Trident Swiftness

Trident Swiftness
General Information
Game	Bloons TD 6
Tower	Mermonkey
Unlocked at	580 XP
Cost	$255 (Easy) $300 (Medium) $325 (Hard) $360 (Impoppable)
Activated Ability	N/A
Targeting Options	First, Last, Close, Strong
Camo Detection	Restricted (upgradable to 2-0-1)
Popology
Damage Type(s)
Trident: Normal Single Projectile Straight Attack Stab: Shatter Burst 2x Area of Effect Impact Extra Damagel For specific details, refer to #Attack Interactions
Statistics
Damage	0 (Trident projectile) 2 (Trident stab)
Pierce	2 (Trident projectile, creates stab per unit pierce) 3 (Trident stab, impact)
Attack Speed	Moderately Fast (every 0.804s, e.a.u.)
Range	28 (land-placed Mermonkey, e.a.u.) 35 (water-placed Mermonkey, e.a.u.)
Status Effects	N/A
Tower Boosts	N/A
Income/Life Boosts	N/A
Path Upgrades
← Previous	Trident Efficiency
← Previous	Trident Efficiency
Current	Trident Swiftness
Current	Trident Swiftness
Next →	Abyss Dweller
Next →	Abyss Dweller
Path Info
Path	1
Path	1
Upgrade Tier	2
Upgrade Tier	2
[Source]

“	Tridents are thrown faster and travel further.	”
	~ In-game descripion

Trident Swiftness is the second upgrade of Path 2 for the Mermonkey in Bloons TD 6. With this upgrade, it increases Mermonkey's attack speed of all its attacks by 20%, and the trident's projectile speed from 200 to 300 while keeping the same projectile distance. Tridents are thrown every 0.804s.

Contrary to its description, the improved attack speed from Trident Swiftness is not limited to its tridents, and therefore acts as a further attack speed upgrade to the Trident Efficiency. It improves the attack rate of additional attacks, specifically Alluring Melody's rate of attracting bloons, plus an increased growth rate of Riptide Champion's trident in addition to the extra attack speed. If crosspathed as 2-0-1, the turn rate increases from 260 to 390. All ice balls ejected from the Ice Jet abilities of Arctic Knight and Popseidon have increased projectile speed but decreased projectile lifespan.

This upgrade costs $255 on Easy, $300 on Medium, $325 on Hard, and $360 on Impoppable.

Description

Overview

Placeholder description

With the Trident Swiftness crosspath, the Mermonkey's horns are dark blue, and now the headfin is dark blue as well. On the Mermonkey's staff, the cross-guard of the staff is light purple, just like Trident Efficiency, but also the grip and base are now dark white. Crosspaths do modify the appearance of other upgrades with the Trident Swiftness crosspath.

[also elaborate on some general details about the upgrade]

Targeting Priorities

Trident Swiftness targets bloons using the standard targeting priorities. It shoots straight movement projectiles.

• First: Targets the first bloon visible within its range.
• Last: Targets the last bloon visible within its range.
• Close: Targets the closest bloon visible within its range.
• Strong: Targets the strongest bloon visible within its range.

Adding Echosense Precision grants camo detection to the Mermonkey, but does not add the Camo Prioritization targeting option.

Full Popology

Statistics

Updated as of Version 44.0

Base stats

• Trident:
  • Projectile, normal type, 28 range (35 range if placed on water), 0.804s attack cooldown, 2 pierce. Projectile speed of 300, projectile lifespan of 0.333s. Upon hitting a bloon, generate Stab.
• Stab:
  • Burst, shatter type, 6 blast radius, 2 damage, 3 impacts.

Crosspathing interactions

• 2-1-0: Impacts of Stab increased from 3 to 6.
• 2-2-0: Projectile size of Trident increased from 6 to 9, and can freeze up to 4 layers for 0.5s.
• 2-3-0: Trident cooldown reduced to 0.804s, damage grows from 50% to 75% every second, projectile speed increased by 50%, projectile lifespan of 1.33s.
• 2-4-0: Trident cooldown reduced to 0.804s, damage grows from 75% to 112.5% every second, maxed at 2.5x, projectile speed increased by 50%. Ice Ball projectile speed increased by 50% but projectile lifespan reduced from 10s to 6.6667s.
• 2-5-0: Trident cooldown reduced to 0.402s, damage grows from 75% to 112.5% every second, maxed at 2.5x, projectile speed increased by 50%. Ice Ball projectile speed increased by 50% but projectile lifespan reduced from 15s to 10s.
• 2-0-1: Turn rate increased from 260 to 390.
• 2-0-2: Gains the Networking buff, increasing range of all other x-x-2+ Mermonkeys by +6%.

Monkey Knowledge interactions

• Monkey Education: All Monkeys XP earn rate increased by 8%.
• Better Sell Deals: All Monkeys sell for 5% more. Increases sell potency from 70% to 75%.
• Veteran Monkey Training: All Monkeys reload time reduced by 3%.

Attack Interactions

See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Magic

Updated as of Version 44.0

Base attack(s)

• Trident:
  • Normal
  • Single Projectile
  • Straight Attack
• Piercing:
  • Shatter
  • Burst 2x
  • Area of Effect
  • Impact
  • Extra Damagel

Costs

Updated as of Version 44.0. Listed prices exclude external buffs, any sacrifices, and Monkey Knowledge.

[Module | Data]	Purchase				Sell
Costs	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
Upgrade (2-X-X)	$255	$300	$325	$360	-
Total (2-0-0)	$675	$800	$865	$960	$473	$560	$606	$672
Crosspath (2-1-0)	$930	$1,100	$1,190	$1,320	$651	$770	$833	$924
Crosspath (2-2-0)	$1,270	$1,500	$1,620	$1,800	$889	$1,050	$1,134	$1,260
Crosspath (2-0-1)	$845	$1,000	$1,080	$1,200	$592	$700	$756	$840
Crosspath (2-0-2)	$1,170	$1,380	$1,490	$1,655	$819	$966	$1,043	$1,159

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: Better Sell Deals

Strategy

Summary

The further improved attack speed of the trident attack alone is a significant effect for improving that specific attack, especially if the trident is involved in much of the strength of the Mermonkey. The increased projectile speed and improved specific interactions with additional attacks also improve the general effectiveness of the Mermonkey.

Tips

• TBA

Version History

Balance Changes

44.0

• Released

Gallery

Blinking Trident Swiftness

Crosspathing (Top: Path 2, Bottom: Path 3)

Enough XP to unlock Trident Swiftness

Official artwork

Upgrade portrait

Upgrade icon

Instamonkey icon

Other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	TBA
German	TBA
Polish	TBA

Trivia

• Trident Swiftness is similar to Faster Rangs for the Boomerang Monkey, in that all projectiles gain extra projectile speed and attack speed.
• Trident Swiftness was shown on the Version 44.0 video thumbnail.
• For no specific reason, Trident Swiftness removes the scrunched up eyelids of Arctic Knight, making this Mermonkey not look angry.