Cripple MOAB (BTD5) is the final upgrade in Path 1 for the Sniper Monkey. It costs $10625 on Easy, $12500 on Medium, and $13500 on Hard. It allows the monkey to temporarily stun M.O.A.B. Class bloons, such as MOABs, BFBs and ZOMGs.
Strategies
- Main article: Cripple MOAB/Strategies
Tips
- This is not advised to be used as a main defender, as it will not work well at all against crowds.
- When a MOAB is popped by Cripple MOAB Snipers, a horde of lower class bloons (red, blue, etc) will come out. This should be kept in mind when massing snipers.
- In freeplay, these work well. Using about 80 of them, each 20 set at each targetting setting, should help counteract freeplay speedup. Furthermore, it is also more effective to have a combination of snipers with and without the Faster Firing upgrade.
Trivia
- It takes 12 Cripple MOABs to pop a M.O.A.B. instantly.
- It takes about 50 Cripple MOABs to destroy a B.F.B instantly.
- It takes 50 shots from 50 Cripple MOABs to destroy a whole Z.O.M.G. (Including all that come from it).
- Cripple MOAB towers are worthless in earlier rounds because of the lack of MOAB-Class Bloons. However, with a smaller defense, the player problably wouldn't be able to upgrade it to this before round 50, when MOABs start arriving more regularly.
- The addition to the sniper rifle at the end appears to be a barrel stabilizer.
- This is very useful for later rounds with many M.O.A.B.s.
- A single Cripple MOAB can immobilize a Z.O.M.G. only for half second in fast forward. More snipers will stop the Z.O.M.G. for a longer time, although it is very difficult to detain a Z.O.M.G. indefinitely.
- Strangely, the monkey loses its scar on its left eye from the previous upgrade icon
- The shop icon for Cripple MOAB strangely depicts a B.F.B. instead.
Gallery
Cripple MOAB Official Artwork
Cripple MOAB Icon
A 4/0 Sniper next to a 4/2 Sniper
A bunch of MOAB cripplers attacking a MOAB and some blue bloons