Tuxedo Jake

"Jake is ready to put his musical talent to good use and inspire his friends to greater heights. Hopefully Lady will be impressed!"

- BATTD description

Tuxedo Jake is a premium character in Bloons Adventure Time TD and is a purely supportive counterpart to Jake. He primarily gains income as well as supports other towers, much like the Banana Farm and Monkey Village, respectively. By default, he grants all characters and allies with a 10% (12% with level 4 and 15% with level 9) discount, similar to Supermonkey with the Heroic Aura upgrade. He costs $600 in the game. He is unlocked with a one-off purchase of $9.99 USD or 75,000 Martian Crystals at the Martian Trader.

Upgrades

 * Turn It Up! ($500): Increases the range of all nearby characters [+4 range]
 * Allegro Tempo ($1,200): Increases the attack speed of all nearby characters [x1.1 attack speed]
 * Full Orchestra ($370): Increases the boost given by all musical instruments [increases Star Level by 3 to characters who wield an instrument (only Jake and Marceline receive this buff due to being the only characters who wield instruments and Tux Jake can't affect himself)]
 * Inspiring Melody ($3,500): Nearby characters can pop any bloon type [gives black-popping, white-popping, purple-popping, frozen-popping, lead-popping, and ghost-popping to all towers within range]
 * Catchy Tunes^ ($3,000): Characters receiving boosts from Jake will give that boost to characters near them [all characters/allies within Tuxedo Jake's range give Tuxedo Jake's boosts (trinkets, such as Treetrunk's Apple Knife, too?) to all characters/allies within their ranges, reminiscent to Monkey Sub's Advanced Intel]
 * Fame ($5,500): Characters near Jake get a speed boost while he's rocking out (Requires Rock Out!, Level 5) [towers within range get +TBA% speed boost, affects Catchy Tunes(?)]
 * Rock Out! ($800): Ability: Attack the bloons with the power of rock! (Requires Level 3) [TBA damage, TBA speed, TBA pierce, TBA damage type]
 * Busker ($600): Drops cash bundles every round [Drops 3 bundles of cash each round]
 * Musician ($1,150): Drops more cash bundles each round [Drops 6 bundles of cash each round]
 * Superstar^ ($4,800): Drops even more cash bundles each round [Cash bundles worth $250 each]
 * Fortune ($7,700): Bloons popped by the rock out attack drop cash bundles (Requires Rock Out!, Level 7) [drops TBA amount of cash bundles per pop worth $TBA each]
 * Royalties ($500): Increases the value of cash bundles [Cash bundles worth $50 instead of $30]

^Tuxedo Jake can have only one of the two penultimate upgrades at a time (cash production/tower boosting)

Star Boost
Tuxedo Jake will receive the following permanent boosts as he levels up:
 * 2 stars - Base range increased by 2
 * 4 stars - Base effect discount increased by 2%
 * 6 stars - Base price decreased by $100
 * 8 stars - Base range increased by 3
 * 9 stars - Base effect discount increased by 3%
 * 10 stars - Starts with Busker upgrade pre-purchased for free

Quotes
When placed:
 * "Best seat in the house!"
 * "Ready for my leading role"
 * "Table for two. Croissant."
 * "Alright big spender, just remember there's only one Jake the Dog." -Jake, when Jake/Tuxedo Jake is placed after the other

When tapped:


 * "*Clears throat elegantly*"
 * "*Clears throat elegantly* La-la-la-la-la-la-laaaa!"
 * "Right you are!
 * "Okay!"
 * "Uh-huh?"

When tapped repeatedly: When upgraded:
 * "Do you mind?"
 * "Check please!"
 * "Tuning up!"
 * "Music to my ears!"
 * "Maestro!"

When MOAB-Class Bloon appears:


 * "Aww, man! They forgot to write my love note on the side..."

When MOAB-Class Bloon is destroyed:


 * "I dedicate this battle to Lady Rainicorn!"

When activating ability:


 * [electric guitar riffs] (Rock Out!)
 * "Time to hit the high note!" (Rock Out!)

When Bloons leak:


 * "These bloons are cramping my style!"

TBA:


 * "You rang?"

Strategies
If the player aims for money, the Fortune upgrade is able to produce $250 per bloon destroyed; the sooner the upgrade is purchased, the better.

Best pairs with Dungeon Finn  at the start of the game placed after D Finn is. D Finn provides a stable defense while you farm money for his Busker upgrade path.

Best used at the beginning of the game while upgrading his Busker path to increase the money you get at the start.

His upgrade Inspiring Melody grants the ability for towers to pop any Bloon type similarly to the Monkey Intelligence Bureau (BTD6) upgrade and becomes a vital part of a defense in modes that have Ghost Bloons in them and defenses that lack the ability to pop certain bloon types.

Tuxedo Jake is very useful within the Martian Games as he can provide extra cash with his Busker path upgrades early on in the game.

Version History

 * 1.2


 * Inspiring Melody cost increased ($1500 --> $3500)
 * Busker cost increased ($400 --> $600)
 * Busker cash bundle value decreased ($50 --> $30)
 * Royalties bundle value decreased ($TBA + $TBA per star --> $50 + $2 per star)
 * Musician number of bundles decreased (TBA + 1 per TBA stars --> 5 + 1 per 3 stars)
 * Superstar number of bundles decreased (TBA + 1 per TBA stars --> 9 + 1 per 3 stars)


 * 1.4.1


 * All Tuxedo Jake upgrades no longer receive star bonuses.
 * Tuxedo Jake will receive permanent buffs based on the character level:
 * 2 stars - Base range increased by 2
 * 4 stars - Base effect discount increased by 2%
 * 6 stars - Base price decreased by $100
 * 8 stars - Base range increased by 3
 * 9 stars - Base effect discount increased by 3%
 * 10 stars - Starts with Busker upgrade pre-purchased for free


 * 1.5


 * Tuxedo Jake's base cost is decreased ($1100 --> $600)
 * Royalties cost reduced ($3800 --> $500)
 * Musician cost reduced ($2300 --> $1150)
 * Musician drops 6 cash bundles instead of 5.
 * Superstar now requires both Musician and Royalties upgrades.
 * Superstar now drops 6 mega bundles of $250 each.

1.7


 * Turn It Up range changed from +15% to +4