Embrittlement (BTDB2)

BTDB2

“	Detects Camo Bloons and all Bloons including MOABs hit become brittle, take extra damage for a short time and losing Camo and Regrow properties permanently.	”
	^{~ BTDB2 description}

Two embrittlements — Two Embrittlements, one 4-1-0 and one 4-0-2

Embrittlement is the 4th upgrade on Path 1 of the Ice Monkey in Bloons TD Battles 2. It is similar to its BTD6 counterpart except more expensive and does not inflict shardable status effects onto Whites and Zebras, but deals 2 damage directly per shot. Embrittlement, however, can decamo Whites and Zebras. Like its BTD6 counterpart, it can directly target and debuff blimps, including DDTs. Shards deal 1 damage, and Embrittlement can freeze up to 40 bloons per attack. Embrittlement has 25 range, an increase from Ice Shards in this game.

It costs $2,700, and is unlocked with the purchase of Ice Monkey.

Strategy[]

Summary[]

Embrittlement makes it easier to destroy Camo and Regrow rushes by removing those properties, as well as let blimps be dealt more damage and weaken DDTs due to the debuff and brittle effects, respectively. While not the most reliable at providing decamo, it has quite strong grouped damage and makes it easier to resist rushes that contain stat modifiers. The +1 damage debuff against bloons works well against MOAB-class bloons in particular, making them more vulnerable to quick-attacking, high-projectile attacks such as Overdrive. The brittling effect also removes the downside of frozen immunity, allowing towers normally incapable of popping Frozen to pop affected bloons frozen by Embrittlement.

Tips[]

4-1-0 is usually better than 4-0-1. It does gain a decent range boost already, though 4-0-1 does make it easier to reach certain bends like those on Mayan. 4-2-0 does help produce more shards from insides of Bloons.
Embrittlement is very expensive for decamo and isn't reliable enough to resist big waves of Camo Purples. It is generally preferred to use another decamo source or direct camo detection. However, certain maps like Mayan are quite compatible with using this as the only camo detection until expensive ones like Dark Knight.

Version History[]

Price increased due to versatility on battle situations. However, it had its cost indirectly increased by Ice Shards in several updates, and the upgrade cost of Embrittlement was decreased to offset those price nerfs to Ice Shards.

Initial release (compared to BTD6 during Version 28.0)

Embrittlement cost increased ($2200 → $3200)
No longer applies permafrost status effect to Whites and Zebras
No longer applies shardable status effect to Whites and Zebras
Embrittlement blasts deal more damage (1 → 2; likely due to applying debuff first and then blast?)
Embrittlement now directly debuffs Whites and Zebras

1.5.0

No longer requires 8,250 XP to unlock. Players who have unlocked this upgrade before the update will not receive a full refund.

1.7.0

Gains Camo Prioritization.

2.0

Embrittlement price reduced $3200 → $3000

“	The Ice Monkey has lost some of its popularity in recent months. Since it doesn’t have such a dominant place in the meta anymore, we can afford to buff this upgrade which has always been slightly overpriced.	”
	^{~ Ninja Kiwi}

2.0.4

Embrittlement (correctly) allows affected frozen bloons to become vulnerable to sharp damage

2.1.0

Embrittlement cost decreased ($3000 → $2700)

“	We want to encourage Ice Monkey to be used more, so we are buffing Embrittlement to make his decamo and debuff abilities a little bit more accessible early on.	”
	^{~ Ninja Kiwi}

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Embrittlement bug

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Trivia[]

In Battles 2, Embrittlement is the most expensive T4 Ice Monkey upgrade when taking into account upgrade cost alone. After the 2.0 Update though, this is no longer the case as it is tied with Snowstorm.