In the beginning, any monkey is valid in Bloons TD 6. But on higher difficulties and maps, only a few towers are worth the time and investment.
Everybody is permitted to have a favorite tower in Bloons TD 6. Part of the charm is using knowledge points and experience to level up towers that fit just right with the given player’s strategy. This results in some creative builds and tactics that many might not consider.
However, once gamers get serious about Bloons TD 6, there is a clear divide between powerful towers and others that are lacking. There is not enough cash to have a favorite tower if that tower isn’t also one of the best. When the going gets hard, these are the towers that have the best return on investment when it comes to popping the toughest balloons.
Updated on March 5th, 2023 by Hodey Johns: There is very little not to love about Bloons TD 6. The game has been balanced so many times now that it’s reasonable for even the consensus „worst“ tower to get heavy usage on tough maps. Still, some towers get carried by player talent and strategy while other towers compensate for tactical errors. These towers deserve special recognition as some of the best in the game. To account for expanded player tastes and styles, five more towers have been added to this list.
Many veterans will confidently say that the Tack Shooter is the most underrated tower in the game. Sure, it’s not going to sink any big MOAB class blimps on its own and it doesn’t apply a negative status effect to opponents. But since when is massive area damage useless?
This is effective in early and mid-rounds as thicker waves of balloons start to stack on top of each other. Later on, while the Tack Shooter doesn’t take down the blimps, these blimps are usually packed with smaller balloons that the Tack Shooter can demolish.
At high-level waves and during limitless rounds, experts will always have at least one Mortar Monkey on the map. If the massive area damage isn’t a selling point, the limitless range should be. The Mortar Monkey is not hindered by obstacles.
That’s not where the benefits end. Given the right paths, Mortar Monkeys also apply extra damage and slows to MOAB blimps. Given both damage and support effects, the Mortar Monkey should not be overlooked on tough maps.
Hard maps get their reputation by sending waves of balloons down multiple paths. Players can’t be able to cover both of these paths at once with most towers, but placing a Monkey Ace in the middle of the map sends tacks out all over.
Upgrades enable the Monkey Ace to strike down camouflaged balloons and to further increase the density of the tack coverage on the map. Single-target towers will need to be placed eventually, but the Monkey Ace is simply the best first tower for these kinds of maps.
The Wizard Monkey checks a lot of boxes for what makes a tower „good.“ It’s got nice damage and range as well as some damage over time abilities that help take down tough targets. So what is it doing on a list of the best towers?
The Wizard Monkey can resurrect balloons and send these new „zombie“ allies backward toward oncoming traffic. When the waves start to get denser, this increases the Wizard Monkey’s usefulness, giving him a limitless stream of balloons to send back at the enemies.
