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Faster attacks with increased range, damage, and popping power.
~ In-game description

Arcane Mastery is the Tier 3 upgrade of Path 1 for the Wizard Monkey in Bloons TD 6. It enhances all of the Wizard Monkey's aspects, increasing attack speed, damage, range and pierce. With this upgrade, the Wizard Monkey attacks twice as fast (every 0.55s), its bolts deal 3 damage instead of 2, and its magic bolts have +4 pierce (7 without Intense Magic, 12 with Intense Magic). Its base range is also increased from 40 to 60 units (50 to 70 with 3-0-2); without crosspaths, it is equivalent to a +50% range bonus. This upgrade also increases fireball projectile speed by 75%.

This upgrade costs $1,190 on Easy, $1,400 on Medium, $1,510 on Hard, and $1,680 on Impoppable.

Description[]

Overview[]

Arcmast

Arcane Mastery dealing 3 damage and shooting a lot of bolts with moderate pierce

The Wizard gains a bushy moustache-and-beard and bushy eyebrows, both colored dark brown. The monkey holds a wizard staff in its left hand, which made of a wooden stick with a blue orb at the end. Arcane Mastery also wears a pair of opaque purple stockings. The hat remains identical to that from the Arcane Blast.

In its upgrade portrait, the Wizard delightfully points the wand forward, the orb glowing blue.

Arcane Mastery improves its bolt damage by +1, gains +100% attack speed, pierce by +3, and +20 attack range.

Targeting Priorities[]

Arcane Mastery targets bloons using the standard targeting priorities. It shoots straight movement projectiles.

  • First: Targets the first bloon visible within its range.
  • Last: Targets the last bloon visible within its range.
  • Close: Targets the closest bloon visible within its range.
  • Strong: Targets the strongest bloon visible within its range.

Full Popology[]

Statistics[]

Updated as of Version 34.3
Base stats
  • Bolt:
    • Projectile, energy type, 60 range, ignores Line of Sight, 0.55s attack cooldown, 3 damage, 7 pierce. Moderately homes at bloons at a 200 linear speed and 360 angular speed, with a seeking radius of 31.83. Projectile lifespan of 0.8s.
Crosspathing interactions

Aside from 1-x-x interactions:

  • 3-1-0: Gains Fireball attack that deals 2 damage with Fireball Explosion. Increased projectile speed by 75%
  • 3-2-0: Gains Wall of Fire attack that can be positioned on any valid location within range and lasts for 6.5s.
  • 3-0-1: Pierce of Bolt increased from 7 to 12
  • 3-0-2: Range increased from 60 to 70.
Monkey Knowledge interactions

Attack Interactions[]

See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Magic
Updated as of Version 34.3
Base attack(s)
  • Bolt:
    • Energy Type (pops Black, White, Frozen) Energy
    • Single Projectile Single Projectile
    • Straight Attack Straight Attack
    • Ignores Line of Sight Ignores Line of Sight
    • Weak Seeking Weak Seeking
    • Extra damage to all bloon types (3) Extra Damage (3)

Costs[]

Updated as of Version 44.0. Listed prices exclude external buffs, any sacrifices, and Monkey Knowledge.
[Module | Data] Purchase Sell
Costs Easy Medium Hard Impoppable Easy Medium Hard Impoppable
Upgrade (3-X-X) $1,190 $1,400 $1,510 $1,680 -
Total (3-0-0) $1,970 $2,325 $2,505 $2,790 $1,379 $1,628 $1,754 $1,953
Crosspath (3-1-0) $2,225 $2,625 $2,830 $3,150 $1,558 $1,838 $1,981 $2,205
Crosspath (3-2-0) $2,905 $3,425 $3,695 $4,110 $2,034 $2,398 $2,587 $2,877
Crosspath (3-0-1) $2,225 $2,625 $2,830 $3,150 $1,558 $1,838 $1,981 $2,205
Crosspath (3-0-2) $2,480 $2,925 $3,155 $3,510 $1,736 $2,048 $2,209 $2,457

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: MagicTricksIcon Magic Tricks, BetterSellDealsIcon Better Sell Deals

Strategy[]

Summary[]

Arcane Mastery is a very cost-effective tower that both cleans up bloons decently and can ignore Line of Sight. Much of its power comes from its mid-game power, whether it be early camo-popping power when given Monkey Sense or just high accurate damage in general.

When paired with Wall of Fire, Arcane Mastery can utilize the guided Walls of Fire more effectively, placing them into longer distances as a form of extra cleanup. This is on top of the large semi-accurate bolts with decent pierce. This makes it a potentially powerful option for dynamically controlling the Wall of Fire positioning based on bloon progress.

When paired with Monkey Sense, the 3-0-2 Wizard Monkey becomes an excellent source of Camo popping power until Round 45, where it cannot pop the Camo Purples on Rounds 45 and 48, and may struggle against the Camo Ceramics on Round 51. Until then, it serves as a great secondary attacking tower alongside more powerful offensive towers.

Tips[]

  • A 3-0-2 Wizard Monkey is generally better than a 3-2-0 Wizard Monkey, as the extra pierce improves its popping power quite a bit, and the succeeding upgrade Arcane Spike allows it to pop lead bloons, leaving the fireball attack redundant and the benefits of Intense Magic more important. Built-in camo detection is also very useful.
    • However, the WoF attack gains more range to place it if crosspathed with 3-2-0.
  • One 3-0-2 Arcane Mastery can easily solo most camo bloon rounds until Round 45, where it cannot pop Camo Purples.

Version History[]

Balance Changes[]

Arcane Mastery received only pierce buffs throughout the game. However, it is now considerably stronger at beating the late early-game rounds because of gaining extra pierce. While significantly cheaper overall due to base Wizard gaining numerous price decreases, Arcane Mastery has gotten a small price increase to offset those changes.

2.0
  • BUFF Arcane Mastery now adds more pierce (0 → +4, 6 in total).
21.0
  • BUFF Arcane Mastery bolt has more pierce (6 → 7, from base Wizard buff).
43.0
Wizard has a weaker base tower so the base cost is going down in exchange for a small price increase to the cost to value ratio for the effective Arcane Mastery. [...]
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • NERF Arcane Mastery cost increased from $1300 to $1400
    • Total price adjustment is +$50 due to base Wizard (-$50)

Bug Fixes and General Changes[]

18.0
  • Description changed from "Attacks much faster over much longer range." to "Faster attacks with increased range, damage, and popping power."

Extra Notes (Version History)[]

  • Until Version 3.0, Arcane Mastery was required for the Wizard Monkey to ignore Line of Sight.

Gallery[]

Official artwork[]

Projectiles[]

Trivia[]

  • The one-off in-game purchase that instantly unlocks Level 30 (and subsequently Monkey Knowledge) features a knowledge book icon similar to the Arcane Mastery upgrade icon.
  • The 99th 2MPC combo belongs to the 3-2-0 Arcane Mastery, first done on Moon Landing. It was initially only possible on this map due to the presence of craters to block off other towers as well as benefiting the Wall of Fire's placements, although an alt-combo on Cubism was done later on.
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