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Rapidly fires much more powerful laser blasts that can pop Frozen Bloons.
~ In-game description

Laser Cannon is the third upgrade of Path 1 for the Dartling Gunner in Bloons TD 6. It increases the Dartling Gun's pierce from 1 to 6 (9 with Powerful Darts), deals 2 damage, and converts the main attack to the energy damage type (can pop Frozen Bloons but can no longer pop Purple Bloons without support). In addition, the Laser Shock effect lasts for 2 seconds instead of just 1 second, and projectile speed increases greatly. Random projectile deviation remains at a 9.6° cone.

This upgrade costs $3,100 on Easy, $3,650 on Medium, $3,940 on Hard, and $4,380 on Impoppable.

Description[]

Overview[]

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Laser Cannon

Laser Cannon dramatically alters the appearance of the gun and the monkey, with the gun being replaced with a three-pronged laser emitter in matte black, including the base of the gun, with a gold ring halfway down, and the gold handle remaining. The monkey's helmet is also painted red, and they gain a pair of green goggles that cover their eyes.

Crosspathing with path 2 converts the metal rings from gold to purple, then the main emitter from black to green.

Crosspathing with path 3 mounts the gun on a tripod with a silvery metal ring, then paints that ring blue while adding two yellow stripes down the side of the helmet.

Laser Cannon deals 2 damage, pierces up to 6 bloons, and converts the Dartling's projectiles from Sharp to the Energy damage type, popping Frozen Bloons but not Purple Bloons. It also improves the Laser Shock, causing it to last 2 seconds; this improved shock can stack with any other Laser Shock, but can only be activated by Laser Cannons and higher. With Powerful Darts, it gains +3 pierce (for 9) and +50% projectile size (for 3).

Targeting Priorities[]

Laser Cannon customly aims based on direction and angle of where the Dartling points towards. It shoots straight movement projectiles controlled in a aim-based mobile style guided by touch-based mobility, albeit with slight amounts of erratic angular deviation.

  • Normal: Rotates towards the direction of where the player last tapped. On desktop versions, always rotates towards direction of the cursor inside the game.
  • Locked: Locks the Dartling in place. By default, locks at center of map, but can be adjusted in the same way as a Mortar Monkey. On desktop versions, using a hotkey to switch to Locked will default to wherever the mouse currently is pointing.

Since all Dartlings already attack based on custom aim, Dartlings don't receive Camo Prioritization even with Advanced Targeting.

Costs[]

Updated as of Version 41.0. Listed prices exclude external buffs, any sacrifices, and Monkey Knowledge.
[Module | Data] Purchase Sell
Costs Easy Medium Hard Impoppable Easy Medium Hard Impoppable
Upgrade (3-X-X) $3,100 $3,650 $3,940 $4,380 -
Total (3-0-0) $4,840 $5,700 $6,155 $6,840 $3,388 $3,990 $4,309 $4,788
Crosspath (3-1-0) $5,050 $5,950 $6,425 $7,140 $3,535 $4,165 $4,498 $4,998
Crosspath (3-2-0) $5,855 $6,900 $7,450 $8,280 $4,099 $4,830 $5,215 $5,796
Crosspath (3-0-1) $4,965 $5,850 $6,315 $7,020 $3,476 $4,095 $4,421 $4,914
Crosspath (3-0-2) $5,985 $7,050 $7,610 $8,460 $4,190 $4,935 $5,327 $5,922

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: MilitaryConscriptionIcon Military Conscription, AdvancedLogisticsIcon Advanced Logistics, BetterSellDealsIcon Better Sell Deals

Strategy[]

Summary[]

Laser Cannon is suitable as an early mid-game option due to its decent stats and infinite range. It functions best on maps with straight lines so it won’t miss too many of its shots. Note that the Laser Cannon does gain increased damage and pierce, in addition to an enhanced Laser Shock effect, which combined allow it to deal high single-target damage and beat small groups of bloons, both for a rather cheap cost. Typically, it is used as a good stepping stone to Plasma Accelerator.

Tips[]

  • 3-2-0 Laser Cannon is mostly preferred for maximum DPS and popping of Camo Bloons. This crosspath grants both camo detection and faster attack speed. Laser Cannon has decent pierce already, but with Powerful Darts it can reach its targets at further distances much sooner with increased pierce, which can make 3-0-2 Laser Cannon better than 3-2-0 Laser Cannon in some cases.
  • Because Laser Cannon pops neither Purples nor Leads, make sure to have support towers for those types so that Laser Cannon can struggle less against the two weaknesses.
    • Effective and cheap options include low tier Ninjas and Snipers.
  • Compared to Hydra Rocket Pods, Laser Cannon is better at hitting single targets and is overall cheaper. It also has the option to also get Powerful Darts to pierce through more bloons per shot while still being quite accurate overall, and has the benefit of being able to be upgraded to Plasma Accelerator.

Version History[]

Balance Changes[]

Laser Cannon was initially released in BTD6 as a high-damage rapid fire attack with a lower cost and an enhanced Laser Shock effect. It got buffed in Version 31.0 to address its low pierce in comparison to other T3 upgrades of Dartling, and 34.0 buffed it again to become cheaper single-target damage.

22.0 (Compared to BTD5)
  • Initial release
  • BUFF Cost of Laser Cannon decreased ($6000 → $4250).
  • NERF Laser Cannon no longer increases attack speed by 15%.
  • NERF Laser Cannon has less pierce (13 → 4).
  • BUFF Laser Cannon deals more damage (1 → 2).
  • BUFF Laser Cannon now applies Laser Shock effect onto damaged bloons.
31.0
  • BUFF Laser Cannon base pierce increased from 4 → 6
  • BUFF 3-0-2 Laser Cannon pierce increased from 6 → 9
  • BUFF 3-0-2 Laser Cannon projectile size increased (2 → 3)
    • [bug] Visually the projectiles dont change size.
34.0
Laser Cannon feels it needs a small price buff. [...]
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Laser Cannon price reduced $4250 → $3750
41.0
Laser Cannon is not a great stepping stone for Plasma Accelerator, we think these are ok though so adjusting prices between them slightly. [...]
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Laser Cannon price reduced from $3750 to $3650

Bug Fixes and General Changes[]

24.0
  • Change Description changed from "Rapid fire laser blasts can pop Frozen Bloons." to "Rapidly fires much more powerful laser blasts that can pop Frozen Bloons."

Gallery[]

Official artwork[]

Projectiles[]

Trivia[]

  • In one of the concept artworks for the BTD6 Dartling Gunner upgrade, the Laser Cannon's clothing was originally a red tight suit with goggles in a similar style to Tier 2 Glue Gunners. In turn, that clothing choice is similar to the design of the BTD5 Laser Cannon.


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