Hot Shot (BTD6)

For the Tack Shooter's upgrade, see Hot Shots (BTD6). For other uses, see Hot Shot (disambiguation).

Hot Shot

Burning hot grape shot can pop Lead Bloons and set Bloons on fire.

Tower	Monkey Buccaneer — Path 2 — Tier 2
XP cost	650
Cash cost	$425 — Easy $500 — Medium $540 — Hard $600 — Impoppable

← Grape Shot

Cannon Ship →

Hot Shot is the Monkey Buccaneer's path 2 tier 2 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It turns its grapes burning hot, granting grapes the ability to pop Lead and Frozen Bloons but losing the ability to pop Purple Bloons. Additionally, the grapes gain a damage-over-time effect that ticks every 1.5 seconds, dealing 2 damage and lasting 3.1 seconds. It can set Purple Bloons in this damage-over-time, but will not damage them.

Tier 4 and above crosspaths have extra DoT damage from Hot Shot.

• Aircraft Carrier grapes from the main ship deal 4 damage per tick, remaining at one tick every 1.5s for 3.1s. The radial volleys from the aircraft become tightly packed burning grapes that also burn Bloons, dealing 4 damage per tick per 0.5s for 3.1 seconds.
• Carrier Flagship increases damage per tick of both burning effects from 4 to 9.
• Favored Trades burn effect does 4 damage per tick, increased to 9 with Trade Empire.

Stats

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 60 units Footprint radius 8 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Copies of this attack 2 Cooldown 1s Offset (X, Y, Z) 11, 0, 8.5 (main) -11, 0, 8.5 (alt) Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 4 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 200 units/s Lifespan 0.6s Radius 4 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Grape attack
Copies of this attack 2 Cooldown 1.3s Offset (X, Y, Z) 11, 0, 8.5 (main) -11, 0, 8.5 (alt) Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Count 5 Angle 90° Pierce 1 Damage 1 Damage type Fire Speed 200 units/s Lifespan 0.5s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Damage over time Damage 2 Damage type Fire Duration 3.1s Interval 1.5s Layers ∞

1-2-0

Attack
Cooldown 1s → 0.75s

Grape attack
Cooldown 1.3s → 0.975s

2-2-0

Attack
Projectile Count 2

Grape attack
Projectile Count 5 → 6

0-2-1

Tower
Display range 60 units → 71 units

Attack
Targeting range 60 units → 71 units
Projectile Pierce 4 → 6 Speed 200 units/s → 250 units/s

Grape attack
Targeting range 60 units → 71 units
Projectile Pierce 1 → 2 Speed 200 units/s → 250 units/s

0-2-2

Attack
Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

Grape attack
Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

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
0-2-0	$1,230	$1,450	$1,565	$1,740	$861	$1,015	$1,096	$1,218
1-2-0	$1,465	$1,725	$1,860	$2,070	$1,026	$1,208	$1,302	$1,449
2-2-0	$1,825	$2,150	$2,320	$2,580	$1,278	$1,505	$1,624	$1,806
3-2-0	$4,670	$5,500	$5,940	$6,600	$3,269	$3,850	$4,158	$4,620
4-2-0	$11,470	$13,500	$14,580	$16,200	$8,029	$9,450	$10,206	$11,340
5-2-0	$33,570	$39,500	$42,660	$47,400	$23,499	$27,650	$29,862	$33,180
0-2-1	$1,400	$1,650	$1,780	$1,980	$980	$1,155	$1,246	$1,386
0-2-2	$1,695	$2,000	$2,160	$2,400	$1,187	$1,400	$1,512	$1,680
0-2-3	$3,735	$4,400	$4,750	$5,280	$2,615	$3,080	$3,325	$3,696
0-2-4	$8,410	$9,900	$10,690	$11,880	$5,887	$6,930	$7,483	$8,316
0-2-5	$27,960	$32,900	$35,530	$39,480	$19,572	$23,030	$24,871	$27,636

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 52.2

Hot Shot's damage-over-time effect and innate lead-popping are beneficial against early Leads and for chipping Bloons. Notably, 0-2-2 Buccaneer is a cheap but reliable Camo Lead solution. Because the DoT cannot be stacked, multiple Buccaneers with Hot Shot for damage are not necessary. When used on first-path Buccaneers, it can handle DDTs when given external camo detection.

Update history

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

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Version 11.0

0-2-5

• "Buccaneer grapes now correctly use the fiery asset"

Version 16.0

0-2-4, 0-2-5

•  Grape: attack cooldown almost halved ― 1.3s → 0.75s

Version 17.0

• Hot Shot: Changed the visual effect of the projectiles

2-2-0, 3-2-0, 4-2-0, 5-2-0

•  Grape Shot: Now fires 10 grapes at a time instead of 5 (11 instead of 6 with Big Bunch)

0-2-5

•  No longer removes the Merchantman damage buff (bug fix)

5-2-0

• No longer crashes the game sometimes when placed next to a 2-5-0 Monkey Village (bug fix)

Version 19.0

4-2-0

•  No longer gains Camo detection after loading a save (bug fix)

Version 28.0

“

Bottom crosspath feels behind compared to others here, so in addition to the new Camo Prioritization filter Longer Range on this path will now also grant bonus pierce.
— Update notes

”

0-2-1, 0-2-2, 0-2-3, 0-2-4, 0-2-5

•  Long Range now increases the pierce of Grape Shot by 1

Version 36.0

•  DoT: Damage per tick increased ― 1 → 2

Version 37.0

“

Reworking Grape Shot crosspathing as it gains far too much crosspath value by T2 but then is lacking in purpose at higher tiers, double shot will only work as one extra grape however Destroyer will now apply its full attack rate buff to the grapes and Flagship will equip aspects of Grape Shot on the mini planes.
— Update notes

”

2-2-0, 3-2-0, 4-2-0, 5-2-0

•  Grape Shot: projectiles reduced ― 10 → 6

3-2-0, 4-2-0, 5-2-0

•  Grape Shot: attack cooldown decreased ― 0.39s → 0.195s

4-2-0, 5-2-0

•  Aircraft Carrier planes radial attack now fires an arc of grapes instead of darts
•  Aircraft Carrier planes radial Emission Angle ― 360 → 90
•  Aircraft Carrier planes radial projectile count ― 8 → 6
•  Aircraft Carrier plane grape projectile speed ― 100 → 200
•  Aircraft Carrier planes radial damage type ― Sharp → Fire

Version 41.0

4-2-0, 5-2-0

•  Plane radial attack: Damage type changed ― Sharp → Fire
•  Plane radial attack: Now applies Fire-type damage over time

Version 42.0

“

General improvements made to higher tier DoT applications for Buccaneer. The pierce from bottom crosspath seems to be better after destroyer currently, so this also acts as some crosspath balancing for Flagship.
— Update notes

”

4-2-0

•  Grapes (main and aircraft): Damage-over-time tick damage increased ― 2 → 4

5-2-0

•  Grapes (main and aircraft): Damage-over-time tick damage increased ― 2 → 9

0-2-4

•  Damage-over-time tick damage increased ― 2 → 4

0-2-5

•  Damage-over-time tick damage increased ― 2 → 9

Version 43.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 46.0

5-2-0

•  Plane Radial Attack: Projectile speed no longer decreases with the middle crosspath ― 100 → 200 (bug fix)

Version 51.0

0-2-3, 0-2-4, 0-2-5

•  Grape attack: Pierce increased ― 1 → 2 (bug fix)

Version 53.0

4-2-0, 5-2-0

•  Plane radial attack: Projectile lifespan increased ― 0.3s → 0.35s

Gallery

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Trivia

• A real-life hot shot is a heated projectile meant to set fire to the target.
• It is likely based on the Dreadnought Premium Upgrade.

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	طلقة ساخنة يمكن أن تؤدي تسديدة العنقودية الحارقة إلى تفجير بالونات الرصاص وإشعال النار في بالونات.	—
Danish	Varmt skud Brændende varme drueskud kan springe bly-bloons og sætte ild til dem.	—
German	Hot-Shot Der brandheiße Traubenhagel lässt Blei-Bloons platzen und setzt sie in Brand	—
Spanish	Tiro caliente Metralla de uvas muy calientes que puede explotar bloons emplomados e incendiar bloons.	—
Spanish (LA)	Tiro caliente Metralla de uvas muy calientes que puede explotar bloons emplomados e incendiar bloons.	—
Finnish	Polttava paukku Polttavan kuuma rypäleammus voi poksauttaa lyijybloonit ja sytyttää bloonit.	—
French	Tir brûlant Les tirs en grappe brûlants peuvent faire éclater les Bloons de plomb et mettre le feu aux Bloons.	—
Italian	Colpo infuocato La mitragliata rovente è in grado di far scoppiare i bloon di piombo e di incendiare i bloon.	—
Japanese	ホットショット 燃える厚いブドウ弾が、鉛ブルーンを割り、ブルーンを燃やす。	—
Korean	뜨거운 사격 불타는 뜨거운 포도탄이 납 풍선을 터트릴 수 있으며 풍선에 불을 붙입니다.	—
Dutch	Hotshot Brandend heet druivenschot kan Loden Bloons laten knallen en Bloons in brand steken.	—
Norwegian	Varmeskudd Brennende varme drueskudd kan poppe bly-bloons og sette fyr på bloons.	—
Polish	Gorący strzał Strzał gorącym winogronem może przekłuwać ołowiane blony i podpalać blony.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Tiro Quente Disparo de dispersão incandescente pode estourar Bloons de Chumbo e incendiar Bloons.	—
Russian	Горячий выстрел Залп горячей дроби способен поджигать шары и пробивать свинцовые шары.	—
Swedish	Hot Shot Glödande varmt hagelskott kan smälla Blybloons och sätta Bloons i brand.	—
Thai	ฮอตช็อต กระสุนองุ่นร้อนระอุเจาะบลูนตะกั่วได้ และทำให้บลูนมีสถานะเผาไหม้	—
Turkish	Sıcak Atış Yanan sıcak üzüm atışı Kurşun Bloon’ları patlatabilir ve Bloon’ları ateşe verir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	激射 灼热的散弹射击可击破铅气球，并让气球陷入一片火海。	—
Chinese (traditional)	火熱射擊 燃燒熱葡萄射擊可擊破鉛氣球，並點燃氣球。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1