Phayze

Phayze
The Reality Warper

NormalElite

Skulls	3 (normal) 5 (elite)
Theme	The Reality Warper
Introduced	Version 38.0

Description

• Phayze has the Camo property and a Reality Shield that increases its speed while the Shield is active. • When each skull is reached, Phayze rebuilds the Reality Shield and warps forward, opening a tear in the fabric of reality allowing Bloons to spawn further along the track. • Skulls also trigger a slow aura around Phayze, reducing the attack speed of all Monkey Towers. • Phayze triggers Radar Jam every 24 seconds, disabling Camo-seeing buffs as well as restoring its Camo property if it has been stripped. • Radar Jam also pulls Bloons to Phayze's location and grants them the Camo property.

Phayze, titled The Reality Warper, is a Boss Bloon in Bloons TD 6, introduced in version 38.0. It is the fifth Boss Bloon added to BTD6 and the second new boss following Lych.

Phayze's boss battle focuses on Camo detection and moving Bloons closer to the exit. It has the properties of a Camo Bloon and periodically uses its Radar Jam ability to restore its Camo property if it is lost, temporarily disable tower buffs that grant Camo detection, move nearby Bloons ahead, and give those Bloons the Camo property. Its Reality Shield gives it additional health and increases its speed until it is destroyed. Each time it loses a skull, it restores its Reality Shield, gains a brief speed boost, and spawns a portal that moves the spawning position for other Bloons. After the first skull, it also starts emitting an aura that slows all towers on-screen, which gets stronger with each skull. At higher tiers, it has more health, its shield has more health, and it moves faster while shielded. Elite Phayze has even more health, moves even faster while shielded, slows nearby towers more, and its slow aura gets more powerful at higher tiers.

Mechanics

For general Boss Bloon mechanics in BTD6, see Boss Bloon#Bloons TD 6.

Reality Shield

Phayze starts each encounter with a Reality Shield. The health of the shield is equal to 25% of its maximum health for the current tier, including the extra health from Co-op (meaning it also gains 20% more health per additional player). While the shield is active, Phayze moves significantly faster. The shield regenerates at each skull.

Radar Jam

Every 24 seconds, Phayze triggers its Radar Jam ability, which has the following effects:

• All tower buffs that grant Camo detection (Radar Scanner, UAV, See Invisibility Potion, etc) are disabled for 12 seconds, indicated by a glitching Camo Bloon icon above affected towers.
• Phayze regains its Camo property if it has been removed, and it cannot be removed for 12 seconds afterwards.
• Phayze pulls nearby Bloons that are behind it up to its position, and gives them the Camo property.

Warp

At each skull, Phayze gains a brief burst of speed that covers 8% of the length of the path and opens a portal at its previous position (removing the previous portal if one exists). While active, all natural Bloons spawn from the portal instead of the entrances. Phayze is immune to damage while moving.

Slow aura

Upon reaching the first skull, Phayze gains a slow aura that reduces the attack speed of all towers on-screen, including Paragons. This aura lasts for the rest of the current encounter and becomes stronger at each subsequent skull reached.

Stats

Speed (unshielded)

Base speed	Red Bloon speed
0.9	0.036×

Normal

Speed (shielded)

Tier	Base speed	Red Bloon speed
1	1.17	0.0468×
2	1.215	0.0486×
3	1.26	0.0504×
4	1.305	0.0522×
5	1.35	0.054×

Base health

Tier	1-player	2-player	3-player	4-player
1	10,000	12,000	14,000	16,000
2	37,500	45,000	52,500	60,000
3	175,000	210,000	245,000	280,000
4	375,000	450,000	525,000	600,000
5	1,500,000	1,800,000	2,100,000	2,400,000

Reality Shield health

Tier	1-player	2-player	3-player	4-player
1	2,500	3,000	3,500	4,000
2	9,375	11,250	13,125	15,000
3	43,750	52,500	61,250	70,000
4	93,750	112,500	131,250	150,000
5	375,000	450,000	525,000	600,000

Slow aura

Skull	Modifier
1st	1.1× (90.91%)
2nd	1.15× (86.96%)
3rd	1.2× (83.33%)
Values are listed by their cooldown modifier. Their equivalent in attack speed is in parentheses.

Elite

Speed (shielded)

Tier	Base speed	Red Bloon speed
1	1.305	0.0522×
2	1.35	0.054×
3	1.395	0.0558×
4	1.44	0.0576×
5	1.485	0.0594×

Base health

Tier	1-player	2-player	3-player	4-player
1	20,000	24,000	28,000	32,000
2	120,000	144,000	168,000	192,000
3	800,000	960,000	1,120,000	1,280,000
4	3,200,000	3,840,000	4,480,000	5,120,000
5	16,000,000	19,200,000	22,400,000	25,600,000

Reality Shield health

Tier	1-player	2-player	3-player	4-player
1	5,000	6,000	7,000	8,000
2	30,000	36,000	42,000	48,000
3	200,000	240,000	280,000	320,000
4	800,000	960,000	1,120,000	1,280,000
5	4,000,000	4,800,000	5,600,000	6,400,000

Slow aura

Tier	Skull
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
1 & 2	1.1× (90.91%)	1.15× (86.96%)	1.2× (83.33%)	1.25× (80%)	1.3× (76.92%)
3	1.2× (80%)	1.3× (76.92%)	1.4× (71.43%)	1.5× (66.67%)	1.6× (62.5%)
4	1.3× (76.92%)	1.45× (68.97%)	1.6× (62.5%)	1.75× (57.14%)	1.9× (52.63%)
5	1.4× (71.43%)	1.6× (62.5%)	1.8× (55.56%)	2.0× (50%)	2.2× (45.45%)
Values are listed by their cooldown modifier. Their equivalent in attack speed is in parentheses.

Round changes

When facing Phayze, several rounds are changed from the standard roundset.

Phayze Round Changes

Round	Change
40	MOAB replaced by 6 ceramic bloons
60	BFB replaced by 6 MOABs
80	ZOMG replaced by 6 BFBs
100	BAD replaced by 10 ZOMGs and 15 DDTs

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Phayze.

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Artwork and icons

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  Phayze
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  Elite Phayze
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  Phayze (defeated)
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  Elite Phayze (defeated)
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  Event icon
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  Phayze menu icon
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  Elite Phayze menu icon
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  Phayze medal
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  Elite Phayze medal
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  Logo