Glaives

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Glaives is the second upgrade of path 1 for the Boomerang Monkey in Bloons TD 6. It increases the Boomerang Monkey's pierce by +5, from 8 to 13, and slightly increases projectile size. It can be unlocked for 520 XP.

For Kylie Boomerang, boomerangs gain extra +5 pierce, for 27 pierce per boomerang instead of 22. When given to MOAB Press, the pierce of each anti-MOAB boomerang increases by +120, from 300 to 420, and deal +50% knockback against blimps, and increase MOAB Domination's explosion pierce and radius by about +50%. MOAB Domination's ordinary kylies gain a massive pierce increase when given Glaives.

This upgrade costs $240 on Easy, $280 on Medium, $300 on Hard, and $335 on Impoppable.

Description

Overview

The monkey's suit turns red and it gains a blue X on its head. The color blue remains consistent on all Boomerang Monkey crosspaths up to Tier 4, except Red Hot Rangs, which has a yellow X.

The boomerangs are replaced with glaives, which appear to be a 5-pointed throwable object that function similarly to boomerangs. Kylie Boomerang and above upgrades represent the "glaive" aspect with bladed polearms at the damaging end of the boomerang.

Glaives increases pierce of boomerangs by +5, for a total of +9 compared to no Path 1 crosspaths. For most boomerangs, this increases pierce of each boomerang from 8 to 13, while pierce of Kylie Boomerang's kylies each increase from 22 to 27. For MOAB Press's special kylies, they gain +120 pierce, from 300 to 420, for a total of +220 pierce compared to no Path 1 crosspaths. MOAB Domination's explosions have increased explosion radius (50 to 75) and pierce increases by +10, increasing from 40 to 50, and similar pierce increases to the special kylies themselves.

Targeting Priorities

Glaives targets bloons using the standard targeting priorities. It shoots a curved movement projectile.

• 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.

Like all Boomerang Monkeys, Glaives can access Change Hands secondary targeting priority to switch hands, changing the origin and direction of the boomerangs.

Full Popology

Statistics

Updated as of Version 44.1

Base stats

• Glaives:
  • Projectile, sharp type, 43 range, 1.2s attack cooldown, 1 damage, 13 pierce.

Crosspathing interactions

• 2-x-x:
  • 2-0-<3:
    • Glaives gives another +5 pierce, for a total of 13 pierce instead of 8 from the previous upgrade.
  • 2-0-3:
    • Kylie Boomerang gives another +5 pierce, for a total of 27 pierce instead of 22 from the previous upgrade.
  • 2-0-4:
    • Knockback Boomerang gains +80 pierce (total: +140), for a total of 340 pierce instead of 260 from the previous upgrade.
    • MOAB push back power increases +50% further.
  • 2-0-5:
    • Knockback Boomerang gains +80 pierce (total: +140), for a total of 440 pierce instead of 360 from the previous upgrade.
    • Kylie Boomerang gains another extra pierce, from 54 to 81.
    • Explosion pierce increases +10 from 40 pierce to 50 pierce.

Monkey Knowledge interactions

• Cheap 'Rangs: Base cost of Boomerang Thrower reduced by 50.
• Recurring 'Rangs: Boomerangs that return to the Boomerang Monkey will be thrown a second time.
• Come On Everybody!: Primary towers attack 5% faster if all are below tier 3, and cost 5% less if all are tier 3 or 4.
• Monkey Education: All Monkeys XP earn rate increased by 8%.
• Better Sell Deals: All Monkeys sell for 5% more. Sells for 75% instead of 70%.
• Veteran Monkey Training: All Monkeys reload time reduced by 3%.

Attack Interactions

See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Primary

Updated as of Version 35.0

Base attack(s)

• Glaives:
  • Sharp
  • Single Projectile
  • Curved Attack

Costs

Updated as of Version 46.0. Listed prices exclude external buffs, any sacrifices, and Monkey Knowledge.

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

Strategy

Summary

Glaives possesses a great amount of pierce in the early-game for an upgrade not reliant on area-of-effect attacks, such as is the case for the Bomb Shooter. It is an effective counter to early-game grouped bloons, especially along a suitable bend. When it comes to crosspathing, this is generally the superior crosspath for Bionic Boomerang and its higher upgrades because of the Glaives upgrade's extraordinary pierce, while for MOAB Press it is useful when countering hyperdense blimps because of granting a significant amount of pierce to the special knockback boomerangs.

Tips

• Glaives comes with a huge amount of pierce for its cost, making it an incredibly valuable upgrade with Bionic Boomerang and above.
• MOAB Press benefits from this upgrade by not only adding more pierce to its knockback boomerangs but also adding a special interaction that deals +50% knockback potency.

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Bug Fixes and General Changes

Extra Notes (Version History)

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

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Trivia

• In real life, a Glaive is a bladed polearm. The "glaives" used by the tower are more similar to shurikens than glaives.
  • The name and appearance of glaives could be a reference to a weapon from 1983 movie Krull, a throwable five-pointed magic blade of the same name.
  • Bladed polearms are used in 2-0-3 Kylie Boomerang's sharpening of its heavy kylie boomerangs.