Spiked Balls (BTD6)

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Spiked Balls

Produces spiked balls that do extra damage to Ceramic and Fortified Bloons.

Tower	Spike Factory — Path 1 — Tier 3
XP cost	2,400
Cash cost	$1,955 — Easy $2,300 — Medium $2,485 — Hard $2,760 — Impoppable

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Spiked Balls is the Spike Factory's path 1 tier 3 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. Instead of spike piles, the Spiked Balls dispenses spiked balls that deal 2 damage, +3 Ceramic damage, and +1 Fortified damage, and pop up to 12 bloons. Spiked balls can pop Frozen and Lead Bloons.

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
3-0-0	$3,995	$4,700	$5,080	$5,640	$2,797	$3,290	$3,556	$3,948
3-1-0	$4,505	$5,300	$5,730	$6,360	$3,154	$3,710	$4,011	$4,452
3-2-0	$5,185	$6,100	$6,595	$7,320	$3,630	$4,270	$4,617	$5,124
3-0-1	$4,120	$4,850	$5,240	$5,820	$2,884	$3,395	$3,668	$4,074
3-0-2	$4,460	$5,250	$5,670	$6,300	$3,122	$3,675	$3,969	$4,410

Crosspath interactions

Crosspathed with	Effect
Faster Production (3-1-0)	Reduced attack cooldown from 1.75s to 1.4s
Even Faster Production (3-2-0)	Reduced attack cooldown from 1.4s to 1.05s
Long Reach (3-0-1)	TBA
Smart Spikes (3-0-2)	TBA

Strategy

Spiked Balls is a cost-effective choice for tanking multi-layered bloons and Ceramics. Like most Spike Factories, Spiked Balls is best used near the back to protect exits. Because it constantly produces spike piles that gradually increase the total damage, its stockpiles become much stronger when paired with buffs to damage and pierce. In particular, Berserker Brew and Acidic Mixture Dip buffs don't wear out quickly on Spiked Balls, so each spike pile essentially becomes 4 damage and 14 pierce versus Ceramics and MOAB-class.

During the mid-game, Spiked Balls is more efficient than lower-tier Spike Factories against bloons with more than one offspring (e.g. Rainbow Bloons), because each spike can skip bloon multiple layers. Spiked Balls is also effective at tanking the insides of a single MOAB, if the stockpile is healthy.

For the late-game, Spiked Balls does not fall off much, as Super Ceramic Bloons replace normal Ceramics, so Spiked Balls can fully take advantage of its bonus Ceramic damage. It can tank small amounts of Super Ceramics that manage to go through the main defenses.

For crosspathing, each crosspath for Spiked Balls has a use case. Spiked Balls isn't too dependent on crosspathing benefits, although crosspathing is helpful. Middle crosspath allows spikes to replenish quicker. On the other hand, the bottom crosspath (specifically 3-0-2) allows spikes to be specifically positioned, with the extra benefit of longer-lasting spikes and a faster start-of-round production.

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	الكرات المسننة تنتج الكرات المسننة التي تسبب ضررًا إضافيًا لبالونات السيراميك والبالونات المحصنة.	—
Danish	Sømkugler Producerer sømkugler der gør ekstra skade mod keramiske og forstærkede bloons.	—
German	Nagelbälle Erzeugt Nagelbälle, die bei Keramik- und Wehrbloons viel Schaden anrichten.	—
Spanish	Bolas con clavos Produce bolas con clavos que hacen más daño a los bloons cerámicos y fortificados.	—
Spanish (LA)	Bolas con clavos Produce bolas con clavos que hacen más daño a los bloons cerámicos y fortificados.	—
Finnish	Piikkipallot Tuottaa piikkipalloja, jotka tekevät enemmän vahinkoa keraamisille ja vahvistetuille blooneille.	—
French	Boules à pointes Produit des boules à pointes qui infligent des dégâts supplémentaires aux Bloons en céramique et fortifiés.	—
Italian	Sfere acuminate Produce sfere acuminate che provocano danno extra a bloon di ceramica e fortificati.	—
Japanese	スパイクボール 陶器と強化ブルーンに追加ダメージを与えるスパイクボールを生産する。	—
Korean	스파이크구 세라믹과 강화 풍선에 추가 피해를 주는 뾰족한 스파이크구를 생산합니다.	—
Dutch	Stekelballen Produceert stekelballen die extra schade doen aan Keramische en Gepantserde Bloons.	—
Norwegian	Spikerkuler Produserer spikerkuler som gjør ekstra skade på keramiske og forsterkede bloons.	—
Polish	Kolczaste kule Produkuje kolczaste kule, które zadają dodatkowe obrażenia ceramicznym i ufortyfikowanym blonom.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Bolas de Espinhos Produz bolas de espinhos que causam dano extra a Bloons de Cerâmica e Fortificados.	—
Russian	Шипованные ядра Производит шипованные ядра, которые наносят дополнительный урон керамическим и укреплённым шарам.	—
Swedish	Spikbollar Producerar spikbollar som orsakar extra skada på Keramik- och förstärkta Bloons.	—
Thai	บอลหนาม ผลิตลูกตุ้มหนามที่ทำดาเมจเพิ่มเติมกับบลูนเซรามิกและบลูนเสริมเกราะ	—
Turkish	Çivili Top Seramik ve Güçlendirilmiş Bloon’lara ekstra hasar veren çivili toplar üretir.	—
Chinese (simplified)	刺钉球 生产刺钉球，对陶瓷气球和强化气球造成额外伤害。	—
Chinese (traditional)	刺球 生產刺球，對陶瓷和強化氣球造成額外傷害。	—
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