Max

"As a graduate of the prestigious Monkey Academy, Max certainly knows which way to point a dart. Don't let his laid back, wisecracking exterior fool you. When it comes to popping Bloons, Max is serious."

- BATTD description

"Throws deadly, bloon popping darts."

- Short description

Max is a hero in Bloons Adventure Time TD. He is the first Bloons-related hero in the game, along with being the second hero to be unlocked in the game, along with Finn. He is unlocked in the tutorial grassland level "Bloons!", along with Jake. He shoots one dart at a time that pops up to three bloons at once. He costs $300 in general.

Players can also unlock an alternate version of Max called 'Juggernaut Max'. He functions like its BTD6 counterpart, the Juggernaut, but with a unique set of upgrades.

Max also appears in Bloons Pop! as the main character.

Description
Just like Juggernaut Max, he is a brown monkey with black eyes. He has thick, dark eyebrows. He wears a red head belt.

Here are the statistics of Max. Some of these statistics of a character will modify the effects of various Trinkets and Weapons. While most statistics can be increased (or decreased sometimes) with Trinkets and/or Weapons, some special statistics, such as footprint and gender, cannot be modified at all.


 * Pros


 * Low cost, efficient


 * Cons


 * Low damage

Star Boost
Max will receive the following permanent boosts as he levels up:


 * 2 stars - Base attack pierce increased by 1
 * 4 stars - Base range increased by 3
 * 6 stars - Base attack speed increased by 0.3
 * 8 stars - Base attack pierce increased by 1
 * 9 stars - Base range increased by 3
 * 10 stars - Base attack fires 1 additional dart

Quotes and Audio
TBA When unlocked:


 * "My style really is a work of, dart!"

When leveling up:


 * TBA

When placed:


 * "Never fear! Max is here!"
 * "I feel sorry for the Bloons. They're gonna be so deflated!" (new voice)
 * "I feel sorry for Bloons. They're gonna be sooooo deflated!" (old voice)
 * "This is the path to victory! Too bad he won't be around here to follow it!" (new voice)
 * "This is the path to victory!" (old voice)
 * "Darts sharpened, and ready to go!" (new voice)
 * "Hey! Where's my giant crossbow thing?" (when placing Max/Juggernaut Max after the other)
 * "Sai! You're just in time." (when placing Sai after Max)

When selected:


 * "Max here!"
 * "Alright!"
 * "Let's do this!"
 * "Let's go!"
 * "Bring it!"
 * "Ready to pop!"
 * "Chill out, buddy!" (when annoyed)

When upgraded:


 * "I ain't playin'!"
 * "That felt good!" (new voice)
 * "That felt... goooood!" (old voice)
 * "To the Max!"
 * "That feels great!" (new voice)
 * "Awesomer!" (new voice)

When activating ability:


 * "I'll leave your head in a SPIN!" (when activating Dartnado)

When a MOAB-Class Bloon appears:


 * "The bigger they are, the harder they pop!"

When a MOAB-Class Bloon pops:


 * "My style really is a work of, dart!"

When a Bloon leaks:


 * "Don't panic. We still got this!"

When completing a map:


 * "You picked the wrong team today, Bloons!"

When losing a map:


 * "Well, I never saw this coming. We'll be back!"

Tips and tricks
Max is the second tower that the player places on tutorial. He acts like a Dart Monkey with the Long Range Darts and Sharp Shots upgrade. Unlike the dart monkeys, he can later melt frozen/lead bloons with his darts for example.

Be sure to equip Treasure Chest Keys to Max. As players can farm in-game cash, coins, gems, and wish orbs (in addition to more in-game cash with Big Bloon Bounty upgrade) from MOABs using his Bullseye ability. It's still worse than TCW, and one of patch notes says that when total amount of coins, gems and orbs reaches a certain point, it all stops dropping. TCW gives only orbs of those limited items, while this item may significantly reduce amount of orbs dropped.

His Bullseye ability is one of the strongest anti-MOAB class attacks in the whole game. If players use Lemonhope on him and the boosts from other support characters (e.g. Jake's instrument boosts and Princess Bubblegum's Regal Presence), then they will have a fairly reliable defense against tougher MOABs, possibly BADs.

Bullseye
To make his anti-MOAB ability (only adds damage per dart, not multiply) the strongest it can be, his damage (per dart) should better be kept low to focus further improving his speed, range, and cooldown. Give him Splodey Darts, Cosmic Gauntlets, Stone of Ancient Knowledge, Baker's Shard, Black Bow Tie (with female character in his range), and Doom Gauntlets to make his dart throwing as fast as possible. If running out of good speed increasing options, some range can help. Cooldown reduction effects (Warpaint Mud (possibly with other characters having it along with him), Baby Tooth, and COBRA's Monkey Stim upgrade) may make his ability close to being permanent.

If there is an option to put him around corner or inside loop, he better be placed as far as possible from track with this build to maximize his range effectiveness.

As a side effect of a Bullseye-focused setup, King of Ooo's Sceptre can help maximize his ability to use low damage but very fast hits to possibly turn bloons gold until having enough Banana Replicators equipped and better options before getting it on him.

Dartnado
Alternatively, Max can use Dartnado starting with Level 7, a good cleanup option akin to Blade Maelstrom against groups of bloons heading to the exit, especially during the Martian Games with the Send in the Clones rule.

Trivia

 * Between the 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 updates, Max's voice actor changed, making him the only hero/character to ever get his voice changed in between updates. His former voice actor was Mark Garrison in 1.0.1, and in 1.0.2 and later, his current voice actor is Gary Furlong.
 * He still keeps his old quotes alongside new ones, however.
 * This also applies to his Juggernaut counterpart.
 * Mark Garrison, the previous voice actor, spoke softer, which portrayed Max with a calmer but smug personality. The current voice actor, Gary Furlong, speaks more confidently for Max's voice, giving the impression that Max is active and passionate for adventure.
 * Max's quote "Awesomer" is likely a reference to Ninja Kiwi's catchphrase, "More Awesomer".
 * Despite Max being the second character to become playable within the tutorial, the game unlocks him as the third character, right after Jake.
 * Max has no quote for when activating the Bullseye ability.
 * Although in most cutscenes and in game models, Max is shown with a strap on his chest, this does not appear on the traditional art seen on his icon.