Heli Pilot (Battles 2)

Heli Pilot iterations: BTD5 • Battles • BMC • BTD6 • Battles 2

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Heli Pilot
Hovers wherever you last tapped the screen. Shoots from twin heavy dart guns.
Category Military Cost $800 Introduced Launch

The Heli Pilot is a Military tower in Bloons TD Battles 2.

Upgrades

Path 1

Quad Darts Cost: $600
	Shoots 4 darts per volley instead of 2.

Pursuit Cost: $250
	A new targeting option enables Heli to seek and pursue the Bloons automatically.

Razor Rotors Cost: $1,800
	Razor rotor blades rip up bloons on contact, including Lead and Frozen bloons.

Apache Dartship Cost: $17,500
	Adds a large missile array and powerful machine guns.

Apache Prime Cost: $45,000
	The Apache Prime leaves most bloons wishing they'd never been inflated.

Path 2

Bigger Jets Cost: $200
	Powerful jets make Heli move much faster.

IFR Cost: $350
	Allows Heli Pilot to detect and shoot Camo bloons.

Downdraft Cost: $3,200
	Blows bloons away from the Heli, back toward the entrance.

Support Chinook Cost: $8,500
	Abilities: Drops lives and cash crates, or can pick up and redeploy most Monkey types.

Special Poperations Cost: $30,000
	Adds another ability which deploys a powerful special Monkey Marine with machine gun. The crates are worth more cash and trigger all other crate drop abilities not on cooldown.

Path 3

Faster Darts Cost: $350
	Darts are propelled much faster through the air, allowing them to hit more bloons.

Faster Firing Cost: $250
	Faster attack speed for all Heli attacks.

MOAB Shove Cost: $4,000
	Can collide with and shove MOAB class bloons, reversing or slowing their movement. Shove is amplified by Bigger Jets and IFR upgrades.

Comanche Defense Cost: $7,500
	Automatically calls in mini Comanches when they're most needed.

Comanche Commander Cost: $34,700
	Upgraded weapons. Also automatically calls in 3 more Comanches. Permanently.

Changes from Bloons TD 6

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Update history

For a complete list of Heli Pilot changes, see Update history:Heli Pilot (Battles 2).

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Version 1.0.4

•  Cost reduced ― $1,100 → $900

Version 1.0.6

•  Base Heli attack cooldown decreased ― 0.57s → 0.53s

Version 4.1

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

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•  Cost reduced ― $900 → $800

Version 4.2

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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. — Update notes

”

•  Footprint size reduced ― 23×23 → 18×18

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Heli Pilot (Battles 2).

Popular loadouts

Heli-Glue-Village Star/Clan Island Heli-Ice-Super

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Cosmetic items

Monkey Mastery

Icon	Text	Category	Cost
	Spin Start Sometimes it needs a bit of a push.	Placement Animation	600 75,000
	Apache Copter Thats a lot of guns...	Emote	160 20,000
	Heli-Bloons Filled with Heli-um.	Bloon Decal	200 30,000
	Neon Tracers Cyber Punk Style.	Trail Effect	450 60,000
	Flare Gun Light up the battlefield.	Idle Animation	450 60,000
	Named Heli Pilots Name your Heli Pilots.	Custom Names	300 40,000
	Decoy Flares Look! A Distraction!	Sell Animation	240 30,000
	Cyber Rotors Physical rotors are so 21st century.	Weapon Skin	450 60,000

Monkey Prestige

Icon	Text
	Prestige Heli Pilot Badge Show off the prestige level of your monkey with a special in-game badge.
	Prestige Heli Pilot Portraits Exclusive animated in-game portraits to give this monkey some extra flair.
	Heli Pilot Prestige Banner Display your mastery of this monkey on your profile.
	Decoy Flares Drag Effect Your monkeys arrive on the battlefield with some swagger!
	Golden Heli Pilots Your monkeys glow with the light of achievement.
	Pro Heli Pilot Display your mastery of this monkey with an exclusive title.

Customization

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Flare Gun	Idle Animation	Heli Pilot Mastery	Launch
Named Heli Pilots	Custom Names	Heli Pilot Mastery	Launch
Spin Start	Placement Animation	Heli Pilot Mastery	Launch
Decoy Flares	Sell Animation	Heli Pilot Mastery	Launch
Freedom Trails	Trail Effect	4th July 2024 event	Version 4.0.3
Neon Tracers	Trail Effect	Heli Pilot Mastery	Launch
Carrot Darts	Weapon Skin	Easter 2024 event	Version 3.3
Cyber Rotors	Weapon Skin	Heli Pilot Mastery	Launch

Gallery

For more Heli Pilot images, see Gallery:Heli Pilot.

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Danish	Heli-pilot Holder sig der, hvor du sidste rørte skærmen. Skyder med to tunge dart-skydere	—
German	Hubschrauberpilot Schwebt dort, wo du zuletzt auf den Bildschirm getippt hast. Schießt mit großen Doppelpfeilkanonen.	—
Spanish	Helipiloto Sobrevuela el área donde tocaste la pantalla por última vez. Dispara dos armas de dardos pesados.	—
Finnish	Kopterilentäjä Leijuu siinä, mihin viimeksi napautit näytöllä. Ampuu kahdella raskaalla tikka-aseella.	—
French	Pilote d’hélicoptère Effectue un vol stationnaire au dernier endroit où tu as touché l’écran. Fait feu avec des doubles canons à fléchettes lourds.	—
Italian	Pilota di elicottero Fluttua ovunque hai toccato lo schermo l'ultima volta. Spara da doppie lanciadardi pesanti.	—
Japanese	ヘリパイロット 最後に画面をタップした位置でホバリングする。ツイン重装備ダーツ銃を発射する。	—
Korean	헬기 조종사 화면에서 마지막으로 건드린 부분에 머무릅니다. 중형 쌍다트포를 쏩니다.	—
Dutch	Helipiloot Blijft hangen waar je voor het laatst het scherm hebt aangeraakt. Schiet vanuit twee zware pijlgeweren.	—
Norwegian	Helikopterpilot Svever over der du sist trykket på skjermen. Skyter med doble dartpistoler.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Helicóptero Sobrevoa a área onde você tocou a tela por último. Dispara duas armas de dardos pesados.	—
Russian	Вертолетчик Зависает там, куда вы последний раз нажали на экране. Стреляет дротиками из двух тяжелых спаренных установок.	—
Swedish	Helipilot Svävar där du senast rörde vid skärmen. Skjuter från dubbla tunga pilkanoner.	—
Turkish	Helikopter Pilotu Ekranda en son dokunduğun yerin üstünde uçar. İkiz ağır ok silahlarından fırlatılır.	—
Chinese (traditional)	直升機飛行員 懸停於你上次在螢幕上觸擊的位置。使用重型飛鏢雙槍射擊。	—
Last updated: version 4.0.1