Lord of the Abyss

General Information

Game

Bloons TD 6

Tower

Mermonkey

Unlocked at

68,000 XP

Cost

$24,650 (Easy)
$29,000 (Medium)
$31,320 (Hard)
$34,800 (Impoppable)

Activated Ability

N/A

Targeting Options

First, Last, Close, Strong

Camo Detection

Restricted (upgradable to 5-0-1)

Other Names

LotA, Lordabyss

Popology

Damage Type(s)

Sharp
For specific details, refer to #Attack Interactions

Statistics

Damage

?

Pierce

Penetrations:
2
Piercings:
3

Attack Speed

Moderately Fast (every 0.95s, e.a.u.)

Range

28 (land-placed Mermonkey, e.a.u.)
35 (water-placed Mermonkey, e.a.u.)

Status Effects

N/A

Tower Boosts

N/A

Income/Life Boosts

N/A

Path Upgrades

← Previous

Current

Abyssal Warrior

Lord of the Abyss

Path Info

Path

Upgrade Tier

1

5

[Source]

“	The fully unleashed wrath of the Abyssal Creature brings the power of the depths to the surface, annihilating most Bloons, and greatly enhancing the pierce of nearby Monkeys.	”
	^{~ In-game descripion}

Lord of the Abyss is the fifth and final upgrade of Path 1 for the Mermonkey in Bloons TD 6. Tentacles become extra powerful, and likewise so do the Mermonkey's tridents. The Abyss's pierce buffs give even more pierce to nearby towers. Additionally, the Lord of the Abyss is uniquely capable of allowing water towers such as Monkey Subs, Monkey Buccaneers, Admiral Brickell, and aquatic beasts from Beast Handler to be placed on land within capped 33 range, and it additionally counts amphibious towers as land towers.

Tentacles now deal 50 damage, 80 pierce, 24 slap radius, and 1.5s attack cooldown. Trident projectile's pierce increases from 2 to 9, attack cooldown from 0.804s to 0.402s, projectile lifespan increased to 0.667s. Trident's piercing area-of-effect increases damage from 2 to 10. Due to an oversight, the ink slowdown on non-blimps is reduced from 40% to 20%, and the slowdown to MOABs and BFBs reduces from 28% to 10%. The percentage pierce buff improves from +15% to +30%.

This upgrade costs $24,650 on Easy, $29,000 on Medium, $31,320 on Hard, and $34,800 on Impoppable.

Description[]

Overview[]

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Lord of the Abyss's sea monster becomes even larger, and has a black inky portal emitted around it. [insert more description of the Mermonkey with this upgrade]

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Lord of the Abyss...

Targeting Priorities[]

Lord of the Abyss targets bloons using the standard targeting priorities. Its trident attack shoots straight movement projectiles.

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.

Adding Echosense Precision grants camo detection to the Mermonkey, but does not add the Camo Prioritization targeting option.

Full Popology[]

Statistics[]

Updated as of Version 44.0

Base stats

Trident:
- Projectile, normal type, 28 range (35 range if placed on water), 0.402s attack cooldown, 9 impacts. Projectile speed of 300, projectile lifespan of 0.667s. Upon hitting a bloon, generate Piercing. Coats affected bloons and smaller blimps (MOABs and BFBs only) with Ink, lasting for 10s and slowing down bloons by 20% and smaller blimps by 10%.
Piercing:
- Burst, shatter type, 2 damage, 3 pierce.
Tentacles:
- Melee "projectile", sharp type, 28 range (35 range if placed on water), 24 blast radius, 50 damage, 80 pierce, 1.5s cooldown.
Lord of the Abyss Pierce Buff:
- Passive, zone, 28 range (35 range if placed on water), gives +30% pierce to all nearby towers
Ink Platform
- Passive, zone, unbuffable 33 range, grants water placement.

Crosspathing interactions

5-1-0: Pierce of Piercing increased from 3 to 6.
5-2-0: Projectile size of Trident increased from 6 to 9, freezes up to 4 layers of bloons for 0.5s.
5-0-1: Gains camo detection, and Trident has light seeking with 390 turning rate.
5-0-2: Gains the Network buff, affecting itself and all other x-x-2 Mermonkeys, granting +6% range.

Monkey Knowledge interactions

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[]

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See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Magic

Updated as of Version 44.0

Base attack(s)

Trident:
- Shatter
- TBA
Piercing:
- TBA
- TBA

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 (5-X-X)	$24,650	$29,000	$31,320	$34,800	-
Total (5-0-0)	$30,170	$35,500	$38,345	$42,600	$21,119	$24,850	$26,842	$29,820
Crosspath (5-1-0)	$30,425	$35,800	$38,670	$42,960	$21,298	$25,060	$27,069	$30,072
Crosspath (5-2-0)	$30,765	$36,200	$39,100	$43,440	$21,536	$25,340	$27,370	$30,408
Crosspath (5-0-1)	$30,340	$35,700	$38,560	$42,840	$21,238	$24,990	$26,992	$29,988
Crosspath (5-0-2)	$30,665	$36,080	$38,970	$43,295	$21,466	$25,256	$27,279	$30,307

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: Better Sell Deals

Strategy[]

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Summary[]

Lord of the Abyss is unique, as its main perk is aquaforming land, allowing water towers to be placed nearby, a unique interaction that cannot be done by any other non-power tower (i.e. other than Portable Lake). In addition, the various additional bonuses to percentage pierce buffs, trident strength and its improved inking, and the much higher damage of tentacles offer additional support to the defenses.

Tips[]

If the Lord of Abyss is planned for aquaforming land, try to leave some space for some water towers, such as a First Strike Capability Sub.
If opting for support, the 5-0-2 crosspath is better for the extra range. However, 5-2-0 may be better if opting for DPS. Note that the 5-0-2 doesn't improve the range of the aquaforming.
Because all range buffs don’t affect the aquaforming range, not even internal crosspathing, the limited extra water space is even more important.
On wide open space, such as Firing Range’s dirt, the Lord of the Abyss can support up to about 10(?) Buccaneers and 15(?) Subs.
Note that aquatic beasts from Beast Handler cannot reposition aquatic beasts into other regions of the Lord of the Abyss's water, nor transport from real water into Lord of the Abyss's water. So, an aquatic beast bought without range of any non-abyssal water will have it permanently remain in the spot it spawned on.
Favored Trades can be used in combination with Lord of the Abyss, yet still able to profit from extra sellback across very large swarms of expensive Farms, although Favored Trades tends to prefer Special Poperations + Door Gunner if possible.
Even on maps with water, the Lord of the Abyss opens up more water space that has a unique benefit compared to the currently available water. For instance, avoiding Deadly Master of Air.

Version History[]

Balance Changes[]

44.0

Released

44.1

“	Since the slowing effect was balanced around a bug which is also being fixed in this patch, we’re giving back a little extra power compensation.	”
	^{~ Ninja Kiwi}

Lord of the Abyss now can correctly slow down MOAB-class bloons, slowing them down by 10%
Lord of the Abyss ink platforms no longer prevent some water-based buffs applying
Lord of the Abyss tentacle cooldown decreased from 2s to 1.5s

“	Damage type fixes - 320 required external Lead-popping which isn’t fun, and x4x was not benefiting from the upgrade’s Lead-popping	”
	^{~ Ninja Kiwi}

Lord of the Abyss tentacle damage type changed from Sharp to Shatter

Bug Fixes and General Changes[]

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Extra Notes (Version History)[]

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The removal of Sharp damage type for Lord of the Abyss's tentacles in Version 44.1 means it no longer is affected by Hot Magic

Gallery[]

Official artwork[]

Videos[]

Abyssal Warrior versus Lord of the Abyss ink slowdown 44.0

Other languages[]

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Language	Name	Meaning
English	TBA
German	TBA
Polish	TBA

Trivia[]

Since the introduction Lord of the Abyss's water-to-land functionality, certain 2MPC challenges involving Orca are now possible on waterless maps such as Monkey Meadow.^[1]
At the time of Mermonkey's debut, the Lord of the Abyss standalone upgrade costs the same as BTD6 Pre-Emptive Strike.

References[]

↑ Orca 2MPC Monkey Meadow by BTD6 Index

[1] Orca 2MPC Monkey Meadow by BTD6 Index

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