Update 1.10.3 for Bloons TD Battles 2 is here. This patch implemented a lot of balancing adjustments, particularly to Agent Jericho.
According to the developers, Agent Jericho has been an extremely powerful hero since he was introduced to Bloons TD Battles 2. His "Seize Assets" ability has been quite effective in siphoning money from enemies, so much so that the developers had to do something about it.
Thus, in Update 1.10.3, the amount of money Agent Jericho steals from his enemies at level 6 and level 9 has been reduced to $65 and $100 per second, respectively. Furthermore, Seize Assets only steals $130 per second from the enemy at level 11.
While Agent Jericho's Seize Assets ability has been quite powerful since release, the same cannot be said for his other ability, Bloon Decoy. The dev team stated that Bloon Decoy was quite underwhelming, especially when compared to Highwayman Jericho's Misdirection. So, to give it some oomph, they made a few adjustments.
First, Bloon Decoy's initial cooldown has been removed, allowing players to deploy another decoy immediately. Second, the ability's cooldown has been reduced significantly from 120 seconds to 90. And lastly, the Bloon Decoy now travels farther, covering two-thirds of the map before vanishing.
Here are the other balancing changes in this patch:
Towers
- Tower Boost
- Tower Boost cooldown 30s > 40s
- Wizard Monkey
- 024 Necromancer: Wall of Fire no longer receives a damage buff from bloons in the graveyard.
- Alchemist
- 4xx Stronger Stimulant: $2,500 > $2,800
- Spike Factory
- xx5 Perma-Spike: Damage 15 > 10
- xx5 Perma-Spike: Attack Cooldown 4.5 > 3
- Tack Shooter
- x3x Blade Shooter: $600 > $700
- x4x Blade Maelstrom: $3,100 > $3,000
- Boomerang Monkey
- 3xx Glaive Ricochet: $1,500 > $1,300
- x3x Bionic Boomerang: $1,300 > $1,100
- Mortar Monkey
- xx2 Burny Stuff: Burny Stuff can now affect Black and Zebra Bloons (The initial explosion will not harm them, but the subsequent fire damage will).
- Dart Monkey
- x2x Very Quick Shots: $190 > $150
- x3x Triple Shot: $325 > $300
- x4x Super Monkey Fan Club: Each ability can now independently transform up to 10 darts
- Sniper Monkey
- xx5 Elite Defender: The speed buff is now triggered by bloons getting near the end of the track in addition to leaking lives.
- x4x Supply Drop: 5.8k> $5.6k
- x4x Supply Drop: initial cooldown 20s>15s
Heroes
- Sentai Churchill
- Level 3: ability cooldown 35s > 45s
- Captain Churchill
- Level 3: ability cooldown 30s > 35s
- Highwayman Jericho
- Level 3: Stand and Deliver ability cooldown 90s > 100s
- Level 6: Stand and Deliver steals $800 > $650
- Level 9: Stand and Deliver steals $1,200 > $1,000
- Level 9: Reduces fortified multiplier from 2 to 1.6 > 1.7
- Level 11: Stand and Deliver steals $1,500 > $1,300
So, what can you say about Agent Jericho's nerfs in Bloons TD Battles 2 Update 1.10.3?
