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 attack range (not the amp)

	Ferocity COST: $1,600
	Description: Marceline attacks much faster Effect: 80% cooldown to all attacks. Since attack speed increases don't affect Marceline until she uses Shape Shifting ability, there is a catch in trying to upgrade Marceline's speed. Only when Marceline uses ability will she ever get benefit from any speed increase, otherwise her speed is permanently 1.0

	Shape Shifting COST: $5,000
	Upgrade(s) Required: Ferocity Locked by Necromancy
	Description: Ability: Marceline transforms into a giant bat Effect: (with power of shape shifting, she now can reach any bloons on screen that are not currently hidden behind tunnel type obstacles from her; this Shapeshifting attack can only attack from distance (range?) 1 target with priority set to strong by default, temporarily increases attack speed as evidenced by Carl the Gem's Projectiles behavior, temporarily doubles all damage from her base damage and instrument given damage, doesn't double all other damage gained through trinkets and doesn't double damage even from effect Instrument character with Instrument, that gives damage to allies that she currently doesn't hold (like if she holds Devil Monster Bass and Jake holds The Lover))

	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 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 TBA 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

*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 to unlock it through 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 entrance and seldom have the Bloons split up until they reach a designated point.

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 B.F.Bs, 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.

Shape Shifting allows for a burst of activity in Marceline and a good passive to when she is not in her bat form, but the Necromancy line is better if price is a concern, being a little over half as expensive than its alternative.

There is a catch with Ferocity and speed increase items on Marceline. Naturally, speed increase items don't work on Marceline. But when she uses Shape Shifting ability, all speed upgrades will temporary activate on Marceline and unleash all that beastly damage she was holding inside herself.

There is a good gold grinding combo that can be added to her. Adding the Thief's dagger and the mystery pickaxe, you get 3 gold per attack that causes a bloon to pop (and 1 gold from the pickaxe even if she does not pop any bloons, meaning free gold from leads, ghost, and frozen bloons). the banana replicator is a good addition, and with baker's shard, apple, and the golden viola, she will basically drain the gold as well as red from any bloons she finds. with an addition of Dr. Monkey with his alchemy skill, each round can give you at least 4 digits in cash. Stunning trinkets work really well on her, especially with Ferocity, as the fast attack speed gives a much greater chance to activate the stun. This combo works very well on BFBs.

You could also very well just leave cash farming to Warrior Bubblegum, her weak sword attacks with enough range can gather a lot of cash on track that doesn't separate.

You could also build her with offence in mind once you can use Royal Decree of PB, Dr. Monkeys, COBRAs and Banana Replicators on the right characters. First of all Lute Suit equipped will help you know when her instrument boosts characters or not. She is the least range having instrument user so she is the first character to require Candy Diving Suit. Her instrument is Devil Monster Bass, giving her every possible boost but range, the only thing she doesn't really need, so it's a perfect fit for her.

The only good speed giving item is the one giving her 20% or more speed. Carl the Gem, Apple ( the only useful range increase of her giving item you'll ever need) and Baker's Shard are the only speed trinkets she'll need, because her low speed doesn't benefit when it's boosted, other than by those trinkets and Baker's Shard can never harm especially with character that gets anywhere you want like her.

However, damage trinkets really help her. Vorpal Hand and Dragon Eyes (the only Dragon Eyes you'll need will only be useful on Marceline characters, premium one included) make her able to hit anything, lasers from her gem trinket also can pop ghost/frozen. Hambo isn't a damage trinket, but with 1 COBRA she can make Marceline have little cooldown on her Shapeshifting ability , giving herself almost permanent speed boost and at least one seemingly infinite range attack. Also Hambo has quite a positive effect on cost of abilities of characters in Marceline's range. Engineers Blueprints and Demon Heart are the last trinkets to complete Marceline's journey to 10 stars.

using Telekinesis she can permanently stall a round if she is positioned properly. If you have BMO this can lead to a very high amount of cash generation given you have the patience. Permanently stalling the round can give you time for your abilities to cool down most especially ones that have long cool downs.

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:

• [Bones rattling] (when activating Necromancy)
• "Up and at 'em, boys!" (when activating Necromancy)
• "Wanna see something cool?" (when activating Shape Shifting)
• [Windy glistening sound] (when reverting from 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)

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.