Glue Gunner

"Shoots a glob of glue at a bloon, slowing it down. Ceramic bloons can be glued but will not be slowed by it."

- BTD4 Description

"Shoot a glob of monkey glue at a single bloon. Glued bloons move more slowly than normal."

- BTD5 Description

The Glue Gunner is a new tower making its first appearance in BTD4. It also appears in BTD4E and BTD5. It slows down bloons to 30% speed (40% for Glue Hose, and 50% with Glue Striker Ability.) by shooting them with globs of glue. It costs $260 on Easy, $300 on Medium and $320 on Hard.

Strategies
Ceramic bloons will not be slowed down by the glue, although it can be damaged if Corrosive Glue (or higher) is purchased. With the "Glue Soak" upgrade all children of glued Ceramic bloons will be slowed down (1 Ceramic -> 2 Rainbow -> 4 Zebra ...).

Glue doesn't damage, slow down or soak through MOABs, BFBs or ZOMGs, unless emitted from the Temple of the Monkey God (sacrificed).

It is generally best placed near the start of a track or around a strong tower. Late into the game though, you might actually want to place a glue gunner in the middle of the track.

It becomes near-useless in the mid-game rounds when there are very large amounts of bloons, until the Glue Splatter or Glue Hose upgrade is purchased. One Glue Gunner is not as effective in the middle rounds, so it is recommended that you have a couple of these all upgraded to Glue Splatter at least.

Stickier Glue
This upgrade allows the glue to stay on longer.

100/120/130

Glue Soak
The glue will soak all layers of the bloon. For example, a green bloon will have the effects of glue if it's parent yellow bloon was glued with this upgrade attatched.

170/200/215

Corrosive Glue
Corrosive Glue Dissolves a bloon every 2 seconds. Can pop lead.

255/300/325

Glue Splatter
Gives the Glue Gunner a spreadshot and it still retains its corrosiveness. Its splatter resembles the Monkey Glue icon. It can affect up to 20 bloons at once

2550/3000/3240

Glue Soak


Cost: $170 (Easy), $200 (Med), $215 (Hard)

Description: Glue soaks through all layers of bloons.

Corrosive Glue
Cost: $255 (Easy), $300 (Med), $320 (Hard)

Description: Makes the glue become corrosive, popping bloons every few seconds while glued.

*Any upgrade past this point will lock the path 2 upgrades*

Bloon Dissolver
Cost: $2805 (Easy), $3300 (Med), $3565 (Hard)

Description: ''Glue contains an extreme solvent that melts bloons. While glued, bloons will pop twice every second.''

Bloon Liquefier
Cost: $10625 (Easy), $12500 (Med), $13500 (Hard)

Description: ''Pops bloons once before glueing. Contains a super strong dissolving glue that pops bloons ten times every second!''

Stickier Glue
Cost: $100 (Easy), $120 (Med), 130 (Hard)

Description: Makes glue effect last much longer.

Glue Splatter
Cost: $1870 (Easy), $2200 (Med), $2375 (Hard)

Description: Instead of glueing 1 bloon at a time, it splatters 6 bloons at a time.

*Any upgrade past this point will lock the path 1 upgrades*

Glue Hose
Cost: $2765 (Easy), $3250 (Med), $3510 (Hard)

Description: Shoots glue more than 3x as fast!

Glue Striker
Cost: $4675 (Easy), $5500 (Med), $5940 (Hard)

Description: Glue Strike Ability: Glues all bloons on screen.

Trivia

 * Although it doesn't slow down ceramic bloons, it can still damage them after Corrosive Glue has been bought.
 * It can still glue ceramic Bloons, even without corrosive glue.
 * Even without glue soak, it can still glue Ceramic Bloons, even though it has absolutely no effect.
 * The monkey next to the mortar tower when you upgrade to Bloon Buster and The Big One wears the same clothes as a Glue Striker Glue Gunner.
 * In Bloons Tower Defense 4, the glue splatter upgrade gives the monkey 2 hoses but in BTD5, this does not apply.
 * A Glue Gunner with Bloon Liquifier will pop a ceramic bloon and all its descendents in 1.8 seconds.
 * The glue gunner is almost essential for completing the Bloontonium Lab track by placing one on each the 3 entrances, upgraded 2/1.
 * Note that, similarly to most BTD5 Path 2 Final Upgrades, there is no difference in power between Upgrades 3 and 4 except for the Special Ability
 * This used to be true until ninjakiwi buffed this tower to slow bloons even more with the 3rd and 4th upgrade: glue hose slows by 30% while glue striker also slows by 50%
 * The monkey next to the dartling gun when you upgrade to Laser Cannon wears the same clothes as a Glue Splatter Glue Gunner.
 * Putting 2 Glue Gunners together will make one nerf the other one until they are equally upgraded on path 1
 * In BTD4, look hard enough and you will see a tail sticking out of the glue gunner's right side..In BTD5, this has been fixed.
 * A 2/1 Glue Gunner can destroy a rainbow bloon on any beginner or dockside track
 * Glue Gunners without Glue Splatter are very effective when the target priority is strong.
 * A Glue Gunner without Glue Splatter can affect 2 bloons if there's a Monkey Village/Town with the Monkey Fort upgrade.
 * The Glue Gunner has as much range as an unupgraded Super Monkey.
 * In BTD4, glue gunners can shoot at M.O.A.Bs, but not pop them, but in BTD5, they don't shoot at all at them.