| “ | Elite membership of this club grants the Dart Monkeys even more power! | ” |
| ~ In-game description |
Plasma Monkey Fan Club is the Tier 5 upgrade of Path 2 for the Dart Monkey in Bloons TD 6. Its activated ability transforms up to 20 of the nearest Dart Monkeys into rapidly firing Plasma Blast Super Monkeys for 15 seconds with a cooldown of 50 seconds, however if the affected Dart Monkeys has enough uptime, it can transform up to an infinite number of dart monkeys. During the ability, transformed Dart Monkeys have 40 range and attack every 0.03 seconds with a 2 damage and 5 pierce plasma blast projectile that has a reduced lifespan compared to true Plasma Blasts. The base tower retains the same attack statistics as the Super Monkey Fan Club. Transformed Dart Monkeys will inherit most crosspaths and buffs.
This upgrade costs $38,250 on Easy, $45,000 on Medium, $48,600 on Hard, and $54,000 on Impoppable.
Description[]
Overview[]
Size Comparison of a transformed Plasma Monkey Fan Club, Transformed Dart Monkey, and 2-0-0 Plasma Blasts Super Monkey
The Plasma Monkey Fan Club turns the Dart Monkey into an Elite version of the Super Monkey Fan Club, with a black "B" jersey, red undershirt, underpants, and cape, and black gloves as well as triple plasma goggles characteristic of those found on the larger Plasma Blasts Super Monkey. The transformed monkeys appear identical to a 2-0-0 Plasma Monkey, save for the reduced footprint and quickly fading plasma projectiles (which are also smaller versions of the Plasma Super Monkey projectiles). Both the Plasma Monkey and its transforms have the same footprint as a Dart Monkey, taking up considerably less space than a Plasma Monkey. The idle animations are the same as the base Dart Monkey. However, upon activating the ability, transformed monkeys will strike a superhero pose with hands at their hips as an idle animation. The tier-2 Crosspaths have no effect on the appearance or animations of the Plasma Monkey Fan Club or its transforms.
The upgrade icon shows the Plasma Monkey Fan Club leader closing its arms. The respective activated ability icon shares the same artwork as that tower's upgrade icon.
Plasma Monkey Fan Club massively improves the Fan Club ability, allowing it to transform up to 20 non-Crossbow, non-Spike-o-pult Dart Monkeys, including itself, and granting those Dart Monkeys the following stats for 15 seconds:
- +1 damage (2)
- +3 pierce (5)
- +8 range (40)
- 0.03s attack cooldown
- Plasma
damage type
As with Super Monkey Fan Club, crosspathing affects the transformed Darts.
Activated Abilities[]
Plasma Monkey Fan Club Ability
Plasma Monkey Fan Club upgrades the Super Monkey Fan Club ability to affect 19 of the closest Dart Monkeys that aren't upgraded to 3+-x-x or x-x-3+, temporarily transforming them into Plasma Monkeys that shoot higher-damage plasma.
Duration is 15 seconds, with cooldown of 50 seconds, resulting in 30% uptime for this duration-oriented ability. As a Primary Monkey, Plasma Monkey Fan Club can receive faster cooldowns from Primary Mentoring and Primary Expertise. Like all ability-based towers, it can have its ability cooldowns reset by Geraldo's Rejuv Potion, and cooldown reduced by the global Energizer buff and special Monkey Knowledge.
Targeting Priorities[]
Plasma Monkey Fan Club targets bloons using the standard targeting priorities. It 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.
Adding Enhanced Eyesight adds Camo Prioritization, allowing all its attacks to prioritize Camo Bloons over other types when this secondary targeting option is active.
Behavior[]
The Plasma Monkey Fan Club leader will transform the 20 nearest Dart Monkeys into mini-plasma Super Monkeys according to the following rules.
- No more than 20 dart monkeys will be transformed (21 including the club leader himself).
- Dart monkeys must be below tier-3 on top and bottom paths to be transformed.
- Dart Monkeys can be any tier on middle path and still be transformed.
- Dart Monkeys belonging to Co-Op players are eligible for transformation, excluding another player's Plasma Monkey Fan Club leader.
- Upgrading a tier-2 dart monkey to Crossbow or Spike-o-Pult while it is transformed, will untransform that dart monkey into the respective tier-3 tower.
- The Plasma Monkey transformation will always override the Super Monkey Fan Club Transformation, unless the Super Monkey Fan Club ability is activated by a dart monkey which has already been transformed. In that case, only that super monkey fan club dart monkey will transform from a plasma dart monkey to a super dart monkey.
- The Plasma Monkey Fan Club and Alchemist's Total Transformation abilities do not stack. If both abilities are used in succession on the same group of dart monkeys (which must be tier-3 or below), then whichever ability was applied first will persist. So a plasma monkey can not be transformed directly into an attack monster and vice versa.
The Long Range Darts upgrade increases range of transformed dart monkeys. Enhanced Eyesight increases range further, grants camo detection and Camo Prioritization, and increases projectile lifespan, Sharp Shots and Razor Sharp Shots increase pierce, and middle path upgrades increase rate of fire and damage.
Other Notable Interactions[]
For a full list of all standard tower Interactions, click here.
The Plasma Monkey Fan Club and its Plasma Dart Monkeys follow all standard tower interactions and inherit all applicable buffs with a few noteworthy points.
- When using the Door Gunner monkey knowledge on a transformable dart monkey, the ability will actually use the distance to the Special Poperations to calculate if it is nearer than other dart monkeys.
- There is severely limited interaction with Total Transformation as discussed above.
Full Popology[]
Statistics[]
- Updated as of Version 38.3
- Base Stats
- Base Darts:
- Projectile, sharp type, 3 per shot (30 degree spread), 32 range, 0.4774s attack cooldown, 1 damage, 2 pierce, 300 projectile speed, 0.25s lifespan, 2 projectile radius.
- Transformed Monkey Plasma:
- Projectile, Plasma type, 40 range, 0.03s attack cooldown, 2 damage, 5 pierce, 300 projectile speed, 0.25s lifespan, 6 projectile radius, ability lasts 15 seconds. Affects up to 19 any 2-5-2 Dart Monkeys and itself.
- Crosspathing Interactions
- 1-5-0:
- Per darts pierce increased from 2 to 3, compared to 0-5-0
- Transformed ability pierce increased from 5 to 6, compared to 0-5-0
- 2-5-0:
- Per darts pierce increased from 3 to 5, compared to 1-5-0
- Transformed ability pierce increased from 6 to 8, compared to 1-5-0
- 0-5-1:
- Gains +8 range (32 → 40), does not affect transformation
- Projectile lifespan of darts and plasma increased by 15% (0.25s → 0.2875s)
- 0-5-2:
- Gains +8 range (32 → 40 → 48), affects transformation
- Projectile lifespan of darts and plasma increased by 22.73% (0.25s → 0.2875s → 0.3528s)
- Projectile speed of darts and plasma increased by 10% (300 → 330)
- Base tower gains camo detection, and all new attacks can affect camo (incluing Transformed ability)
- Monkey Knowledge interactions
- Increased Lifespan: Projectiles shot from Dart Monkey have increased lifespan.
- Extra Dart Pops: Increase projectile pierce by 1.
- 4 And 4: Dart Monkey's Triple Shot gets 4 darts every 4th shot.
- Bonus Monkey!: Each game starts with a Free Dart Monkey.
- Come On Everybody!: Primary towers attack 5% faster if all are below tier 3, and cost 5% less if all are tier 3 or 4.
- 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%.
- Global Ability Cooldowns: All Ability cooldowns for all Monkeys reduced by 3%.
Attack Interactions[]
- See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Primary
- Updated as of Version 36.0
Base attack(s)
- Darts:
- Sharp
- Angular Spray x3
- Straight Attack
Ability
- Plasma Monkey Fan Club Plasmas:
- Plasma
- Single Projectile
- Straight Attack
- Extra Damage
- Plasma Monkey Fan Club Tranformed:
- Passive
- Target Tower(s)
- Tower Buff(s)
- Tranfrom
- Transform Other(s)
- Whole Screen
- Charge
Costs[]
- Updated as of Version 42.0. 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-5-X) | $38,250 | $45,000 | $48,600 | $54,000 | - | |||
| Total (0-5-0) | $45,805 | $53,890 | $58,200 | $64,670 | $32,064 | $37,723 | $40,740 | $45,269 |
| Crosspath (1-5-0) | $45,925 | $54,030 | $58,350 | $64,840 | $32,148 | $37,821 | $40,845 | $45,388 |
| Crosspath (2-5-0) | $46,110 | $54,250 | $58,585 | $65,105 | $32,277 | $37,975 | $41,010 | $45,574 |
| Crosspath (0-5-1) | $45,880 | $53,980 | $58,295 | $64,780 | $32,116 | $37,786 | $40,807 | $45,346 |
| Crosspath (0-5-2) | $46,050 | $54,180 | $58,510 | $65,020 | $32,235 | $37,926 | $40,957 | $45,514 |
This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: 
Bonus Monkey!, 
Come On Everybody!, 
Better Sell Deals
Strategy[]
Summary[]
The Plasma Monkey Fan Club ability converts 20 dart monkeys into Plasma Super Monkeys that can rapidly deal intense damage to bloons across the map. In conjunction with easily obtainable buffs, the Plasma Monkey Fan Club excels in many categories such as single-target damage, grouped-bloon damage, and map-wide coverage. Conversely, the Plasma Monkey Fan Club proves difficult for even experienced players to utilize as there are several weaknesses to consider. The incredibly high cost of the upgrade makes it difficult to obtain mid-game unless farming is used. Even if afforded, placing all the dart monkeys and supplying buffs can be a cumbersome and space-inefficient task. Additionally, the short ability uptime and weak attack power of the base tower can leave defenses vulnerable when the ability is inactive. However by taking measures to cover these weaknesses, the Plasma Monkey Fan Club can be extremely useful in Boss Events, Multi-lane maps, C.H.I.M.P.S., and Freeplay where its intense bursts of concentrated damage can clear even the largest bloons within seconds.
For general late game and freeplay usage, the Plasma Monkey Fan Club and transforms should be placed in centrally located regions of the track to increase time spent damaging bloons. With decent farming, money is usually not an issue at this point. So, priority should be given on saturating the Tier-5 tower, as well as its transforms, with the proper upgrades and buffs. In terms of crosspath, use middle path dart monkeys (either 0-4-2 or 2-4-0 Super Monkey Fan Clubs) for the transforms as this will maximize rate of fire and damage. The choice between the 0-4-2 and 2-4-0 is depends on what is more necessary, as bottom path provides extra range, and top path offers higher pierce, both of which are useful. For buffs, use Permanent Brew, Homeland Defense, Primary Expertise, and Energizer to buff the transforms and reduce ability cooldowns. Additional buffs include a True Sun God/Vengeful True Sun God, Support Sun Temple, Ultraboost or Overclock and Hero buffs like Ezili's Totem. All of these will enhance the attack power of the transformed monkeys and, in combination, the resulting damage output can easily outclass that of even a maxed Apex Plasma Master in Freeplay.
For Boss Events, the main goal is prioritizing single target damage. So, the late-game strategies mentioned above will be effective. If money becomes an issue, prioritize the Permanent brew and Homeland Defense above all else. Using the Plasma Monkey Fan Club to farm pops for a degree 40 Apex Plasma Master is a very potent strategy, as the Apex Plasma Master gets a significant damage spike against elite bosses every 20 degrees. With proper buffs and debuffs, the Plasma Monkey Fan Club can quickly defeat up to tier 3 elite bosses. In this case, allow the Plasma Monkey Fan Club to accumulate pops for degree benefits. The ability is not as useful in Lych as it counts as a buff, and therefore heals Lych, making it only useful for farming pops after the boss is defeated.
In income-restrictive game modes like C.H.I.M.P.S., using the Plasma Monkey Fan Club entails saving up a large sum of money with a relatively cheap defense. Towers like the Sun Avatar or Bloon Area Denial System with Berserker Brew on either, are able to reliably carry mid-game rounds and also cover ability downtime during late-game. An alternative option is Primary Expertise which can defend bloons with its ballista attack, while also providing free upgrades that helps even more with saving money and midgame, and it reduces ability cooldowns which improves uptime of the ability. In addition, try to stall the round as much as possible using ice monkeys, Downdraft Heli-Pilots and other stalling towers. This gives the ability time to recharge. It is best to avoid having any frozen-popping towers in range of the ice monkey. Even though many other buffs are unaffordable in this game mode, the Plasma Monkey Fan Club can trivialize the heavy MOAB rushes of rounds 90+ on expert maps if used correctly.
Tips[]
- Compared to an equally costly number of 2-0-0 or Sun Avatar Super Monkeys, the Plasma Monkey Fan Club is preferable as it offers significantly more damage output for the price.
- In mid to late-game rounds, stalling will boost the effective uptime of the Plasma Monkey Fan Club. When done right, the ability can be active on all rounds. Commonly utilizes the Downdraft Heli and 0-2-2 Ice Monkeys to achieve this.
- When choosing cross paths of the Plasma Monkey Fan Club tower, both the 2-5-0 and 0-5-2 upgrades have benefits.
- 2-5-0 provides enhanced pierce to deal with large bloon rushes.
- 0-5-2 provides range and camo detection, even when the ability is active, and excels when the extra pierce is not being maximized, range is needed, or external camo detection is difficult to acquire.
- When choosing upgrades of the dart monkeys to be transformed, here is a rough rank of most to least useful crosspaths.
- 0-4-2 will offer the highest DPS and largest range, which is good for single target damage.
- 2-4-0 will offer the highest DPS and highest pierce, which is good for dealing with large bloon rushes.
- Any middle path crosspath will offer the most cost efficient boost in attack speed to the transformed monkeys.
- Combining the top and middle crosspath is generally not advised, as they lack optimal single-target damage. However, getting an x-x-2 may be necessary in absence of other camo detection methods. The same crosspathing for the main Plasma Monkey Fan Club monkey also apply to the low tier darts.
- Primary Mentoring is useful for decreasing the ability cooldown.
- Reduced ability cooldowns help to make the ability not be as punishing, the range is a useful buff and the free upgrades help conserve a little extra money.
- Having a 4-0-2 Monkey Village may not be a bad idea, as it improves further on the Tier 3 buffs. That said it misses out on camo detection that Radar scanner provides. This might not seem that bad to miss out, but a 2-2-0 dart monkey provides the most DPS for the transformation which doesn't have camo detection and the Village can provide a range boost similar to a 0-0-2 Dart Monkey.
- Do not use Monkey City to generate free dart monkeys in C.H.I.M.P.S. The cost of buying 21 dart monkeys is a far cheaper than buying the Monkey Town and Monkey City (both of which are effectively useless in CHIMPS) to gain free monkeys.
- When there is a choice of map, choose tracks with multiple paths and sufficient placement area. This allows for placement of all 20 dart monkeys and utilization of the infinite range of the transformation ability to spread the damage across all paths. Despite this, the Plasma Monkey Fan Club can still be useful on nearly every map.
- Plasma Monkey Fan Club is not just effective in CHIMPS, but it is also effective in freeplay (especially freeplay CHIMPs) and bosses (except Gravelord Lych), due to its high space and cost efficient damage output that also scales very well with damage increases. Utilizing the Plasma Monkey Fan Club in earlier tier bosses can quickly defeat them.
- Just like in CHIMPS, Plasma Monkey Fan Club has excellent DPS and is a top choice against Dreadbloon and Bloonarius, as it provides extremely high single target damage for a moderate price. It is even possible to sell the main PMFC Dart to buy other towers, such as Cripple MOAB. After Tier 1, they are also often combined with Overdrives. It remains an excellent space-efficient choice for later tier bosses when combined with Permanent Brew and Support Sun Temples/True Sun God.
Version History[]
Balance Changes[]
Plasma Monkey Fan Club's interaction with Total Transformation was patched out because it was considered too "powerful" by Ninja Kiwi. It was initially not patched by NK because they stated that it still required considerable long cooldown to combine the abilities together.
On another note, it did receive a balance change later on that made its transformation stronger for a fewer number of Dart Monkeys. While considered high in power in CHIMPS among many high-skilled players, Version 26.0 buffed Plasma Monkey Fan Club yet again due to the hefty price of a PMFC setup compared to a Total Transformation setup.
- 11.0
- Plasma Monkey Fan Club ability no longer stacks with Total Transformation
- 12.0
- Plasma Monkey Fan Clubs now affect fewer Dart Monkeys (40 → 20)
- Plasma Monkey Fan Club affected Dart Monkeys now have +1 damage (1 → 2)
- 26.0
| “ | While overall good, the difficulty of using PMFC to its full potential doesn't feel quite worth it so price has been cut to make it a little easier to reach. | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Plasma Fan Club price reduced from $50,000 → $45,000
- 35.0
| “ | [...] Also, we’re already fairly happy with the SMFC abilities, but at T4 it feels clunky and outdated that the ability can only influence a max of 10 dart monkeys at a time when casting the ability multiple times in quick succession from multiple T4s so we are removing that limitation. We discussed whether the SMFC change would reduce the specificity of which Monkeys are affected but the benefits seemed greater, so we’ll be looking for feedback from folks who enjoy dart multitude builds. | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Plasma Monkey Fan Club is no longer limited to 20 max transformed monkeys at a time.
Bug Fixes and General Changes[]
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Extra Notes (Version History)[]
Bugs[]
- Current
- [38.3] When combining Total Transformation with Plasma Monkey Fan Club via the "entanglement bug", the linked tower becomes hypersonically fast.
Sounds[]
When activated Plasma Monkey Fan Club Ability:
- [Crowd cheering]
Gallery[]
Official artwork[]
Animations[]
Other languages[]
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | Plasma Monkey Fan Club | |
| German | Plasmaaffen-Fanclub | Plasma Monkey Fan Club |
| Polish | Fanklub plazmowej małpki |
Trivia[]
- Before Version 11.0, Plasma Monkey Fan Club could be combined with Total Transformation to stack attack speed boosts for absolutely extreme DPS (every 0.0009s, essentially 1089x shots per second instead of 33x shots per second). Similar stacking could be done with Super Monkey Fan Club, although at half the attack speed. This was removed one update later on Version 12.0.
- Plasma Monkey Fan Club is the only upgrade that is based on another upgrade in-game, Plasma Blasts. Super Monkey Fan Club imitates the base Super Monkey tower.
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