Benjamin (Battles 2)

Benjamin iterations: BTD6 • Battles 2

Benjamin Code Monkey
Using his elite hacking skills, Benjamin can generate extra money for the cause. Cost $950 XP curve ×1 (type 2) Roles Controller Money Maker Difficulty 4/5 Hero Alts DJ Benjammin' Introduced Version 1.2

Benjamin is a Hero in Bloons TD Battles 2, introduced in version 1.2. He costs  5,000 to unlock.

Benjamin generates cash at the end of each round, but does not possess an attack initially. As he levels up, he generates more cash per round and unlocks additional methods of generating cash and supporting the player.

• Starting at level 4, he generates a little cash each time a natural Bloon spawns on the player's side.
• Starting at level 5, he increases the cash generated by Monkey Banks and Marketplaces during and at the end of each round.
• Starting at level 6, he reduces the cooldowns of the player's Bloon Boosts and Tower Boosts. At level 14, he also gives the player an additional use of each boost, once per game.
• Starting at level 7, he periodically sends a trojan to a random Bloon (up to a MOAB) that causes it to generate cash and spawn no children when popped. At higher levels, it can target BFBs and DDTs.
• He has two Activated Abilities:
  • Biohack (level 3) — grants the six nearest towers +2 damage for a short time. Affected towers stop attacking for 2 seconds after the buff expires. At higher levels, the extra damage buff lasts longer and can affect more towers at a time.
  • Syphon Funding (level 10) — downgrades all Bloons up to BFBs, and up to 10 ZOMGs, that spawn on the player's side after activating the ability by one layer for a short time. At level 20, it can also downgrade DDTs.

Mechanics

Cash generation

Benjamin generates $75 for the player at the end of each round. This amount increases as Benjamin levels up.

Levels	Amount
2–4	$125
5–7	$200
8–10	$350
11–14	$800
15–16	$2,000
17+	$4,000

Skimming

Skimming unlocks at level 4. He generates $1 for every other naturally spawning Bloon (i.e. not from player sends) from the entrance. Starting at level 12, he generates $2 per Bloon instead of $1 and affects every naturally spawning Bloon.

Bank Hack

Bank Hack buff icon

Bank Hack unlocks at level 5. It applies a buff to all Banana Farms upgraded to Monkey Bank or Marketplace and above that the player controls. It increases the amount of cash they generate during rounds and at the end of each round (for Monkey Banks and Monkey Wall Street) by 10%. Starting at level 9, the buff increases to 15%.

Boost Hack

Boost Hack unlocks at level 6. It reduces the cooldowns of the player's Tower Boosts and Bloon Boosts by 20%. Like Activated Ability cooldown buffs, if a boost is on cooldown when Benjamin is sold, the remaining cooldown time is extended back to its normal duration.

When Benjamin reaches level 14, he grants the player one additional Tower Boost and Bloon Boost. This can only apply once per game and does not apply again if he is sold and re-upgraded to level 14.

Bloon Trojan

Bloon Trojan unlocks at level 7. It grants Benjamin an attack that fires a seeking projectile at a random Bloon every 5–7 seconds. It ignores line of sight and can pass through blockers and Bloons that are not the target. Its pierce cannot be buffed. On contact, it deals no damage, but inflicts an effect that causes it to spawn no children and generate cash equivalent to the number of layers it has when its outer layer is popped. Initially, the attack cannot target Camo Bloons, anything ranked below a Pink Bloon, or anything ranked above a MOAB.

Levels

Level	Effect
16	Attack cooldown reduces to 3–4 seconds. Bloons with the effect now give $2 per layer when destroyed.
18	Benjamin gains Camo detection, allowing his attack to target Camo Bloons and Advanced Intel to target Camo Bloons in his range. The projectiles can also now target BFBs and DDTs, though these Bloons do not give cash when destroyed.

Cash generated

Type	Levels 7–15	Levels 16+
Pink	$5	$10
White / Black / Purple	$6	$12
Zebra / Lead	$7	$14
Rainbow	$8	$16
Ceramic	$9	$18
MOAB	$10	$20

Abilities

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Biohack

Biohack icon

Biohack unlocks at level 3. It grants a buff to up to six towers that increases their base damage by +1 for 9 seconds. When the buff expires, all of the affected towers will receive a second effect that lasts for 2 seconds: for the duration, it freezes their attack cooldowns and Activated Ability cooldowns, prevents their abilities from being activated, and stops Heli Pilots from moving. It has a 40-second cooldown and an 10-second initial cooldown.

This ability prioritizes the towers closest in proximity to Benjamin, ignoring all Monkey Villages (including Primary Expertise), Banana Farms, Banana Farmers, Bloon Bots, Tech Bots, and sub-towers.

Levels

Level	Effect
9	Grants +2 damage.
13	Now affects up to 8 towers, and lasts for 15 seconds.

Syphon Funding

Syphon Funding icon

Syphon Funding unlocks at level 10. It causes Bloons that spawn on the player's side over the next 17 seconds to be downgraded by one layer. Zebra Bloons are always downgraded to White Bloons. It can downgrade any number of all Bloons up to BFB, and up to 10 ZOMGs. It has a 60-second cooldown and no initial cooldown. At level 20, it can downgrade any number of DDTs as well and its cooldown is reduced to 40 seconds.

Levels

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Level	Description
1	Hacks in $100 every round.
2	Generates $150 per round instead of $100.
3	Biohack: 6 closest Monkeys pop 2 extra layers per attack for 6 seconds. Affected Monkeys can't attack for 2 seconds after effect ends.
4	Skimming - earns +$1 for every new natural bloon spawned.
5	Bank Hack - all banks and marketplaces earn +10% income. Income increased to $250 per round.
6	Boost Hack - Bloon and Tower Boost cooldowns are reduced by 20%.
7	Bloon Trojan - Every few seconds sends a Trojan software virus to random bloon. Affected bloon spawns no children when destroyed.
8	Income increased to $400 per round.
9	Bank hack increased to 15%
10	Syphon Funding: Downgrades most newly spawned bloons, including up to 10 ZOMGs, by 1 rank. Lasts 17 seconds.
11	Income increased to $800 per round.
12	Skimming increased to $2 per bloon.
13	Biohack increases bonus damage and affects 8 Monkeys for 8 seconds.
14	Boost Hack enables an additional Tower and Bloon boost each game.
15	Income increased to $2000 per round.
16	Bloon Trojan is sent more often.
17	Income increased to $4000 per round.
18	Bloon Trojan can affect BFB and DDT bloons.
19	Biohack lasts 9 seconds and affected Monkeys pop 4 extra layers instead of 3.
20	Syphon Funding can now affect DDTs and has a faster cooldown.

XP requirements

Level	XP required	Rounds to level up
		From round 1	From round 2
2	1,080 (1,080)	2 (start of round 3)	2 (start of round 4)
3	1,360 (2,440)	1 (start of round 4)	1 (start of round 5)
4	1,900 (4,340)	2 (start of round 6)	2 (start of round 7)
5	2,560 (6,900)	2 (start of round 8)	2 (start of round 9)
6	3,180 (10,080)	3 (start of round 11)	2 (start of round 11)
7	4,320 (14,400)	2 (start of round 13)	3 (start of round 14)
8	5,920 (20,320)	3 (start of round 16)	3 (start of round 17)
9	6,880 (27,200)	3 (start of round 19)	2 (start of round 19)
10	7,040 (34,240)	2 (start of round 21)	3 (start of round 22)
11	6,820 (41,060)	2 (start of round 23)	2 (start of round 24)
12	6,860 (47,920)	2 (start of round 25)	1 (start of round 25)
13	6,920 (54,840)	2 (start of round 27)	2 (start of round 27)
14	6,880 (61,720)	2 (start of round 29)	2 (start of round 29)
15	7,160 (68,880)	1 (start of round 30)	1 (start of round 30)
16	7,040 (75,920)	1 (start of round 31)	1 (start of round 31)
17	6,920 (82,840)	1 (start of round 32)	2 (start of round 33)
18	7,080 (89,920)	2 (start of round 34)	1 (start of round 34)
19	7,120 (97,040)	1 (start of round 35)	1 (start of round 35)
20	7,260 (104,300)	1 (start of round 36)	1 (start of round 36)

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Benjamin (Battles 2).

This section was last updated for: version 4.9

Popular loadouts

Dartling-Ninja-Farm Dartling-Super-Village

Benjamin is a top tier Hero, despite not attacking Bloons directly he is capable of efficient early game income generation and bonus damage to low damage towers through his Biohack ability. However, Biohack's forced downtime can cause rushes to sneak past if careless with the ability. Syphon Funding is solid at countering both early ZOMGs and most tight rushes, and deters the opponent from sending them until it ends. Trojan can assist against early MOABs, but shouldn't be relied on.

He can be safely placed on round 3, and any earlier round will require sacrificing some early eco, particularly against round 1's Reds/Blues and round 2's Spaced Greens. However, players who do not intend to win through the life advantage (such as on most Farm loadouts) should strive for round 1 Ben, as his income can quickly snowball to affording early-game defense.

Placing Ben shouldn't matter too much, but preferably close to the towers you'd want to prioritize Biohack on and away from potential Farm spots.

Benjamin can support a variety of strategies, including Farm and eco strategies, provided a good early-game tower is present. Dartling Gunner is often preferred as an early-game tower with him due to its effectiveness with Biohack. With Banana Farm, the Marketplace upgrade path is preferred over the Plantation upgrade path in almost every case, including Monkey Wall Street, which should be obtained after the Monkey-Nomics.

Update history

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Version 4.5.1

• "Fixed Benjamin’s boost hack not reducing boost cooldowns "

Cosmetic items

Hero Rewards

Icon	Text	Category	Cost
	Drag 'n' Drop Precision Placement	Placement Animation	150 12,000
	Level++ MQL Injection	Level Up Animation	400 24,000
	Hacker Extraordinaire No data is safe	Avatar Icon	80 6,000
	BASIC Ben All your emotes are belong to us	Emote	80 6,000
	Office Warfare Shouldn't you be working?	Taunt	200 15,000
	Machine Code Bloon Boost Initialize boost algorithm	Bloon Boost FX	200 15,000
	To The Moon! Now that's a return on investment!	Victory Animation	200 15,000
	Wrong Lever! Pull the lever Ben!	Defeat Animation	100 9,000
	System Check All systems operational. Ready for popping.	Match Up Animation	150 12,000
	setVictory(true); Show the world your favorite hero with this title!	Player Title	160 12,000

Customization

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Rage Quit	Defeat Animation	Default Benjamin item	Version 1.2
Back to Reality	Defeat Animation	Season Holo-Ben Showcase, Holo-Ben Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.2
Wrong Lever!	Defeat Animation	Benjamin Hero Rewards	Version 1.2
Data Dump	Defeat Animation	Season XXXI	Version 4.6
Level++	Level Up Animation	Benjamin Hero Rewards	Version 1.2
Drag 'n' Drop	Placement Animation	Benjamin Hero Rewards	Version 1.2
Cracking Code	Taunt	Easter 2024 event	Version 3.3
Holo-Ben	Taunt	Season Holo-Ben Showcase, Holo-Ben Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.2
Office Warfare	Taunt	Benjamin Hero Rewards	Version 1.2
Popping Up	Taunt	Default Benjamin item	Version 1.2
System Check	Match Up Animation	Benjamin Hero Rewards	Version 1.2
Count Ben	Match Up Animation	Halloween 2022 event (VIP only)	Version 1.6
Ready to Work	Match Up Animation	Default Benjamin item	Version 1.2
Holo-Laptop	Weapon Skin	Season Holo-Ben Showcase, Holo-Ben Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.2
Office Party	Victory Animation	Season 4th of July Showcase, 4th of July Showcase	Version 1.3.3
Chair Spin	Victory Animation	Default Benjamin item	Version 1.2
A Holo Victory	Victory Animation	Season Holo-Ben Showcase, Holo-Ben Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.2
To The Moon!	Victory Animation	Benjamin Hero Rewards	Version 1.2

Gallery

For more Benjamin images, see Gallery:Benjamin.

Screenshots

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Assets

• 
  Levels 1–2
• 
  Levels 3–6
• 
  Levels 7–9
• 
  Levels 10–19
• 
  Level 20
• 
  Hero Point icon
• 
  Background
• 
  Biohack icon
• 
  Syphon Funding icon
• 
  Biohack buff icon
• 
  Bank Hack buff icon

Voice lines

When selected in the Heroes menu

• ^ⓘ "Yes?"

When placed

• ^ⓘ "Rules are made to be broken."
• ^ⓘ "Let's see what we can do here."

When selected

• ^ⓘ "Yes?"
• ^ⓘ "Yeah?"
• ^ⓘ "What's up?"
• ^ⓘ "Target?"
• ^ⓘ "What next?"
• ^ⓘ "Online."

When activating Biohack

• ^ⓘ "Executing hack..."

When activating Syphon Funding

• ^ⓘ "Cash money! Begin syphoning!"

When leveling up

• ^ⓘ "Nice!"
• ^ⓘ "Oh yeah!"
• ^ⓘ "Awesome!"
• ^ⓘ "Dude!"
• ^ⓘ "Yes!"
• ^ⓘ "Ha-ha!"
• ^ⓘ "Hah!"
• ^ⓘ "Level up!"

When leveling up to level 20

• ^ⓘ "There's smart, and there's me smart."

When a MOAB appears

• ^ⓘ "Uh, guys?"

When a BFB appears

• ^ⓘ "Uh, guys?"

When a ZOMG appears

• ^ⓘ "You might wanna take a look at this."

When a DDT appears

• ^ⓘ "Uh, guys?"

When a BAD appears

• ^ⓘ "Good night Vienna."

When a Bloon leaks

• ^ⓘ "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
• ^ⓘ "Game over man!"

Cosmetic items

Taunts

• ^ⓘ "You can't handle my skills!" — Popping Up
• ^ⓘ "Oh, it's on!" — Office Warfare
• ^ⓘ "The simulation predicts... my epic victory!" — Holo-Ben
• ^ⓘ "Might be some Easter eggs coming your way!" — Cracking Code

Match Up Animations

• ^ⓘ "It's go time!" — Ready to Work
• ^ⓘ "All systems online." — System Check
• ^ⓘ "This game's gonna be... spooky." — Count Ben

Victory Animations

• ^ⓘ "All in a day's work." — Chair Spin
• ^ⓘ "To the Moon!" — To The Moon!
• ^ⓘ "Wow! It's so realistic!" — A Holo Victory
• ^ⓘ "Alright, let's celebrate!" — Office Party

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 4.6

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Benjamin	—
German	Benjamin	—
Spanish	Benjamin	—
Finnish	Benjamin	—
French	Benjamin	—
Italian	Benjamin	—
Japanese	ベンジャミン	—
Korean	벤자민	—
Dutch	Benjamin	—
Norwegian	Benjamin	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Benjamin	—
Russian	Бенджамин	—
Swedish	Benjamin	—
Turkish	Benjamin	—
Chinese (traditional)	本傑明	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Benjamin bruger sine elite hacking-kundskaber til at generere ekstra penge i sagens tjeneste.	—
German	Mit seinen überragenden Hacking-Fähigkeiten kann Benjamin Extrageld für den guten Zweck generieren.	—
Spanish	Gracias a sus habilidades como hacker, Benjamin puede generar más dinero para la causa.	—
Finnish	À l’aide de ses talents de piratage d’élite, Benjamin peut générer de l’argent supplémentaire pour la bonne cause.	—
French	À l’aide de ses talents de piratage d’élite, Benjamin peut générer de l’argent supplémentaire pour la bonne cause.	—
Italian	Grazie alle sue abilità di hacker, Benjamin è in grado di generare denaro extra per la causa.	—
Japanese	ベンジャミンは、エリート級ハッカー技術を使い、目的のためにさらなるお金を作り出す。	—
Korean	벤자민은 고급 해킹 기술을 사용해 자금에 보탤 머니를 추가로 생산할 수 있습니다.	—
Dutch	Dankzij zijn elite hackvaardigheden kan Benjamin extra geld voor het doel genereren.	—
Norwegian	Med sine utmerkede hackeevner kan Benjamin generere ekstra penger for saken.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Usando seus conhecimentos hacker de elite, Benjamin pode gerar dinheiro extra para a causa.	—
Russian	Бенджамин — хакер, и может добывать больше денег для достижения общей цели.	—
Swedish	Med hjälp av sina enastående hackerkunskaper, kan Benjamin få ihop extra pengar för saken.	—
Turkish	Elit bilgisayar korsanlığı becerilerini kullanan Benjamin, amaçlar doğrultusunda fazladan para oluşturabilir.	—
Chinese (traditional)	使用他的精英駭客技能，本傑明可以為事業生成額外的錢財。	—