| “ | Truly amazing! Apply a tube of this modern marvel anywhere on the track and watch the next bunch of Bloons slow right down. Lasts 4 rounds or until used up. | ” |
| ~ Description of "Tube of Amaz-o-Glue" at Level 4-16 |
| “ | Truly amazing! Apply a tube of this modern marvel anywhere on the track and watch the next bunch of Bloons and even MOABs slow right down. | ” |
| ~ Description of "Tube of Amaz-o-Glue" at Level 17+ |
Tube of Amaz-o-Glue is an item purchasable in Geraldo's Shop, unlocked by getting Level 4+ Geraldo. It is a single-use item that can be placed on the bloon track, similarly to Glue Trap. Tube of Amaz-o-Glue can affect Camo Bloons, reduce bloons speed by 50%, lasts for 24 seconds on affected bloons, and glues up to 100 bloons or lasts up to 4 rounds before wearing out. The glue itself acts like a 1-0-1 Glue Gunner, soaking all non-blimp layers while lasting a similar lifespan, but has a glue prioritization just below The Bloon Solver and Relentless Glue. The glue on the track lasts for up to 4 rounds or until all pierce is consumed, whichever comes first. Upon unlocking, Geraldo will stock two Tubes of Amaz-o-Glue, and restock one every 4 rounds.
From Level 17 onward, the Tube of Amaz-o-Glue can also glue MOAB-class bloons (except BADs and Boss Bloons). MOABs take 5 pierce, BFBs and DDTs take 10 pierce, and ZOMGs take 25 pierce; a single blob can glue up to 20 MOABs, 10 BFBs, 4 ZOMGs, and 10 DDTs. It reduces affected MOAB-Class Bloon speed by 25%, lasting for 24 seconds.
It costs $85 on Easy, $100 on Medium, $110 on Hard, and $120 on Impoppable.
Strategy[]
Summary[]
Tube of Amaz-o-Glue is a cheap way to assist against a large amount of quick bloons, such as early Fast Bloons, slowing affected bloons down and clumping them together. It is incredibly powerful in the early rounds due to its very high pierce, although timing the glue is key due to its limited lifespan. It can also be very handy for reducing progress of strong grouped waves of bloons, such as the Round 63 Ceramics or offspring bloons from Round 75. At Level 17+, it becomes a cheap way of slowing grouped MOAB-class bloons, notably against DDTs.
Tips[]
- Amaz-o-Glue's 100 pierce is quite high, allowing a single tube to quite safely handle great clumps of Bloons. Even with the altered pierce consumption for MOABs, it is still able to glue respectable numbers of them.
- Level 17+ Amaz-o-Glue's MOAB slowdown can act as a replacement item for MOAB Glue, though its Bloon slowdown is weaker. Generally, MOAB Glue is still helpful, but it becomes less necessary if Geraldo is present.
- Keep in mind that Amaz-o-Glue takes priority over all glue gunners except The Bloon Solver or Relentless Glue and above, which may result in the Glue Gunner being unable to apply its slowdown or damage over time effect.
- The slowdown from Amaz-o-Glue allows for great synergy with Blade Trap, slowing down clumps of bloons so that the trap's blades can reliably wipe out the slowed bloons.
Version History[]
Balance Changes[]
Like many support-oriented Geraldo items, Tube of Amaz-o-Glue is among many items that have been heavily nerfed. In particular, Tube of Amaz-o-Glue got both a pierce nerf and duration nerf. It was formerly too strong in the early-game and to stack glue across all stages, and its pierce nerfed to reduce its mid-to-late-game power against dense Ceramics and MOAB-class, respectively. Some strategies also previously relied on stacking pre-Level 17 Glue on the track to slow down Super Ceramics without consumption on MOAB-class, which no longer works after the Version 32.0 nerf. Since that rework, Level 17+ felt underpowered, so Version 36.0 reduced Level 17+ MOAB-class pierce consumption to sort of counter this. Tube of Amaz-o-Glue remains a popular early-game option for slowing down bloons.
- 31.0
- Released
- 31.1
[bug fix] Tube of Amaz-o-Glue no longer stacks with MOAB Glue- [bug fix] Tube of Amaz-o-Glue now correctly use Impoppable prices on Impoppable.
- 32.0
| “ | Many of Geraldo's items are too strong for the required maintenance, Geraldo SHOULD be a top level hero, he is literally designed to be so as the most rewarding for your player knowledge and reaction to moment to moment gameplay, but too many items reward spammable gameplay over these knowledge & reactions so we are targeting a lot of durations/stock amounts with minimal price increases where it feels necessary. These are clearly a lot of small steps, as we did not want to do too many big changes from multiple angles all at once. | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Tube of Amaz-o-Glue now expires from the track after 4 rounds
- Tube of Amaz-o-Glue pierce reduced from 300 -> 100
- 36.0
| “ | Geraldo has a lot of items that are still undervalued compared to others while Pickles appears to stand far above the rest as the downside for the power increase isn’t quite enough. We’re pulling more of these lower & higher items closer in to the middle | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Level 17+ Tube of Amaz-o-Glue MOAB-class extra pierce taken reduced:
- MOAB +9 → +4
- BFB +19 → +9
- ZOMG +49 → +24
- DDT +19 → +9
- 38.0
- Tube of Amaz-o-Glue no longer takes one more round to refresh stock if bought from full stock
- 44.0
| “ | Geraldo has pushed the heroes up into a whole new level of power, and tales are being sung of his ability to dodge nerfs blindfolded, but we are cracking down on some of his interactions with a little bit of QoL consistency being added back in the case of creepy idol. | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Tube of Amaz-o-glue stock replenish interval increased from 3 to 4
Bug Fixes and General Changes[]
- 31.1
- Geraldo's Amaz-o-Glue no longer stacks with MOAB Glue
- All Geraldo items now correctly use Impoppable prices on Impoppable.
- 32.0
- Added the following to Level 3-16 Tube of Amaz-o-Glue: "Lasts 4 rounds or until used up." Does not affect Level 17+ Tube of Amaz-o-Glue
Sounds[]
Placing a Tube of Amaz-o-Glue:
- [Sustained glue splatter]
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Trivia[]
- Before the Version 32.0 nerfs, Tube of Amaz-o-Glue was exactly like Glue Trap, except with the glue status having a shorter duration.
- Tube of Amaz-o-Glue is similar to the Monkey Glue road item in BTD2, BTD3, and BTD4. Just like the original road item, glue is not permanently applied. However, Monkey Glue cannot soak through layers, only applying on the first layer applied, which the Tube of Amaz-o-Glue doesn't do.
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