Talk:M.A.D (BTD6)

Least tiers keeping mention

Unlike most T5s, and just like 015 xxxl, you genuinely need the 150 mad accuracy in boss least tiers because it's genuinely useful for DPS, despite not being obvious. Stuff like supmines and legend use speed crosspath but it's obvious that speed crosspath = dps boost. Explicitly mentioning that you can't cut mad accuracy for least tiers is important because mad had insanely bad aim due to the snaking pattern of the ability, already wide angle, and added erraticness to the spread due to proj angular deviation. Likewise with 015 xxxl bc the nailgun stealing pops is detrimental (especially for snowballing income, and that's why no cut of crosspath) and being able to reposition traps and manually collect the cash is a big necessity to maximising income in all stages.

ryan from this week's lych spice islands boss for dec 2025 tells us how he did the mega optimisations and he proved that 050 mad cannot be cut from 150 mad because inaccuracy of mad is a big killer. Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 07:00, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

more specifically vs lych bc he needed mad to be far so lych wont eat mad uboosts, and placing super far away would lose so much dps without accuracy xpath Qwertyxp2000 (talk) 07:02, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

I'd split the section about talking crosspaths from least tiers boss events.

The current wording for crosspaths is mostly fine, my only observation is that there is an argument where 0-5-2 is better for freeplay where the pierce increase matters to hit as many BADs as possible if the player can filter the smaller moabs with a BMA or stalling towers, accuracy usually doesn't usually matter at this point if the position is good in addition to the large hitboxes, and by the sheer amount of bloons, it is actually harder to not hit something.

On a paragraph about boss events, talk how it is a good choice for T2/3 normal and T2 Elite using 150 crosspath for accuracy. Also it is a common option on least tiers, it can solo normal difficulty in a lot of weeks when paired with ultraboost and serve as an stepping stone towards a single paragon solution in Elite events. I wouldn't mention cutting the crosspath at all, because let's be honest, if a player is considering cutting the crosspath for a top score, they aren't looking for strats here. Drgoku282 (talk) 08:17, 28 December 2025 (UTC)