Struggling to find a use for the bomb shooter

[<#76428a>Sharkbilby]

I find that it's too expensive and slow to be worth investing in.
The top path is great for stunning bloons, however even when upgraded the slow attack speed of the bomb shooter makes its stuns inconsistent, and the tier 5 upgrade is way more expensive than just buying an icicle impale or relentless glue gunner.

The middle path is good for moabs, but I personally don't struggle with those anymore and know many other towers that fill said role better.

The bottom path is great for dealing with ceremics, but that's another problem I have solutions to that are simultaneously better and cheaper (elite defender and prince of darkness especially wreck both moabs and ceramics) and any ability that requires you to lose lives to activate just sucks. It also falls off hard when dealing with super ceramics and requiring two shots to activate more clusters means the tower either has a lot of downtime and inconsistency or you buy another, which is where you can start getting better solutions for your money.


Is the bomb shooter weak, outclassed or do I just have no idea what I'm doing?

[Hiroko]

Originally posted by Sharkbilby:

I really hope this is satire

[<#76428a>Sharkbilby]

Originally posted by Hiroko:

Originally posted by Sharkbilby:

I really hope no-one steals my thigh highs while I sleep

[Hiroko]

Spoiler alert, no-one did steal his thigh highs that night.

[Sehkh]

its thing is hitting every balloon in the explosion, it will obviously be kinda trash if they are spaced afar, like most towers they only work with conjunction with others types to cover each one weakness

[Vivianite]

i use bomb shooter top path more than the others, but middle path and bottom path have their uses

top works well as a ceramic staller or MOAB staller if you tier 5

middle path is great early/mid game but unless amassed it falls off after round 80 if not specialized or tier 5'd

bottom path works early/mid game but the moment super ceramics get involved it flops pretty harshly, more of a saturated AOE damage with no discriminate target, plus tier 5's unique effect requires you to lose lives

[Commander Moron]

I'm going to be honest I don't use it because I always just use a 1-3-x druid, but it's very good against grouped bloons and its innate lead helps as its a cheap way to pop leads (only like $600)

[terrorarian]

I honestly agree, because whatever bomb shooters can do, there's likely another tower that does it better. Even just for its cheap lead popping, alchemist does it better and eventually gives you money for it.

[Gamerman1657]

use bottom path

[<#76428a>Sharkbilby]

Originally posted by Garmerman1657:

use bottom path

Ball lightning wizards outclass the bottom path so hard it's hardly a competition

[Ninja Zyborg]

Originally posted by Sharkbilby:

Originally posted by Garmerman1657:

use bottom path

Ball lightning wizards outclass the bottom path so hard it's hardly a competition

ball lightning is twice the cost

[<#76428a>Sharkbilby]

Originally posted by Ninja Zyborg:

Originally posted by Sharkbilby:

Ball lightning wizards outclass the bottom path so hard it's hardly a competition

ball lightning is twice the cost

Maybe that matters in half cash but the bottom path bomb shooter will always need external buffs or extra shooters to perform similarly. It evens out in price, but the ball lightning takes less space and is more consistent.

[imag2OOO]

Originally posted by Sharkbilby:

Originally posted by Ninja Zyborg:

ball lightning is twice the cost

Maybe that matters in half cash but the bottom path bomb shooter will always need external buffs or extra shooters to perform similarly. It evens out in price, but the ball lightning takes less space and is more consistent.

mid tree druid outclasses everything for ad clear and makes the money back

[<#76428a>Sharkbilby]

Originally posted by imag2OOO:

Originally posted by Sharkbilby:

Maybe that matters in half cash but the bottom path bomb shooter will always need external buffs or extra shooters to perform similarly. It evens out in price, but the ball lightning takes less space and is more consistent.

mid tree druid outclasses everything for ad clear and makes the money back

Only the tier 5 truly specialises in that, all the upgrades below focus on support, while their added damage is disappointing for their cost. Necromancers and the prince of darkness cover this better. Not only that, the tier 3 top path druid is cheap and works great vs ceramics, outclassing the bomb shooter in cost, and the tier 4 top path outclasses the bomb shooter in the late game. The bomb shooter falls inbetween a really niche middle ground where I simply never come across.

[imag2OOO]

Originally posted by Sharkbilby:

Originally posted by imag2OOO:

mid tree druid outclasses everything for ad clear and makes the money back

Only the tier 5 truly specialises in that, all the upgrades below focus on support, while their added damage is disappointing for their cost. Necromancers and the prince of darkness cover this better. Not only that, the tier 3 top path druid is cheap and works great vs ceramics, outclassing the bomb shooter in cost, and the tier 4 top path outclasses the bomb shooter in the late game. The bomb shooter falls inbetween a really niche middle ground where I simply never come across.

140 druids litteraly instakill anything under a moab and have global range and give up to like 1100 bananas per ability {depending on the farm situation} also they cost less then top tree t4 druid

[<#76428a>Sharkbilby]

Originally posted by imag2OOO:

Originally posted by Sharkbilby:

Only the tier 5 truly specialises in that, all the upgrades below focus on support, while their added damage is disappointing for their cost. Necromancers and the prince of darkness cover this better. Not only that, the tier 3 top path druid is cheap and works great vs ceramics, outclassing the bomb shooter in cost, and the tier 4 top path outclasses the bomb shooter in the late game. The bomb shooter falls inbetween a really niche middle ground where I simply never come across.

140 druids litteraly instakill anything under a moab and have global range and give up to like 1100 bananas per ability {depending on the farm situation} also they cost less then top tree t4 druid

They specialise in different things to the top path and I don't remember a t4 middle path costing less than a t3 top.
Also, they give 1100 bananas per ability? I doubt that, with 1100x20 equating to 22,000 cash.