Dart Monkey

The Dart Monkey is the most basic tower, and the only tower accessible at level 1.

## Stats

The base tower costs $170 on easy, $200 on medium, $215 on hard, $240 on insane, and $280 on impoppable. Its attack speed is repectable, attacking 1.11 times a second by default. Its range is also good, although it is easily beaten by other towers.

## Upgrades

### Path 1

#### Long Range Darts

*Makes the Dart Monkey shoot further than normal.*

It gives a significant boost to the range of the Dart Monkey.

#### Enhanced Eyesight

*Increases attack range even further and allows Dart Monkey to target Camo Bloons.*

It gives a very substantial boost to attack range and permits the targeting and popping of Camo Bloons.

#### Spike-o-Pult

*Converts the Dart Monkey into a Spike-O-Pult, a powerful tower that hurls large spiked balls instead of darts. Good range, but slower attack speed. Each ball can pop 18 bloons.*

Spike-o-Pults are powerful, being able to pierce 18 bloons normally. However, this comes at the expense of some attack speed, dropping from 1.11 times a second to 0.65 times a second. It also gives a small boost to range.

#### Juggernaut

*Hurls a giant unstoppable killer spiked ball that can pop lead bloons and excels at crushing ceramic bloons.*

Juggernauts are extremely powerful - one can pierce up to 100 bloons at once. What's more, the mechanisms needed to let the catapult launch it actually slightly increase the attack speed, to 0.7 times a second.

#### Ubernaut

*A colossal lump of black iron and osmiridium. Pure bloon destruction.*

Ubernauts are destructive to no end, with startling power. A single Ubernaut shot can pierce up to 1,000 bloons at once and crushes through 3 layers. Ceramic bloons are destroyed instantly. They also deal massive damage to MOAB-class bloons, hitting them for 2 layers a frame of contact (6 in Fast Forward). Ubernauts also move relatively slowly, letting them mow down MOABs and BFBs easily.

### Path 2

#### Sharp Shots

*Can pop 1 extra bloon per shot.*

Does exactly what the description says, adding one more point of pierce to darts; normally, this lets them pierce two bloons.

#### Razor Sharp Shots

*Can pop 2 extra bloons per shot.*

Like the previous upgrade, just adds two pierce to the darts.

#### Triple Darts

*Throws three darts at a time instead of one.*

Dart Monkeys with Triple Darts are very powerful, being able to shred down most bloons when in groups.

#### Super Monkey Fan Club

*Super Monkey Fan Club Ability: Converts up to 10 nearby dart monkeys into Super Monkeys for 15 seconds.*

Quite powerful. The tower itself doesn't gain any new strengths. Towers turned into Super Monkeys do not throw 3 darts, even if they have the upgrade. Typically doesn't affect Spike-o-Pult and above Dart Monkeys.

#### Robo Monkey Fan Club

*Changes this tower's ability into the Robo Monkey Fan Club Ability, which converts up to 10 nearby dart monkeys into Robo Monkeys for 20 seconds.*

Exactly as described, but with three extra advantages: The tower itself throws two sets of three darts (for a total of 6 darts thrown), the converted towers still attack with three darts per gun if they have the Triple Darts upgrade, and Spike-o-Pults (but not Juggernauts or Ubernauts) can be converted and use their projectile.