Signal Flare (BTD6)
For other uses, see Signal Flare (disambiguation).
Signal Flare
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 Camo Bloons popped by flares lose their camouflage permanently.
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| Tower | Mortar Monkey — Path 3 — Tier 3 | |
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| XP cost | 2,200 | |
| Cash cost | $850 — Easy $1,000 — Medium $1,080 — Hard $1,200 — Impoppable | |
Signal Flare is the Mortar Monkey's path 3 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It adds a new wider explosion that removes the Camo property of any Bloon, including DDTs, that it hits, dealing zero damage. The Mortar also gains camo detection. This secondary explosion has 50 pierce and 52 radius (90 pierce and 72.8 radius with 1-0-3).
Stats
For a complete list of Mortar Monkey stats, see Stats:Mortar Monkey (BTD6).
This data was last updated for: version 55.1
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Costs and sell values
Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.
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| 0-0-3 | $1,955 | $2,300 | $2,485 | $2,760 | $1,369 | $1,610 | $1,740 | $1,932 |
| 1-0-3 | $2,210 | $2,600 | $2,810 | $3,120 | $1,547 | $1,820 | $1,967 | $2,184 |
| 2-0-3 | $2,635 | $3,100 | $3,350 | $3,720 | $1,845 | $2,170 | $2,345 | $2,604 |
| 0-1-3 | $2,295 | $2,700 | $2,915 | $3,240 | $1,607 | $1,890 | $2,041 | $2,268 |
| 0-2-3 | $2,720 | $3,200 | $3,455 | $3,840 | $1,904 | $2,240 | $2,419 | $2,688 |
Strategy
This section was last updated for: version 50.0
With the preferred 0-2-3 crosspath for consistency, Signal Flare is a cheap and fairly reliable de-camo option. It functions the best on maps with one active lane per round, where its reliability can be further maximized by targeting on a bend near the entrance, but can still be used with active micromanagement on other maps. It does struggle against Round 78's Camo Ceramic clump, which requires micromanagement regardless of the map.
Update history
For a complete list of Mortar Monkey changes, see Update history:Mortar Monkey (BTD6).
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- "Mortars should no longer display line of sight as they can ignore all blockers"
- "The mortar’s projectiles should no longer visually drop back down the barrel"
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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.
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Mortar base rate of fire increased ― 2.2s → 2s
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Signal Flare has had its camo revealing aspect reworked to make it more generally useful.
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- Now triggers a larger secondary AoE at the point of impact that removes Camo and ignores Bloon immunities
Main explosion: No longer removes Camo
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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.
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- DoT: Damage interval decreased ― 1.5s → 1.25s
- Decamo AoE: No longer affects DDTs without
Paint Stripper (bug fix)
- 1-0-3, 2-0-3
- Decamo explosion: Pierce increased ― 80 → 85 (bug fix)
- Decamo explosion: Radius increased ― 50 → 70 (bug fix)
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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.
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- Decamo blast: Can now decamo DDTs
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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.
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- Upgrade cost increased ― $700 → $800
- Decamo AoE: Radius reduced ― 50 → 43
- 1-0-3, 2-0-3
- Bigger Blast grants the decamo AoE more pierce ― +5 → +10
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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.
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- 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
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Signal flare is too effective a cheap full map de-camo though a little unreliable due to the lower rate & low radius of de-camo, cost is increasing a little but also with greater radius for the de-camo area to improve reliability
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- Upgrade cost increased ― $800 → $900
- Decamo AoE: Radius increased ― 43 → 52
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Most of the reduced price from this change [base tower] has been moved into Signal Flare, though left out of the other T3 crosspaths since we feel they are fine receiving the small buff.
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- Upgrade cost increased ― $900 → $1,000
- Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
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No big shakeup for Mortar right now, but upon review of crosspaths we felt some low-end pricing wasn’t well balanced. These adjustments should improve early-game options without touching the core power of the tower.
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- Upgrade cost increased ― $1,000 → $1,100
Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
Gallery
For more Mortar Monkey images, see Gallery:Mortar Monkey.
Screenshots
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Signal Flare with 103 crosspath -
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Signal Flare with 013 crosspath -
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Signal Flare decamo. Note that the radius is larger than the actual explosion.
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In other languages
| Language | Name / Description | Notes | |
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| Arabic | إشارة مضيئة تفقد البالونات المموهة التي يتم فرقعتها بالمشاعل قدرتها على التمويه بشكل دائم. |
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| Danish | Signalblus Camo-bloons, der springes af signalblus, mister permanent deres kamuflage. |
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| German | Signalgeber Tarn-Bloons, die von Leuchtgeschossen zum Platzen gebracht wurden, verlieren dauerhaft ihre Tarnung. |
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| Spanish | Bengala Los camufloons explotados por bengalas pierden su camuflaje para siempre. |
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| Spanish (LA) | Bengala Los camufloons explotados por bengalas pierden su camuflaje para siempre. |
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| Finnish | Signaalisoihtu Valoammuksilla poksautetut maastokuvioidut bloonit menettävät maastokuvionsa pysyvästi. |
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| French | Fusée éclairante Les Bloons camouflés éclatés par des fusées éclairantes perdent leur camouflage de façon permanente. |
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| Italian | Bengala I bloon mimetizzati esplosi con i bengala perdono definitivamente la loro mimetizzazione. |
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| Japanese | 信号弾 閃光で割られたカモフラージュブルーンが、永久にカモフラージュを失う。 |
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| Korean | 신호탄 신호탄이 터트린 캐모 풍선은 영구히 캐모 상태를 잃습니다. |
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| Dutch | Signaalvuurpijl Gecamoufleerde Bloons die geraakt worden door fakkels verliezen hun camouflage permanent. |
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| Norwegian | Signalbluss Kamuflasjebloons poppet av bluss mister kamuflasjen permanent. |
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| Polish | Flara sygnałowa Kamuflażowe blony przekłute przez flary tracą na stałe kamuflaż. |
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| Portuguese (Brazil) | Sinalizador Bloons Camuflados estourados por sinalizadores perdem a camuflagem permanentemente. |
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| Russian | Сигнальная ракета Камуфлированные шары, по которым попадает сигнальная ракета, навсегда теряют камуфляж. |
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| Swedish | Signalraket Kamo-Bloons som smälls med signalraketer förlorar sin kamoflering permanent. |
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| Thai | พลุสัญญาณ บลูนพรางตัวที่ถูกพลุสัญญาณยิงจะถูกเปิดเผยตัวอย่างถาวร |
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| Turkish | İşaret Fişeği Alevlerin patlattığı Kamuflajlı Bloon’lar kamuflajlarını kalıcı olarak kaybeder. |
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| Chinese (simplified) | 照明弹 被照明弹击中的迷彩气球永久失去伪装。 |
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| Chinese (traditional) | 信號彈 被信號彈擊破的偽裝氣球永久失去偽裝。 |
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| This list was last updated for: version 43.1 | |||
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