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Mortar (BTD6)

Upgrade Paths & Performance

  • Top Path: The Biggest One
    • Tier 1: Bigger Blast (Increased blast radius)
    • Tier 2: Burny Stuff (Damage over time fire effect)
    • Tier 3: Artillery Battery (High-frequency firing)
    • Tier 4: Pop and Awe (Ability: massive area stun and damage)
    • Tier 5: The Biggest One (Massive radius, high damage, ceramic shredder)
  • Middle Path: Artillery Battery
    • Tier 1: Bigger Blast
    • Tier 2: Burny Stuff
    • Tier 3: Artillery Battery (Ability-like fire rate)
    • Tier 4: Pop and Awe (Ability: screen-wide stun and damage)
    • Tier 5: Pop and Awe (Ultimate ability focus)
  • Bottom Path: Blooncineration
    • Tier 1: Bigger Blast
    • Tier 2: Burny Stuff
    • Tier 3: Signal Flare (Removes camo and regrow properties)
    • Tier 4: Shattering Shells (Removes fortified properties)
    • Tier 5: Blooncineration (Deals massive damage, removes all bloon properties)

The Mortar Monkey

The Mortar Monkey is a stationary artillery unit that requires active target management. Unlike most towers that auto-target, the Mortar forces you to manually place its firing point on the track. This makes it an incredibly powerful weapon in the hands of a player who understands bloon movement, but an inefficient liability for those who leave it on auto-pilot.

Strategic Placement and "Intersection Targeting"

The Mortar is most effective when placed at a "track intersection" or a "chokepoint." You should set its target area where two or more tracks overlap, ensuring that every shell fired has a higher probability of damaging multiple bloons. Using a Mortar on a simple, singular track is a waste of resources; its true value lies in area denial on maps with complex layouts.

The Utility Paradigm: Removing Properties

The bottom path Blooncineration is one of the most powerful utilities in the game. It is the only tower that can reliably strip "Fortified," "Camo," and "Regrow" properties from large bloon groups simultaneously. In a minimalist defense strategy, using one Mortar to strip properties is significantly cheaper than buying individual detection or defense for each type of bloon. It turns a "hard" round (like Fortified Ceramics) into a trivial one.

Strategic Synergies

  • Property Stripping: Pairs perfectly with high-DPS units like Tack Shooter and Dartling Gunner, ensuring that incoming threats lose their armor/fortifications before hitting the kill zone.
  • Control Integration: Combine with Glue Gunner (MOAB Glue) to ensure that even stripped MOABs remain clustered for maximum Mortar blast efficiency.
  • Support Utility: While Signal Flare can replace Monkey Village for camo stripping, the Mortar still benefits from Monkey Village (Jungle Drums) for increased attack speed, allowing for faster property-stripping cycles in late-game rounds.
  • Economic Synergy: By reducing the need for multiple specialized towers (like individual camo detection), the Mortar frees up capital for Banana Farm scaling.


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