Lightning Bolt

''"Unleash the power of lightning to zap many bloons at once."

- Official Bloons TD 5 description. ''

Lightning Bolt is the 2nd upgrade of path 1 for the Monkey Apprentice in Bloons TD 5. It costs $1020 on Easy, $1200 on Medium and $1295 on Hard.

This upgrade is very good for popping lots of bloons, with a popping power of over 20 bloons. The lightning bolt can also go out of the Range of the Monkey Apprentice. It is a commonly used tower during the earlier rounds for its popping capabilities and if upgraded twice on the second path, it can easily take down Camo Bloons.

Trivia

 * Master of Air fires Lightning Bolts more often than normal.
 * The price of this upgrade waEpicMonkeyApprentice1.png increased on 2nd August, 2012
 * The price was increased to $ 1,020 on easy.
 * The effectiveness of this proves that the Bloons are not made of rubber.