This Tower Still Sucks. (Bloons TD 6)

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  • This Tower Still Sucks. BTD6 / Bloons TD 6 - one of the most underused towers and for good reason is this 3rd tier dartling gun that has barely gotten any buffs since release. Despite that, can we salvage a 2 million pops challenge with it?
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  • @BTDIsab
    @BTDIsab  Місяць тому +840

    And seeing the 42.0 update notes, I can confirm that this tower still sucks.
    Also for those curious, an eclipse update: ended up driving several hours away from the clouds and ended up with a great view of the show :)

    • @Mr_kirbeh
      @Mr_kirbeh Місяць тому +7

      Isab is cool

    • @broop158
      @broop158 Місяць тому +1

      where did you see it

    • @mack700
      @mack700 Місяць тому +5

      Lucky I couldn’t see it. There were clouds everywhere.

    • @Stormtide
      @Stormtide Місяць тому +2

      luckyyyy it was mostly cloudy for me at home in canada

    • @Muskotron
      @Muskotron Місяць тому

      I saw it from my backyard, off Lake Ontario. it was beautiful

  • @qwertyman506
    @qwertyman506 Місяць тому +532

    I remember when dartling came out, laser cannon was worse than hydra rocket pods in basically every way
    > loses the ability to pop purples
    > no lead popping
    > less pierce
    > no camo unless you crosspath or buff
    > IIRC, thinner projectile meant less accuracy
    > IIRC, costs roughly the same
    > The extra single-target damage made laser shock nearly pointless
    Edit: Also, it may be better for single targets than hydra rocket pods, but if you need a single target damager, you get sniper. Or tack. Or druid. Or anything else

    • @battlebotsfan4260
      @battlebotsfan4260 Місяць тому +21

      Even if this is true (which it is) let’s be real, hydra rocket pods suck too, and people only use it to get MAD in boss events

    • @scurrx
      @scurrx Місяць тому +90

      ​@@battlebotsfan4260its really good in races since it has so much pierce

    • @btd6k1ng94
      @btd6k1ng94 Місяць тому

      Dartling came out with btd5 dulex. Lot of people HATE nk for btd5 dulex. One of worst mistakes they made.

    • @dakotacornish6616
      @dakotacornish6616 Місяць тому +25

      @@btd6k1ng94 i guess btd4 deluxe no longer exist

    • @Notanegg.
      @Notanegg. Місяць тому +6

      ​@@btd6k1ng94i don't think many people do

  • @thechosenaxolotl
    @thechosenaxolotl Місяць тому +306

    Laser Cannon needs a big buff-lacks the usefuleness for its price.

    • @RainMarrlen
      @RainMarrlen Місяць тому +5

      My thought is maybe a damage boost?

    • @RainMarrlen
      @RainMarrlen Місяць тому +5

      even if only by 1 layer

    • @lbgstzockt8493
      @lbgstzockt8493 Місяць тому +14

      One more layer plus lead popping should make it better.

    • @MrMrkman98
      @MrMrkman98 Місяць тому +9

      give it lead and bunch more pierce.

    • @potatogamerrrrr
      @potatogamerrrrr Місяць тому +5

      The best thing about it is being 1 step closer to plasma cannon

  • @clintbeastwood5116
    @clintbeastwood5116 Місяць тому +90

    It's just so completely outclassed by the other Tier 3 Dartlings. It really feels like a stepping stone to Plasma Accelerator rather than its own thing.

    • @TheMirksta
      @TheMirksta Місяць тому +12

      I think the same thing is true for the other tier 3 dartlings too tbh. They are all pretty bad and the t4/t5s are what you are buying the tower for every time.

    • @drseggl3651
      @drseggl3651 Місяць тому +5

      ​@@TheMirksta no hrp are really good in against early to midgame against tiny bloons

    • @TheMirksta
      @TheMirksta Місяць тому

      @@drseggl3651 Hydra rocket is the best but again I still would not bother buying it unless I want a mad or rocket storm

  • @brawlstar1748
    @brawlstar1748 Місяць тому +87

    In its debut in BTD5 (and to some extent BTD4), this tower was MUCH better suited to its duties. The Bloontonium upgrade made Leads a non-issue, and the high pierce was noticeable. I used it similar to Spike-Pult, as a horde thinner along straightaways.
    It certainly lost its luster in the transition: (

  • @LostSquire
    @LostSquire Місяць тому +49

    Hmmm. Most towers you say? Gerry's Fire carried you say?
    Next up: 2 mill pop Primary Expertise

  • @glayglay2
    @glayglay2 Місяць тому +27

    honestly laser cannon should have lead popping to make it worth it, cuz the only NEW property is to pop frozen bloons, and it can no longer pop purples?

    • @lotion5238
      @lotion5238 Місяць тому +7

      It's an archaic damage type that was not helped by the introduction of purple bloons at all. Frozen bloons being too hard to pop just doesn't happen nearly as much as say, like BTD2 or something

    • @glayglay2
      @glayglay2 Місяць тому +4

      ​@lotion5238 honestly i agree. if NK wanted to keep it so it can't pop lead, why not a price decrease? IIRC, laser cannon is around 3k, which for not being able to pop leads is a lil steep.. though it still wouldn't help it much

  • @SoldierMan755
    @SoldierMan755 Місяць тому +46

    I never forget this tower because i always wonder "WHEN CAN I GET THE NEXT UPGRADE????!!"

    • @witherschat
      @witherschat Місяць тому +4

      WDYM. There's only 4 upgrades in top path dartling. I do find that plasma accelerator is a bit expensive at 14650$ tho.

    • @SoldierMan755
      @SoldierMan755 Місяць тому +7

      @@witherschat with as much support as the laser cannon was getting, plasma is not only precise as a pinpoint but has higher popping prowess, plus it can pop leads without support. I will agree that $14650 is pretty steep at first though.

    • @witherschat
      @witherschat Місяць тому +2

      @@SoldierMan755 (I was joking. 14650 is the price of laser cannon + plasma accelerator)

    • @SoldierMan755
      @SoldierMan755 Місяць тому +6

      @@witherschat oops. Well shit, paragraph wasted.

  • @hbee69001
    @hbee69001 Місяць тому +37

    i love it when isab uses a beam into a hole in the bloons

  • @yojojo3000
    @yojojo3000 Місяць тому +10

    With all the weaknesses it has, it should definitely be a lot cheaper. You already need to spend a ton of extra cash on support to make up for all of its weaknesses, so it makes sense to make it cheaper to accommodate for that.

  • @HardxCorpsxKali
    @HardxCorpsxKali Місяць тому +45

    Hey isab, I’m not sure if you read UA-cam comments but I had an interesting series thought… what if you test if the lvl 1 and 100 paragons are as powerful as all three 5-5-5 at the same time.. like you have just the non cross pathed towers with no buffs for lvl 1 paragon then max buffs for lvl 100… that’d be so cool!

    • @leontriestoart
      @leontriestoart Місяць тому +9

      I think the 5th tiers are definitely weaker, but since they can be buffed maybe god buffed 5th tiers can compete with them

    • @kristyandesouza5980
      @kristyandesouza5980 Місяць тому +5

      He reads, im not sure if he reads them all, but he does.

    • @carsonhart2536
      @carsonhart2536 Місяць тому

      I love this idea

    • @Rayan-West
      @Rayan-West Місяць тому +4

      I think ISAB did that already...
      For the first three paragons

  • @btd6k1ng94
    @btd6k1ng94 Місяць тому +8

    Who remembers btd5 dulex? When spamming the map with ray of dooms was OP as crap. Better than the t3 sun super.

  • @1TieDye1
    @1TieDye1 Місяць тому +16

    I wish they kept the style of the laser cannon bolts from btd5. That’s all the buff it needs

    • @pengwino828
      @pengwino828 Місяць тому +5

      Laser canon in btd5 was probably my favorite tower

    • @DamageMaximo
      @DamageMaximo Місяць тому +1

      yea, these thin things are weird

  • @ChocoBidoof
    @ChocoBidoof Місяць тому +8

    Thanks isab for going through the hard challenge of 2MP on Jerry's Fire

  • @ChessWarrior.
    @ChessWarrior. Місяць тому +8

    ISAB is singlehandedly going to cause laser cannon to get a massive buff in update 43.0

  • @user-zg5hc8mi1i
    @user-zg5hc8mi1i Місяць тому +3

    That brings me back to btd 4 candy track and laser dartling from that time for some reason

  • @benro6564
    @benro6564 Місяць тому +14

    Dartling tier 3s are very lacking except for maybe HRP, but even then just go for rocket storm which is a great ability and for not that much more of an investment. Buckshot is bad but BADS is one of the best mid game carries in CHIMPS so buckshot being weak is kind of a way to balance a very strong t4

  • @bigman2366
    @bigman2366 Місяць тому +5

    Yeah laser cannon is pretty similar to laser blasts on super you get it for plasma

  • @Partiallyinteresting410
    @Partiallyinteresting410 Місяць тому +3

    Something I think sounds like a cool idea is giving it extra damage to anything that isn’t a blimp or ceramic, alongside a large pierce buff. I feel like this would make it a great upgrade for specifically bloons, and nothing else. Could make it one of the most specialized towers in the game, while also being pretty strong

  • @bartoclub69
    @bartoclub69 Місяць тому +101

    4:14 ISAB's first time with Sauda

    • @RonZhang
      @RonZhang Місяць тому

      Sauda is a boy?

    • @kristyandesouza5980
      @kristyandesouza5980 Місяць тому +8

      Damn

    • @RonZhang
      @RonZhang Місяць тому +6

      Is Sauda a boy?

    • @Yoruharu
      @Yoruharu Місяць тому +7

      @@RonZhang maybe

    • @SirIAmBad
      @SirIAmBad Місяць тому

      Wow. Was not expecting that. Wtf is wrong with you guys

  • @troymorrell01
    @troymorrell01 Місяць тому

    I think this is interesting. Watching SJB's patch notes updates, I like how he explained that the update was a mainly "damage over time" patch update. With all of the buffs to things like hot shots and lead to gold, blah blah blah. I was just confused to how the laser cannon wasn't buffed since I feel like it can really use it because of laser shot is a damage over time attack. Anyhow, loved the video, keep up the amazing work; I'm glad you got to see the eclipse ^^

  • @squiddler7731
    @squiddler7731 Місяць тому +3

    I feel like they could double the laser cannon's pierce and it would still be just okay, lol. Like it's just outclassed by hydra rocket pods in every possible way, there's no reason you pick it except for the upgrades that come later.

  • @RonZhang
    @RonZhang Місяць тому +2

    14:38 I really dislike how glue prioritization affects Glue Storm in so many convoluted ways that it makes mixing glues very annoying to play with.

  • @Sids1192
    @Sids1192 Місяць тому +2

    Still pretty decent for a tier 3 tower to make it through chimps as the main damage regardless. Just tried myself, but I used the 420 dartling on logs, cos I'm not that good. It was rough, but got there. Was hoping to get the RoD, but fell about 20k short when the super ceramics came at 81. Had been coasting basically by itself until that point, but it hit the wall hard and needed support towers.

  • @dark-death6982
    @dark-death6982 Місяць тому +13

    Yo the nerf to 5-0-0 farm is crazy; 100k -> 115k 😭

  • @exostretch7991
    @exostretch7991 Місяць тому +2

    I'm glad you were able to see the eclipse, ISAB.

  • @JoelTheParrot
    @JoelTheParrot Місяць тому +1

    i used laser cannon today in contested territory. needed moab popping that wouldn't always pop bloons for rubber to gold bloon trap combo to grind money for boss. CT makes towers more useful due to the limitations. too bad CT is so, so, so grindy. hope the next gamemode has a rework to the rewards...

  • @Cringiality
    @Cringiality Місяць тому +1

    the cut at around 16:05 is crazy

  • @Ace2up
    @Ace2up Місяць тому

    I normally pair Laser cannon path with the dartling with Hydra rocket path to help laser cannon

  • @xanthousizalith5641
    @xanthousizalith5641 Місяць тому

    I got one of these the other day. Saved up enough to have it before the first leads, only to find out that the LASER CANNON cant pop leads. I hate it so much.

  • @sacredrider
    @sacredrider Місяць тому

    Battles 2 got a buff where the lasershock effects lead and can pop them. And it has 2 base pierce but that would be too broken in btd6. But lead popping is necessary

  • @AndrewHuangKY
    @AndrewHuangKY Місяць тому

    Isab do you think you would do more maxed buffed hero tests now that the sub paragon buffs heroes?

  • @princewaffles0623
    @princewaffles0623 Місяць тому +13

    Thank you ISAB for keeping your clothes on and not using Vaseline to slide across the floor to pop the bloons

  • @flopps1051
    @flopps1051 Місяць тому +1

    Should have a faster fire rate along with lead popping. Faster fire rate references the Plasma Accelerator being one continuous beam

  • @alexcat6
    @alexcat6 Місяць тому +1

    this is just the upgrade before plasma accelerator

  • @strenuent6651
    @strenuent6651 Місяць тому

    would it be possible to do a 2m pops with a village? ik buffed p expertise can beat chimps but would you be able to make that save up without other towers stealing too many pops? could be a cool vid

  • @almostdangerous1412
    @almostdangerous1412 Місяць тому

    I'm curious if max-buffed Gwen gets further now since they made Heat It Up work with attack speed increases.

  • @GarryDumblowski
    @GarryDumblowski Місяць тому

    God, i've been trying for Laser Cannon 2MPC for like, a year now. Congrats.

  • @almachizit3207
    @almachizit3207 Місяць тому +1

    Laser cannon needs to go back up to 13 pierce and larger projectiles like it was in BTD5 at minimum to be worth using

  • @notreallyvoid
    @notreallyvoid Місяць тому

    6:09 that's the first time ever I actually heard ISAB breathe in

  • @kaboomer
    @kaboomer Місяць тому +19

    isab may be pregnant, but he still fails to deliver

  • @DreamChaser0719
    @DreamChaser0719 Місяць тому

    The only BTD6 yt im subbed to :)

  • @PersonMcFaceFace
    @PersonMcFaceFace Місяць тому

    I'd say that was the first time I've ever seen regrow blocker actually do something

  • @DieAuf3rstehung
    @DieAuf3rstehung Місяць тому

    Thank you ISAB for popping the Bloons with the Laser canon

  • @danieljmarvin
    @danieljmarvin Місяць тому

    Why do both glues sometime affect the bloon? At 17:50 you can see ceramics that have both glues yellow and purple glue on them.

  • @aldenstromberg7273
    @aldenstromberg7273 Місяць тому

    i think one of the cheapest 2mpc towers is the 203 ace that thing is like maybe 5k and its not even that hard to pull off since it buffs so well

  • @YTInnerAgntAuto
    @YTInnerAgntAuto Місяць тому

    straight up, if they just gave laser cannon ability to pop lead again I think would be good

  • @no-ju2oc
    @no-ju2oc Місяць тому +6

    I love it when ISAB fills me up with his content 😊😊

  • @lool8421
    @lool8421 Місяць тому

    cursed idea: a very long map and get 2mpc with a 0-0-0 glue gunner, eventually a discount village if it can get the fire

  • @thenarwhalmage
    @thenarwhalmage Місяць тому

    In theory you could have gone with striker jones instead of geraldo. He would give extra pierce, and his stun could be useful in a pinch.

  • @lihavalokki5705
    @lihavalokki5705 Місяць тому

    I kinda wish they changed the price to like 1k-2k so it would be a somewhat spammable tower or a cheap stepping stone to the further upgrades of the path.

  • @tylazermk8271
    @tylazermk8271 Місяць тому +2

    I don't get why this tower doesn't have lead popping. Anything fire themed and a heated boomerang can pop leads, why not powerful laser beams?

  • @bowserknight
    @bowserknight Місяць тому

    Wow, didn't you do this challenge like 2 months ago? I remember seeing this on twitch but it's been a while, at least I think.

  • @NuggetLord1
    @NuggetLord1 Місяць тому

    Laser Cannon is basically just a poor stepping stone for the much better Plasma Accelerator

  • @frnan8547
    @frnan8547 Місяць тому

    Has isab done a Jerry’s fire 2m pops yet?? (Like, use a village so all of the pops come from the Jerry’s fire)

  • @itzickybroidk8379
    @itzickybroidk8379 Місяць тому

    I was just thinking about the beast handler

  • @BlueSnail.
    @BlueSnail. Місяць тому +4

    lasers suck in this game

  • @almightyhydra
    @almightyhydra Місяць тому

    To be fair, you did make a (non-super) T3 and expect it to handle lategame rounds. It's not really a surprise it struggled.

  • @Sirmurp
    @Sirmurp Місяць тому

    The change they made in battles 2 allowing it to pop lead really gave it the ability to be good.

  • @frankmckenneth9254
    @frankmckenneth9254 Місяць тому

    For a pierce focused tower, laser cannon lacks the necessary pierce to deal with Bloons for it's cost. And no lead popping makes it even worse. It has no niche relevant to it anymore =/

  • @infinitysurvivor2681
    @infinitysurvivor2681 Місяць тому

    laser cannon is very good as its required to get plasma accelerator

  • @letszer4520
    @letszer4520 Місяць тому

    Loving all the 2 million pops vids

  • @Agustkh1
    @Agustkh1 Місяць тому

    6:00 isnt striker better now for buffing a low pierce tower?

  • @paumb5355
    @paumb5355 Місяць тому +1

    the 400 alch carry

  • @Oskarozalski
    @Oskarozalski Місяць тому

    laser cannon is only good because of its damage, like it does more damage then hydro rocket pods

  • @thenoblehacker9111
    @thenoblehacker9111 Місяць тому

    Yo isab, do you play other games than bloons?

  • @Zeldrake
    @Zeldrake Місяць тому

    At this point you should do a 2MPC with Jerry's Fire

  • @JackSmith-oq4mf
    @JackSmith-oq4mf Місяць тому

    Would be better give it lead popping like in battles 2

  • @ryguyofravens4701
    @ryguyofravens4701 Місяць тому +1

    I've seen ya double discount many times, but never triple discount. why is that? I thought it was because ya couldn't, but when I re-read the path, it says it stacks with 2 other, and I've tested it and got 3 discounts on a tower. I was just wondering

    • @battel_bruser3928
      @battel_bruser3928 Місяць тому +1

      It's a price --> worth ratio, it's not worth it for the cost it takes to 3 disc a few towers. And besides, sometimes you lack the space since the village is so massive. It's generally not worth it in 90% of the cases

  • @fireshade1014
    @fireshade1014 Місяць тому

    If you do a ninja 2mp would Geraldo or obyn be better? It is the only tower that I think would be debatable. Also has a total transformation 2mp been done?

    • @joelpinda1509
      @joelpinda1509 Місяць тому

      Wouldn’t Obyn steal pops?

    • @fireshade1014
      @fireshade1014 Місяць тому

      @@joelpinda1509 depends on map and placement

  • @Nalfrost
    @Nalfrost Місяць тому

    Hi Isab I tought of a challenge :
    Get 2 millions pops on multiple 0-0-0 dart monkey with the less dart monkey possible.

  • @endeyfire
    @endeyfire Місяць тому

    laser cannon cant melt metal for its cost which is why it sucks for me.

  • @Hiimhere_too
    @Hiimhere_too Місяць тому

    Village 2m pops challenge next use Jerry fire a lot and top path should carry

  • @leonardoscutari11
    @leonardoscutari11 Місяць тому

    What if laser cannon shot an additional projectile, so 1 shot 2 projectiles.

  • @FirstManDead
    @FirstManDead Місяць тому

    It's good for the daily today lol

  • @zoltarservin510
    @zoltarservin510 Місяць тому +1

    i still find it funny and dumb that it can't pop leads

  • @temppax9668
    @temppax9668 Місяць тому

    challenge
    try to get one tower have exactly 1,000,000 pops (dartling and heli are good)

  • @MainChannel9521
    @MainChannel9521 Місяць тому

    At least laser cannon pops lead in battles 2

  • @Griefdriver
    @Griefdriver Місяць тому

    Does your opinion of Benjamin change in the new patch?

  • @InheritingNightmaresDev
    @InheritingNightmaresDev Місяць тому

    I'm noticing a trend where specifically laser weapons suck. Laser blasts on super is horrible and laser cannon on dartling is bad too.

  • @ToiletWolf12
    @ToiletWolf12 Місяць тому

    Bloons is so funny to me cause tell anyone “monkey with a laser machine gun” and they’d think it’d be amazing then in reality it’s just… that…

  • @ijlala3799
    @ijlala3799 Місяць тому

    if 4xx can pop leads, it wouldve been good

  • @DeJay7
    @DeJay7 Місяць тому

    Realistically, if the dartling gunner is not tier 5, it's underpowered or overly expensive. Tier 5s are also super expensive, but at least they get the job done.

  • @micahbragg3356
    @micahbragg3356 Місяць тому

    thank you isab for giving me laser eye surgery!

  • @loenniemc
    @loenniemc Місяць тому

    Its crazy tho a Tier 3 tower gets this far

  • @lordvex75
    @lordvex75 Місяць тому +3

    All dartling t3s kinda suck but their t4s are fun
    maybe that’s the design it’s definitely the design for bottom path not sure about the other two

  • @potato6403
    @potato6403 Місяць тому

    Crazy t3 tower

  • @kristyandesouza5980
    @kristyandesouza5980 Місяць тому

    20k views in 2 hours, ISAB raised up. Nmh Nod my head

  • @cynthia6482
    @cynthia6482 Місяць тому

    isab when a tier 3 can’t pop a fortified bad 😭😭

  • @josephmiller7075
    @josephmiller7075 Місяць тому

    Hey at least plasma accelerator is pretty strong

  • @adamtweraser7794
    @adamtweraser7794 Місяць тому +1

    2 mega pops on crossbow master?

  • @FOMEYEET
    @FOMEYEET Місяць тому

    How about 2m pop with spike storm itself?

  • @beaconJr64
    @beaconJr64 Місяць тому

    make the laser cannon the same as in btd5

  • @the_communist_doge
    @the_communist_doge Місяць тому +3

    ISAB never fails to pump and dump us with his content 😩

  • @kristyandesouza5980
    @kristyandesouza5980 Місяць тому

    NK should honestly just buff 3-x-x dartling price, by something like a thousand, and increase 4-x-x dartling price by a couple hundred to compensate.

  • @RCCH
    @RCCH Місяць тому +3

    wait what happened to round 95?

  • @Shorts-su7lg
    @Shorts-su7lg Місяць тому

    Why did he skip round 95 i was waiting the whole time for it

  • @varcolacoolgamer8566
    @varcolacoolgamer8566 Місяць тому

    Why did he place Geraldo and the engineer at the top?

  • @ad007xd2
    @ad007xd2 Місяць тому

    Damn this stream was a while ago

  • @user-up9mo9fi1b
    @user-up9mo9fi1b Місяць тому

    relentless glue op