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Internal name The name "Squid" is derived from internal data. It has not been named by official sources (e.g. Ninja Kiwi Blog). |
| “ | You like calimari,[sic] right? Looks there's a boss size portion on the way. You have to earn the bronze trophy first, then fry up whatever's coming with all the awesome sauce you've got. | ” |
| ~ Dr. Monkey |
- For a very similar mobile-exclusive boss, see Mecha Jellyfish.
The Squid (vaguely referred as "that monster squid" in unused dialogue from Dr. Monkey[1]) is the third boss in Bloons Super Monkey 2 Flash, appearing only in the final level of Deep Bloon Sea. It has 3 eyes; like other bosses, it can only be fought if at least the bronze trophy for each run-through has been earned. It is covered in Shielded Glass and Black bloons, occasionally releases a trail of Shielded Red Bloons, and "bumpers", compressed balls primarily composed also of Shielded Black and Glass Bloons. Popping the Squid gives you around 400-500 blops.
Strategy[]
- Main article: Squid/Strategies
To beat the squid, use strong upgrades. Tier 4, 5 or 6 for arms, and only core effective against bosses is the tech core. One popular way to defeat this bloon is to purchase (snap freeze) on level 3-5. When you play the level and start to fight this bloon, the ability snap freeze is proven to be very powerful against the outer bloons which shield the boss, along with the "bumper bloons." You might have to forgo certain bloons which are frozen but the squid and the entire level in general will be easier. Ineffective tier 4 arm upgrades on 3-5 are dual whips, fire arc, and ricochet rangs. The most ineffective one is dual whips, which glass bloons are immune to. The Squid's greatest weapon is the bumpers. Without snap freeze the bumpers will not allow you to win (unless you have already won and have more advanced weapons); the bumpers will not be popped. The Squid moves very slowly. It is smaller than the BFB despite being stronger. The thing to focus on is destroying the protective shield bloons surrounding it.
If trying to obtain diamond on the level, it is imperative that you do not pop the boss too quickly - about 7 squirts of shielded red bloons is required before you pop the boss. If you pop the boss before it squirts a certain number of shielded red bloons, the remaining shielded reds that the boss would've used will quickly leak on the bottom left of the screen and unless you have Doom Gauntlets to pop these shielded bloons quickly, it is unlikely to be unable to earn diamond for the level.
Health Indication[]
The Squid has 50,000 healthpoints.
- Pink Bloons are spawned.
- Black Bloons are spawned. A few cracks appear on the Squid.
- White Bloons are spawned. The cracks turn into nasty tears and more cracks appear.
- Lead Bloons are spawned. There is a mouth-shaped tear, the cracks get bigger, and the right eye is cracked.
- Zebra Bloons are spawned. Scorch marks appear, the Squid's mantle is cracked, and its eyes are white and even more cracked.
- Upon popping, it releases many bloons such as Red Bloons and Glass Bloons.
Glitches[]
There is one serious glitch with this boss fight. If snap freeze is used on the boss before it has come all the way down, it will teleport to the bottom left corner and stay there. It is nearly impossible to beat it if this happens. There is no way to fix this, so be careful of when to use Snapfreeze.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Calamari is misspelled as Calimari in the game.
- The fourth and fifth health stages of the Squid looks like it has a mouth, but this is actually just the blimp being damaged.
References[]
- ↑ If at once you don't succeed and all that. That monster squid is shielded by lots of bloons but it's the brain bloon where you need to concentrate damage. Not a bad time to call on your Parallel Universe Monkey powerup.