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For the Bomb Shooter upgrade, see Faster Reload (Bomb Shooter).
Increases the attack speed of the Mortar.
~ In-game description

Faster Reload is the first upgrade of Path 2 for the Mortar Monkey in Bloons TD 6. It increases attack speed from 0.5 attacks per second to ~0.77 attacks per second, or decreases base attack cooldown from 2.0s to 1.5s.

This upgrade costs $255 on Easy, $300 on Medium, $325 on Hard, and $360 on Impoppable.

Description[]

Overview[]

Fasterreloadmortar

Faster Reload

This upgrade changes the Mortar Monkey's helmet into a military flat top cap with a grey brim, more specifically a ridgeway cap.

Mortars with this upgrade now attack +33% faster, specifically decreasing attack cooldown by 0.75x. Attack cooldown reduces to 1.5s.

Targeting Priorities[]

Mortar Monkey has only one target priority, "Set Target". This allows the Mortar Monkey to land shells within anywhere inside the target reticle. Tapping on the "Set Target" button prompts the player to change the target position of where the Mortar Monkey will land its shells. By default, once the Mortar Monkey is bought, the Mortar Monkey's target reticle is placed near the start of the first bloon track.

If Striker Jones's Level 7+ Target Focus ability is activated, all Mortar Monkeys are automatically set to Follow Touch / Follow Mouse temporarily, unless manually re-targeted via Set Target, and snap back to their old Set Target option once the ability is finished.

Full Popology[]

Statistics[]

Updated as of Version 39.2
Base stats
  • Explosion:
    • Lobbed projectile, explosion type, targets at a custom-aimed location with deviation of 8, 0.5s deployment cooldown, 20 blast radius, 1.5s attack cooldown, 2 damage, 25 pierce.
Crosspathing interactions
  • All: Attack cooldown reduced from 2.0s to 1.5s.
Monkey Knowledge Interactions

Attack Interactions[]

See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Military
Updated as of Version 39.2
Base attack(s)
  • Explosion:
    • Explosion Type (pops White, Purple, Lead, Frozen) Explosion
    • Lobbed Throw Lobbed Throw
    • Area of Effect Area of Effect
    • Full Map Range (unspecified description of how the tower can attack beyond basic range) Full Range
    • Erratic Movement (small projectile deviation from reticle) Erratic Movement
    • Extra damage to all bloon types (unspecified damage) Extra Damage (2)

Costs[]

Updated as of Version 41.0. 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-1-X) $255 $300 $325 $360 -
Total (0-1-0) $890 $1,050 $1,135 $1,260 $623 $735 $795 $882
Crosspath (1-1-0) $1,315 $1,550 $1,675 $1,860 $921 $1,085 $1,173 $1,302
Crosspath (2-1-0) $1,740 $2,050 $2,215 $2,460 $1,218 $1,435 $1,551 $1,722
Crosspath (0-1-1) $1,060 $1,250 $1,350 $1,500 $742 $875 $945 $1,050
Crosspath (0-1-2) $1,485 $1,750 $1,890 $2,100 $1,040 $1,225 $1,323 $1,470

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: MilitaryConscriptionIcon Military Conscription, AdvancedLogisticsIcon Advanced Logistics, BetterSellDealsIcon Better Sell Deals

Strategy[]

Summary[]

Faster Reload increases the attack speed of the Mortar Monkey by a fair bit. With this upgrade, the Mortar is a lot more reliable at making its shots against bloons, although this is not quite enough to become fully reliable, even in the early-game.

Tips[]

  • Crosspath with Increased Accuracy to be a reliable but somewhat cheap early-game long-ranged option.
  • When utilizing Shattering Shells purely for the defortification of blimps, it is only realistically necessary to get just this attack speed upgrade, as the Mortar becomes fast enough to catch all incoming Fortified blimps. The next attack speed upgrade, Rapid Reload, may be needed for Shattering Shells on multi-lane maps such as Dark Castle, however.

Version History[]

Balance Changes[]

Adjustments primarily made for encouraging crosspathing other than Path 2.

21.0
  • NERF Explosion random deviation radius increased (18 → 30)
  • BUFF Attack cooldown with Faster Reload decreased (1.54s → 1.5s)
  • NERF Attack speed multiplier with Faster Reload reduced (+42% → +33%, 0.70x → 0.75x)
22.0
  • BUFF Reverted random deviation radius change.
39.0
We’re looking to shakeup mortar in a couple small ways this update, along with Striker Jones changes noted further on for ‘multi-mortaring’ synergy. From the base level Mortar has far more pierce than should ever be necessary at low rounds but doesn’t hit beefy enough for the low fire rate, so we are trading up some base pierce for damage, instead moving this lost pierce up into crosspath. [...]
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Faster Reload base damage increased (1 → 2)
  • NERF Faster Reload base pierce reduced (40 → 25)

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