Update history:Heli Pilot (Battles 2)

This is a list of changes to the Heli Pilot in Bloons TD Battles 2 and Bloons TD Battles 2+ post-release.

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Version 1.0.4

Tiers	Changes
0-0-0 base tower	Cost reduced ― $1,100 → $900
1-X-X Quad Darts	Upgrade cost reduced ― $800 → $600  Overall cost reduced by $400 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
2-X-X Pursuit	Upgrade cost reduced ― $500 → $400  Overall cost reduced by $500 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
X-2-X IFR	Upgrade cost reduced ― $600 → $450  Overall cost reduced by $350 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
X-X-3 MOAB Shove (and further upgrades)	Shove: can now slow DDTs when buffed with Camo detection (bug fix)

Version 1.0.6

Tiers	Changes
0-0-0 base tower 1-X-X Quad Darts 2-X-X Pursuit 3-X-X Razor Rotors X-1-X Bigger Jets X-2-X IFR X-3-X Downdraft X-4-X Support Chinook X-X-1 Faster Darts	Base Heli attack cooldown decreased ― 0.57s → 0.53s
3-X-X Razor Rotors	Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,950 → $2,850
4-X-X Apache Dartship	Missiles: bonus damage to Ceramics and MOAB-Class increased ― +0 → +3
5-X-X Apache Prime	Missiles: bonus damage to Ceramics increased ― +0 → +15
X-X-3 MOAB Shove	Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,000 → $1,800
X-X-4 Comanche Defense	Upgrade cost reduced ― $7,000 → $6,000
X-X-4 Comanche Defense X-X-5 Comanche Commander	Summoned heli missiles: damage type changed ― Explosion → Normal

Version 1.1

Tiers	Changes
3-X-X Razor Rotors	Rotors: attack cooldown reduced ― 0.75s → 0.55s

Version 1.1.1

Tiers	Changes
X-4-X Support Chinook	Supply Crate: initial cooldown increased ― 15s → 20s
X-X-4 Comanche Defense	Main Heli dart: damage increased ― 1 → 2  Mini Heli dart: damage increased ― 3 → 4
X-X-5 Comanche Commander	Main Heli dart: damage increased ― 2 → 3

Version 3.2

“

Comanche Defense and Comanche Commander are the least used tier 4 and 5 Heli Pilot upgrades respectively, plus Heli Pilot in general is not particularly known for being great at pure damage but plays a more supportive role with its abilities. Therefore, we felt like the Comanche upgrades were in need of a buff to be more on par with the top path.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-X-4 Comanche Defense X-X-5 Comanche Commander	Mini-Comanche: missile attack rate reduced ― 3s → 2s

Version 4.0

“

The mini comanche’s missiles have incredibly high pierce (100) but it would very rarely make use of it all due to such a small blast radius. This minor change should help it out a little bit, not increasing its DPS potential but allowing it to perform slightly better in a lot of scenarios.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-X-4 Comanche Defense X-X-5 Comanche Commander	Missile: blast radius increased ― 18 → 25

Version 4.0.2

“

Faster Darts does not provide any significant benefit and Heli Pilot is not a common starting tower either. This change is intended to improve both of these aspects.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-0-1 Razor Rotors + Faster Darts	Rotors: Pierce increased ― 13 → 16
X-X-1 Faster Darts	Upgrade cost increased ― $150 → $350  Dart: Pierce increased ― 3 → 4

Version 4.1

“

Heli Pilot rarely sees much use as a starting tower so we hope that this change will make this option more attractive.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-0-0 base tower	Cost reduced ― $900 → $800

Version 4.2

“

Heli Pilot’s large footprint has been a major limitation on the tower’s viability on a lot of maps, so we hope to open up its viability by reducing its size. Comanche Defense has never been a popular choice so we think it’s fair to make it slightly more affordable, and Apache Prime’s damage has been altered so that it performs better against Bonnie’s minecarts.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
All tiers	Footprint size reduced ― 23×23 → 18×18
5-X-X Apache Prime	Missile explosion base damage increased by 12  Missile explosion no longer deals +12 damage to Ceramics  Missile explosion no longer deals +12 damage to MOAB-Class
X-X-4 Comanche Defense	Upgrade cost reduced ― $8,500 → $7,500

Version 4.6

“

MOAB Shove needed a small buff to prevent it being overwhelmed by the newly boosted MOAB speeds while the Support Chinook was due a price increase as it is currently the one of the best alternative income sources in the game.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-4-X Support Chinook	Upgrade cost increased ― $7,500 → $8,500
X-X-3 MOAB Shove and further upgrades	Shove distance against MOABs increased ― ×1.33 → ×1.44  Shove distance against BFBs increased ― ×1.0 → ×1.11  Shove distance against ZOMGs increased ― ×0.5 → ×0.67

Version 4.11

“

The Heli Pilot’s bottom path tier 5s often feel weaker than those of other towers so we are giving it a small buff to help it out. In addition, we are nerfing MOAB Shove slightly because its stall was too cost effective**.** ^[sic]
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-X-3 MOAB Shove	Upgrade cost increased ― $3,700 → $4,000
X-X-5 Comanche Commander	Upgrade cost reduced ― $35,000 → $34,700  Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)  Mini-Comanche Dart: Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.15s → 0.13s

Version 4.13

“

Heli is quite under utilized on maps that aren’t Bloon Bot Factory. These changes should make it a more viable tower for other maps.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-4-X Support Chinook	Upgrade cost reduced ― $8,500 → $7,500
X-X-4 Comanche Defense	Passive ability: Duration increased ― 15s → 20s

Version 4.13 (OTA update 1)

“

The previous changes to Heli Pilot were a bit too much. This change to cash and life production should bring it back in line. The change to the redeploy cooldown will allow more strategies to rely on this ability.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-4-X Support Chinook (and further upgrades)	Redeploy: Ability cooldown decreased ― 60s → 40s
X-4-X Support Chinook (further upgrades unaffected)	Crate: Cash value decreased ― $4000 → $3500  Crate: No longer generates 15 lives

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