Ice Shards (Battles 2)

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Ice Shards
Portrait of Ice Shards
Icon of Ice ShardsRazor sharp shards fly out when frozen bloons pop.
Tower Ice Monkey — Path 1 — Tier 3
Cost $2,000

Ice Shards is the Ice Monkey's path 1 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2. Bloons frozen by it gain an "ice shards" status effect after the initial freeze damage; if the Frozen layer is popped, it produces 3 shards of ice that deal 1 damage with 3 pierce, 120° apart within 360°. Shards cannot be affected by external buffs to damage or pierce. Shards have the shatter damage type (pops Frozen but not Lead).

The "ice shards" status effect soaks up to 2 layers (3 with Deep Freeze), cannot affect White without support, and lasts as long as the freeze mutator. Ice Shards can trigger its own ice shards if crosspathed with Re-Freeze, although this requires external attack speed buffs.

Costs and sell values

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Tiers Cost Sell value
3-0-0 $2,900 $2,030
3-1-0 $3,125 $2,187.5
3-2-0 $3,475 $2,432.5
3-0-1 $3,000 $2,100
3-0-2 $3,200 $2,240

Strategy

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Ice Shards is a great mid-game option in Ice loadouts to break apart rushes. It has a White weakness, preventing its shards from triggering if Ice Shards tries to freeze White. Having additional towers that pop Frozen, such as Gwendolin or Fusty the Snowman, are recommended for consistency of Ice Shards' damage, and to compensate downtime that it may have sometimes.

3-2-0 is the recommended crosspath. 3-2-0 increases the layers that can trigger shards, making it more effective at creating shards, while 3-1-0 is enough if on a budget. 3-0-2 is not efficient unless using an Ice-centric defense, which is rarely useful in normal gameplay.

Update history

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For a complete list of Ice Monkey changes, see Update history:Ice Monkey (Battles 2).
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[R]educing the cost of Ice Shards, in order to encourage Ice Monkey’s usage.
— Update notes
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,000 → $1,800
Ice Shards is very strong despite recent nerfs and Snowstorm has become very powerful now that people are understanding how to use the attack speed buff more effectively. Some small nerfs to these two upgrades should hopefully pull them back in line.
— Update notes
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $1,800 → $2,000
  •   Can now be placed on water
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Assets

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In other languages

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Language Name / Description Notes
Danish Isskår
Knivskarpe isskår flyver til alle sider, når frosne bloons springer.
German Eisbrocken
Messerscharfe Scherben fliegen durch die Gegend, wenn Eis-Bloons platzen.
Spanish Esquirlas de hielo
Cuando los bloons congelados revientan, despiden esquirlas afiladísimas.
Finnish Jääsirpaleet
Veitsenteräviä sirpaleita lentää, kun jäätyneet bloonit poksahtavat.
French Éclats de glace
Des éclats, tels des rasoirs, s’envolent lorsque les Bloons gelés éclatent.
Italian Schegge di ghiaccio
Quando un bloon congelato scoppia, vengono espulse schegge affilate.
Japanese 氷の破片
凍結ブルーンが割れると剃刀のように鋭い破片が飛び散る。
Korean 얼음 조각
얼린 풍선이 터지면 날카롭고 뾰족한 파편이 방출됩니다.
Dutch IJsscherven
Zodra bevroren bloons knallen vliegen er messcherpe scherven uit.
Norwegian Isskår
Sylskarpe skår sprer seg når frosne bloon popper.
Portuguese (Brazil) Fragmentos de Gelo
Fragmentos afiados voam quando Bloons congelados estouram.
Russian Ледяные осколки
При пробивании замороженного шара во все стороны летят острые осколки.
Swedish Isskärvor
Rakbladsvassa skärvor flyger ut när frusna Bloons smäller.
Turkish Buz Parçaları
Donmuş bloon’lar patlarken jilet gibi keskin parçalar fırlar.
Chinese (traditional) 冰刃
冰凍氣球爆掉時會飛出鋒利的碎片。
Last updated: version 4.0.1
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