Shattering Shells (Battles 2)
Shattering Shells
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 Shattering shells strip all special bloon properties off all but the biggest bloons.
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| Tower | Mortar Monkey — Path 3 — Tier 4 | |
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| Cost | $8,500 | |
Shattering Shells is the Mortar Monkey's path 3 tier 4 upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2. Before applying a higher-damage burning effect, explosions will remove all Camo and Regrow modifiers, and all Fortified modifiers from up to BFB, and also Lead properties from DDTs. On hit, the main explosion strips Regrow and Fortified properties, unlike Signal Flare's decamo which comes from a separate no-damage explosion.
The burn effect from Shattering Shells now deals 5 damage instead of 1, or 8 damage with 2-0-4 crosspath.
Costs and sell values
| Tiers | Cost | Sell value |
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| 0-0-4 | $10,800 | $7,560 |
| 1-0-4 | $11,150 | $7,805 |
| 2-0-4 | $11,650 | $8,155 |
| 0-1-4 | $11,150 | $7,805 |
| 0-2-4 | $11,550 | $8,085 |
Strategy
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This section was last updated for: version 4.9
Shattering Shells is frequently used in combos with a sharp-attacking tower to allow DDT-popping, mainly for Dart-Mortar and Tack-Mortar combos. It's not as expensive as buying a whole Blooncineration while still offering Round 26-29 support. Not only this, any Fortified MOAB/BFB rush would be nullified, forcing the opponent to send other types of rushes. The defortify also assists in breaking HP from the children of a Fortified ZOMG, though more cleanup is needed for the insides, as the burn effect is still too slow and clunky.
Update history
For a complete list of Mortar Monkey changes, see Update history:Mortar Monkey (Battles 2).
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Now removes Sharp, Shatter, Cold, and Energy immunities from DDTs
- Upgrade cost reduced ― $7,000 → $6,000
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Mortar Monkey has not really been affected by any recent nerfs, still remaining very strong and only seeing a drop in usage due to Etienne offering an exciting alternative. Therefore we think that it’s justified to make some significant nerfs to Mortar’s early game, as it’s been a top tier tower for quite a few updates now.
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Pierce reduced ― 40 → 35
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Mortar Monkey still excels in the current meta. We have reduced its blast radius, but increased (and fixed) the buff that Jones and Bones give it so that it remains similarly effective when paired with either of these heroes.
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- Blast radius reduced ― 20 units → 18 units
- Decamo AoE: radius reduced ― 50 units → 48 units
- Shattering AoE: radius reduced ― 20 units → 18 units
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The randomness of the Mortar has never been popular and the xx1 upgrade has often felt like a tax to remove RNG than an upgrade in its own right. The new Dynamic Targeting upgrade will hopefully give interesting crosspath options to the other upgrades, allowing the Mortar to easily focus fire on strong MOABs or maximise the impact of stunning by automatically aiming for the densest cluster of bloons. Manual targeting will likely still remain the most consistent option for effects like Signal Flare and Burny Stuff that just want to hit every bloon once.
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- Overall cost reduced by $200 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
Gallery
For more Mortar Monkey images, see Gallery:Mortar Monkey.
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In other languages
| Language | Name / Description | Notes |
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| Danish | Ødelæggende granater Ødelæggende granater fjerner alle særlige egenskaber fra alle undtagen de største bloons. |
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| German | Schmetter-Granaten Schmetter-Granaten vernichten alle Bloon-Spezialeigenschaften, mit Ausnahme der größten Bloons. |
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| Spanish | Proyectiles devastadores Los proyectiles devastadores les quitan las propiedades especiales a todos los bloons excepto los más grandes. |
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| Finnish | Murskaavat kranaatit Murskaavat kranaatit vievät erikoisominaisuudet kaikilta paitsi suurimmilta blooneilta. |
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| French | Obus fracassants Toutes les propriétés spéciales des Bloons sont détruites sur les Bloons (excepté les plus gros Bloons) touchés par les obus fracassants. |
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| Italian | Granate frantumatrici Le granate frantumatrici privano i bloon (tranne quelli di più grosse dimensioni) di tutte le proprietà speciali. |
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| Japanese | 散弾炸裂弾 散らばる殻は、最大のブルーン以外のすべての特別なブルーンの特性を取り除きます。 |
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| Korean | 비산 포탄 가장 큰 풍선을 제외하고, 비산 포탄에 맞은 풍선의 모든 특수 상태가 해제됩니다. |
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| Dutch | Versplinterende granaten Versplinterende granaten nemen alle speciale blooneigenschappen weg bij alle bloons, behalve de grootste. |
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| Norwegian | Knusende patroner Knusende patroner som fjerner alle spesielle bloonegenskaper fra alle bloons bortsett fra de største bloonsene. |
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| Portuguese (Brazil) | Cápsulas Destrutivas Cápsulas destrutivas removem todas as propriedades de Bloons especiais, com exceção dos maiores Bloons. |
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| Russian | Сокрушающие снаряды Сокрушающие снаряды лишают все шары, кроме самых крупных, всех особых способностей. |
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| Swedish | Öronbedövande granater Splittergranater spränger bort alla specialegenskaper för Bloons, förutom för de största Bloonsen. |
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| Turkish | Ezici Mermiler Ezici mermiler, en büyük bloon’lar hariç tüm özel bloon özelliklerini çıkarır. |
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| Chinese (traditional) | 粉碎砲彈 粉碎砲彈將去除氣球的所有特性，但是最大的氣球除外。 |
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| Last updated: version 4.0.1 | ||
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