Popseidon Does RIDICULOUS Damage! (5th Tier Mermonkey In Bloons TD 6)

[@BTDIsab]

And thing is, this isn't even its final form!

[@GreatestNate888]

Tier 6 mermonkey confirmed

[@We-will-run-out-of-handles]

I’m secretly Hitler

[@joaquin_chua]

First

[@ahmedmouttaqqi1112]

​@@GreatestNate888paragon left the chat

[@LoganRossPSX]

hey isab this comment was put 7hrs ago explain

[@daniel19465]

14:08 if u think the target position is ugly wait untill you see the focus camo button

[@boi2192]

Thats the fun part, u cant cuz they forgot to add it to the mermonkey

[@honque2490]

@@boi2192 Isn’t focus camo on the bottom path?

[@ethandavis2373]

I like it better

[@EduardoHatchet]

​@@honque2490it's not

[@ArtDumbster]

I was going to say this, I don't know why they changed it, but I don't like those new icons :c

[@Amphy516]

One of my new favorite Tier 5s for sure. The buff synergy is incredible, for both its main attack and it’s ability. I had Popseidon + Alch Buff + Overclock + Call To Arms + Brickell, and 98 was melted in three seconds with one Ice Jet. Plus, it’s freaking Poseidon.

[@Kauan176ProBr]

Poseidon ? Who the hell is that ? I only know popseidon

[@ArrowMaster_]

Plus top path boat buffs it, right?

[@Qwthetoast]

Add top path sub

[@_itsDaniel_]

yes​@@ArrowMaster_

[@original_pandus]

Yes, its a water base tower so it gets the buff(at lest when its in water)​@@ArrowMaster_

[@silentplayer6656]

really happy to see ninja kiwi with these almost experimental new towers, they really add a lot of depth to the game

[@memesfrommycomputer]

wait this isnt a mod??

[@ninjazombie1396]

​@@memesfrommycomputernew official tower

[@Fera-gr5mm]

Depth, I get it

[@Ahumanbeing-be9xm]

6:25 insane quote

[@marcoplayz6821]

despite how many races ISAB beats up weekly, he likes black (borders) the best

[@raihanvarghese8553]

Isab really said the opposite of "if it ain't white it ain't right" 😭

[@Mikustan39]

I don’t think him and Freezer would get along too well.

[@crackergaming1252]

You know what they say, once you go black, you never go back

[@R.I.PAkiryatariyma]

TaMaTo 🍅

[@GoofyMonkie]

18:05 “so dense but, with all those balls bouncing around, omg, we just beat it in 5 seconds” -Isab 2024

[@RainMarrlen]

in terms of crosspathing, I’d say the seeking is significant since T3+ does actually have a good amount of pierce, and the waves also seek.

[@lifetake3103]

The big problem with seeking is it has a very wide turn radius so if it gets off track it will get very far off track trying to turn when going straight would have set up up the explosion well.

[@minicritter7455]

@@lifetake3103 although i understand what you mean, i would argue that a 0-5-2 is alot more helpful in more situations than a 2-5-0, 9 times out of 10 your putting it in a spot to throw down a track so having the other two shots curve back into the track rather than fly diagonally away from the track where the value ends after a couple feet could be a game changer in a sense. also the wide turn is only really a detriment if the spear gets thrown perpendicular to the track and there is no track behind it but at that point its more or less a placement problem. then again the argument falls off if you place a bottom path mermonkey since by that point its not aiming at the bloons on the track but a fairly wide bloon tornado in which i can kinda see the value of a 2-5-0

[@fintonchaney6562]

@@lifetake31030-5-2 makes all 3 tridents go straight towards where he's aiming so the side tridents don't miss.

[@danielbrake6725]

I really wish they would include a little text that tells your the stat changes of upgrades. Something like (+1d, +2p, +2r, -0.05s/atk)

[@Atomic4now]

The 0-1-0 seemed to be able to one shot green balloons that were clumped together while only doing 2 damage. Wonder why that is.

[@ethanvon222]

it's like mid path dartling, it explodes on contact with each bloon at base

[@cacapeo9884]

How the projectile works is like a hrp dartling. A 0 damage 2 pierce projectile that whenever it hits a bloon, it summons an explotion of 2 damage and 3 pierce . It’s basically a 2 damage 6 pierce projectile, but if bloons are close the explotions overlap and deal up to 4 damage

[@STNDD]

Remember energizer reduces the ability cd by 50%

[@saladgaming4339]

This is why Energizer is my goat

[@Halfcertified]

Isn’t it 20%

[@robertharris6092]

​@@Halfcertified 20% for land towers. 50% for water towers.

[@saladgaming4339]

@@robertharris6092 30 for land towers actually

[@spynix0718]

I think it's obvious for this tower, but from what I understand about this tower because I'm just trying it: 2-5-0 Is better for straight lines like Cubism, and 0-5-2 is MUCH better for everything else. It can get intrinsic camo and seeking so it can make more use of the Trident's waves. Yes, 2-5-0 does give more attack speed, but I feel like the seeking is more important.

[@bloooddmooonn]

I think it's up to preference

[@jamhopsey]

white bloons should be immune to attacks from tier 2 middle path just to make the interaction feel more strategic. it’ll likely not come up often enough to stunt it’s power much but i think it’s a decent trade off especially considering enough things can’t hit purple already

[@gravitysword2002]

It already can't pop lead and lose purple popping at tier 3 it doesn't need more immunities lol

[@jamhopsey]

@@gravitysword2002 i mean replacing purple immunity with white immunity lmao it feels like everything under the sun is immune to purple and i think mermonkey shouldnt also be weak to purple in exchange for an obscure white weakness

[@TheKNEE13]

whites and zebras are hundreds of times more common than purples however, effectively every round after 50 it would struggle with them rather than just a few select rounds

[@jamhopsey]

@@TheKNEE13 the thing is it deals multiple layers of damage so it would be skipping them pretty often and it discourages mermonkey only strategies

[@tylazermk8271]

I like that this tower acts as an indirect buff to Brickell, as well as water towers in general

[@zefix3133]

The 0-5-2 crosspath is definetely better in all occasions. Most of the increasing pierce of the waves is gone when they don't seek the bloons. The attack speed buff is less useful when homing shots can enable all the pierce especially with the triple shot of Popseidon. Also putting him on straight lines is actually bad, because the tridents can get pierce capped before the wave gets bigger and increases in its pierce. It's better to put him perpendicular to a line so the wave doesn't get insta pierce capped, grows in size and then seeks back

[@thenarwhalmage]

Technically not better in all occasions, because 2-5-0 should have better single target, but as long as its now round 80 or 100, 0-5-2 is superior.

[@zefix3133]

@@thenarwhalmage Idk whether the triple shot all hit the same single target if they don't seek

[@thenarwhalmage]

@@zefix3133 that probably depends on the distance to the target and the size of the target. All three can probably hit a BAD from pretty far away, but you do bring up a valid point.

[@bethmassey3299]

I did some tests in sandbox against A ZOMG, grouped BFBs and spaces ZOMGS and 2-5-0 did better with all of them, which I didn't expect. I dunno, it was only one map though.

[@thenarwhalmage]

@@bethmassey3299 what map, how many BFBs, how long was the line?

[@MockySocky]

Now they have to change the name of a statue prop in Bloons Pop

[@BeDatAPickle]

Tbf, the Poseidon statue looks different from Popseidon, so they could be two different kinds of mermonkeys 🤷‍♂️

[@foonotfooduwu8129]

​@@BeDatAPickle Maybe even the ancestors of popseidon, who knows

[@BeDatAPickle]

@@foonotfooduwu8129 True that. Bloons lore is pretty much whatever the fans want atp 😂

[@sirjorm]

14:02 they also updated the camo targeting icon to look like something straight out of btd4

[@masterandexpert288]

I like this tower. It feels like a chimera of a lot of different things. The reverse snowstorm allowing water towers to go on land, the juggernaut balls from the middle path, the the village like buffs of the bottom path. It feels very unique but familiar at the same time.

[@RanDix]

Just wanted to add that the seeking from bottompath makes the extra shots pretty much follow the main attack and is definitely stronger than top path.

[@Mooeatsgrass]

I feel like the tier 3 and 4 is kinda underpowered, but the tier 5 is busted also 052 is prob better lol

[@Antoronyx_]

Yeah, because the t3 and 4 were kinda bad I didn’t get popseidon yet, but now I will

[@daaaaaaanny]

Tier 4 has a pretty good ability for single target damage, although it could do with a bit of a price buff

[@sayoriigd]

imo the range and homing tridents are not as good as the attack speed

[@AirtimeRR]

top path crosspath is more viable for cleanup, but bottom path is more useful for single target.

[@thenarwhalmage]

@@AirtimeRRI think you mean the other way around

[@The_Arminator]

The video has just released and I already know it'll be worth a watch

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

Probably depends on the map for which crosspath is better. The right curves maximizes those trident explosions. Also if someone is trying to avoid using a MIB for some reason, only 0-4-1, 0-4-2, 0-5-1, 0-5-2, and 0-0-5 can do anything to DDTs. And the bottom path isn't made for popping stuff anyway.

[@frederikthybo8661]

1:40 i put the offer out I don’t wanna chase you down I know see it You run with me And i can set you free Out of the drudgery and walls you keep in So trade that typical for something coloorful And if it’s crazy, live a little crazy You can play it sensible, a king of conventional Or you can risk it all and see Don’t you wanna get away From the same old part you gotta play? ‘Cause I got what you need So come with me and and take the ride It’ll take you to the other side 'Cause you can do like you do Or you can do like me Stay in the cage, or you'll finally take the key Oh, damn, suddenly you're free to fly It'll take you to the other side

[@ChaoticJester]

The "power" is actually how long the waves that split from the trident last, so the bigger the wave gets on the trident the farther the secondary waves will last/go, it's not actually referring to damage.

[@JCQ205]

Thank you ISAB for popping the bloons with the mermonkey.

[@cw83.]

😐

[@tire_iron488]

thankyou ​@@cw83. for replying with "😐"

[@cw83.]

@@tire_iron488 thanks for replying to my comment ig

[@Wedgeman_Riley]

thankyou ​@@cw83. for replying with "😐"

[@cw83.]

​@@Wedgeman_Rileythanks for replying ig

[@Shion_Fumo]

I've already watched this 1 mermillion times and confirm this is a certified ISAB classic

[@maddoxcharlestottle]

1:07 crazy that they added brawlstars to btd6 (Rico super)

[@Fuzzymutt19]

hey isab i really love ur vids, its a great background video for when i'm playing bloons myself, i can even absorb some knowledge as well bc im a total noob. anyways tysm for the vids, love ya

[@hatman9609]

This has to be my fav strat, The tier 4 mid path witht he tier 4 bottom path is already enough to save up to Poseidon with a decent hero and you can save A LOT

[@NOLENATION96]

One cool thing to note about popsideon's ability is while it does time out when when the round ends I noticed that the balls won't time out while the round is active so if you use it immediately the balls stay active until the round ends. Idk if this was a glitch in my game but I had 10 stacks with ultra boost on it and permabrew buff if anyone else wants to try it.

[@nicjoy4407]

I find it crazy that with top path Mermonkey allowing for more water, making water strats wildly more consistent they massively buffed Pirate Lord, I've yet to see much focus put on it but it feels so darn strong. Basically double the hooks and a shorter cooldown (went from 45->40)

[@nicjoy4407]

Very clear that P lord is someone's favorite, it was op for a while, it got nerfed to being balanced, and now they massively buff it. It also has +1 grape damage too. These changes feel so far out of left field to me.

[@alexanderHEHEHEhaYes]

oh damn, everybody say this tower is garbage so ninja kiwi doesn’t bring out the huge nerf gun…

[@akshayreddy4071]

My boy megalodon still recovering

[@Carnagemode]

Ur vids really make my day better!

[@drakellich9108]

Instantly one of my fav t5 tower. it's so satisfying to stack attack speed on middle path and watch those waves go brrrrrrr

[@Atomic906]

Love your vids man, keep up the good work

[@Kradrling]

from my testing on sandbox the bottom crosspath is actually better dps wise than top path for popseidon, maybe because popseidon shoots 3 tridents in an arc and the side tridents miss the majority of bloons without seeking. this was without buffs and on monkey meadow though, so results may vary especially on maps with lots of obstacles to make the crashing waves and ice balls more effective.

[@gunsandroses896]

I think bottom crosspath is better to fully utilise the pierce. It already fires really fast. Also range is really good (because damn this thing lacks range)

[@LeGrey]

0-5-2 mermonkey is 100% one of my fav towers. It was able to make it to round 188 on logs on easy mode and i honestly could‘ve squeezed out maybe 1 or 2 more rounds with better macro (but ew, good macro?!) Here is the setup: Ultra boost + Brickell + Call to arms + Carrier Flagship + Lord of the Abyss + Support Sun temple + energizer + perma brew

[@AC-vt6oq]

“With all those balls bouncing around.. oh my god” 🤨📸

[@Macaw-gf1ve]

The mermonkey and brickell synergy is crazy op and don't forget that top path tier buffs brickell as well

[@captainphoton1693]

Hey I've check a suspicion of mine. Each tentacle is independent. And each has their own cooldown. And each can only attack straight in front of them. This mean that the tentacles arnt bound to attack speed. If a bloon goes around the top path mer monkey they will get every tentacles to atta k them. Allawyas. Tentacles have no atta k speed limit in between each other. Second thing, is that you loose half of your potential dps by not having the mermonkey surrounded in track. Since some of the tentacles wouldn't be able to attack at all. You can test this by placing him 300 on resort loop. And send 2 round 100 ceramics. Fairly fast. One will trigger all tentacles and get destroy. The other will take one or two tridents and go through before tentacles grow back.

[@squiddler7731]

This is accurate, similar to tack shooters you'd want to put it in a loop to maximize damage. But if you don't have a loop on the track, you can just use the bottom path to essentially make your own loop.

[@captainphoton1693]

@@squiddler7731 I mean. Placement wise yes. But what different is that the next tentacle is always ready to shoot as long as it's not in cooldown. The first bloon to do a full loop will take every damage. And then some can sneak up. It more focused despite shooting all around himself. While tack damage all but not a single onz more.

[@macaroniisnice]

Homing is pretty neat for the triple tridents though

[@TYsdrawkcaB]

"this round is so dense, but with all those balls bouncing around omg we just beat it in like 5 seconds"

[@SamLabbato]

The power difference between arctic knight and popseidon is insane. you can go from barely surviving, using all your abilities each round, to easily soloing for 30 rounds after you get popseidon. can't wait to see the unique challenges that spawn from this tower

[@cyansylveon]

i did end up figuring out how to do a mermonkey start for my chimps run on luminous cove. I placed it a little off center toward the right below the track ended up upgrading it to 201 before buying a 102 sniper for any stray bloons. I then saved up for brickell and a 2nd mermonkey and it was smooth sailing from there.

[@nicolascaraballo1534]

It’s so fun to use, seeing the waves and ice balls crash everywhere is beautiful

[@DeJay7]

Man I gotta say, from ISAB's initial video on the Mermonkey, the Popseidon felt like it didn't do much, not only did it feel not powerful enough for its price, it felt greatly weak even if it was cheaper. I don't know if I was sleepy or not while watching that video, but my whole view on this tower coming into this video was "Okay, let's see what this overly expensive icicle impale without the stun can do" and it really messed with me, because I just saw it wipe out round 111 with typical buffs. So yeah, what an ability (that's totally not getting nerfed next patch).

[@HardxCorpsxKali]

Thank you isab for beating the black boarder with your high dps per second….

[@FilipMC5011]

502 Boomer and 205 Mermonkey can 2TC and it MAY also be able to 2 Megapops at the same time (i was around 60-70k pops away from 2 Megapops)

[@di11_9]

Id say seeking is better because it goes over walls and increased pierce and the waves will typically hit way more often because of that so more damage overall plus tier 5 gets the two extra tridents that don't really hit anything unless they are extremely close to the monkey (the middle path gives more pierce at tier 3 and above is what im talking about)

[@kavinvenkatesh1581]

Can't wait for the super buffed popsidon video coming in 2026

[@thespanishinquisition475]

The difference between the targets are one of them is auto target/self target(mermonk) and the other is set target(overclock)

[@CielMC]

14:20 They also changed the prioritize camo button!

[@AAslayer]

Honestly i think that the 052 is the better crosspath if you buff it. I did a water only dark castles CHIMPS run and 052 with all the 002 buff stacks does so much better. Alch buff and Striker Jones helped out on the pierce issue. Without the seeking, getting max trident size and getting it to land near bloons is the issue

[@verysurreal]

here’s a possible challenge idea: Fire and Ice challenge! So only towers that either have an element of freeze/ice or burning/fire effect. I’m sure u can pinpoint all the towers that fit the criteria, including the path shown in this video! There’s a bunch of maps u could do it on but if u really want a challenge u could do it on Infernal for the red and blue effect 😎

[@avibuchbinder4646]

14:15 they also changed the camo priority icon

[@TheRedPandalorian]

ISAB, I hope you see this, try the Final Harmonic with the Doorgunner MK, it's hilarious and so strong - Use the doorgunner ability to pick up the Harmonic Totem

[@justinwilliams463]

They need to buff xp gain, beast handler was forgotten since you had to use a bad tower to max it out and it seems that this cool tower may have the same fate

[@squiddler7731]

I doubt it. Part of the issue with beast handler was that it didn't really play well with other towers. Either you go all in on it or it doesn't do much because you didn't focus on it enough. With this tower there's built in support and synergy from both the top and bottom paths, so even if you don't go for tier 5s it's still strong.

[@cloudtender8813]

I think the ability should have Waves crash on the screen from the left and right border to make it more obvious that the ability was used

[@berryven]

Seeing Popseidon without seeking is like seeing top path Ninja without seeking

[@WereDictionary]

So what I'm taking away frim this is that the top path Mermonkey would be insane in the range of rapid-fire towers like the Elite Dumbfender and the bottom path Mermonkey would go completely stupid in every single stall strategy, especially because they boost each other's range and every siren can trap bloons independently. As long as you can guarantee lead detection, being surrounded by a bunch of sirens and enough abyssal knights to spread the buff, this tower will take matters into its own hands.

[@nicecube2798]

Popseidon goes crazy on cornfield and sulfur springs

[@jtd2117]

The ability annihilates moab class bloons for some reason despite the balls only doing 1 damage to bloons. Attack speed buffs also makes the ability even better.

[@tomatosoup3866]

502 boom and 004 mermonkey with target on boom goes crazy

[@danforce4222]

8:04 "you get 6 to 9, which is nice, but at the same time not nice"

[@krantianandpara5671]

18:10 "with all those balls bouncing around, on my god"💀, tf u mean by that isab🤨🤔

[@eliotoole4534]

They should make a monkey knowledge that lets water towers be placed on land around abyss warriors and makes the lord of the abyss do the same in a larger radius Edit: possible name: Hadal Zone

[@mylifeisfunny8911]

Call to arms boosted popseidon looks beautiful

[@nonmagicalwitch]

I still havent even unlocksd the fella. Upside is however that getting pops motivated me to finally unlock xp on the beast handler

[@Babymercy8]

This is gonna get mega nerfed. Crazy stuff, like the chipper haha

[@Ben-pg1kx]

8:33 why did you jump past the camo leads here? What tower do you have that kills them? Idk the destroyer is 3-2 so can’t see camo. Brickel can’t do it on his own…

[@VapourWav3]

Imma just out this out here because Brickell's tiers are a bit confusing. But... after lvl 8, naval tactics (one of her abilities) allows all water monkeys to see camo. Hope this helps :3

[@samuelhawkins3820]

The multiple projectiles from popsidon seems to make the seeking Path worth something?

[@ethandavis2373]

I like the bottom path Mermonkey the best. Some great utility

[@ZOZOYOYO69]

new pggy album was amazing

[@rossanderson4156]

So true

[@luischaboii8990]

Isab comments come from every corner of the internet i swear

[@ZOZOYOYO69]

@@luischaboii8990 isab should make a song with peggy

[@tylazermk8271]

The Mermonkey's reticle UI is different because it also has a cancel button to reset it to default

[@crackergaming1252]

"But with all these balls bouncing around" - ISAB, 2024

[@Arandomperson234]

So is the tower limited or can you get it at any time? (Ik it’s a stupid question but I haven’t played in ages and I wanna see if I can still get it once I choose to replay)

[@Rayan-West]

The only thing stopping you from unlocking the tower itself is _fully popping_ 3'000'000 bloons

[@Arandomperson234]

@@Rayan-West ok thanks i just wanted to know if it was limited or not

[@zachlewis9751]

The upgrades page should really show some actual information. I’d be fine with the upgrade hover or the info button having some interesting flavor text if *something* in game tells you real information.

[@The_Awakening_Gamer]

I have a great idea in the settings there should be a monkey description switch for the nerds and casuals.

[@4d_shape]

Popsiden looks good, ima try it soon

[@noobifyedplayer9445]

funny thing, you can 2tc with popseidon and pirate lord (both being 0,5,2) pretty easily

[@TheDemonChara]

Yeah they definitely changed the target button on the UI... If you think that looks ugly go and take a look at the camo priority button, it's bad.

[@Deevoized]

Mermonkey is probably my new favorite tower. I love middle and bottom path tier 5s for different reasons!

[@hollowknightbr8844]

Hello, i just got instantly notificated, and by everything i see from this tier 5 from mermonkey, he really have much dmg

[@janKoloja]

If they ever make a paragon for this it's going to be awesome

[@aidenlikesfries6917]

Easiest cornfield no harvest chimps run of my life

[@mikogram]

Popseidon's so good that I did a 2TC using it with middle path sniper lmao

[@notareetbot6264]

The camo targeting priority button looks even weirder than the new custom targeting button.

[@gingeral253]

16:48 damage acceleration, dps^2

[@blue_elite964]

052 poseidon is a lot better, as the seeking makes the t-blasts insanely powerful.

[@joelbouma1640]

Also camo detect for ddts

[@DeronTherelon]

Will it release in the Netflix version

[@abowlofwhitekids2112]

0-5-2 with obyn, 5x range buff, and jungle drums village has really big range and thats the situation i would pick bottom path. With brickell i agree with top path though

[@Rohan_Spibo]

You can get the Mermonkey start on this map to work, though yea sub obviously easier ofc

[@darcidious99]

Oh thank god someone else noticed that the new lock on button on the UI looks weird, its been bugging me a lot and I thought I was crazy. Does the camo targetting look different too? Idk may just be me but it almost looks more saturated and "cartoony' than it did for lack of a better description

[@mathislalonde353]

the best combo with this monkey is with the glaive lord, and the bottom path of mermonkey for me. It's so fun to use AND it destroy everything and EZ B.A.D I had 95k at the end of my game in a easy map (ok it's an easy map but im not that good)

[@iceklow313]

I feel like Pat Fusty has his time to shine if you combine popseidon + pat's ability

[@OGRedness212]

Greek mythology towers only when?

[@WabaAnimations]

ISAB saving me to fall asleep yet again 🎉

[@D34thtr4p_rblx]

Popseidon goes nuts when god buffed

[@Tree-swinging-porker73]

Bro is glazing the submarine

[@zoltarservin510]

can't wait to see a buggy mod of the 5-5-5 mermonke

[@stevesamuals2651]

This map will be interesting to try without using water