XBM vs Sun Avatar (BTD6 test)

Hey Guys,

Today I tested the Crossbow Master vs the Sun Avatar and got surprising results.

-The rounds I tested them against were 4 MOABs, 4 BFBs, 4 ZOMGs, 4 DDTs, and 1 BAD 

-The Map I used was Logs

Some facts about the competitors are that:

-the Sun Avatar costs 132% more than the XBM, 

-they both (when given the maximum pierce of bloons they can handle) gain # of pops at the same rate (per second).

-and while the XBM relies at least partly on RNG and shoots in a straight line, the Sun Avatar is consistent with its shots and shoots a spray of 3 lines (not 1 line) of energy blasts.

The results:

While the Crossbow master advanced up to the round with 1 BAD (and even damaged the BAD to its last stage until it pops), the Sun Avatar (both cross paths) lost to 4 ZOMGs. 

Analysis:

It is surprising that while the Sun Avatar costs way more than the XBM, the XBM does better against MOAB-class bloons (the popping power that is needed for rounds 80-100). While the Sun Avatar with the range cross path had the same amount of (gigantic) range as the XBM, it wasn't able to pop camos. Moreover, the Sun Avatar with the camo cross path didn't get the same amount of range as the XBM. It seems like the player has to choose between range vs camo with the Sun Avatar, although the XBM has the whole package (can pop black, white, lead, camo, purple, and even DDTs) 

What to take away: 

The XBM, despite its tiny cost, is a great asset to any defense, While it struggles against the BAD and super ceramics, it has great synergy with other towers like the Inferno ring, Blooncineration, and Sky shredder.

btd6 TOURNAMENT BRACKET V2.0

Hey Guys,

This is the new tournament bracket that I designed to test out how good the different towers are against each other. This is slightly based on Zachary Buschmann (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4olc3jzXNHk)'s video. Here are the rules:

1. All tests on sandbox are done on the map, Logs (on medium difficulty)

2. The first round of towers will include all the towers. The top half of those towers (measured by what stage of bloons they reached (the tiebreaker for that being how many lives were lost)) will move on to the second stage, the top half of those will move on to the third stage, and so on.

3. The first round of towers has $5,000, 10 bloons per wave, and 500 lives. The second round of towers has $10,000, 15 bloons per wave, and 300 lives. The third round of towers has $15,000, 25 bloons per wave, and 100 lives. The fourth round of towers has $25,000, 50 bloons per wave, and 50 lives.

4. There will be only one trial per tower per round (the score of each tower will be consistent anyways because of how the game works, so why bother?)

5. The order of intensity of bloons is red, blue, green, yellow, pink, black, purple, white, lead, zebra, rainbow, ceramics, 1/2/3/4 MOAB(s), 1/2/3/4 BFB(s), 1/2/3/4 ZOMG(s), 1/2/3/4 DDT(s), and finally 1/2/3/4 BAD(s)

6. Each test per tower per round will start with 4500 extra lives. For tests between towers in a round that vary from each other only by 50 lives, the tiebreaker will be a single invisible bloon (and the tower with the most damage done will be the winner)

7. Selling/rebuying of the same tower during the same round is not allowed


This is the result of how the towers did: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/157XUWrEOfRXzSgsVnZ8WSwSXpTyHa8FGvHpXEI5L8Xo/edit?usp=sharing

The Sniper won (the top three finalists were the Boat vs Sniper vs Sub)

Overall, key things to take away are that 1) Towers that do better with grouped bloons include middle path subs, Striker jones, and generally any explosives, 2) military-class towers tend to give more pops per money spent, and 3) specific towers that are really good include 3-x-x buccaneers, 3/4-x-x snipers, and x-x-3 subs

Stay Safe,
Sunny

Why I think the Multi-verse doesn't exist

Hello Guys,

Do you think there are multiple universes in existence? I don't think so. In each of these so-called duplicates of our universe, it is said that the course of each human's life would be completely different. However, I think that each human can control their own actions. Since human personality won't change through space and time, I believe that every human would make the same decisions because they are the same. Because it is pointless to have multiple universes with the same person in all of them making the same decisions, I think it would make more sense if there was only one universe. I know this theory has its own flaws, but that's just my take on this topic. Thank you for reading this!

Stay safe,

Sunny