Deep Freeze (BTD6)

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Deep Freeze
Portrait of Deep Freeze
Icon of Deep Freeze Increases pierce, freezes an extra layer and freeze lasts longer.
Tower Path Tier
Ice Monkey 2 2
XP cost 500
Cash cost $255 — Easy
$300 — Medium
$325 — Hard
$360 — Impoppable

Deep Freeze is the Ice Monkey's path 2 tier 2 upgrade in Bloons TD 6. It increases the pierce of the Ice Monkey's ice attack from 40 to 45, increases the number of layers it freezes by 1, and increases its freeze duration from 1.75 seconds to 2.2 seconds.

Crosspath effects allow status effects to also carry over extra layers and last longer. These include:

  • Permafrost's slowdown, increasing to 3 layers and duration to 2.2s.
  • Ice Shards's "ice shards" status effect, increasing to 3 layers and duration to 2.2s.
  • Embrittlement's debuffs to affect up to 3 layers, but not the debuff duration (still 2 seconds).
  • Super Brittle's debuffs to affect up to 6 layers, but not the debuff duration (still 3 seconds).
  • Icicles's "icicle" duration to 2.2s.

Stats

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For a complete list of Ice Monkey stats, see Stats:Ice Monkey (BTD6).
This data was last updated for: version 55.1
Tower
Display range20 units
Footprint radius6 units
Targeting options
  • Close
Attack
Cooldown1.8s
Offset (X, Y, Z)
0, 0, 7
TargetingDepends on targeting option
Targeting range20 units
Filters
  • Cannot target Camo
  • Cannot target MOAB-Class
  • Cannot target frozen Bloons
Projectile
Pierce45
Damage1
Damage typeCold
Lifespan0.05s
Radius20 units
Filters
  • Ignores Lead if its damage type cannot damage it
  • Cannot hit Camo
  • Cannot hit MOAB-Class
  • Cannot hit frozen Bloons
  • Ignores blockers
Freeze
Multiplier×0
Duration2.2s
Layers3

1-2-0

Attack
Projectile
Permafrost
Multiplier×0.5
Duration∞s
Layers3

2-2-0

Attack
Filters
  • Can now target Camo
Projectile
Damage typeColdGlacier
Filters
  • Can now hit Camo

0-2-1

Tower
Display range20 units → 27 units
Attack
Targeting range20 units → 27 units
Projectile
Radius20 units → 27 units

0-2-2

Attack
Filters
  • Can now target frozen Bloons
Projectile
Filters
  • Can now hit frozen Bloons

Costs and sell values

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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
0-2-0 $765 $900 $970 $1,080 $536 $630 $679 $756
1-2-0 $890 $1,050 $1,130 $1,260 $623 $735 $791 $882
2-2-0 $1,185 $1,400 $1,510 $1,680 $830 $980 $1,057 $1,176
3-2-0 $2,460 $2,900 $3,130 $3,480 $1,722 $2,030 $2,191 $2,436
4-2-0 $4,415 $5,200 $5,615 $6,240 $3,091 $3,640 $3,931 $4,368
5-2-0 $28,215 $33,200 $35,855 $39,840 $19,751 $23,240 $25,099 $27,888
0-2-1 $890 $1,050 $1,130 $1,260 $623 $735 $791 $882
0-2-2 $1,060 $1,250 $1,345 $1,500 $742 $875 $942 $1,050
0-2-3 $2,675 $3,150 $3,395 $3,780 $1,873 $2,205 $2,377 $2,646
0-2-4 $5,010 $5,900 $6,365 $7,080 $3,507 $4,130 $4,456 $4,956
0-2-5 $30,510 $35,900 $38,765 $43,080 $21,357 $25,130 $27,136 $30,156

Strategy

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This section was last updated for: version 50.2

Deep Freeze is only recommended as a crosspath, as its small pierce bonus, extra freeze layer, and extra freeze duration do not significantly improve on the capabilities of Enhanced Freeze. For crosspathing purposes, it is recommended for Ice Shards, since it does greatly improve the total numbers of shards, for Cryo Cannon and Icicles when innate Camo detection is not needed for them, and for Icicle Impale when both external Camo and Acidic Mixture Dip can be obtained. Embrittlement and Super Brittle do not benefit significantly from Deep Freeze, besides improving shards (also allowing Embrittlement to self-shard in the absence of external speed buffs), thus only crosspathing to Enhanced Freeze is generally adequate for them.

Update history

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For a complete list of Ice Monkey changes, see Update history:Ice Monkey (BTD6).
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  •   Pierce increased ― 30 → 40
  •   Can now pop Lead Bloons when buffed by Acidic Mixture Dip (bug fix)
Ice Monkey base pierce is too high, very easily countering large numbers of strong Bloons early, mid or late in the game for small investment, leading to very low tiers of ice monkey (below t3) being highly effective spam options over upgrading your ice. We are reworking some of this base pierce to require crosspath investment and buffing the damage Ice 3xx Ice Shards to compensate for some of its reduced pierce.
— Update notes
  •   Upgrade cost increased ― $350 → $450
  •   Now increases pierce by 10
    •   Total pierce remains at 40 (due to changes to previous tiers)
Lowest tiers of ice monkey are far too effective for their cost against ceramics, with this scaling well all the way to round 100, we feel like ice duration against ceramics needs to be reduced to counter this but for now this reduction will only apply until T3.
— Update notes
  •   Freeze duration: reduced by 50% on ceramics
    • Note: Tier 3s and above unaffected
We’re happier with more recent freeze changes succeeding in some of the intentions of older nerfs, given the base tower value in races being hit far more than intended we’re going back over the pierce for Ice Monkey base & middle crosspath.
— Update notes
  •   Pierce increased ― 40 → 45
Ice Monkey value is limited at low levels where quick & spaced Bloons are the main trouble, so the cost for many low tier upgrades is moving up to higher tiers instead.
— Update notes
  •   Upgrade cost reduced ― $450 → $300
    •   Overall cost reduced by $275 (due to cost changes for previous tiers)
  •   Can now be placed on water
5-2-0
  •   Main attack: Attack cooldown reduced ― 1.35s → 0.9s (attack speed increased by 50%)
0-2-4
  •   No longer fails to damage the round 40 MOAB in Easy mode (bug fix)
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Assets

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In other languages

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Language Name / Description Notes
Arabic تجميد عميق
العمل على زيادة القوة الخارقة وتجميد طبقة أخرى وتمديد فترة التجميد أكثر.
Danish Dybfrys
Øget springkraft, fryser igennem et ekstra lag og varer længere.
German Tiefgefrieren
Erhöht die Durchschlagskraft, friert durch eine Extraschicht und die Gefrierfunktion hält länger an.
Spanish Congelamiento profundo
Aumenta la perforación, congela una capa más y el congelamiento dura más.
Spanish (LA) Congelamiento profundo
Aumenta la perforación, congela una capa más y el congelamiento dura más.
Finnish Syväjäädytys
Lisää läpäisyvoimaa, jäädyttää ylimääräisen kerroksen ja jäädytys kestää pidempään.
French Gel profond
Pouvoir perforant augmenté, gèle une couche supplémentaire et le gel dure plus longtemps.
Italian Gelo profondo
Aumenta la perforazione, congela uno strato extra e fa durare il congelamento più a lungo.
Japanese ディープフリーズ
貫通力が増加し、もう1層余計に凍らせ、フリーズの持続時間を延ばす。
Korean 깊은 냉각
관통력이 증가하고 한 겹 더 얼리며, 얼린 상태가 더 오래 지속됩니다.
Dutch Diepvries
Verhoogt de doorboring, bevriest een extra laag en bevriest langer.
Norwegian Dypfrysing
Øker gjennomtrengning, fryser et ekstra lag og frysingen varer lengre.
Polish Głęboki mróz
Zwiększa przebicie, zamraża dodatkową warstwę na dłuższy czas.
Portuguese (Brazil) Congelamento Profundo
Aumenta a perfuração, congela uma cada extra e o congelamento dura mais tempo.
Russian Глубокая заморозка
Увеличивает пробивную способность, замораживает дополнительный слой, и заморозка длится дольше.
Swedish Djupfrysning
Ökar genomslagskraften, fryser ett extra lager och frysningen varar längre.
Thai แช่แข็งฝังลึก
แช่แข็งเพิ่มอีกชั้น จะทำให้การแช่แช่แข็งอยู่ได้นานขึ้น
Turkish Derin Dondurucu
Delmeyi artırır, ekstra bir katmanı dondurur ve donma eylemi daha uzun sürer.
Chinese (simplified) 深度冻结
穿透力增加,冻结额外一层气球且冻结时间更长。
Chinese (traditional) 深層凍結
穿透力增加,凍結額外一層氣球,且凍結持續時間更長。
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