Echosense Network

Echosense Network
General Information
Game	Bloons TD 6
Tower	Mermonkey
Unlocked at	670 XP
Cost	$325 (Easy) $380 (Medium) $410 (Hard) $455 (Impoppable)
Activated Ability	N/A
Targeting Options	First, Last, Close, Strong
Camo Detection	Yes
Popology
Damage Type(s)
Trident: Normal Camo affected Single Projectile Straight Attack Weak Seeking Stab: Shatter Burst 2x Area of Effect Impact Extra Damage For specific details, refer to #Attack Interactions
Statistics
Damage	0 (Trident projectile) 2 (Trident stab)
Pierce	2 (Trident projectile, creates stab per unit pierce) 3 (Trident stab, impact)
Attack Speed	Moderate (every 1.2s, e.a.u.)
Range	28*(1+0.06*M) (M is the number of Echosense Network Mermonkeys) (land-placed Mermonkey, e.a.u.) 35*(1+0.06*M) (M is the number of Echosense Network Mermonkeys) (water-placed Mermonkey, e.a.u.)
Status Effects	N/A
Tower Boosts	Echosense Network (+6% range, including itself, stacking up to 5 times at +30% range)
Income/Life Boosts	N/A
Path Upgrades
← Previous	Echosense Precision
← Previous	Echosense Precision
Current	Echosense Network
Current	Echosense Network
Next →	Alluring Melody
Next →	Alluring Melody
Path Info
Path	3
Path	3
Upgrade Tier	2
Upgrade Tier	2
[Source]

“	Increases range for all Echosense Mermonkeys. Stacks up to 5 times.	”
	~ In-game description

Echosense Network is the second upgrade of Path 3 for the Mermonkey in Bloons TD 6. It increases range of all Mermonkeys with this upgrade by +6% range, including itself, stacking up to 5 times at +30% range. For 1 Echosense Network, range increases from 28 to 29.68, or 35 to 37.1 if placed on water. At max, the range from 5 Echosense Networks increases to 36.4 on land and 45.5 on water.

This upgrade costs $325 on Easy, $380 on Medium, $410 on Hard, and $455 on Impoppable.

Description

Overview

Placeholder description

Echosense Network adds pink swirls around the trident's base and shelled fork. The Mermonkey's horns also have two ends each.

All Mermonkeys with Echosense Network, including itself, gain +6% range, stacking up to 5 times at +30% range.

Targeting Priorities

Echosense Network targets bloons using the standard targeting priorities. Its trident attack shoots straight movement projectiles.

• First: Targets the first bloon visible within its range.
• Last: Targets the last bloon visible within its range.
• Close: Targets the closest bloon visible within its range.
• Strong: Targets the strongest bloon visible within its range.

The Echosense Network buff targets only x-x-2+ Mermonkeys across the whole screen.

Although it already comes with Echosense Precision, which grants camo detection to the Mermonkey, it does not add the Camo Prioritization targeting option.

Full Popology

Statistics

Updated as of Version 44.0

Base stats

• Trident:
  • Projectile, shatter type, Camo detection, 29.68 (1 Networking buff inclusive) range (37.1 (1 Networking buff inclusive) range if placed on water), 1.2s attack cooldown, 2 pierce. Upon hitting a bloon, generate Stab.
• Stab:
  • Burst, shatter type, Camo detection, 2 damage, 3 impacts.
• Echosense Network Buff:
  • Whole screen, passive type, grants all x-x-2 Mermonkeys including self with +6% range, max of 5 stacks (which gives a total of +30% range).

Crosspathing interactions

• 1-0-2: Trident cooldown reduced to 1.02s.
• 2-0-2: Trident cooldown reduced to 0.804s.
• 0-1-2: Impacts of Stab increased from 3 to 6.
• 0-2-2: Projectile size of Trident increased from 6 to 9, freezes up to 4 layers of bloons for 0.5s.
• 0-3-2 Base non-water range increased from 28 to 35, for between 37.1-45.5 with Echosense Networking buff.

Monkey Knowledge interactions

• Monkey Education: All Monkeys XP earn rate increased by 8%.
• Better Sell Deals: All Monkeys sell for 5% more. Increases sell potency from 70% to 75%.
• Veteran Monkey Training: All Monkeys reload time reduced by 3%.

Attack Interactions

See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Magic

Updated as of Version 44.0

Base attack(s)

• Trident:
  • Normal
  • Camo affected
  • Single Projectile
  • Straight Attack
  • Weak Seeking
• Stab:
  • Shatter
  • Burst 2x
  • Area of Effect
  • Impact
  • Extra Damage

Costs

Updated as of Version 44.0. Listed prices exclude external buffs, any sacrifices, and Monkey Knowledge.

[Module | Data]	Purchase				Sell
Costs	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
Upgrade (X-X-2)	$325	$380	$410	$455	-
Total (0-0-2)	$705	$830	$895	$995	$494	$581	$627	$697
Crosspath (1-0-2)	$915	$1,080	$1,165	$1,295	$641	$756	$816	$907
Crosspath (2-0-2)	$1,170	$1,380	$1,490	$1,655	$819	$966	$1,043	$1,159
Crosspath (0-1-2)	$960	$1,130	$1,220	$1,355	$672	$791	$854	$949
Crosspath (0-2-2)	$1,300	$1,530	$1,650	$1,835	$910	$1,071	$1,155	$1,285

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: Better Sell Deals

Strategy

Summary

Echosense gives a tiny amount of range at first, but if given a group of Echosense Networking Mermonkeys, the bonus ranges are pretty large. In some cases, a tiny bit of extra range helps squeeze in just a little more coverage, such as aiming inside the craters of Moon Landing.

Tips

• For a base Mermonkey, a single Echosense Networking gives +1.68 range, or +2.1 range if on water.

Gallery

Range comparison from Echosense Precision to Echosense Network (x1 x-x-2)

Echosense range buff comparison with multiple x-x-2 placed

Crosspathing (Top: Path 1, Bottom: Path 2)

Enough XP to unlock Echosense Network

Official artwork

Upgrade portrait

Upgrade icon

Instamonkey icon

Trivia

• Echosense Network takes inspiration from the Academic Network upgrade of the Monkey Academy, an unreleased Support Monkey whose entire concept acts as the equivalent to the Primary Expertise but for the Military, Magic, Support, and Hero classes.