This area contains Lead Bloons. They can only be popped by certain Monkey types. Make sure you have Bomb Shooters or similar before attacking this area.
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~ Bloons Monkey City when the player is attacking a Lead Bloon area for the first time.
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Lead Bloons are slow and heavy, but can turn a game against an unwise opponent. Research Heavy Bloon Armour in your Bloon Research Lab to unlock Lead Bloons.
The Lead Bloon is a unique Bloon that was introduced in Bloons Tower Defense 2. Lead Bloons have also been featured in every subsequent BTD game. Having a unique ability, Lead Bloons are immune to sharp projectiles as well as laser attacks such as the Super Monkey'sLaser Vision, since they're made of metal. They move at the speed of Red Bloons and M.O.A.Bs. Being the only metallic Bloon in the BTD series, Lead Bloons are very easy to tell apart from other Bloons. Popping a Lead Bloon and its descendants rewards a total of 19 Money in BTD2 and BTD3 or 23 Money since BTD4. They first appear on round 28 in BTD5. They contain 2 Black Bloons.
The Lead Bloons are immune to any sharp projectile (except under influence of x-3 Monkey Village). They are also immune to other particular projectiles in addition. Below is a list of all the things Lead Bloons are immune to:
This bloon moves at the same speed as a Red Bloon. However, despite this it's still faster than the B.F.B and Z.O.M.G. since both bloons are slower than a red bloon.
Appearances
BTD series
Bloons Super Monkey 2
The lead bloon also appears in Bloons Super Monkey 2. It is immune to Dart and Rang weapons unless research is bought, and spawns a single black bloon.
In the mobile version, it is also immune to Storm weapons, but only the Core weapon.
Update History (Bloons TD Battles Mobile)
Lead Bloons have not been buffed or nerfed much, but one minor change involves making Lead Bloons move slightly faster than a Red Bloon.
Version 4.1
Lead Bloon movement speed increased by 20%.
Trivia
It's indestructible, against physical attacks
Oh No! The Super Monkey Can't Win Because Of The Lead Snake!
Leaking one lead bloon costs 23 lives. Leaking the entirety of round 28, the lead's debut in Bloons TD 5, costs 92 lives
Every tower is capable of lead popping power except Banana Farm (which never pops bloons) and COBRA (BTD Battles tower only), but can be "defeated" with the x/4 Misdirection ability. This is not recommended, due to its relatively high cost.
Due to Lead Bloons being introduced in BTD2 and appearing in every subsequent game, players can no longer pass the game with only Road Spikes, Dart Monkeys, or Tack Shooters. However, this is possible in BTD4 or BTD5 provided that the player has the Splodey Darts premium upgrade or the Juggernaut upgrade in BTD5 for the Dart Monkey, and the Ring of Fire upgrade for the Tack Shooter.
Pineapples can pop lead bloons with proper timing.
The Super Monkey's Laser Vision upgrade as well as the Dartling Gun's Laser Cannon cannot pop lead bloons even though they're not sharp. This is presumably because lead bloons are made of metal and metal reflects light.
In the iOS version, this upgrade can still pop lead bloons, possibly because the laser uses heat. (But apparently it doesn't in the computer version).
The TV show Mythbusters created a real lead balloon, and despite common assumption, its biggest problem was not its weight. The lead was so fragile that it tore during inflation. They also built aluminum balloons, which apart from being an odd shape, worked perfectly well.
It is the only bloon to resist physical attacks not by using hit points. It takes one non-physical hit to pop.
Similar situation was previously in daily challenge #99 (Wait, What?); In this challenge however, even Exploding Pineapples are disabled, making Monkey Intelligence Bureau the ONLY way to allow popping leads.
All attacking towers have a non-premium upgrade that allows them to pop lead bloons.
With the exception of the COBRA, which is BTD Battles exclusive.
Strangely, a x/3 Super Monkey can pop lead, even though it shoots darts/lasers.
One logical explanation is in BMC, they say that the phase crystal powers the robo monkeys suit, (not needed for the Robo Monkey upgrade) and the fact that a 4/0 dartling gunner Ray of Doom (which requires the phase crystal tile) can pop lead without the depleted bloontonium upgrade, so that could be why Robo monkeys can pop lead.
Bloons Monkey City states that Lead Bloons are paradoxical, because they are made out of metal but still can float.
In Bloons Monkey City Mobile, 14 rounds lead tiles do not have lead bloons in it. They are replaced with zebra bloons.
In BTD5 and BMC, the Lead Bloon "donk" sound is much higher pitched and slightly more resonant.
It is the only Ordinary Bloon of BTD5 that does not have any parents.
In BTD2, BTD3, and BTD4, the sound made by a sharp object hitting a Lead Bloon is the same as a dart/boomerang hitting a Metal Block in Bloons 1.
In BTD5, the Lead Bloon is the only Bloon that does not appear as a Regen Bloon outside of Daily Challenges and Sandbox Mode.
If leads are paired with camo, they can be extremely hard and limited towers can pop them.
After update 4.1 in Battles Mobile where the grouped Zebra Bloons got more expensive, the grouped Lead Bloons that you can send on Round 15 started to become popular due to players being able to send them for only $200, as well as them being hard to defend against especially when combined with the Regrowth modifier.
Lead Bloon movement speed increased by 20%.
