Bloon Sabotage (BTD6)

For other uses, see Bloon Sabotage (disambiguation).

Bloon Sabotage

	Sabotage ability: Lasts 15 seconds. During the sabotage, all Bloons move at half speed.

Tower		Path	Tier
Ninja Monkey		2	4

XP cost	14,000
Cash cost	$4,420 — Easy $5,200 — Medium $5,615 — Hard $6,240 — Impoppable

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Bloon Sabotage is the Ninja Monkey's path 2 tier 4 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It grants Ninja Monkey the Sabotage ability, which when activated slows down all Bloons on screen, as well as any new Bloons which spawn, for 15 seconds. This effect slows Bloons to half speed. It does not affect BADs or Boss Bloons, and it does not affect the children of MOAB-Class Bloons that were popped while slowed. The ability has a cooldown of 60 seconds and an initial cooldown of 20 seconds.

Stats

These stats do not include the Shinobi Tactics' buff, which it virtually always has at least 1 stack of.

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 40 units Footprint radius 6 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong Camo Prioritization

Attack
Cooldown 0.62s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 13.7, 6.1 Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 40 units
Projectile Pierce 2 Damage 1 Damage to Camo +2 Damage type Sharp Speed 300 units/s Lifespan 0.62s Radius 3 units Removes Camo if the target takes damage from this projectile Blowback Chance 15% Min distance 100 units Max distance 150 units

Ability
Cooldown 60s
Projectile Pierce 9,999,999 Lifespan 15s Persists between rounds ∞ Radius 999 units Ignores blockers Effect Multiplier ×0.5 Duration 15s Duration for BADs 0s Layers ∞

Shinobi Tactics
Cooldown modifier ×0.92 Max. stacks 20 Filters Only affects: Ninja Monkey

1-4-0

Attack
Cooldown 0.62s → 0.434s

2-4-0

Attack
Projectile Pierce 2 → 4

0-4-1

Tower
Display range 40 units → 47 units

Attack
Targeting range 40 units → 47 units
Projectile Seeking distance ∞ units Seeking angle 144° Seeking rotation speed ∞ °/s Seeking time 3.48s

0-4-2

Caltrops
Cooldown 3.9s Offset (X, Y, Z) -1.99, 13.7, 6.1 Targeting Normal (track) Targeting range 47 units
Projectile Pierce 6 Damage 1 Damage to Camo +2 Damage type Sharp Lifespan 35s Radius 4 units Rehit interval 0.001s Ignores blockers Removes Camo if the target takes damage from this projectile Blowback Chance 10% Min distance 100 units Max distance 150 units

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
0-4-0	$6,330	$7,450	$8,040	$8,940	$4,431	$5,215	$5,628	$6,258
1-4-0	$6,625	$7,800	$8,420	$9,360	$4,638	$5,460	$5,894	$6,552
2-4-0	$6,920	$8,150	$8,800	$9,780	$4,844	$5,705	$6,160	$6,846
0-4-1	$6,585	$7,750	$8,365	$9,300	$4,610	$5,425	$5,856	$6,510
0-4-2	$6,965	$8,200	$8,850	$9,840	$4,876	$5,740	$6,195	$6,888

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 55.2

Bloon Sabotage is straightforward but versatile support tower; the slowdown ability offers more time for defenses, especially against DDTs, without relying on positioning. However, it's not as powerful against hyperdense rounds, since it cannot affect children from MOAB-class Bloons. It has some synergies with other supports, such as Embrittlement and Symphonic Resonance, which both suffer from downtime. MOAB Glue should be added to cover Sabo's downtime on less difficult rounds. It is most often used as a support tower for CHIMPS during late-game rounds.

Timing of its ability during late-game is important. Round 95 is excessively long to the extent that one Sabo ability won't cover all DDTs. For rounds 98 and 99, starting with Sabo usually gives enough time for the ability to be ready for round 99, and always ensure the ability is up, or almost up, before round 99 begins.

Update history

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

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Version 2.0

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $4,000 → $5,000

Version 6.0

•  Can now decamo Bloons that are normally immune to its attacks if a buff allows it to damage them (i.e. MIB) (bug fix)

Version 11.0

•  Now also buffs pierce by 8% per stack, up to +160%
•  "[S]hould no longer be able to occasionally shoot with an infinite range in specific setups" (bug fix)
•  Ability: no longer slows BADs (bug fix)

Version 25.0

“

Ninja’s Bloon Sabotage is often used in tricky rounds as a powerful slow with a long duration, so we have made a gentle price increase here to reflect that support strength. — Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $5,000 → $5,200

Version 28.0

“

As ninja is the ‘Camo Specialist’ and has been since inception, it is the only tower that will unlock Camo Prioritization on the base tower. — Update notes

”

•  Camo Prioritization filter added

Version 29.0

0-4-2

•  Caltrops: Gains 15% distraction chance (bug fix)

Version 40.0

“

For an early game Distraction improvement the consistency of blowbacks is being averaged out more with increased minimum distance but reduced maximum, in many cases there would not actually be 250 units of track length in front of defenses to be blown back across anyway so the overall average distance is slightly lower. More at the mid to endgame we are also weakening distraction distance against Ceramics specifically as by this point Ninja have stacked so much speed and projectiles the consistency doesn’t matter anymore. Finally, distraction values for secondary projectiles are being modified, as Distraction chance as it has existed was never balanced around more than the main attack — Update notes

”

•  Distraction blowback range normalized (all attacks) ― 10-250 units → 100-150 units
•  Distraction distance applies to Ceramics at 0.5x
  • Note: New distraction distance is 50-75 units

0-4-2

•  Caltrop: distraction chance reduced ― 15% → 10%

Version 43.0

“

While a great early game option, Ninja generally struggles with dominant crosspathing choices and also has relatively poor base tower value. Without going into every single change, T3s onward remain relatively unchanged with a lot of prices below T3 being moved around from less favorable crosspaths into better/higher tier upgrades. — Update notes

”

•  Shuriken: Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.7s → 0.62s

Version 47.0

•  Now deals +2 damage to Camo Bloons (undocumented)
  • Note: The effect of Counter-Espionage to remove camo gets priority over this bonus, so it doesn't get applied to regular Bloons, however it will work against Phayze while Radar Jam is active.

1-4-0, 2-4-0

•  Now deals +2 damage to Camo Bloons (undocumented)
  • Note: The effect of Counter-Espionage to remove camo gets priority over this bonus, so it doesn't get applied to regular Bloons, however it will work against Phayze while Radar Jam is active.

0-4-2

•  Shurikens and Caltrops now deal +2 damage to Camo Bloons and Flash Bomb Explosion deals +4 (undocumented)
  • Note: The effect of Counter-Espionage to remove camo gets priority over this bonus, so it doesn't get applied to regular Bloons, however it will work against Phayze while Radar Jam is active.

Gallery

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  Bloon Sabotage with no crosspath
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  Bloon Sabotage with 041 crosspath
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  Bloon Sabotage with 042 crosspath
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  Bloon Sabotage with 140 crosspath
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  Bloon Sabotage with 240 crosspath
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  Bloon Sabotage upon activating ability

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
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  Insta Monkey icon

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	تخريب البالون القدرة التخريبية: تدوم لمدة 15 ثانية. وفي أثناء التخريب، تتحرك جميع البالونات بنصف السرعة.	—
Danish	Bloon-sabotage Sabotageevne: varer 15 sekunder. Mens sabotagen står på, bevæger alle bloons sig med halv hastighed.	—
German	Bloon-Sabotage Sabotage-Fähigkeit: Hält 15 Sekunden lang an. Während der Sabotage werden alle Bloons auf halbe Geschwindigkeit gedrosselt.	—
Spanish	Sabotaje bloon Habilidad Sabotaje: dura 15 segundos. Durante el sabotaje, todos los bloons se mueven la mitad de rápido.	—
Spanish (LA)	Sabotaje bloon Habilidad Sabotaje: dura 15 segundos. Durante el sabotaje, todos los bloons se mueven la mitad de rápido.	—
Finnish	Bloonisabotaasi Sabotointi-kyky: Kestää 15 sekuntia. Sabotaasin aikana kaikki bloonit liikkuvat puolella nopeudella.	—
French	Sabotage de Bloons Aptitude Sabotage : dure 15 secondes. Durant le sabotage, tous les Bloons se déplacent à une vitesse réduite de moitié.	—
Italian	Sabotaggio bloon Abilità Sabotaggio: per i 15 secondi della sua durata tutti i bloon si muovono a velocità dimezzata.	—
Japanese	ブルーンサボタージ サボタージ能力：15秒間有効。サボタージ期間中は、全てのブルーンの移動速度が半分になる。	—
Korean	풍선 사보타주 사보타주 능력: 15초 동안 지속됩니다. 사보타주 동안 모든 풍선의 이동 속도가 절반이 됩니다.	—
Dutch	Bloon-sabotage Sabotage-vaardigheid: duurt 15 seconden. Tijdens de sabotage bewegen alle Bloons op halve snelheid.	—
Norwegian	Bloon-sabotasje Sabotasje-evne: Varer i 15 sekunder. Under sabotasjen beveger alle bloons seg i halv hastighet.	—
Polish	Sabotaż blonów Zdolność sabotaż: trwa 15 sekund. Podczas sabotażu wszystkie blony poruszają się o połowę wolniej.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Sabotagem Bloon Habilidade de Sabotagem: Dura 15 segundos. Durante a sabotagem, todos os Bloons se movem com metade da velocidade.	—
Russian	Шаровой саботаж Способность саботажа: длится 15 секунд. Во время саботажа все шары движутся вдвое медленнее.	—
Swedish	Bloonsabotage Sabotageförmåga: Varar i 15 sekunder. Under sabotaget rör sig alla Bloons hälften så snabbt.	—
Thai	ลูกโป่งวินาศ สกิลก่อวินาศกรรม: มีผล 15 วินาที ในระหว่างที่สกิลก่อวินาศกรรมมีผลอยู่ ลูกโป่งทั้งหมดจะเคลื่อนไหวด้วยความเร็วครึ่งหนึ่ง	—
Turkish	Bloon Sabotajı Sabotaj yeteneği: 15 saniye sürer. Sabotaj sırasında tüm Bloon’lar yarı hızda hareket eder.	—
Chinese (simplified)	气球破坏 破坏技能：持续15秒。在破坏期间，所有气球移速减半。	—
Chinese (traditional)	氣球陰謀 陰謀破壞技能：持續15秒。在陰謀破壞期間，所有氣球都以一半的速度移動。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1