Glaives

"Throws sharper and faster glaives instead of boomerangs."

- In-game description

 is the second upgrade of path 1 for the Boomerang Monkey in Bloons TD 6, that increases the Boomerang Monkey's pierce from 8 to 13. It can be unlocked for 520 XP.

For Kylie Boomerang, boomerangs gain +8 pierce, for 27 pierce per boomerang instead of 22. When given to MOAB Press, the pierce of each anti-MOAB boomerang increases from 300 to 420 and deal +50% knockback against blimps.

It costs $240 on Easy, $280 on Medium, $300 on Hard and $335 on Impoppable.

Appearance
The monkey's suit turns red and it gains a blue X on its head. The boomerangs are replaced with glaives, which appear to be a 5-pointed throwable object that function similarly to boomerangs.

Statistics
The following is a list of statistics of a Boomerang Monkey with Glaives. 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 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

Summary
Glaives possesses a great amount of pierce in the early-game for an upgrade not reliant on area-of-effect attacks, such as is the case for the Bomb Shooter. It is an effective counter to early-game grouped bloons, especially along a suitable bend. When it comes to crosspathing, this is generally the superior crosspath for Bionic Boomerang and its higher upgrades because of the Glaives upgrade's extraordinary pierce, while for MOAB Press it's useful when countering hyperdense blimps because of granting a significant amount of pierce to the special knockback boomerangs.

Tips

 * Glaives comes with a huge amount of pierce for its cost, making it an incredibly valuable upgrade with Bionic Boomerang and above.
 * MOAB Press benefits from this upgrade by not only adding more pierce to its knockback boomerangs but also adding a special interaction that deals +50% knockback potency.

Trivia

 * In real life, a Glaive is a bladed polearm. The "glaives" used by the tower are more similar to shurikens than glaives.
 * The name and appearance of glaives could be a reference to a weapon from 1983 movie Krull, a throwable five-pointed magic blade.