Hot Shots


 * Not to be confused with Hot Shot, a Monkey Buccaneer upgrade.

"Shoots superhot tacks that do extra damage and can pop Lead Bloons."

- In-game description

 is the Tier 3 upgrade of Path 1 for the Tack Shooter in Bloons TD 6. Along with allowing the Tack Shooter to pop Frozen and Lead Bloons, each tack now pops two layers instead of one. Due to the fact that it deals physical damage, it can still pop Purple Bloons, unlike its succeeding upgrades, Ring of Fire and Inferno Ring.

It costs $510 on Easy, $600 on Medium, $650 on Hard, and $720 on Impoppable.

Appearance
This upgrade changes all pink elements of the Tack Shooter to yellow. Its silver-colored barrels are replaced with black ported barrels, and its black dart pattern on top is replaced with an orange flame pattern. Its base is now a single cylinder ring instead of two distinct cylinders.

Statistics
The following is a list of statistics of a Tack Shooter with Hot 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

Damage Types

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

The following are a list of wiki-written damage types associated by a Tack Shooter with Hot 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

Summary
Hot Shots is a low-cost method of providing high damage within short range. Compared to other upgrades, Hot Shots can pop any bloon type, and it deals extra damage to all bloon types. While not the most cost-effective method, spamming 3-0-2 Hot Shots with Primary Mentoring and Gwendolin is a decent option for inflicting high damage for the early mid-game until the early late-game, while saving enough money for more powerful upgrades.

Tips

 * A 3-2-0 Hot Shots is better than a 3-0-2 Hot Shots, as the Super Range Tacks upgrade gives each tack extra pierce, doubling the popping power and increasing range. A 3-0-2 might not even be better for pure single target damage since it has less range, although buffs like Primary Mentoring and Gwendolin easily compensate those issues.
 * Hot Shots is generally better against MOAB-class bloons compared to the succeeding upgrade Ring of Fire. However, Ring of Fire uses a ring instead of individual tacks and inflicts more damage per fire blast.

Trivia

 * The Version 7.0 buff to Red Hot Rangs is likely inspired by this upgrade.