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| “ | Shoots glue 3x as fast and in a wider area! | ” |
| ~ In-game description |
Glue Hose is the third upgrade of Path 2 for the Glue Gunner in Bloons TD 6. With this upgrade, the Glue Gunner shoots three times as fast, now firing every 0.333s, and range increased from 46 to 58. Each blob splats on impact and can glue up to 5 bloons, a property inherited from the preceding Glue Splatter upgrade. Similar to other Glue Gunners, purchasing Corrosive Glue allows the Glue Hose to attack MOAB-class bloons, plus soak all bloons with Glue Soak, while the bottom-path crosspaths allow for longer glue lifespan and enhanced bloon slowdown.
This upgrade costs $1,655 on Easy, $1,950 on Medium, $2,105 on Hard, and $2,340 on Impoppable.
Description
Overview
Glue Hose wears a full yellow tight suit with green eye lenses. The operator wears black gloves lined with a white stripe around the wrist regions. The upgrade portrait depicts the operator trying to keep balance after confrontation with a mess of yellow dripping glue from the glue gun.
Crosspathing changes the color of the rim of the hose and/or the monkey's head. Glue Soak wears a black cap, Stickier Glue puts a blob of glue on the monkey's head, and Tier 2 crosspaths change color of the head stripe to correspond to their respective Tier 2 upgrades. The rim of the hose becomes orange with Tier 2 crosspaths and yellow with Glue Soak.
Glue Hose triples the Glue Gunner's attack speed. The glue projectile splats on impact, glueing up to 6 bloons per splatter.
Glue Hose is considered a Level 1 glue, unless given higher-tier glues, specifically with Corrosive Glue. Higher-tier upgrades can override this glue.
Targeting Priorities
Glue Hose targets bloons using the standard targeting priorities. It shoots straight movement projectiles.
- 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.
Full Popology
Statistics
- Updated as of Version 45.3
- Base stats
- Glue:
- Projectile, acid type, 58 range, 1.0s attack cooldown, 0 damage, 1 impact. Applies Slowdown, slowing bloons down by 50% and soaking up to 3 bloon layers, lasts for 11s. Upon impact, create Splatter. Classified as a Level 1 Glue. Cannot target MOAB-class bloons.
- Splatter:
- Burst, acid type, 4 pierce, 0 damage, 13 blast radius. Applies Slowdown, slowing bloons down by 50% and soaking up to 3 bloon layers, lasts for 11s. Classified as a Level 1 Glue. Cannot target MOAB-class bloons.
- Crosspathing interactions
- 1-3-0: Glue soaks all layers
- 2-3-0: Can target MOAB-class, applies Corrosive Glue. Half duration on MOAB-class bloons. Classified as a Level 2 Glue.
- 0-3-1: Glue lasts for 24s instead of 11s.
- 0-3-2: Glue slowdown increased from 50% to 75%.
- Monkey Knowledge interactions
Increased Lifespan: Increases lifespan of glue projectile by 15%.
Fast Glue: Reduces attack cooldown by 10%.
More Splatty Glue: Splatter pierce increased by +2.
Come On Everybody!: Crosspaths of Glue Hose are 5% cheaper if all Primary Monkeys on screen are Tier 3-4.
Bonus Glue Gunner: Gives a free Glue Gunner at the start of every game. Only one free Monkey Tower per game.
Better Sell Deals: Base sellback increased from 70% to 75%.
Veteran Monkey Training: Attack cooldown reduced by 3%.
Attack Interactions
- See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Primary
- Updated as of Version 36.0
- Base attack(s)
- Glue:
Acid
Single Projectile
Straight Attack
No Damage
Target Bloon
Impact (x1)
Standard Glue (3 layers, up to 11s)
Slowdown (50%)
- Splatter:
- Acid
Burst
Area of Effect- No Damage
- Target Bloon
- Standard Glue (3 layers, up to 11s)
- Slowdown (50%)
Costs
- Updated as of Version 46.0. 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-3-X) | $1,655 | $1,950 | $2,105 | $2,340 | - | |||
| Total (0-3-0) | $2,755 | $3,245 | $3,505 | $3,895 | $1,929 | $2,272 | $2,454 | $2,727 |
| Crosspath (1-3-0) | $2,925 | $3,445 | $3,720 | $4,135 | $2,048 | $2,412 | $2,604 | $2,895 |
| Crosspath (2-3-0) | $3,180 | $3,745 | $4,045 | $4,495 | $2,226 | $2,622 | $2,832 | $3,147 |
| Crosspath (0-3-1) | $2,995 | $3,525 | $3,805 | $4,230 | $2,097 | $2,468 | $2,664 | $2,961 |
| Crosspath (0-3-2) | $3,335 | $3,925 | $4,235 | $4,710 | $2,335 | $2,748 | $2,965 | $3,297 |
This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: Bonus Glue Gunner, Better Sell Deals
Strategy
Summary
Glue Hose serves as a suitable method of slowing large groups of regular bloons with its rapidly firing glue splatters. It can be bought with Corrosive Glue to make it penetrate through all layers of regular bloons while allowing it to gradually chip away against bloons, or it can be bought with Stronger Glue as a reliable slowdown against Super Ceramics. The 0-3-2 Glue Hose is effective on CHIMPS games where a defense's main weakness is catching large groups of Super Ceramics.
Tips
- Always crosspath Glue Hose with either Path 1 or Path 3. There is little purpose for adding glue with neither soaking nor extra slowdown for such a high price. Each crosspath has their significant unique benefits and drawbacks, so choose the right crosspath that will benefit the defense as a whole in the long-run.
- Both crosspaths for Glue Hose are equally as useful for different situations. 2-3-0 is useful for slowing and damaging grouped bloons on rounds before Round 80, such as Rounds 55 or 63. On the other hand, 0-3-2 is far superior as a late-game option for slowing down Super Ceramics on Rounds 81+.
- For rounds up to Round 80, using a 2-3-0 Glue Gunner ensures that all stronger regular bloons and their layers are slowed down as the rest of the defense begins to chip away the many layers of bloon. Corrosive Glue additionally helps with extra damage against grouped bloons, and it will pop up to 4 layers in total within the 11-second glue duration.
- For Rounds 81+, using a 0-3-2 Glue Hose is a viable option for slowing groups of Super Ceramics, but note that its relatively low pierce might not make it the best option against large hordes of Super Ceramics, usually originating from masses of exploded blimps via Unstable Concoction. Pair with an Arctic Wind if possible, to allow additional time for all the Super Ceramics to become all glued, or multiple 0-1-2 Ice Monkeys if short on budget.
- As with all Glue Gunners, it can now target MOAB-class bloons if Corrosive Glue is bought as well. However, it can also prevent other Glue Gunners from targeting MOAB-class bloons if coated with said glue, though stronger solvent glues (Bloon Dissolver, Bloon Liquefier, and The Bloon Solver) can easily override any Glue Hose glue.
- Glue Hose costs slightly less than an Arctic Wind in terms of cumulative prices, if crosspaths aren't taken into the equation.
Version History
Balance Changes
Initially, Glue Hose was fairly similar compared to its BTD5 counterpart since the only difference in terms of price is a small T2 Glue Splatter price decrease, alongside an almost identical functionality. However, seeing as many other slowdown methods began to rise, including MOAB Glue which also slows MOAB-class bloons, Glue Hose was buffed to make its own use a little more favorable as a bloon slowdown.
- 34.0
| “ | [...] With an expensive tier 2 and the T3 breaking the $3k mark Glue Hose doesn’t feel justifiable a lot of the time so base cost is being shifted up to T4. [...] | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
Glue Hose price reduced $3250 → $2900
- 35.0
| “ | [...] Glue Gunner has also had a number of price changes aimed at improving the middle path / crosspathing while avoiding improving MOAB Glue. We’ve already found interesting uses for the top path change so keen to hear about your cool use cases. | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Glue Hose price reduced $2900 → $2500
- Total price reduction is $550, as Glue Splatter costs $150 less.
- 41.0
| “ | [...] Glue Storm is fantastic now however buildup tiers into it feel they serve little point at all, we're shifting price out of Glue Soak into MOAB Glue and from Glue Hose into Glue Strike so these weaker upgrades can come by sooner. [...] | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Glue Hose price reduced from $2500 to $2100
- Total price reduction is $600, as Glue Splatter costs $200 less.
- 43.0
| “ | [...] Glue Splatter stands out as weirdly expensive for T2, and is rarely even needed so we’re significantly cutting its price to bring it down to a more affordable range with less pierce, we hope this should make it more worth considering for splatter coverage over piercing. [...] | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
Glue Hose splatter pierce reduced from 5 to 4, total glued bloons per shot reduced from 6 to 5 when including the first target hit.
- 45.0
| “ | [...] As it only increases attack speed and Glue Splatter already hits the majority of targets with no trouble this leaves Glue Hose not feeling that compelling, as this path becomes the full map glue anyway we felt we could improve tower range along this path as well. | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Glue Hose range increased from 46 to 58.
- 47.0
| “ | [...], and a small price shuffling to make Glue Hose more favourable on the journey up to Glue Strike. | ” |
| ~ Ninja Kiwi |
- Glue Hose cost decreased from $2100 to $1950
Bug Fixes and General Changes
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Description changed from "Shoots glue 3x as fast!" to "Shoots glue 3x as fast and in a wider area!".
Extra Notes (Version History)
Gallery
Official artwork
Projectiles
Trivia
- This upgrade is one of few upgrades that attacks exactly 3x faster than their predecessors, the others being Overdrive, Semi-Automatic, and Artillery Battery.
- On Easy Mode, a Glue Hose with three Monkey Commerces and the "Insider Trades" MK with the pre-34.0 prices will cost $2,015 for the upgrade alone.
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