“ | Charlie was an absentee on the first day of military school so he missed the most important rule of explosives handling. After lighting the fuse, STAND BACK. Nevertheless, he can blast his way out of any tricky situation. | ” |
~ BATTD description |
“ | Throws high power explosives for big area damage. | ” |
~ Short description |
C4 Charlie is a Character in Bloons Adventure Time TD. He is unlocked in Haunted Swamp campaign Loch'd and Loaded on any difficulty. An explosives expert, Charlie operates like the Bomb Shooter, throwing bombs with 18 blast radius that can be upgraded to deal extra damage to MOABs and stun bloons, among other things, including several elements of the Mortar Monkey.
Description[]
C4 Charlie is a short brown haired monkey with the typical tan face. He wears a lime green Brodie helmet with a grey "C4" on the top of the lid. A pair of goggles are wrapped around the top of the helmet, alongside a long antenna on the right side of the head. Besides the head, C4 Charlie wears an ascot of the same lime green coloration, a backpack and green gloves.
- Pros
- Explosive damage
- Cons
- Can't pop black bloons
Upgrades[]
Frag Bombs COST: $400
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Description: Sharp frags fly out of explosions
Effect: Releases 6 frags with 1 pierce and 1 sharp damage from explosion, all frags will hit a single target if it's big enough, otherwise only 1~3 frags hit a bloon depending on angle, doesn't benefit from damage or pierce increases, but bloon specific damage increasing trinkets, like Engineers Blueprints and such, will work. |
Bouncing Bombs COST: $1,750
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Upgrade(s) Required: Frag Bombs Locked by
MOAB Mauler | ||
Description: Bombs bounce to other bloons on detonation
Effect: After exploding, the bomb does one more bounce towards nearby bloons. |
Double Bomb COST: $1,250 Requires Star Level 3+ | ||
Upgrade(s) Required:
Bouncing Bombs | ||
Description: Exploding bombs leave behind a second explosive
Effect: Every explosion drops another bomb that explodes after TBA seconds |
Bigger Bombs COST: $350
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Description: Bombs are bigger, louder and more devastating
Effect: +10 pierce and +5 blast radius |
Bloon Impact COST: $1,500
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Upgrade(s) Required:
Bigger Bombs | ||
Description: Explosions will stun Bloons caught in the blast
Effect: Bloons hit by explosions are stunned for 1 second |
Burny Stuff COST: $2,000 Requires Star Level 5+ | ||
Upgrade(s) Required:
Bloon Impact | ||
Description: Red hot explosions set fire to Bloons
Effect: Bloons hit by explosions take 1 burning damage every 0.5 seconds for 5 seconds, can burn Ghost Bloons |
Signal Flare COST: $3,000
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Upgrade(s) Required: Bloon Impact Locked by
MOAB Assassin | ||
Description: Ability: Strips all modifiers from all bloons on the field
Effect: Remove some modifiers(camo,regrow,zomble,shield) from all bloons, including DDTs. onscreen for 8 seconds with Infinite Pierce. 40 second cooldown |
Long Range Bombs COST: $250
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Description: Increases Charlie's range
Effect: +5 range |
Attack Speed COST: $500
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Upgrade(s) Required:
Long Range Bombs | ||
Description: Charlie attacks faster
Effect: +15% attack speed |
MOAB Mauler COST: $800
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Upgrade(s) Required: Attack Speed Locked by
Bouncing Bombs | ||
Description: Devastating missiles designed for MOAB damage
Effect: Main explosion attack now deals +60 damage to MOAB class bloons |
MOAB Assassin COST: $4,000 Requires Star Level 7+ | ||
Upgrade(s) Required: MOAB Mauler Locked by
Signal Flare | ||
Description: Ability: Targets largest MOAB for massive damage
Effect: Immediately launches missile towards strongest MOAB class bloon for 8k damage; cannot penetrate additional blimp layers but leaves behind a 3 damage area splash with 100 pierce(?). 60 second cooldown |
Star Boost[]
Charlie will receive the following permanent boosts as he levels up:
- 2 stars - Base attack blast radius increased by 2
- 4 stars - Base attack speed increased by 0.1
- 6 stars - Base range increased by 5
- 8 stars - Base attack blast radius increased by 2
- 9 stars - Base attack speed increased by 0.1
- 10 stars - All attacks can pop black and zebra bloons
Strategy[]
C4 Charlie is the Bomb Shooter equivalent for Bloons Adventure Time TD, throwing a simple explosive attack that damages multiple bloons and is resisted by Black Bloons, Ghost Bloons, and DDTs. He also serves as a Mortar Monkey analogy to a small extent as Mortar upgrades can be seen on this monkey as well, such as Burny Stuff, which lets him pop Ghost bloons, and Signal Flare.
C4 Charlie is great early game as he is the only guaranteed source of consistently decamoing DDTs the player can acquire for free, outside of using powers. His MOAB Mauler also deals decent damage against MOABS. He however ends up falling off in the lategame as his DPS does not keep up with other towers despite his MOAB Maulers. Oddly enough, he actually does more MOAB DPS with his frags with the Double Bomb path if he has Engineers Blueprints equipped. Note that frags do not benefit from pierce and non-specific bonus damage. For MOAB DPS, the best way of using him ends up becoming selling and rebuying him so the player can spam the MOAB Assassin ability, in such a case, Soul Stone is recommended so that one less upgrade must be purchased, letting the player buy and resell him faster.
An alternative build for C4 Charlie that stays viable throughout all parts of the game is an eco-focused build that takes advantage of an unexpected interaction with his explosions and King of Ooo's Scepter. When his explosions coat a bloon in gold, it results in him instead adding 50 cash for the player. Like all eco builds, Banana Replicator and attack speed trinkets and weapon is recommended. This means that if extra range is needed for an eco character, he can be useful for reaching across multiple lanes, although at the cost of trinket slots that could contribute MOAB DPS. This income build is best used in No Allies Martian Games so that the player can afford the necessary upgrades for their towers as soon as possible.
Note that with Time Bomb, a pre-level 10 C4 Charlie can infinitely stall a Ghost Bloon with the Bloon Impact upgrade and enough attack speed, much in the same way Purple Bloon Farming is performed.
Quotes[]
When placed:
- "Things are about to go BOOM!"
- "Bombs away!"
- "The fuse has been lit!"
- "Hey, Sai! Can I get some of those Flash Bombs?" (when you place Sai the Shadow)
- "Hey, phoney! You're gonna get blown up!" (when placed in Cursed Mirrors)
When selected:
- "Ha!"
- "Watch out!"
- "Ready to blow!"
- "Ooh! Ooh!"
- "Ahh! Don't touch that!"
- "Can't you see I'm holding a bomb?" (when annoyed)
When upgraded:
- "Bigger! Bigger!"
- "This is the bomb!"
- "What a BLAST!"
When activating ability:
- "FIIIIIIREE! HAHA!" (MOAB Assassin)
- "Can't hide from me!" (Signal Flare)
When a MOAB Class Bloon appears:
- "Woooh! That guy would make the best explosion!"
When a MOAB Class Bloon pops:
- "BOOM! This is my favorite part!"
When a bloon leaks:
- "We're getting blown up here!"
Gallery[]
Character Profile and Levelling Up[]
Upgrades[]
Weapons[]
Trivia[]
- If the player waits on the character screen, C4 Charlie will either briefly move the bomb closer to the camera or he will juggle the bomb.
- Most of C4 Charlie's upgrades derive from the Bomb Shooter and Mortar Monkey upgrades.
- For Bomb Shooter, Frag Bombs, Cluster Bombs (Bouncing Bombs and Double Bomb), Bigger Bombs, Bloon Impact, Extra Range (Long Range Bombs), MOAB Mauler, and MOAB Assassin.
- For Mortar Monkey, Rapid Reload (Attack Speed), Burny Stuff, and Signal Flare.
- His "Attack Speed" upgrade could have been called "Rapid Reload" to match the name of Mortar Monkey's speed increasing upgrade rather than bearing a generic stat name for an upgrade.
- The "phoney" he is referring to is the shadowy version of himself, since Finn mentioned in the Cursed Mirrors intro that the real one is inside the dome-shaped chamber at the center of the map.
- He shares a name with Charlie, one of Jake and Lady Rainicorn's five children from the main Adventure Time series.
- He is one of two towers that uses a bomb as its weapon, the other being Captain Cassie.
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