Cross the Streams

Cross the Streams
Where Plasma or Doom beams cross on the track they create temporary plasma pools.
Where Plasma or Doom beams cross on the track they create temporary plasma pools.
General Information
Class	Military
Prerequisite	8 Knowledge Points Gorgon Storm 250
Version	22.0
Tree Knowledge
← Previous	Gorgon Storm
← Previous	Gorgon Storm
Current	Cross the Streams
Current	Cross the Streams

“	Where Plasma or Doom beams cross on the track they create temporary plasma pools.	”
	~ In-game description

Cross the Streams is an upgrade in the Military Monkey Knowledge tree, added in Version 22.0. It allows two or more intersecting Plasma Accelerators or Rays of Doom to create temporary plasma pools. It requires eight military knowledge points invested, Gorgon Storm, and a one-time purchase of 250.

Plasma pools are spawned roughly once every 1.0s contact, and act similarly to Acid Pool puddles. These plasma pools can pop up to 8 bloons, alongside a plasma status effect to the bloon for 2.0s with 3 damage every 1.0s. They can pop camo bloons even if neither Plasma Accelerators can detect camo themselves.

Strategy

Summary

A small addition to Plasma Accelerator, adding extra popping power and having the option to affecting Purple Bloons and Camo Bloons without support.

Tips

• The addition of these plasma puddles help produce more overall damage when it comes to spamming Plasma Accelerators.
• Plasma pools can pop Purple Bloons, including Camo Purples, making these new attacks quite useful if planning on primarily spamming Plasma Accelerators and not wanting to buy Monkey Intelligence Bureau.
• Spamming Plasma Accelerators while this MK is on may contribute to a significant amount of lag.

Version History

22.0

• Added Cross the Streams

23.0

• [Bug Fix] 4xx Plasma Accelerator no longer creates Plasma Pools when beams are obstructed but would be crossing streams if they were not

44.0

“	Cross the Streams is a fun mechanic but largely forgotten about, so we want to see how it plays with more of a power bump.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi, referring to Juggernaut

• Cross the Streams MK pierce increased from 5 to 8
• Cross the Streams MK damage increased from 1 to 3

Bugs

Patched

• [22.0] There was a bug where plasma pools could be created even if both Plasma Accelerators (and/or Rays of Doom) had their laserbeams blocked by Line of Sight. This is fixed as of Version 23.0.

Gallery

Cross the Streams as seen in the Military Knowledge menu

Bunches of stacked Plasma Pools, plus a Fortified Ceramic affected by the "plasma soaked" status effect

Two intersecting Plasma Accelerators creating Plasma Pools at laserbeam intersection

The "plasma" status effect applying onto affected bloons

Multiple puddles of Plasma Pools

Lots and lots of plasma pools from waving around some Plasma Accelerators

Glitch whereby Plasma Pools are not affected by Line of Sight

Ray of Doom Crossed with a Plasma Accelerator to produce a plasma pool thanks to the Cross the Streams MK

Trivia

• On Superjombombo's pre-release videos, he accidentally leaked the behaviour of Cross the Streams, although he didn't mention about the special plasma pools besides that he apologizes for displaying aspects of the Cross the Streams MK too early. He did not specifically tell that this feature comes from a Monkey Knowledge feature, however.
• This MK point is a reference to Ghostbusters. In Ghostbusters, the term "Cross the Streams" refers to the crossing of two streams coming from two different particle accelerators.
• Damage count from a plasma pool go to the first Dartling placed out of the two.