Not buying Enemy ALB Bumper ability?

[AuthenticBeef]

I've noticed in the tower this ability seems to be a detriment. It does almost 0 damage compared to leaf damage however it keeps ALB's right next to enemies if they collide. Essentially, being next to the enemy makes all the leaves blow the opposite direction instead of towards the enemy. Has anyone tried not buying this for MLC runs?

[SyrupCornMuffins]

I stopped buying it when I first went through the Tower. Not sure if it actually helped or not, but it definitely irritated me less when I would actively watch them. Would be surprising if it didn't help, though.

[AllOutWar76]

I wonder about bosses. With the bumper they stick to the boss and blow the newly spawned leaves at him. It might make afk'ing tough bosses harder. I guess I will try it out later.

[Daunmi]

Never even considered this. It's one of those upgrades that you get so early, and so cheaply, that I just leave it on autobuy and forget it exists.

It sounds like an interesting idea, however there's the potential downside that if your ALBs are going through enemies instead of stopping at them then once they get beyond the enemy hitbox they start blowing leaves away from them.

Definitely sounds like it'd be worth testing.

However I think that as far as doing 'MLC runs' goes it wont make much of a difference, as if you're trying to push through the tower fast you'll be more likely to be actively playing, and YOUR damage (and proper use of gravity balls) is a HELL of a lot more relevant in that case, to the point you might not even care about ALBs at all.