Update history:Beast Handler (BTD6)

This is a list of changes to the Beast Handler in Bloons TD 6 post-release.

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Version 36.1

•  Resolved an issue where thrash rate was occurring too frequently if the beast was unable to consume the target ― 0s → 0.3s (bug fix)

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

”

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Piranha and further upgrades X-1-X Microraptor and further upgrades	Top and Middle path Beast Handler paths can now be targeted by Overclock and Ultraboost
3-X-X Great White	Great White damage increased ― 4 → 8  Great White max extra damage from merge increased ― 8 → 16 Note: Max power Great White damage increased from 12 to 24  Great White max attack rate buff from merge increased ― 0.20634 → 0.38 Note: Thrash rate is actually a lot more than intended due to a bug   Great White extra thrash knockback duration from merge increased ― 0.1 → 0.2  Great White projectiles can no longer hit bloons far out of range (bug fix)  Great White’s slow applied to grabbed target now expires correctly (bug fix)
3-X-X Great White and further upgrades	Thrash rate benefits from speed buffs
4-X-X Orca	Orca thrash damage increased ― 20 → 30   Orca thrash max extra damage from merge increased ― 40 → 60   Orca max attack rate buff from merge increased ― 0.37829 → 0.38  Orca thrash radius increased ― 20 → 24
5-X-X Megalodon	Upgrade cost reduced ― $55,000 → $45,000  Megalodon thrash radius increased ― 30 → 36
X-1-X Microraptor	Microraptor no longer fails to attack in some cases when being moved to different heights (bug fix)
X-4-X Tyrannosaurus Rex X-5-X Giganotosaurus	Tyrannosaurus Rex and Giganotosaurus Max Merge Bonus: Overkill damage on MOABs now distributes to the children of that target  Stomp ability now scales with Challenge Editor ability cooldown slider (bug fix)
X-X-1 Gyrfalcon and further upgrades	Gyrfalcon path deals +1 damage to Regrows Note: This was added to limit accidental infinite regrow farms
X-X-3 Golden Eagle	Golden Eagle pierce increased ― 12 → 15  Golden Eagle pierce range increased ― 24 → 30  Golden Eagle ceramic pierce penalty reduced ― +3 → +1  Golden Eagle Max Merge Bonus: Now grabs MOABs with pierce penalty +14

Version 37.2

•  Great White thrash rate reduced ― 0.6s → 1.1s (bug fix)

Version 38.0

“

Compared to other T4 Beast Handlers and given the high cost of merging multiple beasts we agreed that the Orca & Megalodon’s total prices were too much more expensive for their somewhat random nature. The lower tiers on middle path Microraptor and Velociraptor are seeing all-round reductions as both have too high a base power and benefit too much from merges, gaining an overall greater attack speed benefit percentage-wise from merges than Trex does. Pouakai’s base pierce value was far too high so this along with the merge amount is being taken down. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Orca	Upgrade cost reduced ― $16,000 → $12,500
X-2-X Adasaurus	Adasaurus attack cooldown scale ― 0.3439 → 0.3105 Note: Max-power attack cooldown increased from 0.5561s to 0.5895s  Adasaurus pierce reduced ― 10 → 8  Adasaurus pierce range reduced ― 15 → 12 Note: Max-power pierce decreased from 25 to 20
X-3-X Velociraptor	Velociraptor raptor attack cooldown scale ― 0.3951 → 0.3105 Note: Max-power attack cooldown increased from 0.5049s to 0.5895s  Velociraptor damage ― 12 → 9  Velociraptor damage range ― 24 → 18 Note: Max-power damage decreased from 36 to 27
X-X-5 Pouākai	Pouakai pierce reduced ― 300 → 200  Pouakai pierce range reduced ― 400 → 250 Note: Max-power pierce decreased from 700 to 450, middle-power pierce decreased from 500 to 325

Version 39.0

“

Our most recently added tower, the Beast Handler, is still going through growing pains with a bulk of minor tweaks and small adjustments - mainly centered around merge mechanic value, so we’ll break this down path by path. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-0-0 base tower	Now usable in Contested Territory

“

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. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Piranha and further upgrades X-1-X Microraptor and further upgrades X-X-1 Gyrfalcon and further upgrades	Beast: Reposition cooldown increased ― 0.5s → 5s

“

Great White lacks a lot of pierce for an upgrade with a slower widespread AoE design for the price range. Orca we feel has both min & max power use cases, though doesn’t grow enough ‘along the way’ from un-maxed merging. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Great White	Great White: Pierce increased ― 6 → 10  Great White max bonus pierce from merge increased ― 18 → 20 Note: Max-power pierce increased from 24 to 30
4-X-X Orca	Orca: max bonus pierce from merge increased ― 24 → 40 Note: Max-power pierce increased from 44 to 60

“

Velociraptor performs as one of the most exceptional early tier upgrades in the game. We’ve been going tame on this path so far as we’re happy for it to stay one of the top options, however it is too far ahead still so we are smoothing out the attack rates to match T-rex. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-2-X Adasaurus X-3-X Velociraptor	Attack cooldown increased ― 0.9s → 1s (attack speed reduced by 10%)  Attack delay reduction from merge increased ― 0.3105s → 0.3439s Note: Max-power attack cooldown increased from 0.5895s to 0.6561s
X-4-X Tyrannosaurus Rex	Tyrannosaurus Rex should no longer double cooldown buffs from Energizer sub (bug fix) Now correctly records damage when max merged (bug fix)
X-5-X Giganotosaurus	Giganotosaurus: Now ignores line of sight  Ability: cooldown reduced ― 35s → 25s Note: Max-power and mid-power ability cooldowns also decreased

“

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. 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. Pouakai deals way too much moab damage right from base upgrade given how powerful it also is at controlling MOABs, base damage & pierce stats here are also seeing a shift over into higher merge benefits — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-X-2 Horned Owl	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
X-X-4 Giant Condor	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
X-X-5 Pouākai	Pouakai: Base pierce reduced ― 200 → 150  Pouakai: Max bonus pierce from merge increased ― 250 → 300 Note: Max-power pierce remains 450, mid-power xx5 pierce decreased from 325 to 300  Pouakai: Base damage reduced ― 20 → 10  Pouakai: Max bonus damage from merge increased ― 40 → 80 Note: Max-power damage increased from 60 to 90, mid-power xx5 from 40 to 50  Pouakai: Bonus MOAB-class damage reduced ― +110 → +80

Version 40.0

“

We feel Beast Handler balance is setting down nicely overall but it feels like the reposition cooldown increasing was far more impactful and unfun than intended, we still feel the initial delay was silly but are cutting it down again a little. Orca's knockback has the same duration as the T3 so although it does gain a little increased knockback amount already it's very random in what it hits much more expensive than the T3 so this knockback duration is being increased a little for base & merge. Max merged Golden Eagle gaining the ability to grab MOABs made sense at the time although the the pierce and penalties as they were at the time that meant it jumped up from grabbing no MOABs to suddenly 3 MOABs at a time which seemed too far, so the pierce penalty on MOABs is being increased at the T3 so that this reduces from 3 to 2 MOABs at a time. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
All tiers	Beast Handler reposition cooldown reduced ― 5s → 3s
4-X-X Orca	Knockback duration increased ― 0.2s → 0.3s  Knockback merge bonus increased ― 0.2s → 0.3s
X-X-3 Golden Eagle	MOAB pierce penalty increased ― +14 → +29 Note: Giant Condor MOAB pierce penalty unchanged

Version 41.0

“

Megalodon’s maximum time to drag MOABs to the depths was higher than at T4 given that it now has to account for grabbing BADs, we’ve now separated this out for a separate max time for BADs and reduced drag time for other MOABs to match the T4 again - along with much stronger & faster thrash knockbacks. T-Rex has been generally too strong while still sitting in a spot we like in terms of gameplay so we have slightly reduced damage and pierce. 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

”

Tiers	Changes
5-X-X Megalodon	Megalodon knockback lifespan reduced ― 0.4s → 0.3s Note: For all degrees of beast power, knockback lifespan is reduced by 0.1s   Megalodon MOAB knockback amount increased ― 0.5 → 1.5   Megalodon maxMOABGrabTime for non-BADs ― 0s → 6s Note: It was 30s max before this change Megalodon maxMOABGrabTime for BADs unchanged (30s max)
X-4-X Tyrannosaurus Rex	Tyrannosaurus Rex damage reduced ― 32 → 30  Tyrannosaurus Rex damage scale reduced ― 64 → 60 Note: Max T-Rex damage decreased from 96 to 90   Tyrannosaurus Rex pierce reduced ― 24 → 22   Tyrannosaurus Rex pierce scale reduced ― 36 → 33 Note: Max T-Rex pierce decreased from 60 to 55
X-5-X Giganotosaurus	Upgrade cost reduced ― $70,000 → $60,000
X-X-1 Gyrfalcon	Upgrade cost increased ― $180 → $190
X-X-2 Horned Owl	Upgrade cost increased ― $915 → $960
X-X-3 Golden Eagle	Upgrade cost increased ― $3,000 → $3,150
X-X-4 Giant Condor	Upgrade cost reduced ― $8,000 → $7,800

Version 42.0

“

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. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Piranha	Upgrade cost increased ― $160 → $170
2-X-X Barracuda	Upgrade cost reduced ― $875 → $850
3-X-X Great White	Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,950 → $2,075
X-2-X Adasaurus	Upgrade cost reduced ― $945 → $890
X-3-X Velociraptor	Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,600 → $2,170
X-X-1 Gyrfalcon	Upgrade cost increased ― $190 → $210
X-X-2 Horned Owl	Upgrade cost reduced ― $960 → $940
X-X-3 Golden Eagle	Golden Eagle moab penalty increased ― 29 → 44  Damage reduced ― 2 → 1 Note: Condor damage remains 2  Damage range reduced ― 4 → 2 Note: Condor damage range remains 4. Max Golden Eagle damage reduced from 6 to 3.

Version 43.0

“

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

”

Tiers	Changes
X-X-2 Horned Owl X-X-4 Giant Condor X-X-5 Pouākai	Attack cooldown reduction from Beast Power reduced ― 0.28679625s → 0.28s (undocumented)
X-X-3 Golden Eagle	Golden Eagle: Pierce increased ― 15 → 30  Golden Eagle: Pierce scale increased ― 30 → 60 Note: Max xx3 pierce increased from 45 to 90  Golden Eagle: MOAB pierce penalty increased ― +44 → +1089 Note: Does not affect Giant Condor (+14)  Golden Eagle: Attack cooldown reduction from Beast Power reduced ― 0.28679625s → 0.28s Note: Max-power cooldown increased from 0.31320375s to 0.32s
X-X-4 Giant Condor	Giant Condor: No longer has +1 Ceramic pierce penalty  Giant Condor: BFB pierce penalty reduced ― +44 → +29

“

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. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Piranha	Upgrade cost reduced ― $170 → $160
2-X-X Barracuda	Upgrade cost reduced ― $850 → $810
3-X-X Great White	Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,075 → $2,010
X-1-X Microraptor	Upgrade cost reduced ― $195 → $175
X-2-X Adasaurus	Upgrade cost reduced ― $890 → $830
X-3-X Velociraptor	Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,170 → $2,065
X-X-1 Gyrfalcon	Upgrade cost reduced ― $210 → $190
X-X-2 Horned Owl	Upgrade cost reduced ― $940 → $860
X-X-3 Golden Eagle	Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,150 → $2,120

“

Orca is very strong currently but Great White doesn’t do so much outside of max merge MOAB Takedowns, so damage is increasing to improve these non-maxed situations. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Great White	Great White: Damage increased ― 8 → 12

“

Similar to Sentries, Beast spawn placement will now scale closer to the track based on how much range the beast has. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Piranha and further upgrades	Water beasts: Now spawns within 20% of their range to the track
X-1-X Microraptor and further upgrades	Dinosaurs: Now spawns within 30% of their range to the track

“

We’re slightly reducing beast reposition cooldown as the tiny range leaves movement very tight, which is especially painful for Microraptor path given the low range. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Piranha and further upgrades X-1-X Microraptor and further upgrades	Beast Handler reposition cooldown reduced ― 3s → 2s

Version 44.0

“

Now that the many T1-3 upgrade price changes are settling we’re looking at the next tier up. It does feel deserving of a fairly high level of power compared to other dps towers however the T-rex currently offers too much for the cost so its damage is decreasing. 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

”

Tiers	Changes
X-4-X Tyrannosaurus Rex	Attack base damage reduced ― 30 → 26 (Does not carry over to Giganotosaurus)  Attack damage Beast Power range reduced ― 60 → 52 Note: Max power T-Rex damage reduced from 90 to 78, also reduces the Beast Power modifier to its max bonus stunned damage from +28 to +25. Does not affect Giganotosaurus.
X-X-4 Giant Condor	Upgrade cost increased ― $7,800 → $9,000  +1 Ceramic pierce penalty added Note: Does not carry over to Pouākai
X-X-4 Giant Condor X-X-5 Pouākai	DDT pierce penalty reduced ― +59 → +29

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. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
All tiers	Merging/Beast positioning range reduced ― 60 → 50

“

Top Handler is designed around huge inconsistent power, however Megalodon feels that it should be more reliable for the investment required so we are improving both thrash radius and reducing the cooldown. Fish RBE limit before being able to devour the target instantly is being increased to last further into freeplay. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Great White and further upgrades	Drag-down RBE cap increased ― 250,000 → 500,000
5-X-X Megalodon	Thrash projectile size increased ― 36 → 48

“

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

”

Tiers	Changes
X-X-1 Gyrfalcon and further upgrades	Flight speed reduced ― 110 → 80
X-X-2 Horned Owl	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
X-X-2 Horned Owl and further upgrades	Flight speed now scales with Beast Power, up to +40 at max Note: Max-power flight speed increased from 110 to 120
X-X-3 Golden Eagle X-X-4 Giant Condor	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
X-X-5 Pouākai	Attack cooldown increased ― 0.6s → 0.8s  Attack cooldown reduction at max Beast Power increased ― -0.28s → -0.52s Note: Max-power attack cooldown decreased from 0.32s to 0.28s, mid-power attack cooldown increased from 0.46s to 0.54s

Version 46.0

“

Max power Great White drags in MOAB's too quickly which actually causes it to thrash less from this and overall perform worse, so a minimum drag time has been set. Megalodon's 'not 1 shotting' damage feels too low compared to when it is able to 1shot, so we’re increasing this damage. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Great White	Drag: MOAB minimum grab time increased ― 0s → 6s Note: Although this is a nerf to one-shotting MOABs, the longer duration increases the amount of time to splash, improving the consistency of splashes
5-X-X Megalodon	Thrash: Damage increased ― 350 → 700  Damage gained from beast power increased ― 400 → 1400 Note: Max-power 5xx damage increased from 750 to 2100, mid-power 5xx damage increased from 550 to 1400

Version 47.0

“

As a quality of life improvement, Beast Handler movement cooldowns have now been separated — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Piranha and further upgrades X-1-X Microraptor and further upgrades	Fish & Dino beast reposition cooldowns are now independent

Version 47.2

Tiers	Changes
X-X-1 Gyrfalcon and further upgrades	Resolved a bug where the Beast Handler's bird would gain more pierce than intended (bug fix)

Version 47.3

Tiers	Changes
X-X-1 Gyrfalcon and further upgrades	Bottom path upgrades on Beast Handler no longer benefit from pierce buffs, except for the buffs gained from merging beasts

Version 48.0

“

As Great White still has problematic consistency the thrash radius is increasing. T-Rex is generally powerful in a lot of ways, and as the ability cooldown is quite short, we are increasing the cooldown. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Great White	Splash: Radius increased ― 10 → 15 Note: Does not affect 4xx
3-X-X Great White and further upgrades	Grab: Max RBE cap increased ― 500,000 → 1,000,000
X-4-X Tyrannosaurus Rex	Stomp ability: Ability cooldown increased ― 35s → 40s Note: Does not affect Giganotosaurus
X-5-X Giganotosaurus	Stomp ability: Initial ability cooldown no longer has initial cooldown ― 1.6667s → 0s (undocumented)

Version 49.0

“

The previous range reduction for Beast Handler broke fun starting strategies that weren’t ever able to fully recover, so this range is being given back again. Shark latch-on lifespan for targets that are not 1shot is being reduced so it has to let go and re-target more frequently as an overall range reduction, and as Megalodon is currently overperforming particularly against Bosses its attack rate is being lowered to match Orca. Velociraptor path is too much of an all-round powerhouse so with the larger range returning it is also reducing in damage — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
All tiers	Merging/Beast positioning range increased ― 50 → 60
1-X-X Piranha and further upgrades	Solved a bug where Beast Handlers which were crosspathed on a specific order could fail to respawn their fish when reloading a game from a save and and use a Support Chinook to redeploy the Beast Handler. (bug fix)
1-X-X Piranha and further upgrades X-1-X Microraptor and further upgrades	Can now move beasts onto ice and ink platforms. Beasts with only ice/ink platforms as valid placement will no longer randomly choose a location when attempting to place into ice/ink platforms. (undocumented)
3-X-X Great White and further upgrades	Latch: Time that the beast keeps latched to targets that it can't drag down reduced ― 5s → 3s Note: This decreases overall single-target damage and reduces concentration of damage around the target
5-X-X Megalodon	Thrash attack: Maximum cooldown reduction by Beast Power increased ― 0.3439s → 0.38s  Thrash attack: Attack cooldown increased ― 0.8s → 1.1s Note: With both attack speed changes combined, the changes are an overall nerf to attack cooldown of the thrash attack of the Megalodon ― 0.8s to 0.4561s (84/132: 0.62805s) → 1.1s to 0.72s (84/132: 0.91s) (depending on Beast Power)
X-3-X Velociraptor	Bite attack: Damage reduced ― 9 → 8  Bite attack: Maximum damage increase by Beast Power reduced ― 18 → 16 Note: Max Power x3x damage reduced from 27 to 24  Bite attack: Maximum bonus damage increase against stunned Bloons by Beast Power reduced ― +6 → +5.3333 Note: X-4-X Tyrannosaurus Rex unchanged.

Version 50.0

“

As it is still overperforming in event cases, Megalodon damage is being reduced. On the other hand Giganotosaurus’ ability damage is increasing to feel more worthy of a T5 ability. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Great White 4-X-X Orca 5-X-X Megalodon	Thrash calculation is now calculated correctly (bug fix)  Thrash calculation: divisor for "base attack cooldown" changed from the attack cooldown of the Piranha to Great White ― 0.6 → 1.1  Thrash calculation: dividend for "base thrash cooldown" increased while latching ― 0.3 → 0.6 (undocumented) Note: Does not affect dragging Thrash cooldowns across all beast power increased while latching Min power: 0.55s → 0.6s Middle power: 0.455s → 0.49636363636s Max power: 0.36s → 0.39272727272s Thrash cooldowns across all beast power changed while dragging Min power: 0.55s → 0.3s Middle power: 0.455s → 0.248181818s Max power: 0.36s → 0.196363636s
5-X-X Megalodon	Splash: Base damage decreased ― 700 → 600  Splash: Damage scale decreased ― 1,400 → 1,200 Note: With both changes damage for 132 (maximum) Beast Power decreased from 2,100 to 1,800, and damage for 84 (default) Beast Power decreased from 1,400 to 1,200
X-5-X Giganotosaurus	Stomp ability: Base damage increased ― 150 → 300 Note: Damage for 132 (maximum) Beast Power increased from 950 to 1100, and damage for 84 (default) Beast Power increased from 550 to 700

Version 51.0

“

Top Path Beast Handler relied heavily on grouping Bloons, which made it weak against Frozen Bloons which is a problem since Ice Towers are a nice way to set up those groups. To improve synergy, we’ve changed the Piranha’s damage type to properly motivate them at biting through ice like all Piranha do. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Piranha	Piranha: Damage type changed ― Sharp → Shatter
2-X-X Barracuda	Barracuda: Damage type changed ― Sharp → Shatter Note: 3-X-X Great White unchanged (Normal)

Version 52.0

“

The Middle Path beast handler is too effective at grouped popping for how much damage it can dish out and is having its pierce reduced. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Great White and further upgrades	Thrash attack: Thrash interval increased while dragging into water ― 0.3s → 0.6s (bug fix)
X-3-X Velociraptor	Pierce reduced ― 14 → 12  Pierce scaling with Beast Power reduced ― +21 → +18 Note: With both changes combined the pierce at maximum Beast Power is reduced from 35 to 30. 0-4-0 Tyrannosaurus Rex unchanged (22 and +33, respectively)

Version 53.0

“

Giganotosaurus is getting something of a fix to its stun which was previously stunning BFBs for longer than MOABs, additionally it is seeing the long requested change to finally after all this time become best friends with permaspike, that’s right, Giganotosaurus was spotted at Permaspike's birthday and we have eye witness reports that they have signed a buddy agreement. Now it can break through Moab layers at the cost of pierce. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-5-X Giganotosaurus	Ability: Stun duration for blue MOABs increased ― 3s → 8s  Main attack: Damage now soaks through MOAB-Class layers at any Beast Power, instead of only at max Beast Power  Main attack: Pierce reduced ― 60 → 44  Main attack: Pierce scaling with Beast Power reduced ― +90 → +66 Note: With both changes combined the pierce at maximum Beast Power is reduced from 150 to 110

Version 54.0

“

Beast Handler’s top path is smoothing out to +5 range per level improving early tiers. Middle Path handler has been a powerful carry that scales too well, we’ve decided to shift a portion of its damage into ceramic bonus to hit down its lategame MOAB dps while leaving its power against super ceramics. — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
1-X-X Piranha	Piranha: Range increased ― 20 → 25  When the Piranha is placed automatically, it will now prefer positions where its range can cover at least 24% of the track length (was 20% before) (undocumented)
2-X-X Barracuda	When the Barracuda is placed automatically, it will now prefer positions where its range can cover at least 28% of the track length (was 24% before) (undocumented)
2-0-0 Barracuda 2-0-1 Barracuda + Gyrfalcon 2-0-2 Barracuda + Horned Owl	Barracuda: Range increased ― 30 → 35 Note: Does not work with any middle crosspath or 2-0-3+ upgrades Shark unchanged (40)
X-2-X Adasaurus	Adasaurus: Base damage decreased ― 3 → 2  Adasaurus: Bonus damage from Beast Power decreased ― +3 → +2 Note: Max Adasaurus damage decreased from 6 to 4  Adasaurus: Now does +1 Ceramic damage regardless of Beast Power
X-3-X Velociraptor	Velociraptor: Base damage decreased ― 8 → 4  Velociraptor: Bonus damage from Beast Power decreased ― +16 → +8 Note: Max Velociraptor damage decreased from 24 to 12. Bonus stunned damage from max power reduced from +8 to +5.  Velociraptor: Bonus pierce from Beast Power decreased ― +18 → +14 Note: Max Velociraptor pierce decreased from 30 to 26  Velociraptor: Now does +4 Ceramic damage regardless of Beast Power
X-4-X Tyrannosaurus Rex	T-Rex: Base damage decreased ― 26 → 20  T-Rex: Bonus damage from Beast Power decreased ― +52 → +40 Note: Max T-Rex damage decreased from 78 to 60  T-Rex: Base pierce decreased ― 22 → 18  T-Rex: Bonus pierce from Beast Power decreased ― +33 → +27 Note: Max T-Rex pierce decreased from 55 to 45  T-Rex: Now does +5 Ceramic damage regardless of Beast Power

Version 54.1

“

x3x Velociraptor damage scale was lowered more than intended 8 > 12 — Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Velociraptor	Velociraptor: Bonus damage from Beast Power increased ― +8 → +12 Note: Max Velociraptor damage increased from 12 to 16. Bonus stunned damage from max power increased from +5 to +7.

Version 54.2

Tiers	Changes
2-1-0 Barracuda + Microraptor 2-2-0 Barracuda + Adasaurus 2-3-0 Velociraptor + Barracuda 2-4-0 Tyrannosaurus Rex + Barracuda 2-5-0 Giganotosaurus + Barracuda 2-0-3 Golden Eagle + Barracuda 2-0-4 Giant Condor + Barracuda 2-0-5 Pouākai + Barracuda	Barracuda: Range increased to match other crosspaths ― 30 → 35 (bug fix)