Monarch of Storms (Superstorm prior to version 50.0) is the Druid's path 1 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It adds the superstorm attack and improves the Ball Lightning tower by increasing the damage of the Heart of Thunder lightning attacks from 3 to 30, and lightning produced by lightning balls from 3 to 10.
The superstorm is a slow moving projectile that does 100 damage and inflicts blowback on MOAB-Class Bloons, with a minimum of 100 units (half the value if it's a ZOMG). The superstorm projectile also fires out a ball lightning projectile every 3s; this ball lightning is fired in a randomized direction within 180° of the superstorm's fired direction. Superstorm projectiles ignore walls and can bounce off map borders, consume more pierce on blimps (MOAB: 3, BFB: 9, ZOMG: 33, DDT: 7), can target BADs but not Boss Bloons, have 200 pierce, can re-hit Bloons every second, and last up to 12.8571s (17.1429s with 5-0-1). It removes all glue and ice mutators and their effects, except Glue Strike and Glue Storm ability effects from BADs and Bosses. It attacks every 4 seconds, and can trigger on any target.
Monarch of Storms has a steep cost compared to cheaper options (such as Icicle Impale or Super Glue). For a similar price, Bloon Crush is generally more consistent for the stalling role unless Monarch of Storms gains enough speed buffs (e.g. Poplust) for the differences in damage and crowd control to matter. However, Monarch of Storms's single-target damage is not bad, due to the rehitting superstorms, but fails to be effective in Boss Events due to the lack of Boss damage on its superstorms, though in Boss Rush it has a niche for blowing back leaking MOABs and DDTs against especially Phayze. Monarch is not compatible with extreme Freeplay strategies due to the superstorms removing all of Herald of Everfrost's debuffs.
5-0-2 is the preferred crosspath, due to the increased attack speed and projectile lifespan. 5-2-0 is redundant as pierce is rarely an issue.
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Superstorm has been adjusted with a new feature to grant it a method of dealing continuous damage to the targets that it blows backwards. We know many of you will feel this needs much more work but please be patient as we will come back to it. — Update notes
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Superstorm’s Storm now spawns Ball Lightnings in a 180° arc in front of it every second until the storm expires
The most recent buff to Superstorm was great fun, but when spending pierce so quickly we wouldn’t see many extra Ball Lightnings. Since many find Superstorm lacking in pierce overall, the ‘extra’ pierce consumptions for hitting larger targets have been reduced to make it more effective and more lightningey. — Update notes
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Overall cost reduced by $500 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
Superstorm: pierce penalty to MOABs reduced ― +19 → +4
Superstorm: pierce penalty to BFBs reduced ― +49 → +19
Superstorm: pierce penalty to ZOMGs reduced ― +199 → +49
Superstorm: pierce penalty to DDTs reduced ― +49 → +9
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
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Upgrade cost reduced ― $90,000 → $80,000
Main attack: Damage type changed ― Shatter → Normal
Top path has had a number of buffs to help with both price and consistency in control over regular bloons through higher tiers. Superstorm has had a rather big price buff, however to prevent it locking up games in a boring stall state the blowback distance against ZOMGs has been halved. — Update notes
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Upgrade cost reduced ― $80,000 → $65,000
Overall cost reduced by $15,825 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
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
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
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Tornado: no longer targets MOAB-class Bloons
Note: This is a buff as the tornado does not affect MOAB-class Bloons
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
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Upgrade cost reduced ― $65,000 → $60,000
Tornado: Now seeks Bloons
Tornado: Maximum travel distance increased ― 80 → 100
Blowback no longer works on Bloons near the entrance (bug fix)
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. More directly to Ball Lightning we feel it needs a considerably higher freeze duration for the freeze to matter as it casts slowly. — Update notes
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
Superstorm gets a fresh coat of paint, including a new name! The Superstorm Tornadoes last far longer and rebound off of map borders, all while still spewing out additional Ball Lightning projectiles the entire time to fill the screen! — Update notes
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Superstorm attack: Projectile now bounces off map borders
Superstorm attack: Projectile now hits BADs to deal damage only
The Monarch’s Superstorm re-hitting has felt like a success though it over-buffed single target performance while over-nerfing the blowback due to rapid pierce consumption, so we are scaling back the damage but reducing pierce penalties to balance this out. — Update notes
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Superstorm: Damage reduced ― 150 → 100
Superstorm: Pierce penalty for MOABs reduced ― +4 → +2
Superstorm: Pierce penalty for BFBs reduced ― +14 → +8
Superstorm: Pierce penalty for ZOMGs reduced ― +44 → +32
Superstorm: Pierce penalty for DDTs reduced ― +7 → +6
Main attack: Projectile spread can now be affected by accuracy buffs
يستدعي وابلًا لا يتوقف من العواصف الخارقة. يقصف جميع أنواع البالونات مُلحِقًا بها أضرارًا هائلة ويدفعها بعيدًا عن المخرج.
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Danish
Fremkalder en ubarmhjertig byge af superstorme. Raserer alle bloon-typer ved at tilføre enorm skade og blæser dem væk fra udgangen.
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German
Ruft einen unablässigen Supersturm herbei. Fügt allen Bloon-Arten schweren Schaden zu und weht sie vom Ausgang weg.
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Spanish
Genera una andanada implacable de supertormentas. Impacta en todos los tipos de bloon, hace un daño enorme y los aleja de la salida.
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Spanish (Latin America)
Provoca una ráfaga implacable de supertormentas que impacta en todos los tipos de bloon, hace un daño enorme y los aleja de la salida.
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Finnish
Kutsuu armottoman supermyrskyjen ryöpyn. Aiheuttaa kaikille bloonityypeille massiivista vahinkoa ja paiskaa ne pois uloskäynnistä.
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French
Invoque un barrage de super tempêtes sans merci, qui touche tous les types de Bloons en leur infligeant des dégâts considérables et les fait reculer loin de la sortie.
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Italian
Provoca una raffica inarrestabile di Super tempeste. Spara a tutti i tipi di bloon provocando danni gravi e li allontana dall'uscita.
Tornado: damage increased ― 5 → 12
Tornado: blowback should correctly remove ongoing glue damage effects from Bloons when the slow is removed (bug fix)
Tornado attack: Blowback distance changed ― 33–300 → 100–200
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