Laser Cannon (BTD4-BTD5)

"Converts to a cannon that shoots super powerful beams able to cause massive bloon damage."

- Bloons TD 4 Description

"Converts the gun into a powerful laser cannon. Blasts from this tower can pop 13 bloons at once, can pop frozen bloons, and have increased attack rate."

- Bloons TD 5 Description

"Rapid fire plasma can pop 13 bloons each and also pops frozen bloons."

- BMC Steam description

Laser Cannon is the final upgrade for the Dartling Gun in Bloons TD 4 and the third upgrade in the first path for the Dartling Gun in Bloons TD 5. In BTD4, this upgrade is unlocked at rank 33. The upgrade gives the monkey a red jumpsuit and increases its attack speed by 15%, as well as making the tower shoot laser beams instead of darts. Each beam can pop 13 bloons. Beams from this tower can also pop frozen bloons.

Summary
In terms of firepower, two of these are roughly equal to a Sun God in Bloons TD 4. The advantage comes with unlimited range; Laser Cannon's firepower can be pinpointed anywhere in the map. It is also cheaper than a Sun God and fires nearly as fast.

In Bloons TD 5, this upgrade is much stronger than its predecessor upgrade, Faster Barrel Spin, being able to pop up to 13 bloons, including bloons that have been frozen, even though it still cannot pop lead bloons without Depleted Bloontonium Darts. Compared to its oppositely pathed upgrade, Hydra Rocket Pods, it is suited best shooting along the path, in order to utilise the 13 popping power. This can be able to pop Zebras and Rainbow rushes easily and can take down Ceramics if paired with other towers.

It is also recommended to use this at regular speed to take advantage of its accurate mouse following.

Tips

 * Placing a Laser Cannon nearby a Village is recommended in BTD5, as this greatly reduces the costs for getting this upgrade.

Bloons TD 4

 * Easy: $12,750
 * Medium: $15,000
 * Hard: $16,200

Bloons TD 5

 * Easy: $5,100
 * Medium: $6,000
 * Hard: $6,480
 * Impoppable: $7,200

Trivia

 * Just like the Super Monkey's Laser Blasts upgrade, Laser Cannon in Bloons TD 5 cannot pop Lead Bloons alone without the upgrade Depleted Bloontonium Darts.
 * In Bloons TD 4, it is capable of of popping Leads.
 * in Bloons TD 4, two of them are many, many times more powerful than one, but three and above does not make much of a difference compared to two.
 * Laser Cannons cannot pop Leads unlike Ray of Doom, even though both appear to be lasers.
 * The Laser Cannon wears the same clothes as Glue Splatter in Bloons TD 5.
 * The Laser Cannon fires 50% faster than its mirror build option, Hydra Rocket Pods.
 * Instead of a constant laser beam, Laser Cannon fires laser blasts.
 * If it fires a constant laser beam, this upgrade will have ridiculously high DPS.
 * Its successor, Ray of Doom, fires a laser beam.