Maim MOAB (BTD6)

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Maim MOAB
Portrait of Maim MOAB
Icon of Maim MOABDeals much more damage and projectiles immobilize MOAB-Class Bloons for a short time.
Tower Sniper Monkey — Path 1 — Tier 4
XP cost 10,500
Cash cost $5,100 — Easy
$6,000 — Medium
$6,480 — Hard
$7,200 — Impoppable
With Cheaper Maiming Cheaper Maiming:
$4,100 — Easy
$5,000 — Medium
$5,480 — Hard
$6,200 — Impoppable

Maim MOAB is the Sniper Monkey's path 1 tier 4 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It increases the damage of Sniper Monkey's bullets from 20 to 30, and allows them to stun MOAB-Class Bloons except BADs and Boss Bloons, preventing them from moving for a short time.

With the Shrapnel Shot crosspath, shrapnel can also stun MOAB-Class Bloons for 66% the normal duration. Additionally, shrapnel damage is increased from 4 to 6.

Without external buffs and Monkey Knowledge, 4-x-0 can permanently stun a blue MOAB, while requiring a small attack speed buff (such as Jungle Drums) to perma-stun a BFB. 4-0-2 can perma-stun a BFB, and with a minor attack speed buff, it can also permanently stun a ZOMG or a DDT.

Stun duration
Bloon type Duration (bullet) Duration (shrapnel)
MOAB 3s 2s
BFB 1.5s 1s
ZOMG 0.75s 0.5s
DDT (if visible) 0.75s 0.5s
BAD and Boss Bloon 0s 0s

Starting on round 150, the duration of the stun is reduced.

Stats

For a complete list of Sniper Monkey stats, see Stats:Sniper Monkey (BTD6).
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Tower
Display range20 units
Footprint radius6 units
Targeting options
  • First
  • Last
  • Close
  • Strong
Attack
Cooldown1.59s
Offset (X, Y, Z)
-1.33, 17.82, 11
TargetingDepends on targeting option
Targeting range∞ units
Filters
  • Cannot target Camo
Projectile
Pierce1
Damage30
Damage to Ceramic+50
Damage typeNormal
Lifespan0.1s
Radius0 units
Filters
  • Cannot hit Camo
  • Can only hit the target
Maim MOAB
Multiplier×0
Duration for MOABs3s
Duration for BFBs1.5s
Duration for ZOMGs0.75s
Duration for DDTs0.75s
Duration for BADs0s

4-1-0

Attack
Filters
  • Can now target Camo
Projectile
Damage to Camo+2
Filters
  • Can now hit Camo

4-2-0

Attack
Shrapnel
Count5
Angle45°
Pierce2
Damage6
Damage to Camo+2
Damage typeNormal
Speed160 units/s
Lifespan0.2s
Radius0.2 units
Maim MOAB
Multiplier×0
Duration for MOABs2s
Duration for BFBs1s
Duration for ZOMGs0.5s
Duration for DDTs0.5s
Duration for BADs0s

4-0-1

Attack
Cooldown1.59s → 1.113s

4-0-2

Attack
Cooldown1.113s → 0.7791s

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
4-0-0 $8,925 $10,500 $11,345 $12,600 $6,248 $7,350 $7,942 $8,820
4-1-0 $9,135 $10,750 $11,615 $12,900 $6,395 $7,525 $8,131 $9,030
4-2-0 $9,515 $11,200 $12,100 $13,440 $6,661 $7,840 $8,470 $9,408
4-0-1 $9,305 $10,950 $11,830 $13,140 $6,514 $7,665 $8,281 $9,198
4-0-2 $9,685 $11,400 $12,315 $13,680 $6,780 $7,980 $8,621 $9,576

Strategy

Maim MOAB is a flexible method of stunning blimps across any range, given enough Line of Sight. It is a good support tower, assisting defenses that take time to pop blimps. It sees great utility from the mid-game up to Round 150 (which reduces stun duration from all towers), thanks to both its stun and decent blimp damage.

4-2-0 is the generally recommended crosspath, as it grants DDT stunning power and the shrapnel allows for the stunning of far more blimps, providing significantly improved supporting capabilities. Berserker Brew greatly enhances the 4-2-0 Maim MOAB, granting much-needed pierce and attack speed. 4-0-2 is useful for stalling, but is outclassed by MOAB Shove, which is cheaper and deals less damage, allowing for a longer stall. However, 4-0-2 is very useful in Boss Bloon Events, which demand perma-stunning of ZOMGs for an optimal Tier 5 stall.

Update history

For a complete list of Sniper Monkey changes, see Update history:Sniper Monkey (BTD6).
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  •   Base damage increased ― 18 → 30
  • No longer applies stun visuals to BADs (bug fix)
  • Correctly applies stun art (bug fix)
  • "Maim MOAB no longer applies stun art to BADs"
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $7,000 → $5,000
  •   Now deals +15 damage to Ceramics
4-2-0
  •   Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 1 → 3
4-2-0
  •   Shrapnel: Damage increased ― 3 → 6
This tower felt like it’s strength too heavily required the xx2 upgrade, and that this harmed crosspath choices. So we increased the base attack rate while nerfing the increase from these upgrades. This is a slight overall buff
— Update notes
  •   Fire rate increased ― 2s → 1.59s
To retain value in more Lead-heavy situations including against DDTs, this upgrade that has always allowed Lead popping to main attack will now also grant this to the Shrapnel from any shrapnel shot snipers mixing in this upgrade
— Update notes
4-2-0
  •   Now changes the damage type of shrapnel to Normal
Trading off rate of fire for shrapnel crosspath doesn’t work well for Maim MOAB as it’s all about being a stall tower, so instead of focussing on a damage increase here the shrapnel will now apply the benefits of the sniper’s stun & debuff to turn this crosspath choice into a question of preference in grouping vs single target.
— Update notes
4-2-0
  •   Shrapnel: can now apply stun
Maim MOABs grouped stun potential when crosspathed with Shrapnel feels it is overperforming too much so the shrapnel will now have a reduced stun amount compared to the initial target hit
— Update notes
4-2-0
  •   Shrapnel: Stun duration reduced by 33%
    •   MOAB ― 3s → 2s
    •   BFB ― 1.5s → 1s
    •   ZOMG ― 0.75s → 0.5s
While there is some level of strategic placement to the 420 crosspath, Maim MOAB has high effectiveness for unlimited range slowing without any necessary spam use so is seeing a small price increase with a larger reduction on the T5 cost.
— Update notes
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $5,000 → $5,400
Sniper Monkey has some very powerful upgrades but also many poor stepping stones. We felt this tower needed a big price shuffle all around, pushing down the cost of many underwhelming upgrades but returning this back into stronger upgrades.
— Update notes
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $5,400 → $5,650
    •   Overall cost increased by $50 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
  •   Description changed ― "Deals much more damage and immobilizes MOAB-Class Bloons for a short time." → "Deals much more damage and projectiles immobilize MOAB-Class Bloons for a short time."
While Maim MOAB is reasonably powerful, Deadly Precision is niche in application so price is shifting up here.
— Update notes
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $5,650 → $6,000
    •   Overall cost reduced by $150 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $6,000 → $6,300
    •   Overall cost is unchanged (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
  •   Bonus damage to Ceramic Bloons increased ― +15 → +50
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In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 49.1
Name
Language Text Notes
Arabic مشوه منطاد "موآب"
Danish Kvæst MOAB
German Verstümmel-MOAB
Spanish Mutilador de MOAB
Spanish (Latin America) Mutilador de MOAB
Finnish MOAB-runtelu
French Mutilateur de MOAB
Italian Trancia MOAB
Japanese マイムMOAB
Korean MOAB 부상
Dutch Vermink-MOAB
Norwegian MOAB-skadeskyter
Polish Przyhamowanie MOAB-ów
Portuguese (Brazil) Esmaga MOAB
Russian Увечья MOAB
Swedish Lemlästa MOAB
Thai สกัดกั้น MOAB
Turkish MOAB Hasar Verme
Chinese (simplified) MOAB致残
Chinese (traditional) 致殘MOAB
Description
Language Text Notes
Arabic التسبب في إحداث ضرر أكبر بكثير، كما أن المقذوفات تعمل على تثبيت البالونات من فئة MOAB لفترة قصيرة.
Danish Gør meget mere skade og projektiler immobiliserer kortvarigt MOAB-klasse-bloons.
German Fügt viel mehr Schaden zu und Projektile machen Bloons der MOAB-Klasse für kurze Zeit bewegungsunfähig.
Spanish Hace mucho más daño y los proyectiles paralizan a los bloons clase MOAB por poco tiempo.
Spanish (Latin America) Hace mucho más daño y los proyectiles paralizan a los bloons clase MOAB durante un tiempo corto.
Finnish Tekee paljon enemmän vahinkoa ja ammukset pysäyttävät MOAB-luokan bloonit hetkeksi.
French Inflige beaucoup plus de dégâts et les projectiles immobilisent les Bloons de classe MOAB pendant une courte durée.
Italian Infligge molti più danni e i proiettili immobilizzano i bloon di classe MOAB per un breve lasso di tempo.
Japanese さらにたくさんの投射物を発射し、より大きなダメージを与えて、MOAB級ブルーンを短時間動かなくする。
Korean 주는 피해가 상당히 증가하며, 발사무기가 잠시 동안 MOAB급 풍선을 움직이지 못하게 합니다.
Dutch Veroorzaakt veel meer schade en projectielen immobiliseren MOAB-klasse Bloons voor een korte tijd.
Norwegian Påfører mye mer skade og prosjektiler immobiliserer bloons av MOAB-klasse i en kort periode.
Polish Zadaje o wiele więcej obrażeń i pociskami unieruchamia blony klasy MOAB na krótką chwilę.
Portuguese (Brazil) Causa muito mais dano e os projéteis imobilizam Bloons Classe MOAB por um curto período.
Russian Наносит намного больше урона, а снаряды ненадолго обездвиживают шары класса MOAB.
Swedish Åsamkar mycket mera skada och projektilerna gör Bloons i MOAB-klassen orörliga under en kort stund.
Thai ทำดาเมจเยอะขึ้นมากและหยุดการเคลื่อนไหวบลูนคลาส MOAB เป็นเวลาสั้น ๆ
Turkish Çok daha fazla hasar verir ve fırlatıcılar kısa süre için MOAB Sınıfı Bloon’ları hareketsizleştirir.
Chinese (simplified) 造成更大的伤害,且射弹可在短时间内困住MOAB级气球。
Chinese (traditional) 造成更高傷害,且射彈能使MOAB級氣球在短時間內停止前進。