“ | Snowstorm Ability: Freezes ALL bloons on screen and increases the attack speed of all Ice Monkeys. | ” |
~ BTDB2 description |
Snowstorm is the 4th upgrade on Path 2 of the Ice Monkey in Bloons TD Battles 2.
It grants it an activated ability, which immediately creates a damaging blizzard across the entire screen and freezing virtually every affected bloon in the process. It can freeze up to 100 bloons across a 30 range, and the arctic aura remains at 35 range.
The Snowstorm ability does 1 damage to all bloons on screen other than Leads and DDTs if not given lead-popping, then proceeds to freeze all bloons (with exceptions). It freezes most bloons for 6 seconds, but freezes Camos, Whites and Zebras and heavily slows down MOAB-Class Bloons for 3 seconds. Leads and DDTs are completely immune to any ability effect unless using the 2-4-0 crosspath or given lead-popping, to which then will be able to be dealt damage and become frozen for the full period. BADs can be damaged by Snowstorm's ability but will not be slowed down. For 6 seconds, all Ice Monkeys and Fusty the Snowman attack 2x faster.
Cooldown is 30 seconds upon activation, with no initial cooldown.
It costs $3000, and is unlocked with the purchase of Ice Monkey.
Strategy[]
Summary[]
Snowstorm's main power is the ability that freezes all bloons on screen. It can be used to stop a rush of bloons for a while. It can also be used to empower all Ice Monkeys on screen, and further boost Snowpat synergies.
Tips[]
- 2-4-0 is better for affecting DDTs, while 0-4-2 is a better general use Snowstorm for the extra range and refreezing capabilities.
Version History[]
- Initial release (compared to BTD6 during Version 28.0)
- Snowstorm no longer has initial cooldown.
- 1.5.0
- No longer requires 8,500 XP to unlock. Players who have unlocked this upgrade before the update will not receive a full refund.
- 3.2
- [undocumented] Snowstorm's ability now also buffs Ice Monkeys and Fusty the Snowman by 2x for 10s
- 3.3.2
- Snowstorm: buffs Ice monkeys and Fusty the Snowman with 2x attack speed for 6s instead of 10s
“ | While Ice Monkey is not in a bad spot, we do want to encourage its usage a bit more and so we’re providing it with a couple small buffs. Snowstorm’s ability buffing Ice Monkeys was actually unintended, however we didn’t feel like it needed to be fixed and so we decided to keep, with a reduced duration to match the ability’s freeze duration. | ” |
~ Ninja Kiwi |
- 4.0.2
- Freezes 2 → 3 layers
“ | We’re providing a buff to an upgrade that doesn’t offer too much, to strengthen Ice Monkey’s early game a little bit. | ” |
~ Ninja Kiwi, referring to Deep Freeze |
- 4.2
- Ability slows down MOABs/BFBs/DDTs to 5 → 2.25 speed (the same speed as it sets ZOMGs to)
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Trivia[]
- Snowstorm doesn't have closed eyelids like in BTD6. This is shared with Jungle's Bounty and Permanent Brew.
- In an unknown update, the description was changed from "Snowstorm Ability: Freezes all bloons on screen, and briefly freezes white, zebra, camo, and MOAB class." to "Snowstorm Ability: Freezes ALL bloons on screen and increases the attack speed of all Ice Monkeys."
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