I've just realized that I've had 3 girlfriends, was homeless, was rich, and all that while I was watching ISAB. Thank you ISAB for being a constant in my life
I thought this was a joke at first, but nah. I feel that, man. I was watching ISAB in freshman year high school. I'm living on my own now, shit's crazy.
Yeah, I feel similarly. In the time I've been watching ISAB, I've been through a horrendous abuse cycle and have almost reached full recovery. It feels crazy because ISAB has been doing the same thing this whole time and it's helped me through. In this time, my dad went from driving a honda accord, a ford f350, an accura, and a honda civic type R. He retired too. My mom went back through graduate school and is a rad-chemist now, though hilariously, she drives the same car. Shit is crazy, we've all been through so much and ISAB has it all figured out. He's even been around as long as tyler, has seen him quit, has seen bryanchess quit, has seen Simba quit, has seen Boltrix and Zigzag grow from nothing, and has been here for Brianchess's return. The only two others who've stuck around this long have been Asian Sensation and SJB, who I still forget is Tyler's brother until he brings it up.
4:55 they actually buffed laser cannon this update, giving it +2 moab damage. Idk how much better that makes the tower but it's nice that it finally got some attention.
Honestly, the boomerang kind of falls into the same general class as the rest of the primary towers. It's very cheap, moderately effective, easy to buff, but isn't as efficient or scalable as most of the 'meta' towers. Getting it to work is really no trouble, and it'll serve you well for probably 95% of the content in the game. Just not for the 5% that's usually considered to be the flashiest and most worth doing, like boss runs, races, CHIMPS, etc.
Well Glaive Lord went from niche to top meta, and even though it got nerfed it’s still pretty meta, mainly losing the T5 bottom mermonkey and costing a little more
@@YoshiAteTooManyYoshiCookies get sauda or do a dart start, into a 3-0-2 boomer, into a 3-2-0 village, and then a 2-3-0 bomber (idk if that’s the most effective crosspath) then you just keep upgrading your towers, depending if I want tier 5 bomber or tier 5 boomer ill get a 1-3-0 druid in range of the village. And that should be all you need
underrated tower for me gotta be biggest one; especially after its buff. its insanely strong now with burny stuff. I dont know many towers that can almost solo round 98 on their own. Its actually how I got my black boarder on glacial trail and enchanted portals. the only thing it really doesnt answer well is the bad which mean like, first strike exists. It honestly just hits so hard now for a tower thats only like 50k gold
Other than races, you don't use super maelstrom (and even then is it usually blade maelstrom). With the buff they gave to 0-5-2 that makes the ability last longer, when you get a Primary Expertise and an Energizer you can get pretty much 100% uptime (.4s if not chimps and .8s if it is chimps). Its a really fun strat that I used when they first made the change and I still had a couple maps to BB that it would be good on. Ancient Portal's alternative path would actually be a good place to try use it if your looking for a fun strat to use that bottom left section. I only mention all this because you asked us to let you know if there are any under used towers worth show casing.
@@dinhducdao6085 Oh yeah he did. After you said that I went looking and found the video. I can't believe its already been over a year since the change to Super Maelstrom to go counter clock wise with bottom cross path and to make the duration last longer.
Total transformation shinobi is underrated af. It is always annoying since it’s ability based off course, and actually a very expensive strategy, but it goes so hard. You can either use it in a real game where it’ll be a fun way to make every other round free. Or set up a game with 50% ability cooldown speed, and you can pull off some ridiculous challenge, like round 200 chimps on an advanced map.
I just did a 2 TC on this map with spirit of the forest and dark champion. The interesting thing is that it can't be done on any other map (maybe scrapyard) because there is no way to pop the camo on 24. I really tried with glaive lord and dark champion but boomerang couldn't get through the first save up before super without tier 3, but tier 3 means you don't have enough money on round 33 for camo super.
I feel like this tower is underpowered compared to the other two. It doesn't really come into it's own until it's a tier 5, because the tier 4 ability has poor uptime, especially without cool down boosts. Trying to use it can lead to really difficult midgames because it's not really pulling weight as a T4 damage tower
@@CoconutOrNot_ Not really. It doesn't have the Wave clear of a 4-0-2 or the Cheap Moab damage/stall of the 0-2-4. With power up it is effective but it isn't enough to justify it especially with the increased price over the other 2 paths
Can't see camo, can only pop leads with bottom path, has limited range, etc. Imo its not bad but there's a reason its not super common in say advanced/extreme chimps
@@davidburke4101 @davidburke4101 "cheap moab damage" sure buddy Exactly, most heroes and turbo is enough to take on most of the easier rounds, and it's incredibly easy to ration your abilities for harder rounds like 49, 55 etc.
@@aqz7603 @aqz7603 oh wow it's almost like leads are an actual problem in a real game, and that villages don't exist... Someone cleared OUCH with gerry+turbo spam (albeit with a fire bug)...
the best spot is on the first turn on the impact mark next to the paper, set to last targeting. only viable with top path since you'll never use the whole loop with low pierce
I guess it's because the Bionic Boomerang is kinda niche. Glaive Ricochet is way better for early game clusters and builds up nicely to MOAR Glaives, and Kylie Boomerang does nice damage and is a good lead counter, and it builds up to MOAB Press which is an underrated MOAB counter. Bionic Boomerang does not rrally have any specialization, and it has quite awkward crosspaths: 2-3-0 has lots of pierce but trash damage type, and 0-3-2 deals lots of damage quickly and can counter leads but has little pierce and other towers do a better job for less cash.
4:32 I disagree hard. It's not ok because if an upgrade is literally just meant as a stepping stone but not meant to actually be used, then they could have just made the next uprade a bit more expensive to get to and skipped this "stepping stone" entirely. The only reason I can think of for wasting a tier on something that isn't meant to be used properly is if NK really couldn't come up with any meaningful upgrade for that slot without it being too strong. Because as long as they have ideas for a meaningful upgrade, that should be more important than a dead air stepping stone upgrade. Of course the other option is that NK isn't aware of these towers underperformance(which I doubt) or just put them very low on their priority list for balancing changes because noone really cares about them, so they haven't gotten around to buffing them(which is most likely I think).
It dont hit cammo with exception of the T4 that has the ability up. It's just easier to get lead popping than camos is usually my problem. Like you either have to get a sub, and unreliable source or village. Village is expensive sub is potentially unreliable and the other sources suck. Though its primary so this applies a lot less considering primary training very worth it. Buuuut im lazy.
My first thought when a support tower was to be added, would have been an embrittlement where the mortarshells hit the ground. Wouldn't that be a good spot/support for so many attacks?
imo Perma Charge has to always be crosspathed as a 0-5-2, because it makes it deal 8 damage instead of 4, and ability boosts damage by 10 instead of 8. Basically a 0-5-2 is MUCH better at single target damage.
Middle path Boomer feels a bit bland, it doesn't really excels at any kind of situation, it's as generic as you can get for a DPS even if it's perfectly ok.
in btd6 its just not better than anything, you cant give it plus 1 from a village anymore, but you still need the village for camo, and superchage doesnt give camo dection anymore
Another less used tower is ironically the kylie boomerang. There's also blade shooter, big one, flash bomb, transforming tonic, druid of wrath, druid of the storm, ball lightning, deadly spikes, double gun engineer, sprockets, and condor. Ok, ignore condor and druid of the storm apparently I'm wrong
Condor is literally the best tower in the game right now for trexpert chimps. It's just not utilized very much by casual players because they seem to think that in order for a tower to synergize it has to give an explicit buff
Really I don't see condor very often. For the record my list was based on what I use and see other people use, not how good a tower is. I rarely see beast handler used in general unless it's middle path.
Obviously the better the tower is the more it's going to be used. It doesn't really count to say that you never see people using a tower if those people have never beaten a map harder than hedge lol
I love how ISAB has a designated skin for all MOAB-class bloons except for the BFB because they haven't released a good enough skin for it yet
They are adding a Bat skin for the BFB whenever the halloween seasonal happens.
pizza bfb:
@@vortexguy1237Yep, that's me.
classic bfb is love
I quite like the lantern one. Been using it for years now
I've just realized that I've had 3 girlfriends, was homeless, was rich, and all that while I was watching ISAB. Thank you ISAB for being a constant in my life
lucky
@@CrayCray264 lucky, unlucky, it's all the same. Everyone is lucky and unlucky in some regards, what matters is whatever gets most of your attention
I thought this was a joke at first, but nah.
I feel that, man. I was watching ISAB in freshman year high school. I'm living on my own now, shit's crazy.
Yeah, I feel similarly. In the time I've been watching ISAB, I've been through a horrendous abuse cycle and have almost reached full recovery. It feels crazy because ISAB has been doing the same thing this whole time and it's helped me through. In this time, my dad went from driving a honda accord, a ford f350, an accura, and a honda civic type R. He retired too. My mom went back through graduate school and is a rad-chemist now, though hilariously, she drives the same car.
Shit is crazy, we've all been through so much and ISAB has it all figured out. He's even been around as long as tyler, has seen him quit, has seen bryanchess quit, has seen Simba quit, has seen Boltrix and Zigzag grow from nothing, and has been here for Brianchess's return. The only two others who've stuck around this long have been Asian Sensation and SJB, who I still forget is Tyler's brother until he brings it up.
can relate I have had so many girlfriends riches and homes
4:55 they actually buffed laser cannon this update, giving it +2 moab damage. Idk how much better that makes the tower but it's nice that it finally got some attention.
More MOAB damage is great. I want the Laser Cannon to gain perfect accuracy, too.
I tried it and it make a very big difference specially on early game
Honestly, the boomerang kind of falls into the same general class as the rest of the primary towers. It's very cheap, moderately effective, easy to buff, but isn't as efficient or scalable as most of the 'meta' towers. Getting it to work is really no trouble, and it'll serve you well for probably 95% of the content in the game. Just not for the 5% that's usually considered to be the flashiest and most worth doing, like boss runs, races, CHIMPS, etc.
Generalist for the win!
Boomer strat for half cash is so goated
@@declan3115what strat?
Well Glaive Lord went from niche to top meta, and even though it got nerfed it’s still pretty meta, mainly losing the T5 bottom mermonkey and costing a little more
@@YoshiAteTooManyYoshiCookies get sauda or do a dart start, into a 3-0-2 boomer, into a 3-2-0 village, and then a 2-3-0 bomber (idk if that’s the most effective crosspath) then you just keep upgrading your towers, depending if I want tier 5 bomber or tier 5 boomer ill get a 1-3-0 druid in range of the village. And that should be all you need
Tinkerton has my favourite feature on a woman.
Nuclear missile
Unrealiszic beauty standart smh
@@fragolastrawberry5920 bad spelling smh
underrated tower for me gotta be biggest one; especially after its buff. its insanely strong now with burny stuff. I dont know many towers that can almost solo round 98 on their own. Its actually how I got my black boarder on glacial trail and enchanted portals. the only thing it really doesnt answer well is the bad which mean like, first strike exists. It honestly just hits so hard now for a tower thats only like 50k gold
This is a BIG buff.
5:30 yeah... you definitely don't want to blow your back out ISAB 😅
Bionic Boomerang might be fast but is it as fast as ISAB when Sauda walks in?
ISAB shooting with 0.1s Rate when Sauda walks in
Thank you Isab for finding the amazing curves on the Bionic Boomerang monkey
Curves are the best.
2:26 single discount village placed by ISAB
Why ISAB...
Other than races, you don't use super maelstrom (and even then is it usually blade maelstrom). With the buff they gave to 0-5-2 that makes the ability last longer, when you get a Primary Expertise and an Energizer you can get pretty much 100% uptime (.4s if not chimps and .8s if it is chimps). Its a really fun strat that I used when they first made the change and I still had a couple maps to BB that it would be good on. Ancient Portal's alternative path would actually be a good place to try use it if your looking for a fun strat to use that bottom left section.
I only mention all this because you asked us to let you know if there are any under used towers worth show casing.
I wish Super Maelstorm still had the +1 damage to the ability.
I swear he did a run with the super maelstrom change already I think
@@dinhducdao6085 Oh yeah he did. After you said that I went looking and found the video. I can't believe its already been over a year since the change to Super Maelstrom to go counter clock wise with bottom cross path and to make the duration last longer.
2:56 he was so distracted by Sauda’s curves that he got caught with his pants down 😳😳😳
Wtf 😂
I used bionic boomerang
10:54 "they barely edging her out"💀
the way he stutters knowing he was saying bruh
2:58
10:56 bro i love edging with Gwen
Do the edge
Bro really said "yellow sticky substance" and "edged" in a timespan of less than a minute
Fun fact: my first black border used permacharge for its insane single target damage by using 0-5-2
hope you and your friend are doing better great vid btw
Good luck!
Cuz I like boomerangs drippy bruh
Omg ur content sucks
just put the hawk tuah in the bag bro🙏
why u everywhere
just put the mold in the lunchly gang
Those who know > ☠️
“I’ll give another one 0-3-2, just so this one doesn’t feel alone.”
Boomerang Bros real
I love you ISAB, hope you're doing good today
I love you too! But that's amazing.
the pfp is a masterpiece
10:56 “They barely have edged her, edge her out.”💀
edge me
Bro didn’t get as many likes as @DadFusis 😂
Total transformation shinobi is underrated af.
It is always annoying since it’s ability based off course, and actually a very expensive strategy, but it goes so hard.
You can either use it in a real game where it’ll be a fun way to make every other round free.
Or set up a game with 50% ability cooldown speed, and you can pull off some ridiculous challenge, like round 200 chimps on an advanced map.
For underused towers:
- middle path dart monkey (triple shot)
- bottom path ice (cryo cannon)
- top path bomb
- middle path blade shooter (third upgrade)
- top path druid
I agree with top bomb for sure
Top path Druid is not underrated
top path druid is meta rn
I don’t know if you know but signal flare has a bigger decamo range then the explosion range so you can avoid getting it getting pops
You know we'll still come back if u need to take a break man, been watching your videos for years love the content
lovely lovely
I just did a 2 TC on this map with spirit of the forest and dark champion. The interesting thing is that it can't be done on any other map (maybe scrapyard) because there is no way to pop the camo on 24.
I really tried with glaive lord and dark champion but boomerang couldn't get through the first save up before super without tier 3, but tier 3 means you don't have enough money on round 33 for camo super.
Camo Green OP
I feel like this tower is underpowered compared to the other two. It doesn't really come into it's own until it's a tier 5, because the tier 4 ability has poor uptime, especially without cool down boosts. Trying to use it can lead to really difficult midgames because it's not really pulling weight as a T4 damage tower
That's entirely a skill issue on your end tbh, as long as you know what's coming on each round you can easily manage your hero and turno ability
@@CoconutOrNot_ Not really. It doesn't have the Wave clear of a 4-0-2 or the Cheap Moab damage/stall of the 0-2-4. With power up it is effective but it isn't enough to justify it especially with the increased price over the other 2 paths
Can't see camo, can only pop leads with bottom path, has limited range, etc. Imo its not bad but there's a reason its not super common in say advanced/extreme chimps
@@davidburke4101 @davidburke4101 "cheap moab damage" sure buddy
Exactly, most heroes and turbo is enough to take on most of the easier rounds, and it's incredibly easy to ration your abilities for harder rounds like 49, 55 etc.
@@aqz7603 @aqz7603 oh wow it's almost like leads are an actual problem in a real game, and that villages don't exist...
Someone cleared OUCH with gerry+turbo spam (albeit with a fire bug)...
the best spot is on the first turn on the impact mark next to the paper, set to last targeting. only viable with top path since you'll never use the whole loop with low pierce
Best for range coverage.
I always loved bionic boomerang, good video mate.
I like how gwen was actualy kiling the camos with the fire as he quit out that first run.
Watching ISAB makes me feel smart at Bloons instead of monke :D
me brain smart
0-2-5 boomer unironically good for damage if you get attack speed
For sure the best crosspath of MOAB Dom
I guess it's because the Bionic Boomerang is kinda niche. Glaive Ricochet is way better for early game clusters and builds up nicely to MOAR Glaives, and Kylie Boomerang does nice damage and is a good lead counter, and it builds up to MOAB Press which is an underrated MOAB counter.
Bionic Boomerang does not rrally have any specialization, and it has quite awkward crosspaths: 2-3-0 has lots of pierce but trash damage type, and 0-3-2 deals lots of damage quickly and can counter leads but has little pierce and other towers do a better job for less cash.
challenge idea: try to reproduce as many of the steam store page screenshots inside the game as possible
That would be too hard... But is it?
You should make this a series. Beat chimps by spamming underused towers.
I wish he made a playlist related to spamming underused towers. A bit late but never too late.
Fly high ISAB, we will never forger you 🦅 (couldn't find the 🕊️ emoji)
Be the plane.
This was my #1 Troop/Upgrade Path in BTD5
Thank you ISAB for making us realise how good it is to use the Bionic Boomerang, i´ll definitely use him a lot now to pop (bloons).
Bionic Boomerang best
underused tower: top path wizard
Which one, the Arcane Mastery or the Arcane Spike?
You’re awesome!! Go algorithm do your work!
"Zohm-guh" takes me back to my BTD5 days as a kid when I called em that 😂
Can you do the 5 minutes of frozen over challenge next?
10:56 edging gwen is crazy
edge me instead
love the content, praying for you
Thank you isab for being a boomer
he is a millenial, however
4:32
I disagree hard. It's not ok because if an upgrade is literally just meant as a stepping stone but not meant to actually be used, then they could have just made the next uprade a bit more expensive to get to and skipped this "stepping stone" entirely. The only reason I can think of for wasting a tier on something that isn't meant to be used properly is if NK really couldn't come up with any meaningful upgrade for that slot without it being too strong. Because as long as they have ideas for a meaningful upgrade, that should be more important than a dead air stepping stone upgrade.
Of course the other option is that NK isn't aware of these towers underperformance(which I doubt) or just put them very low on their priority list for balancing changes because noone really cares about them, so they haven't gotten around to buffing them(which is most likely I think).
Probably because it’s hard to decide which cross path to go like blade shooter. I still use bionic. Why’s it underrated
It dont hit cammo with exception of the T4 that has the ability up. It's just easier to get lead popping than camos is usually my problem. Like you either have to get a sub, and unreliable source or village. Village is expensive sub is potentially unreliable and the other sources suck. Though its primary so this applies a lot less considering primary training very worth it. Buuuut im lazy.
You should try this but with 3-2-0 or 3-0-2 bombs, never really see anything out of those
After knowing boomerang monkey hands are permanently replaced after 030 upgrade and don't get their hands back, i kinda don't want to used them.
He got a bionic gauntlet
@RonZhang yea but no more hands
"Babe wake up, new ISAB video dropped"
-The unoriginal commenter below me, probably
hmm
My first thought when a support tower was to be added, would have been an embrittlement where the mortarshells hit the ground.
Wouldn't that be a good spot/support for so many attacks?
don't we have embrittlement anyway
Why does nobody talk about his relationship with Sauda
everyone does
i love rubbing bloons until i get electrocuted 😃
frankenstein spotted
Every time I use a 9v battery I stick on my tongue. Idk why.
@@beangobernador Frankenstein's Bloon Monster
I literally do this every time I'm at my grandma's house 😭😭
@@RomCom29bro why at your grandmas?😂😭
imo Perma Charge has to always be crosspathed as a 0-5-2, because it makes it deal 8 damage instead of 4, and ability boosts damage by 10 instead of 8.
Basically a 0-5-2 is MUCH better at single target damage.
2-5-0 PCharge is only better when there's hyperdense rounds like Round 98, but yes, 0-5-2 PCharge is preferrable.
@@RonZhang but the glaives look so cool tho :(
When P-brew first got its huge price buff I did p-brew and destroyer spam chimps on Spice Island. Maybe I should try p-brew with bionic boomers
Pbrew Destroyer is an amazing combo
It pained me to see him not buy pex
Cause it is outclassed, heavily
Well no shi
I love when u just beat a map at chimps mode with random things
I love CHIMPS Mode
Bionic boomer was pretty good in BTD5
From the dart, to the farm, to the Rang to the bionic arm
Bionic Boomerang arm to harm the rubber charm
builds into an upgrade that requires ability to b worthwhile
*be
@@RonZhang b is short for be
this man is farming kangaroos
Challenge suggestion : A fire challenge only hot/fire towers vs the new boss. I think support should be allowed but no cooling
Even Wizards Only Blastapopoulos would be a tough challenge in itself...
i used this to beat dark dungeons chimps, used super brittle and glorm if i remeber
Bionic brilliant!
Don't worry about being late to black border Tinkerton, it may be the hardest easy map and dare I say the hardest map in the game
Hard as hard
10:41 why is no one talking about it.
Thanks, i loved the video
13:30 There's the Steven Crowder meme!
I think the 2-4-0 ninja or the 1-0-4 druid can do it. Its not REALLY underrated but It would just be funny with the stacks
Why these crosspaths in particular?
Great white spam would be interesting
Ooh. Merged or unmerged?
3-2-0 bomb is bad imo, probably impossible with that tower lol
0:01 does anyone know how you get your highest round in Chimps to show on the top right of the map?
should be as easy as having the highest round on your friends list might need a friend to have it show up.
My favorite crosspath for the boomer and maybe top 5 overall
032 or 230?
Top Path druid is underused in my opinion
You should do this but with laser cannons since it got a moab damage buff this patch
Laser Cannon spam remastered
when is the heros smash or pass video coming out?
no
502 pbrew should have increased range, 520 pbrew should have a stronger AMD buff
10:39 10:55
i think hes been watching some crusher
Prerecorded content is not a good sign after yesterday's news...
Be strong ISAB
We need to show some love to 052 mortar xd, they're putting a lot of effort:B
I wonder if 052 Pop and Awe is actually helpful, but hmm...
wow hes REALLY been putting it off for awile
Bionic mania
I always do the easy maps with a bionic boomer to solo the moab.
Use 3-x-x glue gunner
Double attack speed now makes it decent for cleanup.
Middle path Boomer feels a bit bland, it doesn't really excels at any kind of situation, it's as generic as you can get for a DPS even if it's perfectly ok.
P charge is insane tbh
One of these days I’m expecting a video that answers this question with “cause it’s shit and here’s why”
Bro is dodging the expert black borders 💀
He needs time to plan ahead. Patience is key.
I got a bionic boomerang underneath my clothes.
HUH?
Bro you are responding to so many people. I love the commitment dawg
Me who already black bordered it the day it came out:
It's basically a super monkey, but with boomerangs.
Super Boomerang
Do it for the shinobi master tier 5, I've never seen it used.
He should go use the Grand Sabo as CHIMPS carry
with all that money saved from free upgrades, i do wonder what is the minimum amount of money needed to beat chimps. can you end with 100k+ to spare
ISAB REAL FANS CAN LIKE SAUDA. ✨️❤️💖
ISAB REAL FANS CAN LIKE SAUDA. ✨❤💖
in btd6 its just not better than anything, you cant give it plus 1 from a village anymore, but you still need the village for camo, and superchage doesnt give camo dection anymore
Perma Charge never has or had camo detection.
Do T3 top path bomb next
really big bombs nice
Okay “Bionic” Boomer
bionic boomerang
bionic boomerang
bionic boo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oomerang
(hope you know the reference to that set of lyrics)
(Back in the Farmyeard
Bio boomer was my fav in btd battles
it is pretty cool tower in battles mobile
Boomerang monkey is best monkey
GG friend
Another less used tower is ironically the kylie boomerang. There's also blade shooter, big one, flash bomb, transforming tonic, druid of wrath, druid of the storm, ball lightning, deadly spikes, double gun engineer, sprockets, and condor.
Ok, ignore condor and druid of the storm apparently I'm wrong
Condor's used a lot in Chimp runs. Not sure how good it is after the nerfs though
Condor is literally the best tower in the game right now for trexpert chimps. It's just not utilized very much by casual players because they seem to think that in order for a tower to synergize it has to give an explicit buff
druid of the storm and condor wtf are you on lol
Really I don't see condor very often. For the record my list was based on what I use and see other people use, not how good a tower is. I rarely see beast handler used in general unless it's middle path.
Obviously the better the tower is the more it's going to be used. It doesn't really count to say that you never see people using a tower if those people have never beaten a map harder than hedge lol