“ | As a graduate of the prestigious Monkey Academy, Max certainly knows which way to point a dart. Don't let his laid back, wisecracking exterior fool you. When it comes to popping Bloons, Max is serious. | ” |
~ BATTD description |
“ | Throws deadly, bloon popping darts. | ” |
~ Short description |
Max is a hero in Bloons Adventure Time TD. He is the first Bloons-related hero in the game, along with being the second hero to be unlocked in the game, along with Finn. He is unlocked in the tutorial grassland level "Bloons!", along with Jake. He shoots one dart at a time that pops up to three bloons at once. He costs $300 in general.
Players can also unlock an alternate version of Max called 'Juggernaut Max'. He functions like its BTD6 counterpart, the Juggernaut, but with a unique set of upgrades.
Max also appears in Bloons Pop! as the main character.
Description[]
Just like Juggernaut Max, he is a brown monkey with black eyes. He has thick, dark eyebrows. He wears a red head belt.
Here are the statistics of Max. Some of these statistics of a character will modify the effects of various Trinkets and Weapons. While most statistics can be increased (or decreased sometimes) with Trinkets and/or Weapons, some special statistics, such as footprint and gender, cannot be modified at all.
- Pros
- Low cost, efficient
- Cons
- Low damage
Upgrades[]
Long Range COST: $150
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Description: Increases Max's attack range
Effect: +5 range |
Fast Throw COST: $800
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Upgrade(s) Required:
Long Range | ||
Description: Increases Max's attack speed
Effect: Lowers attack cooldown to 0.7s |
Poptimization COST: $800
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Upgrade(s) Required:
Fast Throw | ||
Description: Sharp weapons in range get increased pierce
Effect: +3 pierce to Sharp damage attacks from all towers within Max's range |
Big Bloon Bounty COST: $1,000 Requires Star Level 5+ | ||
Description: Get a cash bonus if Max gets the last hit on a MOAB
Effect: Gains $120 per MOAB, $200 per BFB, $300 per ZOMG, $450 per DDT, and $700 per BAD popped by Max's attacks |
Enhanced Range COST: $350
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Upgrade(s) Required:
Long Range | ||
Description: Increases range even more and grants camo detection
Effect: +2 range and gains camo detection |
Hot Tips COST: $350
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Description: Max's darts are red hot and can melt lead and frozen bloons
Effect: Self-explanatory |
Weak Spots COST: $400
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Upgrade(s) Required:
Hot Tips | ||
Description: Precision throwing does extra damage to MOABs
Effect: +3 damage to MOAB class bloons |
Bullseye COST: $3,400
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Upgrade(s) Required: Weak Spots Locked by
Dartnado | ||
Description: Ability: Max's attack do mega damage to MOABs
Effect: +20 damage to MOAB class per dart during ability for 13 seconds. 60 second cooldown. |
Sharp Darts COST: $200
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Description: Darts are sharper and can pop more bloons
Effect: +1 pierce |
Sharper Darts COST: $225
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Upgrade(s) Required:
Sharp Darts | ||
Description: Darts are super sharp and pop even more bloons
Effect: Further +2 pierce |
More Darts COST: $350
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Upgrade(s) Required:
Sharp Darts | ||
Description: Max throws additional darts on every attack
Effect: +1 dart per throw |
Even More Darts COST: $425 Requires Star Level 3+ | ||
Upgrade(s) Required:
More Darts | ||
Description: Max throws even more darts each time
Effect: Another +1 dart per throw |
Dartnado COST: $2,500 Requires Star Level 7+ | ||
Upgrade(s) Required: Sharp Darts Locked by
Bullseye | ||
Description: Ability: Max spins around firing darts everywhere
Effect: For 10 seconds, Max distributes 2 waves of darts that have 8 extra pierce and 1 extra damage in a clockwise direction. 45 second cooldown. |
Star Boost[]
Max will receive the following permanent boosts as he levels up:
- 2 stars - Base attack pierce increased by 1
- 4 stars - Base range increased by 3
- 6 stars - Base attack cooldown decreased by 0.3*
- 8 stars - Base attack pierce increased by 1
- 9 stars - Base range increased by 3
- 10 stars - Base attack fires 1 additional dart
*Shows "attack speed increased by X" in the official patch notes and in the game - this is misleading. The attack speed stat is the inverse of attack cooldown.
Quotes and Audio[]
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When unlocked:
- "My style really is a work of, dart!"
When leveling up:
- TBA
When placed:
- "Never fear! Max is here!"
- "I feel sorry for the Bloons. They're gonna be so deflated!" (new voice)
- "I feel sorry for Bloons. They're gonna be sooooo deflated!" (old voice)
- "This is the path to victory! Too bad he won't be around here to follow it!" (new voice)
- "This is the path to victory!" (old voice)
- "Darts sharpened, and ready to go!" (new voice)
- "Hey! Where's my giant crossbow thing?" (when placing Max before/after Juggernaut Max )
- "Sai! You're just in time." (when placing Sai after Max)
When selected:
- "Max here!"
- "Alright!"
- "Let's do this!"
- "Let's go!"
- "Bring it!"
- "Ready to pop!"
- "Chill out, buddy!" (when annoyed)
When upgraded:
- "I ain't playin'!"
- "That felt good!" (new voice)
- "That felt... goooood!" (old voice)
- "To the Max!"
- "That feels great!" (new voice)
- "Awesomer!" (new voice)
When activating ability:
- "I'll leave your head in a SPIN!" (when activating Dartnado)
When a MOAB-Class Bloon appears:
- "The bigger they are, the harder they pop!"
When a MOAB-Class Bloon pops:
- "My style really is a work of, dart!"
When a Bloon leaks:
- "Don't panic. We still got this!"
When completing a map:
- "You picked the wrong team today, Bloons!"
When losing a map:
- "Well, I never saw this coming. We'll be back!"
Strategies[]
Bullseye[]
To make his anti-MOAB ability (only adds damage per dart, not multiply) the strongest it can be, his damage (per dart) should better be kept low to focus further improving his speed, range, and cooldown. Give him Splodey Darts, Cosmic Gauntlets, Stone of Ancient Knowledge, Baker's Shard, Black Bow Tie (with female character in his range), and Doom Gauntlets to make his dart throwing as fast as possible. If running out of good speed increasing options, some range can help. Cooldown reduction effects (Warpaint Mud (possibly with other characters having it along with him), Baby Tooth, and COBRA's Monkey Stim upgrade) may make his ability close to being permanent.
If there is an option to put him around corner or inside loop, he better be placed as far as possible from track with this build to maximize his range effectiveness.
As a side effect of a Bullseye-focused setup, King of Ooo's Sceptre can help maximize his ability to use low damage but very fast hits to possibly turn bloons gold until having enough Banana Replicators equipped and better options before getting it on him.
Dartnado[]
Alternatively, Max can use Dartnado starting with Level 7, a good cleanup option akin to Blade Maelstrom against groups of bloons heading to the exit, especially during the Martian Games with the Send in the Clones rule.
Tips and tricks[]
Max is the second tower that the player places on tutorial. He acts like a Dart Monkey with the Long Range Darts and Sharp Shots upgrade. Unlike the dart monkeys, he can later melt frozen/lead bloons with his darts for example.
Due to the 1.4.1 update, Level 6 changes Max's attack cooldown to 0.7s, which is also the same cooldown that is set with the Fast Throw upgrade. At this point, you don't want to purchase this upgrade unless you also pursue further upgrades.
Be sure to equip Treasure Chest Keys to Max. As players can farm in-game cash, coins, gems, and wish orbs (in addition to more in-game cash with Big Bloon Bounty upgrade) from MOABs using his Bullseye ability. It's still worse than TCW, and one of patch notes says that when total amount of coins, gems and orbs reaches a certain point, it all stops dropping. TCW gives only orbs of those limited items, while this item may significantly reduce amount of orbs dropped.
His Bullseye ability is one of the strongest anti-MOAB class attacks in the whole game. If players use Lemonhope on him and the boosts from other support characters (e.g. Jake's instrument boosts and Princess Bubblegum's Regal Presence), then they will have a fairly reliable defense against tougher MOABs, possibly BADs.
Version History[]
- 1.4.1
- All star boosts have been removed from upgrades
- Fast Throw speed decreased from 2 + 0.03 per star to 1.43 and price decreased from $1000 to $800
- Poptimization price increased from $450 to $800 and pierce boost decreased from 5 + 1 per star to 3
- Dartnado duration changed from 5 seconds + 0.75 seconds per star to 10 seconds, darts from this ability will get boosts from weapons, trinkets etc.
- Bullseye MOAB damage changed from 50 to 20, price increased from $2500 to $4000
- Heavy Tips upgrade removed, Hot Tips already gives frozen popping
- Big Bloon Bounty cash bonus now depends on MOAB type (higher level MOABs are more valuable), price changed from $1500 to $1000
- More Darts price decreased from $425 to $350
- Even More Darts price increased from $350 to $425
- Max will receive permanent boosts as he levels up
- 1.7
- Weak Spots damage increased from +2 to +3
- Bullseye price reduced from $4000 to $3400 and duration increased from 10 seconds to 13 seconds.
Gallery[]
Character Profile and Leveling Up[]
Weapons[]
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Gameplay[]
UI[]
Videos[]
Promotional[]
Trivia[]
- Between the 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 updates, Max's voice actor changed, making him the only hero/character to ever get his voice changed in between updates. His former voice actor was Mark Garrison in 1.0.1, and in 1.0.2 and later, his current voice actor is Gary Furlong.
- He still keeps his old quotes alongside new ones, however.
- This also applies to his Juggernaut counterpart.
- Mark Garrison, the previous voice actor, spoke softer, which portrayed Max with a calmer but smug personality. The current voice actor, Gary Furlong, speaks more confidently for Max's voice, giving the impression that Max is active and passionate for adventure.
- He still keeps his old quotes alongside new ones, however.
- Max's quote "Awesomer" is likely a reference to Ninja Kiwi's catchphrase, "More Awesomer".
- Despite Max being the second character to become playable within the tutorial, the game unlocks him as the third character, right after Jake.
- Max has no quote for when activating the Bullseye ability.
- Although in most cutscenes and in game models, Max is shown with a strap on his chest, this does not appear on the traditional art seen on his icon. These icons make him look more reminiscent of the Portrait used for a x-2-x Dart Monkey in Bloons TD 6 and the ones used for the Dart Monkey's 2/x and x/2 upgrades in Bloons TD 5, though the pose he's in is the same as BTD6's standard portrait for the Dart Monkey.
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