Benjamin

"Using his elite hacking skills, Benjamin can create extra money for the cause."

- Benjamin's description, Bloons TD 6

Benjamin is a Hero in Bloons TD 6. Benjamin was released in the 3.0 update on August 22nd, 2018, as well as the advanced map, High Finance. He is unlocked with a one-off purchase of 3,000.

He costs $1,020 on Easy, $1,200 on Medium, $1,295 on Hard, and $1,440 on Impoppable. If Hero Favors is enabled, he will cost $920 on Easy, $1,080 on Medium, $1,165 on Hard, and $1,295 on Impoppable.

Unlike other heroes, Benjamin does not attack bloons directly. Instead, he uses his hacking skills to primarily provide extra money, as well as lives starting at Level 6. At Level 7, he gains a Bloon Trojan attack, which causes affected bloons to spawn no children when destroyed. At Level 10, he gains an ability that downgrades all incoming bloons (excludes DDTs and BADs) by one rank, as well as doubling cash per pop for all affected bloons, which is increased to triple at Level 20. Benjamin levels 1.5x slower than the base four heroes (Quincy, Gwendolin, Striker, and Obyn), or 0.66x as fast.

In version 11.0, he was given a new skin called DJ Benjammin', or just Benjammin', who has new voice lines and graphics. He wears slacky white clothes and a white cap which he wears backwards, and his computer is replaced with a DJ turntable and a laptop. This skin costs 2,500 to unlock. A Sushi Bento skin was added in version 24.0, replacing Benjamin's laptop and desk with a sushi mat.

Upgrades
Benjamin requires 1.5x as much experience points to upgrade towards each level compared to Quincy, Gwendolin, Striker Jones, or Obyn Greenfoot.

Skimming income
Assuming Ben is placed in round 3 and not upgraded manually:

Analysis
As of Version 11.0, the Bloon Trojan ability gives some money back from trojaned bloons, based on the number of layers destroyed by the ability. The Bloon Trojan will not target any bloon weaker than a Pink Bloon. Benjamin cannot target Camo Bloons with the Bloon Trojan ability without being given camo detection until he reaches level 18.

The amount of money a trojaned bloon gives can be calculated using the formula m = tl + r where:


 * m = the amount of money given by the bloon
 * t = the level of the Bloon Trojan ability. t = 1 for levels 7-15 and t = 2 for levels 16-20.
 * l = the number of layers a bloon has upon being affected by the bloon trojan. (Despite having fewer layers than a BFB, DDT bloons are considered to have 12 layers by the bloon trojan.)
 * r = the pre round-60 bonus. Trojaned bloons give 1 extra dollar from rounds 1-60.

For example, a Rainbow bloon on round 42 targeted by a level 7 Benjamin will give m = (1)(8) + 1 dollars, or 9 dollars. In contrast, a rainbow bloon on round 79 targeted by a level 20 Benjamin will give m = (2)(8) + 0 dollars, or 16 dollars.

Other than losing the $1 bonus after round 60, Benjamin does not give less money as rounds progress, compared to popping bloons normally. Because of this, though Benjamin usually gives less money than popping bloons normally, the bloon trojan will make most bloons give more money than normal as rounds progress. This process is sped up when Benjamin reaches level 16. Bloons become profitable at the following points:


 * Pink Bloons always give more money than normal.
 * Black, and White, and Purple Bloons give more money after round 50.
 * Zebra Bloons give more money after round 60.
 * Rainbow Bloons give more money after round 80, or at level 16.
 * Ceramic Bloons give more money after round 80 with level 16.
 * MOABs and DDTs give more money after round 100.
 * BFBs never become profitable, but they are least unprofitable with level 18 after round 100, where they only lose $8-9 per BFB.

Activated Abilities

 * Biohack - 4 closest Monkeys pop an extra layer per attack for 6 seconds. Affected Monkeys can't attack for 2 seconds after the effect ends.
 * Syphon Funding - Downgrades all newly spawned Bloons by 1 rank. Cash per pop from affected Bloons is doubled(tripled at Level 20). Lasts 10 seconds. (20 seconds at lvl 20)

Cosmetics
TBA Benjamin has different cosmetics that can be bought to add visual flair to him. These are purely visual and do not influence how he performs in-game. Hero Skins for Benjamin are available once he is unlocked.

Skins
Benjamin has two additional skin that can each be bought for a one-off purchase of 2500 each. The first additional skin is Benjammin', a skin themed on a 2000's DJ. Benjammin' wears 2000's DJ clothing and speaks outdated slang terms, and initially uses a DJ turntable and a laptop. The second skin is Sushi Benjamin, which transforms him into a sushi chef serving sushi at a sushi stall.

Visual Improvements
TBA
 * Tomato DadOfObyn GreenfootPetIcon.png
 * Description: Tomato
 * Additional notes:
 * Short name: Tomato
 * More infos stuff go here
 * Trophies: 75

(add ben matrix and ben dj placement)

Profile Pictures
(add dj ben profpic and best ben)

Co-Op Emotes
TBA (add cool ben)
 * Tomato DadOfObyn GreenfootPetIcon.png
 * Description: Tomato
 * Additional notes:
 * Short name: Tomato
 * More infos stuff go here
 * Trophies: 75

Benjamin
When selected on the Heroes menu:


 * "Rules are made to be broken!"

When Placed:


 * "Rules are made to be broken!"
 * "Let's see what we can do here."

When Selected:


 * "Yes?"
 * "Yeah?"
 * "What's up?"
 * "Target!"
 * "What next?"
 * "Online!"
 * "You wanna get hacked?" (When annoyed)
 * "That's how you get hacked!" (When really annoyed)

Leveling Up:


 * "Nice!"
 * "Oh yeah!"
 * "Awesome!"
 * "Dude!"
 * "Yes!"
 * "Haha!"
 * "Ha!"
 * "Level up!"
 * "There's smart, and there's me smart!" (When Level 20)

When MOAB-Class Bloons Appear:


 * "Uh, guys?" - MOAB appears
 * "Uh, guys?" - BFB appears
 * "You might want to take a look at this." - ZOMG appears
 * "Uhh, guys?" - DDT appears
 * "Good night, Vienna." - BAD appears

When a MOAB-Class Bloon is Destroyed:


 * "Get rekt."
 * "Handled it."

When Using an Activated Ability:


 * "Executing hack..." - When activating Biohack
 * "Cash money! Begin syphoning!" - When activating Syphon Funding

When Bloons Leak:


 * "Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
 * "Game over, man!"

DJ Benjammin
When selected on the Heroes menu:


 * "Benjammin' is in the houuuuse!"

When Placed:


 * "Benjammin' is in the houuuuse!"
 * "Let's make some noise!"

When Selected:


 * "What up?"
 * "Yo!"
 * "Sup."
 * "Yee-heah boi!"
 * "Hey!" (When annoyed)
 * "Put your hands up!" (When very annoyed)

Leveling Up:


 * "Turn it up!"
 * "Let the beat drop."
 * "Yeeeeet!"
 * "Next level!"
 * "Oh-ho-ho yeah, now we can par-tay!" (When Level 20)

When MOAB Class bloons Appear:


 * "Nice beach ball!" - MOAB appears
 * "Party crasher!" - BFB, ZOMG, or DDT appears
 * "Da-ha-hang! You HUGE!" - BAD appears

When a MOAB-Class Bloon is Destroyed:


 * "Boom, Bloon, get out the way!"

When Using an Activated Ability:


 * "Party Monkeys!" - When activating Biohack (Dance music can be heard)
 * "How do ya like me now?" - When activating Syphon Funding (Dance music can be heard)

When Bloons Leak:


 * "That is not cool!"

Sushi Bento
When Selected on the Heroes menu:


 * "Sushi time!"

When Placed:


 * "Order up!"
 * "Sushi time!"

When Tapped:


 * "Yes!"
 * "Ready!"
 * "Special order?"
 * "Hai!" (はい, which means "Yes!" in Japanese)
 * [in an angry tone] "Hai!" (When annoyed)
 * "No sushi for you!" (When very annoyed)

Leveling Up:


 * "Fresh!"
 * "Tasty!"
 * "5 stars!"
 * "All you can eat!"
 * "Ultimate master chef!" (When Level 20)

When MOAB Class bloons Appear:


 * "Careful with these!" - MOAB appears
 * "Big fish!" - BFB, ZOMG, or DDT appears
 * "KING SALMON!" - BAD appears

When a MOAB-Class Bloon is Destroyed:


 * "Sliced and diced!"

When Using an Activated Ability:


 * [gong sound] "Sushi is power!" - When activating Biohack
 * It also turns the "hacks" into yellow pow speech bubbles with two red exclamation marks each, with the expiry turned into a black illusions on the floor.
 * "I am hungry for vengeance!" - When activating Syphon Funding
 * Yellow pow speech bubbles are played.

When Bloons Leak:


 * "Someone's not popping bloons!"
 * [in more urgent tone] "Someone's not popping bloons!"

Sounds
Other sound effects related to Benjamin that are not specifically his voicelines are shown here.

When placing DJ Benjamin with Hero Voicelines off:
 * [hip-hop tune]
 * [hip-hop tune]

When infecting a bloon with trojan from any variant of Benjamin that isn't Sushi Bento:


 * [bleep]
 * [bleep]
 * [bleep]
 * [bleep]
 * [bleep]

When infecting a bloon with trojan from Sushi Bento:


 * [splash]
 * [splash]
 * [splash]
 * [splash]
 * [splash]

When activating his abilities with Hero Voicelines off from any variant of Benjamin that isn't Sushi Bento:
 * [hacking]

When activating Sushi Bento's Biohack ability with Hero Voicelines off:
 * [gong sound]

When activating Sushi Bento's Syphon Funding ability with Hero Voicelines off:
 * [Chopstick sounds]

Summary
Benjamin is a strong money-generation source in the earlier rounds, and can be helpful later on by healing lives and attacking bloons with Trojan. In fact, he is very useful in any game mode outside of CHIMPS and Deflation, even on Half Cash, mostly attributed to his valuable Trojan attack versus early MOABs. He is also extremely valuable on Boss Events, due to allowing the exponential growth of Banana Farms to occur on earlier rounds.

Tips

 * Benjamin is largely useless in C.H.I.M.P.S. and Deflation modes because his abilities do not generate any extra cash due to the modes' limitations.
 * Occasionally, although still outclassed for the cash loss, Benjamin can help to eliminate round 40 as a threat and continue to massively reduce any round's RBE with Bloon Syphon.
 * In 14.0, this strategy generally only helps Perma-Spike. However other heroes fill in roles that Benjamin cannot handle, while Perma-Spike finds more support in other towers.
 * Bloon Trojan can only affect a MOAB or lower without the level 18 upgrade, which can remove some hassle from earlier rounds or clean up children from a higher Bloon. This is most notable with round 40 in any mode, especially Half Cash, Alternate Bloon Rounds, or Double HP MOABs, where the MOAB can be extremely difficult to deal with.
 * Skimming on rounds with Bloon Rushes can earn players a lot of cash quickly, when combined with Syphon Funding. This can also make the rush easier to deal with.
 * Downtime from Biohack does not disable Activated Abilities.
 * Since Bloon Trojan affects all of the children bloons, Bloon Trojan on a bloon will allow leaking it to only lose up to the amount of health it already has, which is barely enough to survive on Easy if the MOAB is partially damaged.
 * Note that Trojaned MOAB-class bloons will not be able to grant cash from Monkey Pirates. This is because all types of Trojaned bloons will not gain the full income from popping.
 * Benjamin is useful in the Half Cash game mode due to his abilities making it easier to gain cash. However, because of his base cost, it is better not to worry about him and to focus on building adequate defense for the first rounds. Otherwise, it may take a long time before he can be bought, and meanwhile the Bloons could easily overwhelm the towers.
 * Benjamin works best in Co-Op Mode, as due to the bloon pop cash being shared to each player but not cash distributed by him, he will be capable of producing massive amounts of cash per round that can easily counteract the reduced cash per pop. Skimming also works with all players of the co-op match. Even though Bloon Trojan can help counter the round 40 MOAB, it is not recommended to rely on this as if another player places a hero, the hero XP will be reduced and make Benjamin unable to obtain level 7 before round 40.
 * On Easy Difficulty, it is possible to leak an entire Bloon Trojaned MOAB if the Mana Shield Monkey Knowledge is unlocked. This is mostly used in AFK strategies to reduce the threat of Round 40.

Teaser
TBA

Trivia

 * Benjamin is the second Hero added to the game from an update. The first was Captain Churchill.
 * The Bloon Trojan attack acts similar to the Alchemist's Bloon Master Alchemist upgrade, although the affected Bloon does not grant extra cash from its children in Bloon Trojan's case.
 * When a Zebra Bloon has been affected by Syphon Funding, it will always downgrade to a White Bloon despite a Black Bloon also being a child of it. This is likely due to the fact that White Bloons are ranked above Black Bloons in the BTD games.
 * Benjamin can be considered a Support Hero since most of his abilities revolve around helping the player in various ways instead of attacking the Bloons directly.
 * Benjamin has slight appearance changes on levels 4-6, but they all use the level 3 artwork instead of their own unique ones.
 * Even though his earlier levels feature Benjamin standing up, he actually sits on a rollable office chair until Level 10 onwards.
 * The words on Sushi Bento skin spells "sushi".
 * This is also the first time the letter "H" appears as a BTD6 hieroglyphic.

Balance changes

 * When using the Infinite Heroes glitch on Steam, the syphon funding ability stacks. This glitch has been fixed as of Version 7.1, several days after initial release of the Steam version.
 * In Version 8.0, the voicelines for MOAB-class destruction are added.

Blog posts

 * Concept art of Benjamin was revealed in March 6th's What's Up at Ninja Kiwi? Blog, after concept art of Pat Fusty was revealed the week before.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's August 6th 2021 blog, Benjamin uses Discord. He also is known to hack but never hacks game progress.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's November 12th 2021 blog, Benjamin spends the most money on Steam, buying a full library of games that he doesn't play.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's December 10th 2021 blog, Ninja Kiwi responded to a comment about allocating DnD (Dungeons and Dragons) classes for the BTD6 Heroes. They said Ben would be the DM (Dungeon Master).
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's February 4th 2022 blog, Benjamin prefers to use a Windows laptop to a MacBook.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's February 25th 2022 blog, Benjamin codes in B#, which is a banana themed language.

Cultural references

 * When Biohack expires, all towers who were affected by it will display a red "no WiFi" symbol for the two-second cooldown period.
 * On Benjamin's wallpaper, it says: 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 00100001, which means "Hello!" in binary.
 * The name Benjamin may be a reference to his money-gaining abilities, as "benjamins" is a slang term for American $100 bills, on which the portrait of Benjamin Franklin is depicted.
 * Benjamin's nickname, "Code Monkey," is slang for a programmer that often does grunt work for a company. In Benjamin's case, however, the term is a bit more literal.
 * This may also be a reference to the educational coding environment CodeMonkey.
 * Occasionally, Benjamin can be seen lifting a green dumbbell weight. This is a reference to how programmers will lift weights at their desks to stay healthy even without moving around.
 * Benjamin's quote "Have you tried turning it off and on again" is a reference to The IT Crowd sitcom, where it is a frequent notice. Generally, this is a basic IT advice for technological troubleshooting, as turning the device off and on often solves common issues.
 * Benjamin's quote "Good night, Vienna" is a reference to Liverpool, in which the phrase is slang for "it's all over".
 * Benjamin's quote "Game over, man!" is a reference to the famous line from the movie Aliens.
 * Benjammin's quote "Boom, Bloon, get out the way!" is probably a reference to a song by rapper Ludacris, and his song "Move B**** Get Out The Way".
 * Instead of a derogatory word for a woman, the word is replaced by "Bloon". Coincidentally, these are both five-letter words starting with the letter "b".