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Sauda 34.0 updated, may need work Large amounts of the Sauda Version 34.0 update information has been updated. However, since the Version 34.0 rework was absolutely massive, it may need a double-check for accuracies. |
| “ | With a calm fury, Sauda can carve Bloons up with her twin razor-sharp swords. | ” |
| ~ BTD6 description |
Sauda (BTD6) is a Hero in Bloons TD 6, first released in Version 24.0. She is a swordmaster, and is the second melee hero in the game (the first being Pat Fusty). She uses her two swords to pop bloons, dealing one damage per attack across a 90-180 degree cone. She attacks quickly, approximately every 0.4s at base, and even faster at higher levels, but she has low range, at 23 initially. Initially, she pops up to 4 bloons per attack. She has built-in camo detection at base level, but cannot pop Lead Bloons with her standard attack until at least Level 13. She is unlockable with a one-time cost of 
5000.
She costs $510 on Easy, $600 on Medium, $650 on Hard, and $700 on Impoppable. If Hero Favors is enabled, she will cost $460 on Easy, $540 on Medium, $585 on Hard, and $650 on Impoppable.
Upgrades[]
Sauda will start upgrading herself every round upon placement. She earns more XP each round to unlock her next upgrade irrespective of how many bloons she pops. Her upgrades can also be immediately bought with cash, though the amount of cash required to purchase the next upgrade will typically increase as the upgrades get higher, making self-upgrading an important element for her overall power.
Sauda upgrades automatically after being placed. Her leveling speed is 1.425x, equal to that for Ezili, Pat Fusty, and Admiral Brickell.
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Level 1 COST: $510 / $600 / $650 / $720 UNLOCK: N/A XP | |
| Description: Slashes with both swords at nearby Bloons. Can pop Camo.
Effect: Slashes at bloons, producing a partial AoE in front of her in a 90°-180° formation. Attacks every 0.4s, deals 1 damage, +1 Ceramic and MOAB-class damage, 3 pierce, and range of 23. | ||
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Level 2 COST: $257 UNLOCK: 257 XP | |
| Description: Pops more Bloons per attack.
Effect: Pierce increased from 3 to 4. | ||
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Level 3 COST: $656 UNLOCK: 656 XP | |
| Description: Leaping Sword Attack: Sauda's dramatic Lead popping leap attack slams down on her targeted Bloons.
Effect: Unlocks Leaping Sword ability. When activated, aims at a target based on her target priority, hitting multiple bloons in a tiny area and leaving behind an "aftersword" that deals contact damage to passing bloons. Cooldown of 30 seconds.
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Level 4 COST: $1,425 UNLOCK: 1,425 XP | |
| Description: Sauda's swords slice through 2 layers of Bloons.
Effect: 2 damage, and Ceramic and MOAB-class damage improves from +1 to +2. | ||
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Level 5 COST: $2,651 UNLOCK: 2,651 XP | |
| Description: Sauda attacks faster.
Effect: +25% attack speed (0.8x attack cooldown). Now attacks every 0.32s. | ||
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Level 6 COST: $4,674 UNLOCK: 4,674 XP | |
| Description: Increased attack range and popping power.
Effect: Pierce increases from 4 to 6, range from 23 to 26. | ||
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Level 7 COST: $7,382 UNLOCK: 7,382 XP | |
| Description: Sauda preys on the Bloons' weakness, doing extra damage if they are stunned, and she can now pop frozen Bloons.
Effect: Deals +2 damage to stunned Bloons, +20 damage to stunned MOABs, and also pops Frozen Bloons. Leaping Sword deals even more damage to any stunned target, including the initial impact (+10 stunned damage, or +20 stunned MOAB-class damage) and on-track item's contact damage (+2 stunned damage, or +20 stunned MOAB-class damage).
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Level 8 COST: $11,856 UNLOCK: 11,856 XP | |
| Description: Sauda attacks even faster.
Effect: ~+28.99% attack speed (~0.7813x attack speed). Now attacks every 0.25s. | ||
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Level 9 COST: $13,367 UNLOCK: 13,367 XP | |
| Description: Bloon Bleed: Sauda pops through 3 layers of Bloon with each strike, and causes a slow damage over time effect.
Effect: Adds a Bloon Bleed effect onto damaged bloons. Bloon Bleed deals 1 damage per 2.0s or 20 MOAB-class damage per 2.0s, for up to 4 seconds, dealing up to 2 ticks of damage. Sword attack deals 3 damage, or +3 to Ceramic and MOAB-class (instead of +2). | ||
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Level 10 COST: $19,409 UNLOCK: 19,409 XP | |
| Description: Sword Charge: Sauda slides along the whole track, devastating Bloons as she goes.
Effect: Unlocks Sword Charge ability. When activated, she charges from the back of the track path towards the front, damaging any bloon type including Leads. Creates more copies of herself on maps with multiple entries or multiple exits. Deals 30 damage to up to 400 bloons on screen with each copy of herself, plus even more damage to stunned bloons (+15 stunned damage, or +30 stunned MOAB-class damage). Sword Charge has a radius of 19.5. Cooldown of 45s. | ||
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Level 11 COST: $23,242 UNLOCK: 23,242 XP | |
| Description: Sauda inflicts extra damage to any Bloon slowed, immobilized, or taking damage over time from other monkeys.
Effect: Gains extra damage versus "harmed" bloons, inflicting +2 damage to Bloons or +10 damage to MOABs with her main swords. Bloons affected by any valid lingering status effect (e.g. slowdown and/or a damage-over-time), excluding stuns and Bloon Bleed, triggers the aforementioned damage bonus. Can stack with the bonus stunned bloon damage.
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Level 12 COST: $20,520 UNLOCK: 20,520 XP | |
| Description: Leaping Sword Attack increases greatly in power.
Effect: Leaping Sword leap deals 40 damage, or 180 to MOAB-class, onto up to 50 bloons. After-effect swords now deal 3 damage instead of 2. Stunned and/or "harmed" bloons are inflicted extra damage via Leaping Sword (leaping impact: +20, +40 MOAB-class; leaping contact: +3, +25 MOAB-class). | ||
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Level 13 COST: $23,726 UNLOCK: 23,726 XP | |
| Description: Enchanted blades do more damage and allow Sauda to damage all Bloons.
Effect: Main attack now damages Leads. Main attack also now deals even more damage to stunned Bloons (Bloons: +2 → +3; MOAB-class: +20 → +21). | ||
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Level 14 COST: $21,290 UNLOCK: 21,290 XP | |
| Description: Sauda attacks even faster, and Sword Charge sweeps all track paths two times!
Effect: +56.25% attack speed (0.64x attack cooldown). Now attacks every 0.16s. Sword Charge ability now repeats two times. | ||
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Level 15 COST: $23,342 UNLOCK: 23,342 XP | |
| Description: Increased attack range and popping power, and Leaping Sword Attack deals more damage.
Effect: Range increased from 26 to 29, pierce increased from 6 to 8, Leaping Sword ability's after-effects swords deal 4 damage, and Leaping Sword ability impact deals 80 damage instead of 40. Stunned and/or "harmed" bloons are inflicted extra damage via Leaping Sword (leaping impact: +40, +80 MOAB-class; leaping contact: +4, +30 MOAB-class). | ||
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Level 16 COST: $25,394 UNLOCK: 25,394 XP | |
| Description: Sword Charge greatly increased damage.
Effect: Sword Charge deals 60 damage instead of 30. Stunned and/or "harmed" bloons are inflicted extra damage via Sword Charge (+30 versus bloons, +60 versus MOAB-class). Sword Charge radius increased from 19.5 to 22.5. | ||
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Level 17 COST: $27,446 UNLOCK: 27,446 XP | |
| Description: Sauda's sword attacks slice through many Bloon layers at once.
Effect: Sword deals 4 damage and +4 damage to Ceramic and MOAB-class, alongside a bigger bonus against stunned and "harmed" bloons.
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Level 18 COST: $29,498 UNLOCK: 29,498 XP | |
| Description: Sauda's swords attack with a blur of speed.
Effect: +60% attack speed (0.625x attack cooldown). Now attacks every 0.1s. | ||
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Level 19 COST: $23,470 UNLOCK: 23,470 XP | |
| Description: Enchanted Blades do extra damage to Regrow, Fortified, and Camo Bloons.
Effect: Deals +2 damage to bloons with Camo, Regrow, Fortified, or any valid combination of the three. For blimps, blimps with Camo and/or Fortified are dealt +10 damage. Damage bonus to those types are mutually exclusive. | ||
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Level 20 COST: $24,624 UNLOCK: 24,624 XP | |
| Description: More powerful Sword Charge sweeps all track paths three times! Leaping Sword power greatly increased.
Effect: Sword Charge now deals 220 damage, pops up to 1400 bloons, and repeats three times. Leaping Sword leap deals 400 damage, or 540 MOAB-class damage, and pops up to 70 bloons on the initial hit. Leaping Sword's after-effect swords deal 6 damage. All abilities deal more damage to stunned and/or "harmed" bloons (leaping impact: +200, +400 MOAB-class; leaping contact: +6, +40 MOAB-class; charging: +110, +220 MOAB-class). | ||
Activated Abilities[]
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Standardization This format, which consists of adding the "Activated Abilities" Header 2 section containing a bunch of information about the activated abilities, should be standardized across all Hero articles in BTD6, and maybe also BTDB2 too |
- See also: Activated Abilities (BTD6)#Sauda
Sauda has two activated abilities: Leaping Sword (Level 3+), and Sword Charge (Level 10+).
Leaping Sword Ability[]
Leaping Sword Ability
Sauda's Leaping Sword ability allows her to strike two swords on the ground from anywhere on the map onto the target bloon, with the location being based on her target priority. The swords act together as the "strike", and once landed will act as the "after-sword". The "strike" always follows and accurately hits the target no matter how fast the target moves. After landing, the "after-sword" deals contact damage around a small area for a limited time before disappearing. Both of these attacks of the Leaping Sword pop all bloon types.
Initially, the strike of the Leaping Sword will deal 20 damage or 80 MOAB-class damage (40 damage or 180 MOAB-class damage at Level 12-14, 80 damage or 220 MOAB-class damage at Level 15-19, 400 damage or 540 MOAB-class damage at Level 20) to up to 20 bloons (40 with Level 12+, 60 with Level 20) upon impact, including versus Leads, with a small area-of-effect of 15 radius. The swords on the ground will deal a constant amount of damage (Level 3-11: 2, Level 12-14: 3, Level 15-19: 4, Level 20: 6) every 0.2s to up to a certain maximum number of bloons that touch them. The swords on the ground will last for 5+.5*L where L is level, starting at 6.5s and up to 15 seconds at Level 20. before disappearing.
While she is using any activated ability, including Leaping Sword, her other attacks cease until she returns back to her original location. She cannot activate Sword Charge while the Leaping Sword ability is active.
Leaping Sword has an activated ability cooldown of 30 seconds, with a deployment cooldown of about 0.5s. Equation for the uptime of the "after-sword" is (L/2 + 5)/30; uptime for the "after-sword" is between 21.67% and 50%. Her Leaping Sword ability cooldowns can be reduced with a global Energizer buff, a nearby The Final Harmonic, the 
Ability Mastery MK, and the Abilitized Relic. Its ability cooldown can also be reset with Geraldo's Rejuv Potion.
Leaping Sword scales its damage bonuses to all stunned targets (Level 7+) and "harmed" targets (Level 11+), instead of a flat amount of bonus damage to those targets. These changes carry up through all levels with all damage increases to Leaping Sword and Sword Charge (Levels 12, 15, 20 increase leaping sword damage). Assume "x" is base damage of the ability aspect.
| Level | Base Damage | Stunned Bloons (equation: x/2) |
Stunned Blimps (equation: x) |
"Harmed" Bloons (equation: x/2) |
"Harmed" Blimps (equation: x) |
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| Level 3-6 | 20 (+60 MOAB-class) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Level 7-10 | 20 (+60 MOAB-class) | +10 | +20 | N/A | N/A |
| Level 11 | 20 (+60 MOAB-class) | +10 | +20 | +10 | +20 |
| Level 12-14 | 40 (+140 MOAB-class) | +20 | +40 | +20 | +40 |
| Level 15-19 | 80 (+140 MOAB-class) | +40 | +80 | +40 | +80 |
| Level 20 | 400 (+140 MOAB-class) | +200 | +400 | +200 | +400 |
| Level | Base Damage | Stunned Bloons (equation: x) |
Stunned Blimps (equation: 10 + 5x) |
"Harmed" Bloons (equation: x) |
"Harmed" Blimps (equation: 10 + 5x) |
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| Level 3-6 | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Level 7-10 | 2 | +2 | +20 | N/A | N/A |
| Level 11 | 2 | +2 | +20 | +2 | +20 |
| Level 12-14 | 3 | +3 | +25 | +3 | +25 |
| Level 15-19 | 4 | +4 | +30 | +4 | +30 |
| Level 20 | 6 | +6 | +40 | +6 | +40 |
Sword Charge Ability[]
Sword Charge Ability
Sauda's Sword Charge ability allows her to charge across all bloon paths, dealing 30 damage (120 at Level 16-19, 220 at Level 20) to up to 400 bloons (1400 at Level 20), and can rehit the same bloons more than once. If the map is not a single-lane map (i.e. "single-entry-single-exit"), she can spawn more than one temporary copy of herself; she spawns as many temporary copies of herself as there are entry-to-exit combinations. Sword Charge has a splash radius of 19.5 at Level 10-15, 22.5 at Level 16+. At Level 20, the ability allows her to charge up to 3 times in a single ability use.
While she is using any activated ability, including Sword Charge, her other attacks cease until she returns back to her original location. She cannot activate Leaping Sword while the Sword Charge ability is active.
Sword Charge has an ability cooldown of 45 seconds, and a deployment cooldown of about 0.8s before she starts charging at the bloons. The duration of the ability depends on the length of the longest lane, and the duration is tripled if Level 20; on a very long RBS map such as Logs it takes ~10 seconds, while on a short RBS map such as #Ouch it takes ~3 seconds. Therefore, the true duration of the Sword Charge ability is difficult to determine mathematically perfectly. Her Sword Charge ability cooldowns can be reduced with a global Energizer buff, a nearby The Final Harmonic, the Ability Mastery MK, and the Abilitized Relic. Its ability cooldown can also be reset with Geraldo's Rejuv Potion.
Sword Charge scales its damage bonuses to all stunned targets (Level 10+, by default) and "harmed" targets (Level 11+), instead of a flat amount of bonus damage to those targets. These changes carry up through all levels with all damage increases to Sword Charge (Levels 16 and 20). Assume "x" is base damage of the ability aspect.
| Level | Base Damage | Stunned Bloons (equation: x/2) |
Stunned Blimps (equation: x) |
"Harmed" Bloons (equation: x/2) |
"Harmed" Blimps (equation: x) |
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| Level 10 | 30 | +15 | +30 | N/A | N/A |
| Level 11-15 | 30 | +15 | +30 | +15 | +30 |
| Level 16-19 | 120 | +60 | +120 | +60 | +120 |
| Level 20 | 220 | +110 | +220 | +110 | +220 |
Leveling up[]
| Level | Cost / XP | Cumulative |
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| 1 | Base | Base |
| 2 | 257 | 257 |
| 3 | 656 | 913 |
| 4 | 1425 | 2338 |
| 5 | 2651 | 4989 |
| 6 | 4674 | 9663 |
| 7 | 7382 | 17,045 |
| 8 | 11,856 | 28,901 |
| 9 | 13,367 | 42,268 |
| 10 | 19,409 | 61,677 |
| 11 | 23,342 | 85,019 |
| 12 | 20,520 | 105,539 |
| 13 | 23,726 | 129,265 |
| 14 | 21,290 | 150,555 |
| 15 | 23,342 | 173,897 |
| 16 | 25,394 | 199,291 |
| 17 | 27,446 | 226,737 |
| 18 | 29,498 | 256,235 |
| 19 | 23,470 | 279,705 |
| 20 | 24,624 | 304,329 |
Version History[]
Balance Changes[]
During the first few weeks of her release, Sauda was considered "overpowered" by the BTD6 community, attributed mostly to her extreme numbers of new 2TC combos. However, as time went by, the BTD6 community began to realize that she has been overestimated, due to the fact that her true power only opens where she can be placed in a spot where her low range but high attack speed and damage can be maximized.
On the April 2021 Q&A video, Ninja Kiwi stated that Sauda would be nerfed in Version 25.0 with range nerfs. This in effect has retained her start-of-game utility but restrict her further into map-dependency.
Sauda was later nerfed in 27.0 as a way to encourage adding synergies rather than relying on her base damage at higher levels. Contrary to popular belief, Sauda's total damage is still clearly nerfed even when attacking Ceramics and MOAB-class with both stun and "harmed" status effects, as her base bonus Ceramic and MOAB-class damage is treated as a bonus equal to her base damage, and doesn't necessarily increase with additional buff sources.
Version 34.0 massively reworked Sauda to have weaker pierce and significantly stronger synergy potential with her abilities, in order to stand out on Expert Maps as well as minimizing her overpower on Beginner Maps.
Version 44.0 nerfed Sauda due to her popularity on Boss Rush with buy-and-resell strategies for early tiers of Bosses.
- 24.0
- Released
- 25.0
| “ | Yes, here it is the nerf you've all been waiting for. But as some in the community predicted, it's not that much of a nerf. Sauda's range has been tightened up as her role is specifically about high damage in a small, focused area. | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
Attack range reduced from 25 to 23- Lv6 Attack range bonus reduced from +4 to +3
- Lv15 Attack range bonus reduced from +4 to +3
- 27.0
| “ | While we feel Sauda's power has been balanced fairly well, we have also felt that too much of this power is generally available while ignoring the synergies that she was intended to be built around.To correct this her damage will in total remain the same, but some key levels that increased damage will now instead buff her weakness bonuses. We would also like to make it clear that this has been in the works for some time and has nothing to do with the recent 1TC completion, so please don't be mad at that person. This will mean fairly little to most players, who are not doing those sorts of challenges anyway. | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Lv13 sword damage reduced from 4 to 3, now instead grants +1 damage to Sauda's Lv7 Bloon Weakness
- Lv17 sword damage reduced from 7 to 4, instead replaced with +1 damage to Sauda's Lv7 Bloon Weakness and +1 damage to Sauda's Lv11 Afflicted Bloons Weakness.
- [undocumented] Level 13 Sauda's Ceramic and MOAB-class damage also reduced (+4 → +3)
- [undocumented] Level 17 Sauda's Ceramic and MOAB-class damage also reduced (+7 → +4)
- 34.0
| “ | Saving this for last, as it is the biggest rework here with the most to say. There was too much already changed to include even further changes with her all at once, but we want to take this rework further after seeing your feedback, so Sauda fans please take your time over the holidays to really get a feel for how this changes things. At first this looks like a lot of numbers going down, but that is not our only intention with the changes, Sauda’s feeling is far too much of a ‘set and forget’ play, leading her to be extremely overvalued on simple maps but have a highly lackluster feeling on many difficult ones that require further interaction. To steer away from this her base power is being lowered at a number of points, with some tweaks to both her abilities overall improving their power mainly with a huge buff to her level 7 & 11 Bloon Weakness debuffs now benefitting her abilities with CONSIDERABLY more damage than previously (previously +2 regardless of the ability damage) |
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| ~ Ninja Kiwi (Part 1 of the Sauda rework) |
- Level 2+ base pierce reduced by 1 at all levels
- Level 2-5 pierce reduced from 6 → 5
- Level 6-14 pierce reduced from 8 → 7
- Level 15+ pierce reduced from 10 → 9
- Leaping Sword on-track item's contact damage increased on most levels starting at Level 3
- Level 3-11 Leaping Sword on-track item's contact damage increased from 1 → 2
- Level 12-14 Leaping Sword on-track item's contact damage increased from 1 → 3
- Level 15-19 Leaping Sword on-track item's contact damage increased from 1 → 4
- Level 20 Leaping Sword on-track item's contact damage reduced from 16 → 6
- Note: Ninja Kiwi stated "Leaping Sword DoT" but it is actually the Leaping Sword on-track item's contact damage; Leaping Sword does not inflict DoT unlike Bloon Bleed.
- Leaping Sword on-track item now lasts longer on all levels
- Level 3 Leaping Sword on-track item duration increased from 5s → 6.5s
- Leaping Sword on-track item duration increases by +0.5s for every level after Level 3
- Level 20 Leaping Sword on-track item duration further increased from a flat 10s to 15s
- Level 3-11 Leaping Sword impact pierce increased from 20 → 30
- Level 12-19 Leaping Sword impact pierce increased from 40 → 50
- Level 20 Leaping Sword impact pierce increased from 50 → 70
- Level 10-15 Sword Charge damage increased from 20 → 30. Does not affect Level 16+.
- Leaping Sword impact damage changed on all levels starting from Level 12.
- Level 12+ Leaping Sword impact bonus damage to MOABs increased from +130 → +160
- Level 12-14 Leaping Sword impact base damage reduced from 70 → 40
- Level 15-19 Leaping Sword impact base damage increased from 70 → 80
- Level 20 Leaping Sword impact base damage reduced from 570 → 400
| “ | Bloon Weakness Lv7 & Lv11 much larger bonus to abilities, potentially doubling total damage. | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi (Part 2 of the Sauda rework) |
- Leaping Sword and Sword Charge now apply scaled damage bonuses to all stunned targets (Level 7+) and "harmed" targets (Level 11+), instead of flat +2 to bloons and +20 to MOAB-class or slightly higher on later levels. These changes carry up through all levels with all damage increases to Leaping Sword and Sword Charge (Levels 12, 15, 20 increase leaping sword damage, Levels 16, 20 increase Sword Charge damage). Assume "x" is base damage of the ability aspect.
- Lv7+ Leaping Sword impact bonus to stunned Bloons +2 → +(x/2)
- Level 7-11: +10
- Level 12-14: +20
- Level 15-19: +40
- Level 20: +200
- Lv7+ Leaping Sword impact bonus to stunned MOAB-class +2 → +(x)
- Level 7-11: +20
- Level 12-14: +40
- Level 15-19: +80
- Level 20: +400
- Lv7+ Leaping Sword on-track contact damage bonus to stunned Bloons +2 → +(x)
- Level 7-11: +2
- Level 12-14: +3
- Level 15-19: +4
- Level 20: +6
- Lv7+ Leaping Sword on-track contact damage bonus to stunned MOABs +20 → +(10 + 5x)
- Level 7-11: +20
- Level 12-14: +25
- Level 15-19: +30
- Level 20: +40
- Lv10+ Sword Charge bonus to stunned Bloons +2 → +(x/2)
- Level 10-15: +15
- Level 16-19: +60
- Level 20: +110
- Lv10+ Sword Charge bonus to stunned MOAB-class +2 → +(x)
- Level 10-15: +30
- Level 16-19: +120
- Level 20: +220
- Lv11+ Leaping Sword impact bonus to "harmed" Bloons +2 → +(x/2)
- Level 7-11: +10
- Level 12-14: +20
- Level 15-19: +40
- Level 20: +200
- Lv11+ Leaping Sword impact bonus to "harmed" MOAB-class +2 → +(x)
- Level 7-11: +20
- Level 12-14: +40
- Level 15-19: +80
- Level 20: +400
- Lv11+ Leaping Sword on-track contact damage bonus to "harmed" Bloons +2 → +(x)
- Level 7-11: +2
- Level 12-14: +3
- Level 15-19: +4
- Level 20: +6
- Lv11+ Leaping Sword on-track contact damage bonus to "harmed" MOABs +20 → +(10 + 5x)
- Level 7-11: +20
- Level 12-14: +25
- Level 15-19: +30
- Level 20: +40
- Lv11+ Sword Charge bonus to "harmed" Bloons +2 → +(x/2)
- Level 10-15: +15
- Level 16-19: +60
- Level 20: +110
- Lv11+ Sword Charge bonus to "harmed" MOAB-class +2 → +(x)
- Level 10-15: +30
- Level 16-19: +120
- Level 20: +220
- 42.0
| “ | While we like giving players lots to choose from as early as possible, we’ve seen feedback that the current hero unlock flow can feel overwhelming with all Monkey Money unlockable heroes becoming available immediately at account level 10. To address this, we are spacing this period out with a few different groupings of Hero unlocks and holding back some of the more complex Heroes until account level 35. | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi, Version 42.0 preview notes |
- Sauda now unlocks at Level 25 instead of Level 10
- 44.0
| “ | Yea we see what everybody has been doing… Sauda having such a huge MOAB-Class bonus right from lv3 was silly, and this has been lowered | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Level 3+ Leaping Sword impact bonus damage to MOAB-class reduced from +80 to +60, Level 3-11 total damage to MOAB-class reduced from 100 to 80.
- Level 12-14 Leaping Sword impact total damage to MOAB-class reduced from 200 to 180
- Level 15-19 Leaping Sword impact total damage to MOAB-class reduced from 240 to 220
- Level 20 Leaping Sword impact total damage to MOAB-class reduced from 560 to 540
- 45.0
| “ | Sauda's early game feels exceptional and is seeing a pierce reduction, however as her Sword Charge struggles to break super ceramics as they first begin to appear we're also filling a gap and allowing her to sweep the path twice from Lv14, Sword Charge damage is also being reduced at lv16 but this is only to keep the overall same power level now that it hits twice. | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Sauda sword pierce decreased by 1 for all upgrades
- Level 1-5: 4 → 3
- Level 2-5: 5 → 4
- Level 6-14: 7 → 6
- Level 15+: 6 → 8
- Level 14-19 Sword Charge now sweeps the path twice
- Level 16-19 Sword Charge damage reduced from 120 to 60. Does not affect Level 20 Sword Charge damage (220).
Bug Fixes and General Changes[]
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- 27.0
- Level 1's description added "Can pop Camo." at the end.
- Level 3's description added an extra "Lead popping" before "leap attacks".
- Level 15's description changed due to Sauda's nerf, from "Bloon Bleed" to "Leaping Sword Attack".
- Level 20's description changed from "Sword Charge sweeps all track paths three times!" to "More powerful Sword Charge sweeps all track paths three times! Leaping Sword power greatly increased."
- 45.0
- Level 14 description changed from "Sauda attacks even faster." to "Sauda attacks even faster, and Sword Charge sweeps all track paths two times!"
Bugs[]
- Current
- [28.3, possibly earlier] Level 3 Leaping Sword shows Sauda performing the act to have no swords held. Level 10+ Leaping Sword has no such visual bug.
- Patched
- [27.0] Would glitch out and crash within a few seconds if Sword Charge reaches the swamp holes in Bloonarius Prime. Patched in 27.1.
Strategy[]
Summary[]
Sauda has very low range, moderate pierce, but high attack speed. Because of this, she has an incredible amount of DPS. In fact, she has a higher damage-per-second than any other tower in the game for her price, but is strongly limited by her very low range. As such, a tight spot on the map will make for an effective chokepoint for destroying the bloons. At higher levels, she can directly synergize with status effects, dealing much more damage against bloons that are stunned or "harmed". Her activated abilities provide useful additional sources of popping power if needed, which is especially important when using her for harder map formats.
Due to her low range, she will have trouble on maps that lack a corner or tight bend, although she will appreciate from external range buffs such as Villages and Alchemist. Although she excels at easier map formats, she can work on certain map formats that allow her to focus on a specific corner or tight bend. Additionally, certain towers can forcefully reposition the bloons, such as the Giant Condor and Symphonic Resonance.
Tips[]
- Ideally, place Sauda in a location that focuses around a bend or corner.
- The intermediate map Balance is designed specifically to optimize her high attack speed and pierce over her main weakness of low range, by placing her in the center spot.
- The beginner map Resort features a similar spot at the top right corner to place her in; thanks to the constant loops Sauda can deal enough damage to complete most CHIMPS rounds on this map.
- Stacking stuns on top of other status effects will drastically increase her damage, up to +30 on MOABs at level 11 (+20 for the stun, +10 for the other status effect). To specify, lvl 7 and lvl 11 count as different buffs, meaning a slow and a damage-over-time effect don't stack, but a slow and a stun stacks.
- She can pop camo bloons, which is useful for Alternate Bloons Rounds.
- The Level 10 Sword Charge ability is good for quick or emergency cleanup for dense rounds.
- At Level 11+, adding any slow, immobilization, or damage-over-time will allow her to deal bonus damage to bloons and blimps.
- MOAB Glue is one of the best cost-effective status effects to pair with her, as MOAB Glue slows down blimps to allow her to attack blimps more often before the blimps leave, while she benefits from the bonus damage from her Level 11+ special extra damage. Relentless Glue stuns up to MOABs and DDTs, activating her stunned bloon damage bonus for even more damage; Super Glue can also stun bloons below BAD, allowing for even higher damage.
- Bloon Sabotage is also an extremely effective tower to pair with Sauda due to its screen-wide slow, along with its 15 second duration.
- Since the BAD is immune to all kinds of slow effects, it can only receive debuffs that grant bonus damage on attacks. This can add up to +10.
- Sauda can pop Frozen and Lead with any of her abilities, regardless of level. However, her main attacks alone are insufficient for popping Frozen until Level 7+, and insufficient versus Leads until Level 13+.
- Don't rely on her abilities to pop Frozen or Lead. Use other sources to pop Frozen and Lead until she reaches Level 7+ and Level 13+, respectively.
- Much like Ground Zero and Tsar Bomba, be sure to watch out for her 0.8s time delay before any of her abilities activate. If bloons are about to leak, you should be aware that you'll probably leak before Sauda will be able to use her ability.
- Because of Sauda's extremely short range and lack of any supportive capabilities, she is less useful on most True Expert maps than other top tier options, such as Adora, Brickell or Ezili would be, however she is still very powerful even on maps such as X Factor, Quad and Sanctuary where tracks overlap.
- Sauda's Leaping Sword ability has a large enough splash radius to hit the four Ceramics out of the Round 40 MOAB.
- Make use of Auto Start to allow Sauda's Sword Charge to carry over damage across rounds. Sword Charge does damage bloons even if the round ends.
- Sauda can use all the bloons' debuffs a single tower can apply. For example, both of Cripple MOAB's stun and debuff are utilized.
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Sauda's second teaser
She was first teased here on 5th March 2021, showcasing her unlock animation. On March 10th, 2021, a second teaser was posted on Twitter here, revealing her abilities: Leaping Sword and Sword Charge. On the next day, she was released in Version 24.0.
| “ | My blades are legendary! Here’s a look at Sauda’s special abilities. She’ll be slicing through bloons in BTD6 very soon! #btd6 #ninjakiwi #bloonstd6 |
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| ~ Ninja Kiwi, second teaser of Sauda |
| “ | Introducing Sauda the Swordmaster. Coming soon to Bloons TD 6! #bloontd6 #ninjakiwi #btd6 |
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| ~ Ninja Kiwi, first teaser of Sauda |
Cosmetics[]
Sauda has different cosmetics that can be bought to add visual flair to her. These are purely visual and do not influence how she performs in-game. Hero Skins for Sauda are available once she is unlocked.
Skins[]
Sauda has two hero skins available. Her first is Viking Sauda, which dons her as a viking wielding axes, speaking in a deeper voice and speaking some Old Norse. Her second skin transforms her into a Jiangshi (Simplified Chinese: 僵尸), an undead creature from Chinese folklore, using the chains on her wrists in place of swords and speaking in a dull tone.
| Image | Skin | Description | Added |
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Original Sauda | With a calm fury, Sauda can carve Bloons up with her twin razor-sharp swords. | 24.0 |
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Viking Sauda | Axes at the ready! | 28.0 |
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Jiangshi Sauda | Chained to this world, for there are still Bloons to pop. | 37.0 |
Pets[]
- Sauda Crane Pet
- Description: Wax on, wax off. Study Crane technique with Sauda's graceful new side-kick! Original Sauda only
- Added: 25.0
- Additional notes:
- Short name: Sauda Crane
- Crane walks around and makes sounds.
- Trophies: 80
Profile Pictures[]
- Custom Avatar - Sharp Sauda
- Description: Silence, skill, precision. This awesome Sauda avatar defines you as a player!
- Added: 25.0
- Additional notes:
- Short name: Sharp Sauda Avatar
- Depicts a stylized drawing of Sauda.
- Trophies: 10
In-Game Quotes[]
Original Sauda[]
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When Selected on the Heroes menu:
- "My blades are legendary!"
When Placed:
- "Let's make some ribbons!"
- "This is me, pop-star!"
When Tapped:
- "Ready to slice!"
- "Heya."
- "Hey!"
- "Hey."
- "What's next?"
- "Hero time!"
- "These are sharp, remember?" (When annoyed)
- "Ah, wae!? (아, 왜?)" (means "Ah, why?") (When very annoyed)
Leveling Up:
- "Good choice"
- "Lookin' sharp"
- "Ha, that tickles."
- "Extra sharp!"
- "Cool!"
- "Now we're talking!"
- "Even better!"
- "I'm as sharp as it gets"
- "My blades are legendary!" (When Level 20)
When MOAB Class bloons Appear:
- "Get ready! M.O.A.B.!" - MOAB appears
- "Big, red, and slicy!" - BFB appears
- "Get that Z.O.M.G.!" - ZOMG appears
- "D.D.T., I got this!" - DDT appears
- "Attack as one!" - BAD appears
When a MOAB-Class Bloon is Destroyed:
- "Clean-cut, and still cuts a tomato."
- "Assa, jiryeotdari~ (아싸, 지렸다리~)" (a Korean slang which means 'Oh yeah, I was awesome.')
When activating Leaping Sword:
- "Igeona meogeora. (이거나 먹어라)'' (a Korean word which means "Take this.")
- "Leaping sword!"
When activating Sword Charge:
- "Sword charge!"
- "Ssanglyong-geom! (쌍룡검)" (a Korean word which means 'twin dragon sword')
When Bloons Leak:
- "Aww, I could've popped that!" (anxious tone)
- "Aww, I could've popped that!" (disappointed tone)
Viking Sauda[]
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When Selected on the Heroes menu:
- "Till' Valhalla!"
When Placed:
- "Axes. At the ready!"
- "We raid!"
When Tapped:
- "I am ready."
- "I am ready." (Different tone)
- "To battle!"
- "The enemy is near!"
- "Yes my Jarl?"
- "Yes my Jarl?" (Different tone)
- "I have spent many hours sharpening these." (When annoyed)
- "You challenge me?!" (When very annoyed)
Leveling Up:
- "Ah!"
- "Ah ha-ha-ha!"
- "Ah ha-ha-ha-ha."
- "Getting stronger!"
- "Getting stronger!" (Different tone)
- "Ah! The power!"
- "Ah! The power!" (Different tone)
- "My skills grow legendary!"
- "The skalds will sing of this day!" (When level 20)
When MOAB Class bloons Appear:
- "A captain approaches." (MOAB appears)
- "An enemy red from battle." (BFB appears)
- "This one looks like a troll." (ZOMG appears)
- "A creature of smoke and death." (DDT appears)
- "Finally. They send their champion." (BAD appears)
When a MOAB-Class Bloon is Destroyed:
- "Rejoice in our victory!"
- "The mighty fall!"
When activating Leaping Sword:
- "For glory!"
- "Leaping axes!"
When activating Sword Charge:
- "I take you all!"
- "Till' Valhalla!"
When Bloons Leak:
- "We bleed yet we fight on!"
Jiangshi Sauda[]
Heroes menu:
- "You cannot run from death."
When Placed:
- "I have unfinished business."
- "I hunger."
When Tapped:
- "Yes?"
- "Yes?" (Different tone)
- "What?"
- "What?" (Different tone)
- "Zombie time."
- "Care to join me?" (When annoyed)
- "I am not your puppet!" (When very annoyed)
Leveling Up:
- "For The Soul."
- "My Wandering Continues."
- "The Shackles Bind."
- "he-he-he-ha-Haa!"
- "He-he-he-he-ha-ha-ha-ha!"
- "I cannot be contained!" (When level 20)
When MOAB Class bloons Appear:
- "Ring... the bell." (MOAB appears)
- "This one already suffers." (BFB appears)
- "Rigor mortis has set in." (ZOMG appears)
- "Death approaches... so quickly." (DDT appears)
- "Nothing is too big to bury." (BAD appears)
When a MOAB-Class Bloon is Destroyed:
- "Return to your ancestors."
- "You cannot hide from death."
When activating Leaping Sword:
- "To the grave with you!"
- "Hopping chains!"
When activating Sword Charge:
- "Nowhere is safe for you!"
- "I'll cut them all down!"
When Bloons Leak:
- "They seek our grave."
Sounds[]
Sound Effects[]
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Sound effects related to Sauda that are not specifically her voicelines are shown here.
When Sauda swings her sword:
- [sword attack]
- [sword attack]
- [sword attack]
- [sword attack]
- [sword attack]
- [chains attack]
- [chains attack]
- [chains attack]
- [chains attack]
When triggered to leap into the air via Leaping Sword:
- [sword unsheathe]
- [chains unsheathe]
When striking the ground via Leaping Sword or Sword Charge:
- [sword strike]
- [chains strike]
When activating Sword Charge, or when activating subsequent Sword Charges at Level 20:
- [swift sword swipes]
- [swift chains swipes]
Merchandise[]
Sauda Plush[]
Boomer Plush, Sauda Plush, and BFB Plush
Sauda Plush has officially been teased on June 18th 2023 on Ninja Kiwi's Twitter account, posting the teaser for Sauda Plush, Boomerang Monkey Plush, and BFB Jumbo Plush. A Ninja Kiwi Twitter giveaway was posted on June 20th 2023, with the end date on June 21st at 2pm (ET). On June 23rd 2023, the official announcement for these three plushes were announced on this post. Final week announcement for these plushes was posted on July 7th 2023.
Her campaign can be seen on her entry on the Makeship website. She costed $29.99 USD.
Her campaign ran from June 23rd 2023 to July 15th 2023 (specifically 11:00am NZST). At the end of the campaign, 1937 Sauda Plushes were sold, funding 968% of the campaign. She will be manufactured starting from July 14th 2023, and she will be shipped by October 7th 2023. Sauda Plush has arrived to households starting from at least September 27th 2023.
Sauda Plush is stylized to her Level 1 form. She is 16.0cm tall and is made of Polypropylene Cotton and Plush Fabric (Ultra Soft Fleece). She has two swords attached to her hands via velcro, with the blue-banded sword on her right hand and red-banded sword on her left hand. Her hair cannot freely flow, as each of her wavy strands of hair are sewed on herself. Her skirt is uniform throughout (i.e. no triangular cuts at the sides, unlike her in-game form), is short, and underneath is nothing. She is also frowning. Her eyebrows and all parts of her eyes except her sclera are slightly rough, likely made of polypropylene cotton.
Gallery[]
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Other languages[]
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- Hero Name
| Language | Name | Meaning |
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| English | Sauda | |
| Simplified Chinese | 萨乌达 | Sauda (transliteration) |
| Traditional Chinese | 薩達 | Sauda (transliteration) |
| French | Sauda | |
| Korean | 싸우다 | |
| Polish | Sauda | |
| Russian | Сауда | Sauda (transliteration) |
- Short Description
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| English | With a calm fury, Sauda can carve Bloons up with her twin razor-sharp swords. | |
| Simplified Chinese | 平静的怒火中，萨乌达可以用她那双锋利的剑将气球斯劈成两半。 | |
| Traditional Chinese | 在平靜的怒火下，薩達可以用她的兩把利劍切開氣球。 | |
| French | Avec une furie maîtrisée, Sauda peut découper les Bloons en rondelles avec ses lames jumelles afflûtées comme des rasoirs. | |
| Polish | Sauda tnie blony swoimi dwoma ostrymi mieczami ze stoicką furią. | |
| Russian | С ледяной яростью Сауда разрубит шары своими бритвенно-острыми клинками. | With a cold fury, Sauda will chop bloon using her razor-sharp blades. |
Trivia[]
- At the time of her debut in Version 24.0, Sauda's appearance now brings the list of heroes purchasable on the first round of standard CHIMPS Mode to 3, alongside Quincy and Ezili. It was previously 3 before the Obyn price nerf in Version 11.0. It was not until Version 31.0 with the release of Geraldo when that list increased to 4.
- Sauda, Etienne, Psi, Adora, and Admiral Brickell are the third most expensive heroes (behind Corvus and Geraldo at 7000) by Monkey Money cost, as each cost 5000 Monkey Money to buy.
- Sauda is the fifth female hero, along with Gwendolin, Ezili, Adora, and Admiral Brickell, followed by Rosalia.
- Sauda is the second hero to have built-in camo detection, the first being Ezili.
- Sauda's quote "Hero time!" is also said by Finn in Bloons Adventure Time TD. She is also inspired by the attack concept of Finn, who also attacks with swords, except he attacks with one sword at initially moderate speed (1 attack per second) instead of two swords at Rattleballs-quick speeds (2.5 attacks per second) like Sauda does.
- Sauda is the second hero to speak in another language in addition to English, the first being Etienne (in his case, French).
- However, in BATTD, Lady Rainicorn speaks Korean, so Sauda is not the first character in any of the Bloons games to speak that language.
- The Bloon Bleed sprites are basically tear marks off bloons and blimps, while the Bloon Bleed damage-over-time animation is simply the animated leaking of air in the form of small white puffs of air.
Community achievements[]
- Sauda has by far the most amount of 2TC combos out of any tower or hero, being the first hero or tower to reach 100 combos.
- Sauda's first 2TC was accomplished within around 2 hours after the 24.0 update was announced, using Sauda + Sky Shredder.[1]
- The 2TC combo Sauda + Permanent Brew is the second combo to not have its first completion done on neither Logs nor Cubism.
- On 9th July 2021, Sauda 1TC on Resort had been completed, making her the first tower or hero to be able to completely solo CHIMPS. Significant micromanagement, including proper timing, as well as manual leveling was required to get there. Prior to that, there were many close 2TC combos with Sauda with increasingly lower towers.[2][3]
- Sauda's 1TC completion has lead her to receive 33 associate 2TC combos, bringing her new total to 202 2TC combos.
- The patch notes for Version 27.0 also refer to the Sauda 1TC community achievement while Ninja Kiwi was clarifying their intents to nerf Sauda on Version 27.0.
- Until Flying Fortress and Superstorm dropped their Hard prices to $91,800 and $70,200 in Version 30.0, respectively, Sauda + Flying Fortress and Sauda + Superstorm were not completed. As of the Sauda + Superstorm combo, which was completed after the Sauda + Flying Fortress combo, the only CHIMPS-affordable towers left that do not yet have a 2TC are Sun Temple and Super Mines.
Blog posts[]
- According to Ninja Kiwi's November 12th 2021 blog, Ninja Kiwi stated that Sauda is not the only swordsmonkey in the Bloons universe.
- According to Ninja Kiwi's 18th March 2022 blog, Sauda has the best table manners among the heroes.
- According to Ninja Kiwi's 14th April 2022 blog, the reason why Sauda wears bandages on her tail is "Definitely just style, not an ill judged sword swipe at all ;)"
- According to Ninja Kiwi's 23rd June 2022 blog, Sauda tends to eat vegetarian, though she does not define herself as such.
- According to Ninja Kiwi's 16th June 2023 blog, Sauda's favorite vegan snacks are Pea Snaps and chocolate chia pudding.
- According to Ninja Kiwi's 23rd June 2023 blog, Sauda smiles in battle because she has her "game face" on, in contrast to her recent corresponding plushie, who is frowning without explanation.
- According to Ninja Kiwi's 11th August 2023 blog, Sauda's favorite Animal Crossing character is Shino.
- According to Ninja Kiwi's 22nd September 2023 blog, Sauda's made a failed concept of a plane that drops swords on bloons.
- According to Ninja Kiwi's 10th November 2023 blog, Sauda loves ice skating, because she likes the idea of "walking around on mini blades". Also, she loves carving pumpkins in Halloween seasons.
- According to Ninja Kiwi's 8th December 2023 blog, Sauda has a dojo named the Sauda Dojo, and she has some students in her dojo that switch between the front lines and taking staff breaks.
- According to Ninja Kiwi's 15th March 2024 blog, Sauda's favorite tea is Jasmine tea, as it has plenty of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties, which relieve her pain during her training and fighting against the Bloons.
- According to Ninja Kiwi's 25th April 2025 blog, Sauda is an expert at making advanced trampolining tricks.
Cultural references[]
- Based on the description of the Version 24.0 patch notes update video by Ninja Kiwi, Sauda is Korean.
- Her name 'Sauda' resembles the Korean word "싸우다", a verb that means "to fight". It also sounds like 'Sword-a' in non-rhotic varieties of English.
- The quote "clean cuts, still cuts a tomato!" is a reference to commercials about the Ginsu knife series. More specifically, the narrator of the 1990 commercial about the Ginsu 2000 says the line "The Ginsu 2000 can saw a lead pipe and still slice a tomato like this!" and the chef proceeds to slice a tomato cleanly after slicing a lead pipe cleanly.[4]
References[]
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/m2f6t9/logs_chimps_sauda_shredder_2tc_cheapest_shredder/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/oh34og/sauda_fricking_1tc_people/
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/btd6/comments/ohd8gy/sauda_1tc_round_100_recording_ignore_the_lives/
- ↑ YouTube video of the commercial (0:33)
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