Carrier Flagship (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Carrier Flagship (Battles 2).

Carrier Flagship

Does extra damage. Can place other Monkeys on the upper decks of the ship and increases attack speed of all water based Monkeys and Monkey Aces.

Tower	Monkey Buccaneer — Path 1 — Tier 5
XP cost	37,000
Cash cost	$20,825 — Easy $24,500 — Medium $26,460 — Hard $29,400 — Impoppable

← Aircraft Carrier

Navarch of the Seas →

Carrier Flagship is the Monkey Buccaneer's path 1 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It improves all weapons of the Aircraft Carrier's aircraft. Carrier Flagship provides a buff to all water towers and Monkey Aces on screen, including itself, which reduces their attack cooldown by 15%, or a ~17.6% attack speed increase. Carrier Flagship gains two platforms on its main tower which towers may be placed onto.

If Hot Shot is purchased, Carrier Flagship increases the damage of its damage-over-time effect from 4 to 9.

Mechanics

Attacks

Carrier Flagship grants improvements to all of its aircraft's attacks.

• Forward Darts: Increased Ceramic damage by +3, increased pierce by +3. Also, can fire at Bloons from any direction instead of only within a 60 degree field of vision.
• Radial Darts: Increased Ceramic damage by +3, increased pierce by +5.
• Grapes: Increased Ceramic damage by +3, increased pierce by +5.
• MOAB Missile: Increased damage by +15, increased pierce by +1, decreased attack cooldown by 50% (doubling its attack speed), and granted the ability to damage Bloons with the Black property (i.e. DDTs).

With Hot Shot, the damage-over-time effect of grapes from both the main tower and aircraft are increased by +5.

With Long Range the pierce of Forward and Radial Darts are increased by +2

Carrier Flagship's base attack also increases pierce by +4.

Buff

Carrier Flagship grants a buff to all towers on screen which are in water, as well as Monkey Aces, which decreases their attack cooldown by 15%. It does not apply to land towers which are on an ice platform provided by Arctic Wind. This buff can apply to the following towers, excluding Paragons:

• All Monkey Buccaneers including itself
• All Monkey Subs
• All Monkey Aces
• Admiral Brickell
• Mermonkeys if placed in water
• Pat Fusty if placed in water
• Sun Temple and True Sun God if placed in water

Platforms

Carrier Flagship has two platforms onto which towers may be placed. The platforms can only fit towers with a Medium footprint or smaller and are considered land. If Carrier Flagship is sold or sacrificed, all towers on its platforms are forcibly sold as well, unless it is upgraded to Navarch of the Seas, which will relocate all towers to their respective sides of the Navarch platforms, and only keep the first towers that are placed on each platform.

These platforms may allow towers to be placed in otherwise inaccessible locations, such as directly on the track and over placement blockers. Towers placed there have increased height, with the right platform being higher than the left. This allows them to see over some line-of-sight blockers.

These platforms block placement of towers on their edges, and block placement of water towers unless near Lord of the Abyss.

Stats

These stats do not include the Carrier Flagship's buff, which it virtually always has.

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 60 units Footprint radius 8 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Copies of this attack 2 Cooldown 0.15s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 1 (main) 0, 0, 1 (alt) Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Count 2 Pierce 7 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 200 units/s Lifespan 0.7s Radius 4 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Plane spawner
Cooldown 1.25s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 3.5
Ignores blockers Can fire without a target

Flagship buff
Cooldown modifier ×0.8
Has global range

Plane

Tower
Display range 200 units Footprint radius 6 units Movement speed 50 units/s Lifespan 9999999s Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.18s Offset (X, Y, Z) 2.5, 10, 0 (side 1) -2.5, 10, 0 (side 2) Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range ∞ units Filters Cannot target Camo
Ignores blockers
Projectile Count 2 Pierce 7 Damage 2 Damage to Ceramic +3 Damage type Sharp Speed 300 units/s Seeking distance ∞ units Seeking angle 45° Seeking rotation speed ∞ °/s Lifespan 0.9333s Radius 4 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Radial attack
Cooldown 1.2s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10, 0 Targeting range ∞ units
Ignores blockers Can fire without a target
Projectile Count 8 Angle 360° Pierce 14 Damage 4 Damage to Ceramic +3 Damage type Sharp Speed 100 units/s Lifespan 0.7s Radius 4 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Ignores blockers

Missile attack
Cooldown 1.5s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 10, 0 Targeting First / Last / Close / Strong Targeting range ∞ units Filters Cannot target Camo Can only target MOAB-Class
Ignores blockers
Projectile Pierce 1 Max pierce 1 Speed 25 units/s Max speed 400 units/s Acceleration 160 units/s2 Seeking distance ∞ units Seeking angle 360° Seeking rotation speed 25 °/s Max seeking rotation speed 400 °/s Seeking rotation acceleration +160 °/s2 Lifespan 16.8s Radius 5 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Can only hit MOAB-Class Ignores blockers Explosion Pierce 4 Damage 30 Damage type Normal Lifespan 0.05s Radius 30 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Can only hit MOAB-Class

5-1-0

Grape attack
Copies of this attack 2 Cooldown 0.195s Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 1 (main) 0, 0, 1 (alt) Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 60 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Count 6 Angle 90° Pierce 1 Damage 1 Damage type Sharp Speed 200 units/s Lifespan 0.5s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Plane spawner
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 3.5 ↓ 0, 0, 1

Plane

Radial attack
Cooldown 1.2s → 1s
Projectile Count 8 → 6 Angle 360° → 90° Speed 100 units/s → 200 units/s Lifespan 0.7s → 0.35s

5-2-0

Grape attack
Projectile Damage type Sharp → Fire Damage over time Damage 9 Damage type Fire Duration 3.1s Interval 1.5s Layers ∞

Plane

Radial attack
Projectile Damage type Sharp → Fire Damage over time Damage 9 Damage type Fire Duration 3.1s Interval 0.5s Layers ∞

5-0-1

Tower
Display range 60 units → 71 units

Attack
Targeting range 60 units → 71 units
Projectile Pierce 7 → 9 Speed 200 units/s → 250 units/s

Plane spawner
Offset (X, Y, Z) 0, 0, 3.5 ↓ 0, 0, 1

Plane

Attack
Projectile Pierce 7 → 9 Speed 300 units/s → 375 units/s

Radial attack
Projectile Pierce 14 → 18 Speed 100 units/s → 125 units/s

Missile attack
Projectile Speed 25 units/s → 31.25 units/s

5-0-2

Attack
Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

Plane

Attack
Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

Radial attack
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo

Missile attack
Filters Can now target Camo
Projectile Filters Can now hit Camo Explosion Filters Can now hit Camo

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
5-0-0	$32,680	$38,450	$41,525	$46,140	$22,876	$26,915	$29,068	$32,298
5-1-0	$33,145	$39,000	$42,120	$46,800	$23,202	$27,300	$29,484	$32,760
5-2-0	$33,570	$39,500	$42,660	$47,400	$23,499	$27,650	$29,862	$33,180
5-0-1	$32,850	$38,650	$41,740	$46,380	$22,995	$27,055	$29,218	$32,466
5-0-2	$33,145	$39,000	$42,120	$46,800	$23,202	$27,300	$29,484	$32,760

Strategy

The queen of the seas, the Carrier Flagship is best as the centerpiece of a larger defense. Its upgrade is all about increasing its utility to other towers, even changing the shape of the battlefield itself.

Firstly, Carrier Flagship's airgroup gains a significant upgrade over its predecessor. While all its damage gains a significant boost, the most important attribute is that its Fighters' MOAB Missiles are granted the ability to hit and damage Black balloons -- which is to say, DDTs, the critical weak link in the Aircraft Carrier's coverage. A 5-0-2 Carrier Flagship can thus deal with all types of Bloon on a mapwide basis, though a 5-2-0 Flagship will still have more impressive damage output provided Camo coverage can be given. The Flagship's own guns, still kept over from its Destroyer days, also become that much stronger.

In addition to this, the Carrier Flagship provides a significant boost to all the towers it "commands", including itself, in the form of a 15% attack speed increase. As this includes Monkey Aces in addition to any tower that can float on water (or stand in it, in the case of Pat Fusty or the Sun Temple), the Carrier Flagship is often worth being dipped into if there is any scrap of water to float one in, as it can crank up the already extreme attack speed of potent planes such as the Specter or Sky Shredder. If deployed at the head of a fleet of Mermonkeys, Monkey Subs, and other Monkey Buccaneers, the Carrier Flagship can cause a massive boost in defense power just by existing even before its air groups reach targets.

Finally, Carrier Flagship's two platforms all on their own can (on some maps) be worth the massive investment. The central command tower (right of the two) is very, very tall, allowing towers placed on it to see over almost all obstacles. The one on the left isn't quite as tall but still allows some height, along with an additional foothold for a land-based tower in potentially some very odd places. As a result, Carrier Flagship can let towers dependent on map line-of-sight (particularly Monkey Snipers) completely bypass any number of obstacles, totally changing the shape of a match.

Where Carrier Flagship starts to flag compared to its Pirate Lord counterpart is in its own personal effectiveness. As a more expensive tower by a noticeable margin (though not a severe one) and the most expensive top path option for the Monkey Buccaneer, the Carrier Flagship is a significant investment to get going, particularly when the high cost of both Destroyer and Aircraft Carrier are added to it. As it also works best when it has other towers present to buff, with their own investments, Carrier Flagship is something of a rich man's tower, working best with established defenses. If given a fleet to command, however, it can be a massive force multiplier.

Update history

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

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Version 5.0

•  Selling will no longer cause towers placed on top of it to become unusable (bug fix)

Version 7.0

•  Fighter plane: projectile lifespan doubled

Version 9.0

•  Main attack: Now retains the 3-x-x rate boost instead of 1-x-x ― 0.75s → 0.15s

Version 12.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $1,500 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 13.0

•  Main attack: can now pop lead (bug fix)

5-0-2

•  Mini-plane: no longer loses camo detection upon loading a save (bug fix)

Version 17.0

• Towers can no longer fall through the platforms (bug fix)

5-1-0, 5-2-0

•  Grape Shot: Now fires 10 grapes at a time instead of 5 (11 instead of 6 with Big Bunch)

5-2-0

• No longer crashes the game sometimes when placed next to a 2-5-0 Monkey Village (bug fix)

Version 18.0

•  Plane: Missile attack added, with higher damage and pierce compared to Aircraft Carrier
•  Plane dart: Now deals +3 damage to Ceramic
•  Plane dart: Projectile speed doubled
•  Rate buff: Now also applies to Monkey Aces

Version 21.0

“

Aircraft carriers have ongoing trouble with missing targets, these changes can hopefully offer a few extra ways of supporting the weakness internally while we keep investigating this.
— Update notes

”

•  Plane forward attack: Projectile radius increased ― 2 units → 4 units
•  Plane missile attack: Damage type changed ― Explosion → Normal

Version 22.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 25.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $250 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 26.0

• Desync between the Flagship platforms when placed on moving platforms resolved (bug fix)

Version 28.0

“

Bottom crosspath feels behind compared to others here, so in addition to the new Camo Prioritization filter Longer Range on this path will now also grant bonus pierce.
— Update notes

”

5-0-1, 5-0-2

•  Long Range now increases the pierce of plane darts by 1

Version 34.0

“

While working on the Ace paragon we found a way to make homing appear much cleaner on super long-range attacks, so we’d like to try out this new setup on the Flagship for a little experiment to see if this improves the gameplay feeling there.
— Update notes

”

•  Flagship new homing style

Version 36.0

•  Overall cost reduced by $200 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)

Version 37.0

“

Reworking Grape Shot crosspathing as it gains far too much crosspath value by T2 but then is lacking in purpose at higher tiers, double shot will only work as one extra grape however Destroyer will now apply its full attack rate buff to the grapes and Flagship will equip aspects of Grape Shot on the mini planes.
— Update notes

”

•  Aircraft Carrier missiles now follow tower target priority
•  Aircraft Carrier plane radials damage ― 1 → 2

5-1-0, 5-2-0

•  Grape Shot: projectiles reduced ― 10 → 6
•  Grape Shot: attack cooldown decreased ― 0.39s → 0.195s
•  Aircraft Carrier planes radial attack now fires an arc of grapes instead of darts
•  Aircraft Carrier planes radial Emission Angle ― 360 → 90
•  Aircraft Carrier planes radial projectile count ― 8 → 6
•  Aircraft Carrier plane grape projectile speed ― 100 → 200

5-2-0

•  Aircraft Carrier planes radial damage type ― Sharp → Fire

Version 38.0

“

Small tweaks to Buccaneer’s Long Range upgrade to improve its additional pierce benefit for a number of attacks.
— Update notes

”

5-0-1, 5-0-2

•  Plane darts: Bonus pierce increased ― +1 → +2

Version 39.0

•  Resolved some issues with Aircraft Carrier planes being blocked from spawning on Water Park (bug fix)

Version 40.0

“

Aircraft Carrier is just a little expensive for what it offers over staying at T3, and Flagship high-end strategic value recently became a little harder due to synergies being price nerfed, so we’re doing some small cost cutting between the two of these upgrades mainly to relieve that loss for the T5 slightly but also help T4.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost reduced ― $25,000 → $24,500
  •  Overall cost reduced by $800 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Resolved a build order bug that could prevent flagship from applying its buff to waterbound Sun Temples (bug fix)

Version 41.0

“

Aircraft Carrier has many problems in general and we could write multiple paragraphs about what went on with the decision making on this one upgrade but tldr; overhauling the feel with a big shuffle around of stats and greatly improved targeting to make the tower far more enjoyable & reliable.
— Update notes

”

•  Plane main attack: Now seeks Bloons
•  Plane main attack: Damage increased ― 1 → 2
•  Plane main attack: Range increased ― 200 → 250
•  Plane radial attack: Damage increased ― 2 → 4
•  Plane radial attack: Max distance reduced ― 150 units → 60 units
•  Main attack: Projectile radius no longer increased
•  Plane main attack: Projectile count increased ― 1 → 2
•  Plane main attack: Projectile speed no longer increased
•  Plane main attack: Pierce reduced ― 14 → 7
•  Plane main attack: Damage type ― Normal → Sharp
•  Plane radial attack: Projectile speed no longer increased
•  Plane radial attack: Projectile radius no longer increased

5-2-0

•  Plane radial attack: Damage type changed ― Sharp → Fire
•  Plane radial attack: Now applies Fire-type damage over time

Version 42.0

“

General improvements made to higher tier DoT applications for Buccaneer. The pierce from bottom crosspath seems to be better after destroyer currently, so this also acts as some crosspath balancing for Flagship.
— Update notes

”

5-2-0

•  Grapes (main and aircraft): Damage-over-time tick damage increased ― 2 → 9

Version 43.0

•  Planes now have camo restored when Polyphemus Eye is opened (bug fix)

Version 44.0

“

Aircraft Carrier has been performing well above its price point so this is being increased, though it is also worth noting due to a bug fix in Flagship’s AI also in this update we expect it may overall still be improved.
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost increased by $1,100 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  "Planes should no longer occasionally pause attacks for no reason" (bug fix)

5-0-2

•  Crow's Nest grants extra pierce to forward attack ― +0 → +7 (bug)

Version 45.0

“

Aircraft Carrier is too high power for the price so we are reducing plane attack speed but have left 420 path radials unchanged as it has been the less powerful crosspath after T3 for a while.
— Update notes

”

•  Main attack: pierce increased ― 4 → 7
•  Plane forward attack: cooldown increased ― 0.15s → 0.18s
•  Plane radial attack: cooldown increased ― 1s → 1.2s
  • Note: Cooldown when crosspathed with Grape Shot remains the same

5-0-2

•  No longer increases the pierce of forward attack by 7 (bug fix)

Version 45.1

•  Buccaneer Planes should again attack when facing directions other than south (bug fix)

Version 46.0

5-1-0, 5-2-0

•  Plane Radial Attack: Projectile speed no longer decreases with the middle crosspath ― 100 → 200 (bug fix)

Version 53.0

•  Overall cost increased by $300 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Main attack: Projectile lifespan increased ― 0.6s → 0.7s
•  Plane missile attack: Projectile lifespan reduced ― 24s → 16.8s
•  Plane main attack: Projectile lifespan increased ― 0.8333s → 0.9333s
•  Plane radial attack: Projectile lifespan increased ― 0.6s → 0.7s

5-0-1, 5-0-2

•  Plane main attack: Projectile lifespan increased ― 0.8s → 0.9333s
•  Plane main attack: Projectile speed increased ― 350 units/s → 375 units/s
•  Plane radial attack: Projectile lifespan reduced ― 0.75s → 0.7s
•  Plane radial attack: Projectile speed increased ― 100 units/s → 125 units/s
•  Plane missile attack: Projectile speed increased ― 25 units/s → 31.25 units/s
  • Note: Makes the missiles less accurate due to the turning speed remaining the same

5-1-0, 5-2-0

•  Plane radial attack: Projectile lifespan increased ― 0.3s → 0.35s

Version 54.0

“

We’ve also improved the Flagship's Aircraft buff to give a more rewarding final payoff.
— Update notes

”

•  Upgrade cost increased ― $24,500 → $26,000
•  Global attack speed buff increased ― 0.85× → 0.8×
  • Note: This represents an attack speed increase from +18% to +25%

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	سفينة القيادة الرئيسية إحداث ضرر إضافي. إمكانية وضع القرود الأخرى على الطوابق العليا للسفينة وزيادة سرعة الهجوم لجميع القرود والقرود القائمة على الماء والقرود الطائرة.	—
Danish	Flaghangarskib Gør ekstra skade. Kan placere andre aber på skibets øvre dæk og øger angrebshastigheden af alle vandbaserede aber og pilot-aber.	—
German	Träger-Flaggschiff Verursacht Extraschaden. Kann andere Affen auf dem Oberdeck des Schiffs platzieren und erhöht die Angriffsgeschwindigkeit aller wasserbasierten Affen und Affenfliegerasse.	—
Spanish	Portaviones insignia Hace daño extra. Puede poner a otros Monos en los niveles superiores de la nave y aumenta la velocidad de ataque de todos los Monos acuáticos y Monos Ases.	—
Spanish (LA)	Portaviones insignia Hace daño extra. Puede poner a otros Monos en los niveles superiores de la nave y aumenta la velocidad de ataque de todos los Monos acuáticos y Monos Ases.	—
Finnish	Tukialuslippulaiva Tekee lisävahinkoa. Voi asettaa muita apinoita laivan yläkannelle ja lisää kaikkien vesipohjaisten apinoiden ja lentäjä-ässien hyökkäysnopeutta.	—
French	Vaisseau amiral transporteur Inflige davantage de dégâts. Peut placer d'autres singes sur les ponts supérieurs du navire et augmente la vitesse d'attaque de tous les singes aquatiques et singes pilotes d'élite.	—
Italian	Nave ammiraglia Infligge danni extra. Può collocare altre scimmie sui ponti superiori della nave e aumenta la velocità d'attacco di tutte le scimmie acquatiche e delle scimmie asso.	—
Japanese	キャリヤー旗船 追加ダメージを与える。船の上方の甲板にモンキーを配置でき、全ての水ベースのモンキーとモンキーエースの攻撃速度をアップする。	—
Korean	항공모함 기함 추가 피해를 줍니다. 상갑판에 다른 원숭이를 배치할 수 있으며, 모든 수중 원숭이와 에이스 원숭이의 공격 속도가 증가합니다.	—
Dutch	Vlaggenschip Doet extra schade. Kan andere Apen op de bovendekken van het schip plaatsen en verhoogt de aanvalssnelheid van alle Waterapen en Apenpiloten.	—
Norwegian	Transport-flaggskip Gir ekstra skade. Kan plassere andre aper på de øvre dekkene til skipet og øker angrepshastigheten til alle vannbaserte aper og apeess.	—
Polish	Flagowy lotniskowiec Zadaje dodatkowe obrażenia. Może umieszczać inne małpki na pokładzie statku i zwiększa prędkość ataku wodnych małpek oraz małpek pilotów.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Nave Mãe Causa dano extra. Pode colocar outros macacos nos convés superiores do navio, aumenta a velocidade de ataque de todos os macacos aquáticos e Macacos Áses.	—
Russian	Флагманский авианосец Наносит доп. урон. Можно размещать других обезьян на верхней палубе корабля, а все водные обезьяны и обезьяны-асы атакуют быстрее.	—
Swedish	Hangarfartygsflaggskepp Ger extra skada. Kan placera andra apor på fartygets övre däck och öka attackhastigheten för alla vattenbaserade apor och apess.	—
Thai	เรือธงบรรทุกเครื่องบิน ทำดาเมจเพิ่มเติม สามารถวางลิงอื่นๆ ที่ดาดฟ้าเรือได้ และเพิ่มความเร็วโจมตีของลิงแบบวางในน้ำทั้งหมดและลิงเครื่องบิน	—
Turkish	Taşıyıcı Sancak Gemisi Ekstra hasar verir. Diğer Maymunları geminin üst güvertesine yerleştirebilir ve suda konuşlanan tüm Maymunların ve Pilot Maymunların saldırı hızını artırır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	航母旗舰 造成额外伤害。可将其他猴子放置在船的上层甲板，增加所有水面猴子和皇家飞行员的攻击速度。	—
Chinese (traditional)	航母旗艦 造成額外傷害。可將其他猴子放置在船的上層甲板，增加所有水面猴子王牌猴子的攻擊速度。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1