Airforce Upgrades

Airforce Upgrades
Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots of Tier 3 or higher get +1 pierce per shot.
Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots of Tier 3 or higher get +1 pierce per shot.
General Information
Class	Military
Prerequisite	No prerequisites
Version	Initial
Tree Knowledge
Current	Airforce Upgrades
Current	Airforce Upgrades
Next →	Accelerated Aerodarts Rapid Razors
Next →	Accelerated Aerodarts Rapid Razors

“	Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots of Tier 3 or higher get +1 pierce per shot.	”
	~ In-game description

Airforce Upgrades is an upgrade in the Military Monkey Knowledge tree. It increases the pierce of all Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots of Tier 3 and above by +1. It does not have a prerequisite Monkey Knowledge requirement.

Strategy

Summary

The extra pierce granted to Monkey Ace and Heli Pilot makes both of them more reliable for popping groups of bloons. It isn't as impactful as its naval counterpart, Naval Upgrades, but nonetheless does add considerable pierce for the dart attacks of Ace and Heli in particular, especially given the massive amounts of projectiles they swarm in. Bear in mind that this is exclusive for Tier 3 and above Aces and Helis, so don't expect this to be too impactful for Ace early-games in Races aside improving black-popping reliability of Bomber Ace.

Tips

• The cheapest T3 Ace is a Bomber Ace with no crosspaths.
• The cheapest T3 Heli Pilot is a Razor Rotors with no crosspaths.

Version History

Airforce Upgrades was popularized for its insane power Race conditions with Ace starts being a wincon for early-game beginnings.

1.0

• Released

41.0

“	Ace balance early on has been problematic in some cases, instead of directly nerfing Ace we felt the most fair solution here was to instead nerf this knowledge point as it can interact in an extremely powerful way with how many projectiles these towers can produce at low upgrades.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Airforce Upgrades Monkey Knowledge now only applies to T3 and above Helis and Aces
• Description changed from "Monkey Ace and Heli Pilot get +1 pierce per shot." to "Monkey Aces and Heli Pilots of Tier 3 or higher get +1 pierce per shot."
• [bug] Airforce Upgrades Monkey Knowledge can still take effect on Tier 2 and below.

49.0

• T3+ bonus pierce requirement now actually implemented

Gallery

Airforce Upgrades in the MK menu ready to be unlocked (pre-41.0)

Videos

Airforce Upgrades 44.0

Base Ace 6 pierce and Base Heli 4 pierce in 44.0

Trivia

• Before the Airforce Upgrades MK was nerfed, elite players in Contested Territory were able to solo regular tiles with the 0-0-0 Ace in combination with Alchemist Touch and various other Relics.