Bloon Master Alchemist (BTDB2)

BTD6

BTDB2

“	Secret shrink potion converts all affected bloons to Red bloons.	”
	~ BTDB2 description

Bloon Master Alchemist is the 5th upgrade on Path 3 of the Alchemist in Bloons TD Battles 2. It is similar to its BTD6 counterpart, except it attacks faster. It throws the instashrink potion every 7.5s instead of every 10s when compared to BTD6. Additionally, its other Alchemist attacks are much faster, specifically its main potion attack, production of acid pools, and application of gold potions onto bloons.

It grants special insta-shrinking potions that convert affected bloons into Red Bloons, throwing them at infinite range every 7.5s. These special potions will target the strongest non-BAD Bloons, including Rock Bloons without magic immunities. Once splashed onto the main target, the insta-shrink potion will subsequently hit up to 200 Bloons (or up to 10 MOABs, 4 BFBs, 4 DDTs (with camo support), or 2 ZOMGs), permanently transforming all of the affected Bloons into Red Bloons in the process. Each insta-shrink potion has 200 pierce, but MOAB-class Bloons consume extra pierce depending on type: MOABs consume 10 pierce, BFBs consume 30, DDTs consume 50, and ZOMGs consume 100, while BADs consume zero pierce because they cannot be transformed at all.

It costs $40,000, and is unlocked with the other Alchemist tier 5 upgrades for 1500.

Strategy

Summary

Bloon Master Alchemist's main use case is for handling ZOMGs, especially Fortified ZOMGs, each shot wiping them out with trivial ease. It isn't very strong against DDTs due to the fast speeds of such blimps, and BADs are BMA's greatest weaknesses because it cannot transform them. If its attack speed is boosted, then it will throw out shrink potions at a faster rate as well, so it is worth boosting it for better reliability against ZOMGs, especially Tight ZOMGs. Micromanagement of sell-and-rebuying the BMA also can help against Tight ZOMGs, if sufficient cash allows this.

Tips

• Crosspaths have no effect on the BMA's shrink potion. Simply get Rubber to Gold and then proceed to get BMA.
• Since it'll throw out a shrink potion immediately upon upgrade, you can constantly sell and rebuy in a tight situation in order to bypass the ten second cooldown in between shots. Take note of the money spent; each buy-and-resell loses $13,590.
• When doing BMA micro, it may be helpful to place multiple Rubber to Golds in advance.

Version History

Initial release (compared to BTD6 during Version 28.0)

• Released

1.1.0

• Bloon Master Alchemist XP requirmenets halved (24,000 XP → 12,000 XP). Players who previously unlocked Bloon Master Alchemist before the update will not receive a refund.

1.5.0

• No longer requires 12,000 XP to unlock. Players who have unlocked this upgrade before the update will not receive a full refund, as well as unlock all Tier 5 Alchemist upgrades.

1.8.0

• Bloon Master Alchemist shrink potion attack cooldown decreased 10s -> 8.5s

3.2

• Bloon Master Alchemist shrink potion attack cooldown decreased 8.5s -> 7.5s
• Bloon Master Alchemist's acid pools now detects Camo Bloons

“	Acid Pool gets very little attention, so we thought that it’d be an interesting and logical addition to allow the pools to hit camo bloons passing over them. [...] Lastly, Bloon Master Alchemist is far from a bad tower as it scales incredibly well with the late game MOAB ramping, however it is still the least used of Alchemist’s tier 5s. Its rate is incredibly slow which can make it unreliable for certain situations, so that has been buffed slightly.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

4.0

• xx5 Bloon Master Alchemist: MOABs use up 20 -> 10 pierce and BFBs use up 50 -> 30. Total pierce remains at 200.

“	Just a small buff for Bloon Master Alchemist, letting it pop more MOABs and BFBs which gives it more potential to be a reliable option against the new tight rushes.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

Gallery

Enough XP to unlock BMA

Unlocked BMA

Trivia

• Bloon Master Alchemist is the only Alchemist T5 that has not been nerfed in BTDB2.