Embrittlement (BTDB2)

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- BTDB2 description

Embrittlement is the 4th upgrade on Path 1 of the Ice Monkey in Bloons TD Battles 2. It is similar to its BTD6 counterpart except more expensive and does not inflict shardable status effects onto Whites and Zebras, but deals 2 damage directly per shot. It can directly target and debuff blimps too, including DDTs.

It costs $3200.

Summary
Embrittlement makes it easier to destroy Camo and Regrow rushes by removing those properties, as well as let blimps be dealt more damage and weaken DDTs due to the debuff and brittle effects, respectively. While not the most reliable at providing decamo, it has quite strong grouped damage and makes it easier to resist rushes that contain stat modifiers. The +1 damage debuff against bloons works well against MOAB-class bloons in particular, making them more vulnerable to quick-attacking, high-projectile attacks such as Overdrive.

Tips

 * 4-1-0 is usually better than 4-0-1. It does gain a decent range boost already, though 4-0-1 does make it easier to reach certain bends like those on Mayan.
 * Embrittlement is very expensive for decamo and isn't reliable enough to resist big waves of Camo Purples. It is generally preferred to use another decamo source or direct camo detection. However, certain maps like Mayan are quite compatible with using this as the only camo detection until expensive ones like Dark Knight.

Trivia

 * In Battles 2, Embrittlement is the most expensive T4 Ice Monkey upgrade when taking into account upgrade cost alone.