Card Battles/Strategies

This page is a list of strategies for Card Battles in BTD Battles. Try to put your card battle win rate too. These strategies will usually require you to unlock every card, but if you haven't, you could look for some that don't require them.

Strategy 1 by TheRandomizer 82% win
I only have 62 games, 51 win, 11 loss however, 3 were Rainbow Ruins and I have a bronze on the prestige. This is my second account, my first had a 247/48 win/loss ratio including 4 ceramic crusables so I know this stratagy works. This stratagy has 3 varities (No water, some water, much water.) so I put them all here. Because there are 3 varities, I put them in my 3 deck slots. This one is for tracks that are mainly land with some water. I am an extremely offensive player. (Bold monkey means I have it for the monkey, bold bloons mean it is for the bloons.) Keep in mind that all my offensive cards can be placed for backup. Avoid Indoor Pools at all costs. Try to avoid riverside.

Cards for income and placing in the first few rounds: Cards for later game placing: Attacking Cards: Powers: The Strategy:
 * 2/1 Monkey Sub/70 blues
 * 1/1 Ninja Monkey/55 blues
 * 3/0 Tack Shooter/50 greens
 * 2/3 Dart Monkey/20 zebras
 * 2/2 Monkey Apprentice/6 leads
 * 3/0 Bomb Shooter/40 pinks
 * 2/2 Glue Gunner/35 camo yellows
 * 3/1 Monkey Buccaneer/5 regen rainbows
 * 3/1 Spike Factory/55 zebras
 * 4/2 Ninja Monkey/9 camo leads
 * 1/3 Monkey Apprentice/6 camo regen ceramics
 * 2/3 Bomb Shooter/1 M.O.A.B.
 * 3/0 Monkey Apprentice/1 B.F.B.
 * 4/2 Heli Pilot/7 B.F.B.s
 * Juggarlanche

At the beginning, keep trashing until you get some starter card. Place it and continue trashing until you get cluster bombs. Play it right at round 3. This could kill your opponent. Keep placing more and more. Make sure you have the lighting bolt card placed. If any rushes come at you, juggerlanche them. Try to hold Lightning Bolt in your hand in case of kidnapping. The whole time be sending income bloons.

To kill them, do this. If they STILL don't die, try to hold out as long as you can, but you probobly won't win.
 * If you see they can't get leads at round 9, use the lightning bolt card.
 * If you see they don't have camo protection at round 10, use the corrosive glue card.
 * At round 11, play the triple dart card.
 * At round 12, right when the round starts, attack them with spiked ball factory. Back it up with the destroyer card. THEY WILL NOT LIVE. Don't try in banaza.
 * At round 14, If they can't hit camo leads, use the bloonjitsu card.
 * If they can, but have weak camo power, play the dragon's breath.
 * If they are still alive, play moab mauler.
 * If that doesn't work, play the summon whirlwind. (Yes, I have had to use all of these.)
 * That will kill them, unless it is banaza.
 * In banaza don't do all those attacks and save up. On round 21 you use the apache dartship.

Alternate Plan
It is for tracks that are all land.

Cards for income and placing in the first few rounds: Cards for later game placing: Attacking Cards: Powers: The Strategy:
 * 1/2 Dart Monkey/40 blues
 * 1/1 Ninja Monkey/55 blues
 * 3/0 Tack Shooter/50 greens
 * 2/3 Dart Monkey/20 zebras
 * 2/2 Monkey Apprentice/6 leads
 * 3/0 Bomb Shooter/40 pinks
 * 2/2 Glue Gunner/35 camo yellows
 * 2/2 Mortar Monkey/10 regen rainbows
 * 3/1 Spike Factory/55 zebras
 * 4/2 Ninja Monkey/9 camo leads
 * 1/3 Monkey Apprentice/6 camo regen ceramics
 * 2/3 Bomb Shooter/1 M.O.A.B.
 * 3/0 Monkey Apprentice/1 B.F.B.
 * 4/2 Heli Pilot/7 B.F.B.s
 * Juggarlanche

At the beginning, keep trashing until you get some starter card. Place it and continue trashing until you get cluster bombs. Play it right at round 3. This could kill your opponent. Keep placing more and more. Make sure you have the lighting bolt card placed. If any rushes come at you, juggerlanche them. Try to hold Lightning Bolt in your hand in case of kidnapping. The whole time be sending income bloons.

To kill them, do this. If they STILL don't die, try to hold out as long as you can, but you probobly won't win.
 * If you see they can't get leads at round 9, use the lightning bolt card.
 * If you see they don't have camo protection at round 10, use the corrosive glue card.
 * At round 11, play the triple dart card.
 * At round 12, right when the round starts, attack them with spiked ball factory. Back it up with the bigger blast card. THEY WILL NOT LIVE. Don't try in banaza.
 * At round 14, If they can't hit camo leads, use the bloonjitsu card.
 * If they can, but have weak camo power, play the dragon's breath.
 * If they are still alive, play moab mauler.
 * If that doesn't work, play the summon whirlwind. (Yes, I have had to use all of these.)
 * That will kill them, unless it is banaza.
 * In banaza don't do all those attacks and save up. On round 21 you use the apache dartship.

Another Alternative Plan
It is for tracks that are mainly water. (Ice Flow, Goastly Coast, Hydro Dam, Wizard's Keep)

Cards for later game placing: Cards for income and placing in the first few rounds: Attacking Cards: Powers: The Strategy:
 * 1/2 Monkey Sub/12 leads
 * 1/3 Monkey Buccaneer/40 pinks
 * 2/4 Monkey Buccaneer/4 M.O.A.B.s
 * 2/1 Monkey Sub/70 blues
 * 1/1 Monkey Buccaneer/30 greens
 * 3/0 Bomb Shooter/40 pinks
 * 2/2 Glue Gunner/35 camo yellows
 * 3/1 Monkey Buccaneer/5 regen rainbows
 * 3/1 Spike Factory/55 zebras
 * 4/2 Ninja Monkey/9 camo leads
 * 1/3 Monkey Apprentice/6 camo regen ceramics
 * 2/3 Bomb Shooter/1 M.O.A.B.
 * 3/0 Monkey Apprentice/1 B.F.B.
 * 4/2 Heli Pilot/7 B.F.B.s
 * Juggarlanche

At the beginning, keep trashing until you get some starter card. Place it and continue trashing until you get cluster bombs. Play it right at round 3. This could kill your opponent. Keep placing more and more. Make sure you have the Cannon Ship card placed. If any rushes come at you, juggerlanche them. Try to hold Cannon Ship in your hand in case of kidnapping. The whole time be sending income bloons.

To kill them, do this. If they STILL don't die, try to hold out as long as you can, but you probobly won't win.
 * If you see they can't get leads at round 9, use the airburst darts card.
 * If you see they don't have camo protection at round 10, use the corrosive glue card.
 * At round 11, play the triple dart card.
 * At round 12, right when the round starts, attack them with spiked ball factory. Back it up with the destroyer card. THEY WILL NOT LIVE. Don't try in banaza.
 * At round 14, If they can't hit camo leads, use the bloonjitsu card.
 * If they can, but have weak camo power, play the dragon's breath.
 * If they are still alive, play moab mauler.
 * If that doesn't work, play the summon whirlwind. (Yes, I have had to use all of these.)
 * That will kill them, unless it is banaza.
 * In banaza don't do all those attacks and save up. On round 21 you use the apache dartship.

Strategy 2 by andrew8921 71% win
I have 83 games, and I only recently implemented this strategy, so my win rate should go up soon. I have definitely won more than 71% of games with this strategy. This should work on any track, but tracks with multiple paths like indoor pools aren't as easy. This works best with Mega boosts or especialy Bananza.

Cards for placing:

Power cards (not required): Cards for sending: - Left of power cards are for placing - Right of power cards are for sending]] Strategy:
 * 2/1 Monkey Sub/70 grouped blues
 * 3/0 Tack Shooter/50 grouped greens
 * 2/3 Dart Monkey/20 grouped zebras
 * 1/1 Dartling Gun/20 grouped leads
 * 2/1 Monkey Engineer/50 pinks
 * 2/2 Ninja/90 grouped yellows
 * 1/3 Monkey Buccaneer/40 grouped pinks
 * 2/2 Monkey Apprentice/6 leads
 * 1/3 Ninja/100 grouped regen yellows
 * Kidnap
 * Juggerlanche
 * 2/2 Heli Pilot/4 regen ceramics
 * 3/0 Apprentice/1 BFB
 * 1/3 Apprentice/6 Camo Regen Ceramics
 * 3/2 Ice Monkey/10 MOAB's[[File:Screen Shot 2018-07-27 at 5.20.41 PM.png|thumb|680px|andrew8921's second deck slot

In the early rounds, place 1-2 cheap towers, and at least 1 camo lead protection card, and have another ready incase it gets kidnapped. Your money will get refunded, so you can place another. At round 12, watch out for long a long zebra rush (Spiked ball factory). You can use juggerlanche if you have it. At round 14, send the most expensive ceramic attack you can, so have them ready. Also, if you have the money, kidnap a powerful card against this kind of rush (Main target = Delaying towers such as flash bomb, summon whirlwind, or bloon impact) However, if they have a lot of popping power, wait until round 19 and send the most expensive blimp attack you can. Andrew8921 (talk) 22:18, July 27, 2018 (UTC)

No Veteran Cards Late Game Traitor by RNGSOMEONE (~65+% win)
The strategy combines various tactics to kill the player before they go late game, with potential kills as early as round 7.

Part 1: Loadout
Correct loadout is important. Cards serve three purposes: To provide Eco, to defend enemy and AI bloons and to kill the opponent.

Deck:
 * Spike Factory
 * Barbed Darts
 * Ninja Dicipline
 * Glaive Thrower
 * Tack Sprayer
 * Bionic Boomer
 * Intense Magic
 * Monkey Village
 * Cannon Ship
 * Glaive Ricochet
 * Triple Darts
 * Bloon Impact
 * Spectre
 * Dragon's Breath
 * Jungle Drums

Power Loadout:
 * Tower Boost/Improved Tower Boost/Empowered Towers
 * Salted Wounds
 * Bloon Boost/Improved Bloon Boost/Super Bloon Boost

Part 2: Lobby
Contrary to what you might think, the battle begins in the lobby, and not on Round 1. Firstly, you want the map to have certain characteristics to your benefit.

Maps in which sent Bloons and AI Bloons use the same path but in opposite directions (Park, Interchange etc.) are good maps, because it makes it significantly harder for your opponent to use Road Item Powers effectively.

Maps with short lengths are also good (Temple, Offside etc.) because it makes rushes less reactable and more likely to get through.

Use SKIP on maps that are extremely long (Mine, Bloon Circles etc.) because they are the hardest to get a rush through.

Maps with some water are also nice, as they enable Cannon Ship as a strong midgame defense option

Secondly, you want to mentally condition your opponent into going Late Game. It doesn't always work, but when it does it can provide an extra element of surprise when you rush them.

Once in a room, immediately chat "Late Game!". If your opponent replies back with the same, or a Thumbs Up, great. If not, try to trick them by deliberately not pressing the "Ready" button until very little time remains or by letting time expire to give the illusion that you have been spending time editing your deck. More experienced players are less likely to get completely lulled into a sense of security, though when it does, it helps.

Part 3: Actual Fight
WIP