Mortar Monkey (BTDB2)

The Mortar Monkey is a Military-class tower in Bloons TD Battles 2. Instead of normal targeting options, it can be aimed at any part of the screen. In upgrades and attack style it is very similar to its BTD6 version.

Mortar Monkeys explode shells at any location as determined by its target reticle. It attacks slowly and is rather inaccurate, but it packs with a very large base pierce of 40 per explosion, and starts off with a blast radius of 20. The base tower has a projectile deviation radius of 18 (check this number), meaning its shots will be centered anywhere around an 18 range radius from the center of the target reticle, alongside a 0.5s deploy time between firing from the barrel and hitting the shell onto the ground.

On maps with paths that cross themselves or otherwise move in a concentrated area, the Mortar Monkey is a powerful and versatile long-ranged explosive tower. It has many specialized effects such as stunning (with Shell Shock), camo removal (with Signal Flare), and extra damage to cermaic and fortified bloons (with Heavy Shells (BTDB2)).

It costs $750 to place.

Description
Path 1 increases the size and damage of the blasts. The upgrade Bigger Blast increases radius, Bloon Buster increases damage, while The Big One and The Biggest One increase both, with the last upgrade covering most of the screen. The upgrade Shell Shock adds stunning to the blast.

Path 2 is focused on attack speed and abilities. The first two upgrades increase mortar speed significantly. Heavy Shells (BTDB2) does heavier damage to ceramic and fortified bloons and can pop black bloons. Artillery Battery quadruples the firing rate and adds an ability for even heavier damage (useful for rushes). Finally, Pop and Awe adds an attack that stuns and damages all bloons on the screen, as well as doing extra damage with the main attack to bloons stunned for any reason.

Path 3 is a utility path that mostly adds or removes statuses from bloons. The first upgrade simply increases accuracy, while Burny Stuff adds a damage-over-time effect. Signal Flare removes camo, while Shattering Shells removes camo, regrow, and lead properties from bloons (including lead but not camo for DDTs) and removes the Fortified status from MOABs and BFBs. The final upgrade, Blooncineration, adds a Wall of Fire-type effect to the path, adds a very heavy damage-over-time effect to the main attack, and removes camo and fortified from DDTS. (Check the fortified claim)

Quotes
TBA

Strategies
Mortar Monkeys are best used on maps such as Sands of Time or Mayan where the track crosses itself. The main benefits to using a mortar monkey are that it has global reach, can be boosted by Striker Jones, and has wide variety in its upgrade paths.

Tips

 * A single Signal Flare can deal with all camo lead bloons for the rest of the game.

Further Strategies

 * Strategies
 * General Strategy
 * Optimization Strategy
 * Countermeasures Strategy