Giant Condor

Giant Condor

The huge talons of the fearsome Giant Condor can pick up smaller MOAB-Class Bloons.

Tower	Beast Handler — Path 3 — Tier 4
XP cost	5,500
Cash cost	$7,650 — Easy $9,000 — Medium $9,720 — Hard $10,800 — Impoppable

← Golden Eagle

Pouākai →

Giant Condor is the Beast Handler's path 3 tier 4 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It commands a Giant Condor instead of a Golden Eagle. Its beast power is increased by +8, changing its beast power scale from 8-24 to 16-64.

The Condor does more base damage (1 to 2), consumes less pierce on MOABs, can pick up BFBs, can pick up DDTs if the Lead property is countered, and does +11 damage to MOAB-class. It cannot target Lead Bloons or DDTs without stripping Lead properties or having external lead-popping.

Merging to a Power 64 Condor allows it to target and damage, but not grab, BADs and Boss Bloons. Power 64 Condor still cannot affect ZOMGs.

Giant Condor has the following pierce penalties:

• Ceramic: +1
• MOAB: +14
• BFB: +29
• DDT: +29

Stats

For a complete list of Beast Handler stats, see Stats:Beast Handler (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 54.0

Tower
Display range 60 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Beast

Tower
Display range 60 units Movement speed 80 units/s

Grab
Cooldown 1s Targeting range 60 units Scratch damage 2 Scratch damage type Sharp Grappling damage 2 Grappling damage type Sharp Damage to MOAB-Class +11 Damage to Regrow +1
Ignores blockers Can fire without a target
Carry projectile Pierce 30 Ceramic pierce penalty +1 MOAB pierce penalty +14 BFB pierce penalty +29 ZOMG pierce penalty +59 DDT pierce penalty +29 Radius 25 units Ignores blockers

Beast Power-dependent stats

Power	Scale	Beast	Grab			Carry projectile
		Flight speed	Cooldown	Scratch damage	Grappling damage	Pierce
16	0%	80 units/s	1s	2	2	30
17	2.083%	80.83 units/s	0.9892s	2	2	31
18	4.167%	81.67 units/s	0.9783s	2	2	32
19	6.25%	82.5 units/s	0.9675s	2	2	33
20	8.333%	83.33 units/s	0.9567s	2	2	35
21	10.42%	84.17 units/s	0.9458s	2	2	36
22	12.5%	85 units/s	0.935s	2	2	37
23	14.58%	85.83 units/s	0.9242s	2	2	38
24	16.67%	86.67 units/s	0.9133s	2	2	40
25	18.75%	87.5 units/s	0.9025s	2	2	41
26	20.83%	88.33 units/s	0.8917s	2	2	42
27	22.92%	89.17 units/s	0.8808s	2	2	43
28	25%	90 units/s	0.87s	3	3	45
29	27.08%	90.83 units/s	0.8592s	3	3	46
30	29.17%	91.67 units/s	0.8483s	3	3	47
31	31.25%	92.5 units/s	0.8375s	3	3	48
32	33.33%	93.33 units/s	0.8267s	3	3	50
33	35.42%	94.17 units/s	0.8158s	3	3	51
34	37.5%	95 units/s	0.805s	3	3	52
35	39.58%	95.83 units/s	0.7942s	3	3	53
36	41.67%	96.67 units/s	0.7833s	3	3	55
37	43.75%	97.5 units/s	0.7725s	3	3	56
38	45.83%	98.33 units/s	0.7617s	3	3	57
39	47.92%	99.17 units/s	0.7508s	3	3	58
40	50%	100 units/s	0.74s	4	4	60
41	52.08%	100.8 units/s	0.7292s	4	4	61
42	54.17%	101.7 units/s	0.7183s	4	4	62
43	56.25%	102.5 units/s	0.7075s	4	4	63
44	58.33%	103.3 units/s	0.6967s	4	4	65
45	60.42%	104.2 units/s	0.6858s	4	4	66
46	62.5%	105 units/s	0.675s	4	4	67
47	64.58%	105.8 units/s	0.6642s	4	4	68
48	66.67%	106.7 units/s	0.6533s	4	4	70
49	68.75%	107.5 units/s	0.6425s	4	4	71
50	70.83%	108.3 units/s	0.6317s	4	4	72
51	72.92%	109.2 units/s	0.6208s	4	4	73
52	75%	110 units/s	0.61s	5	5	75
53	77.08%	110.8 units/s	0.5992s	5	5	76
54	79.17%	111.7 units/s	0.5883s	5	5	77
55	81.25%	112.5 units/s	0.5775s	5	5	78
56	83.33%	113.3 units/s	0.5667s	5	5	80
57	85.42%	114.2 units/s	0.5558s	5	5	81
58	87.5%	115 units/s	0.545s	5	5	82
59	89.58%	115.8 units/s	0.5342s	5	5	83
60	91.67%	116.7 units/s	0.5233s	5	5	85
61	93.75%	117.5 units/s	0.5125s	5	5	86
62	95.83%	118.3 units/s	0.5017s	5	5	87
63	97.92%	119.2 units/s	0.4908s	5	5	88
64	100%	120 units/s	0.48s	6	6	90

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	$10,550	$12,420	$13,415	$14,905	$7,385	$8,694	$9,391	$10,434
1-0-4	$10,685	$12,580	$13,585	$15,095	$7,480	$8,806	$9,510	$10,567
2-0-4	$11,375	$13,390	$14,460	$16,065	$7,963	$9,373	$10,122	$11,246
0-1-4	$10,700	$12,595	$13,605	$15,115	$7,490	$8,817	$9,524	$10,581
0-2-4	$11,405	$13,425	$14,500	$16,110	$7,984	$9,398	$10,150	$11,277

Strategy

Condor is one of the most potent support towers. Its power is especially immense on maps with multiple simultaneous lanes, such as Castle Revenge, Quad, and Bloody Puddles, where it can move the vast majority of blimps into one lane and allow towers to concentrate damage far more efficiently. On single-lane maps, it still sees use through its standard support capabilities (which are also useful on multi-lane maps), being able to stall blimps (preferrably BFBs) for ability cooldowns and grab blimps near the exit back to the entrance. Target the reticle near the start of the desired lane so that towers focusing on that lane have as much time as possible to do damage and its stalling capability is maximized.

Power 17 Condor is a sweet spot, thanks to it allowing Condor to grab a second BFB or DDT (the latter with Lead-popping support), and can be obtained by merging one Gyrfalcon. On maps with spread-out layouts, merging multiple Gyrfalcons is recommended for widespread and reliable intel. Power 41 is another sweet spot for Condor, allowing it to grab a third BFB or DDT, granting it increased flight speed, and granting it decreased grab and attack cooldown. The additional merges to Power 41 can be a mixture of Golden Eagles, Horned Owls, and Gyrfalcons depending on the intel required, but it is never recommended to merge additional Giant Condors unless attempting to obtain Pouākai.

Update history

For a complete list of Beast Handler changes, see Update history:Beast Handler (BTD6).

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Version 37.0

“

As our newest tower to be added to BTD6, we went over feedback for every path and made a large number of adjustments addressing a variety of points. — Update notes

”

•  Gyrfalcon path deals +1 damage to Regrows
  • Note: This was added to limit accidental infinite regrow farms

Version 39.0

“

Beast Handler’s general repositioning feels far too free right now, the reposition cooldown is being increased to a more reasonably noticeable number so this feels like a meaningful cost. [...] Condor’s pierce penalties to early MOAB Class are going up, however the max merged version will now be allowed to attack and damage targets that it cannot grab. — Update notes

”

•  Condor: At Max beast power, it can now attack ungrabbable MOAB-class Bloons (i.e. BADs and Bosses)
•  Condor: MOAB pierce penalty increased ― +9 → +14
•  Condor: BFB pierce penalty increased ― +29 → +44
•  Beast: Reposition cooldown increased ― 0.5s → 5s

Version 40.0

•  Beast Handler reposition cooldown reduced ― 5s → 3s

Version 41.0

“

Bottom path birds up to T3 are also just a little too good for the cost and are all going up about 5% with Condor’s price being reduced to compensate. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $8,000 → $7,800
  •  Overall cost increased by $5 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 43.0

“

In going over our large list of price changes for Beast Handler’s lower tiers in 42 this change was received very positively, however we did not realize that in making this change we killed off all chance of dual-beast handlers being used as a round 1 starting option for under $650 in hard modes – So we gotta do that math all over again and convert it for difficulty, painful 😀 All T1 beast prices changed to allow 110 & 101 beast handler combos to be placed for under $650 in hard mode, all T2 & T3 prices shifted around to keep these same cost ratios. [...] Golden Eagle has stood out more than Condor against MOABs which has felt very wrong, last update it was nerfed against MOABs and now we are playing with the pierce & penalties to improve Golden Eagle further against non-MOAB-Class targets and for Condor more help with lower MOABs. — Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $1,130 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Giant Condor: No longer has +1 Ceramic pierce penalty
•  Giant Condor: BFB pierce penalty reduced ― +44 → +29
•  Attack cooldown reduction from Beast Power reduced ― 0.28679625s → 0.28s (undocumented)

Version 44.0

“

Now that the many T1-3 upgrade price changes are settling we’re looking at the next tier up. [...] Condor’s value spiked quite high after being hit by buffs at the same time as big buffs to Golden Eagle so its price is being appropriately adjusted upwards, however the total pierce cost for grabbing DDTs is also being halved as previously the pierce penalty it had against DDTs was being shared with the ZOMG cost and was unintentionally nerfed along with that change. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $7,800 → $9,000
•  DDT pierce penalty reduced ― +59 → +29
•  +1 Ceramic pierce penalty added
  • Note: Does not carry over to Pouākai

Version 45.0

“

Base handler's beast range felt too high starting off when considering the tower is built around sharing range between multiple Handlers so this range is being reduced. Bottoms will now move slower but speed up as more beasts are merged into them, likewise they will attack slower at first but faster through their merges. This should add more merge value to lower tier birds while overall nerfing to the base level for currently overpowered higher tiers. — Update notes

”

•  Flight speed now scales with Beast Power, up to +40 at max
  • Note: Max-power flight speed increased from 110 to 120
•  Attack cooldown increased ― 0.6s → 1s
•  Attack cooldown reduction at max Beast Power increased ― -0.28s → -0.52s
  • Note: Max-power attack cooldown increased from 0.32s to 0.48s
•  Flight speed reduced ― 110 → 80
•  Merging/Beast positioning range reduced ― 60 → 50

Version 47.2

•  Resolved a bug where the Beast Handler's bird would gain more pierce than intended (bug fix)

Version 47.3

•  Bottom path upgrades on Beast Handler no longer benefit from pierce buffs, except for the buffs gained from merging beasts

Version 49.0

•  Merging/Beast positioning range increased ― 50 → 60

Version 54.2

2-0-4

•  Barracuda: Range increased to match other crosspaths ― 30 → 35 (bug fix)

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	طائر الكوندور العملاق يمكن للمخالب الضخمة للكندور الأنديزي العملاق المخيف الإمساك ببالونات من فئة منطاد "موآب" أصغر حجمًا.	—
Danish	Kæmpekondor Den frygtindgydende kæmpekondors enorme kløer kan samle mindre MOAB-klasse bloons op.	—
German	Riesenkondor Mit seinen riesigen Krallen kann der furchterregende Riesenkondor kleinere Bloons der MOAB-Klasse aufgreifen.	—
Spanish	Cóndor gigante Las enormes garras del temible cóndor gigante pueden recoger bloons de clase MOAB más pequeños.	—
Spanish (LA)	Cóndor gigante Las enormes garras del temible cóndor gigante pueden recoger bloons de clase MOAB más pequeños.	—
Finnish	Jättikondori Pelottavan jättikondorin valtavat kynnet voivat poimia pienempiä MOAB-luokan blooneja.	—
French	Condor géant Les gigantesques serres du redoutable Condor géant lui permettent d'attraper de petits Bloons de classe MOAB.	—
Italian	Condor delle Ande Gli artigli enormi del temibile condor delle Ande possono afferrare i bloon di classe MOAB più piccoli.	—
Japanese	ジャイアントコンドル 恐ろしいジャイアントコンドルの巨大な爪は、小さ目のMOAB級ブルーンを拾い上げることができる。	—
Korean	거대 콘도르 맹렬한 거대 콘도르의 대형 발톱은 소형 MOAB급 풍선을 잡을 수 있습니다.	—
Dutch	Andescondor Met zijn enorme klauwen kan de afschrikwekkende Andescondor kleinere MOAB-klasse Bloons vastgrijpen.	—
Norwegian	Andeskondor De store klørne til den skremmende andeskondoren kan plukke opp mindre bloons i MOAB-klasse.	—
Polish	Kondor wielki Wielkie szpony przerażającego kondora wielkiego mogą podnosić mniejsze blony klasy MOAB.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Condor-Gigante As garras imensas do temível Condor-Gigante podem pegar Bloons de classe MOAB menores.	—
Russian	Гигантский кондор Огромными когтями гигантский кондор может схватить MOAB-шары помельче.	—
Swedish	Jättekondor Den skräckinjagande Jättekondorens enorma klor kan plocka upp mindre MOAB-klass-Bloons.	—
Thai	แร้งคอนดอร์ยักษ์ กรงเล็บขนาดใหญ่อันน่ากลัวของแร้งคอนดอร์ยักษ์สามารถจับลูกโป่งคลาส MOAB ที่เล็กกว่าได้	—
Turkish	And Kondoru Korkutucu And Kondoru, dev pençeleriyle daha küçük MOAB Sınıfı Bloon’ları yakalayabilir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	巨型秃鹫 令人畏惧的巨型秃鹫长着两只巨大的爪子，可抓住较小MOAB级气球。	—
Chinese (traditional)	巨神鷹 令人畏懼的巨型禿鷲長著兩隻巨大的爪子，可抓住較小MOAB級氣球。	—
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