Take Aim ability: target Monkey gains improved range, accuracy, and Camo detection. Desperado gains a long range rifle to use against distant targets. Rifle shots excel against Fortified targets and can pop Lead Bloons.
Deadeye is the Desperado's path 2 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. This upgrade unlocks a long-range rifle attack that the Desperado uses on Bloons that are out of range of the pistol. It is a non-burst attack that shoots more slowly than the pistol, but deals 10 damage and +10 damage to Fortified Bloons, has 4 pierce, and can damage all Bloon types. Like the pistol attack, it has a chance to crit for 4× damage depending on the distance between the Desperado and the target Bloon.
This upgrade also modifies the pistol, increasing its base damage from 1 to 6 but reducing its range to 40. It also unlocks the Take Aim Activated Ability, which allows the Desperado to temporarily buff a selected tower, increasing its range by 25%, reducing its projectile spread by 50%, and granting it Camo detection for 15 seconds, with a 30-second cooldown.
The rifle attack has 80 range and a cooldown of 1.59 seconds. It deals 10 Normal-type damage and +10 damage to Fortified Bloons. It has 4 pierce, allowing it to hit up to 3 other Bloons within a small radius of the target Bloon. Like the pistol, the rifle has a chance to crit for 4× damage that increases based on the distance between the Desperado and the target, starting at 2.5% and increasing by 0.4% per distance unit from the target (minimum of 18.5% due to its range restrictions, up to 34.5% at max range before buffs).
The Desperado can only use one attack at a time. It uses the rifle by default, but the rifle cannot target Bloons that are within range of the pistol (that is, the deadzone). It uses the pistol only if there are Bloons it can target using the pistol and none it can target using the rifle. Range modifiers only affect the rifle's range, not the pistol's.
If crosspathed with Quickdraw or Standoff, when using the rifle attack, the Desperado does not count Bloons within its deadzone when determining these upgrades' attack speed modifiers. However, if crosspathed with Nomad, its attack speed modifier does count Bloons within the deadzone.
Take Aim is an Activated Ability that allows the player to select any tower on-screen (except sub-towers and Beast Handlers that control a path 3 beast but not a path 1 or path 2 beast). It applies a buff that grants +25% range, -50% projectile spread (including fixed and random spread), and Camo detection. While it cannot target sub-towers, if it targets a tower that has any sub-towers, all those sub-towers also receive its buff. It lasts for 15 seconds and has a 30-second cooldown.
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Deadeye offers supplementary high damage and support for the midgame at a reasonable cost. Its Take Aim ability can help counter difficult situations temporarily, allowing the target tower to reach more Bloons with better accuracy, and clear away Camos that Deadeye cannot alone. The rifle should be aimed far away to maximize crit chances and avoid the pistol; the pistol is worse at anything but exactly one target.
Deadeye can also be spammed inside the range of Primary Mentoring for bursts of damage; it's a viable T3 spam strategy that excels at taking down large groups. Primary Expertise is also a solid choice, granting cheap T2's and additional cleanup. Targeting Strong is preferred for single-target damage, with only some set on First for cleanup.
Take Aim ability's extra range and temporary camo detection is often used to assist rounds that have Camos, though occasionally used to boost Villages (such as Monkey Commerce to discount more towers in range). Take Aim is also useful in maximizing the damage of towers with high projectile spread, such as Buckshot and its upgrades, Grape Shot Buccaneers, or Sun Avatars, allowing all if not most of their projectiles to hit Bloons.
Deadeye's preferred crosspath depends. For most situations, 2-3-0 is preferred because Quickdraw already takes advantage of the rifle attack's high range, plus better single-target damage with Standoff. 0-3-2 has a consistent speed bonus compared to 2-3-0, retaining it if Bloons enter its close range too often, and better versus groups due to Nomad, but more prone to the Wanderer penalty due to the extra range it gains. If used only for Take Aim, not crosspathing is optimal.
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Top and Middle Desperado favour lower tiers too much so we’re doing a light shift on these to more favour upgrades without improving them too much. — Update notes
Mid-path desperado’s pistol was intended to be a soft ‘minimum range’, but implementation was confusing and frustrating to use, somehow again right after Wolfy’s recent struggles (fun videos those), we decided to work on improving the first timer's desperado experience for this path. The Rifle weapon will now always take priority and shoot first over the pistol if there are targets within Rifle radius, HOWEVER, pistol range is now a true deadzone that the rifle cannot target within. TLDR; The pistol now attacks when there are only Bloons within the pistol radius and nothing in the rifle radius. — Update notes
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Desperados will now prioritize attacking Bloons with the rifle over any pistol target
Rifle attack: No longer targets Bloons in the pistol's range
Note: This is implemented as a minimum range of 40 units
Pistol attack: Range increased ― 28 units → 40 units
Pistol attack: Range can no longer be buffed
This allows range buffs to not reduce the minimum range of the rifle, but prevents the pistol attack from triggering at longer ranges.
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قدرة التصويب الدقيق: يحصل القرد المستهدف على مدى محسّن ودقة أعلى وكشف للتمويه. يحصل المجرم الطائش على بندقية طويلة المدى لاستخدامها ضد الأهداف البعيدة. تتميز طلقات البندقية بفاعلية كبيرة ضد الأهداف المحصنة ويمكنها تفجير البالونات المصنوعة من الرصاص.
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Danish
Sigteevne: Den målrettede abe får forbedret rækkevidde, præcision og camouflagedetektion. Desperado får en langdistanceriffel til brug mod fjerne mål. Riffelskud udmærker sig mod forstærkede mål og kan sprænge bly-bloons.
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German
Anvisierfähigkeit: Zielaffen erhält erhöhte Reichweite, Präzision und Tarnerkennung. Desperado erhält ein Fernschussgewehr, um es gegen Fernziele zu verwenden. Gewehrschüsse sind besonders gut gegen verstärkte Ziele und können Blei-Bloons platzen lassen.
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Spanish
Habilidad Apuntar: el mono objetivo obtiene mayor alcance, precisión y detección de camuflaje. Desperado obtiene un rifle de largo alcance para usar contra objetivos distantes. Los disparos de rifle son excelentes contra objetivos fortificados y pueden explotar bloons emplomados.
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Spanish (Latin America)
Habilidad Apuntar: el mono objetivo gana mayor alcance, precisión y detección de camuflaje. El forajido gana un fusil de largo alcance para usar contra los enemigos alejados. Los disparos del fusil son muy útiles contra objetivos fortificados y revientan bloons emplomados.
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Finnish
Tähtää-kyky: Kohdeapina saa paremman kantaman ja tarkkuuden sekä maastokuvioinnin tunnistuksen. Desperado saa pitkän kantaman kiväärin kaukaisia kohteita varten. Kivääri loistaa vahvistettuja kohteita vastaan ja voi poksauttaa lyijyblooneja.
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French
Aptitude Visée : le singe ciblé bénéficie d'une portée, d'une précision et d'une détection de camouflage accrues. Le desperado gagne une carabine qui lui permet d'attaquer ses cibles à distance. Cette carabine est particulièrement efficace contre les cibles fortifiées et peut faire éclater les Bloons en plomb.
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Italian
Abilità Prendi la mira: le scimmie bersaglio ottengono portata, precisione e rilevamento mimetizzazione migliorati. Fuorilegge ottiene un fucile a lungo raggio da usare contro bersagli distanti. I colpi del fucile sono ottimi contro bersagli fortificati e possono far scoppiare i bloon di piombo.
조준하기 능력: 대상 원숭이에게 사정거리 증가, 명중률 증가, 캐모 감지 능력을 부여합니다. 데스페라도가 멀리 있는 표적을 공격할 수 있도록 장거리 소총을 획득합니다. 소총 공격은 강화 표적에게 특히 효과적이며, 납 풍선을 터트릴 수 있습니다.
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Dutch
Mikken-vaardigheid: de doelaap krijgt een groter bereik, hogere nauwkeurigheid en camouflagedetectie. Desperado krijgt een jachtgeweer om doelwitten op grote afstand te raken. Dit wapen is bijzonder sterk tegen Gepantserde doelwitten en kan Loden Bloons laten knallen.
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Norwegian
Evnen Sikt godt: Utptekte aper får forbedret rekkevidde, presisjon og kamuflasjeoppdagelse. Desperado får et gevær som han kan bruke mot fjerne mål. Geværskudd er utmerket mot forsterkede mål, og de kan poppe bly-bloons.
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Polish
Umiejętność Celny strzał: wybrana małpka zyskuje większy zasięg, celność oraz wykrywanie kamuflażu. Desperado otrzymuje dystansowy karabin do ostrzału odległych celów. Strzały z niego są skuteczne przeciwko celom ufortyfikowanym i mogą przebijać blony ołowiane.
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Portuguese (Brazil)
Habilidade Mirar com Atenção: o macaco alvo ganha aumento de alcance, precisão e detecção de camuflagem. O Pistoleiro ganha um rifle para usar contra alvos distantes. Disparos de rifle são ótimos contra alvos fortificados e podem estourar Bloons de Chumbo.
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Russian
Способность «Прицел»: целевая обезьяна дальше и метче стреляет и видит камуфляж. Десперадо обзаводится дальнобойной винтовкой для удаленных целей. Винтовка отлично бьет по укрепленным целям и пробивает свинец.
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Swedish
Siktesförmåga: den utvalda Apan får längre räckvidd, högre precision och Kamodetektering. Desperado får ett långdistansgevär att använda mot avlägsna mål. Gevärsskott är extra effektiva mot Bepansrade mål och kan smälla Blybloons.
Nişan Alma yeteneği: Hedef Maymun gelişmiş menzil, isabet ve kamuflajlı tespiti kazanır. Desperado, uzaktaki hedeflere karşı kullanmak üzere uzun menzilli bir tüfek kuşanır. Tüfekle yapılan atışlar, Güçlendirilmiş hedeflere karşı etkilidir ve Kurşun Bloon'ları patlatabilir.
↑Top: 3-2-0 Monkey Buccaneer buffed by 0-3-0 Take Aim with reduced spread Middle: 3-2-0 Monkey Buccaneer with no buffs Bottom: 3-2-0 Monkey Buccaneer buffed by 0-3-2 Take Aim with increased spread
Take Aim ability: target Monkey gains improved range, accuracy, and Camo detection. Desperado gains a long range rifle to use against distant targets. Rifle shots excel against Fortified targets and can pop Lead Bloons.
Take Aim: Now applies to sub-towers (bug fix)
Rifle: No longer ignores Boss immunity windows (bug fix)
Desperados will now prioritize attacking Bloons with the rifle over any pistol target
0-3-0 Desperado
All crosspaths
Take Aim being used on Quincy![3-2-0 Monkey Buccaneer affected by bugged spread in version 49.0[1]](/images/thumb/a/ad/BTD6_deadeye_take_aim_spreads.png/94px-BTD6_deadeye_take_aim_spreads.png)
3-2-0 Monkey Buccaneer affected by bugged spread in version 49.0[1]
0-3-1 Deadeye's Wanderer stacks maxed
Dart Monkey in rifle range losing a 0-3-1 Deadeye's Wanderer stack for rifle
Dart Monkey in pistol range losing a 0-3-1 Deadeye's Wanderer stack for rifle and pistol
![3-2-0 Monkey Buccaneer affected by bugged spread in version 49.0[1]](/File:BTD6_deadeye_take_aim_spreads.png)
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