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For other variations of "Long Range", see Long Range (disambiguation).

Much longer range, and projectiles fly faster and pierce more.
~ In-game description

Long Range is the first upgrade of Path 3 for the Monkey Buccaneer in Bloons TD 6. It increases range of the Buccaneer from 60 to 71, as well as increases projectile speed of all attacks by 25% and adds extra pierce to all attacks except Aircraft Carrier’s anti-MOAB missiles. In terms of pierce bonuses, it gains +2 pierce to all its darts (including Aircraft Carrier and above), +1 pierce to grapes, +7 pierce to Cannon Ship bombs and +1 pierce to Cannon Ship fragments.

This upgrade costs $170 on Easy, $200 on Medium, $215 on Hard, and $240 on Impoppable.

Description[]

Overview[]

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Long Range

The cannons are now tipped with golden rims. For Aircraft Carrier, the golden rims are instead displayed on the rims of the helm (name?) roof. In the artwork, the Buccaneer is sticking its tongue out.

Long Range increases range, projectile speed, and pierce of almost all attacks, the pierce bonus affecting all except Aircraft Carrier’s anti-MOAB missiles.

Targeting Priorities[]

Long Range targets bloons using the standard target priorities. Its darts are shot in a straight movement. 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.

Full Popology[]

Statistics[]

Updated as of Version 38.1
Base stats
  • Dart:
    • Projectile, sharp type, 71 range, 1.0s attack cooldown, 1 damage, 6 pierce, multishot 180° if bloons are present behind.
Crosspathing interactions
  • 0-1+-1: Pierce of Grape increased from 1 to 2, projectile speed of Grape increased by 25%.
  • 4+-0-1: Pierce of all variants of Aircraft Dart increased by +2, projectile speed of Aircraft Dart and Anti-MOAB Missile increased by 25%.
  • 0-3+-1: Pierce of Bomb increased from 28 to 35, pierce of Frag increased from 1 to 2, projectile speed of Bomb and Frag increased by 25%.
Monkey Knowledge interactions
  • NavalUpgradesIcon Naval Upgrades: All Monkey Buccaneers get +1 pierce.
  • EliteMilitaryTrainingIcon Elite Military Training: All Military Monkeys get a one-off +1000 XP and earn XP in-game 5% faster permanently.
  • BigBunchIcon Big Bunch: Grape Shot shoots 6 grapes instead of 5.
  • FlankingManeuversIcon Flanking Maneuvers: Attacks 10% faster when set targeting priority to "Last".
  • MilitaryConscriptionIcon 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.
  • AdvancedLogisticsIcon 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.
  • MonkeyEducationIcon Monkey Education: All Monkeys XP earn rate increased by 8%.
  • BetterSellDealsIcon Better Sell Deals: All Monkeys sell for 5% more. Increases sell potency from 70% to 75%.
  • VeteranMonkeyTrainingIcon Veteran Monkey Training: All Monkeys reload time reduced by 3%.

Attack Interactions[]

See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Military
Updated as of Version 36.2
Base attack(s)
  • Dart:
    • Sharp Type (pops Black, White, Purple) Sharp
    • Single Projectile Single Projectile
    • Straight Attack Straight Attack
    • Multiple Targeting (Can attack from 180° from front if there are bloons on the opposite side, but not fully independent) Multiple Targeting

Costs[]

Updated as of Version 44.0. Listed prices exclude external buffs, any sacrifices, and Monkey Knowledge.
[Module | Data] Purchase Sell
Costs Easy Medium Hard Impoppable Easy Medium Hard Impoppable
Upgrade (X-X-1) $170 $200 $215 $240 -
Total (0-0-1) $510 $600 $645 $720 $357 $420 $452 $504
Crosspath (1-0-1) $745 $875 $940 $1,050 $522 $613 $658 $735
Crosspath (2-0-1) $1,105 $1,300 $1,400 $1,560 $774 $910 $980 $1,092
Crosspath (0-1-1) $975 $1,150 $1,240 $1,380 $683 $805 $868 $966
Crosspath (0-2-1) $1,400 $1,650 $1,780 $1,980 $980 $1,155 $1,246 $1,386

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[]

Long Range improves the range, projectile speed, and pierce of the Buccaneer, allowing its base attack to snipe out bloons easier along either dart cannon and improve its overall popping power. Gaining +2 dart pierce is roughly a +50% pierce increase to a raw, unbuffed Buccaneer.

In terms of crosspathing, Long Range is mostly treated as the pierce crosspath, alongside the benefits of extra projectile speed and range. Long Range works well with Grape Shot in the early-game to rectify the grapes' very low individual pierce, and similarly for Cannon Ship to pack a bigger punch against dense packs of Bloons. The upgrade's faster projectile speed is also effective for Aircraft Carrier's aircraft attacks to catch bloons better.

Tips[]

  • The Monkey Buccaneer already possesses a generous range, so if going for range then try use it there is a specific region of the track that may need more coverage, or if dart sniping is necessary, or just extra dart pierce. Otherwise, this upgrade should be used to lock in towards the Crow's Nest upgrade.
  • Grape Shot benefits from this upgrade as a crosspath in the early-game to tackle early-game grouped bloons without needing to opt for the expensive Double Shot crosspath.
  • For an upgrade costing more than half of the base tower, it provides essentially +50% dart pierce without external buffs. Thus, 0-0-1 can still be helpful in Race Events where getting a pierce boost would help if other Buccaneer upgrades can't be feasibly afforded.

Version History[]

Balance Changes[]

Added a bonus projectile speed and pierce with this upgrade to make crosspathing with Path 3 a bit more useful outside of getting Crow's Nest for camo detection.

21.0
  • BUFF Long Range now adds +25% projectile speed for all attacks.
28.0
Bottom crosspath feels behind compared to others here, so in addition to the new Camo Prioritization filter Longer Range on this path will now also grant bonus pierce. [...]
~ Ninja Kiwi, referring to Path 3 Buccaneer
  • BUFF Long Range now also grants +1 pierce to most Buccaneer projectiles
    • Affected upgrades: Base dart, grapes, aircraft darts.
    • Unaffected upgrades: bombs, bomb shrapnel, aircraft anti-MOAB missiles
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
  • NERF Long Range price increased from $180 to $200
38.0
Small tweaks to Buccaneer’s Long Range upgrade to improve its additional pierce benefit for a number of attacks.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Long Range grants more bonus pierce to darts increased from +1 to +2
  • BUFF Long Range now grants bonus pierce to Cannon Ship, +1 pierce to fragments and +7 pierce to bombs

Bug Fixes and General Changes[]

24.0
  • Description changed from "Much Longer range." to "Much longer range and projectiles fly faster."
38.0
  • Change Description changed from "Much longer range and projectiles fly faster." to "Much longer range, and projectiles fly faster and pierce more."

Extra Notes (Version History)[]

Gallery[]

Official artwork[]

Trivia[]

  • There was a bug where the Faster Shooting upgrade description mentions the Version 21.0 projectile speed buff of Long Range, rather than doing so for the Long Range's upgrade description. This was fixed in Version 24.0.
  • The BTD4 and BTD5 counterpart refer to the Buccaneer's range upgrade as "Longer Cannons", whereas it is just "Long Range" in the BTD6 Generation.
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