Shattering Shells (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Battles 2, see Shattering Shells (Battles 2).

Shattering Shells

Shattering shells strip special Bloon properties off all but the biggest bloons. Burny stuff melts through 5 layers with each shot and burns MOAB-class Bloons for extra damage.

Tower	Mortar Monkey — Path 3 — Tier 4
XP cost	12,000
Cash cost	$8,075 — Easy $9,500 — Medium $10,260 — Hard $11,400 — Impoppable

← Signal Flare

Blooncineration →

Shattering Shells is the Mortar Monkey's path 3 tier 4 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. Before applying a higher-damage burning effect, explosions will remove all Camo and Regrow modifiers (including from Boss Bloons), and all Fortified modifiers from up to BFB (plus DDT with Paint Stripper). On hit, the main explosion strips Regrow and Fortified modifiers, unlike Signal Flare's decamo which comes from a separate no-damage explosion.

The burn effect from Shattering Shells now deals 5 damage, and gains an additional burn that only targets MOAB-class, dealing 20 damage. This blimp-only burn also affects DDTs. On any non-DDT blimp, it effectively does 25 damage per tick. Both the ordinary burn and blimp-only burn are affected by Extra Burny Stuff.

Crosspathing with 2-0-4 further increases the burn effect to 8 damage and its blimp-only burn to 25, totalling 33 per tick on any non-DDT.

Stats

For a complete list of Mortar Monkey stats, see Stats:Mortar Monkey (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 30 units Footprint radius 11 units

Attack
Cooldown 2s Offset (X, Y, Z) -4.12, 2, 27 Spread 8 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units Rotation speed ∞ deg/s
Ignores blockers
MOAB burn projectile Pierce 25 Lifespan 0.05s Radius 20 units Filters Can only hit MOAB-Class Damage over time Damage 20 Damage type Normal Duration 3.85s Interval 1.25s Layers ∞ Explosion Pierce 25 Damage 2 Damage type Explosion Lifespan 0.05s Radius 20 units Removes Fortified if the target takes damage from this projectile Damage over time Damage 5 Damage type Fire Duration 3.85s Interval 1.25s Layers ∞ Decamo projectile Pierce 50 Lifespan 0.05s Radius 52 units Removes Camo DDT defort projectile Pierce 25 Lifespan 0.05s Radius 20 units Removes Regrow Removes Fortified

1-0-4

Attack
MOAB burn projectile Pierce 25 → 45 Radius 20 units → 28 units Explosion Pierce 25 → 45 Radius 20 units → 28 units Decamo projectile Pierce 50 → 90 Radius 52 units → 72.8 units DDT defort projectile Pierce 25 → 45 Radius 20 units → 28 units

2-0-4

Attack
MOAB burn projectile Damage over time Damage 20 → 25 Explosion Damage 2 → 3 Damage over time Damage 5 → 8

0-1-4

Attack
Cooldown 2s → 1.5s Offset (X, Y, Z) -4.12, 2, 27 ↓ -4.03, 2.5, 27

0-2-4

Attack
Cooldown 1.5s → 1.08s

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
0-0-4	$10,030	$11,800	$12,745	$14,160	$7,021	$8,260	$8,922	$9,912
1-0-4	$10,285	$12,100	$13,070	$14,520	$7,200	$8,470	$9,149	$10,164
2-0-4	$10,710	$12,600	$13,610	$15,120	$7,497	$8,820	$9,527	$10,584
0-1-4	$10,370	$12,200	$13,175	$14,640	$7,259	$8,540	$9,223	$10,248
0-2-4	$10,795	$12,700	$13,715	$15,240	$7,557	$8,890	$9,601	$10,668

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 55.2

Shattering Shells is primarily used to defortify MOAB-class bloons, most notably from Round 98, to reduce total RBE and eliminate the threat of Fortified Super Ceramics in late-game CHIMPS rounds. However, it is quite expensive compared to other popular anti-Round 98 supports, such as multiple MOAB Presses.

Although Shattering Shells is viable for mid-game support, it lacks reliability against non-blimps, as it relies too heavily on precise hitting, unlike Artillery Battery (which also lacks Black Bloon weaknesses), and 4-0-2 The Big One. Like other Mortars, Shattering Shells works best with Striker Jones, especially in the saveup to Blooncineration.

0-0-4 is usually good enough for de-fortification on single lane per round maps and a crosspath is not needed. If better consistency is needed (e.g. multi-lane maps), middle crosspath's attack speed is preferred over larger blasts (1-0-4), with 0-1-4 usually being enough. Fully crosspathing is only necessary when used for DPS or transitioning into Blooncineration.

Although Shattering Shells is able to strip Lych Regrow, it's expensive, but can prove helpful on maps that can't support Heart of Oak Druid or Grow Blocker and don't want to rely on Ezili, or if she's unavailable.

Update history

For a complete list of Mortar Monkey changes, see Update history:Mortar Monkey (BTD6).

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Version 8.0

• Damage counter now counts removed health from defortifying outer layers

Version 10.0

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $10,000 → $11,000

Version 14.0

• "Mortars should no longer display line of sight as they can ignore all blockers"

Version 15.0

• "The mortar’s projectiles should no longer visually drop back down the barrel"

Version 21.0

“

Mortar’s Faster Reload feels like a ‘required’ as a crosspath with Burny Stuff never scaling well on any path but it’s own. We like choices not requirements so to counter this we have made Burny Stuff scale with top-path damage & shifted a small amount of the speed from Faster Reload onto the base mortar and reduced base accuracy considerably. — Update notes

”

•  Mortar base rate of fire increased ― 2.2s → 2s

Version 23.0

• When defortifying a Bloon, the damage counter now additionally calculates removed health of descendants instead of just the outer layer.

Version 27.0

“

Signal Flare has had its camo revealing aspect reworked to make it more generally useful. — Update notes

”

•  Now triggers a larger secondary AoE at the point of impact that removes Camo and ignores Bloon immunities
•  Main explosion: No longer removes Camo

Version 28.0

“

Bottom path Mortar burns have been reworked to burn faster and last longer at all upgrades; the Extra Burny Stuff MK has been tweaked in order to keep it’s benefit the same comparatively to the new & improved base values. — Update notes

”

•  DoT: Damage interval decreased ― 1.5s → 1.25s
•  Decamo AoE: No longer affects DDTs without Paint Stripper (bug fix)

Version 29.0

1-0-4, 2-0-4

•  Decamo explosion pierce increased ― 80 → 85 (bug fix)
•  Decamo explosion radius increased ― 50 → 70 (bug fix)

Version 33.0

“

Other similarly priced decamo options are able to decamo DDTs, so Signal Flare feels like a far lesser choice here having this basic decamo utility locked behind Monkey Knowledge, so that’s being freed up. — Update notes

”

•  Shattering Shells DoT damage per tic increased ― 1 → 5
  • Note: Blooncineration unchanged
•  Signal Flare can now decamo DDTs

Version 34.0

“

205 Mortar is not often used as base damage isn't relevant for Blooncineration compared to attack speed, following along with the idea of Top Path improving burny stuff damage in addition to base hit damage both of these paths will now benefit from increase burn DoT in such a way. — Update notes

”

2-0-4

•  DoT: damage increased ― 5 → 8

Version 37.0

“

As the camo property has grown quite weak and currently Signal Flare is considered the best decamo tool, we want to push back slightly on its cost and by reducing the blast radius of the decamo area while emphasizing crosspathing for effectiveness there. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $11,000 → $10,900
  •  Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  DoT: Now grants +5 MOAB bonus
  • Note: Blooncineration unchanged
•  Decamo: radius reduced ― 50 → 43

1-0-4, 2-0-4

•  Decamo: Bigger Blasts pierce bonus increased ― +5 → +10

Version 39.0

“

We’re looking to shakeup mortar in a couple small ways this update, along with Striker Jones changes noted further on for ‘multi-mortaring’ synergy. From the base level Mortar has far more pierce than should ever be necessary at low rounds but doesn’t hit beefy enough for the low fire rate, so we are trading up some base pierce for damage, instead moving this lost pierce up into crosspath. — Update notes

”

•  Explosion: Damage increased ― 1 → 2
•  Decamo explosion: Pierce reduced ― 80 → 50 (undocumented)
  • Note: Bigger Blasts crosspath remains at 90 pierce
•  Explosion: Pierce reduced ― 40 → 25
  • Note: Bigger Blast and its subsequent upgrades unchanged

Version 41.0

“

a power buff at Shattering Shells for there to be more of a reason to path through Signal Flare rather than stop at it. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $10,900 → $10,500
  •  Overall cost reduced by $300 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Shattering Shells MOAB-class DoT damage increased ― 5 → 10
•   Shattering Shells should no longer fail to strip regen property sometimes (bug fix)
•  Signal Flare camo removal radius increased ― 43 → 52

2-0-4

•   Bloon Buster crosspath MOAB-class DoT damage increased ― 10 → 15

Version 45.0

“

We had been happy with Shattering Shells for a while, but as the game has evolved outright removing Fortification isn’t as valuable anymore, so the price feels high for such a specific role compared to other supportive options. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $10,500 → $9,500

Version 47.0

•  DoT damage versus MOAB-class increased ― +10 → +20
  • Note: Total MOAB-class damage increased from 15 to 25. Does not affect Blooncineration. 204 crosspath remains at +15 MOAB damage which is a bug

Version 47.1

2-0-4

•  Resolved an issue where 204 Mortar crosspath would reduce MOAB DoT ― +15 → +25 (bug fix)

Version 50.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 55.2

•  Decamo projectile: Can now remove the Regrow property from any Bloon
  • Note: This change was implemented because the main explosion could not remove the Regrow property from Lych

Gallery

For more Mortar Monkey images, see Gallery:Mortar Monkey.

Screenshots

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  Shattering Shells with no crosspath
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  Shattering Shells with 104 crosspath
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  Shattering Shells with 204 crosspath
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  Shattering Shells with 014 crosspath
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  Shattering Shells with 024 crosspath
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  Shattering Shells removing regrow and fortified properties

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
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  Insta Monkey icon

Trivia

• In previous versions, its name was blocked by the profanity filter due to the Scunthorpe problem.

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	قذائف متشظية تعمل القذائف المتشظية على تجريد البالونات المميزة من خصائصها فيما عدا البالونات الكيبرة منها، حيث تعمل المحروقات على الذوبان من خلال 5 طبقات مع كل طلقة وحرق البالونات من فئة منطاد MOAB من أجل إيقاع تلف أكبر على البالونات.	—
Danish	Ødelæggende Granater Ødelæggende granater fjerner alle særlige egenskaber fra selv de største bloons. Brændende Sager smelter gennem 5 lag med hvert skud og brænder MOAB-klasse-bloons for at gøre ekstra skade.	—
German	Schmetter-Granaten Schmettergranaten vernichten alle Bloon-Spezialeigenschaften, mit Ausnahme der größten Bloons. Heißes Zeug lässt mit jedem Schuss 5 Schichten schmelzen und verbrennt Bloons der MOAB-Klasse für zusätzlichen Schaden.	—
Spanish	Proyectiles devastadores Los proyectiles devastadores quitan las propiedades especiales a todos los bloons excepto los más grandes. La Cosa quemadora derrite 5 capas con cada disparo y quema a los bloons clase MOAB para causar más daño.	—
Spanish (LA)	Proyectiles devastadores Los proyectiles devastadores quitan las propiedades especiales a todos los bloons excepto los más grandes. Cosa quemadora derrite 5 capas con cada tiro y quema a los bloons clase MOAB para causar más daño.	—
Finnish	Murskaavat kranaatit Murskaavat kranaatit poistavat bloonien erityisominaisuudet kaikilta muilta kuin suurimmilta blooneilta. Palava aines sulattaa 5 kerrosta jokaisella laukauksella ja polttaa MOAB-luokan blooneja lisävahinkoa varten.	—
French	Obus fracassants Les propriétés spéciales des Bloons sont détruites sur les Bloons (excepté les plus gros Bloons) touchés par les obus fracassants. Ça crame fait fondre 5 couches par tir et les Bloons de classe MOAB sont brûlés et subissent des dégâts supplémentaires.	—
Italian	Granate frantumatrici Le granate frantumatrici privano i bloon (tranne quelli di più grosse dimensioni) di tutte le proprietà speciali. Il materiale infiammabile scioglie 5 strati a ogni colpo e brucia i bloon di classe MOAB per infliggere ulteriori danni.	—
Japanese	散弾炸裂弾 散弾炸裂弾は最大級以外のブルーンの効果を消去する。バーニースタッフは、一撃ごとい5層を溶かしてMOAB級のブルーンを燃やして追加のダメージを与える。	—
Korean	비산 포탄 대형 풍선 제외 비산 포탄에 맞은 풍선의 모든 특별 속성을 해제합니다. 연소 물질이 공격당 5겹을 녹이며 MOAB급 풍선에는 불을 붙여 추가 피해를 줍니다.	—
Dutch	Splinterprojectielen Splinterprojectielen verwijderen speciale Bloon-eigenschappen van alle Bloons behalve de grootste. Brandend spul smelt bij elk schot door 5 lagen van Bloons heen en verbrandt MOAB-klasse Bloons voor extra schade.	—
Norwegian	Knusende patroner Knusende patroner som fjerner alle spesielle bloonegenskaper fra alle bortsett fra de største bloonsene. Brennende saker smelter gjennom 5 lag for hvert skudd og brenner bloons i MOAB-klasse for ekstra skade.	—
Polish	Druzgocące pociski Druzgocące pociski zabierają blonom, poza największymi, wszystkie specjalnie właściwości. Coś Płonącego stapia 5 warstw przy każdym strzele i pali blony klasy MOAB, zadając dodatkowe obrażenia.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Cápsulas Destrutivas Cápsulas Destrutivas removem todas as propriedades de Bloons especiais, com exceção dos maiores Bloons. Parada Queimante derrete 5 camadas com cada disparo e queima Bloons classe MOAB, causando dano extra.	—
Russian	Сокрушающие снаряды Сокрушающие снаряды лишают особых свойств все шары, кроме крупнейших. Горючие материалы прожигают 5 слоёв при каждом выстреле и наносят шарам MOAB дополнительный урон огнём.	—
Swedish	Öronbedövande granater Splittergranater spränger bort alla specialegenskaper från alla Bloons förutom de allra största. Brännstoff smälter igenom 5 lager för varje skott och bränner MOAB-klass-Bloons för extra skada.	—
Thai	กระสุนล้างบาง กระสุนล้างบางลบคุณสมบัติของบลูนพิเศษทั้งหมดออกไป ยกเว้นบลูนขนาดใหญ่ที่สุด แต่ละครั้งที่ยิง กระสุนร้อนผ่าวละลายได้ถึง 5 ชั้น และเผาไหม้บลูนในคลาส MOAB จนได้รับความเสียหายเพิ่มเติม	—
Turkish	Ezici Mermiler Ezici mermiler, en büyük bloon’lar hariç özel bloon özelliklerini çıkarır. Yakıcı malzeme her atışta 5 katman eritir ve ekstra hasar için MOAB Sınıfı Bloon’ları yakar.	—
Chinese (simplified)	碎甲弹 碎甲弹会消除所有气球的特殊属性，最大的气球除外。每次射击燃烧物都会熔穿5层气球，并灼烧MOAB级气球，造成额外伤害。	—
Chinese (traditional)	粉碎砲彈 破碎的砲彈可以移除所有氣球的特殊屬性，最大的氣球除外。每次射擊燃燒物都能熔化5層。並點燃MOAB級氣球以造成額外傷害。	—
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