Striker Jones (BTD6)

"Striker Jones is a strong Commander who uses his knowledge of long range combat to greatly boost the power of explosives."

- Bloons TD6

Striker Jones is a Hero in Bloons TD 6 who specializes in military weaponry. He's unable to pop camo, and mainly supports Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys. He's also unable to pop Black Bloons until level 5, which gives explosives a 50% chance to pop Bloons with Black Bloon properties. When he reaches at least Level 19, the Black Bloon property is fully nullified while he is on the map; thereby allowing any explosive projectile to damage Black Bloons, Zebra Bloons, and DDTs.

He costs $640 on Easy, $750 on Medium, $815 on Hard, and $900 on Impoppable. If Hero Favors is enabled, he will cost $575 on Easy, $675 on Medium, $730 on Hard, and $810 on Impoppable.

He was part of the initial release of the game (alongside Quincy, Gwendolin and Obyn Greenfoot).

Upgrades
He levels at 1x speed, like all base heroes (Quincy, Gwendolin, Striker Jones, Obyn Greenfoot) and Etienne.

The following are the upgrades:

Activated Abilities

 * Concussive Shell - Shoots a guided shell at the largest Bloon onscreen, stunning it on impact
 * Artillery Command - Resets the cooldown of all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys. Level 20 makes this ability double the damage and pierce of all Bomb Shooters and Mortar Monkeys on screen for 10 seconds.

Cosmetics
Striker Jones 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 Striker Jones are available once he is unlocked.

Skins
Striker Jones has two additional skins that can be bought for a one-off purchase of 2500 each; being Biker Bones and Octojones.

Biker Bones: The Biker Bones skin changes Striker Jones into a skeleton with flaming weaponry and fiery hair; giving him an appearance similar to the superhero Ghost Rider. His projectiles also become bone-white. The Biker Bones skin is purchasable for 2500.


 * Octojones: The Octojones skin changes Striker Jones to appear similar to Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean. His projectiles also become cannon balls. Octojones skin is purchasable for 2500.

Visual Improvements

 * Striker Jones Paradrop Placement StrikerParadropPlacementIcon.png
 * Description: All the coolest monkey soldiers arrive by parachute. Original Striker Jones only
 * Additional notes:
 * Short name: Striker Paradrop
 * Parachutes from a plane when placed. When leveling up, plane flies too.
 * Trophies: 30

Profile Pictures

 * Custom Avatar - Biker Bones ProfileAvatar13.png
 * Description: ""I am monkey vengeance!"" Set your player avatar via the Main Menu avatar portrait
 * Additional notes:
 * Short name: Biker Bones Avatar
 * Depicts a close-up of Biker Bones
 * Trophies: 10

Co-Op Emotes
(insert biker bones rage one)

Strategy
Striker Jones is an extremely versatile hero; able to be incorporated into many strategies that he seemingly wouldn't work well in, and still being an adequate competitor to the optimal hero options for said strategies.

Striker Jones' best strategy by far is Moab Mauler spam, in which case Bomb Shooters shooters with Recursive Cluster are used to deal with grouped bloons for midgame and stacking large amounts of Moab Maulers for extreme DPS in the late game; often paired with Spike Factories with the Spiked Balls upgrade for ceramic cleanup.

Striker Jones' concussive shell ability is extremely powerful; being able to stun strong early game bloons, obliterate ceramic waves in midgame, and becoming an easily spammable high-pierce and radial stun. Concussive shell is the main reason why he can be incorporated into so many strategies, as the stun is so powerful that even if he doesn't directly synergize with the other towers, he can still be very effective.

Striker Jones works well with The Biggest One; being able to significantly increase its damage output with his buffs and level 20 Artillery Command.

Striker Jones' Artillery Command ability isn't used often, but it can be extremely powerful in conjunction with Moab Assassins or a Pop and Awe, as their powerful abilities being able to be used twice in a row is an extremely effective source of strong burst damage (in the case of Moab Assassins) or stalling (Pop and Awe).

Jones is also good in combination with Apache Prime. Since Striker Jones' level 5 and 19 debuffs to Black bloons allow the Apache Prime's missiles to affect DDTs, it helps the Apache Prime to more easily take them down.

In fact, the previously mentioned debuff to Black Bloons means he does well with almost any explosive tower that does not have attacks with the Normal damage type to damage DDTs. For this reason, he can essentially replace a M.I.B. for any explosive tower and help to save up some cash.

Striker Jones works extremely well with an existing Moab Glue and Double Moab Press combo. With the combined stalling power of Jones' concussive shell, the knockback kylies and Moab Glue, they can completely stall large amounts of MOAB-class bloons, giving your defense a good amount of time to pop super-dense rounds such as 96 and 98.

Tips

 * Striker Jones is mostly support-oriented. The majority of his power comes from his buffs and abilities, especially synergies with explosives.
 * His early-game role is mostly a source of adequate popping power versus early grouped bloons.
 * Striker Jones' level 20 Artillery Command only doubles Bomb Shooters' and Mortar Monkeys' base damage, and does not affect other buffs beyond the existing Level 10 Artillery Command's benefits.
 * Position Striker Jones such that he will provide the most range coverage at a location where the main damage would eventually be done at. This is especially the case for MOAB Mauler spam on distant-lane multi-lane maps such as Muddy Puddles and Bloody Puddles, and try placing him where nearby Bomb Shooters can cover the lane where Round 98 moves at. If done properly, his local range buffs and pierce buffs for Bomb Shooters will benefit everso slightly and can turn the tides of a tight defense.

Original Striker Jones
When selected on the Heroes menu: When you place him on the map: When selecting him: When leveling up: When MOAB Class Bloons appear: When popping a MOAB Class bloon: When using an Activated Ability: When leaking a bloon:
 * "Prepare for liberation!"
 * "I love the smell of bubblewrap in the morning!"
 * "Prepare for liberation!"
 * "Yes?"
 * "Yeah?"
 * "Target?"
 * "What next?"
 * "Hey!"
 * "Orders?"
 * "Ouch!" (when annoyed)
 * "Don't push it, soldier!" (when annoyed)
 * "All right!"
 * "Yes!"
 * "Nice!"
 * "Ho-ho, YEAH!"
 * "Awesome!"
 * "Sweet!"
 * "HAHA!"
 * "HA!"
 * "Maximum firepower!" - Level 20
 * "Target that M.O.A.B.!" - MOAB appearance
 * "Target that B.F.B.!" - BFB appearance
 * "Target that Z.O.M.G.!" - ZOMG appearance
 * "Target that D.D.T.!" - DDT appearance
 * "Target that big huge one!" - BAD appearance
 * "Great work team!"
 * "Got it on the first try!"
 * *BOOM* - Concussive Strike
 * "FIRE! AT! WILL!!!" - Artillery Command
 * "They're getting through!"
 * "Defend that exit!"

Biker Bones
When selected on the Heroes menu:
 * "Biker Bones rides again!"

When you place him on the map:
 * "Biker Bones rides again!" (Different tone)
 * "Unleashed at last!"

When selecting him:
 * "Yes?"
 * "Let's ride!"
 * "Who's next?"
 * "Excellent."
 * "Do. Not. Touch." (when annoyed)
 * "That's my brimstone!" (when very annoyed)

When leveling up:
 * "Redemption!"
 * "Power!"
 * "Excellent!"
 * "[evil laughter]"
 * "I am monkey vengeance!" - Level 20

When MOAB Class Bloons appear:
 * "Show no mercy!"
 * "Make that one... payyyyy!" (B.A.D. appearance only)

When popping a MOAB Class bloon:
 * "Vengeance... is mine!"

When using an Activated Ability:
 * "BUUUUURN!" - Concussive Strike
 * "Again... AGAIN!" - Artillery Command

When leaking a bloon:
 * "They must not ESCAAAAPE!"

Octojones
When selected on the Heroes menu: When you place him on the map: When selecting him: When leveling up: When MOAB Class Bloons appear: When popping a MOAB Class bloon: When using an Activated Ability: When leaking a bloon:
 * "I AM the sea!"
 * "Full bore, and into the abyss!"
 * "No survivors!"
 * "Orders?"
 * "Get on with it!"
 * "Aye!"
 * "At the ready!"
 * "I cannot be summoned like some mongrel pop!" (when annoyed)
 * "I cannot be summoned like some mongrel squid!" (when very annoyed)
 * "Better!"
 * "Nice cannon!"
 * "Stronger than ever!"
 * "I AM the sea!" - Level 20
 * "There's your target" (M.O.A.B)
 * "Nah-ha-ha-harr, a big one be this!" (B.F.B, Z.O.M.G, D.D.T)
 * "Leave this one for me!" (B.A.D)
 * "Enjoy the depths!"
 * "Broadside!" - Concussive Strike
 * "Strike again, strike hard!" [drumming] - Artillery Command
 * "Do you not fear death?"

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

When activating Concussive Shell with Hero Voicelines off:
 * [violent missile launch]

When activating Artillery Command with Hero Voicelines off:
 * [military snare drum]

Bugs

 * Not Patched
 * N/A


 * Patched
 * [22.0 (?)] There was a bug where Striker Jones' Level 5 and 19 buffs allow energy-based attacks to damage DDTs. Patched on Version 25.0.
 * [unknown version] If Level 19 is obtained through exp instead of being purchased with cash, its secondary effect does not take place; meaning Black bloons still have a 50% chance of being damaged by explosives at Levels 19 & 20 instead of a guaranteed hit.
 * [unknown version] If Level 19 is obtained through exp instead of being purchased with cash, its secondary effect does not take place; meaning Black bloons still have a 50% chance of being damaged by explosives at Levels 19 & 20 instead of a guaranteed hit.

Trivia

 * Both Jones and Captain Churchill use military weapons.
 * Coincidentally, Jones also does not know what a B.A.D bloon is, Depicted from when he says: "Target that big huge one!"
 * Striker Jones is the third Hero to gain a second skin, the first Hero being Quincy, and second Hero being Gwendolin.

Blog posts

 * According to Ninja Kiwi's 16th July 2021 blog, the hero who swears the most is Striker Jones.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's 17th September 2021 blog, Striker Jones enjoys Wii tennis.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's 8th October 2021 blog, Striker Jones is either really good or really lucky at rock paper scissors.

Cultural references

 * The Biker Bones skin is based off of a meme in the Bloons community where Striker Jones is referred to as Biker Bones, using the emoji for the B blood type (🅱️) to substitute for the "B"s in his name. This meme originated from when Jones was considered one of the worst heroes to use and was mockingly called Biker Bones, the same way Peter Griffin from Family Guy is sometimes called Beter Briffin by memers.
 * The skin is also a reference to Ghost Rider from Marvel Comics, being a skeletal biker with flames, and a spirit of vengeance.
 * The Octojones skin resembles Davy Jones from the Disney series Pirates of the Caribbean, but the skin is not named "Davy Jones" due to copyright reasons.