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Adds a third gun for even faster firing.
~ In-game description

Triple Guns is the third upgrade of Path 3 for the Monkey Sub in Bloons TD 6. It adds a third gun to the Monkey Sub that increases the attack speed by a further 50%, in total shooting 3x as fast as a base Monkey Sub. It shoots out improved homing darts every 0.233s, alternating among each gun, the third gun functioning the same as the other two except with a slightly offset spawnpoint. This upgrade inherits the properties from Airburst Darts, allowing each main dart to burst into 3 additional piercing darts for additional damage.

This upgrade costs $935 on Easy, $1,100 on Medium, $1,190 on Hard, and $1,320 on Impoppable.

Description[]

Overview[]

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Triple Guns shooting at bloons

In addition to the namesake third gun, the three barrels are now painted blue at the ends. The monkey's cap becomes blue instead of white and the sub's hull becomes blue on its front underneath the guns, with the remainder being painted white. However, the tail fins are painted blue.

Like most Subs, Triple Guns changes visual appearance by crosspathing. Crosspathing with Path 1 turns the monkey's cap green and then grants then a pair of binoculars. Crosspathing with Path 2 adds a red chevron on the base of the guns, then paints the very front of the sub red.

Triple Guns shoots 50% faster than its previous upgrade, with an attack cooldown of 0.233 seconds, and retains the main Impact Impact as well as three (4 with QuadBurstIcon Quad Burst MK) Burst (unspecified variant) Burst darts.

Targeting Priorities[]

Triple Guns targets bloons using the standard targeting priorities. It shoots straight movement projectiles that can moderately seek at bloons.

  • 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 Advanced Intel does not add Camo Prioritization, despite being a potential option for camo detection.

Full Popology[]

Statistics[]

Updated as of Version 34.3
Base stats
  • Dart:
    • Projectile, sharp type, 42 range, 0.2333s attack cooldown, 1 damage, 1 impact. Moderately homes at bloons at a 170 linear speed and 360 angular speed, with a seeking radius of 27.06. Upon collision with bloon, produce Airburst.
  • Airburst:
    • Burst, sharp type, spray of 3 in a 60° formation from centre, 2 pierce, 1 damage.
Crosspathing interactions
  • 1-0-3: Range increased from 42 to 52.
  • 2-0-3: Dart can aim in direction of all valid tower ranges on screen, and detect Camo if triggered target is inside a camo-detecting range.
  • 0-1-3: Airburst pierce increased from 2 to 5.
  • 0-2-3: Dart and Airburst damage type changed from sharp to normal.
Monkey Knowledge interactions
  • NavalUpgradesIcon Naval Upgrades: All Monkey Subs get +1 pierce.
  • EliteMilitaryTrainingIcon Elite Military Training: All Military Monkeys get a one-off +1000 XP and earn XP in-game 5% faster permanently.
  • QuadBurstIcon Quad Burst: Airburst Darts split into 4 instead of 3.
  • FlankingManeuversIcon Flanking Maneuvers: Attacks 10% faster when set targeting priority to "Last".
  • MilitaryConscriptionIcon Military Conscription: First military tower costs only ⅔ of the original cost.
    • Monkey Sub base cost from $275, $325, $350, and $390 → $185, $220, $235, and $260 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
  • AdvancedLogisticsIcon Advanced Logistics: All Military Monkeys base costs reduced by 5%.
    • Monkey Sub base cost from $275, $325, $350, and $390 → $260, $310, $335, and $370 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
      • If Military Conscription is also enabled, the final cost will be $170, $200, $220, and $240.
  • MonkeyEducationIcon Monkey Education: All Monkeys XP earn rate increased by 8%.
  • BetterSellDealsIcon Better Sell Deals: All Monkeys sell for 5% more. Increases sell potency from 70% to 75%.
  • VeteranMonkeyTrainingIcon Veteran Monkey Training: All Monkeys reload time reduced by 3%.

Attack Interactions[]

See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Military
Updated as of Version 40.2
Base attack(s)
  • Dart:
    • Sharp Type (pops Black, White, Purple) Sharp
    • Single Projectile Single Projectile
    • Straight Attack Straight Attack
    • Moderate Seeking Moderate Seeking
    • Impact Impact
  • Airburst Dart:
    • Sharp Type (pops Black, White, Purple) Sharp
    • Burst (unspecified variant) Burst (origin: Dart)
    • Angular Spray (unspecified quantity and angle) Angular Spray (3)
    • Straight Attack Straight Attack

Costs[]

Updated as of Version 41.0. Listed prices exclude external buffs, any sacrifices, and Monkey Knowledge.
[Module | Data] Purchase Sell
Costs Easy Medium Hard Impoppable Easy Medium Hard Impoppable
Upgrade (X-X-3) $935 $1,100 $1,190 $1,320 -
Total (0-0-3) $2,440 $2,875 $3,105 $3,450 $1,708 $2,013 $2,174 $2,415
Crosspath (1-0-3) $2,550 $3,005 $3,245 $3,605 $1,785 $2,104 $2,272 $2,524
Crosspath (2-0-3) $2,975 $3,505 $3,785 $4,205 $2,083 $2,454 $2,650 $2,944
Crosspath (0-1-3) $2,820 $3,325 $3,590 $3,990 $1,974 $2,328 $2,513 $2,793
Crosspath (0-2-3) $3,075 $3,625 $3,915 $4,350 $2,153 $2,538 $2,741 $3,045

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: MilitaryConscriptionIcon Military Conscription, AdvancedLogisticsIcon Advanced Logistics, BetterSellDealsIcon Better Sell Deals

Strategy[]

Summary[]

Improving the power of the Airburst Darts attack, the Triple Guns upgrade is an efficient early mid-game DPS tower, especially when paired with Advanced Intel. Like Airburst Darts, Triple Guns pairs well with Alch buffs, as it still attacks slow enough that it does not wear out the buffs faster than they can be applied. It is a very popular tower on CHIMPS games with water, often as a part of a Sub Commander army, and each Triple Guns has the potential to be further upgraded to Armor Piercing Darts for much higher MOAB-class damage and extra dart pierce.

Tips[]

  • Pair with Berserker Brew or Stronger Stimulant for increased performance.
  • Before Version 7.0, it was wiser to purchase more Triple Guns than purchasing more Armor Piercing Darts when it comes to beating Super Ceramics. With the increased damage buff to Armor Piercing Darts, it is more efficient to upgrade some of the Triple Gun Monkey Subs to Armor Piercing Darts. However, more Triple Gun Monkey Subs are much more useful if pierce is more of a necessity than damage.
  • On almost all occasions, it is better off purchasing Advanced Intel for Triple Guns, which maximizes the range that it can attack around. This usually is far superior to both slightly increased pierce from Barbed Darts and simple lead-popping power from Heat-tipped Darts combined.
  • There are use cases where multiple crosspathed Triple Guns are better than lesser amounts of crosspathed Armor Piercing Darts, even though the T4 has greater stats. Triple Guns synergizes better with external buffs like Sub Commander and has full benefit of discounts from Monkey Commerce, for instance.

Version History[]

Balance Changes[]

Also affected by Airburst Dart attack pierce nerf, especially when interacting with Alch buffs. Likely also buffed in earlier versions because the powerful airburst darts can be buffed by external buffs.

3.0
  • BUFF Triple Gun's Airburst Darts are now affected by external buffs such as Alchemist
12.0
  • NERF Triple Guns airburst dart pierce decreased (3 → 2)

Bug Fixes and General Changes[]

Gallery[]

Official artwork[]

Trivia[]

  • Triple Guns is one of the few Tier 3 upgrades that purely only adds a basic attack speed increase of the tower, excluding adding special crosspathing benefits, the others are Semi-Automatic, Glue Hose, Destroyer, Double Gun and Sprockets (if buffing its sentries also counts). Bionic Boomerang used to only add a basic attack speed increase, but it also deals extra MOAB-class damage because of a previous buff.
  • The sailor cap on the Triple Guns artwork is actually turned towards the viewer's right, which means that the monkey on the Sub is wearing it sideways.
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