Shrapnel Shot (Battles 2)
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Shrapnel Shot
| Tower | Sniper Monkey — Path 2 — Tier 2 | |
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| Cost | $250 | |
Shrapnel Shot is the Sniper Monkey's path 2 tier 2 upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2. With this upgrade, each shot from the Sniper Monkey emits 5 shrapnel projectiles from behind the target in a 45° angle spread. Each shrapnel projectile deals 1 damage, +1 damage to Camo Bloons (inherited from Night Vision Goggles), and can pop up to 2 Bloons. Shrapnel does not deal damage to the target initially hit by the bullet.
Crosspathing modifies the shrapnel:
- Full Metal Jacket: Pops frozen Bloons and Lead Bloons
- Large Calibre: Shrapnel damage increased from 1 to 2.
- Deadly Precision: Shrapnel does 5 damage and pierce increased to 4.
- Maim MOAB and Cripple MOAB: Applies stun/debuff for full duration compared to the bullet.
- Semi-Automatic: Shrapnel pierce increased from 2 to 3.
Costs and sell values
[edit | edit source]| Tiers | Cost | Sell value |
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| 0-2-0 | $750 | $525 |
| 1-2-0 | $1,000 | $700 |
| 2-2-0 | $1,750 | $1,225 |
| 3-2-0 | $4,550 | $3,185 |
| 4-2-0 | $9,550 | $6,685 |
| 5-2-0 | $43,550 | $30,485 |
| 0-2-1 | $1,050 | $735 |
| 0-2-2 | $1,350 | $945 |
| 0-2-3 | $3,550 | $2,485 |
| 0-2-4 | $7,350 | $5,145 |
| 0-2-5 | $21,850 | $15,295 |
Strategy
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This section was last updated for: version 4.10
A cheap group-popping upgrade. Like all Sniper upgrades, it's weak for its cost for early-game; however, it gains more value in its higher tier upgrades. In particularly, it's the grouped stun/debuff crosspath for Maim MOAB and Cripple MOAB, and a decent group-popper via Tier 3+ bottom path.
Update history
[edit | edit source]For a complete list of Sniper Monkey changes, see Update history:Sniper Monkey (Battles 2).
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Sniper Monkey also lacks early game efficiency, being most used for its tier 3/4/5 upgrades way past the early game. Additionally, Sniper hasn’t been particularly prevalent in highest arenas recently, so we have made quite a few price cuts to the early upgrades to encourage Sniper to be used more and to potentially provide some more use cases for it in the early game.
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Upgrade cost reduced ― $400 → $300
Overall cost reduced by $300 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
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Since it’s hard to get much use out of Sniper in the early game, we’re giving it some simple early game buffs and improvements to crosspathing.
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Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
- 1-2-0, 2-2-0, 3-2-0
Shrapnel: damage increased by 1
- 4-2-0
Shrapnel: damage increased by 2
- Note: Cripple MOAB shrapnel is unchanged
Version 4.2.1 (OTA update 2)
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We were a little too successful in trying to increase the popularity of the Sniper Monkey as it is now the single most used tower in the game, surpassing even the Banana Farm. Sniper's popularity is due to it's versatility as an income source that also excels with both group popping through its shrapnel shot and at single targets with its high damage. We [...] also moved the 1xx shrapnel damage upgrade to 3xx so that only dedicated top path snipers can benefit from it.
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Overall cost increased by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
- 1-2-0, 2-2-0
Shrapnel: damage reduced by 1
- Note: 3-2-0 and above are unaffected
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Sniper monkey has fallen off the play rate compared to other towers so we’re hoping that these changes will bring him back up to speed
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- 3-2-0, 4-2-0, 5-2-0
Deadly Precision now increases Shrapnel pierce ― 3 → 4
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This nerf will help make camo bloons more dangerous
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Bullet: Bonus Camo damage decreased ― +2 → +1
- Note: Shrapnel attack unchanged (+2)
Version 4.12 (OTA update 1)
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Sniper is providing too much value for its low cost and money making ability. We are lowering its base attack speed to weaken its damage output to compensate.
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Attack cooldown increased ― 1.35s → 1.45s (attack speed reduced by 6.9%)
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Sniper is picked more often purely because it comes with efficient cash generation, so we are changing that to spread its effectiveness across all three of its paths
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Upgrade cost increased ― $250 → $300
Attack cooldown reduced ― 1.45s → 1.35s (attack speed increased by 7.41%)
Shrapnel: Bonus Camo damage decreased ― +2 → +1 (bug fix)
- 0-2-3, 0-2-4, 0-2-5
Shrapnel: Pierce decreased ― 3 → 2
Gallery
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Screenshots
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Assets
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Portrait
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In other languages
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| Danish | Granatsplint-skud Skadede bloons sprøjter skarpe granatsplinter ud i alle retninger. |
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| German | Schrapnellschuss Zerstörte Bloons verstreuen scharfe Schrapnelle in alle Richtungen. |
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| Spanish | Tiro de esquirlas Los bloons destruidos despiden esquirlas filosas en todas las direcciones. |
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| Finnish | Sirpaleammus Tuhotut bloonit lennättävät teräviä sirpaleita kaikkiin suuntiin. |
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| French | Tir de shrapnel Les Bloons détruits pulvérisent des éclats d’obus tranchants dans toutes les directions. |
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| Italian | Colpo di schegge Bloons spara schegge affilate in tutte le direzioni. |
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| Japanese | 散弾銃ショット 破壊されたブルーンが、全方向に鋭い散弾をまき散らす。 |
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| Korean | 파편탄 파괴된 풍선이 사방으로 뾰족한 파편을 방출합니다. |
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| Dutch | Schrootschot Beschadigde bloons sproeien een kegel van scherpe scherven. |
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| Norwegian | Splinterskudd Ødelagte bloons spruter granatsplinter i alle retninger. |
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| Portuguese (Brazil) | Tiro Estilhaçante Bloons destruídos lançam estilhaços afiados em todas as direções. |
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| Russian | Удар шрапнели Поврежденные шары выстреливают конусом острой шрапнели. |
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| Swedish | Splitterskott Skadade Bloons sprutar ut en kon av vassa splitter. |
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| Turkish | Şarapnel Atışı Yok edilen Bloon’lar her yöne keskin şarapnel püskürtür. |
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| Chinese (traditional) | 彈片射擊 被摧毀的氣球向所有方向濺出尖銳彈片。 |
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| Last updated: version 4.0.1 | ||
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