Sky Shredder

“	The bloons will wish they had never come.	”
	~ Official description

Sky Shredder
General Information
Game	BTD6
Tower	Monkey Ace
Unlocked at	TBA XP
Cost	$34,000 (Easy) $40,000 (Medium) $43,200 (Hard) $48,000 (Impoppable)
Activated Ability	N/A
Targeting Options	First, Last, Close, Strong
Camo Detection	Yes
Popology
Statistics
Damage	3 (darts, spray of 32) 150 (anti-MOAB missiles, spray of 2, only targets MOAB-class) +2 Ceramic damage from dart attacks
Pierce	5 (darts, spray of 32, e.a.u.) 1 (anti-MOAB missiles, spray of 2, every 3.0s, only targets MOAB-class)
Attack Speed	Very Fast (darts, spray of 32, every 0.315s) Very Slow (anti-MOAB missiles, spray of 2, every 3.0s, only targets MOAB-class)
Range	80 (Circle Path, clockwise, around base) 40, 40 (Figure Eight, ccw lc, cw rc, pattern towards base) 40, 40 (Figure Infinite, ccw uc, cw dc, pattern towards base)
Status Effects	N/A
Tower Boosts	N/A
Income/Life Boosts	N/A
Path Upgrades
Current	[[File:|48x48px|center|link=]] Sky Shredder
Current	[[File:|48x48px|center|link=]] Sky Shredder
Path Info
Path	1
Path	1
Upgrade Tier	5
Upgrade Tier	5
Related upgrades
Apache Prime (Heli Pilot)
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Sky Shredder is the final upgrade in Path 1 for the Monkey Ace in BTD6. It is a much more powerful version of Operation: Dart Storm. It blasts out 32 much faster darts twice as fast as the previous upgrade, each dart dealing 3 damage with 8 pierce, and +2 damage against Ceramics. Its missiles originally from the Path 1, Tier-3 upgrade, Fighter Plane, do extremely high damage to M.O.A.B. Class Bloons, dealing 150 damage per missile with two missiles, enough to destroy the outer layer of a M.O.A.B in the earlier rounds. Additionally, all Sky Shredder attacks can pop all bloons, including Camo, Lead and Black Bloons. It costs $34,000 on Easy, $40,000 on Medium, $43,200 on Hard, and $48,000 on Impoppable.

Tips

• As the Sky Shredder already has in-built camo detection, it is better off going for a 5-0-1 Sky Shredder, as Exploding Pineapples deals very little extra damage compared to extra +3 pierce from Sharper Darts. Centered Path rarely is useful for the Sky Shredder, as most of its popping power comes from puncturing bloons at the center of the map rather than around the center of the map.

Version History

8.0

Sky Shredder darts deal more damage (2 —> 3)

16.0

Sky Shredder ceramic damage bonus added +2

Gallery

The Sky Shredder in action

Sky Shredder Missiles and Dart attacks

Sky Shredder plane without weapons

Sky Shredder at front angle

5/2/0 Sky Shredder shooting 32 dart sprays

Trivia

• The artwork for the Sky Shredder implies that all the darts are shot forward, yet in-game they are shot out in a circle formation.
  • This also applies to Operation: Dart Storm.
• This is the only upgrade that increases the damage of the Anti-M.O.A.B missiles, as Operation: Dart Storm only increases the rate and the amount of darts fired.
• On the map Firing Range, a Sky Shredder drops a Ground Zero bomb on the tower if the player removes the tower.
• The plane for this upgrade is based on the XB-70 Valkyrie, a strategic bomber plane that can move at Mach 3, the fastest of its class.