MOAB Mauler (BTD4-BTD5)

"Special missiles cause 10x damage to MOABS and BFBs"

- BTD4 Description

"MOAB Maulers are special missiles that wreak havoc on M.O.A.B-class bloons, inflicting 10x damage."

- BTD5 Description

MOAB Maulers are missiles that appear in Bloons TD 4, Bloons Super Monkey, Bloons TD 4 Expansion and Bloons TD 5 as an upgrade to the Bomb Tower. In BTD4, they are the final upgrade to the Bomb Tower and are capable of doing 10x damage to MOAB-class bloons. It costs $765 on Easy, $900 on Medium, $970 on Hard and $1080 on Impoppable.

In BTD5, it is now the third upgrade of Path 2. When attacking M.O.A.B. Class Bloons, their power increases tenfold.

They also seen to be more essential in BTD4 than in BTD5 as it is one of the very few methods in attacking MOABs efficiently, while in BTD5, there are plenty of other upgrades that are equal to or better than the power of the MOAB Mauler.

BTD4
These towers are essential especially late-game, as they are one of the few upgrades that efficiently pop MOABs and BFBs.

BTD5
They are not as useful against regular bloons when compared to the other path, which is why it may be helpful to have some towers near them as support to have more pop efficiency. However, with the frag bombs upgrades, it'll be able to pop blacks and zebras with ease. A group of them is also more effective than a single Sun God, Robo Monkey, Technological Terror or Ray of Doom when it comes to popping MOAB-Class Bloons & a large enough group of them (a very large group to be exact) can outclass even a maxed Temple of the Monkey God in the same department. Part of this is because they are extremely cost effective, only costing $2850 to get a Bomb Tower to 2/3, whilst providing blistering firepower against MOAB-class bloons whilst being able to hit all bloon types bar camo bloons (courtesy of Frag Bombs popping the black and zebra bloons). MOAB Maulers should be combined with Frag Bombs, as Frag Bombs also help in destroying MOAB Class Bloons. However, it falls short to the power of the 4/2 Bloonchipper, which can suck in ZOMGs.

Update History (Bloons TD Battles Mobile)
M.O.A.B. Mauler fire rate increased by 20% (0.83 shots per second → 1).
 * 4.1

Trivia

 * It takes 20 missiles from the Mauler to destroy a M.O.A.B., 70 to destroy a B.F.B., and 400 to destroy a Z.O.M.G.. This number decreases down to around 18 for M.O.A.B.s, and 54 for B.F.B.s if the Mauler has Frag Bombs.
 * This upgrade gives the tower a slightly faster fire rate (+10%, +29% in Bloons TD Battles Mobile).
 * The icon for the MOAB Mauler upgrade in BTD5 strongly resembles a Bullet Bill from the Super Mario games.
 * While this upgrade path is better against MOAB-class bloons, the other path is better against non-MOAB-class bloons.
 * Thus, when using Bomb Towers, it is a good idea to have some 3/x or 4/x Bomb Towers to clean up.
 * The MOAB Mauler has a slightly larger range than the MOAB Assassin. In the mobile versions of BTD their ranges are the same.
 * In Bloons Monkey City, when put under a 1/0 Monkey Village, the MOAB Mauler upgrade slightly increases the Bomb Tower's range. It loses this range when the MOAB Assassin upgrade is bought.
 * In SAS: Zombie Assault 4, NK added a reference to the MOAB Mauler in the Teknoboom Flugkörper, a rocket turret that cannot be purchased and must be found in drop crates.
 * In BTD5, This upgrade and MOAB assassin changed its popping power back to 50.
 * The MOAB Mauler can be seen in the main menu of BTD Battles Flash, and is seen in the option for Assault Mode. It can also be seen in the BTD4 logo.
 * While the art for the tower upgrade appear on the logo and upgrade screens for Bloons Super Monkey, the actual upgrade is the missiles from the previous upgrade, just recolored and given more power.