Focused Firing (BTD6)

"Increases accuracy of the Dartling Gun."

- In-game description

Focused Firing is the first upgrade for Path 1 for the Dartling Gunner in Bloons TD 6. This upgrade increases the accuracy of the Dartling Gunner by decreasing the random projectile deviation for all its attacks by 60%, from radius ~18 to ~7.2. This equates to a decreased projectile deviation from 20° each side to 8°. For Buckshots, buckshot projectiles last +25% longer in addition to 60% decreased projectile deviation.

It costs $255 on Easy, $300 on Medium, $325 on Hard and $360 on Impoppable.

Summary
Purely for providing extra accuracy, it is helpful for the Dartling Gun to specifically be more accurate against longer distances. When paired with Faster Swivel, the Dartling Gun becomes optimized for both micromanagement and reduced randomness, but it sacrifices potential for camo detection or internal extra attack speed.

Tips

 * Purchase Focused Firing if shooting at longer distances is a priority, as it helps with making shots more accurate across long distances.
 * Focused Firing is less effective for Buckshot and its upgrades. While it theoretically helps to improve upon the potential for multiple projectiles to hit a single target, important targets such as grouped bloons or MOAB-class have large hitboxes where they can be damaged. Faster Barrel Spin provides both consistency in shots and more firepower overall, and also comes with the benefit of having camo detection.
 * Focused Firing with Hydra Rocket Pods is useful for allowing the Hydra Rocket Pods to shoot along straightaway lanes more reliably, but it takes away the potential to add extra explosions.

Trivia

 * The target reticle for Focused Firing Dartling is smaller than that from the Increased Accuracy Mortar.
 * This difference wasn't visible until Version 23.0 where a small UI change allowed for the target reticles of Dartlings to scale according to accuracy quantities.