“ | Larger freeze area. | ” |
~ In-game description |
Larger Radius is the first upgrade of Path 3 of Ice Monkey in Bloons TD 6. It increases the Ice Monkey's range by +7 (from 20 to 27), for roughly 35% compared to an unupgraded Ice Monkey. This allows the Ice Monkey to freeze further and affect a wider area.
This upgrade costs $150 on Easy, $175 on Medium, $190 on Hard, and $210 on Impoppable.
Description[]
Overview[]
This upgrade gives the Ice Monkey light grey gloves. When crosspathed with Arctic Wind, its gloves become red, while Snowstorm changes them to white.
Larger Radius increases range by +7, which also affect the blast radius of the freeze.
Targeting Priorities[]
Larger Radius produces freezing blasts in a zone-like style. Technically, the Ice Monkey is locked on the Close targeting priority. However, for simplicity reasons, this monkey has no targeting priorities.
Full Popology[]
Statistics[]
- Updated as of Version 37.3
- Base stats
- Freeze:
- Zone, cold type, detects centerpoint hitbox, 27 range, 2.4s attack cooldown, 1 damage, 40 pierce, freezes for 1.5s. Blast radius matches current range.
- Crosspathing interactions
- 3+-0-1:
- Freeze range increased from 25 to 32
- 0-3-1:
- Freeze, Aura, and Frozen Water range increased from 20 to 27
- 0-4-1:
- Freeze, Aura, and Frozen Water range increased from 30 to 37
- 0-5-1:
- Freeze, Aura, and Frozen Water range increased from 40 to 47
- Tier 3+ with x-x-1
- Can apply freeze effect on Ceramics for 100% duration instead of 50%.
- Monkey Knowledge interactions
- Icy Chill: Freeze radius slightly increased. Increases by +3.
- 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 37.3
- Base attack(s)
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-X-1) | $150 | $175 | $190 | $210 | - | |||
Total (0-0-1) | $575 | $675 | $730 | $810 | $403 | $473 | $511 | $567 |
Crosspath (1-0-1) | $700 | $825 | $890 | $990 | $490 | $578 | $623 | $693 |
Crosspath (2-0-1) | $995 | $1,175 | $1,270 | $1,410 | $697 | $823 | $889 | $987 |
Crosspath (0-1-1) | $765 | $900 | $975 | $1,080 | $536 | $630 | $683 | $756 |
Crosspath (0-2-1) | $1,145 | $1,350 | $1,460 | $1,620 | $802 | $945 | $1,022 | $1,134 |
This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: Better Sell Deals
Strategy[]
Summary[]
While in most cases Enhanced Freeze will freeze more bloons, Larger Radius still may be useful in rare cases when there needs a bit more of a range coverage. Larger Radius also leads into a powerful upgrade, Re-Freeze, that combos well with Deep Freeze (or Enhanced Freeze when combined with speed buffs) for a permanent stall. Larger Radius also increases range for an Arctic Wind platform.
Tips[]
- Larger Radius can be used to increase range for an Arctic Wind platform. In that case, Re-Freeze might not be necessary unless needing to stall Super Ceramics.
- On Race Events, this upgrade can be used to reach a bit more coverage for a better early utilization of the Ice Monkey's pierce.
Version History[]
Balance Changes[]
The Larger Radius upgrade has long been untouched but it later received a nerf in Version 28.0, mainly to make 0-1-2 Ice more expensive, as well as to make the Larger Radius upgrade a little harder to get on Race Events. This one nerf has also made it impossible to start off with 0-0-1 Ice on a standard game of CHIMPS.
- 2.0
- Affected by base Ice pierce buff
- 28.0
“ | [...] Additionally some smaller price nerfs have been made along the lower tiers of bottom path as each of these upgrades has been standing out a little much. | ” |
~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Larger Radius price increased from $100 → $175
- 34.0
- Affected by base Ice pierce nerf
- 37.0
- Tier 2 and below Ice Monkey freeze duration reduced by 50% on ceramics.
- 39.0
- Affected by base Ice pierce buff
Bug Fixes and General Changes[]
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Gallery[]
Official artwork[]
Trivia[]
- The effect of this upgrade is almost identical to a Monkey Knowledge upgrade called Icy Chill.
- Together, they can give the Ice Monkey a lot more range.
- Before BTD4, a similar upgrade called Wide Freeze Radius acts similarly to Larger Radius, which increases freeze radius.
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