Blade Shooter (BTD6)

"Switches tacks for sharp blades that can pop up to 5 additional Bloons."

- In-game description

Blade Shooter is the 3rd upgrade of Path 2 for the Tack Shooter in Bloons TD 6. Shooting large circular saw blades instead of tacks, each blade has extra +4 pierce pierce popping up to 6 bloons (due to +1 pierce from Super Range Tacks), attacks +18% faster (from every 1.4s to every 1.19s with 0-3-X), and covers larger surface area (from ~1 to ~3).

It costs $465 on Easy, $550 on Medium, $595 on Hard, and $660 on Impoppable.

Appearance
The Blade Shooter's emblem replaces its tack emblem with a blade, the Tack cannons are replaced with Blades sticking out and the tower is blue instead of pink, unlike earlier games.

Statistics
The following is a list of statistics of a Tack Shooter with Blade Shooter. It includes its base statistics and all associated crosspathing interactions. Expand the box on the right to see further information.
 * Updated as of Version 27.3


 * Base stats


 * Crosspathing interactions

Damage Types

 * See also: Damage Types/Bloons TD 6/Primary

The following are a list of wiki-written damage types associated by a Tack Shooter with Blade Shooter. These damage type statistics include how it attacks and how these attacks would affect bloons. Expand the box on the right to see further information.
 * Updated as of Version 27.3


 * Base attack(s)

Summary
Blade Shooter gains a high amount of pierce for its cost, especially compared to BTD5, making a Blade Shooter in BTD6 useful against grouped bloons in the earlier rounds. The downside is that a Blade Shooter still has low range, but placing it along a corner should maximize its pierce. Its high pierce potential in the early-game makes it popular in Race Events, especially those that enable Blade Maelstrom.

Tips

 * 2-3-0 Blade Shooter is more effective for the extra attack speed. 0-3-2 Blade Shooter shoots more blades, but it loses out on just over double attack speed from the Path 1 upgrades.

Trivia

 * One non-crosspathed Blade Shooter in BTD6 placed in Medium Difficulty costs $215 less than a non-crosspathed Blade Shooter in BTD5 placed on Medium Difficulty. This is due to the Blade Shooter upgrade costing $130 less, the Super Range Tacks upgrade costing $5 less, and the base Tack Shooter upgrade costing $80 less.
 * The slightly increased attack speed of a BTD6 Blade Shooter could be a small nod to the BTD3 Blade Shooter, whose previous upgrade Faster Shooting involves faster attack speed.
 * Unlike its Bloons TD 5 counterpart, this upgrade changes the color of the tower from pink to blue instead of retaining the pink color.