Apex Plasma Master

Apex Plasma Master

Fill the area with Bloon shredding plasma juggernaut balls, leaving nothing behind...

Tower	Dart Monkey
XP cost	500,000
Cash cost	$127,500 — Easy $150,000 — Medium $162,000 — Hard $180,000 — Impoppable
Introduced	Version 27.0

The Apex Plasma Master is the Dart Monkey's Paragon in Bloons TD 6, introduced in version 27.0. It is a combination of Ultra-Juggernaut, Plasma Monkey Fan Club, and Crossbow Master.

The Apex Plasma Master attacks by rapidly firing volleys of three plasma juggernaut balls at a time, which produce 6 smaller juggernaut balls two times once the larger juggernauts lose enough pierce or expire, for up to twelve projectiles per ball or 36 projectiles per volley of three. All of its juggernauts are capable of rehitting bloons after bouncing off obstacles. Despite being made of "plasma", the juggernaut balls deal normal-type damage, and they deal increased damage to Ceramic Bloons and Boss Bloons.

Mechanics

Main attack

Apex Plasma Master has an attack that fires a volley of three light-pink plasma juggernauts, separated by a small distance to the left and right. It has 85 range, a little more than Crossbow Master.

Like Ultra-Juggernaut, each large juggernaut projectile releases six mini juggernaut balls two times, for a total of twelve mini-projectiles per ball and 36 mini-projectiles per volley of three. The first six are released either when half of the projectile's pierce is consumed or the projectile expires, while the second six always release when the projectile expires. Visually, the mini juggernauts are black-and-purple with white spikes.

All of its projectiles deal normal-type damage and do increased damage to Ceramic Bloons and Boss Bloons, but more Ceramic damage from the smaller juggernauts. Both projectiles move at 450 units per second (a little faster than Crossbow's projectile), and the radius for the large and mini juggernauts are 9 and 7, respectively.

At Degree 1:

• The main attack has a cooldown of 0.5 seconds.
• Large juggernauts each do 25 damage, +60 bonus Boss damage, +75 bonus Ceramic damage, and have 210 pierce.
• Mini juggernauts each do 25 damage, +60 bonus Boss damage, +90 bonus Ceramic damage, and have 200 pierce.

Monkey Knowledge interactions

• Extra Dart Pops: Affects all projectiles.
• Increased Lifespan: Affects all projectiles.
• Crossbow Reach: No effect.
• 4 and 4: Affects the number of large juggernaut balls shot on every fourth attack.
• Force vs Force: Affects all projectiles.

Stats

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 85 units Footprint radius 6 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.5s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 25.7, 22 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 85 units
Projectile Count 3 Pierce 210 Damage 25 Damage to Ceramic +75 Damage to bosses +60 Damage type Normal Speed 450 units/s Lifespan 1s Radius 9 units Expires immediately if it goes offscreen Mini-projectile Count 6 Angle 360° Pierce 200 Damage 25 Damage to Ceramic +90 Damage to bosses +60 Damage type Normal Speed 450 units/s Lifespan 1s Radius 7 units

Degree-dependent stats

Degree	Power	Boss multiplier	Attack	Projectile				Mini-projectile
			Cooldown	Pierce	Damage	Damage to bosses	Damage to Ceramic	Pierce	Damage	Damage to bosses	Damage to Ceramic
1	0	×1.0	0.5s	210	25	+60	+75	200	25	+60	+90
2	2000	×1.0	0.467s	212.1	25.25	+60.6	+75.75	202.1	25.25	+60.6	+90.9
3	2324	×1.0	0.4545s	214.2	25.5	+61.2	+76.5	204.2	25.5	+61.2	+91.8
4	2666	×1.0	0.4454s	216.3	25.75	+61.8	+77.25	206.3	25.75	+61.8	+92.7
5	3027	×1.0	0.4381s	218.4	26	+62.4	+78	208.4	26	+62.4	+93.6
6	3408	×1.0	0.4317s	220.5	26.25	+63	+78.75	210.5	26.25	+63	+94.5
7	3808	×1.0	0.4262s	222.6	26.5	+63.6	+79.5	212.6	26.5	+63.6	+95.4
8	4228	×1.0	0.4212s	224.7	26.75	+64.2	+80.25	214.7	26.75	+64.2	+96.3
9	4669	×1.0	0.4167s	226.8	27	+64.8	+81	216.8	27	+64.8	+97.2
10	5131	×1.0	0.4125s	228.9	27.25	+65.4	+81.75	218.9	27.25	+65.4	+98.1
11	5615	×1.0	0.4086s	232	28.5	+66	+82.5	221	28.5	+66	+99
12	6121	×1.0	0.405s	234.1	28.75	+66.6	+83.25	223.1	28.75	+66.6	+99.9
13	6650	×1.0	0.4016s	236.2	29	+67.2	+84	225.2	29	+67.2	+100.8
14	7203	×1.0	0.3984s	238.3	29.25	+67.8	+84.75	226.3	29.25	+67.8	+101.7
15	7779	×1.0	0.3954s	240.4	29.5	+68.4	+85.5	229.4	29.5	+68.4	+102.6
16	8379	×1.0	0.3925s	242.5	29.75	+69	+86.25	230.5	29.75	+69	+103.5
17	9004	×1.0	0.3898s	244.6	30	+69.6	+87	232.6	30	+69.6	+104.4
18	9654	×1.0	0.3871s	246.7	30.25	+70.2	+87.75	235.7	30.25	+70.2	+105.3
19	10330	×1.0	0.3846s	248.8	30.5	+70.8	+88.5	237.8	30.5	+70.8	+106.2
20	11032	×1.25	0.3822s	250.9	30.75	+71.4	+89.25	239.9	30.75	+71.4	+107.1
21	11761	×1.25	0.3799s	254	32	+72	+90	242	32	+72	+108
22	12518	×1.25	0.3776s	256.1	32.25	+72.6	+90.75	244.1	32.25	+72.6	+108.9
23	13302	×1.25	0.3755s	258.2	32.5	+73.2	+91.5	246.2	32.5	+73.2	+109.8
24	14114	×1.25	0.3734s	260.3	32.75	+73.8	+92.25	248.3	32.75	+73.8	+110.7
25	14955	×1.25	0.3714s	262.4	33	+74.4	+93	250.4	33	+74.4	+111.6
26	15825	×1.25	0.3694s	264.5	33.25	+75	+93.75	252.5	33.25	+75	+112.5
27	16725	×1.25	0.3675s	266.6	33.5	+75.6	+94.5	254.6	33.5	+75.6	+113.4
28	17655	×1.25	0.3657s	268.7	33.75	+76.2	+95.25	256.7	33.75	+76.2	+114.3
29	18616	×1.25	0.3639s	270.8	34	+76.8	+96	258.8	34	+76.8	+115.2
30	19609	×1.25	0.3621s	272.9	34.25	+77.4	+96.75	260.9	34.25	+77.4	+116.1
31	20633	×1.25	0.3604s	276	35.5	+78	+97.5	263	35.5	+78	+117
32	21689	×1.25	0.3588s	278.1	35.75	+78.6	+98.25	265.1	35.75	+78.6	+117.9
33	22778	×1.25	0.3571s	280.2	36	+79.2	+99	267.2	36	+79.2	+118.8
34	23900	×1.25	0.3556s	282.3	36.25	+79.8	+99.75	269.3	36.25	+79.8	+119.7
35	25056	×1.25	0.354s	284.4	36.5	+80.4	+100.5	271.4	36.5	+80.4	+120.6
36	26246	×1.25	0.3525s	286.5	36.75	+81	+101.2	273.5	36.75	+81	+121.5
37	27471	×1.25	0.3511s	288.6	37	+81.6	+102	275.6	37	+81.6	+122.4
38	28732	×1.25	0.3496s	290.7	37.25	+82.2	+102.8	277.7	37.25	+82.2	+123.3
39	30028	×1.25	0.3482s	292.8	37.5	+82.8	+103.5	279.8	37.5	+82.8	+124.2
40	31360	×1.5	0.3468s	294.9	37.75	+83.4	+104.3	281.9	37.75	+83.4	+125.1
41	32729	×1.5	0.3455s	298	39	+84	+105	284	39	+84	+126
42	34135	×1.5	0.3442s	300.1	39.25	+84.6	+105.8	286.1	39.25	+84.6	+126.9
43	35579	×1.5	0.3429s	302.2	39.5	+85.2	+106.5	288.2	39.5	+85.2	+127.8
44	37061	×1.5	0.3416s	304.3	39.75	+85.8	+107.2	290.3	39.75	+85.8	+128.7
45	38582	×1.5	0.3404s	306.4	40	+86.4	+108	292.4	40	+86.4	+129.6
46	40143	×1.5	0.3391s	308.5	40.25	+87	+108.8	294.5	40.25	+87	+130.5
47	41743	×1.5	0.3379s	310.6	40.5	+87.6	+109.5	296.6	40.5	+87.6	+131.4
48	43383	×1.5	0.3368s	312.7	40.75	+88.2	+110.2	298.7	40.75	+88.2	+132.3
49	45064	×1.5	0.3356s	314.8	41	+88.8	+111	300.8	41	+88.8	+133.2
50	46786	×1.5	0.3345s	316.9	41.25	+89.4	+111.8	302.9	41.25	+89.4	+134.1
51	48550	×1.5	0.3333s	320	42.5	+90	+112.5	305	42.5	+90	+135
52	50356	×1.5	0.3322s	322.1	42.75	+90.6	+113.2	307.1	42.75	+90.6	+135.9
53	52205	×1.5	0.3311s	324.2	43	+91.2	+114	309.2	43	+91.2	+136.8
54	54098	×1.5	0.3301s	326.3	43.25	+91.8	+114.8	311.3	43.25	+91.8	+137.7
55	56034	×1.5	0.329s	328.4	43.5	+92.4	+115.5	313.4	43.5	+92.4	+138.6
56	58014	×1.5	0.328s	330.5	43.75	+93	+116.2	315.5	43.75	+93	+139.5
57	60039	×1.5	0.327s	332.6	44	+93.6	+117	317.6	44	+93.6	+140.4
58	62109	×1.5	0.326s	334.7	44.25	+94.2	+117.8	319.7	44.25	+94.2	+141.3
59	64225	×1.5	0.325s	336.8	44.5	+94.8	+118.5	321.8	44.5	+94.8	+142.2
60	66387	×1.75	0.324s	338.9	44.75	+95.4	+119.2	323.9	44.75	+95.4	+143.1
61	68596	×1.75	0.3231s	342	46	+96	+120	326	46	+96	+144
62	70853	×1.75	0.3221s	344.1	46.25	+96.6	+120.7	328.1	46.25	+96.6	+144.9
63	73157	×1.75	0.3212s	346.2	46.5	+97.2	+121.5	330.2	46.5	+97.2	+145.8
64	75509	×1.75	0.3203s	348.3	46.75	+97.8	+122.2	332.3	46.75	+97.8	+146.7
65	77910	×1.75	0.3193s	350.4	47	+98.4	+123	334.4	47	+98.4	+147.6
66	80360	×1.75	0.3185s	352.5	47.25	+99	+123.8	336.5	47.25	+99	+148.5
67	82860	×1.75	0.3176s	354.6	47.5	+99.6	+124.5	338.6	47.5	+99.6	+149.4
68	85410	×1.75	0.3167s	356.7	47.75	+100.2	+125.2	340.7	47.75	+100.2	+150.3
69	88011	×1.75	0.3158s	358.8	48	+100.8	+126	342.8	48	+100.8	+151.2
70	90664	×1.75	0.315s	360.9	48.25	+101.4	+126.8	344.9	48.25	+101.4	+152.1
71	93368	×1.75	0.3141s	364	49.5	+102	+127.5	347	49.5	+102	+153
72	96124	×1.75	0.3133s	366.1	49.75	+102.6	+128.2	349.1	49.75	+102.6	+153.9
73	98933	×1.75	0.3125s	368.2	50	+103.2	+129	351.2	50	+103.2	+154.8
74	101795	×1.75	0.3117s	370.3	50.25	+103.8	+129.8	353.3	50.25	+103.8	+155.7
75	104711	×1.75	0.3109s	372.4	50.5	+104.4	+130.5	355.4	50.5	+104.4	+156.6
76	107681	×1.75	0.3101s	374.5	50.75	+105	+131.2	357.5	50.75	+105	+157.5
77	110706	×1.75	0.3093s	376.6	51	+105.6	+132	359.6	51	+105.6	+158.4
78	113787	×1.75	0.3085s	378.7	51.25	+106.2	+132.8	361.7	51.25	+106.2	+159.3
79	116923	×1.75	0.3078s	380.8	51.5	+106.8	+133.5	363.8	51.5	+106.8	+160.2
80	120115	×2.0	0.307s	382.9	51.75	+107.4	+134.2	365.9	51.75	+107.4	+161.1
81	123364	×2.0	0.3063s	386	53	+108	+135	368	53	+108	+162
82	126670	×2.0	0.3055s	388.1	53.25	+108.6	+135.8	370.1	53.25	+108.6	+162.9
83	130034	×2.0	0.3048s	390.2	53.5	+109.2	+136.5	372.2	53.5	+109.2	+163.8
84	133456	×2.0	0.3041s	392.3	53.75	+109.8	+137.2	374.3	53.75	+109.8	+164.7
85	136937	×2.0	0.3034s	394.4	54	+110.4	+138	376.4	54	+110.4	+165.6
86	140478	×2.0	0.3027s	396.5	54.25	+111	+138.8	378.5	54.25	+111	+166.5
87	144078	×2.0	0.302s	398.6	54.5	+111.6	+139.5	380.6	54.5	+111.6	+167.4
88	147738	×2.0	0.3013s	400.7	54.75	+112.2	+140.2	382.7	54.75	+112.2	+168.3
89	151459	×2.0	0.3006s	402.8	55	+112.8	+141	384.8	55	+112.8	+169.2
90	155241	×2.0	0.2999s	404.9	55.25	+113.4	+141.8	386.9	55.25	+113.4	+170.1
91	159085	×2.0	0.2993s	408	56.5	+114	+142.5	389	56.5	+114	+171
92	162991	×2.0	0.2986s	410.1	56.75	+114.6	+143.2	391.1	56.75	+114.6	+171.9
93	166960	×2.0	0.2979s	412.2	57	+115.2	+144	393.2	57	+115.2	+172.8
94	170993	×2.0	0.2973s	414.3	57.25	+115.8	+144.8	395.3	57.25	+115.8	+173.7
95	175089	×2.0	0.2966s	416.4	57.5	+116.4	+145.5	397.4	57.5	+116.4	+174.6
96	179249	×2.0	0.296s	418.5	57.75	+117	+146.2	399.5	57.75	+117	+175.5
97	183474	×2.0	0.2954s	420.6	58	+117.6	+147	401.6	58	+117.6	+176.4
98	187764	×2.0	0.2947s	422.7	58.25	+118.2	+147.8	403.7	58.25	+118.2	+177.3
99	192120	×2.0	0.2941s	424.8	58.5	+118.8	+148.5	405.8	58.5	+118.8	+178.2
100	200000	×2.25	0.2935s	430	60	+130	+160	410	60	+130	+190

Costs and sell values

Note: these lists do not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.

Cost of all required upgrades

	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
Total cost	$208,265	$245,015	$264,610	$294,025
Sell value	$145,786	$171,511	$185,227	$205,818

Cost of the upgraded tower

Tiers	Total cost				Sell value
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
5-0-0	$142,510	$167,660	$181,070	$201,195	$99,757	$117,362	$126,749	$140,837
5-1-0	$142,595	$167,760	$181,180	$201,315	$99,817	$117,432	$126,826	$140,921
5-2-0	$142,755	$167,950	$181,385	$201,545	$99,929	$117,565	$126,970	$141,082
5-0-1	$142,585	$167,750	$181,165	$201,305	$99,810	$117,425	$126,816	$140,914
5-0-2	$142,755	$167,950	$181,380	$201,545	$99,929	$117,565	$126,966	$141,082
0-5-0	$172,670	$203,140	$219,390	$243,770	$120,869	$142,198	$153,573	$170,639
1-5-0	$172,790	$203,280	$219,540	$243,940	$120,953	$142,296	$153,678	$170,758
2-5-0	$172,960	$203,480	$219,755	$244,180	$121,072	$142,436	$153,829	$170,926
0-5-1	$172,745	$203,230	$219,485	$243,880	$120,922	$142,261	$153,640	$170,716
0-5-2	$172,915	$203,430	$219,700	$244,120	$121,041	$142,401	$153,790	$170,884
0-0-5	$148,425	$174,615	$188,580	$209,540	$103,898	$122,231	$132,006	$146,678
1-0-5	$148,545	$174,755	$188,730	$209,710	$103,982	$122,329	$132,111	$146,797
2-0-5	$148,715	$174,955	$188,945	$209,950	$104,101	$122,469	$132,262	$146,965
0-1-5	$148,510	$174,715	$188,690	$209,660	$103,957	$122,301	$132,083	$146,762
0-2-5	$148,670	$174,905	$188,895	$209,890	$104,069	$122,434	$132,227	$146,923

Cost of cash investment

Source	Cost per power				Maximum
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
Tower sacrifices	$6.375	$7.5	$8.1	$9	$382,500	$450,000	$486,000	$540,000
Cash slider	$6.69375	$7.875	$8.505	$9.45	$401,626	$472,501	$510,301	$567,001

Investment required per Degree (assuming no other power is provided)

Degree	Power	Tower sacrifices				Cash slider
		Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
2	2,000	$12,750	$15,000	$16,200	$18,000	$13,387.5	$15,750	$17,010	$18,900
3	2,324	$14,815.5	$17,430	$18,824.4	$20,916	$15,556.275	$18,301.5	$19,765.62	$21,961.8
4	2,666	$16,995.75	$19,995	$21,594.6	$23,994	$17,845.5375	$20,994.75	$22,674.33	$25,193.7
5	3,027	$19,297.125	$22,702.5	$24,518.7	$27,243	$20,261.98125	$23,837.625	$25,744.635	$28,605.15
6	3,408	$21,726	$25,560	$27,604.8	$30,672	$22,812.3	$26,838	$28,985.04	$32,205.6
7	3,808	$24,276	$28,560	$30,844.8	$34,272	$25,489.8	$29,988	$32,387.04	$35,985.6
8	4,228	$26,953.5	$31,710	$34,246.8	$38,052	$28,301.175	$33,295.5	$35,959.14	$39,954.6
9	4,669	$29,764.875	$35,017.5	$37,818.9	$42,021	$31,253.11875	$36,768.375	$39,709.845	$44,122.05
10	5,131	$32,710.125	$38,482.5	$41,561.1	$46,179	$34,345.63125	$40,406.625	$43,639.155	$48,487.95
11	5,615	$35,795.625	$42,112.5	$45,481.5	$50,535	$37,585.40625	$44,218.125	$47,755.575	$53,061.75
12	6,121	$39,021.375	$45,907.5	$49,580.1	$55,089	$40,972.44375	$48,202.875	$52,059.105	$57,843.45
13	6,650	$42,393.75	$49,875	$53,865	$59,850	$44,513.4375	$52,368.75	$56,558.25	$62,842.5
14	7,203	$45,919.125	$54,022.5	$58,344.3	$64,827	$48,215.08125	$56,723.625	$61,261.515	$68,068.35
15	7,779	$49,591.125	$58,342.5	$63,009.9	$70,011	$52,070.68125	$61,259.625	$66,160.395	$73,511.55
16	8,379	$53,416.125	$62,842.5	$67,869.9	$75,411	$56,086.93125	$65,984.625	$71,263.395	$79,181.55
17	9,004	$57,400.5	$67,530	$72,932.4	$81,036	$60,270.525	$70,906.5	$76,579.02	$85,087.8
18	9,654	$61,544.25	$72,405	$78,197.4	$86,886	$64,621.4625	$76,025.25	$82,107.27	$91,230.3
19	10,330	$65,853.75	$77,475	$83,673	$92,970	$69,146.4375	$81,348.75	$87,856.65	$97,618.5
20	11,032	$70,329	$82,740	$89,359.2	$99,288	$73,845.45	$86,877	$93,827.16	$104,252.4
21	11,761	$74,976.375	$88,207.5	$95,264.1	$105,849	$78,725.19375	$92,617.875	$100,027.305	$111,141.45
22	12,518	$79,802.25	$93,885	$101,395.8	$112,662	$83,792.3625	$98,579.25	$106,465.59	$118,295.1
23	13,302	$84,800.25	$99,765	$107,746.2	$119,718	$89,040.2625	$104,753.25	$113,133.51	$125,703.9
24	14,114	$89,976.75	$105,855	$114,323.4	$127,026	$94,475.5875	$111,147.75	$120,039.57	$133,377.3
25	14,955	$95,338.125	$112,162.5	$121,135.5	$134,595	$100,105.03125	$117,770.625	$127,192.275	$141,324.75
26	15,825	$100,884.375	$118,687.5	$128,182.5	$142,425	$105,928.59375	$124,621.875	$134,591.625	$149,546.25
27	16,725	$106,621.875	$125,437.5	$135,472.5	$150,525	$111,952.96875	$131,709.375	$142,246.125	$158,051.25
28	17,655	$112,550.625	$132,412.5	$143,005.5	$158,895	$118,178.15625	$139,033.125	$150,155.775	$166,839.75
29	18,616	$118,677	$139,620	$150,789.6	$167,544	$124,610.85	$146,601	$158,329.08	$175,921.2
30	19,609	$125,007.375	$147,067.5	$158,832.9	$176,481	$131,257.74375	$154,420.875	$166,774.545	$185,305.05
31	20,633	$131,535.375	$154,747.5	$167,127.3	$185,697	$138,112.14375	$162,484.875	$175,483.665	$194,981.85
32	21,689	$138,267.375	$162,667.5	$175,680.9	$195,201	$145,180.74375	$170,800.875	$184,464.945	$204,961.05
33	22,778	$145,209.75	$170,835	$184,501.8	$205,002	$152,470.2375	$179,376.75	$193,726.89	$215,252.1
34	23,900	$152,362.5	$179,250	$193,590	$215,100	$159,980.625	$188,212.5	$203,269.5	$225,855
35	25,056	$159,732	$187,920	$202,953.6	$225,504	$167,718.6	$197,316	$213,101.28	$236,779.2
36	26,246	$167,318.25	$196,845	$212,592.6	$236,214	$175,684.1625	$206,687.25	$223,222.23	$248,024.7
37	27,471	$175,127.625	$206,032.5	$222,515.1	$247,239	$183,884.00625	$216,334.125	$233,640.855	$259,600.95
38	28,732	$183,166.5	$215,490	$232,729.2	$258,588	$192,324.825	$226,264.5	$244,365.66	$271,517.4
39	30,028	$191,428.5	$225,210	$243,226.8	$270,252	$200,999.925	$236,470.5	$255,388.14	$283,764.6
40	31,360	$199,920	$235,200	$254,016	$282,240	$209,916	$246,960	$266,716.8	$296,352
41	32,729	$208,647.375	$245,467.5	$265,104.9	$294,561	$219,079.74375	$257,740.875	$278,360.145	$309,289.05
42	34,135	$217,610.625	$256,012.5	$276,493.5	$307,215	$228,491.15625	$268,813.125	$290,318.175	$322,575.75
43	35,579	$226,816.125	$266,842.5	$288,189.9	$320,211	$238,156.93125	$280,184.625	$302,599.395	$336,221.55
44	37,061	$236,263.875	$277,957.5	$300,194.1	$333,549	$248,077.06875	$291,855.375	$315,203.805	$350,226.45
45	38,582	$245,960.25	$289,365	$312,514.2	$347,238	$258,258.2625	$303,833.25	$328,139.91	$364,599.9
46	40,143	$255,911.625	$301,072.5	$325,158.3	$361,287	$268,707.20625	$316,126.125	$341,416.215	$379,351.35
47	41,743	$266,111.625	$313,072.5	$338,118.3	$375,687	$279,417.20625	$328,726.125	$355,024.215	$394,471.35
48	43,383	$276,566.625	$325,372.5	$351,402.3	$390,447	$290,394.95625	$341,641.125	$368,972.415	$409,969.35
49	45,064	$287,283	$337,980	$365,018.4	$405,576	$301,647.15	$354,879	$383,269.32	$425,854.8
50	46,786	$298,260.75	$350,895	$378,966.6	$421,074	$313,173.7875	$368,439.75	$397,914.93	$442,127.7
51	48,550	$309,506.25	$364,125	$393,255	$436,950	$324,981.5625	$382,331.25	$412,917.75	$458,797.5
52	50,356	$321,019.5	$377,670	$407,883.6	$453,204	$337,070.475	$396,553.5	$428,277.78	$475,864.2
53	52,205	$332,806.875	$391,537.5	$422,860.5	$469,845	$349,447.21875	$411,114.375	$444,003.525	$493,337.25
54	54,098	$344,874.75	$405,735	$438,193.8	$486,882	$362,118.4875	$426,021.75	$460,103.49	$511,226.1
55	56,034	$357,216.75	$420,255	$453,875.4	$504,306	$375,077.5875	$441,267.75	$476,569.17	$529,521.3
56	58,014	$369,839.25	$435,105	$469,913.4	$522,126	$388,331.2125	$456,860.25	$493,409.07	$548,232.3

Strategy

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The Apex Plasma Master stands out as the Paragon with the lowest overall cost, but just like Ultra-Juggernaut, its DPS is very dependent on its projectiles bouncing to rehit targets. On maps with lots of dense walls (Sulfur Springs, Encrypted, Dark Path, etc.), its DPS can trump more expensive Paragons, making it very cost-efficient. However, the more open the map is, the weaker it gets. Unlike most Paragons, its relatively low base damage and high projectile count pairs well with Bloon debuffs (such as Cripple MOAB and Super Brittle), and higher Degrees and good positioning can greatly improve its damage.

The Apex Plasma Master's low cost makes it very affordable in Boss Rush and lower boss tiers in Boss Bloon Events. It doesn't help much against higher-tier bosses unless heavily favored by the map and boss matchup, so in least time events, it's usually better to sell it after clearing the boss tier, to invest in more farms instead. While still map-dependent, it can deal serviceable damage if its range can cover a lot of the track and it can bounce its projectiles off of at least a few walls to rehit the boss (such as on Winter Park).

Its best boss matchup is against Blastapopoulos, since the pyroclastic rocks can actually allow its projectiles to bounce into it a lot, even on maps without many walls, though the positions of the rocks can sometimes prevent its projectiles from bouncing at the right angles to hit Blastapopoulos. Additionally, since it doesn't have an Activated Ability, it doesn't suffer from Blastapopoulos's ability debuffs. It also performs well against Bloonarius, since it destroys both it and its spawns very effectively even on maps where it can't bounce projectiles very well, and it can also shred Dreadbloon's Ceramic Armor Shell relatively quickly due to its extra damage to Ceramics and bosses stacking. Map dependency aside, it doesn't have bad matchups against any other bosses, since it can handle natural Bloons and boss spawns well, deals Normal-type damage, and has Camo detection. However, its limited range makes it very susceptible to Vortex's stuns at higher boss tiers; while it's possible to place it far away enough to avoid Vortex's shockwaves and still have Vortex within its targeting range, this may require placing it in a worse position for bouncing its projectiles.

In Freeplay, the Apex Plasma Master is even more map-dependent than against bosses. On open maps, it's usually suboptimal and its DPS falls behind non-Paragon towers with the same footprint size (such as Bloonjitsu in the Freeplay Ninja strategy). Its niche is on maps like No Harvest Cornfield, since it can outdamage several other Paragons for a lower price and smaller footprint.

One extra Crossbow Master from Master Double Cross is enough to reach Degree 11 without pops or additional sacrifices, which does help save costs on higher Degrees, but is insignificant by itself. Placing 25 0-2-2 Darts fulfils exactly 100 tiers for the lowest cost. If space and max Monkeys are an issue, the cheapest max crosspaths at higher tiers can be used instead: 0-3-2 Darts for T3 sacrifices, and 4-2-0 for T4 sacrifices. For the most cash sacrifices without the cash slider, the 2-4-0 Dart is the most expensive crosspath. Given enough time to set up cash sacrifices, place as many 2-4-0 Darts as possible, preferably at least 17 to fulfil at least 100 tiers.

Update history

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Version 28.0

• Dart Paragon has had a slight performance change to improve bit rate issues when streaming. This will not change power in any way

Version 33.0

“

Apex Plasma Master excels generally for the cheapest paragon & how easy it is to start scaling early degrees so is seeing a rate decrease.
— Update notes

”

•  Attack cooldown increased ― 0.3s → 0.35s (attack speed reduced by 14.29%)

Version 38.0

“

Given the shift to more use in Boomerang Paragon with recent buffs making it more desirable we are again swapping the prices on these 2 paragons around.
— Update notes

”

•  Paragon cost reduced ― $350,000 → $325,000

Version 39.0

•  Paragon Boss damage multiplier each 20 degrees increased ― 20% → 25%
•  Resolved a bug that was benefitting different paragons boss damage by differing amounts
  • Note: Net nerf for most paragons
•  Resolved an issue preventing other Paragon damage bonuses (like Ceramic/Camo) from scaling well with degrees
•  Building any Paragon in a real game now will now unlock that Paragon’s upgrade for use in sandbox

“

Dart Monkey is intended to be the ‘Cheapest’ somewhat entry level Paragon so being locked behind a $300k+ price tag meant that all other paragons would have to be higher than that as well - while we’re not too drastically lowering all paragons this update the new lower floor on paragon costs will allow for much more leeway in design going forward. We lowered the power somewhat to justify this new price however not that much as it was one of the more heavily nerfed in power from the bug fix as well, in addition to this now that the Ceramic Bonus is scaling properly, we wanted to increase the value of this bonus far more to really bring out that Juggernaut bonus against Dreadbloon+.
— Update notes

”

•  Paragon cost reduced ― $325,000 → $150,000
•  Cost per power reduced ― $25 → $6.375/$7.5/$8.1/$9
•  Base damage reduced ― 20 → 15
•  Damage to Ceramics increased ― +30 → +75
•  Base attack cooldown increased ― 0.35s → 0.4s
•  Resolved an inconsistency with Master Double Cross contributing far more to Paragon Degrees than it should be worth (bug fix)
  • Note: This inconsistency is a 4th tier 5 tower contributing an extra 10,000 power from the cash contribution resulting in a degree 30 Dart Paragon.This change also affects other Paragons but only in coop.
•  Has less Boss damage, especially on Elite and at higher Degrees

Version 40.0

“

We bumped up the ceramic a lot along with the paragon rework to highlight Juggernaut path and keep something of a Dreadbloon niche due to the multiple tower category requirement, upon review of this in practice we want to start off bumping that amount up even more.
— Update notes

”

•  Mini-projectile: Damage to Ceramics increased ― +75 → +90
  • Note: Main projectile unchanged at +75

Version 46.0

•  Flat pierce bonus per degree reduced ― +1 pierce per degree → +0.1 pierce per degree

Version 52.0

“

Dart Monkey’s paragon is currently far too cost effective for being the cheapest paragon so we are lowering its power, but this is mainly directly against bosses so its base damage will also increase to compensate against non-boss targets. We also want to note that the Juggernaut is currently unintentionally rebounding even off map borders, we have not fixed this for this update though will still be monitoring it for now.
— Update notes

”

•  Attack cooldown increased ― 0.4s → 0.5s (attack speed reduced by 20%)
•  Bonus damage to Boss Bloons by all projectiles decreased ― +80 → +60
•  Main projectile: Damage increased ― 15 → 25

Gallery

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

Screenshots

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  Apex Plasma Master at Degree 1
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  Apex Plasma Master at Degree 20
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  Apex Plasma Master at Degree 40
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  Apex Plasma Master at Degree 60
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  Apex Plasma Master at Degree 80
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  Apex Plasma Master attacking
• 
  Apex Plasma Master attacking with Juggernaut Pumpkins cosmetic

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon

Trivia

• Unlike other Paragons, the Apex Plasma Master's name seems to incorporate elements of all three of its constituent upgrades: "Apex" is somewhat similar in meaning to "Ultra", as in Ultra-Juggernaut; "Plasma" derives from Plasma Monkey Fan Club; and "Master" derives from Crossbow Master.

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 55.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	سيد البلازما	—
Danish	Apex Plasma Mester	—
German	Apex Plasma Meister	—
Spanish	Maestro superior del plasma	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Maestro superior del plasma	—
Finnish	Huippuplasmamestari	—
French	Maître du plasma Apex	—
Italian	Apex maestro del plasma	—
Japanese	アペックスプラズマ・マスター	—
Korean	정점 플라스마 폭발	—
Dutch	Apex-plasmameester	—
Norwegian	Apex Plasmamester	—
Polish	Małpi plazmowy mistrz	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Mestre Apex do Plasma	—
Russian	Владыка плазмы	—
Swedish	Apex Plasma Master	—
Thai	ปรมาจารย์พลังพลาสมาเอเป็กส์	—
Turkish	Tepe Plazma Ustası	—
Chinese (simplified)	Apex 等离子大师	—
Chinese (traditional)	巔峰電漿大師	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Arabic	املأ المنطقة بكرات طاغوت البالونات الممزقة للبالونات وهي التي لا تبقي ولا تذر أي شيء خلفك...	—
Danish	Fyld området med bloon-flænsende kæmpepult-plasmakugler, og efterlad en gold mark...	—
German	Fülle den Bereich mit Plasma-Jonglierbällen, die Bloons in Stücke reißen, sodass nichts zurückbleibt...	—
Spanish	Llena el área con bolas enormes de plasma que destruyen a los bloons sin dejar rastro.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Llena el área con bolas enormes de plasma que destruyen a los bloons sin dejar rastro.	—
Finnish	Täytä alue blooneja silppuavilla plasmajuggernauttipalloilla, jotka eivät jätä jälkeensä riekalettakaan...	—
French	Remplit la zone d'énormes boules de plasma qui réduisent les Bloons en morceaux et ne laissent rien derrière elles...	—
Italian	Riempi l'area di sfere colossali di plasma che fanno a pezzi i bloon senza lasciarsi nulla alle spalle...	—
Japanese	何も残さずに、バルーンシュレッダープラズマ巨人ボールで地域を埋める...	—
Korean	풍선을 마구 찢는 플라스마 저거노트구로 영역을 채워 아무것도 남지 않게 만듭니다...	—
Dutch	Vul het gebied met enorme Bloon-vernietigende plasmaballen die niks achterlaten...	—
Norwegian	Fyll området med bloonsknusende plasmakuler som ikke sparer noe ...	—
Polish	Wystrzel z katapulty blony niszczące plazmę, nie pozostawiając nic po sobie...	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Encha a área com imensas bolas de plasma destruidoras de Bloons. Não deixe nada pra trás...	—
Russian	Заполните местность плазменными сферами-джаггернаутами, разрывающими шары и не оставляющими после себя ничего...	—
Swedish	Fyll området med Bloonstrimlande plasmavidunderklot, som inte lämnar något kvar bakom sig...	—
Thai	ปล่อยบอลจักเกอร์นอตพลาสม่าที่หั่นลูกโป่งเป็นชิ้นๆ ไม่ให้เหลือแม้แต่ซาก...	—
Turkish	Alanı Bloon parçalayıcı plazma ezici güç toplarıyla doldur geriye hiçbir şey kalmasın...	—
Chinese (simplified)	用气球粉碎等离子刺钉球球填充该区域，不留下任何东西...	—
Chinese (traditional)	讓區域内充滿可將氣球切成碎片的電漿投石車球，所過之處片甲不留...	—