Sub Commander (BTD6)

For the upgrade in Bloons TD Battles 2, see Sub Commander (Battles 2).

Sub Commander

Adds extra pierce and damage to Commander and all Subs in its radius.

Tower	Monkey Sub — Path 3 — Tier 5
XP cost	25,000
Cash cost	$21,250 — Easy $25,000 — Medium $27,000 — Hard $30,000 — Impoppable

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Sub Commander is the Monkey Sub's path 3 tier 5 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It grants Monkey Sub a buff to all Monkey Subs in its range (or to all Monkey Subs on the screen with Sub Admiral), including itself. This buff doubles affected Monkey Subs' damage including bonus damage, and increases pierce by +4. This buff does not double the damage of First Strike Capability and Pre-emptive Strike's abilities, but it does increase the pierce of the abilities' explosions.

This upgrade also reduces attack cooldown by 50%, and increases airburst projectiles from 3 to 5.

Stats

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

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

This data was last updated for: version 55.1

Tower
Display range 42 units Footprint radius 7 units Targeting options First Last Close Strong

Attack
Cooldown 0.1256s Offset (X, Y, Z) 4.4, 19.82, 8.7 (side 1) 0, 21.26, 8.7 (side 2) -4.4, 19.82, 8.7 (side 3) Targeting Depends on targeting option Targeting range 42 units Filters Cannot target Camo
Projectile Pierce 2 Max pierce 1 Damage 2 Damage to MOAB-Class +2 Damage to Fortified +1 Damage type Sharp Speed 170 units/s Seeking distance ∞ units Seeking angle 180° Seeking rotation speed 360 °/s Lifespan 1.5s Radius 2 units Filters Cannot hit Camo Airburst dart Count 5 Pierce 5 Damage 1 Damage to MOAB-Class +1 Damage to Fortified +1 Damage type Sharp Speed 340 units/s Lifespan 0.2794s Radius 3 units Filters Cannot hit Camo

Sub Commander buff
Damage modifier ×2 Pierce bonus +4 Filters Only affects: Monkey Sub
Applies to self

1-0-5

Tower
Display range 42 units → 52 units

Attack
Targeting range 42 units → 52 units

2-0-5

Attack
Can now target in range of other towers with shared range (including Camo)

0-1-5

Attack
Projectile Pierce 2 → 5 Airburst dart Pierce 5 → 8

0-2-5

Attack
Projectile Damage type Sharp → Normal Airburst dart Damage type Sharp → Normal

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
0-0-5	$25,815	$30,375	$32,805	$36,450	$18,071	$21,263	$22,964	$25,515
1-0-5	$25,925	$30,505	$32,945	$36,605	$18,148	$21,354	$23,062	$25,624
2-0-5	$26,350	$31,005	$33,485	$37,205	$18,445	$21,704	$23,440	$26,044
0-1-5	$26,195	$30,825	$33,290	$36,990	$18,337	$21,578	$23,303	$25,893
0-2-5	$26,450	$31,125	$33,615	$37,350	$18,515	$21,788	$23,531	$26,145

Strategy

Sub Commander is a decent all-round T5 that has accurate high-projectile shots. It has a relatively smooth save-up from Armor Piercing Darts and performs relatively well in the mid-game, with its biggest hurdles being Rounds 63 and 75, whose Lead Bloons can block it. Crosspathing with Advanced Intel is preferred, as Heat-tipped Darts's innate Lead-popping is outweighed by its limited range. Sub Commander also pairs well with Stronger Stimulant, thanks to the damage, pierce, and attack speed boosts all helping its better-splitting darts.

Sub Commander by itself struggles past Round 80, especially against DDTs, even with Heat-tipped Darts. Thus, it is generally used with other Subs that it can buff, with Pre-emptive Strike being a strong pairing in CHIMPS due to the latter taking down all DDTs (including Fortified) with it and having other utilities. Ballistic Missiles are recommended to round out the setup for compact maps where all lanes intersect, while Triple Guns and/or Armor Piercing Darts are recommended on maps with alternating lanes. Admiral Brickell is recommended, and Sub Commander + Triple Guns spam is also a strong option for Least Cash Ranked Bosses, especially Phayze.

Update history

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

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Version 7.0

•  Dart: base damage increased by 1
•  Dart: damage to MOAB-Class increased by 1

Version 8.0

•  Buff now applies to self
•  Attack cooldown reduced ― 0.2512s → 0.1256s (attack speed increased by 100%)

Version 9.0

• Description translation has been fixed (bug fix)

Version 12.0

•  Airburst dart: pierce reduced by 1

Version 18.0

•  ×2 damage buff now applies to the missile and pulse attacks of other Monkey Subs

Version 20.0

“

The cost efficiency of Sub Commander's +5 pierce favored low tiers more than we’d like. Fortunately other paths of sub don’t care so much about pierce, so as xx4 AP Darts gives its own large pierce increase we hope lowering the amount of this buff slightly will make driving to T4 more meaningful.
— Update notes

”

•  Sub Commander buff: pierce bonus reduced ― +5 → +4

Version 22.0

•  Resolved some issues with xx5 Sub Commander not always correctly buffing the damage of x5x Pre-emptive Strike (bug fix)

Version 45.0

• No longer displays a Paragon pip without all tier 5 upgrades unlocked (bug fix)

Version 47.0

“

T5 has been granted extra airbursts to make it more desirable an upgrade for dealing with higher pierce itself
— Update notes

”

•  Overall cost reduced by $500 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
•  Airburst projectile count increased ― 3 → 5

Version 51.0

“

Finally Armour^[sic] Piercing Darts, the upgrade that has had fans yelling ‘it doesn’t actually pierce armor!’ for years – it still won’t hit Leads (Not sorry). Now it grants bonus damage against Fortified targets.
— Update notes

”

•  All attacks now deal +1 damage to Fortified Bloons

Gallery

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  Sub Commander for all crosspaths

Assets

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  Portrait
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  Upgrade icon
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  Insta Monkey icon
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  Buff icon

In other languages

Language	Name / Description	Notes
Arabic	قائد الغواصة إضافة ثقوبًا وأضرارًا إضافية للقائد وجميع الغواصات في مدى نصف قطر.	—
Danish	Ubådskommandør Giver ekstra springkraft og skade til kommandøren og alle ubåde indenfor dens radius.	—
German	Sub-Kommandant Dem Kommander und allen U-Booten in dessen Radius werden zusätzliche Durchschlagskraft und Schaden hinzugefügt.	—
Spanish	Subcomandante Otorga perforación y daño adicional al comandante y los submoninos en su radio.	—
Spanish (LA)	Subcomandante Otorga perforación y daño adicional al comandante y los submoninos en su radio.	—
Finnish	Sukellusveneen komentaja Lisää läpäisykykyä ja vahinkoa komentajalle ja kaikille sukellusveneille sen kantamalla.	—
French	Commandant de sous-marin Ajoute un pouvoir perforant et des dégâts supplémentaires au Commandant et à tous les sous-marins dans son rayon.	—
Italian	Comandante del sommergibile Aggiunge penetrazione e danno extra al comandante e a tutti i sommergibili nel suo raggio d'azione.	—
Japanese	潜水艦司令官 半径内の司令官と全ての潜水艦対し、貫通度とダメージを追加する。	—
Korean	잠수함 사령관 사령관과 반경 내 모든 잠수함에게 추가 관통력과 공격력을 부여합니다.	—
Dutch	Onderzeecommandant Voegt extra doorboring en schade toe aan Commandant en alle Onderzeeërs in het gebied.	—
Norwegian	Underkommandør Gir ekstra gjennomtrengningskraft og skade på Kommandøren og alle Subs innen radiusen hans.	—
Polish	Podwodny dowódca Dodaje dodatkowe przebicie i obrażenia dla dowódcy i wszystkich okrętów podwodnych w jego promieniu.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Subcomandante Concede perfuração e dano extras para Comandantes todos os Submarinos no seu raio.	—
Russian	Командир подводников Повышает урон и пробивательную способность командира и всех подлодок в радиусе его действия.	—
Swedish	Ubåtskapten Ger extra genomslag och skada på Befälhavaren och alla Ubåtar inom dess radie.	—
Thai	ผู้บัญชาการเรือดำน้ำ โจมตีศัตรูหลายตัวขึ้นและเพิ่มดาเมจให้แก่ผู้บัญชาการและเรือดำน้ำทั้งหมดในรัศมี	—
Turkish	Denizaltı Komutanı Komutan ve yarıçapındaki tüm Denizaltılara ekstra delme ve hasar kazandırır.	—
Chinese (simplified)	潜艇指挥官 在其半徑內對指揮官與所有潛艇提供更高穿透力和傷害。	—
Chinese (traditional)	潛艇指揮官 使作用範圍的指揮官和所有潛艇穿透力和造成的傷害額外增加。	—
This list was last updated for: version 43.1