Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-24420133-20140705213452/@comment-3153244-20140706064042

Different towers are suited to do different tasks. Snipers are best to deal lots of damage against single bloons. I'm sorry, but the other towers you listed are horrible - especially for Freeplay. Glaive Lords are suited to crowd control - they take care of rushes easily. I think their orbiting glaives have unlimited popping power. Simply place a couple of Glaive Lords down and watch them tear apart a Ceramic rush of any size: your Round 63, 76 and 78. Combine Glaive Lord(s) with third tier Ice Towers and they can destroy all non-blimps.

This doesn't mean they're ineffective against blimps. As Plantshielder mentioned, blimps are very slow. Enough Glaive Lords (they are very small too!) would allow you to tear apart those blimps apart easily.

A tower is also at its best when placed in the right positions. I find (just personal preference, I'm not perfect) that Glaive Lords do well where there is some small loop or bend in the track, where the orbiting glaives orbit perfectly around the track. Like Tack Shooters. You simply have to use the tower correctly in order for it to be effective.