Blade Maelstrom (Battles)

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Blade Maelstrom
Portrait of Blade Maelstrom
Icon of Blade Maelstrom Ability: covers the area in a storm of blades.
Portrait of Blade Maelstrom
Icon of Blade Maelstrom Blade Maelstrom Ability: covers the area in an unstoppable storm of blades.
Tower Path Tier Cost
Tack Shooter 2 4 Flash: $2,700
Mobile: $2,800

Blade Maelstrom is the Tack Shooter's path 2 tier 4 upgrade in Bloons TD Battles. It unlocks an Activated Ability that causes the Tack Shooter to fire 60 blades in a spiral, with a 0.333-second delay between each shot. It fires two blades at a time from opposite sides, and its firing angle changes by 12° clockwise after each shot. Each blade has infinite travel distance, infinite pierce, and deals 1 sharp-type damage. It is unaffected by crosspathing and its blade attack is unchanged from Blade Shooter.

Costs and sell values

Tiers Mobile version Flash version
Cost Sell value Cost Sell value
0-4 $4,010 $3,208 $4,065 $2,845.5
1-4 $4,220 $3,376 $4,275 $2,992.5
2-4 $4,520 $3,616 $4,575 $3,202.5

Update history

For a complete list of Tack Shooter changes, see Update history:Tack Shooter (Battles).

Mobile version

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The Tack Shooter’s second upgrade path is rarely seen in arenas, especially in Ceramic Crucible and above. We’ve reduced the prices of the first three upgrades on that side to help make the tower more worthy of that valuable space in your loadout.
— Update notes
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $2,700 → $2,800
    •   Overall cost reduced by $55 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
Other than to use the Blade Maelstrom ability, the Tack Shooter's second upgrade epath is rarely wandered down by Battles players. The feeling here is that the Tack Sprayer is, currently, more reliable than its opposite number, so we hope this increase in pierce will correct that and give players more of a choice when it comes to picking which path to take.
— Update notes
  •   Pierce increased ― 2 → 3

Flash version

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