| “ | Heavy shells do extra damage to Ceramic, Lead, all Fortified, and all stunned bloons. Can also pop Black Bloons. | ” |
| ~ BTDB2 description |
Heavy Shells
Heavy Shells is the 3rd upgrade of Path 2 for the Mortar Monkey in Bloons TD Battles 2. It allows the mortar to pop Black Bloon properties as well as deal +1 damage to all Fortified, +1 damage to all Leads (including visible DDTs), +3 damage to Ceramic Bloons, +1 damage to MOAB-class, and +2 damage to stunned bloons. It does not provide additional attack speed, equivalent to its previous upgrade, Rapid Reload, which attacks every 1.08s.
It costs $900, and is unlocked with the purchase of Mortar Monkey.
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Summary[]
The main perk of this upgrade that makes this upgrade itself worthwhile is the innate black-popping power, allowing the Mortar's direct explosions to penetrate Blacks and Zebras, as well as making Round 6 counterable if relying on Mortar in the early-game. The extra damage to Ceramics makes it more efficient against rushes of Ceramics. Most other variants of bonus damage beside the extra stunned damage aren't quite as useful aside from when upgraded to Artillery Battery, which reveals the true value of the Heavy Shells damage bonuses. As for the extra damage to stunned, it can utilize that bonus damage in combination with a Shell Shock Mortar against bloons.
Tips[]
- 2-3-0 Heavy Shells is usually better than 0-3-2 Heavy Shells, as Heavy Shells already pops Black Bloons, and the extra damage is usually better than a damage-over-time that only does a few delayed ticks of damage.
Version History[]
- Initial release (compared to BTD6 during Version 28.0)
- Released
- 1.5.0
No longer requires 2300 XP to unlock. Players who have unlocked this upgrade before the update will not receive a full refund.
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