Distraction (BTDB2)

BTD5

BTD6

BTDB2

“	Some bloons will become distracted and move backwards.	”
	~ BTDB2 description

1-1-0 Distraction Ninja distracting Reds popped from Blues

Distraction is the first upgrade of Path 2 for the Ninja Monkey in Bloons TD Battles 2. Every attack from shurikens, Caltrops, and Flash Bombs will now have a 25% chance to apply blowback onto non-MOAB class bloons. Bloons blown away this way move 100-250 units backwards from their original location. Unlike its BTD6 counterpart, Distraction can affect bloons regardless if the attacks can damage them or not.

If crosspathed with Grandmaster Ninja, shots can distract MOABs and BFBs by 60-100 units with 50% chance, and 100% chance for Ceramic and below.

It costs $200.

Strategy

Summary

Sends bloons backwards with a chance, giving a little more time to deal with bloons.

Tips

• If the majority of Bloons are Reds, this upgrade is useless. Use when Blues and above are present.

Version History

Initial release (compared to BTD6 Version 28.0)

• Distraction can now distract any non-blimp bloon, regardless if that bloon can be damaged or not
• Distraction can now apply to caltrops and flash bombs

???

• Distraction cost decreased ($350 -> $300)

1.7.0

• Gains Camo Prioritization.

3.1

• Distraction price decreased ($250 -> $200)
  • Overall price decrease is $100, due to base Ninja buff.
• x1x Distraction: projectiles have a 15% -> 25% chance of distracting bloons. Distracted bloons are sent back between 10 and 300 -> between 100 and 250 units.

“	Ninja Monkey is a little bit lacking in early game popping power, only being effectively utilised when paired with another tower like an Alchemist. We have made some price cuts and improvements so that its early and unused upgrades are slightly better.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

3.2

• Distraction now increases 5-1-0 Grandmaster Ninja distraction chance increased from 25% to 100%
• Distraction now lets 5-1-0 Grandmaster Ninja distract MOABs (but not BFBs and above) between 45-75 at 15% chance.

“	[...] For 5xx Grandmaster Ninja, we’ve made 2 interesting crosspath changes. The middle path was never used as the preferred crosspath due to the distraction not being very relevant, so it has been greatly improved for 5xx by now including MOABs. [...]	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

3.2.4

• Distraction effect on 5-1-0 Grandmaster now also affects BFBs at 50% chance and 60-100 distance
• Distraction effect on 5-1-0 Grandmaster chance versus blue MOABs increased from 15% to 50%
• Distraction effect on 5-1-0 Grandmaster chance versus blue MOABs increased from 45-75 to 60-100

“	Ninja Monkey’s Flash Bomb and Counter Espionage upgrades have never been commonly used upgrades. By buffing the combination of them, we hope to open up a new use case for these upgrades and Ninja as a whole, a somewhat reliable decamo option. As for Grandmaster Ninja, we liked giving the crosspaths much more utility in the previous update, however it needs some adjusting - Caltrops was a little bit too powerful and Distraction could not compete.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

3.3

• Distraction pierce increased from 2 to 3

“	We have increased Ninja’s early-game potential since it stood out as a tower with relatively low DPS in the early game, always depending on another tower to deal the damage or to buff it. [...]	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi