Cubism

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Cubism is a Beginner Map in Bloons TD 6. It was one of 9 Beginner Maps to be introduced on initial release, and was one of the 21 original maps introduced on initial release.

Overview

The map Cubism is based on the early-20th-century art movement which was made using basic geometric shapes. Bloons move along the visible lines on the surrealist painting, starting from the left side, taking various loops, and exiting from the right side. There is a good amount of water in two different lakes. There are also no objects on the map that obstruct Line of Sight.

Along the middle of the map are areas where there are good short-range coverage, making them good choices for towers such as Tack Shooters and Ice Monkeys.

Rewards

Monkey Money Rewards

	Easy[?]	Medium[?]	Hard[?]	Impoppable[?]
First Time	$75 $82 $112 $123 $131 $144	$125 $137 $188 $206 $218 $240	$200 $220 $300 $330 $350 $385	$300 $330 $450 $495 $525 $577
Completed	$15 $16 $22 $24 $26 $28	$25 $27 $37 $41 $43 $48	$40 $44 $60 $66 $70 $77	$60 $66 $90 $99 $105 $115

Strategy

Main article: Cubism/Strategies

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Summary

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Cubism is a relatively long map with a lot of central locations for both short-ranged and long-ranged towers. Most of the path structure is full of diagonals, resulting in some difficulty squeezing multiple large footprint towers in central locations. There is a decent amount of open space on the outskirts of this map. Water on the map is moderate and has decent placements for water-focused strategies.

Tips

• While it may seem like only three buccaneers can fit in the top pool, with some precision it is possible to fit five Buccaneers and one Sub.
• Using high pierce tower such as the Plasma accelerator and Ultra-Juggernaut are good mid to late game options when put at the end of the first line of the map and aimed (Locked targeting for plasma, Last for Ultra-Juggernaut) at the start of the bloons path.

Gallery

Cubism in sandbox mode.

Cubism during the Halloween Event.

Fitting 20 Buccaneers on all the available water

30 Subs in the available water

Maximum number of Monkey Subs possible in all available water

Monkey Sub in a corner of the top lake on Cubism, patched in Version 20.0.

Testing on Sandbox with Druids of the Storm and a Downdraft

Cubism island on Odyssey Mode

Beta version of Cubism^[1]

Fitting 19 buccaneers in the bottom right water

Fitting the max amount of buccaneers in the top water bit

Trivia

• Cubism is the fourth longest map in the game, with a Red Bloon escaping in 54 seconds. Logs is the second longest, with 66 seconds for a Red Bloon to leak. Scrapyard is the longest, with a Red Bloon only taking .40 seconds longer then Logs to reach the end of the map.
• Up to 30 Monkey subs can be placed in all of the available water.
• Up to 23 Monkey Buccaneers can be placed in all of the available water: 4 fit in the top bit, and 19 fit in the bottom right.
• Before Version 20.0, Monkey Subs could be placed on the concrete edge of the bottom-left corner of the top triangle lake. This allowed the Monkey Sub to reach the front of the track without needing Longer Range.
• According to Ninja Kiwi's 8th December 2023 blog, Cubism has drains because of the need for "proper drainage".