Damage Types

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Sample of towers with a variety of different damage types

Damage Type is the type of damage a certain attack inflicts. There are 10 different types of non-passive damage type: Normal, Acid, Sharp, Explosion, Cold, Glacier, Shatter, Energy, Plasma, and Fire. Certain damage types can be granted lead-popping or camo detection, but all types can affect a different set of bloon types between: Black, White, Purple, Lead, and Frozen.

Quick Reference[edit | edit source]

Type	Normal	Black	White	Lead	Purple	Frozen	Shorthand
Normal	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	All
Acid	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	All
Fire	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Not Purple
Plasma	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Not Purple
Explosion	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not Black
Shatter	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Not Lead
Glacier	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Not White or Lead
Energy	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Not Purple or Lead
Sharp	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not Lead or Frozen
Cold	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Black and Purple
Passive	No	No	No	No	No	No	None

Key[edit | edit source]

Main Damage Types: The following are arranged in order of priority from "strongest" to "weakest". Stronger types are prioritized over weaker types, specifically when crosspathed or buffed by other towers.

Normal (Black, White, Lead, Purple, Frozen)
Acid (Black, White, Lead, Purple, Frozen)
Fire (Black, White, Lead, Frozen)
Plasma (Black, White, Lead, Frozen)
Explosion (White, Lead, Purple, Frozen)
Shatter (Black, White, Purple, Frozen)
Glacier (Black, Purple, Frozen)
Energy (Black, White, Frozen)
Sharp (Black, White, Purple)
Cold (Black, Purple)
Passive (does not attack)

Popping

Black
White
Lead
Purple
Frozen
Camo

Type of Attack

Attack Style
- Single projectile
- Area of Effect (AoE)
- (X) Spray
  - (X) Orbital Spray
  - (X) Straight Spray
  - (X) Angular Spray
    - Shrapnel
  - (X) Shotgun Spray
- Impact
- On-Track
  - Spike Pile
- Laserbeam
- Target Bloon(s)
  - Target Blimp(s)
- Whole Screen
- Contact Damage
- Deploy Sub-Tower
- Burst
- Multiple Targeting
- Other
Attack Behavior
- Straight Movement
- Curved Movement
- Lobbed Throw
- Lightning Behavior
- Aggressive Homing
- Moderate Homing
- Weak Homing
- Erratic Movement
- Spawn On-Map
- Instakill Bloon(s)
  - Instakill Blimp(s)
- Extra Damage
  - Extra Damage to Ceramics
  - Extra Damage to Blimps
  - Extra Damage to Fortified
  - Extra Damage to Leads
  - Extra Damage to Camos
  - Extra Damage to Stunned Bloons
- Involves pure RNG
- Targets Tower(s)

Status Effects

On-Bloon Effects
- Burn (bloons)
  - Burn (blimps)
- Acid
- Standard Glue
  - Corrosive Glue
  - Dissolver Glue
  - Liquefying Glue
  - Solver Glue
- Freeze (bloons)
  - Freeze (blimps)
- Stun (bloons)
  - Stun (blimps)
- Radioactive
- Grow-Blocked
- Debuff
- Concoction
- Sticky Bomb
- Laser Shock
- Icicles
- Lead To Gold
- Rubber To Gold
- Other
Property-Stripping
- Decamo
- Degrow
- Defortify (bloons)
- Defortify (blimps)
Slowdown and Knockback
- Slowdown
  - Sabotage
- Knockback
  - Press
  - Shove
- Blowback
- Other

Towers and Upgrades[edit | edit source]

Below is a list of damage types, special popping powers, attack style, attack behavior, and status effects applied to each attack. The only major statistic measured is damage to bloons, and this does not take into account extra attack speed, pierce, or range (see the Advanced Popology series for specific additional statistics of each upgrade in list form). The list of each towers' damage statistics are shown below:

Note: This does not include specific descriptions of Tower Buffs or Income Generation, and will only merely mention their types of attack; please see their respective pages for a more specific guide on their respective mechanics. An attack is defined as a "tower's act of taking an effort to do something". If there is a noteworthy special crosspath interaction that is worthy to mention (more specifically: those that cause changes in damage type, projectile count, damage per projectile, status effects) it will be mentioned as a special case. For the sake of semi-completeness, any "attack" counts for the table.

Any attack that deals damage directly or indirectly is considered an attack, and excludes purely income attacks, with exception of purely income-based abilities, and Farm and Monkeyopolis bananas/crates. Explanations are listed below.
Passive buffs such as Village buffs, Carrier Flagship buffs, and Sub Commander buffs will be mentioned, although not mentioned in specific detail. All of them will be the Passive damage type. Assume passive buffs are only within range unless stated otherwise.
Efforted buffs (i.e. Alch buffs and Overclock/Ultraboost buffs) count as "attacks", but again addressed in very minimal detail. Like passive buffs, all efforted buffs will be the Passive damage type. Assume efforted buffs are only within range unless stated otherwise. Self-buffs are not considered an attack unless it affects more than itself.
Some but not all methods of specific income generation such as Farm bananas are considered "attacks" because they are actively done by the tower itself. All specifically money-generating abilities such as Jungle's Bounty, Supply Drop, and IMF Loan are all considered attacks, albeit passive ones, because they all take user-inputted effort to start the "attack". Auto-income generation methods such as end-of-round income (e.g. Merchantman, Monkey Wall Street) do not count, however, because they are not integrated into abilities. However, Trade Empire passive buff still counts, only because it possesses the Merchantmen damage buff, but the Central Market global passive buff does not because it's purely income-based.

Please see the other tables to look for buffs or income generation. Additionally, assume the listed upgrades do not take into account crosspathing or sacrifices; please see their respective upgrade pages for information about special crosspathing benefits.

Primary Monkeys[edit | edit source]

Dart Monkey[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Dart Monkey	None
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Sharp Shots	Razor Sharp Shots	Spike-O-Pult	Juggernaut	Ultra-Juggernaut Large Ball: Juggernaut 6x
Quick Shots	Very Quick Shots	Triple Shot 3x	Super Monkey Fan Club Main: 3x Super: Fanclub:	Plasma Monkey Fan Club Main: 3x Super: Fanclub:
Long Range Darts	Enhanced Eyesight	Crossbow	Sharp Shooter Dart: Crit:	Crossbow Master Crit:

Boomerang Monkey[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Boomerang Monkey	0-5-2 Perma Charge Gains +4 damage increase instead of +1 damage	2-0-4 MOAB Press and 2-0-5 MOAB Domination Knockback Kylie knocks back 3 units per hit instead of 2	5-0-2 Glaive Lord Deals +1 damage for the orbital glaive
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Improved Rangs	Glaives	Glaive Ricochet	M.O.A.R. Glaives	Glaive Lord Boomerang: Orbital Glaive:
Faster Throwing	Faster Rangs	Bionic Boomerang	Turbo Charge Non-Ability: Ability:	Perma Charge Non-Ability: Ability:
Long Range Rangs	Red Hot Rangs	Kylie Boomerang	MOAB Press Kylie: Knockback Kylie:	MOAB Domination Kylie: Knockback Kylie: Explosion:

Bomb Shooter[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Bomb Shooter	4-2-0 Bloon Impact Frags now deal 2 damage per fragment but do not stun	5-2-0 Bloon Crush Frags now deal 12 damage per fragment but do not stun
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Bigger Bombs	Heavy Bombs	Really Big Bombs	Bloon Impact	Bloon Crush
Faster Reload	Missile Launcher	MOAB Mauler	MOAB Assassin Explosion: Assassin:	MOAB Eliminator Explosion: Assassin:
Extra Range	Frag Bombs Explosion: Fragments: 8x	Cluster Bombs 1° Bomb: 2° Bombs: 8x	Recursive Cluster 1° Bomb: 2° Bombs: 8x 3° Bombs: 8x	Bomb Blitz 1° Bomb: 2° Bombs: 8x 3° Bombs: 8x Passive:

Tack Shooter[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Tack Shooter 8x	4-0-x and 5-0-x Tack Shooter Both Path 3 upgrades add +1 damage respectively instead of extra projectiles
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Faster Shooting 8x	Even Faster Shooting 8x	Hot Shots 8x	Ring of Fire	Inferno Ring Ring: Meteor: Meteor Explosion:
Long Range Tacks 8x	Super Range Tacks 8x	Blade Shooter 8x	Blade Maelstrom Main: 8x Ability: 2x	Super Maelstrom Main: 8x Ability: 4x
More Tacks 10x	Even More Tacks 12x	Tack Sprayer 16x	Overdrive 16x	The Tack Zone 32x

Ice Monkey[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Ice Monkey	1-4-0 Snowstorm and 1-5-0 Absolute Zero Permafrost effects can be inflicted by the ability
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Permafrost	Metal Freeze	Ice Shards Freeze: Shards: 3x	Embrittlement Freeze: Shards: 3x	Super Brittle Freeze: Shards: 3x
Enhanced Freeze	Deep Freeze	Arctic Wind	Snowstorm Blast: Storm:*	Absolute Zero Blast: Storm: Storm buff:
Larger Radius	Re-Freeze	Cryo Cannon	Icicles Blast: Icicles:	Icicle Impale Blast: Icicles:

Glue Gunner[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Glue Gunner	2-0-5 Super Glue Super Glue damage-over-time becomes 1 damage every 2.0s instead of 1 damage every 2.3s	2-x-x Glue Glue effects last half as long on MOAB-class bloons regardless of which upgrades are bought
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Glue Soak	Corrosive Glue	Bloon Dissolver	Bloon Liquefier	The Bloon Solver 2x
Bigger Globs	Glue Splatter	Glue Hose	Glue Strike Gun: Strike:	Glue Storm Gun: Strike:
Stickier Glue	Stronger Glue	MOAB Glue	Relentless Glue Gun: Track Blobs:	Super Glue Gun: Track Blobs:

Military Monkeys[edit | edit source]

Sniper Monkey[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Sniper Monkey	1-2-0 Sniper Purchasing Full Metal Jacket converts shrapnel damage type from sharp to normal	2-2-0 Sniper Damage of shrapnel is increases to 2	3-2-0 Sniper Damage of shrapnel is increases 3	4-2-0 Sniper Damage of shrapnel is increases 6
Sniper Monkey	5-2-0 Sniper Damage of shrapnel is increases 12	4-2-0 Maim MOAB and 5-2-0 Cripple MOAB Shrapnel can stun and/or debuff MOAB-class bloons	0-2-4 Full Auto Rifle, x-4-x Supply Drop, and their higher upgrades Only the bullet gains normal type; shrapnel remains sharp type
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Full Metal Jacket	Large Calibre	Deadly Precision	Maim MOAB	Cripple MOAB
Night Vision Goggles	Shrapnel Shot Bullet: Shrapnel:	Bouncing Bullet Bullet: Shrapnel:	Supply Drop Bullet: Shrapnel: Crate:	Elite Sniper Bullet: Shrapnel: Crate: Sniper Buff:
Fast Firing	Even Faster Firing	Semi-Automatic	Full Auto Rifle	Elite Defender

Monkey Sub[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Monkey Sub	4-2-0 Reactor and 5-2-0 Energizer Deals +1 damage to Lead while submerged	2-3-0 Ballistic Missile Missiles gain global range instead of limited range. Unless given camo detection, the missiles can't hit camo at all, even if another tower within an area of the map has camo.
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Longer Range	Advanced Intel	Submerge and Support Dart: Submerge:	Bloontonium Reactor Dart: Submerge: Reactor Buff:	Energizer Dart: Submerge: Reactor Buff: Energizer Buff:
Barbed Darts	Heat-Tipped Darts	Ballistic Missile Dart: Missile:	First Strike Capability Dart: Missile: Strike Hit: Strike Explosion:	Pre-Emptive Strike Dart: Missile: Strike Hit: Strike Explosion: Pre-Emptive:
Twin Guns	Airburst Darts Main: Airburst: 3x	Triple Guns Main: Airburst: 3x	Armor Piercing Darts Main: Airburst: 3x	Sub Commander Main: Airburst: 3x Commander Buff:

Monkey Buccaneer[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Monkey Buccaneer 1-2	2-1-0 Boat and 2-2-0 Boat Projectile count for grapes increases by double, for 10 grapes instead of 5.
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Faster Shooting 1-2	Double Shot 2x 1-2	Destroyer 2x 1-2	Aircraft Carrier In addition to Destroyer: Ace Front Darts: 2x 3 Ace Radial Darts: 8x 3 Missiles: 3x	Carrier Flagship In addition to Destroyer: Same except Ace Front Darts: 3 Ace Radial Darts: 8x 3 Missiles: 3 Carrier Buff:
Grape Shot Dart: 1-2 Grapes: 5x 1-2	Hot Shot Dart: 1-2 Grape: 5x 1-2	Cannon Ship Dart: 1-2 Grape: 5x 1-2 Bomb: 1-2 Fragments: 8x	Monkey Pirates Everything from Hot Shot plus: Bomb: 3x 1-2 Fragments: 8x Hook:	Pirate Lord Everything from Hot Shot plus: Bomb: 3x 1-2 Fragments: 8x Hook: 3x
Long Range 1-2	Crow's Nest 1-2	Merchantman 1-2	Favored Trades 1-2	Trade Empire 1-2 Trade Strength:

Monkey Ace[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Monkey Ace 8x	2-0-4 Spectre and 2-0-5 Flying Fortress Does not gain extra projectiles with Lots More Darts; instead, gains +25% pierce for the dart attacks.
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Rapid Fire 8x	Lots More Darts 12x	Fighter Plane Darts: 12x Missiles: 2x	Operation: Dart Storm Darts: 16x Missiles: 2x	Sky Shredder 32x Missiles: 2x
Exploding Pineapple Darts: 8x Pineapples:	Spy Plane Darts: 8x Pineapples:	Bomber Ace Darts: 8x Bombs: 4x	Ground Zero Darts: 8x Bombs: 4x Nuke:	Tsar Bomba Darts: 8x Bombs: 4x Nuke:
Sharper Darts 8x	Centered Path 8x	Neva-Miss Targeting 8x	Spectre Dart: Shell:	Flying Fortress Dart: 3x Shell: 3x

Heli Pilot[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Heli Pilot 2x	0-1-3 MOAB Shove Shove effects are greater (-33% --> -44% for MOABs, 0% --> -11% for BFBs, and 33% --> 22% for ZOMGs)	1-0-4 Comanche Defense and above Adds +2 dart projectiles to each mini-Comanche
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Quad Darts 4x	Pursuit 4x	Razor Rotors Darts: 4x Rotor:	Apache Dartship Darts: 4x Rotor: Machine Gun: Missile: 4x	Apache Prime Lasers: 4x Rotor: Machine Gun: Missile: 4x
Bigger Jets 2x	IFR 2x	Downdraft Darts: 2x Downdraft:*	Support Chinook Everything from Downdraft plus: Pickup: Crates:	Special Poperations Everything from Support Chinook plus: Place Marine: Marine:
Faster Darts 2x	Faster Firing 2x	MOAB Shove Darts: 2x Shove:*	Comanche Defense Base Darts: 2x Shove:* Mini-Darts 3x 1-3 Mini-Missiles: 1x 1-3	Comanche Commander Base Darts: 2x Shove:* Mini-Darts 3x3 Mini-Missiles: 3x3

Mortar Monkey[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Mortar Monkey	3-0-2 Shell Shock Burny Stuff damage increased damage to 2 damage every 1.5s	4-0-2 The Big One Burny Stuff damage increased damage to 3 damage every 1.5s	5-0-2 The Biggest One Burny Stuff damage increased damage to 25 damage every 1.5s
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Bigger Blast	Bloon Buster	Shell Shock Main Explosion: Shockwave:	The Big One Main Explosion: Shockwave:	The Biggest One Main Explosion: Shockwave:
Faster Reload	Rapid Reload	Heavy Shells	Artillery Battery	Pop and Awe Main: Ability:
Increased Accuracy	Burny Stuff	Signal Flare	Shattering Shells	Blooncineration Explosion: Firewall:

Dartling Gunner[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Dartling Gunner
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Focused Firing	Laser Shock	Laser Cannon	Plasma Accelerator Laserbeam: Point:	Ray of Doom
Advanced Targeting	Faster Barrel Spin	Hydra Rocket Pods Missile: Explosions: 3	Rocket Storm Main Missiles: Main Explosions: 4 Rocket Storm: 19x9	M.A.D Main Missiles: Main Explosions: 4 Rocket Storm: 19x9
Faster Swivel	Powerful Darts	Buckshot 6x	Bloon Area Denial System 6x	Bloon Exclusion Zone 12x

Magic Monkeys[edit | edit source]

Wizard Monkey[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Wizard Monkey
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Guided Magic	Arcane Blast	Arcane Mastery	Arcane Spike	Archmage Bolt: Breath: Shimmer:
Fireball Bolt: Fireball (Projectile): Fireball (Explosion):	Wall of Fire Everything from Fireball plus... Firewall:	Dragon's Breath Everything from Wall of Fire plus...	Summon Phoenix Everything from Dragon's Breath plus... Summoning: Phoenix:	Wizard Lord Phoenix Everything from Dragon's Breath plus... Main Phoenix: Wizard Lord Phoenix (flame): Wizard Lord Phoenix (meteors): 8x
Intense Magic	Monkey Sense	Shimmer Bolt: Shimmer:	Necromancer: Unpopped Army Everything from Shimmer plus... Undead Bloons:	Prince of Darkness Everything from Necromancer: Unpopped Army plus... Undead MOAB: Undead MOAB: Necro Buff:

Super Monkey[edit | edit source]

Tower	Noteworthy Crosspathing Interaction(s)
Super Monkey
Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5
Laser Blasts	Plasma Blasts	Sun Avatar 3x	Sun Temple*	True Sun God*
Super Range	Epic Range

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