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Shoots a volley of tacks in 8 directions. Has short range, but is good for thinning out bloons at intersections and corners
~ BTD4 description

The Tack Shooter is a tower in the Bloons TD series that first appeared in the original Bloons TD. The Tack Shooter is a pink and grey mechanical device that shoots a volley of tacks in eight directions. The Blade Shooter and Ring of Fire upgrades modify it to shoot blades or flame rings respectively, instead of tacks.

It costs $305 on Easy, $360 on Medium and $390 on Hard.

Description[]

Shoots a volley of tacks in 8 directions. Has short range, but is good for thinning out bloons at intersections and corners.

Upgrades[]

FasterShootingTackShooterBTD4
Faster Shooting
COST: $180 / $210 / $225
Description: Makes tower shoot faster
Effect: Attacks 15 frames (0.43s) faster, shooting every ~1.229 seconds
ExtraRangeTacksBTD4
Extra Range
COST: $85 / $100 / $110
Description: Tack shooter now has longer range
Effect: + 10 range, +2 projectile speed, and 1.3* projectile size
BladeShooterBTD4
Blade Shooter
COST: $240 / $280 / $300
Description: Shoots out blades instead of tacks
Effect: Changes the projectiles to spiked blades. It increases the projectile radius by +10 and decreases attack cooldown by 5 frames (0.14s), now shooting every 38 frames (~1.0857s)
RingofFireBTD4
Ring of Fire
COST: $2,125 / $2,500 / $2,700
Description: Shoots out a deadly ring of flames instead of tacks, can pop leads
Effect: Changes the spray of blades to an AOE of fire with 60 pierce, adds +10 range, attacks every 26 frames (~0.74s) in flash / 0.37s in mobile, can pop frozen and lead.

Strategy[]

Although it has a short range, this tower is very effective at thinning out crowds of Bloons at corners and intersections. They are also relatively cheap, making them useful in early rounds. Each individual tack that the Tack Shooter fires has a popping power of 1, which changes with various upgrades. Tack Shooters have a slow rate of fire, (0.6 shots per second) compared to other towers initially, which limits their strength.

Coming into the mid to late game, ring of fire offers a relatively chap and strong splash attacker to clear the insides of MOAB class bloons, due to its elevated 60 pierce.

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