Marceline

Marceline
General Information
Short name	Marceline
Game	Bloons Adventure Time TD
Unlocked at	Glob Save The Queen
Weapon Type	Instrument
Star Level Currency	Red
Voice Actor	Olivia Olson
Statistics (at level 1)
Cost	$1,200
Damage Type	Sharp
Attack Speed	1
Range	44.50 (base) 44.50 (attack range)
Damage	1
Pierce	4
Other Statistics
Placeable on	Land
Camo?	No
Abilities	Shape Shifting Necromancy

“	Vampire Queen, Demon, Rockstar, Marceline can do it all, and now she's ready to sink her teeth into battling the bloons.	”
	~ BATTD Description

“	Flies anywhere on the map to attack the bloons.	”
	~ Short description

Marceline is a Character that players unlock in Bloons Adventure Time TD. She functions in a similar way to the Heli Pilot when being used in the game, being one of few towers and the only character with this movement capability. She is unlocked by clearing Glob Save the Queen on the Extreme (pre-1.6.2)/Normal difficulty.

She has a alternate version called Hunter Marceline, which requires an in-app purchase of $9.99 USD or spending 75,000 Martian Crystals at the Martian Trader to obtain her.

Description

Marceline is a thin, pale Vampire, wearing a gray tank top, deep blue denim jeans and high red boots. Her hair is pitch black and extends the length of her already tall stature. When attacking the bloons, she swipes viciously at them with her bare hands. When idle, she can be seen playing her equipped musical instrument.

Pros

• Flying, pursues bloons

Cons

• Slow attack speed

Upgrades

	Bass Expert COST: $400 Needs an Instrument equipped!
	Description: Increases the boosts given by Marceline's musical instrument Effect: Increases star bonus of weapon held by 1, additionally gives Marceline +5 melee attack range (not the amp)

	Ferocity COST: $1,600
	Description: Marceline attacks much faster Effect: 0.8x attack cooldown to all attacks.

	Shape Shifting COST: $5,000
	Upgrade(s) Required: Ferocity Locked by Necromancy
	Description: Ability: Marceline transforms into a giant bat Effect: Marceline shapeshifts for 14 seconds and now uses a claw and bite attack. Her claw attack is a melee attack with a 0.4 attack cooldown with 24 pierce and 6 sharp damage, while her bite is a Snipe global range attack with a radius of 1, 0.8 second attack cooldown, 8 pierce, and 10 sharp damage. 60 second ability cooldown, attacks benefits from attack speed bonuses..

	Improved Flight COST: $400
	Description: Marceline flies much faster Effect: Flight speed increased by 25%

	Telekinesis COST: $1,250
	Upgrade(s) Required: Improved Flight
	Description: Marceline uses mind powers to push bloons back Effect: A blowback attack affects up to 25 bloons and pushes them for 2.5 seconds; leads slow down instead of moving backwards. Also deals +2 damage to lead and ceramic bloons and +3 damage to fortified bloons. 15 second attack cooldown.

	Pyrokinesis COST: $1,500 Requires Star Level 7+
	Upgrade(s) Required: Telekinesis
	Description: Bloons pushed by telekinesis are set on fire Effect: Affected Bloons take an additional 1 fire damage every 0.5 seconds for 5 seconds

	Necromancy COST: $1,000
	Locked by Shape Shifting
	Description: Ability: Raises an army of skeleton archers Effect: Summons up to 5 skeleton archers (2 + 1 per star) for 30 seconds within the amp's range: 0.9s cooldown, 30 range, 5 pierce, and 1 sharp damage. 60 second cooldown.

	Improved Necromancy COST: $2,500 Requires Star Level 5+
	Upgrade(s) Required: Necromancy
	Description: Skeletons last longer and are much more powerful Effect: Skeletons last 10 seconds longer and have +3 pierce and +1 damage.

	Eating Red COST: $2,000 Requires Star Level 3+
	Description: Neutralizes red bloons and slows BFBs Effect: Gains an additional attack that affects up to 40 red bloons or a single BFB within 40 range every 5 seconds; red bloons fade to grey and become undetectable by attacks, but pop themselves after 3 seconds; BFBs turn grey and are weakened permanently, instantly taking 20% of their original health and slowing them down by 20%

Star Boost

Marceline will receive the following permanent boosts as she levels up:

• 2 stars - Base attack pierce increased by 2
• 4 stars - Amp range increased by 3
• 6 stars - Base attack cooldown decreased by 0.2*
• 8 stars - Base attack pierce increased by 2
• 9 stars - Amp range increased by 3
• 10 stars - Additional radial soundwave attack added to Amp
  • 1 second attack cooldown, 40 pierce, 1 normal damage, range derived from Amp range. Does not benefit from attack speed, damage, pierce

*Shows "attack speed increased by X" in the official patch notes and in the game - this is misleading. The attack speed stat is the inverse of attack cooldown.

Strategy

Marceline is a rather unique character, serving as an active mixture of offensive and support when utilized properly with her attacks and her music serving either function. As an offensive tower, she bares the most resemblance to the Heli-Pilot, with Targeting Priorities directly parallel to Follow Touch/Mouse, Lock in Place, Patrol, and even Pursuit priority without needing an upgrade like with the Heli Pilot.

Unlike the Heli Pilot, however, she is strictly a melee fighter without supporting upgrades or Trinkets, making some strategies that work for a long-ranged tower like the Heli-Pilot less effective for a close-ranged character like Marceline. As such, Pursuit (the second pip in the Targeting Priorities) is the best option for Marceline, especially since most maps only have one active entrance and very few maps have multiple lanes active at once without a converging chokepoint.

Once Tuxedo Jake is acquired, outside of Local Heroes No Allies Martian Games, there are generally not many great use cases for Marceline, as her benefits are generally outclassed by even just bringing in a Tech Terror, COBRA and a Vampire King from Sam or Sai's ally roster.

Carl the Gem also gives 20% attack speed boost and grants +3 damage if near PB/Warrior PB with Gemma the Gemstone equipped, and adds laser attack to her. Plus, Ferocity upgrade reduces attack cooldown by 1.25× to laser attack

Tips

When considering upgrades, Marceline's range of attacks still primarily consists of scratching, but incorporates other aspects like eating the red off of bloons. This upgrade allows her to fare well against group of BFBs, especially those that are released from a popped ZOMG. Telekinesis also allows her to gain an extra ranged utility, pushing bloons back to the start akin to the Downdraft upgrade from the Heli-Pilot, which can be further upgraded to Pyrokinesis, effectively making it both a utility and extra attack.

Even with trinkets and during shapeshifting, Marceline's DPS is not very great. Thus, she is best used as a support that can also provide eco and defend through the early rounds on multi-lane maps. Eco trinkets, namely Thief King's Dagger and Banana Replicator will let her provide income, while speed trinkets both serve her well for making her more consistent in the early game while also boosting the frequency of her blowback and BFB soul suck attack in the lategame. For weapons, Devil Monster Bass or The Lover, while useful for other towers, can take away from her eco capabilities, but work fine if the player does not need too much income from Marceline. While Golden Viola may be the first logical choice for providing eco and buffing other towers, it is typically used for Jake, so Fire Guitar is the next best option for eco that also provides an instrument buff.

Hambo does not reduce ability cooldowns of other towers in range, only her own cooldowns, but will reduce prices of ability upgrades for other towers in range of her amp, so it can be used for reducing the price of expensive abilities, notably Supermonkey's Sun God upgrade. Thus, with Hambo and other ability cooldown reduction trinkets, she could provide Warning Horn's buff with minimal downtime.

Quotes

When placed:

• "All right, this seems cool."
• "Popping bloons? What is this, A kids game?"
• "Sure, I'll stick around and jam."
• "Prepare to be staked vampire! ... Oh! Wait, that's me!" - Hunter Marceline, when she or Marceline is placed after one another

When selected:

• "Yo."
• "*Hisses*"
• "Hey!"
• "Let's do this." (normal tone)
• "Sup!"
• "I'm game."
• "Keep tapping me like that and I'm going to bite you!" (when annoyed)

When upgraded:

• "So much red!"
• "Finally!"
• "Yeah, that's cool."

When a MOAB-Class Bloon appears:

• "You don't scare me; I do the scaring around here."

When a MOAB-Class Bloon pops:

• "That was pretty rad!"

When a Bloon leaks:

• "Uh...hello? Isn't anyone going to stop them?"

When activating ability:

• "Up and at 'em, boys!" (when activating Necromancy)
• "Wanna see something cool?" (when activating Shape Shifting)
• "That was totally cool!" (a short while after Sai activates Sabotage Supply Lines)

Gallery

Character Profile and Levelling Up

Unlocking Marceline

Marceline Level 3

Marceline Level 4

Marceline Old Level 8 Part 1

Marceline Old Level 8 Part 2

Marceline Old Level 9

Marceline's in-game statistics

Weapons

TBA

Gameplay

Marceline in the map Giant Skull

Marceline using Pryokinesis (GIF)

1.4.1

Ferocity attack speed boost changed from 50% to 20%

Trivia

• Marceline cannot be tapped/clicked directly. For some reason, tapping/clicking on her base repeatedly annoys her.
• Marceline shares her unique attack methods with Ghost Princess.
• Bloons popped by Pyrokinesis damage only drop 1 in 2 cash compared to popping them normally. Trinkets and weapons inflicted DOT don't suffer from this punishment. Also Banana Replicator doesn't work with any DOT. Since Marceline can fly anywhere, she could use this burning damage anytime there is an emergency, no need to hold back from buying it.