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For the Monkey Buccaneer counterpart, see Faster Shooting (BTD5 Monkey Buccaneer) and Faster Shooting (BTD6 Monkey Buccaneer).
Shoots tacks even faster.
~ In-game description

Faster Shooting is the Tier 1 upgrade of Path 1 for the Tack Shooter in Bloons TD 6. It increases Tack Shooter attack speed, increasing the Tack Shooter by +33%. Attack cooldown of a low-level Tack Shooter is decreased from every 1.4s to every 1.05s. It additionally increases the rate of the Blade Maelstrom and Super Maelstrom abilities by +17.6% attack speed.

This upgrade costs $125 on Easy, $150 on Medium, $160 on Hard, and $180 on Impoppable.

Description[]

Overview[]

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Faster Shooting

This upgrade adds another black tack to top of the Tack Shooter, for a three-tack design with all tacks pointing downwards; the tacks do not intersect. For Blade Shooter and Blade Maelstrom, the design is instead changed to a two-blade design with one smaller blade, rather than a single blade if without the Faster Shooting crosspath.

Faster Shooting increases attack speed by 33% (75% attack cooldown), or an attack cooldown of 1.05 seconds by default. It increases the pierce of the Blade Maelstrom ability by 40 and the Super Maelstrom ability by 100.

Targeting Priorities[]

Faster Shooting shoots a spray of projectiles in an radial spray. Technically, the Tack Shooter is locked on the Close targeting priority. However, for simplicity reasons, Faster Shooting has no targeting priorities.

Full Popology[]

Statistics[]

Updated as of Version 38.0
Base stats
  • Tacks:
    • Projectile, sharp type, 8 per shot, 23 range, 1.05s attack cooldown, 1 damage, 1 pierce.
Crosspathing interactions
  • 1-x-x:
    • 1-≥3-0:
      • Attacks faster every 0.8925s (-25%) instead of 1.19s from the previous upgrade.
    • 1-≥4-0:
      • Blade Maelstrom ability gains +17.6% attack speed (0.85x attack cooldown), attack cooldown decreased from 0.045s to 0.03825s.
    • 1-0-3:
      • Attacks faster every 0.7875s (-25%) instead of 1.05s from the initial 0-0-3.
    • 1-0-4:
      • Attacks faster every 0.2625s (-25%) instead of 0.35s from the initial 0-0-4.
    • 1-0-5:
      • Attacks faster every 0.1969s (-25%) instead of 0.2625s from the initial 0-0-5.
Monkey Knowledge interactions

Attack Interactions[]

See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Primary
Updated as of Version 38.3
Base attack(s)
  • Tacks:
    • Sharp Type (pops Black, White, Purple) Sharp
    • Orbital Spray (spray of 8) Orbital Spray (8)
    • Straight Attack Straight Attack

Costs[]

Updated as of Version 41.0. Listed prices exclude external buffs, any sacrifices, and Monkey Knowledge.
[Module | Data] Purchase Sell
Costs Easy Medium Hard Impoppable Easy Medium Hard Impoppable
Upgrade (1-X-X) $125 $150 $160 $180 -
Total (1-0-0) $365 $430 $460 $515 $256 $301 $322 $361
Crosspath (1-1-0) $450 $530 $570 $635 $315 $371 $399 $445
Crosspath (1-2-0) $640 $755 $815 $905 $448 $529 $571 $634
Crosspath (1-0-1) $450 $530 $570 $635 $315 $371 $399 $445
Crosspath (1-0-2) $535 $630 $680 $755 $375 $441 $476 $529

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: BetterSellDealsIcon Better Sell Deals

Strategy[]

Summary[]

Faster Shooting increases the fire rate of the Tack Shooter by 33%, increasing its damage output considerably. The improved attack speed increases consistency of each shot, particularly to an well-upgraded Tack Shooter. Effectiveness of the improved attack speed via Faster Shooting depends on the type of Tack Shooter; for instance, a 1-3-0 Blade Shooter gains more consistent sprays of blades versus the 0-3-1 and 0-3-2 crosspaths that only offer more blades, whereas the 1-0-3 Tack Sprayer is more consistent at single-target damage while still making good use of Primary Mentoring's free T1 upgrades.

With an increased fire rate and a naturally high projectile count, Faster Shooting and subsequent upgrades in this path provide good MOAB-class Bloon damage for their price. In conjunction with More Tacks and Even More Tacks, the faster fire rate can deal plenty of damage to single MOAB-class targets in the early game.

Faster Shooting also improves the pierce of both Maelstrom abilities, allowing them to pop greater numbers of Bloons. It faces stiff competition from the bottom path's ability duration increases, however; which to choose will depend on the situation.

Tips[]

  • On CHIMPS, a 1-0-1 Tack Shooter is affordable at the start of the game.
  • Faster Shooting and Even Faster Shooting is a strong crosspath for The Tack Zone, allowing it to attack 66% faster and significantly bolsters its MOAB-class damage output as a result. However, this may cause it to be weaker against groups of Bloons due to its low pierce compared to the middle crosspath.
  • 1-3-0 Blade Shooter is helpful for early-game Race modes where extra pierce is required but time is tight where 1-2-0 would carry into Blade first before getting 2-3-0 later on.

Version History[]

Balance Changes[]

Tiny buff due to the base Tack Shooter attack speed buff. Faster Shooting was changed in v38.0 to give the Blade Maelstrom crosspathing benefits, initially given extra pierce but changed in v41.0 to a slight bonus attack speed.

7.0
  • BUFF Attack speed increased (1.2s → 1.05s), as a result of the base Tack Shooter attack speed buff
38.0
[...] Maelstrom crosspathing? Why not, feels that this could be cool to try out, and more consistency on bottom crosspath may be able to make it the preferred ability crosspath while top path which already improves the base tower more will give back the massive pierce amount for times where the greater punch per use is required.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Faster Shooting now gives +40 pierce to Blade Maelstrom ability blades
  • BUFF Faster Shooting now gives +100 pierce to Super Maelstrom ability blades
  • Note: Overall buff despite the pierce cuts, as 0-4-x was nerfed to 120 pierce and 0-5-x was nerfed to 300 pierce
41.0
[...] The recent ability crosspathing for Tack Shooter was fun but feels too lopsided as pierce concerns are very niche on Maelstrom, instead we want to shift this entire focus around for top path to be the rate crosspath for more damage in a shorter amount of time and leaving bottom mainly about greater overall uptime.
~ Ninja Kiwi
  • BUFF Faster Shooting now reduces attack cooldown of Blade Maelstrom and Super Maelstrom blades by 0.85x (+17.6% attack speed).
    • NERF Overall attack cooldown actually increased from 0.03s to 0.03825s.
  • Change Faster Shooting no longer gives +40 pierce to Blade Maelstrom ability blades, but reverting back to full pierce.
  • Change Faster Shooting no longer gives +100 pierce to Super Maelstrom ability blades, but reverting back to full pierce.

Bug Fixes and General Changes[]

Gallery[]

Official artwork[]

Trivia[]

  • The emblem of a Faster Shooting Tack Shooter in BTD6 uses three tacks. In BTD5, the Tack Shooter's top emblem only features more tacks when given its respective Even Faster Shooting upgrade.
  • Tack's Faster Shooting upgrade yet again shares the same upgrade name as the first Monkey Buccaneer's speed upgrade, like in BTD5. Coincidentally, in BTD6, both of the upgrades increase attack speed by +33% compared to base cooldown.


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