Update history:Sniper Monkey (Battles 2)

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

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Version 1.0.4

Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Maim MOAB	Effect: duration for ZOMGs reduced ― 0.75s → 0.5s Note: Does not affect Cripple MOAB
5-X-X Cripple MOAB	Effect: duration for BADs reduced ― 0.75s → 0.5s
X-4-X Supply Drop	Upgrade cost increased ― $5,200 → $5,400
X-4-X Supply Drop X-5-X Elite Sniper	Shrapnel: pierce reduced ― 5 → 3

Version 1.0.6

Tiers	Changes
4-X-X Maim MOAB	Effect: MOAB stun length decreased ― 3s → 2s  Effect: BFB stun length decreased ― 1.5s → 1s  Effect: ZOMG stun length decreased ― 0.5s → 0.3s  Effect: DDT stun length decreased ― 0.75s → 0.5s
X-4-X Supply Drop	Upgrade cost increased ― $5,500 → $5,800  Ability: Initial cooldown of ability increased ― 10s → 20s
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Upgrade cost increased ― $13,000 → $14,000

Version 1.1.1

Tiers	Changes
X-X-4 Full Auto Rifle	Bullet: bonus MOAB-Class damage increased ― +0 → +1
X-X-5 Elite Defender	Bullet: bonus MOAB-Class damage increased ― +0 → +2
1-0-5 Elite Defender + Full Metal Jacket	Bullet: bonus MOAB-Class damage increased ― +0 → +3
2-0-5 Elite Defender + Large Calibre	Bullet: bonus MOAB-Class damage increased ― +0 → +4

Version 3.2

“

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.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-0-0 base tower	Cost reduced ― $350 → $250
1-X-X Full Metal Jacket	Upgrade cost reduced ― $300 → $250  Overall cost reduced by $150 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
X-1-X Night Vision Goggles	Upgrade cost reduced ― $300 → $200  Overall cost reduced by $200 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
X-2-X Shrapnel Shot	Upgrade cost reduced ― $400 → $300  Overall cost reduced by $300 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet	Upgrade cost increased ― $3,000 → $3,200  Overall cost reduced by $100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
X-X-1 Fast Firing	Upgrade cost reduced ― $350 → $250  Overall cost reduced by $200 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
X-X-2 Even Faster Firing	Upgrade cost reduced ― $350 → $250  Overall cost reduced by $300 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 4.1

“

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.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-0-0 base tower	Cost reduced ― $250 → $200
2-X-X Large Calibre	Upgrade cost reduced ― $800 → $600
4-2-0 Maim MOAB + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: damage increased by 2 Note: Cripple MOAB shrapnel is unchanged
1-2-0 Shrapnel Shot + Full Metal Jacket 2-2-0 Large Calibre + Shrapnel Shot 3-2-0 Deadly Precision + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: damage increased by 1

Version 4.2.1 (OTA update 2)

“

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 believe the primary culprit for Sniper's dominance is the x3x Bouncing Bullet's ability to create multiple bursts of high damage shrapnel so we have capped it to 1 burst per shot and also moved the 1xx shrapnel damage upgrade to 3xx so that only dedicated top path snipers can benefit from it. We've also increased the cooldown of the Supply Drop ability and added ability cooldown reductions to the bottom path to create a choice between the more offensive 240 Sniper farm or the more efficient 042.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-0-0 base tower	Cost increased ― $200 → $300
1-X-X Full Metal Jacket	Upgrade cost increased ― $200 → $250
2-X-X Large Calibre	Upgrade cost increased ― $600 → $750
1-2-0 Shrapnel Shot + Full Metal Jacket 2-2-0 Large Calibre + Shrapnel Shot	Shrapnel: damage reduced by 1 Note: 3-2-0 and above are unaffected
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet	Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,200 → $3,000
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet and further upgrades	Shrapnel: now only creates on the initial hit and not on bloons hit by bounces
X-4-X Supply Drop X-5-X Elite Sniper	Supply Drop: cooldown increased ― 40s → 50s
0-4-1 Supply Drop + Fast Firing 0-5-1 Elite Sniper + Fast Firing	Fast Firing now reduces the cooldown of Supply Drop by 5s Note: Overall cooldown increased from 40s to 45s
0-4-2 Supply Drop + Even Faster Firing 0-5-2 Elite Sniper + Even Faster Firing	Even Faster Firing now reduces the cooldown of Supply Drop by 5s Note: Overall cooldown for this crosspath is unchanged
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Attack speed buff reduced ― 25% → 20%
X-X-1 Fast Firing	Upgrade cost increased ― $250 → $300
X-X-2 Even Faster Firing	Upgrade cost increased ― $250 → $300
X-X-3 Semi-Automatic	Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,300 → $2,200
X-X-4 Full Auto Rifle	Upgrade cost increased ― $5,600 → $5,800

Version 4.3.1 (OTA update 1)

“

The sniper has remained reasonably popular despite its nerf, although nothing close to the level of its glory days. While forcing a choice between high damage and cash generation paths was the point of the nerfs, it did leave Bouncing Bullet, a pure damage upgrade on the cash generation path, in a bit of a sad state. Without the extra shrapnel, we can afford to make the pierce much better without compromising the identity of the middle path. We also felt we could restore the bouncing shrapnel on the x5x since, as a tier 5 upgrade, it is automatically gated to the late game and can't be bought more than once.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet and further upgrades	Bullet: number of bounces increased ― 3 → 5
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Bullet: now emits shrapnel on every bounce

Version 4.10

“

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
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
3-2-0 Deadly Precision + Shrapnel Shot (and further upgrades)	Deadly Precision now increases Shrapnel pierce ― 3 → 4
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet	Upgrade cost reduced ― $3,000 → $2,250

Version 4.11

“

This was buffed in a previous update, but it has been performing better than we thought it would. So this should bring its performance to where we want it.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-3-X Bouncing Bullet	Upgrade cost increased ― $2,250 → $2,600

Version 4.12

“

This nerf will help make camo bloons more dangerous
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-1-X Night Vision Goggles (and further upgrades)	Bullet: Bonus Camo damage decreased ― +2 → +1 Note: Shrapnel attack unchanged (+2)

Version 4.12 (OTA update 1)

“

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.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-0-0 base tower 1-X-X Full Metal Jacket (and further upgrades) X-1-X Night Vision Goggles X-2-X Shrapnel Shot X-3-X Bouncing Bullet X-4-X Supply Drop	Attack cooldown increased ― 1.35s → 1.45s (attack speed reduced by 6.9%)
X-5-0 Elite Sniper	Attack cooldown increased ― 0.54s → 0.58s (attack speed reduced by 6.9%)
0-5-1 Elite Sniper + Fast Firing	Attack cooldown increased ― 0.378s → 0.406s (attack speed reduced by 6.9%)
0-5-2 Elite Sniper + Even Faster Firing	Attack cooldown increased ― 0.2646s → 0.2842s (attack speed reduced by 6.9%)
X-X-1 Fast Firing	Attack cooldown increased ― 0.945s → 1.015s (attack speed reduced by 6.9%)
X-X-2 Even Faster Firing	Attack cooldown increased ― 0.6615s → 0.7105s (attack speed reduced by 6.9%)
X-X-3 Semi-Automatic	Attack cooldown increased ― 0.22047795s → 0.23680965s (attack speed reduced by 6.9%)
X-X-4 Full Auto Rifle	Attack cooldown increased ― 0.11023898s → 0.11840483s (attack speed reduced by 6.9%)
X-X-5 Elite Defender	Attack cooldown increased ― 0.05511949s → 0.05920241s (attack speed reduced by 6.9%)

Version 4.13

“

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
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
0-0-0 base tower 1-X-X Full Metal Jacket (and further upgrades) X-1-X Night Vision Goggles X-2-X Shrapnel Shot X-3-X Bouncing Bullet X-4-X Supply Drop	Attack cooldown reduced ― 1.45s → 1.35s (attack speed increased by 7.41%)
3-X-X Deadly Precision	Bullet: Damage increased ― 20 → 30 Updated description stats from "20" to "30"
4-X-X Maim MOAB (further upgrades unaffected)	Bullet: Damage increased ― 30 → 45
X-2-X Shrapnel Shot	Upgrade cost increased ― $250 → $300
X-2-X Shrapnel Shot (and further upgrades)	Shrapnel: Bonus Camo damage decreased ― +2 → +1 (bug fix)
X-4-X Supply Drop	Crate: Cash value decreased ― $2000 → $1750
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Crate: Cash value decreased ― $5000 → $4500
X-5-0 Elite Sniper	Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.58s → 0.54s (attack speed increased by 7.41%)
0-5-1 Elite Sniper + Fast Firing	Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.406s → 0.378s (attack speed increased by 7.41%)
0-5-2 Elite Sniper + Even Faster Firing	Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.2842s → 0.2646s (attack speed increased by 7.41%)
X-X-1 Fast Firing	Attack cooldown reduced ― 1.015s → 0.945s (attack speed increased by 7.41%)
X-X-2 Even Faster Firing	Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.7105s → 0.6615s (attack speed increased by 7.41%)
X-X-3 Semi-Automatic	Upgrade cost reduced ― $2,200 → $2,100  Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.23680965s → 0.22047795s (attack speed increased by 7.41%)
0-2-3 Semi-Automatic + Shrapnel Shot (and further upgrades)	Shrapnel: Pierce decreased ― 3 → 2
X-X-4 Full Auto Rifle	Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.11840483s → 0.11023898s (attack speed increased by 7.41%)
X-X-5 Elite Defender	Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.05920241s → 0.05511949s (attack speed increased by 7.41%)

Version 4.13 (OTA update 1)

“

We have discovered that Elite sniper was more of a problem than the normal Supply Drop monkey. So we are shifting this nerf to the Elite Sniper.
— Update notes

”

Tiers	Changes
X-4-X Supply Drop	Crate: Cash value increased ― $1750 → $2000
X-5-X Elite Sniper	Crate: Cash value decreased ― $4500 → $4000