Scorched Earth/Strategies

Map Overview
At first glance, Scorched Earth seems to be decently hard map, the Bloons have three somewhat short paths and three exits. Since the bloon exits are also where they come from, it'll hard to see if a bloon is escaping, making it difficult to Road Spike bloons that are escaping. Though note that the bloons will group together in the center of the map, making splash/group damage towers effective.

Tips

 * As the bloons come from multiple places, it's recommended to use low-level dart monkey to start the game. Slowly build your late game defense from there.
 * Since the bloons grouped in the center of the map, towers like Lighting Wizards, Mortars with Bigger Blast or The Big One and Cluster Bombs are effective for good mid-game Lead Bloon and general bloon popping power.
 * For late-game bloon popping power, use Arctic Wind or Ice Shards Ice Towers in combination with Glue Hose Glue Gunners.
 * It's recommended to place most of your strong towers at the half bottom of the map for more popping efficiency due to the bloon path's geometry.
 * Portable Lakes are not very good on this track as they don't fit in the spaces near the middle, and where they can be placed Monkey Buccaneers are not very effective.