Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-108.28.180.209-20141002022817/@comment-142.129.39.147-20150329225452

Not to overstate the obvious, but BADS is much cheaper than ROD, and more effective than a laser cannon (3, 2) by itself. Consider it as an interim upgrade until you can afford the ROD.

The ability itself is totally useless vs. MOAB class bloons. You're much better off using Monkey Ace's Ground Zero ability than BADS for emergency containment.

BADS' main usefulness comes from the triple hydra rocket pods, which can contain a fair number of fast camos and/or ceramics scattered around a wide region.

It's also useful in a few specific rounds (53, 62, 70, 79 and 82) where camos and MOABs come out at the same time, and the map involves more than one path. Here, the spread of the BADS would stop the camos better if you have to keep switching target paths.