500 and the cooldown is reduced.	30s 10s initial
	MOAB Eliminator	Assassinate MOAB		10s 0s initial
	Ballistic Obliteration Missile Bunker	ISABM	Shoots a large missile that seeks a target Bloon creating small explosions while it travels through the air. It deals 150,000 damage to its target.	30s 30s initial
Tack Shooter	Blade Maelstrom	Blade Maelstrom	Shoots a series of very high pierce blades in a spiral pattern that covers the entire map for 3s. On Tier 5, the ability now lasts for 9s, shooting twice as many blades with increased pierce.	20s 6.67s initial
	Super Maelstrom	Super Maelstrom		20s
	Crucible of Steel and Flame	Maelstrom	Increases the lifespan of its projectiles 2.5×, increasing their range and gains an additional attack that shoots fire around it dealing damage to nearby Bloons, both effects last 9s.	20s 20s initial
		Meteor Impact	Launches a meteor that upon impact deals 60,000 damage to its target and to every other Bloon in a large radius, then the meteor splits into 32 smaller fireballs that automatically seek other targets.	60s 60s initial
Ice Monkey	Snowstorm	Snowstorm	Deals 1 damage to all Bloons on the screen and freezes the non-blimps for 6 seconds (3 seconds for White, Zebra and Camo Bloons), while also slows down MOAB-Class Bloons. On Tier 5, it now applies the full duration to White, Zebra and Camo Bloons, slows down MOAB-Class Bloons even further and increases the attack speed of all Ice Monkeys in the map by 50% for 10s.	30s 10s initial
	Absolute Zero	Snowstorm		20s 0s initial
	Herald of Everfrost	Eclipse of Fimbulwinter	Creates a visual effect that darkens the entire map for 25 seconds, and while is active, reduces the speed of BADs by 10%, Bosses by 5% and all other Bloons by 30%. Then, 5s after the ability activation, it freezes all Bloons on the screen 10s (5s for BADs and Bosses). It also further reduces the speed of most Bloons by applying Permafrost for 10s (MOAB-Class speed reduced 50% and non blimps by 75%, BADs and Bosses unaffected). Finally, if a Boss Skull is triggered between the freeze and the end of the ability, it will nullify its effect once per tier.	90s 90s initial 1 use per round max
Glue Gunner	Glue Strike	Glue Strike	Applies glue to all Bloons on the screen, slowing them down and making them take +2 damage from all attacks and effects for 11s. Lead and Frozen Bloons lose their immunities. On Tier 5, the glue is now applied constantly every second for 10s instead of only once.	30s 10s initial
	Glue Storm	Glue Storm		40s
Desperado	Deadeye	Take Aim	Targets one Monkey and increases its range by 25%, reduces the projectile spread by 50% grants Camo detection for 15s. On Tiers 4 and 5, the range bonus increased to 50%, projectile spread reduced by 80% and now the affected tower can pop Black, White and Purple Bloons.	30s 10s initial
	Bounty Hunter Golden Justice	Take Aim		30s
	Bounty Hunter	Marked to Pop	Quickly marks Bloons for 2s and then switches to a quick execution attack that deals 30 damage to marked (before marked debuff) during 1s. Marked Bloons produce double cash when popped and take twice damage from Desperados. On Tier 5, the damage from the execution attack is increased to 300.	45s 15s initial
	Golden Justice	Marked to Pop		45s
Sniper Monkey	Supply Drop	Supply Drop	Creates a crate with $1,100 cash. If other Supply Drop abilities are available, they all will be used at the same time. On Tier 5, the cash is increased to $3,000.	90s 90s initial 3 uses per round max Cannot be used after 180s since round start
	Elite Sniper	Supply Drop
Monkey Sub	First Strike Capability	First Strike	Launches a missile to the strongest Bloon on the screen, dealing 10,000 damage to it and 350 to other nearby Bloons. On Tier 5, the ability cooldown is reduced, damage is increased to 20,000, and AoE damage to 1,000.	60s 20s initial
	Pre-emptive Strike	First Strike		45s
	Nautic Siege Core	Final Strike	Stops all attacks and starts a 15 second countdown, when it reaches 5 seconds, it launches 3 missiles into the air which targets the First, Strongest and Close Bloons, dealing 60,000 damage to the targets and other nearby Bloons, creates a large aftershock explosion which deals an additional 15,000 damage and stuns most Bloons for 15 seconds, and additionally leaves a radioactive fallout that damages Bloons that pass over it for 36 seconds.	240s 240s initial
Monkey Buccaneer	Monkey Pirates	Takedown	Hooks a MOAB, BFB or DDT (if it has Camo detection) and takes it down, destroying it. On Tier 5, the ability cooldown is reduced and now has 6 hooks instead of 1, it can now take down ZOMGs (using 3 hooks), also, hooked Bloons produce doubled cash compared to popping them normally.	45s 15s iniital
	Pirate Lord	Takedown		30s
	Navarch of the Seas	Takedown	Single hook that can take down a BAD (the Paragon will drag other MOAB-Class Bloons automatically with other hooks independent from the ability).	30s 30s initial 2 uses per round max
Monkey Ace	Ground Zero	Ground Zero	Launches a bomb with that deals 700 damage to up to 2,000 Bloons on the entire map. On Tier 5, the explosion damage is increased to 3,000 and can now affect up to 5,000 Bloons, survivors are stunned for 8s.	35s 11.67s initial
	Tsar Bomba	Ground Zero		35s
	Goliath Doomship	Carpet Bomb	Three planes fly over the screen dropping 8 bombs over a straight line defined by the player, dealing 30,000 damage and stuns surviving Bloons for 8s.	60s 60s initial
Heli Pilot	Support Chinook	Reposition	Can pick up most towers to deploy them to a different position. Reduced cooldown for Tier 5.	45s 15s iniital
	Special Poperations			15s
	Support Chinook	Supply Crate	Drops a crate with $1,550 cash and 10 lives. On Tier 5, the cash is increased to to $4,500 and the lives to 25.	90s 90s initial 2 uses per round max Cannot be used after 180s since round start
	Special Poperations
		Monkey Marine	Deploys a Monkey Marine sub-tower to a nearby place below the current location of the Heli Pilot. It quickly fires darts at the Bloons with a machine gun and it has a 30s lifespan.	25s 8.33s iniital
		Door Gunner	It can target a tier 4 or lower tower to pick up with the helicopter, while aboard, the tower can keep attacking from the air. The tower can be drop off later, but while a tower is on-board, the Heli Pilot cannot use the Reposition ability. Requires Door Gunner.	Cooldown is shared with Reposition.
Mortar Monkey	Artillery Battery	Bombardment	Attacks 4× as fast and increases the blast radius of its explosions by 15% during 8s.	60s 20s initial
	Pop and Awe	Pop and Awe	Each second it deals 20 damage to all Bloons on the screen and stuns most of them for 1s, the ability has a duration of 8 seconds. Replaces the previous ability due the attack speed increase being now permanent.	60s 20s initial
Dartling Gunner	Rocket Storm	Rocket Storm	Sends a wave of 10 missiles every 0.5s during 7.5s that travel in a wave-like pattern which deal higher damage compared to its normal attack. On Tier 5, the missiles have increased pierce and deal much more damage to MOAB-Class and Ceramic Bloons.	40s 13.33s initial
	M.A.D	Rocket Storm		40s
	All	Emergency Unlock	Switches all Dartling Gunners which are not on Normal / Follow Touch targeting to it and increases their turning speed by 50% for 15s. Ability icon only shows if there are applicable Dartling Gunners and is not on cooldown. Requires Emergency Unlock.	15s 0s initial
Wizard Monkey	Summon Phoenix	Summon Phoenix	Creates a Phoenix sub-tower that flies in a circle above the map that shoots fire every 0.1s to the Bloons on the screen, dealing 5 damage to them. The Phoenix has a lifespan of 20s.	45s 15s initial
	Wizard Lord Phoenix	Summon Lord Phoenix	The Wizard transforms into the Lava Phoenix which attacks the Bloons with stronger flames and also spawns 8 Fireballs every second. Replaces the previous ability due the tower having a permanent Phoenix.	45s 15s initial
	Magus Perfectus	Phoenix Explosion	Consumes all Mana to make its Phoenix explode in-place causing a damage over time effect on the Bloons caught on the explosion which deals 2,500 damage every 0.5s during 30s. Additionally, it creates a Zombie Servant ZOMG per every 9,000 Mana spent that travels backwards on the track, damaging Bloons it touches, the ZOMG splits into 4 Zombie BFBs if all its pierce is consumed or when it expires after 7 seconds. The Phoenix is regenerated after 10s.	40s 40s initial
		Arcane Metamorphosis	The Paragon merges with its Phoenix, replacing the main attack of the Wizard with a much more powerful flamethrower that leaves walls of fire on the track. It consumes 4,000 Mana per second until it runs out.	90s 90s initial
Super Monkey	Tech Terror	Annihilation	Deals 2,600 damage to up to 2,000 Bloons on a large area around it. Every 3rd use of the ability becomes a Crit that increases the damage to 3,900. On Tier 5, the damage is increased to 10,400 and to 15,600 with a Crit, it also increases the Blast radius and the cooldown is reduced.	45s 15s initial
	The Anti-Bloon	Annihilation		30s
	Dark Knight	Darkshift	The tower teleports to any valid position within its range. On Tiers 4 and 5, it can teleport to any valid position on the map. These are the only bottom path towers with an activated ability.	20s 6.67s initial
	Dark Champion Legend of the Night	Darkshift		20s
Ninja Monkey	Bloon Sabotage	Sabotage	Slows down most Bloons on the screen by 50% for 15s. On Tier 5, the duration is increased to 30s, and while the ability is active, new MOAB-Class Bloons spawn with 25% less health, it also grants a buff to all Ninja Monkeys with the Shinobi Tactics upgrade, increasing their range and grating extra damage to MOAB-Class Bloons.	60s 20s initial
	Grand Saboteur	Grand Sabotage		60s
Alchemist	Transforming Tonic	Transformation	Converts the Alchemist into a monster with uses a very fast eye laser attack for 20s. On Tier 5, it now also transforms 5 nearby tier 3 or lower Monkeys and reduces the cooldown.	60s 20s initial
	Total Transformation	Transformation		40s
Druid	Jungle's Bounty	Vine Crush	Grabs up to 10 non-blimp Bloons and crushes them with vines like its regular attack, but it does not leave a thorn pile behind. On Tier 5, it can grab up to 60 Bloons.	30s 10s initial
	Spirit of the Forest
		Vine Rupture	Destroys all the track vines causing explosions dealing 150 damage to the Bloons that were over them and stuns most Bloons for 7s. Vines need time to regrow after using this ability. Requires Vine Rupture.	60s 20s initial
Mermonkey	Arctic Knight	Ice Jet	Replaces its regular attack with ice balls that are fired every 0.1s during 3s, each ice ball deals 20 damage and freezes small Bloons for 1.5. The Ice Balls have a 10s lifesspan and can hit Bloons again after bouncing from an obstacle. The attack can follow the Mermonkey's targeting or be directed to a specific point of the map. On Tier 5, the ability summons a wave upon activation that deals 70 damage and freezes all Bloons on the screen before starting to launch the ice balls, which now deal 30 damage and increases their lifespan to 15s.	45s 15s initial
	Popseidon	Ice Jet		45s
Banana Farm	IMF Loan	IMF Loan	Grants $9,000, but the player also receives the same amount of debt. After using the ability, they will only earn half cash from all sources and the rest is used to pay back the debt. On Tier 5, the ability no longer generates debt and has reduced cooldown.	85s 85s initial 2 uses per round max Cannot be used after 180s since round start
	Monkey-Nomics	Monkey-Nomics		60s 60s initial 2 uses per round max Cannot be used after 180s since round start
Spike Factory	Spike Storm Carpet of Spikes	Spike Storm	Quickly launches spike piles all over the track every 0.04s during 2s. The spikes last from 9 to 11s.	50s 16.67s initial
	Mega Massive Munitions Factory	Controlled Burst	Produces mines 4× as fast for 15s.	15s 15s initial 1 use per round max
		Spikeageddon	Launches mines along the track length in approximately equally spaced intervals which explode dealing massive damage to the Bloons in a large area, leaving 3 smaller mines. If the ability is used again after recharging and there are still mines from the previous activation, the remaining mines will explode instead.	75s 75s initial
Monkey Village	Call to Arms	Call to Arms	Increases the pierce and attack speed of all towers of the screen by +50% during 15s. On Tier 5, the pierce and attack speed bonus is increased to +100% and duration is increased to 20s. Call to Arms and Homeland Defense cannot stack with each oter and they will overrride the other when activated.	45s 15s initial
	Homeland Defense	Homeland Defense		45s
Engineer Monkey	Overclock	Overclock	Targets a Monkey, increasing its attack speed 67% (if used on a Banana Farm, it increases its production on the same amount, and on a Monkey Village, it increases its range by 15% instead). The duration depends on the tier of a tower: 60 seconds for Heroes and tier 3 and lower towers, 45s on tier 4 towers and 30s on tier 5 towers.	45s 15s initial
	Ultraboost	Ultraboost	Grants a permanent 4% increase in attack speed (or banana production in Farms, 2.5% range increase on Villages), this benefit can stack a maximum of 10 times on the same tower. It also applies the regular Overclock effect on top which lasts 60s, regardless of the upgrade tier.	35s 35s initial 10 uses per round max
	Master Builder	Power Glove	Provides the regular Overclock buff to the selected tower for 60s, regardless of the upgrade tier. Nearby towers in a 30 unit radius to the target will also get the Overclock benefits for 30s. Cannot target itself but can affect other Paragons for 9s.	60s 20s initial
		Mega Sentry	Deploys a powerful Paragon Sentry to the selected location, these sentries can deploy its own sentries. The ability cycles between three diferent sentries, the Green Sentry Paragon emits a laser similar to Plasma Accelerator, the Red Sentry Paragon emits 4 streams of plasma and the Blue Sentry Paragon launches a missile that causes damage and explosions with each collision. After deploying the three Mega Sentries, the ability will circle back to the first Sentry, and if deployed again, the one that was already on the map and its deployed sentries will explode dealing massive damage to nearby Bloons. The color of the ability icon will change according to which Sentry will be deployed next.	20s 20s initial
Beast Handler	Tyrannosaurus Rex	Stomp	Deals 150 damage to up to 400 Bloons on a large area around the dinosaur and stuns most Bloons for a few seconds. On Tier 5, the Stomp is now map-wide and can affect up to 600 Bloons and stuns them for longer, the cooldown is also reduced.	40s 13.33s initial
	Giganotosaurus	Stomp		25s
Quincy	Level 3	Rapid Shot	Attacks 3× as fast for 8s.	60s 20s initial
	Level 10	Storm of Arrows	Drops a large number of arrows from the sky to a wide area centered around Quincy's targeting for 3 seconds. The arrows have a 5% chance of hitting a specific Bloon every 1/60 of a second, dealing 6 damage and +6 bonus damage to MOAB-Class Bloons.	70s 23.33s initial
Gwendolin	Level 3	Cocktail of Fire	Gwen throws a molotov cocktail to a specific point of the track, creating a wall of fire that lasts 12s.	30s 10s initial
	Level 10	Firestorm	Summons a firestorm that damages all Bloons on the screen and causes a damage over time effect to them for 8 seconds, while also applying her Heat it up buff to all towers in the map.	60s 20s initial
Striker Jones	Level 3	Concussive Shell	Launches a powerful projectile towards the strongest Bloon in the screen, dealing damage and stunning Bloons upon impact.	16s 5.33s initial
	Level 7	Target Focus	All Mortar Monkeys on the map switch its targeting to follow cursor/touch during 15 seconds. It also decreases their shot spread.	45s 15s initial
	Level 10	Artillery Command	Instantly recharges the abilities of all Bomb Shooters (including the Paragon) and Mortar Monkeys in the map.	80s 26.67s initial
Obyn Greenfoot	Level 3	Brambles	Creates a bunch of brambles in the track that damage Bloons in a similar way to a Spike Factory. If Obyn is currently attacking Bloons, the brambles will be created in front of the current target, otherwise, they will be put in a random point of the track whithin range.	30s 10s initial
	Level 10	Wall of Trees	Creates some trees in a specific point inside of Obyn's range which capture Bloons that pass over them like a Bloon Trap, when the Wall reaches its maximum capacity, the trees disappear and will leave bananas that are worth twice the amount of cash that the player would have gotten if the captured Bloons were popped normally.	90s 30s initial
Rosalia	Level 3	Scatter Missile	It launches a series of missiles from Rosalia's base to an area surrounding a Bloon based on Rosalia's targeting. The missiles explode upon falling, dealing damage to them and stunning small Bloons for a few seconds.	45s 15s initial
	Level 7	Flight Boost	Rosalia flies above the entire map chasing Bloons (depending on her targeting) and attacking them with both laser and grenade weapons during 20s, and after that, Rosalia returns to her position. Also increases the flight speed of Ace Monkeys and Heli Pilots next to Rosalia's base by 30%.	45s 15s initial
	Level 10	Kinetic charge	Launches a bomb towards a MOAB-Class Bloon following Rosalias' targeting, and attaches to it (and to its first children if popped) for 10s, until all MOAB layers are popped or after the Bloons it was attached to take enough damage whichever happens first. After that, the bomb detonates dealing heavy damage to nearby Bloons which is increased further the more damage was dealt to the Bloon it was attached to.	75s 25s initial
Captain Churchill	Level 3	Armor Piercing Shells	Allows shells to damage Black Bloons (damage type is changed to Normal) and grants bonus damage to Ceramics for 9 seconds, the ability duration increased by 0.5s every time Churchill levels up.	30s 10s initial
	Level 10	MOAB Barrage	Launches missiles towards the 10 strongest MOAB-Class Bloons on the screen and can hit them up to 16 times each, dealing heavy damage to them.	60s 20s initial
Benjamin	Level 3	Biohack	Buffs the four closest towers to Benjamin, granting them +1 damage during 6s, after that, the towers won't be able to attack for 2s.	30s 10s initial
	Level 10	Syphon Funding	For 10 seconds, most new Bloons will spawn with one less layer and generate twice as much cash when popped.	65s 21.67s initial
Pat Fusty	Level 3	Rallying Roar	Towers in Pat Fusy's range gain +1 damage during 8s.	45s 15s initial
	Level 10	Big Squeeze	Pat grabs and squeezes the biggest MOAB-Class Bloon in his range for 4 seconds and breaks the outer layer releasing back to the track their children which will be stunned for 3 seconds.	20s 6.67s initial
Ezili	Level 3	Heartstopper	Prevents the layer regeneration of Regrow Bloons and allows any attack to damage Purple, Glass Bloons and Blastapopoulos for 10s. Both effects are map-wide.	45s 15s initial
	Level 7	Sacrificial Totem	Creates a totem in a chosen location within range by paying 10 lives. Monkeys in the Totem's range have +1 pierce, +20% range, +25% projectile speed and a ~18% increase in attack speed. Wizard Monkeys receive +1 pierce and a ~5% increase in attack speed on top of the other benefits. The Totem lasts for 30s.	90s 30s initial
	Level 10	MOAB Hex	Curses a MOAB-Class Bloon following Ezili's targeting (infinite range), causing a damage over time effect that deals 4% of the Bloon's health +1 damage every second lasting 25s, if the Bloon is destroyed by the curse it will spawn no children and the curse will jump to another MOAB-Class Bloon if the ability duration is not over.	60s 20s initial
Adora	Level 3	The Long Arm of Light	Doubles Adora's pierce and range, increases the size of the Divine Bolts by 50% and allows them to pop any type of Bloon. The ability lasts 10s.	45s 15s initial
	Level 7	Blood Sacrifice	Targets a Monkey on the map and removes it from the game (like selling, but no cash is returned) to provide a buff to Adora and any Sun Avatar, Sun Temple or True Sun God on her range. Range is increased 10% and attack cooldown is reduced 10% with and additional 1% bonus for every $100 worth of value from the sacrificed tower. The buff lasts 10s and is capped to a value of $1,500 providing a 25% range / attack cooldown bonus. Adora also receives XP equal to 4 times the total cost of the sacrificed tower.	90s 30s initial
	Level 10	Ball of Light	Spawns a ball of light that flies on a circular pattern over Adora, it shoots lasers to the Bloons following Adora's targeting but with infinite range, dealing 3 damage every 0.05 seconds and additional +3 damage to Fortified Bloons. The ball has a lifespan of 12s.	60s 20s initial
Etienne	Level 3	Drone Swarm	Spawns four additional drones lasting 18.5s and increases 0.5s per Level. The drones' targeting is independent from Etienne, one targets Fist, other Last and the remaining two Strong.	80s 26.67s initial
	Level 10	UCAV	Etienne's UAV fires volleys of 10 missiles towards the Bloons on the track ever 0.6s during 18s. Each missile deals 2 damage in a small area. The missiles target First.	90s 30s initial
Sauda	Level 3	Leaping Sword	Sauda jumps towards a Bloon on the screen to attack it with both swords (follows Sauda's targeting with infinite range), dealing 20 damage upon impact to with +60 extra damage to MOAB-Class Bloons, then, a pair of swords will remain on the track, dealing 2 damage every 0.1s to the Bloons that pass over them. The swords will last 6.5s on the track.	80s 26.67s initial
	Level 10	Sword Charge	Sauda charges with a large sword sweeping all tracks at the same time in reverse direction from the exit, dealing 30 damage to any Bloon she touches.	45s 15s initial
Admiral Brickell	Level 3	Naval Tactics	All Monkey Buccaneers and Monkey Subs in Brickell's range (including herself) attack twice as fast for 8s.	50s 16.67s initial
	Level 7	Blast Chain	Brickell's Sea Mines attack twice as fast and also double their projectile speed for 10s.	45s 15s initial
	Level 10	Mega Mine	Brickell deploys a large mine at any water location chosen by the player. When a MOAB-Class Bloon comes close to it, the mine will charge towards it and will explode on contact dealing 4,000 damage to any Bloon in the blast radius and stuns survivors for 5s. The mine will last for 150s or 4 rounds, whichever happens first.	60s 20s initial
Psi	Level 3	Psychic Blast	Psi emits a pulse around it that stuns small Bloons for 6s and MOAB-Class Bloons for 1.5s.	45s 15s initial
	Level 10	Psionic Scream	Psi targets up to 2,000 Bloons on the entire screen and has a 50% chance of destroying them with its Psionic Vibrations (also triggers Destructive Resonance) and 50% chance of pushing them back 100−200 units.	40s 13.33s initial
Corvus	Level 3	Soul Harvest	Corvus emits a blast that deals 20 damage to Bloons close to him and restores 100 + 1 mana for every point of damage dealt.	40s 13.33s initial 8 uses per round max Cannot be used after 180s since round start
	Level 7	Spirit Walk	Teleports Corvus to any valid location in the map, chosen by the player.	20s 6.67s initial
	Level 10	Dark Ritual	Creates an aura around Corvus that deals 1 damage (affected by its Haunt passive ability) to nearby Bloons every 0.2s for 10s. Restores 1 mana per every point of damage inflicted.	90s 30s initial
Silas	Level 3	Frostbite	Silas can pop any type of Bloon for 8s and if he hits an already frozen Bloon, causes an explosion that deals more damage based on the amount of time of the frozen status.	30s 10s initial
	Level 7	Frozen Cascade	Causes a blast around Silas and the 9 nearest Ice Monkeys that damages and freezes Bloons and deals more damage to already frozen Bloons.	60s 20s initial
	Level 10	Frozen Burial	Freezes all Bloons on screen, dealing more damage to already frozen Bloons, then fills the map with Ice Walls.	90s 30s initial
Sheriff		Giddy Up	Doubles the attack speed of all towers in range, including himself, but affected towers consume 1% more Stamina per round. Instead of a fixed duration, the ability consumes a type of energy called Morale at a rate of 4% per second. The ability can be turned off at any point to recover Morale passively.	3s activation 0s deactivation
Tech Bot		Link	Targets a tower in the map that has an ability, the bot then will continuously activate most abilities as soon they are ready.	Does not apply
Battle Cat!		Transform	Transforms Cringer into the Battle Cat, grating camo detection, a more powerful attack that can knock back Bloons and inflicts a damage-over-time effect, removes immunities and strips Camo and Regrow properties from Bloons. The transformation lasts for 4 rounds and after that the tower disappears.	Does not apply
Super Monkey Beacon	Base	Beacon Storm	Calls a Super Monkey Storm that deals 2,000 damage to all Bloons on the screen.	120s 0s initial
	Charged Beacon	Beacon Storm	Can store up to 5 ability charges, 4 can be recharged instantly for  200 Monkey Money.	120s
	Storm Tremors		Causes a second storm 2s after the first one which deals 1,000 damage. On Tier 3, a third storm happens 1s after the second one which deals 4,500 damage, also, the damage of the second storm increased to 3,000.
	Reverberation
	Mini Stormcaller	Beacon Storm	Reduces the cooldown to 60s, but the damage reduced to 850. On Tiers 2 and 3 the cooldown is further reduced to 45s.	60s
	Rapid Recharge Beacon of Legends			45s
	High Impact	Beacon Storm	Damage increased to 3,000. On Tier 2 it also stuns most surviving Bloons for 10s. On Tier 3, the damage and the stun soaks through layers and each activation increases damage by 10%, this effect can be stacked up to 100 times.	120s
	Bewildering Storm
	Piercing Wind
Notes: This table is last updated for version 53.2. Stats do not consider crosspaths, Monkey Knowledge, Beast Power, Hero Level or Paragon Degree. If an initial cooldown is not specified it means it will be kept at the same amount of time as before the upgrade. In the case it changes between upgrades, the difference in time is added or subtracted from the current cooldown. Paragons always start with full cooldown, with the appropriate amount of time according to their Degree. "Most Bloons" usually means any Bloon, except BADs and Bosses.

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