Elite Sniper

Elite Sniper General Information Game Bloons TD 6 Tower Sniper Monkey Unlocked at 35,000 XP Cost $12,325 (Easy)$14,500 (Medium)$15,660 (Hard)$17,400 (Impoppable) Activated Ability https://bloons.fandom.com/wiki/File:ActivatedAirdrop.ogg Elite Supply Drop Targeting Options First, Last, Close, Strong, Elite, Camo Priority Camo Detection Yes Other Names Esniper Popology Damage Type(s) Bullet: Normal Camo affected Single Projectile Aggressive Seeking Extra Damage Extra Damage to Camos

Shrapnel: Sharp Camo affected Burst Shrapnel Extra Damage to Camos

Sniper Buff: Passive Target Tower Whole Screen

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Elite Sniper is the fifth and final upgrade of Path 2 for the Sniper Monkey in Bloons TD 6. It improves its Supply Drop ability to activate all available x-4-x Supply Drop abilities simultaneously and increases cash value of its own ability from $1,200 to $3,000, as well as allowing all Snipers (including itself) to gain a new "Elite" targeting option along with improving attack cooldown for all other snipers by x0.75 (+33% attack speed), while giving itself a x0.4 attack cooldown (equal to +150% attack speed). The Elite Sniper itself retains its normal Supply Drop Sniper attack but with the built-in faster attack speed.

This upgrade costs $12,325 on Easy, $14,500 on Medium, $15,660 on Hard, and $17,400 on Impoppable.

0-5-0 Elite Sniper with an O:DS and a parachuting crate

The Elite Sniper gains a more complex set of goggles, a pair of black gloves, along with a full-black disguise wig. The radio backpack changes from brown and green to entirely black. The black hood loses the orange accents.

Elite Sniper will gain an improved Supply Drop ability for itself, which upgrades its ability to give extra cash per ability from itself and automatically trigger all Supply Drop abilities of any other Supply Drop Snipers. It gives approximately +150% attack speed boost for itself, a +33% attack speed buff to all other Snipers on screen, and a new "Elite" target priority.

Elite Sniper with Elite targeting

This upgrade allows all Snipers (including itself) to gain the Elite targeting setting.

The elite targeting option saves the players from microing too often; when set to elite, Snipers will target Strong Bloons normally and then change targeting to First when bloons are near the exit, specifically once bloons reach at least 75% of the bloon track. Snipers set to Elite will also prioritize Ceramic Bloons over MOAB-Class Bloons.

Elite Sniper Ability

This is the 5th tier activated ability for the Sniper Monkey. It calls an Operation: Dart Storm that flies in and drops a crate full of cash worth a straight $3,000 per crate. In addition, it will trigger all other Supply Drop Snipers' abilities if they are available. It will stop attacking temporarily as it deploys the ability. It has a cooldown of 90 seconds, and it takes ~3 seconds before the crate arrives to pick up.

Like most income-only abilities, Elite Supply Drop Ability has a full initial cooldown. In addition, Elite Supply Drop can only be used up to 3 times per round. Starting from Version 28.0, Elite Supply Drop abilities are disabled after 3 minutes in a single round.

Elite Sniper targets bloons using the standard targeting priorities. Its main attack shoots a snipe attack.

Elite Sniper's ability produces a crate as a spawned collectable that can be manually picked up by the player. Placement of the crate is erratic. Elite Sniper's global Sniper buff targets all towers on screen as an influence tower buff. Neither the ability nor its global Sniper buff have any interaction with any targeting priorities.

Because it is an upgrade above Night Vision Goggles, Elite Sniper receives Camo Prioritization, allowing it to prioritize Camo Bloons over other types when active.

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: Military Conscription, Advanced Logistics, Better Sell Deals

Alone, the Elite Sniper offers a marginally high grouped popping power, further improved by giving crosspathing and simple buffs to efficiently counter mid-game grouped bloons across any range. Its main power, however, comes from buffing the attack speed of all other Snipers on screen, as well as its higher value cash crates. Since the Elite Sniper increases the firing speed of all Sniper Monkeys on screen, this upgrade is extremely useful for players with many Sniper Monkeys, especially with Maim MOABs, Cripple MOAB, Full Auto Rifles, and Elite Defender. Its ability to trigger all other Supply Drop Sniper abilities through one push of a button also makes it a very useful quality-of-life upgrade for Sniper farming.

On CHIMPS, Elite Sniper is actually a viable option despite not generating income. It handles mid-game rushes with relative ease, improves all Snipers especially 4-2-0 Maim MOABs and Bouncing Bullet armies, and deals rather effective Super Ceramic cleanup when paired with Downdraft. It costs remarkably less than other Tier 5 options, which does give it an edge over other mid-to-late-game options.

Initially considered one of the weaker Tier 5 upgrades in the game, Elite Sniper has evolved to specialize at both combatting mid-game and buffing other Snipers while producing a regular flow of income. Various buffs to this upgrade have been added, enough to make it practical in a CHIMPS game for combatting dense mid-game rounds such as Round 63.

When activating Supply Drop Ability:

When collecting cash from the Cash Crate: