Dark Champion (BTDB2)

BTD6

BTDB2

“	Champion's dark blades excel at puncturing and ruining all bloon types. Darkshift ability extends mapwide.	”
	~ BTDB2 description

Dark Champion darkshift ability menu

Enough XP to unlock Dark Champion, with sufficient Universal XP

Dark Champion is the 4th upgrade on Path 3 of the Super Monkey in Bloons TD Battles 2. It is a budget version of BTD6 counterpart, although operates more similarly to its pre-buffed counterpart in BTD6 Version 28.0.

The Super Monkey now shoots twice as fast as before, alternating from each arm, firing every 0.0225s by default, and every 0.015s with Plasma Blasts. These improved dark blades deal much more damage to all bloon types, including Lead and Purple, dealing 2 damage, +2 MOAB-class damage, and gaining +2 extra pierce (7 pierce). Additionally, knockback against Leads and Ceramics is -100% speed, like Dark Knight.

Additionally, the Dark Knight's Darkshift ability is improved, allowing the Dark Champion to teleport to anywhere on the map, instead of being limited to only within its own range.

It costs $30,000, and is available after unlocking Super Monkey.

Strategy

Summary

An expensive Super Monkey upgrade whose value shines at defending against DDTs and Fortified DDTs. It requires 2-0-4 to be useful, however, as the double attack speed is literally the only saving grace that secures Dark Champion's viability in Battles 2.

Tips

• Like in BTD6, the 2-0-4 remains the dominant option, offering double attack speed which is much more valuable than the small pierce and range boosts.
• Dark Champion remains very formidable against DDTs, including Fortified DDTs, making it an ideal option against the notorious Round 26+ DDT rushes, if it can be afforded that is. This also includes beyond Round 26, as health and speed ramping goes much higher.

Version History

Initial release (compared to BTD6 during Version 28.0)

• Dark Champion pierce increased (7 -> 9)
• Dark Champion bonus MOAB-class damage increased (+3 -> +5)

1.2

• Dark Champion: $60k->$55k

1.5.0

• No longer requires 47,500 XP to unlock. Players who have unlocked this upgrade before the update will not receive a full refund.

1.7.0

• Gains Camo Prioritization.

3.1

• Dark Champion cost decreased ($55,000 -> $30,000)
  • Overall price decrease is $26,900 due to base Super buffs.
• Dark Champion MOAB-class bonus decreased (+5 -> +2)
• Dark Champion bonus pierce decreased (+4 -> +2)

“	We have made significant adjustments to a lot of Super Monkey’s upgrades, as we feel like Super Monkey is not and has never been properly balanced for this game. While its main strength is its late game and we want to keep it that way, we do not think it should be to the extent where it has almost no use in the early/mid game. Therefore, we are making some pretty big price cuts to the early tiers, while adjusting the tier 3s to balance out these price cuts so that they don’t become too strong. A lot of the higher tiers have either been too expensive or too inefficient to have any practical use in ranked matches, and we want to change that. [...]	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

Gallery

2-4-0 Dark Champion attacking

Dark Champion darkshift menu