Max

BATTD

Bloons Pop!

Max
General Information
Short name	Max
Game	Bloons Adventure Time TD
Unlocked at	Bloons! (accessible during Round 3)
Weapon Type	Darts
Star Level Currency	Bananas
Voice Actor	Gary Furlong
Statistics (at level 1)
Cost	$300
Damage Type	Sharp
Attack Speed	1
Range	35
Damage	1
Pierce	3
Other Statistics
Placeable on	Land
Camo?	Yes (Enhanced Range)
Abilities	Bullseye Dartnado

“	As a graduate of the prestigious Monkey Academy, Max certainly knows which way to point a dart. Don't let his laid back, wisecracking exterior fool you. When it comes to popping Bloons, Max is serious.	”
	~ BATTD description

“	Throws deadly, bloon popping darts.	”
	~ Short description

Max is a hero in Bloons Adventure Time TD. He is the first Bloons-related hero in the game, along with being the second hero to be unlocked in the game, along with Finn. He is unlocked in the tutorial grassland level "Bloons!", along with Jake. He shoots one dart at a time that pops up to three bloons at once. He costs $300 in general.

Players can also unlock an alternate version of Max called 'Juggernaut Max'. He functions like its BTD6 counterpart, the Juggernaut, but with a unique set of upgrades.

Max also appears in Bloons Pop! as the main character.

Description

Just like Juggernaut Max, he is a brown monkey with black eyes. He has thick, dark eyebrows. He wears a red head belt.

Here are the statistics of Max. Some of these statistics of a character will modify the effects of various Trinkets and Weapons. While most statistics can be increased (or decreased sometimes) with Trinkets and/or Weapons, some special statistics, such as footprint and gender, cannot be modified at all.

Pros

• Low cost, efficient
• Be effective to pop camo,lead and MOAB-class bloons

Cons

• Low damage
• Can't pop ghost bloons

Upgrades

	Long Range COST: $150
	Description: Increases Max's attack range Effect: +5 range

	Fast Throw COST: $800
	Upgrade(s) Required: Long Range
	Description: Increases Max's attack speed Effect: Sets attack cooldown to 0.7s. Has no effect at level 6 and above.

	Poptimization COST: $800
	Upgrade(s) Required: Fast Throw
	Description: Sharp weapons in range get increased pierce Effect: All towers' Sharp damage gain +3 piece in Max's range

	Big Bloon Bounty COST: $1,000 Requires Star Level 5+
	Upgrade(s) Required: Poptimization Weak Spots
	Description: Get a cash bonus if Max gets the last hit on a MOAB Effect: Gains $120 per MOAB, $200 per BFB, $300 per ZOMG, $450 per DDT, and $700 per BAD popped by Max's attacks

	Enhanced Range COST: $350
	Upgrade(s) Required: Long Range
	Description: Increases range even more and grants camo detection Effect: +2 range and gains camo detection

	Hot Tips COST: $350
	Upgrade(s) Required: Enhanced Range Sharper Darts
	Description: Max's darts are red hot and can melt lead and frozen bloons Effect: Max's damage type become Crushing

	Weak Spots COST: $400
	Upgrade(s) Required: Hot Tips
	Description: Precision throwing does extra damage to MOABs Effect: +3 damage to MOAB class bloons

	Bullseye COST: $3,400
	Upgrade(s) Required: Weak Spots Locked by Dartnado
	Description: Ability: Max's attack do mega damage to MOABs Effect: +20 damage to MOAB class and +2 pierce per dart during ability for 13 seconds, during ability, darts lose weapon-specific effects like Splodey Darts explosions. 60 second cooldown.

	Sharp Darts COST: $200
	Description: Darts are sharper and can pop more bloons Effect: +1 pierce

	Sharper Darts COST: $225
	Upgrade(s) Required: Sharp Darts
	Description: Darts are super sharp and pop even more bloons Effect: Further +2 pierce

	More Darts COST: $350
	Upgrade(s) Required: Sharp Darts
	Description: Max throws additional darts on every attack Effect: +1 dart per throw

	Even More Darts COST: $425 Requires Star Level 3+
	Upgrade(s) Required: More Darts
	Description: Max throws even more darts each time Effect: Another +1 dart per throw

	Dartnado COST: $2,500 Requires Star Level 7+
	Upgrade(s) Required: Sharp Darts Locked by Bullseye
	Description: Ability: Max spins around firing darts everywhere Effect: For 10 seconds, Max distributes 2 waves of darts with 17x lower attack cooldown that have 8 extra pierce and 1 extra damage in a clockwise direction. 45 second cooldown.

Star Boost

Max will receive the following permanent boosts as he levels up:

• 2 stars - Base attack pierce increased by 1
• 4 stars - Base range increased by 3
• 6 stars - Base attack cooldown decreased by 0.3*
• 8 stars - Base attack pierce increased by 1
• 9 stars - Base range increased by 3
• 10 stars - Base attack fires 1 additional dart

*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.

Quotes and Audio

When unlocked:

• "My style really is a work of, dart!"

When leveling up:

• TBA

When placed:

• "Never fear! Max is here!"
• "I feel sorry for the Bloons. They're gonna be so deflated!" (new voice)
  • "I feel sorry for Bloons. They're gonna be sooooo deflated!" (old voice)
• "This is the path to victory! Too bad he won't be around here to follow it!" (new voice)
  • "This is the path to victory!" (old voice)
• "Darts sharpened, and ready to go!" (new voice)
• "Hey! Where's my giant crossbow thing?" (when placing Max before/after Juggernaut Max )
• "Sai! You're just in time." (when placing Sai after Max)

When selected:

• "Max here!"
• "Alright!"
• "Let's do this!"
• "Let's go!"
• "Bring it!"
• "Ready to pop!"
• "Chill out, buddy!" (when annoyed)

When upgraded:

• "I ain't playin'!"
• "That felt good!" (new voice)
  • "That felt... goooood!" (old voice)
• "To the Max!"
• "That feels great!" (new voice)
• "Awesomer!" (new voice)

When activating ability:

• "I'll leave your head in a SPIN!" (when activating Dartnado)

When a MOAB-Class Bloon appears:

• "The bigger they are, the harder they pop!"

When a MOAB-Class Bloon pops:

• "My style really is a work of, dart!"

When a Bloon leaks:

• "Don't panic. We still got this!"

When completing a map:

• "You picked the wrong team today, Bloons!"

When losing a map:

• "Well, I never saw this coming. We'll be back!"

Strategies

As one of three starting characters, Max's main utility is that he is the only one out of the three that has a camo detection upgrade. However, after the 1.4.1 nerf to Bullseye, he falls off rather quickly. Even with Bullseye, without trinkets he struggles dealing with the round 45 MOABs on Hard Difficulty on the easiest of maps because of their spacing. Even with trinkets, his DPS is not very impressive for his short range. Thus, he should primarily be used for surviving the early game, and if the player must use him (Monkey Madness + No Allies), then a priority on speed with Engineers Blueprints should be favored.

Tips

Bullseye

To make his anti-MOAB ability (only adds damage per dart, not multiply) the strongest it can be, attack speed should be prioritized. Give him Splodey Darts, Stone of Ancient Knowledge, Baker's Shard, Heart Gauntlets etc. Engineers Blueprints also help his DPS. If running out of good speed increasing options, Nerdicon adds a sizeable amount of range. He should only have Cosmic Gauntlets and COBRA's Monkey Stim for cooldown reduction, as his DPS benefits more from having extra speed trinkets. Note that special attacks added from weapons, such as Splodey Darts's Explosion or Frozen Throwing Knives's shards, will not spawn during Bullseye.

Dartnado

Alternatively, Max can use Dartnado starting with Level 7, a good cleanup option akin to Blade Maelstrom against groups of bloons heading to the exit. It is overall less useful than Bullseye but having a few in Send in the Clones can help clean up Ceramics.

Version History

1.4.1

• All star boosts have been removed from upgrades
• Fast Throw speed decreased from 2 + 0.03 per star to 1.43 and price decreased from $1000 to $800
• Poptimization price increased from $450 to $800 and pierce boost decreased from 5 + 1 per star to 3
• Dartnado duration changed from 5 seconds + 0.75 seconds per star to 10 seconds, darts from this ability will get boosts from weapons, trinkets etc.
• Bullseye MOAB damage changed from 50 to 20, price increased from $2500 to $4000
• Heavy Tips upgrade removed, Hot Tips already gives frozen popping
• Big Bloon Bounty cash bonus now depends on MOAB type (higher level MOABs are more valuable), price changed from $1500 to $1000
• More Darts price decreased from $425 to $350
• Even More Darts price increased from $350 to $425
• Max will receive permanent boosts as he levels up

1.7

• Weak Spots damage increased from +2 to +3
• Bullseye price reduced from $4000 to $3400 and duration increased from 10 seconds to 13 seconds.

Gallery

Character Profile and Leveling Up

Max's profile

Max's upgrade tree

Heavy Tips upgrade, removed in 1.4.1

Max Level 2

Max Level 3

Max Level 4

Max Old Level 3 (part one)

Max Old Level 3 (part two)

Max Old Level 8 Part 1

Max Old Level 8 Part 2(Now up to 6 darts at once with Stone of Ancient Knowledge!)

Max Old Level 8 Part 3

Max Old Level 9 Part 1

Max Old Level 9 Part 2

Max Old Level 9 Part 3

Max Old Level 10 Part 1

Max Old Level 10 Part 2 (Seven Darts is the Max for Max!)

Max Old Level 10 Part 3

Weapons

Max without a weapon equipped

Max holding Barbed Darts

Max holding Driller Darts

Max holding Razor Bats

Max holding Cybernetic Arrow

Max holding Frozen Throwing Knives]]

Max holding Sticky Shots

Gameplay

Max throwing two darts

Max throwing three darts

Max with Poptimization

Cash flying out of a popped MOAB via Big Bloon Bounty

Max with Bullseye aura

Max taking down a MOAB with Bullseye active

Bullseye target

Max using Dartnado

UI

Max on the adventure menu of Cyclops

Finn in the Characters icon at the bottom main menu

Finn celebrating Rank Up with Max

Max, along with Finn, on Victory

Max on Defeat

Videos

Bloons Adventure Time TD- Max Solos Cursed Mirror Impoppable Prior to 1.4.1

Promotional

A promotion for Max’s adventurer pack

Trivia

• Between the 1.0.1 and 1.0.2 updates, Max's voice actor changed, making him the only hero/character to ever get his voice changed in between updates. His former voice actor was Mark Garrison in 1.0.1, and in 1.0.2 and later, his current voice actor is Gary Furlong.
  • He still keeps his old quotes alongside new ones, however.
    • This also applies to his Juggernaut counterpart.
  • Mark Garrison, the previous voice actor, spoke softer, which portrayed Max with a calmer but smug personality. The current voice actor, Gary Furlong, speaks more confidently for Max's voice, giving the impression that Max is active and passionate for adventure.
• Max's quote "Awesomer" is likely a reference to Ninja Kiwi's catchphrase, "More Awesomer".
• Despite Max being the second character to become playable within the tutorial, the game unlocks him as the third character, right after Jake.
• Max has no quote for when activating the Bullseye ability.
• Although in most cutscenes and in game models, Max is shown with a strap on his chest, this does not appear on the traditional art seen on his icon. These icons make him look more reminiscent of the Portrait used for a x-2-x Dart Monkey in Bloons TD 6 and the ones used for the Dart Monkey's 2/x and x/2 upgrades in Bloons TD 5, though the pose he's in is the same as BTD6's standard portrait for the Dart Monkey.
• Max formerly had the Heavy Tips upgrade, which was required for frozen popping as Hot Tips only provided lead popping power. It was removed in 1.4.1, and this, Energy Beacon, Laser Whips, Farsight and Soulbind are the only upgrades which have been replaced by another upgrade.