- Not to be confused with Hot Shots, an upgrade for the Tack Shooter.
“ | Burning hot grape shot can pop Lead Bloons and set Bloons on fire. | ” |
~ In-game description |
Hot Shot is the Tier 2 upgrade of Path 2 for the Monkey Buccaneer in Bloons TD 6. It exchanges the Buccaneer's sharp purple grapes for flaming grapes that can pop Frozen and Lead Bloons, but not Purples. The grapes also cause a Burn damage-over-time effect; this does 2 damage per 1.5 seconds for 3 seconds.
Crosspathing interactions with Hot Shot are similar to that from Grape Shot, its previous upgrade, except for Aircraft Carrier, which simply change the frontal grapes of the planes to Fire damage type.
This upgrade costs $425 on Easy, $500 on Medium, $540 on Hard, and $600 on Impoppable.
Description[]
Overview[]
After buying this upgrade, the grapes shot will be on fire. Crosspaths do not affect the appearance of the grapes, though Destroyer and Aircraft Carrier will have their purple trims recolored to orange. These fiery grapes are considered "fire", popping Frozen and Leads but not Purples, and also apply a burning damage-over-time that deals 2 damage per 1.5s.
Targeting Priorities[]
Hot Shot targets bloons using the standard target priorities. It has multiple types of attacks that are shot in different styles. It can also utilize multiple targeting to shoot projectiles from both ends of the boat if it detects bloons on its opposite side.
- 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.
Darts are shot in a straight movement, and grapes are straightforwardly projectiles shot in an angular spray.
If given the Crow's Nest upgrade, all its attacks can prioritize Camo Bloons over other types, which is provided by the Camo Prioritization targeting.
Full Popology[]
Statistics[]
- Updated as of Version 40.2
- Base stats
- Dart:
- Projectile, sharp type, 60 range, 1.0s attack cooldown, 1 damage, 4 pierce. Can shoot a second copy of Dart at 180° from first Dart if bloons are detected behind.
- Grape:
- Projectile, fire type, 60 range, 1.3s attack cooldown, spray of 5 in a 100° spread with equal distribution, 1 damage, 1 pierce. Can shoot a second copy of Grape at 180° from first Grape if bloons are detected behind. Upon hit, apply Burn that deals 2 damage per 1.5s for 3.0s, and cannot burn Purples.
- Crosspathing interactions
In addition to crosspath benefits from Grape Shot:
- 4-1-0: Changes damage type of Aircraft Radial Dart from sharp to fire, with no napalm.
- Monkey Knowledge interactions
- Naval Upgrades: All Monkey Buccaneers get +1 pierce.
- Elite Military Training: All Military Monkeys get a one-off +1000 XP and earn XP in-game 5% faster permanently.
- Big Bunch: Grape Shot shoots 6 grapes instead of 5.
- Flanking Maneuvers: Attacks 10% faster when set targeting priority to "Last".
- Military Conscription: First military tower costs only ⅔ of the original cost.
- Monkey Buccaneer base cost from $425, $500, $540, and $600 → $285, $335, $360, and $400 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
- Advanced Logistics: All Military Monkeys base costs reduced by 5%.
- Monkey Buccaneer base cost reduced from $425, $500, $540, and $600 → $405, $475, $515, and $570 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
- If Military Conscription is also enabled, the base cost will be $265, $310, $335, and $370.
- Monkey Buccaneer base cost reduced from $425, $500, $540, and $600 → $405, $475, $515, and $570 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
- 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/Military
- Updated as of Version 40.2
- Base attack(s)
- Dart:
- Grape:
Costs[]
- Updated as of Version 41.0. Listed prices exclude external buffs, any sacrifices, and Monkey Knowledge.
[Module | Data] | Purchase | Sell | ||||||
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Costs | Easy | Medium | Hard | Impoppable | Easy | Medium | Hard | Impoppable |
Upgrade (X-2-X) | $425 | $500 | $540 | $600 | - | |||
Total (0-2-0) | $1,315 | $1,550 | $1,675 | $1,860 | $921 | $1,085 | $1,173 | $1,302 |
Crosspath (1-2-0) | $1,550 | $1,825 | $1,970 | $2,190 | $1,085 | $1,278 | $1,379 | $1,533 |
Crosspath (2-2-0) | $1,910 | $2,250 | $2,430 | $2,700 | $1,337 | $1,575 | $1,701 | $1,890 |
Crosspath (0-2-1) | $1,485 | $1,750 | $1,890 | $2,100 | $1,040 | $1,225 | $1,323 | $1,470 |
Crosspath (0-2-2) | $1,780 | $2,100 | $2,270 | $2,520 | $1,246 | $1,470 | $1,589 | $1,764 |
This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: Military Conscription, Advanced Logistics, Better Sell Deals
Strategy[]
Summary[]
Hot Shot can be a useful upgrade to Grape Shot for popping Lead Bloons early on, and the extra damage is also helpful. A 0-2-2 Buccaneer is also useful for popping Camo Lead. As for 2-2-0, it has similar benefits to 2-1-0 except can handle rounds with Leads and deal slightly more damage overall.
Tips[]
- A 2-2-0 Buccaneer has very good popping power, especially early on, for a decently low price. The Double Shot upgrade adds 1 extra grape per volley.
- Purchasing Hot Shots is very handy as a crosspath for Merchantmen, as it makes them useful at popping Camo Leads and most bloons between Rounds 20-30 on their own, given slight support from other towers.
- The burn effect from grapes cannot stack (i.e. If a Hot Shot grape hits a bloon already on fire, it will not gain any extra damage from the burn effect). Therefore, often just one Hot Shot upgrade is enough if desiring the burn effect.
Version History[]
Balance Changes[]
Received a crosspathing interaction as a buff, taken from its previous upgrade.
- 17.0
- Crosspathing with Double Shot now doubles grapes (carried over from 210).
- 28.0
- 0-2-1 Hot Shot now has 2 pierce per grape instead of 1.
- 36.0
“ | We wanted to do a little general lower tier balancing of costs, as things work a bit better at higher tiers but on the lower end with T1-2 upgrades cost for power doesn’t compare well. [...] | ” |
~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Hot Shot burn DoT damage increased from 1 → 2
- 37.0
- 2-1-0 Hot Shot grape projectile bonus decreased (+5 → +1)
- 3-1-0 Hot Shot speed bonus now increased to match Destroyer's dart speed bonus
- Hot Shot now modifies the attacks of Aircraft Carrier's aircraft into a narrow cone of 6 hot grapes with Fire damage type
Bug Fixes and General Changes[]
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Gallery[]
Official artwork[]
Projectiles[]
Trivia[]
- This upgrade is most likely based on the BTD4 and BTD5 premium upgrade Dreadnought.
- This is one of a handful of upgrades that enables towers to burn bloons in BTD6.
- The others are Burny Stuff, Spiked Mines, Gwendolin's level 6 upgrade, Dragon's Breath and by extension Archmage, Inferno Ring's meteor explosion, and MOAB Domination.
- The grapes from Hot Shot cannot pop Purples even though the grapes visually appear to be literally purple grapes with flames. This is contrary to other upgrades such as White Hot Spikes or the Tack Shooter's Hot Shots upgrade.
- Hot grapes can still ignite the Purple Bloon.
- However, in Battles 2, the hot grapes are flaming fireballs instead of purple grapes with searing flames.
- A hot shot is an actual military weapon.
- According to Ninja Kiwi's 18th March 2022 blog, Monkey Buccaneers do not eat Hot Shot grapes but they do eat Grape Shot grapes.
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