Sharp Shots (BTD6)

"Can pop 1 extra Bloon per shot."

- In-game descripion

Sharp Shots is the first upgrade of Path 1 for the Dart Monkey in Bloons TD 6. With this upgrade, each dart will pop +1 bloons per shot, allowing each dart to pop up to 3 bloons instead of 2 compared to an unupgraded Dart Monkey. When interacting with Crossbow Master, the pierce bonus is increased to +6, for 16 pierce per shot.

It costs $120 on Easy, $140 on Medium, $150 on Hard, and $170 on Impoppable.

Appearance
Instead of a green headband as its BTD5 counterpart does, Razor Sharp Shots adds a green tailband on the middle of its tail. The monkey appears to be focusing a throwing dart.

Statistics
The following is a list of statistics of a Dart Monkey with Sharp Shots. It includes its base statistics and all associated crosspathing interactions. Expand the box on the right to see further information.
 * Updated as of Version 27.3


 * Base stats
 * Dart:
 * Projectile, sharp type, detects partial hitbox, 32 range, 0.95s attack cooldown, 1 damage, 3 pierce.


 * Crosspathing interactions

Damage Types

 * See also: Damage Types/Bloons TD 6/Primary

The following are a list of wiki-written damage types associated by a Dart Monkey with Sharp Shots. These damage type statistics include how it attacks and how these attacks would affect bloons. Expand the box on the right to see further information.
 * Updated as of Version 27.3


 * Base attack(s)

Costs

 * Updated as of Version 29.4

Summary
Extra pierce is useful for the Dart Monkey at improving pierce. Sometimes, the extra pierce is necessary for beating the earlier rounds, especially on CHIMPS Mode, although normally adding more 0-0-0 Dart Monkeys is more efficient for the early-game anyway. The Quick Shots upgrade is usually more effective on higher-level Dart Monkeys regardless.

Tips

 * In certain occasions, adding Sharp Shots may give the Dart Monkey with enough pierce to make more use of its extra pierce, where even one attack hitting more bloons can make a difference. Rarely, the use of Quick Shots is not as good as adding Sharp Shots due to the fact that upgrading a 0-0-0 Dart Monkey to Quick Shots may dissynchronize a 0-0-0 Dart Monkey's attacks with other Dart Monkeys.
 * Normally, use of multiple 0-0-0 Dart Monkeys is more efficient in terms of cost, but in the case where there is limited money or tower placements, the Sharp Shots upgrade is a valuable upgrade.
 * On games that enable Monkey Knowledge, the "Extra Dart Pops" MK acts exactly like a 1-0-0 Dart Monkey, and a free 0-0-0 Dart via "Bonus Monkey!" MK acts like a 1-0-0 Dart free of cost. For those Dart Monkeys, Quick Shots instead of Sharp Shots is generally the better upgrade to pop as many bloons as possible with a low budget, or even simply using multiple 0-0-0 Dart Monkeys.

Trivia

 * One 0-0-0 Dart Monkey in BTD6 is equivalent to a Dart Monkey with Sharp Shots in BTD5. Likewise, a 1-0-0 Dart Monkey in BTD6 with the "Extra Dart Pops" MK is equivalent to a Dart Monkey with Razor Sharp Shots in BTD5.