Druid of the Storm (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Druid of the Storm (Battles 2).

Druid of the Storm

Gusts of wind blow Bloons off the track away from the exit.

Tower	Druid — Path 1 — Tier 3
XP cost	2,500
Cash cost	$1,445 — Easy $1,700 — Medium $1,835 — Hard $2,040 — Impoppable

← Heart of Thunder

Ball Lightning →

Druid of the Storm is the Druid's path 1 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It grants the Druid an additional tornado attack which blows Bloons 100–200 units backwards. This attack deals 0 damage, has 35 pierce (Tornadoes consume 2 pierce on Ceramic Bloons instead of 1), and has a cooldown of 2.5 seconds. Tornadoes are able to seek targets, and cannot blow back White or Purple if they cannot damage them, nor MOAB-Class Bloons, although the tornadoes will simply ignore them, and won't target Bloons already being blown backwards. Tornadoes remove glued and frozen properties on Bloons it blows back.

With Tiny Tornadoes, each tornado splits into three smaller tornadoes when they expire. Each mini tornado blows Bloon 33–300 units backwards and has 5 pierce, and can target all except Lead and MOAB-Class.

Both the tornado attack and the mini tornadoes can accept damage buffs such as Berserker Brew, as its damage is not capped.

Stats

For a complete list of Druid stats, see Stats:Druid (BTD6).

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 35 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 1.1s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 8.17, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 35 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Count 5 Angle 25° Pierce 2 Damage 1 Damage type Normal Speed 340 units/s Lifespan 0.3s Radius 0 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Lightning
Cooldown 2.3s Offset (X, Y, Z) -3.52, 6.06, 7 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 35 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Lightning Pierce 5 Max pierce 5 Damage 2 Damage type Plasma Bounce distance 86 units Radius 0 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Tornado
Cooldown 2.5s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 8.17, 7 Targeting First / Last / Close / Strong Targeting range 35 units Filters Cannot target Camo Cannot target MOAB-Class
Projectile Pierce 35 Ceramic pierce penalty +1 Damage 0 Damage type Frigid Speed 72 units/s Seeking distance ∞ units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 160 °/s Lifespan 1.0417s Radius 16 units Filters Ignores White or Purple if its damage type cannot damage it Cannot hit Camo Cannot hit MOAB-Class Cannot hit DDTs Cannot hit Bloons with Blowback Blowback Chance 100% Min distance 100 units Max distance 200 units

3-1-0

Attack
Projectile Count 5 → 8

Tornado
Projectile Now removes Camo if the target takes damage from this projectile Now removes Regrow if the target takes damage from this projectile Now removes Fortified if the target takes damage from this projectile Now removes Lead if the target takes damage from this projectile

3-2-0

Attack
Pierce per extra life +1% Max extra lives for pierce 100
Projectile Now removes Regrow

Lightning
Pierce per extra life +1% Max extra lives for pierce 100
Lightning Now removes Regrow

Tornado
Pierce per extra life +1% Max extra lives for pierce 100
Projectile Removes Camo Removes Regrow Now removes Regrow Removes Fortified Removes Lead

3-0-1

Tower
Display range 35 units → 45 units

Attack
Targeting range 35 units → 45 units
Projectile Lifespan 0.3s → 0.4s

Lightning
Targeting range 35 units → 45 units

Tornado
Targeting range 35 units → 45 units
Projectile Lifespan 1.0417s → 1.3889s Now removes Camo if the target takes damage from this projectile Now removes Regrow if the target takes damage from this projectile Now removes Fortified if the target takes damage from this projectile Now removes Lead if the target takes damage from this projectile

3-0-2

Attack
Speed per life lost +1% Speed per life lost base bonus +10% Max lives lost for attack speed 40

Lightning
Speed per life lost +1% Speed per life lost base bonus +10% Max lives lost for attack speed 40

Tornado
Speed per life lost +1% Speed per life lost base bonus +10% Max lives lost for attack speed 40
Projectile Removes Camo Removes Regrow Removes Fortified Removes Lead

Costs and sell values

Note: this list does not factor in Monkey Knowledge or other discounts.

Tiers	Total cost				Sell value
	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
3-0-0	$2,800	$3,300	$3,565	$3,960	$1,960	$2,310	$2,496	$2,772
3-1-0	$3,010	$3,550	$3,835	$4,260	$2,107	$2,485	$2,685	$2,982
3-2-0	$3,305	$3,900	$4,215	$4,680	$2,314	$2,730	$2,951	$3,276
3-0-1	$2,885	$3,400	$3,675	$4,080	$2,020	$2,380	$2,573	$2,856
3-0-2	$3,140	$3,700	$4,000	$4,440	$2,198	$2,590	$2,800	$3,108

Strategy

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This section was last updated for: version 49.3

Druid of the Storm remains a cheap but reliable way to blow back multiple Bloons from a local range. It's effective at blowing back all children from a single MOAB, and also remains useful against stray Super Ceramics. Because of its Ceramic pierce penalty, it struggles against dense groups of Ceramics. Druid of the Storm pairs well with Obyn Greenfoot's buffs, granting extra attack speed and pierce.

Crosspaths aren't very important for Druid of the Storm, though more important for higher tiers. 3-0-2 has a small basic speed boost without gaining Vengeance buffs, while 3-2-0 is only used for deliberately countering a Regrow farm.

Update history

For a complete list of Druid changes, see Update history:Druid (BTD6).

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Version 25.0

“

Druid’s top path Storm & Ball Lightning upgrades needed a value boost versus other options versus other paths of other tower choices, so these have been given a small price buff for now.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,000 → $1,850

Version 26.0

•  Tornado: blowback should correctly remove ongoing glue damage effects from Bloons when the slow is removed (bug fix)

Version 28.0

“

As an underused crosspath on this tower, Druid’s Hard Thorns will now allow them to counter all of its weaknesses instead of just frozen targets. Druid of the Storm has been reworked to more consistently blow targets back due to being stationary and slower firing compared to other upgrades that do a similar task.
— Update notes

”

•  Main attack: Damage type changed ― Shatter → Normal
•  Tornado attack: Blowback distance changed ― 33–300 → 100–200
•  Tornado attack: Projectile radius increased ― 13 → 16

Version 30.0

“

Top path has had a number of buffs to help with both price and consistency in control over regular bloons through higher tiers.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $1,850 → $1,650
  •  Overall cost reduced by $225 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 33.0

“

Top path Heart of Thunder doesn’t scale well with tiers for an upgrade with such niche use & generally feels lacking, so it is seeing general power improvements across the board to upgrades that incorporate this attack.
— Update notes

”

•  Heart of Thunder damage increased ― 1 → 2

Version 37.0

“

While the tornado doesn't do anything to MOABs, it still spends itself on them which wastes a relatively long cooldown, so addressing this flaw.
— Update notes

”

•  Tornado: no longer targets MOAB-class Bloons
  • Note: This is a buff as the tornado does not affect MOAB-class Bloons

Version 38.0

“

Druid of the Storm is too inconsistent due to placement causing projectiles to intersect the path and spend very little time actually touching Bloons, it is gaining some homing to keep the nados running along the track over the top of Bloons to more consistently utilize their high pierce value. We love how this is working and hope you do, too.
— Update notes

”

•  Tornado: Now seeks Bloons
•  Tornado: Maximum travel distance increased ― 80 → 100
•  Blowback no longer works on Bloons near the entrance (bug fix)

Version 41.0

“

Hard Thorns is useful and often taken for crosspath even if not going for 2xx as lightning is comparatively very expensive for what it offers so moving Thunder’s cost out into both the surrounding upgrades.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $1,650 → $1,700
  •  Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 44.0

“

Druid of the Storm’s base pierce is being reduced to put it more in line with other group Bloon stalling supports
— Update notes

”

•  Tornado pierce reduced ― 30 → 24
  • Note: Does not carry over to higher tiers

Version 45.0

“

Now that Tornadoes are one of the more popular Bloon Stall choices we looked more into its upgrade progression, tornado projectile speed is being reduced as a benefit to Ball Lightning to prevent tornado outpacing the lightning ball so quickly, and to more suit it as a Cold/Magic themed upgrade plus differentiate from similar supports the weaknesses are changing.
— Update notes

”

•  Tornado: projectile speed reduced ― 90 → 72
•  Tornado: damage type changed ― Normal → Frigid
  • Note: Does not affect the mini-tornadoes of Tiny Tornadoes
•  Tornado: can blow back Lead Bloons
•  Tornado: cannot blow back White and Purple Bloons
  • Note: Projectile will ignore White and Purple properties, which it cannot target anymore

Version 46.0

“

As it’s really good, and it’ll still be really good.
— Update notes

”

•  Tornado: Ceramics now consume +1 pierce
  • Note: Does not apply to higher tiers

Version 48.0

“

Druid projectile lifespans are being shifted from many base weapons into the xx1 range crosspath, this is a nerf to top path lifespan when not taking the crosspath and a buff to 031 druids
— Update notes

”

•  Thorn: Projectile distance reduced ― 136 → 102
  • Note: Does not affect X-X-1, implemented as a projectile lifespan decrease ― 0.4s → 0.3s
•  Tornado: Projectile distance reduced ― 100 → 75
  • Note: xx1 unchanged

Version 54.0

“

Storm Druid’s pierce is being increased past a key breakpoint that allows the tornado to sweep up every Ceramic from a BFB.
— Update notes

”

•  Tornado: Pierce increased ― 24 → 35

Version 55.0

•  Main attack: Projectile spread can now be affected by accuracy buffs

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  Druid of the Storm tornado blowing Lead Bloons
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  Tiny Tornadoes blowing White Bloons

Assets

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	كاهن العاصفة عواصف الرياح ترمي البالونات بعيدًا عن المسار وبعيدًا عن المخرج.	—
Danish	Stormens Druide Vindstød blæser bloons af vejen og væk fra udgangen.	—
German	Sturmdruide Windböen pusten die Bloons von der Strecke und vom Ausgang weg.	—
Spanish	Druida de la tormenta La ráfagas de viento empujan a los bloons fuera de la pista y los alejan de la salida.	—
Spanish (LA)	Druida de la tormenta La ráfagas de viento empujan a los bloons fuera de la pista y los alejan de la salida.	—
Finnish	Myrskyn druidi Tuulenpyörre puhaltaa blooneja taaksepäin pois reitiltä.	—
French	Druide de la tempête Les coups de vent emportent les Bloons loin du circuit et de la sortie.	—
Italian	Druido della tempesta Raffiche di vento spazzano i bloon via dal tracciato e lontani dall'uscita.	—
Japanese	嵐のドルイド 突風がトラック上に吹き、ブルーンを出口から遠ざける。	—
Korean	폭풍의 드루이드 드센 바람이 불어 트랙 위의 풍선을 출구에서 멀리 날려보냅니다.	—
Dutch	Druïde van de Storm Windvlagen blazen Bloons van het pad, weg van de uitgang.	—
Norwegian	Druide av stormen Vindkast blåser bloons av banen og bort fra utgangen.	—
Polish	Druid burzy Porywy wiatru zdmuchują blony ze ścieżki i odpychają je od wyjścia.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Druida da Tempestade Rajadas de vento afastam Bloons da saída.	—
Russian	Штормовой друид Порывы ветра сдувают шары с трассы, относя их подальше от выхода.	—
Swedish	Stormens druid Vindstötar blåser bort Bloons från vägen och bort från utgången.	—
Thai	ดรูอิดแห่งวายุ กระแสลมกระโชกพัดบลูนให้ถอยไปทิศตรงข้ามกับทางออก	—
Turkish	Fırtına Medyumu Kuvvetli rüzgâr Bloon’ları çıkıştan uzağa parkurun dışına uçurur.	—
Chinese (simplified)	风暴德鲁伊 几阵风将气球从出口处吹开。	—
Chinese (traditional)	風暴督伊德 一陣陣風從出口將氣球吹出路徑。	—
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