Horned Owl
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Horned Owl
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 The Horned Owl is strong enough to grab Ceramic Bloons, and has keen eyes that can detect Camo Bloons.
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| Tower | Beast Handler — Path 3 — Tier 2 | |
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| XP cost | 550 | |
| Cash cost | $730 — Easy $860 — Medium $930 — Hard $1,030 — Impoppable | |
Horned Owl is the Beast Handler's path 3 tier 2 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It commands a Horned Owl instead of a Gyrfalcon. Its beast power is increased by +2, changing its beast power scale from 1 to 3-6.
The Horned Owl gains Camo detection, has improved pierce and grabbing radius, and can grab 1 (up to 3 at Power 6) Ceramics at a time. Ceramics consume +4 pierce, and cannot pick an extra Ceramic if its pierce would overflow. Beast merges increase its attack speed, pierce, and flight speed, and at max power also increases its damage from 1 to 2.
Unlike top path and middle path Beast Handlers, which only gain intel range from merged Handlers with ranges that intersect with its range, Horned Owl (and all succeeding upgrades) can gain intel range from Handlers merged from anywhere on the map.
Stats
For a complete list of Beast Handler stats, see Stats:Beast Handler (BTD6).
This data was last updated for: version 54.0
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| Flight speed | Cooldown | Scratch damage | Grappling damage | Pierce | ||
| 3 | 0% | 80 units/s | 1s | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | 33.33% | 93.33 units/s | 0.8667s | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | 66.67% | 106.7 units/s | 0.7333s | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| 6 | 100% | 120 units/s | 0.6s | 2 | 2 | 18 |
Costs and sell values
Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.
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| Easy | Medium | Hard | Impoppable | Easy | Medium | Hard | Impoppable | |
| 0-0-2 | $1,100 | $1,300 | $1,405 | $1,560 | $770 | $910 | $984 | $1,092 |
| 1-0-2 | $1,235 | $1,460 | $1,575 | $1,750 | $865 | $1,022 | $1,103 | $1,225 |
| 2-0-2 | $1,925 | $2,270 | $2,450 | $2,720 | $1,348 | $1,589 | $1,715 | $1,904 |
| 3-0-2 | $3,635 | $4,280 | $4,620 | $5,130 | $2,545 | $2,996 | $3,234 | $3,591 |
| 4-0-2 | $14,260 | $16,780 | $18,120 | $20,130 | $9,982 | $11,746 | $12,684 | $14,091 |
| 5-0-2 | $52,510 | $61,780 | $66,720 | $74,130 | $36,757 | $43,246 | $46,704 | $51,891 |
| 0-1-2 | $1,250 | $1,475 | $1,595 | $1,770 | $875 | $1,033 | $1,117 | $1,239 |
| 0-2-2 | $1,955 | $2,305 | $2,490 | $2,765 | $1,369 | $1,614 | $1,743 | $1,936 |
| 0-3-2 | $3,710 | $4,370 | $4,720 | $5,245 | $2,597 | $3,059 | $3,304 | $3,672 |
| 0-4-2 | $11,785 | $13,870 | $14,980 | $16,645 | $8,250 | $9,709 | $10,486 | $11,652 |
| 0-5-2 | $62,785 | $73,870 | $79,780 | $88,645 | $43,950 | $51,709 | $55,846 | $62,052 |
Strategy
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This strategy section is empty or incomplete. See the strategy guidelines for more information on how to write strategy sections. The editor who added this notice elaborates: Something about Horned Owl metas in stalling (including bosses and ability stalls); use cases for 3/6, 6/6, and betweens; reticle shenanigans; merge efficiencies with multiple gyrfalcons versus single owl; etc. |
Horned Owl is an excellent choice for stalling Ceramics. Low-power Horned Owl is often used as a round stall in late-game CHIMPS to recharge abilities, as well as Boss Events to stall T1 Boss rounds. Its camo-popping is quite weak, and should be paired with more reliable options.
Merging into Horned Owl is usually not needed, unless specifically wanting extra range (one Gyrfalcon is often enough) or the pickup of up to 3 Ceramics at once against the Round 40 MOAB.
Update history
For a complete list of Beast Handler changes, see Update history:Beast Handler (BTD6).
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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.
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Gyrfalcon path deals +1 damage to Regrows - Note: This was added to limit accidental infinite regrow farms
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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. [...] Horned Owl’s pierce is too high in the base upgrade with very low value from merging, so more of this is shifting into the merge benefit.
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Beast: Reposition cooldown increased ― 0.5s → 5s- Horned Owl: pierce reduced ― 8 → 6
- Horned Owl max bonus pierce from merge increased ― 8 → 12
- Note: Max-power pierce increased from 16 to 18
- Beast Handler reposition cooldown reduced ― 5s → 3s
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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.
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- Upgrade cost increased ― $915 → $960
- Overall cost increased by $55 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
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When first creating Beast Handler we balanced the T1-3 upgrade costs with a goal of creating a decision point between spending free playable space to save on cash or spending more cash to save on playable space. However in practice though some people have come on board with spending their playable space as a resource for more power; actual interest is much more divided between maximizing cost efficiency of these merges or simply using different towers. Given that spam of lower tier handlers already comes with the advantage of allowing them to be repositioned over a larger area, we’re changing our approach with a full cost rebalance across most T1-3 upgrades for exactly equal cost per point of merged beast power, instead leaving the nuance around understanding higher value merges & footprint advantage to depend more on discounts.
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- Upgrade cost reduced ― $960 → $940
Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
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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.
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- Upgrade cost reduced ― $940 → $860
- Overall cost reduced by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
- Attack cooldown reduction from Beast Power reduced ― 0.28679625s → 0.28s (undocumented)
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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.
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- 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 ― 0.7s → 1s
- Attack cooldown reduction at max Beast Power increased ― -0.28s → -0.4s
- Note: Max-power attack cooldown increased from 0.42s to 0.6s
- Ceramic pierce penalty reduced ― +5 → +4
- Flight speed reduced ― 110 → 80
- Merging/Beast positioning range reduced ― 60 → 50
- Resolved a bug where the Beast Handler's bird would gain more pierce than intended (bug fix)
- Bottom path upgrades on Beast Handler no longer benefit from pierce buffs, except for the buffs gained from merging beasts
- Merging/Beast positioning range increased ― 50 → 60
Gallery
For more Beast Handler images, see Gallery:Beast Handler.
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In other languages
| Language | Name / Description | Notes | |
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| Arabic | بومة سنّورية تتميز البومة القرناء بأنها قوية بما يكفي للإمساك بالبالونات السيراميكية (الخزفية) بالإضافة إلى عيون ثاقبة يمكن بها اكتشاف البالونات المموهة. |
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| Danish | Hornugle Hornuglen er stærk nok til at gribe keramik-bloons, og har et skarpt syn, der kan se camo-bloons. |
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| German | Uhu Der Uhu ist stark genug, Keramik-Bloons platzen zu lassen und kann mit seinen scharfen Augen Tarn-Bloons erkennen. |
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| Spanish | Búho americano El búho americano puede atrapar bloons cerámicos. También tiene una vista ejemplar que detecta camufloons. |
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| Spanish (LA) | Búho americano El búho americano puede atrapar bloons cerámicos. También tiene una vista ejemplar que detecta camufloons. |
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| Finnish | Huuhkaja Huuhkaja on riittävän voimakas tarttumaan keraamisiin blooneihin, ja tarkoilla silmillään se erottaa maastokuvioidut bloonit. |
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| French | Hibou grand-duc Le Hibou grand-duc a suffisamment de force pour se saisir de Bloons en céramique, et a une vue perçante capable de détecter les Bloons camouflés. |
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| Italian | Gufo della Virginia Il gufo della Virginia è abbastanza forte da afferrare i bloon di ceramica. Con la sua vista acuta può individuare i bloon mimetizzati. |
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| Japanese | ミミズク ミミズクは、鉛ブルーンと陶器ブルーンを掴んで割るほど強く、迷彩ブルーンを検出できる鋭い目を持っている。 |
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| Korean | 수리부엉이 수리부엉이는 납 풍선과 세라믹 풍선을 잡고 터트릴 수 있을 정도로 강하며, 날카로운 시력으로 캐모 풍선을 감지합니다. |
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| Dutch | Amerikaanse oehoe De Amerikaanse oehoe is sterk genoeg om Keramische Bloons vast te grijpen en te laten knallen, en heeft zulke goede ogen dat hij Gecamoufleerde Bloons kan detecteren. |
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| Norwegian | Hubro Hubroen er sterk nok til å fange keramiske bloons, og har et ørneblikk som kan oppdage kamuflasjebloons. |
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| Polish | Puchacz wirginijski Puchacz wirginijski jest na tyle silny, by chwytać ceramiczne blony, a bystry wzrok pomaga mu wykrywać kamuflażowe blony. |
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| Portuguese (Brazil) | Corujão O Corujão é forte o suficiente para pegar Bloons de Cerâmica, e tem olhos afiados que podem detectar Bloons Camuflados. |
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| Russian | Филин Филин достаточно силён, чтобы хватать керамические шары, и имеет острый взор, способный распознать камуфлированные. |
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| Swedish | Hornuggla Hornugglan är tillräckligt stark för att kunna greppa Keramikbloons och har skarpa ögon som kan upptäcka Kamobloons. |
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| Thai | นกฮูกฮอร์น นกฮูกเขานั้นแกร่งพอที่จะจับลูกโป่งเซรามิก อีกทั้งยังมีสายตาอันแหลมคมที่จะจับลูกโป่งลายพรางได้ |
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| Turkish | Amerika Puhusu Amerika Puhusu, Seramik Bloon’ları yakalayacak kadar güçlüdür ve Kamuflajlı Bloon’ları fark edebilecek keskin gözlere sahiptir. |
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| Chinese (simplified) | 角鸮 角鸮强壮有力足以抓住陶瓷气球，并且拥有能够侦测迷彩气球的锐利目光。 |
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| Chinese (traditional) | 角鴞 角鴞強壯有力足以抓住陶瓷氣球，並且擁有能夠偵測僞裝氣球的銳利目光。 |
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