“ | Grants Spirit of the Forest Druid a new ability to burst all track vines, doing big damage to all non-lead Bloons. New vines will regrow after each Rupture. | ” |
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Vine Rupture is an upgrade in the Magic Monkey Knowledge tree, added in Version 17.0. It gives the Spirit of the Forest a unique ability that allows it to detonate the vines it has generated along the path, explosions dealing 150 damage and stuns any surviving bloons (besides BAD or Boss Bloons) for 3 seconds. Cooldown for the ability is 60 seconds. It requires eight magic knowledge points invested, Cold Front, and a one-time purchase of 500.
Strategy[]
Summary[]
Vine Rupture works as a deadly track clearing ability that will also stun Bloons that are not defeated by the detonating vines. (Note: without Lead-popping power cannot stun any Leads but DDTs can.) Upon being used, the vines will explode and have to wait 20 seconds to regenerate vines again. Each explosion deals 150 damage each and will stun any Bloon in place that was not defeated by the blasts.
The ability does not damage Leads or DDT's under any condition unless given Hard Thorns upgrade, however even with Striker Jones giving Black-Popping Power, a M.I.B. nearby or under the effect of Acidic Mixture Dip its didn't do any damage but it will still stun them in place. This can make it effective on Rounds 95 and 99, and during freeplay where DDT's are more likely to appear, acting as a substitute for the Pop and Awe ability. It may also be useful in Apopalypse Mode late-game when DDT's start appearing.
During normal play, it is often better to not use the ability as the vines themselves will prove to be effective enough. However, if there are a lot of MOAB-class Bloons on screen it may be a good idea to use Vine Rupture to damage and stun them, particularly in late freeplay when the Bloons become faster.
Tips[]
- Try to use Vine Rupture when there are a lot of weak Bloons on screen. Be careful when using Vine Rupture though, as the vines will need to grow back once exploded.
- Vine Rupture is very strong on maps that have a lot of overlapping lanes that also converge together, especially Balance. Unlike normal vines, which do not deal more damage on overlapping lanes, the explosions produced by Vine Rupture are considered separate entities to the coverage of lanes.
Sounds[]
When a vine bursts:
- [Vine unleashed]
- [Vine unleashed]
- [Vine unleashed]
- [Vine unleashed]
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Trivia[]
- When this Monkey Knowledge is active, this makes Spirit of the Forest only the second tier 5 tower to gain an additional ability. The other tower is Special Poperations.
- As Pop and Awe didn't gain an ability until Tier 5, at least until Artillery Battery received a new ability, therefore, making Spirit of the Forest initially the third tower to gain an ability alongside its tier 4 ability after Special Poperations.
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