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Spikey Chaos

For Juggernaut Max's upgrade of the same name, see Juggernaut Max#Upgrades.

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“ Activated Ability - Massive Burst of Spiked Balls that bounce off the screen borders ”
~ BSM2 Flash description

Spikey Chaos is the Dart core epic power upgrade in Bloons Super Monkey 2. When activated, it unleashes a flurry of 12 spiked balls at a rapid rate for a brief time (1s flash, 2s mobile). The main difference between the normal core's spike balls and the spikey chaos spike balls is that spiked balls last much longer and can now bounce off the edge of the screen. They can't pop Lead Bloons but are an excellent all rounder ability that requires little in the way of preplanning.

It costs 17,000 on Flash and 340,000 on Mobile.

Full Popology

Statistics (Flash)

DartBurstAbility

  • Lasts for 1 second, 13.33 seconds cooldown
  • Shoots Mini Spike Ball
  • Attached to the Supermonkey while active

Mini Spike Ball:

  • Projectile, Shatter type, Dart Weapon Type, Bounces off screen edges, 12 projectiles (j), 20r size, 20 projectile speed, 5s lifespan, 0.033s attack cooldown, 2d, +2 ceramic damage, 20p.
  • On first hit, spawn Small Dart
  • Dispersion of projectiles rotates in a 22.5° sine wave pattern every 0.75 seconds (15 shots) outward from their point of origin.

Split Dart:

  • Projectile, Shatter type, 4j/360°, 6r size, 26 projectile speed, 0.067s lifespan, 1d, 3p.

Damage Types (Flash)

Mini Spike Ball

  • Shatter Type (pops Black, White, Purple, Frozen) Shatter
  • Rotational Spray (Sine Spray of 12) Sine Spray x12
  • Extra damage to all bloon types (2) Extra Damage
  • Extra damage versus Ceramics (+2) Extra Damage to Ceramics
  • Side Bounce (Bounces off the left and right sides of the screen, but not the bottom) Side Bounce

Small Darts:

  • Shatter Type (pops Black, White, Purple, Frozen) Shatter
  • Spray (spray of 4) Spray x4
  • Burst (bursts upon the first hit with a spike ball) Burst

Statistics (Mobile)

Spikey Chaos

  • Lasts for 2 seconds, 13.33 seconds total cooldown, 11.33 inactive duration cooldown.
  • Shoots Epic Spike Ball
  • Unaffected by all powerups except Hotter Cooldowns

Epic Spike Ball:

  • Projectile, Sharp type, Dart Weapon Type, Bounces off screen edges, 12 projectiles (j), 15r size, 8 projectile speed, 6s lifespan, 0.05s attack cooldown, 1d, +1 ceramic damage, 20p.
  • On first hit, spawn Small Dart
  • Dispersion of projectiles rotates in a 22.5° sine wave pattern every 0.75 seconds (15 shots) outward from their point of origin.

Small Dart:

  • Projectile, Sharp type, 4j/360°, 6r size, 26 projectile speed, 0.07s lifespan, 1d, 3p.

Damage Types (Mobile)

Epic Spiked Ball

  • Sharp Type (pops Black, White, Purple) Sharp
  • Rotational Spray (Sine Spray of 12) Sine Spray x12
  • Extra damage versus Ceramics (+1) Extra Damage to Ceramics
  • Side Bounce (Bounces off the left and right sides of the screen, but not the bottom) Side Bounce

Small Darts:

  • Sharp Type (pops Black, White, Purple) Sharp
  • Spray (spray of 4) Spray x4
  • Burst (bursts upon the first hit with a spike ball) Burst

Strategy

Spikey Chaos is lethal at cleaning up bloons with little in the way of preplanning. The sheer quantity of projectiles that persist for a long time can easily clean up most bloons. The projectiles moving all across the screen is both a strength and a weakness, however. When compared to Lightning Trail, it lacks the ability to concentrate power in the most crucial spots, and unlike Lightning Trail, it cannot pop lead or (on mobile) frozen bloons, in addition to being unable to pierce through Shielded Bloons.

Spikey Chaos is better overall in Flash than on Mobile due to child bloons floating to the very top of the screen, alongside the lack of the Hotter Cooldowns powerup and second monkey playing in Spikey Chaos's favor. If opting to use Spikey Chaos, it is best used as a spray and pray option against swarms of bloons. It will struggle against fast moving shielded bloons due to shielded bloons deleting all of a projectile's pierce upon contact.


Differences Between Flash and Mobile

Listed are comparisons of Spikey Chaos in the final version of Bloons Super Monkey 2 Flash compared to the current version of Bloon Supermonkey 2 Mobile. Only attack speed differences above 15% are listed.

Initial Release
  • NERF Spikey Chaos Attack cooldown increased from 0.033s → 0.05s (30 attacks per second → 20 attacks per second).
  • BUFF Spikey Chaos Duration increased from 1s → 2s.
  • NERF Spikey Chaos Spiked ball damage and ceramic damage decreased from 2d → 1d and 4d → 2d.
  • BUFF Spikey Chaos Projectile Lifespan increased from 5s → 6s.
  • NERF Spikey Chaos Spiked ball hitbox reduced from 20r → 15r.
  • NERF Spikey Chaos Spiked ball speed reduced from 20 → 8.
  • NERF Projectiles can't damage Frozen without Bloontonium Darts research.

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