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Shoots a blob of sticky glue that slows Bloons down by 50%
~ In-game description

The Glue Gunner is a Primary-class tower in Bloons TD 6 that shoots glue which slows down Bloons. The tower retains its name and role from the Bloons TD 4, and 5 game generations, with significant additions. Like most Primary Monkeys, the Glue Gunner was featured in a teaser prior to the game's release.

Initially, the Glue Gunner shoots a non-damaging glob of glue every 1.0s, sticking onto one bloon per glob. Glue can soak through up to 3 non-blimp layers (more with Glue Soak), and slow the affected bloon by 50% for up to 11 seconds. Various upgrades increase the potency of the glue, including a corrosive formula, splatters of glue, and slowdown of MOAB-class bloons. All glues are governed by a glue prioritization system; "stronger" glues are prioritized first and can override any weaker glues, with some exceptions.

It costs $190 on Easy, $225 on Medium, $245 on Hard, and $270 on Impoppable.

Description[]

The Glue Gunner holds a large canister of glue on its back, and the monkey holds the nozzle and trigger with its right and left hands, respectively.

Visually, the Glue Gunner looks very similar to its BTD5 counterparts, but with minor differences. The tube connected to the hose now has a greener colour and shadings, which makes it more realistic. The yellow glue container now has an extra mini rope which acts as a strap for the monkey to wear it like a backpack, there appear to be screws on the metal band around the container, and the hose is spewing glue in the artwork but it shoots a blob in other games' art while the gameplay itself is still the same. Otherwise, there are little changes, if any to the tower.

The Glue Gunner has gained a significant overhaul of buffs that make it viable across a variety of different roles. As an unupgraded tower, its basic glue shots can now soak through 3 layers of bloon instead of just 1 and can be applied to MOAB Class bloons, provided MOAB Glue or Corrosive Glue is purchased. Upgrading to Glue Soak allows the soaking of all layers, just like the original version. Upgrading it to Corrosive Glue or higher can also damage MOAB-Class, enhancing its use in gameplay capabilities, but it cannot slow them down without the MOAB Glue upgrade.

Path 1 increases the power of the glue's penetration potential and deadliness. Glue Soak allows glue to soak all bloon layers, forcing the bloons to undergo the glue status forever until unglued. Corrosive Glue slowly corrodes any affected bloons every few seconds, and can now target and stick onto MOAB-class bloons with half glue duration and no slowdown. Bloon Dissolver is formulated into a much more powerful solvent, increasing its corrosion rate for stronger cleanup against regular bloons. Bloon Liquefier once again improves the solvents in the glue by increasing the corrosion rate of the glue and affecting additional bloons too. Lastly, The Bloon Solver provides the ultimate toxic mixture of sticky green glue, spraying out splashes of the most corrosive solvents at super fast speeds. Higher tier upgrades can profit from high amounts of bloons by creating a puddle of acid on the ground for each bloon popped.

Path 2 deals with increasing the distribution of glue. Most of these upgrades along this path involve increasing the rate of applying glue by means of extra pierce to each shot. Bigger Globs allows each shot of glue to hit one more bloon per shot. Glue Splatter converts the glue into a splash of glue, for an even greater amount of pierce. Glue Hose increases the attack speed of the Glue Gunner to distribute the glue even faster. Glue Strike adds an ability that drops a quick rain of glue over the whole screen, making all affected bloons vulnerable to extra damage while glued. Glue Storm further improves of its ability by creating a persistent storm of glue. Do note that Corrosive Glue is still needed to affect bigger bloons.

Path 3 specializes in improving the stickiness of the glue. Stickier Glue is now on a separate upgrade path, and begins this path by improving the lifespan of the glue. Stronger Glue improves the slowdown of the glue from 50% to 75%, for even slower bloons. MOAB Glue modifies the glue into a bubblegum-like substance that can stick to and slow MOAB-class bloons, although with a weaker slowdown effect and duration. Relentless Glue increases potency of the glue by allowing bloons directly glued by the Glue Gunner to stun nearby bloons when popped. The strongest, most unstoppable glue comes from the Super Glue, greatly reducing the speed of all affected bloons to an extremely slow speed, and briefly stunning them upon being glued. The Relentless Glue effect can also affect MOAB-class bloons once at max tier allowing greater stuns.

One significant note is the Glue Gunner's major weakness to BADs, due to not applying any slowdown effect onto them regardless of upgrades. Besides this, the Glue Gunner is a highly versatile support-oriented tower across a wide variety of different aspects.

The Glue Gunner is classed as a Primary Monkey.

Target Priorities[]

The base Glue Gunner uses the standard target priorities: First, Last, Close, Strong. Many of the Glue Gunner's alternate attacks have target priorities that are integrated into the Glue's own target priorities. Glue Gunners will not attack bloons glued by their own glue attacks and will instead prioritize gluing new ones, except in the Super Glue's case, where it will attack any bloon that isn't immobilized rather than glued.

  • 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.

Alternate attacks have a different set of target priorities:

Glue Prioritization System[]

In Bloons TD 6, there is a glue prioritization system. This system tells the Glue Gunner if it should ignore a bloon with a different glue or apply its own glue on it. Bloons can have multiple glue types, but some effects are dictated by the last applied glue, so the prioritization system is made in an attempt to let bloons become applied with a more valuable glue, which should reduce the possibility for potentially disadvantageous glue synergies.

Before around Version 25.0, the glue prioritization system worked like this:

Note: Data gathered during version 15.1

Glue gunner priority sytem chart (old)

After the release of Version 25.0, which appeared to have reworked the glue prioritization system, the system works more like this:

Glue gunner priority sytem chart (new)

Bloon speed depends on the last applied glue until it expires (x-4-x Glue Strike and x-5-x Glue Storm abilities will not affect the speed of already glued bloons), damage effects can stack as long as they are of different path 1 tiers (2-x-x Corrosive Glue , 3-x-x Bloon Dissolver and 4-x-x Bloon Liquefier), however, both x-x-5 Super Glue and 5-x-x The Bloon Solver will remove any current glue on the target (this won't take away the x-x-4 Relentless Glue, Glue Strike and Glue Storm effects).

Upgrades[]

Path 1[]

GlueSoakUpgradeIcon
Glue Soak
COST: $170 / $200 / $215 / $240
UNLOCK: 150 XP

Description: Glue soaks through all layers of Bloon.
Effect: Soaks through all non-blimp layers of bloon. Cannot soak through MOAB-class, even with upgrades.
CorrosiveGlueUpgradeIcon
Corrosive Glue
COST: $255 / $300 / $325 / $360
UNLOCK: 550 XP

Description: Glued Bloons pop one layer every few seconds.
Effect: Slowly deals damage to bloons every 2.0s while glued. Can target MOAB-class but does not slow them down and only lasts for half duration.
BloonDissolverUpgradeIcon
Bloon Dissolver
COST: $2,125 / $2,500 / $2,700 / $3,000
UNLOCK: 2,500 XP

Description: Can glue one additional Bloon per shot and solvents melt two layers every second.
Effect: Corrosion rate increased to 1 damage per 0.5s or 2 damage per 0.5s to Ceramics, glue gains +1 pierce.
BloonLiquefierUpgradeIcon
Bloon Liquefier
COST: $4,250 / $5,000 / $5,400 / $6,000
UNLOCK: 9,000 XP

Description: Applies liquefying compounds that do 10 pops every second, and drops powerful acid onto the track after destroying a Bloon.
Effect: Corrosion rate increased to 1 damage per 0.1s, or 3 damage per 0.1s versus Ceramics. Attacks every 0.75s instead of 1.0s, and bloons that were directly glued leave a blob of glue on the track when popped. On-track glue blobs inflict lots of damage.
TheBloonSolverUpgradeIcon
The Bloon Solver
COST: $18,700 / $22,000 / $23,760 / $26,400
UNLOCK: 37,500 XP

Description: Bloons a problem? Here's the solution.
Effect: Corrosion rate increases versus Ceramics and MOAB-class to 8 damage per 0.1s for Ceramics and 6 damage per 0.1s for MOABs. Glue attack becomes a twin splatter attack with 6 pierce per splash, greatly increased damage to popped blob of glue on the track, spreading glue even further. Attacks 3x faster.

Path 2[]

BiggerGlobsUpgradeIcon
Bigger Globs
COST: $85 / $100 / $110 / $120
UNLOCK: 120 XP

Description: Can coat 2 Bloons per shot.
Effect: Glue projectile gains +1 pierce.
GlueSplatterUpgradeIcon
Glue Splatter
COST: $1,230 / $1,450 / $1,565 / $1,740
UNLOCK: 900 XP

Description: Splatters glue across up to 6 Bloons per shot.
Effect: Converts glue attack into a splash attack, gluing up to 6 bloons per shot (equivalent to +4 pierce). Also increases pierce of any secondary effects from the glue.
GlueHoseUpgradeIcon
Glue Hose
COST: $1,785 / $2,100 / $2,270 / $2,520
UNLOCK: 2,500 XP

Description: Shoots glue 3x as fast!
Effect: Triples its attack speed.
GlueStrikeUpgradeIcon
Glue Strike
COST: $3,270 / $3,850 / $4,160 / $4,620
UNLOCK: 8,500 XP

Description: Glue Strike ability: Glues all Bloons on screen, causing them to take more damage from all sources while it lasts.
Effect: Gains an ability that glues all bloons currently on screen and renders affected bloons vulnerable to +2 damage and temporarily stop Lead properties while glued.
GlueStormUpgradeIcon
Glue Storm
COST: $13,600 / $16,000 / $17,280 / $19,200
UNLOCK: 25,000 XP

Description: Glue Storm Ability: Pelts the whole screen with glue for 20 seconds.
Effect: Ability improved, allowing the ability to glue all bloons currently on screen every 1.0s until the ability expires. Alongside effects from its predecessor, ability glue now has double slowdown and gains double lifespan.

Path 3[]

StickierGlueUpgradeIcon
Stickier Glue
COST: $240 / $280 / $300 / $335
UNLOCK: 130 XP

Description: Makes glue effect last much longer.
Effect: Glue lasts for 24.0s instead of 11.0s.
StrongerGlueUpgradeIcon
Stronger Glue
COST: $340 / $400 / $430 / $480
UNLOCK: 600 XP

Description: Slows down Bloons even more.
Effect: Slows down bloons by 75% instead of 50%.
MOABGlueUpgradeIcon
MOAB Glue
COST: $3,060 / $3,600 / $3,890 / $4,320
UNLOCK: 2,500 XP

Description: Improved glue formula allows it to stick to MOAB-class Bloons.
Effect: Can glue MOAB-class bloons and slows them down by 37.5% for half the duration.
RelentlessGlueUpgradeIcon
Relentless Glue
COST: $2,550 / $3,000 / $3,240 / $3,600
UNLOCK: 8,000 XP

Description: Popped Bloons that were glued stun nearby Bloons.
Effect: If the Glue Gunner glues a bloon, and that bloon is popped while glued, it will cause nearby bloons, MOABs, and DDTs (with camo detection) to become stunned.
SuperGlueUpgradeIcon
Super Glue
COST: $20,400 / $24,000 / $25,920 / $28,800
UNLOCK: 30,000 XP

Description: Glue so strong it temporarily immobilizes all affected Bloons!
Effect: Glue immensely damages and pops bloons over time, directly deals damage on-hit versus MOAB-class bloons, and greatly improves the slowdown against all affected bloon types. Slowing down BFBs by 95% and ZOMGs by 90%, while every other lower-tier bloon type is locked in place. Increases base pierce by 6. Also can rehit the same glued bloon. Popped bloons now stun nearby BFBs and ZOMGs, and MOAB-class bloons are stunned for the full duration.

Total Costs[]

Easy:

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 5
Path 1
Base Cost 170 255 2,125 4,250 18,700
Cumulative Cost 405 660 2,785 7,035 25,735
Base Sell 119 178.5 1,487.5 2,975 13,090
Cumulative Sell 283.5 462 1,949.5 4,924.5 18,014.5
Path 2
Base Cost 85 1,530 2,760 2,975 12,750
Cumulative Cost 320 1,850 4,610 7,585 20,335
Base Sell 59.5 1,071 1,932 2,082.5 8,925
Cumulative Sell 224 1,295 3,227 5,309.5 14,234.5
Path 3
Base Cost 100 340 2,890 2,550 23,800
Cumulative Cost 335 675 3,565 6,115 29,915
Base Sell 70 238 2,023 1,785 16,660
Cumulative Sell 234.5 472.5 2,495.5 4,280.5 20,940.5

Medium:

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 5
Path 1
Base Cost 200 300 2,500 5,000 22,000
Cumulative Cost 475 775 3,275 8,275 30,275
Base Sell 140 210 1,750 3,500 15,400
Cumulative Sell 332.5 542.5 2,292.5 5,792.5 21,192.5
Path 2
Base Cost 100 1,800 3,250 3,500 15,000
Cumulative Cost 375 2,175 5,425 8,925 23,925
Base Sell 70 1,260 2,275 2,450 10,500
Cumulative Sell 262.5 1,522.5 3,797.5 6,247.5 16,747.5
Path 3
Base Cost 120 400 3,400 3,000 28,000
Cumulative Cost 395 795 4,195 7,195 35,195
Base Sell 84 280 2,380 2,100 19,600
Cumulative Sell 276.5 556.5 2,936.5 5,036.5 24,636.5

Hard:

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 5
Path 1
Base Cost 215 325 2,700 5,400 23,760
Cumulative Cost 510 835 3,535 8,935 32,695
Base Sell 150.5 227.5 1,890 3,780 16,632
Cumulative Sell 357 584.5 2,474.5 6,254.5 22,886.5
Path 2
Base Cost 110 1,945 3,510 3,780 16,200
Cumulative Cost 405 2,350 5,860 9,640 25,840
Base Sell 77 1,361.5 2,457 2,646 11,340
Cumulative Sell 283.5 1,645 4,102 6,748 18,088
Path 3
Base Cost 130 430 3,670 3,240 30,240
Cumulative Cost 425 855 4,525 7,765 38,005
Base Sell 91 301 2,569 2,268 21,168
Cumulative Sell 297.5 598.5 3,167.5 5,435.5 26,603.5

Impoppable:

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Tier 5
Path 1
Base Cost 240 360 3,000 6,000 26,400
Cumulative Cost 570 930 3,930 9,930 36,330
Base Sell 168 252 2,100 4,200 18,480
Cumulative Sell 399 651 2,751 6,951 25,431
Path 2
Base Cost 120 2,160 3,900 4,200 18,000
Cumulative Cost 450 2,610 6,510 10,710 28,710
Base Sell 84 1,512 2,730 2,940 12,600
Cumulative Sell 315 1,827 4,557 7,497 20,097
Path 3
Base Cost 145 480 4,080 3,600 33,600
Cumulative Cost 475 955 5,035 8,635 42,235
Base Sell 101.5 336 2,856 2,520 23,520
Cumulative Sell 332.5 668.5 3,524.5 6,044.5 29,564.5

Special Crosspathing Interactions[]

Special Crosspathing Changes
  • 2-0-5 Super Glue: Super Glue damage-over-time becomes 1 damage every 2.0s instead of 1 damage every 2.3s
  • Glue Storm + Path 3: Glue Storm ability glue lasts for 48 seconds on the affected bloon with Stickier Glue and slows by 87.5% with Stronger Glue.
  • 5-2-0 The Bloon Solver: increases pierce by +5, for a total of 11 pierce.
  • 0-2-5 Super Glue : increases pierce by +5, for a total of 11 pierce, and converts attack to be a splash.
Other Important Notes
  • Glue Gunner + Corrosive Glue: Adding Corrosive Glue to any upgrade allows targeting of MOAB-class
  • Corrosive Glue and/or MOAB Glue: Glue effects last half as long on MOAB-class bloons regardless of which upgrades are bought
  • Glue Soak: Even with upgrades that allow sticking of MOAB-class, such as 1-0-3 MOAB Glue, Glue Soak does not soak through MOAB-class bloons. This also includes upgrades that add corrosion to the glue.
  • Relentless Glue + Path 2: Pierce buffs do not directly affect the glue track blobs.

Strategy[]

See also: Glue Gunner (BTD6)/Strategies

Summary[]

Glue Gunner deals no damage, or low damage at best (with the notable exception of Path 1, especially The Bloon Solver), but compensates for this by slowing bloons. This makes it an excellent choice for clumping up bloons. Most upgrades deal no damage and must rely on damage-over-time to deal any direct damage. Many of its upgrades specifically add utility, though the glue prioritization system means that glues of multiple types generally have bad synergy with each other. Many of its upgrades depend on the Glue Gunner fulfilling utility rather than DPS, with a glaring single-target weakness.

Tips[]

  • Generally, Strong fits the Glue Gunner the best if it's to benefit the most from individually slowing bloons down. Last also works to start gluing bloons before the bloons reach too far such that defenses would otherwise clog up Glue Gunner's generally low pierce.

Additional Strategies[]

Monkey Knowledge[]

This section displays Monkey Knowledge that has effects on Glue Gunner and its changes when compared to one by default:

  • IncreasedLifespanIcon Increased Lifespan: Glue Gunner has increased projectile lifespan.
    • x seconds → x seconds.
  • FastGlueIcon Fast Glue: Glue Gunner 10% increased attack speed.
  • MoreSplattyGlueIcon More Splatty Glue: Increases Glue Splatter pierce by 2.
    • Glue Splatter can affect up to from 6 bloons → 8 bloons per shot.
  • AviationGradeGlueIcon Aviation Grade Glue: MOAB Glue slows more than normal.
    • MOAB Glue and Relentless Glue slowdown effect for MOAB-class bloons increases from 37.5% slowdown to 50% slowdown, or MOAB-class bloons slow down to 50% speed instead of 62.5% speed.
  • CheaperSolutionIcon Cheaper Solution: Bloon Liquifier cost reduced by 1000.
    • $4,250, $5,000, $5,400, and $6,000 reduced to $3,250, $4,000, $4,400, and $5,000 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively
  • ComeOnEverybodyIcon 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.
  • BonusGlueGunnerIcon Bonus Glue Gunner: Gives a free Glue Gunner at the start of every game. Only one free Monkey Tower per game.
  • MonkeyEducationIcon Monkey Education: All Monkeys XP earn rate increased by 8%.
  • BetterSellDealsIcon Better Sell Deals: All Monkeys sell for 5% more.
    • Increases sell potency from 70% to 75%.
  • VeteranMonkeyTrainingIcon Veteran Monkey Training: All Monkeys reload time reduced by 3%.
  • GlobalAbilityCooldownsIcon Global Ability Cooldowns: All Ability cooldowns for all Monkeys reduced by 3%.

Version History[]

Differences Between BTD5 and BTD6[]

Listed are comparisons of the Glue Gunner in BTD6 compared to BTD5. Takes into account Flash and Mobile versions.

  • BUFF 2-x-x Glue Gunner can now target MOAB-class bloons with the Corrosive Glue upgrade.
  • BUFF Base Glue Gunner is now less expensive ($270 → $225).
  • BUFF x-2-x Glue Splatter costs less ($2,200 → $1,650).
  • BUFF x-4-x Glue Strike (previously named Glue Striker) costs less ($5500 → $3450).
  • NERF x-4-x Glue Strike now requires a short initial cooldown before initial usage.
  • BUFF 4-x-x Bloon Liquefier costs less ($12500 → $5000).
  • NERF Stickier Glue now costs more ($120 -> $280)
  • Change Several changes in path placement of the upgrades; some upgrades are moved to different paths.
  • BUFF Base Glue Gunner can now slow down Ceramic Bloons on both the mobile and desktop versions.

Balance Changes[]

Initial (compared to BTD5)

Note: Lists all balance changes implemented for the Glue Gunner when it was first released in Bloons TD 6 (June 14th 2018) in comparison to Bloons TD 5. Takes into account Flash and Mobile versions of Bloons TD 5.

  • BUFF 2-x-x Glue Gunner can now target MOAB-class bloons with the Corrosive Glue upgrade.
  • NERF Base Glue Gunner is now more expensive ($270 → $275).
  • BUFF x-2-x Glue Splatter costs less ($2,200 → $1,800).
  • BUFF x-4-x Glue Strike (previously named Glue Striker) costs less ($5500 → $3500).
  • NERF x-4-x Glue Strike now requires an initial cooldown before initial usage.
  • BUFF 4-x-x Bloon Liquefier costs less ($12500 → $7000).
  • Change Several changes in path placement of the upgrades; some upgrades are moved to different paths.
  • BUFF Base Glue Gunner can now slow down Ceramic Bloons on both the mobile and desktop versions.
2.0
  • BUFF x-5-x Glue Storm lasts longer (TBA seconds → 10), adds extra slow, and has a shorter cooldown (TBA seconds → 30).
4.0
  • BUFF x-5-x Glue Storm cost reduced ($18,000 → $15,000).
  • BUFF x-5-x Glue Storm ability duration increased by 5 seconds more than normal (10 → 15).
  • NERF x-x-3 MOAB Glue cost increased ($2500 → $3200).
8.0
  • BUFF 5-x-x The Bloon Solver deals more damage to Ceramics and MOAB-class (+1 → +2).
  • BUFF x-5-x Glue Storm bloons caught in the Glue Storm will now take an additional +1 damage while glued.
  • BUFF x-x-5 Super Glue costs less ($40,000 → $35,000).
  • NERF x-x-5 Super Glue slowdown percentage on MOAB-class decreased (100% → 90%).
  • Change x-x-5 Super Glue deals damage on MOAB-class upon impact (0 → 50). Will harm infinite stalling but will increase normal damage.
10.0
  • BUFF x-x-5 Super Glue pierce increased by +5.
  • BUFF x-x-5 Super Glue now completely stuns MOABs and DDTs.
  • BUFF x-x-5 Super Glue now applies extra slow to BFBs (90% slowdown → 95%).
17.0
  • BUFF x-4-x Glue Strike's ability now also causes glued Bloons to take +1 damage.
20.0
  • BUFF 3-x-x Bloon Dissolver cost reduced ($3,300 → $2,700).
  • BUFF 4-x-x Bloon Liquifier cost reduced ($7,000 → $6,500).
  • BUFF 5-x-x The Bloon Solver now fires 2 projectiles per attack.
  • NERF 5-x-x The Bloon Solver splash pierce reduced (11 → 4).
  • NERF 5-1-0 The Bloon Solver splash pierce reduced (12 → 5).
  • NERF 5-2-0 The Bloon Solver splash pierce reduced (15 → 9).
21.0
The Bloon Solver recently received a small functional rework buff, this follow-up buff will make the stepping stones to it a little easier on saving.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF 4-x-x Bloon Liquifier price reduced from $6,500 → $5,500.
22.0
Glue Strike currently allows for 240 crosspath to hit MOABs with 042 being more Ceramic focused but losing the Glue Soak from top path hurts against lower layers, so we've increased the base amount of layers glued by Strike & Storm so that it won't expire on non-MOABs so quickly. Additional changes are a follow up reduction to The Bloon Solver's price and a small increase to MOAB Glue's price due to dominance in conjunction with MOAB Press.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF The Bloon Solver price reduced from $24,000 to $22,000.
  • BUFF 0-4-x Glue Strike ability layers glued increased from 3 to 6.
  • BUFF 0-5-x Glue Storm ability layers glued increased from 3 to 9.
  • NERF MOAB Glue price increased from $3200 to $3400.
23.0
Adjustments to top-path upgrades to make each step more noticeable. Very small nerf to the slow amount on MOAB Glue as it has for a long time held a dominating spot in MOAB support, but this same amount has been returned to the previous value at Tier 4. We are still looking at future improvements here, including reworking the priority tree of glue stacks.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Bloon Dissolver price reduced ($2,700 → $2,600).
  • BUFF Bloon Liquifier pierce increased (1 → 2).
  • NERF MOAB Glue slow amount on MOABs reduced (0.625x → 0.75x). Remains at 0.625x for Relentless Glue.
24.0
More tweaks with the intent of viable stepping stones toward The Bloon Solver. Due to quirks with game state interactions temporarily preventing more nuanced changes, we have decided to leave MOAB Glue's slow amount on MOABs as it was previously, coming back to Relentless later. However xx4 Relentless Glue will still layer over the top of it.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Bloon Dissolver costs less ($2,600 → $2,500).
  • BUFF Bloon Liquefier costs less ($5,500 → $5,000).
  • BUFF MOAB Glue MOAB slow effectiveness changed from 0.75x back to 0.625x (i.e. now slows blimps by 37.5% again).
  • NERF [undocumented bug] Super Glue can no longer re-apply glue onto the same bloon or blimp until the glue wears out.
26.0
Super Glue currently fits a role of essentially a weaker Ice Impale that is also much more expensive (and, well, worse). For now the cost has been cut substantially to keep their function and value balanced.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Super Glue price reduced from $35,000 to $28,000.
  • BUFF [undocumented] Super Glue will now re-apply glue to glued bloons without the "Slowdown Stuck" status effect. Still does not re-apply glue to "Slowdown Stuck" bloons
    • This was listed as a bug fix that was said by NK as "xx5 Super Glue can now re-target Bloons that is has [sic] already Glued after stun expires"
28.0
Acidic Mixture Dip did nothing for Glue Gunners but alchemist would waste it on them
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Acidic Mixture Dip can no longer be thrown at Glue Gunners, which never gained any meaningful effect from it.
29.0
Since glue gunners can't work together as we all want them to and we could not bite that off for this update, for now have decided to do more for the top and middle paths themselves.

Bloon Solver's single target power feels like it ramps slowly on larger targets, and while it is mainly a grouped cleanup, we decided to give a nudge here with bonuses to large targets to help with higher round falloff.

~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Bloon Liquefier DoT deals +1 damage to ceramics
  • BUFF Bloon Solver DoT deals +1 damage to MOAB-Class
Glue Strike doesn't seem to hold up to any other option in a similar role, so we've doubled down on its support factor with a new role and are hoping for more synergy to emerge there.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Glue Strike ability now weakens Frozen and Lead Bloons, allowing them to take sharp damage
  • BUFF Glue Strike bonus damage taken while glued increased from +1 → +2
  • BUFF Glue Storm bonus damage taken while glued increased from +1 → +2
30.0
  • NERF Super Glue now re-applies to glue to "Slowdown Stuck" bloons
    • Note: Considered a nerf because this causes blimp descendents to clog pierce instead of focusing on other blimps that were unaffected by the "Slowdown Stuck" status effect.
31.0
  • BUFF Corrosive Glue DoT rate increased 2.3s → 2s
  • BUFF Bloon Dissolver DoT ceramic bonus increased +0 → +1, Bloon Liquifier DoT ceramic bonus unchanged
  • BUFF The Bloon Solver DoT bonus moab damage increased +3 → +5
33.0
We want to achieve an effect with Bloon Solver’s acid burning through the layers quickly but not instantly, though we haven’t so far achieved a good balance of this along with eliminating Super Ceramics in a timely manner, causing it to be disappointing or impractical on shorter maps. To solve this while retaining the vision we have boosted the ceramic bonus up significantly along with preventing this bonus from overflowing into the children layers.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Bloon Solver DoT's Ceramic bonus damage increased from +2 → +8
  • NERF Bloon Solver DoT's Ceramic bonus will no longer penetrate Ceramics
34.0
Glue Gunner base level doesn’t fit in as a starter placement, while not really changing that at all we feel for now if it was cheaper than $250 you'd be able to start with 2 dart monkeys & a glue on medium for more casual variety. With an expensive tier 2 and the T3 breaking the $3k mark Glue Hose doesn’t feel justifiable a lot of the time so base cost is being shifted up to T4. Bloon Solver appears to be in a fair state now but with low value save up into it from Dissolver & Liquifier, slight improvements have been made here to assist them in cleaning up in some cases it feels they should.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Base Glue Gunner cost reduced $275 → $225
  • BUFF Glue Hose price reduced from $3250 → $2900
  • NERF Glue Strike price increased from $3500 → $3850
  • BUFF Bloon Dissolver pierce increased from 1 → 2
  • BUFF Bloon Liquefier ceramic bonus increased 1 → 2
  • BUFF Bloon Dissolver DoT tic rate 0.65s → 0.575s
35.0
We were unsure this rework would make it in at all until late and didnt want to mess around too much further before release, so we plan to make further refinements to the numbers in order to bring power properly in line with what we would like - however the long awaited mechanic rework for Relentless & Super Glue is here and we feel it is a promising start. Relentless Glue now brings some AoE stun on layer popping and glue track puddles has been reworked into a dps enhancement for the top path Bloon Solver instead of a hyper niche bottom path stalling bonus (the more ceramics the merrier!). Glue Gunner has also had a number of price changes aimed at improving the middle path / crosspathing while avoiding improving MOAB Glue. We’ve already found interesting uses for the top path change so keen to hear about your cool use cases.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF The Bloon Solver upon destroying a Bloon now drops puddles of acid on the track that deal 1 pierce of 20 damage to whatever hits it. Puddles last for 5.0s but cannot hit targets that are already glued.
    • Ninja Kiwi states that they will likely lower damage but increase pierce to help improve crosspathing of the pools.
  • BUFF Glue Splatter price reduced $1800 → $1650
  • BUFF Glue Hose price reduced $2900 → $2500
  • BUFF Glue Strike price reduced $3850 → $3450
  • BUFF Glue Storm ability duration increased 15s → 20s
  • NERF Stickier Glue price increased $120 → $280
  • NERF Relentless Glue no longer drops any puddles on the track
  • NERF Relentless Glue no longer drops any puddles on the track
  • BUFF Relentless Glue on any glued layer popping stuns Bloons (non-moabs) in the area with a small splat (pierce 3, radius 12, 0.5s duration)
  • BUFF Super Glue on any glued layer popping stuns Bloons and MOABs in the area with a small splat (pierce 3, radius 12, 0.5s duration)
36.0
Our Glue rework last update wasn't quite ready soon enough to go through in depth balancing of how the new mechanics felt before release, but we still wanted to just get them out and see what people thought anyway, so this is mostly just a bit of catch up on that with fixes to crosspathing value.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Bloon Liquifier attack speed increased 1s → 0.75s. Does not affect The Bloon Solver.
  • BUFF Bloon Solver glue puddles duration increased 5s → 7.7s
  • BUFF 5-0-2 Bloon Solver glue puddles duration increased 5s → 16.8s
  • BUFF Bloon Solver glue puddles pierce increased 1 → 3
  • BUFF 5-1-0 Bloon Solver glue puddles pierce increased 1 → 4
  • BUFF Bloon Solver puddles no longer filter out glued targets
  • BUFF x-0-4 Relentless Glue on-pop stun pierce increased from 3 → 6
  • BUFF 0-1-4 Relentless Glue on-pop stun pierce increased from 3 → 7
  • BUFF 0-2-4 Relentless Glue on-pop stun pierce increased from 3 → 9
  • BUFF Relentless Glue on-pop stun duration increased from 0.5s → 1s
37.0
The Bloon Solver’s rework has been very popular, however, we’d like to have a better lead up into the new mechanics by introducing this earlier at the tier 4 now.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Bloon Liquefier now drops puddles of acid on the track that deal 1 damage to affected bloons. Puddles last for 7.7s (16.8s with 4-0-2) but cannot hit targets that are already glued, and hit up to 3 bloons (4 with 4-1-0, 5 with 4-2-0).
38.0
This is not intended to be a significant nerf to the tower’s base game performance so we plan to keep an eye on the change; however the recent top path Glue Gunner changes where duplicating every high level glued Bloon into magnitudes more puddles due to the recurring children multiplication of pre-r80 Bloons. This caused performance issues and effectively broke the game in certain situations so we have limited these puddles to spawn from the first child of glued targets to keep the lategame performance unchanged but hopefully solve the root of this issue in the early game where the main attack is mostly enough to easily deal with all cleanup anyway. Also adding a little extra bonus for Relentless glue, allowing the stun splats to work on smaller MOABs & DDTs.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • NERF Bloon Liquifier and The Bloon Solver will only drop puddles from the first child in the split
  • NERF Bloon Liquifier and The Bloon Solver glue puddles no longer hit Camo Bloons innately
  • BUFF Relentless Glue stun on pop now stuns DDTs & MOABs for 0.25s
39.0
Small stepping stone buff on top path Dissolver as top glue is quite limited until 4th tier. Glue Strike for the longest time has had crosspath that only technically grants separate intended use cases, this choice though felt too niche and janky so that crosspath requirement is being completely reworked to allow the ability to hit MOABs regardless of crosspath. Glue Strike will instead work around the standard glue crosspathing benefits of more layers or longer duration.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Bloon Dissolver dissolve rate increased (0.575s → 0.5s)
  • BUFF Glue Strike ability can now hit MOAB Class Bloons even without 2-4-0 crosspath. Also affects Glue Storm.
  • NERF 0-4-x Glue Strike ability layers glued decreased (6 → 3). Does not affect 1-4-0.
  • NERF 0-5-x Glue Storm ability layers glued decreased (9 → 3). Does not affect 1-5-0.
  • BUFF Glue Storm ability attack cooldown per strike reduced (2s → 1s)
41.0
Bloon Liquifier is not a great save-up into Bloon Solver, so buffing its puddles. Glue Storm is fantastic now however buildup tiers into it feel they serve little point at all, we're shifting price out of Glue Soak into MOAB Glue and from Glue Hose into Glue Strike so these weaker upgrades can come by sooner. Super Glue isn't a big upgrade to Relentless Glue for the high cost so we're setting it at a different price point to other similar role towers, but also hitting it with a larger full rework of number shuffling, with more of the damage it deals coming from the DoT rather than the initial impact making it easier for DoT to self-trigger glue explosions and act as a buff to the 205 crosspath along with the base pierce of the glue explosions being higher.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Bloon Liquefier lingering puddle damage increased 1 to 2. Does not affect The Bloon Solver (20).
  • BUFF Glue Hose price reduced from $2500 to $2100
  • NERF Glue Strike price increased from $3450 to $3850
  • NERF Glue Storm price increased from $15,000 to $16,000
  • BUFF Glue Splatter price reduced from $1650 to $1450
  • NERF MOAB Glue price increased from $3400 to $3600
  • BUFF Super Glue price reduced from $28,000 to $24,000
  • NERF Super Glue direct blimp damage reduced from 50 to 30
  • BUFF 0-x-5 and 1-0-5 Super Glue DoT damage tic increased from 1 to 20
  • BUFF 2-0-5 Super Glue DoT damage tic increased from 1 to 21
  • BUFF 2-0-5 Super Glue DoT damage tic interval reduced from 2s to 1.8s
  • BUFF 0-2-4 Relentless Glue splat on pop pierce increased from 9 to 10
  • BUFF 0-x-5 Super Glue splat on pop pierce increased from 6 to 11
  • BUFF 0-1-5 Super Glue splat on pop pierce increased from 6 to 12
  • BUFF 0-2-5 Super Glue splat on pop pierce increased from 6 to 15

Bug Fixes and General Changes[]

2.0
  • 2-x-x Corrosive Glue upgrade will now last the correct duration on MOABs.
  • BUFF x-2-5 Super Glue with Glue Splatter now correctly has more pierce (5 → 6).
3.0
  • Change 2+-x-x Corrosive Glue will now correctly apply Glue Soak to bloons when replacing a weaker glue that is already on a bloon.
8.1
  • Glue Gunner should now work correctly on Chutes.
9.0
  • BUFF x-2-5 Super Glue with Glue Splatter should correctly stun all regular Bloons.
10.0
  • NERF x-5-x Glue Storm ability no longer glues MOABs without 2-x-x Corrosive Glue.
17.0
  • Glue Storm description updated to reflect previous changes.
24.0
  • BUFF 4-1-0 Bloon Liquifier can now correctly pierce through 3 Bloons, not just 2.
  • 4-x-x Bloon Liquifier description has been updated with more detail.
  • x-4-x Glue Strike description has been updated with more detail.
26.0
  • BUFF Super Glue can now re-target Bloons that is has already glued after "stun" expires.


30.0
  • BUFF 2xx Corrosive Glue and above now allows the top path of Glue Gunner to be targeted by Acidic Mixture Dip
  • NERF Super Glue now targets "Slowdown Stuck" bloons again
    • Written by NK as "xx5 Super Glue can target Glued Bloons again"
36.0
  • 5xx Bloon Solver no longer incorrectly applies a pink asset below certain green assets
38.0
  • Fixed a bug with 420 glue gunner not spawning puddles from the splat

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Trivia[]

  • In BTD6, a glued bloon can be glued by another glue gunner.
  • Path 1 upgrades improve its ability to pop bloons while Path 2 upgrades improve its ability to glue multiple bloons at a time. Path 3 focuses on slowing bloons down even more, as well as gluing MOAB Class Bloons.
  • Tier 2 upgrades make the body of the glue gunner almost completely covered. At tier 3 the face gets covered.
  • In Bloons TD 6, each 5th tier upgrade has a different suit. In Path 1, the monkey wears a green Class-B hazmat suit with a gas mask connected with an oxygen tank meaning the fumes are very toxic. In Path 2, the monkey wears an orange mask with two windows for eyes. In Path 3, the monkey wears a black (sort of metallic) Class-C hazmat suit.
  • In BTD6, by the end of path 1, the glue becomes green, by the end of path 2 the glue remains yellow, and by the end of path 3, the glue becomes pink.
  • In BTD6, the monkey has noticeably darker fur than other monkeys.
  • In BTD6, the Glue Gunner is the only tower that changes poses from Tier 1 to Tier 2.


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