Heavy Bombs

BTD6

BTDB2

Heavy Bombs
General Information
Game	Bloons TD 6
Tower	Bomb Shooter
Unlocked at	1,000 XP
Cost	$550 (Easy) $650 (Medium) $700 (Hard) $780 (Impoppable)
Targeting Options	First, Last, Close, Strong
Camo Detection	No
Popology
Damage Type(s)
Explosion Single Projectile Straight Attack Area of Effect Extra Damage
Statistics
Damage	2
Pierce	30
Attack Speed	Moderately Slow (every 1.5s, e.a.u.)
Range	40 (e.a.u.)
Status Effects	N/A
Tower Boosts	N/A
Income/Life Boosts	N/A
Path Upgrades
← Previous	Bigger Bombs
← Previous	Bigger Bombs
Current	Heavy Bombs
Current	Heavy Bombs
Next →	Really Big Bombs
Next →	Really Big Bombs
Path Info
Path	1
Path	1
Upgrade Tier	2
Upgrade Tier	2
[Source]

“	Heavy duty bombs can smash through 2 layers of Bloon at once and pop more Bloons.	”
	~ In-game description

Heavy Bombs is the second upgrade of Path 1 for the Bomb Shooter in Bloons TD 6. Each explosion deals +1 damage, including for any crosspath upgrades. On top of this, primary explosions gain +10 pierce, for up to 30 bloons per shot instead of 20 from Bigger Bombs. Secondary explosions (from Cluster Bombs and above) gain +10 pierce and +1 damage, while tertiary explosions (from Recursive Cluster and above) gain +40 pierce and +1 damage.

This upgrade costs $550 on Easy, $650 on Medium, $700 on Hard, and $780 on Impoppable.

Description

Overview

Heavy Bombs

In terms of overall appearance, this upgrade is almost identical to the previous upgrade, Bigger Bombs; the only differences are grey wheels instead of brown (possibly made of stone or metal instead of wood) and a second red reinforce band on the back. If given to Cluster Bombs and above, the Heavy Bombs crosspath is identified by the second red ring at the backside of the cannon as well as the first ring near the front of the barrel. A second thick ring is given to any crosspath along Path 2 other than Faster Reload, wrapping it around the tip of the missile.

Heavy Bombs grants +1 damage and +10 explosion pierce, dealing 2 damage and 30 pierce per primary explosion. It also gives bonus crosspathing bonuses, giving more damage and pierce in different ways.

Targeting Priorities

Heavy Bombs 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.

Full Popology

Statistics

Updated as of Version 42.0

Base stats

• Bomb:
  • Projectile, explosion type, 40 range, 1.5s attack cooldown, 2 damage, 30 pierce. Blast radius of 18.

Crosspathing interactions

• 2-x-x:
  • 2-x-≥3:
    • Secondary clusters each gain +10 pierce, for a total of 24 pierce instead of 14.
    • Secondary clusters gain +1 damage.
  • 2-0-≥4:
    • Tertiary clusters each gain +40 pierce, for a total of 96 pierce instead of 56.
    • Tertiary clusters gain +1 damage.

Monkey Knowledge interactions

• Increased Lifespan: Projectiles shot from Bomb Shooter have increased lifespan.
• 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%.

Attack Interactions

See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Primary

Updated as of Version 36.0

Base attack(s)

• Bomb:
  • Explosion
  • Single Projectile
  • Straight Attack
  • Area of Effect
  • Extra Damage

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 (2-X-X)	$550	$650	$700	$780	-
Total (2-0-0)	$1,290	$1,525	$1,645	$1,830	$903	$1,068	$1,152	$1,281
Crosspath (2-1-0)	$1,500	$1,775	$1,915	$2,130	$1,050	$1,243	$1,341	$1,491
Crosspath (2-2-0)	$1,840	$2,175	$2,345	$2,610	$1,288	$1,523	$1,642	$1,827
Crosspath (2-0-1)	$1,460	$1,725	$1,860	$2,070	$1,022	$1,208	$1,302	$1,449
Crosspath (2-0-2)	$1,715	$2,025	$2,185	$2,430	$1,201	$1,418	$1,530	$1,701

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: Better Sell Deals

Strategy

Summary

Heavy Bombs increases damage for the Bomb Shooter, and increases the maximum number of bloons each explosion can affect. Combined with the practically double damage for most Bomb Shooter upgrades (except MOAB Maulers and their later upgrades, and Bomb Blitz), the extra pierce allows for better combat versus hyperdense rounds. This upgrade has greatest effect for Cluster Bombs, as all its explosions including secondary explosions gain a significant boost to damage and pierce.

An interesting side effect with this upgrade allows a Bomb Shooter to be significantly better against Rainbow Bloons, as it allows its explosion to release Whites and Blacks from the Rainbow Bloon, opening up potential damage to the White Bloons where a normal Bomb Shooter would be stuck with the Zebra layer's explosive resistance.

Tips

• Generally speaking, this upgrade should be bought in combination with upgrades, in order to optimize the Bomb Shooter's attacks. Heavy Bombs is generally the better crosspath upgrade for Cluster Bombs and Recursive Cluster. Heavy Bombs does not improve Frag Bombs attacks, however, but is decent with Missile Launcher.
• Heavy Bombs can be added to MOAB Maulers for the extra pierce, to handle hyperdense rounds like Round 98 a bit more effectively. However, MOAB Maulers with Bigger Bombs already gain a sizable amount of pierce, not to mention that adding more 1-3-0 Maulers under Primary Mentoring are far cheaper than lesser numbers of 2-3-0 Maulers also under the range of Primary Mentoring.
  • 2-3-0 Maulers are much more effective if combined with Primary Expertise, however, since it heavily reduces overall cost of all max-crosspathed T3 Bomb Shooters; the high synergy with Primary Expertise's free T2 upgrades allows for Heavy Bombs' massive pierce bonus to truly come into play with Maulers.
• Since the Recursive Cluster gains bonus damage already, Heavy Bombs' bonus damage on top will allow each of Recursive's explosions to deal 3 damage, enough to bypass all explosion-immune layers of a Rainbow Bloon, from a Rainbow Bloon directly to Pink Bloon.

Version History

Balance Changes

Heavy Bombs was buffed to make crosspathing a Bomb Shooter with this particular upgrade more useful for Middle Path. Incidentally, this has indirectly affected the pierce of secondary clusters from Cluster Bombs and Recursive Cluster, which since made Heavy Bombs the dominant crosspath for those upgrades.

22.0

“	Some low tier Bomb pierce has been shifted further up into the 2xx Heavy Bombs upgrade to effectively nerf 130 Mauler meta in price, but the price of these upgrades and MOAB Damage of T4 Maulers have both been buffed to benefit other variations of bomb better. Bloon Impact's price was increased as it didn't need to benefit from this buff, [...]	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi, referring to buffing Heavy Bombs, nerfing 1-3-0 Mauler pierce, and nerfing Bloon Impact price from Path 1 price buffs

• Heavy Bombs now increases pierce by a further +10, for an overall pierce of 30 instead of 28.
• Heavy Bombs price reduced from $800 to $650

34.0

• Heavy Bombs pierce bonus on tertiary clusters reduced for Recursive Cluster

35.0

• Heavy Bombs pierce bonus on tertiary clusters reduced for Recursive Cluster

38.0

• Heavy Bombs pierce bonus on tertiary clusters increased for Recursive Cluster

Bug Fixes and General Changes

22.0

• Description changed from "Heavy duty bombs can smash through 2 layers of Bloon at once." to "Heavy duty bombs can smash through 2 layers of Bloon at once and pop more Bloons."

Gallery

Heavy Bombs shooting a bomb at a Test Bloon

Crosspathing (Top: Path 2, Bottom: Path 3)

Heavy Bombs dealing 2 damage per explosion

Enough XP to unlock Heavy Bombs

Official artwork

Upgrade portrait

Upgrade icon

Instamonkey icon

Trivia

• Heavy Bombs is the second-most expensive Tier 2 Primary Monkey upgrade in the game, second to Glue Splatter. Its significance is due to the Primary Expertise benefit.