Long Range (BTD6)

Overview

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BTD6

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

Long Range
General Information
Game	Bloons TD 6
Tower	Monkey Buccaneer
Unlocked at	150 XP
Cost	$170 (Easy) $200 (Medium) $215 (Hard) $240 (Impoppable)
Activated Ability	N/A
Targeting Options	First, Last, Close, Strong
Camo Detection	No
Popology
Damage Type(s)
Sharp For further information, refer to #Attack Interactions
Statistics
Damage	1 (dart)
Pierce	6 (darts)
Attack Speed	Moderate (dart, every 1.0s)
Range	71
Status Effects	N/A (except 0-2-1)
Tower Boosts	N/A
Income/Life Boosts	N/A
Path Upgrades
Current	Long Range
Current	Long Range
Next →	Crow's Nest
Next →	Crow's Nest
Path Info
Path	3
Path	3
Upgrade Tier	1
Upgrade Tier	1
Related upgrades
Longer Cannons, for the BTD4-BTD5 counterpart)
[Source]

“	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

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

• 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 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 36.2

Base attack(s)

• Dart:
  • Sharp
  • Single Projectile
  • Straight Attack
  • Multiple Targeting

Costs

Updated as of Version 42.0. 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)	$595	$700	$755	$840	$417	$490	$529	$588
Crosspath (1-0-1)	$830	$975	$1,050	$1,170	$581	$683	$735	$819
Crosspath (2-0-1)	$1,190	$1,400	$1,510	$1,680	$833	$980	$1,057	$1,176
Crosspath (0-1-1)	$1,060	$1,250	$1,350	$1,500	$742	$875	$945	$1,050
Crosspath (0-2-1)	$1,485	$1,750	$1,890	$2,100	$1,040	$1,225	$1,323	$1,470

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: Military Conscription, Advanced Logistics, 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. 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

• 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

• 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

• Long Range price increased from $180 → $200

38.0

“	Small tweaks to Buccaneer’s Long Range upgrade to improve its additional pierce benefit for a number of attacks.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Long Range grants more bonus pierce to darts increased from +1 to +2
• 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

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

Gallery

Crosspathing (Top: Path 1, Bottom: Path 2)

Default range of Long Range

Long Range range increase compared to its previous upgrade

Official artwork

Upgrade portrait

Upgrade icon

Instamonkey icon

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.