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The Dart Monkey is the most basic unit of Bloons TD Battles 2, throwing darts that pop the bloons. It can be upgraded to fit a variety of upgrades designed for early-game popping power or powerful upgrades with specific niches.

The aim of this article is a general guide for using the Dart Monkey. It summarizes how to effectively use Dart Monkey without going into too much intricate detail about meta strategy.

Base Tower[]

Cost: $200
Unlock: Default

The base Dart Monkey throws darts at a moderate speed, each dart popping up to 2 bloons. It is the cheapest base tower in the game, making them a versatile unit for popping bloons for a low cost.

Upgrades[]

Sharp Shots[]

Cost: $100
Path: 1
Tier: 1
Unlock: Default

Each dart pops up to 1 more bloon, popping up to 3 bloons by default. It is a cheap upgrade that increases pierce.

Razor Sharp Shots[]

Cost: $250
Path: 1
Tier: 2
Unlock: Default

Each dart pops up to 3 more bloons, popping up to 6 bloons by default. A fairly cheap upgrade that maximizes pierce.

Spike-o-pult[]

Cost: $300
Path: 1
Tier: 3
Unlock: Default

Spike-o-pult replaces darts with slow-firing spiked balls that pop many bloons per shot. It should target along straight lines so that it can maximize its pierce and compensate for its slow attack speed. These spiked balls also pop Frozen Bloons, allowing a positive synergy with Ice Monkeys.

Juggernaut[]

Cost: $1,800
Path: 1
Tier: 4
Unlock: Default

Juggernaut attacks faster, increases the size of the spiked balls, increases projectile speed and pierce of each spiked ball, allows popping of Lead Bloons, and deals extra damage to all visible bloon types including Ceramics. It becomes much more reliable against groups of bloons.

Ultra-Juggernaut[]

Cost: $13,500
Path: 1
Tier: 5
Unlock: 1500 (T5 unlocks)

Ultra-Juggernaut shoots much stronger juggernauts that split into 6 normal juggernauts, in addition to massive damage to all bloon types especially Ceramics, Leads, and Fortified. All juggernauts can rehit bloons if they bounce off walls, so make use of walls for maximium damage potential.

Quick Shots[]

Cost: $100
Path: 2
Tier: 1
Unlock: Default

Dart Monkeys with the Quick Shot upgrade attack about +11% faster. An appreciable attack speed increase that helps it make attacks quicker.

Very Quick Shots[]

Cost: $150
Path: 2
Tier: 2
Unlock: Default

Dart Monkeys with the Very Quick Shots upgrade attack 50% faster than the base Dart Monkey. An appreciable attack speed increase that helps it make attacks quicker.

Triple Shot[]

Cost: $300
Path: 2
Tier: 3
Unlock: Default

Triple Shot allows the Dart Monkey to shoot three darts at once. In effect, it is better along curves and for hitting a variety of different bloon formations for cheap. It can be used for hitting grouped and spaced bloons.

Super Monkey Fan Club[]

Cost: $8,000
Path: 2
Tier: 4
Unlock: Default

Super Monkey Fan Club gains its eponymous special ability, which when activated transforms itself and the nearest 9 Dart Monkeys into powerful Super Monkeys. Each transformed Super Monkey inherits many of the its own internal upgrades. The Super Monkey Fan Club ability is an appreciable source of high DPS, although quite expensive.

Plasma Monkey Fan Club[]

Cost: $45,000
Path: 2
Tier: 5
Unlock: 1500 (T5 unlocks)

Plasma Monkey Fan Club upgrades its special ability to transform itself and 19 other Dart Monkeys into powerful Plasma Monkeys. These are equivalent to higher-damage Plasma Blasts Super Monkeys that attack much quicker. It is the most powerful aspect of the Dart Monkey during the late-game, and synergizes well with external benefits.

Long Range Darts[]

Cost: $90
Path: 3
Tier: 1
Unlock: Default

Dart Monkeys gain increased range with the Long Range Darts upgrade. If the Dart Monkey needs to shoot a bit further, this is the upgrade to get. It is the cheapest upgrade in the game, although with only a marginal benefit compared to the Dart Monkey's other cost-effective upgrades.

Enhanced Eyesight[]

Cost: $200
Path: 3
Tier: 2
Unlock: Default

Enhanced Eyesight allows the Dart Monkey to see Camo Bloons and gain even more range. It is a very cheap form of camo detection, among the cheapest in the game. It gives an optimal range bonus for most Dart Monkeys.

Crossbow[]

Cost: $475
Path: 3
Tier: 3
Unlock: Default

Crossbow shoots bolts that deal 3 damage and pop up to 6 bloons each. It becomes stronger against multi-layered bloons, each shot penetrating multiple layers and piercing more bloons. Let it target along straight lines to make use of its higher pierce.

Sharp Shooter[]

Cost: $2,000
Path: 3
Tier: 4
Unlock: Default

Sharp Shooter attacks slightly faster, deals 6 damage per shot, and inflicts critical hits every 8 shots, dealing 50 damage on affected targets. Make use of the higher damage arrows to reduce the dangerousness of higher-HP targets.

Crossbow Master[]

Cost: $25,000
Path: 3
Tier: 5
Unlock: 1500 (T5 unlocks)

Crossbow Master attacks significantly faster, in addition to much more damage, more pierce, more range, and greatly increasing frequency of crits. It serves as a moderately inexpensive high-DPS tower that can take care of various early late-game rushes.

General Strategy[]

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To optimize the Dart Monkey, the Dart Monkey should be used primarily to ease the early-game. Many of its upgrades supplement in that role for various purposes, especially up to its Tier 3 upgrades. Its higher-tier upgrades are more powerful, fulfilling roles that certain defenses may not be capable alone.

Each of its upgrades can be utilized for great effect. Tier 3 upgrades assist with popping early-game bloons in specific map formations; Spike-o-pult for maximized pierce along straight lines, Triple Shot for general popping power along curved and straight lines, and Crossbow for higher-tier bloon popping power along straight lines. Its Tier 4 upgrades each fill specialized roles that distinctly determine their use cases, with Juggernaut fulfilling general grouped damage and lead-popping, Super Monkey Fan Club dealing rapid general damage, and Sharp Shooter specializing in supportative damage. Its Tier 5 upgrades may be useful if late-game is prominent, particularly Plasma Monkey Fan Club.