They DEFINITELY Went Too Far This Time. (Bloons TD 6)

They DEFINITELY Went Too Far This Time. BTD6 / Bloons TD 6 - it's been said a lot recently, but this week's elite vortex is truly one of the hardest bosses we've ever seen, with it having QUADRUPLE the speed! Here's my attempt at it with the insane challenge of also doing it without monkey knowledge.
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[@BTDIsab]

I know the usual intention is that you need to be a high enough level (and thus have some monkey knowledge) to beat elite bosses, but even then, damn. For previous crazy boss weeks, check here for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJzHcmCIn5qCpdk

[@justusgray276]

Day 2 of asking Isab to read us a bedtime story.

[@ZacharyLouie-vp7ot]

apple

[@RickMattison314]

Was this harder than all 5 bosses at once?

[@Irillie]

> "This week the usual tubers didn't make a no-MK guide, so I'm making it myself." - ISAB > ISAB's guide: A-a-a-a-a-AAAA-a-a-a-a-aAAaA!!!!!!

[@RickMattison314]

@@Irillie, very understandable. The one power that practically cripples fast bosses is Time Stop. That practically gives your towers 3x attack speed and your Paragons 10x attack speed.

[@InheritingNightmaresDev]

I genuinely think this is one of the hardest bosses NK has ever released. They did not hold back at all and it worries me because this is *400%* speed, and not 500%.

[@k1llsh0t_87]

Imagine an elite vortex max speed on one of the shorter beginner maps or even a map without water, now that would be hell

[@FuelDropforthewin]

Oh this was easily the hardest boss event I have ever had to fight through.

[@TheDestroyer55e]

500% speed vortex no health nerf

[@FuelDropforthewin]

@@TheDestroyer55e yeah at that point I am breaking out the insta monkey reserves. I have no shame.

[@k1llsh0t_87]

@@FuelDropforthewin I'm sad I missed this boss, I barely play this game and I'm not really active in the reddit or discord so I only ever find out about these hard bosses when isab uploads but sadly he always uploads after the boss has ended

[@sammy5645]

The speed is faster than Isab going to Sauda's house

[@hiobyyes]

LOL

[@Techmoblad]

The speed is faster than isab coming inside sauda('s house)

[@shellytheturtle1295]

@@Techmoblad lmfao what has this comment section turned into 💀💀

[@java_sucks]

​@@shellytheturtle1295imo this is better. The community has a crazy side, this gives us a personality. Better than everyone spamming "great video" and "thanks for the video"

[@D.KlWA-aG]

@@java_sucks.

[@truthfulpenguin]

Ninja Kiwi on their way to make boss events actually impossible for 95% of players:

[@chomama1012]

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it was upwards of 98% of players.

[@yaoitiddieexpert1486]

they need to cater to both their casual players and their hardcore players. its good to occasionally sprinkle in some of these challenges imo

[@constellar6330]

​@@yaoitiddieexpert1486the paragonless bloonarius was pretty easy tho

[@kiro253]

Ngl now i want a really really hard boss lol Just once NK plzz

[@shaydenprime275]

Well, its an "elite" boss. Its not supposed to be easy. Thats what the normal boss is for.

[@ClayGaming-zd7es]

8:31 "I gotta make sure this doesn't stun the... Vortex either" -Isab

[@lostinfinity5875]

ISAB: "I swear I can fit more than 5 boats here." The 6 boats just chillin:

[@dendras123]

I’m not usually posting comments but this was the first video where isab sounded really concerned about their abilities and managing the challenge. Finally some worthy of a pro duel

[@shellytheturtle1295]

lmao yeah he was optimizing sooo much

[@turtley8581]

@@shellytheturtle1295 and damn he needed it with how close it was

[@antoniotrivelloni8191]

This was one of the only times the game has seriously thrown down the gauntlet for ISAB. I wouldn't even be able to TOUCH this monstrosity

[@15lp15]

Tbf his Chat prepared him and gave a lot of advice. I think thats why sounds a little sceptic

[@selmiespot]

@@antoniotrivelloni8191 monkey knowledge makes an insane difference. with full knowledge you have to make way less optimizations

[@MarcusTheDorkus]

Playing around the stun when Vortex is that fast is a pain but the projectile reflection on Vortex was even more annoying. By the time the shield wears off, Vortex has made more progress than before he was pushed backwards.

[@badateverything2931]

it gave him like an effective track length of like 2/3 the original track but with 400% speed

[@kaboomer]

Isab brutalized vortex so badly it couldn’t walk the next day

[@sepehrgoodarzi3074]

Ayooooo💀💀

[@Stirling96]

Vortex using wheelchair after the fun rough activity last night.

[@polyhedronman9975]

i cant beieve isab cheated on sauda the drama is crazy out here in the btd6 community

[@flushe7590]

Stop ts 😭

[@secretmeister]

@@sepehrgoodarzi3074 Somehow translates to "Come on"

[@BraboDmsSlc]

This boss is harder than Isab when he looks at Sauda.

[@java_sucks]

At* ☝️🤓

[@BraboDmsSlc]

@@java_sucks where ? (i'm not a good english speaker)

[@java_sucks]

@@BraboDmsSlc acthually, you fikthed before I thowed where it wath

[@leroyspeelt]

This boss is just as hard as ISAB when he sees the Sauda catgirl skin

[@pinheadstar]

​@@leroyspeeltthe WHAT

[@evermoon3949]

This is, unfortunately, the first time I play a boss event. What a time to be into btd6 lmao

[@blackeyefly]

17:00 When I get around to it, the site will say how many pops or dollars it will take for a specific degree

[@dairy.dreamer]

Really useful tool. Thanks for this.

[@blackeyefly]

@@dairy.dreamer You're welcome, Mr. Dairy Dreamer

[@AltraHapi]

We appreciate this tool, time for me to rely on it now 👍

[@clw906]

2:02 In my long time of playing Bloons, I always avoided the boses because I thought they were too hard and required too much skill and so I only watched Boss Challenges on Yt. However this week I had too much time to spare and thought let's try it myself...1 hour later and with 5k Monkey Money lost I finally had to admit that I got absolutely crushed by Vortex. Lovely first boss experience

[@heavenly_thrust]

Feel pity for you bro its so sad

[@aliasgerchallawala4582]

bro watching a guide can help

[@shouryasharma9539]

When the pros start struggling you know you have no chance

[@volcanic_sloth]

i had a chance

[@milchi5122]

@@volcanic_sloth i also had a chance with your mom

[@aliasgerchallawala4582]

@@milchi5122most funny mom joke

[@astarlitsky]

21:02 if your ace micro isnt good mine is negative skill 💀💀

[@astarlitsky]

i play battles but yk

[@astarlitsky]

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[@DubYuhGChoppa]

@@astarlitsky I know Battles 1 micro is nuts is it similar in the second one?

[@dangng7079]

@@DubYuhGChoppa no center path and broken pathing if you even f*ck up slightly , it's pretty hard

[@fasta5462]

​@@astarlitskyYou play battles? My ace micro must be imaginary then

[@ExzaktVid]

« Is this salvageable » 💀💀💀

[@badateverything2931]

ikr, such a good reference

[@user-rw1yr5cv1y]

I downloaded BTD6 a week ago and I knew there is bosses on it, I saw this boss and clicked. Never regretted something so much in my life😭

[@lancetheking7524]

Isab being mvp beating it without monkey knowledge, now imma wait for Lych with 150% speed and 150% health, with the catch being the lych soul is glitched again and gets more powerful with scaling

[@badateverything2931]

the catch is the soul is glitched 💀

[@lancetheking7524]

@@badateverything2931 just like the old one that happened, it would be quite fun to see fought with it *intentionally* set to be stronger that way

[@AltraHapi]

​​@@lancetheking7524 200% health, 150% speed glitched soul 💀

[@lancetheking7524]

@@AltraHapi genius, I know... maybe on resort but, it will at least take 80 rounds for it to actually take place for the ramping to skyrocket things instead of being an immediate 400% speed right

[@aaron._.j]

okay so i dont suck at the game this weeks boss was just insanity

[@lords_gamer1829]

I've been playing BTD6 for a while now, got about 600 hours on Steam. But this last Lich event was my first time seriously attempting a boss fight, because people were saying it was relatively normal. So to go from that to *this* was just uncalled for 😂

[@user-yc9pf7oq3v]

All other bosses: we do have some slight changes here and there.. Vortex this challenge: *I. AM. SPEED.*

[@BloonHero666]

Real

[@destructicon844]

I felt vindicated when you said anyone who had this as their first boss you felt bad for, I was able to do it but it was a strrruggle.

[@DarkFrozenDepths]

If they left boss HP at the normal 100% mod, I'd think this would be impossible... NK really tried to catch anyone sleeping....

[@shaydenprime275]

Oh yea, it would be super impossible. Unless you use powers. But ranked would be 🤷‍♂️💀

[@hablagubb17]

"Oh I don't have Marine, you asshole" - Isab 14:19

[@PunjiBTD6]

Was a great livestream! Hopefully we see more hard bosses like this one

[@MeowItsGhazt]

So godly, Its been awhile since i've done an elite boss. Haven't since this Vortex one came out. A couple OG Liches in there but other than that, Im slacking. Fun to watch though. Great video king.

[@DeMonkeyBananas]

I was having problems with getting past tier 1. It would say popped tier 1 but then there was an invisible vortex still going around. I posted a video of it on my channel. I spent so much monkey money trying to see if it was just me but nope it kept doing that every time. Couldn’t go past round 41. I tried restarting my phone and seeing if that would help but it didn’t. Once I popped vortex there would then be an invisible vortex towards the end of the track. It got so frustrating and after spending $20,000 monkey money I finally just quit. I wonder if anyone else ran into this.

[@Slaking_]

"The Mr. Beast collab means NinjaKiwi is going to do easy boss weeks!" NinjaKiwi:

[@ping7531]

i started doing more elite bosses after getting comfortable with clearing normal ones. talk about an insane mix up, 280% phayze, lych, and no paragon bloonarius did not prepare me for this monster

[@sociallyawkwardwolf796]

i was hoping youd post a video about this boss, while i usually watch your vids to help me sleep this vid has my full attention

[@imabeastperson]

Ya know when isab has to think and farm like this its a good time love this

[@frosty1328]

This was actually my first time participating in a boss event. I had thought that was its base speed!

[@jamhopsey]

caused me a little pain when he sold the 004 boat first

[@jacksonpercy8044]

Yeah not ISAB's finest moment.

[@Secretlycat31]

That was very impressive to watch

[@icetide9411]

As cool as these new boss challenges are, it does suck a bit for new people trying to do bosses. Like, they are NOT prepared to deal with these things

[@MaltMilkshake]

as someone who did every single boss event from the very beginning, this one was absolutely the hardest

[@shaydenprime275]

Was it tho? I remember there was a haunted lych that was nearly impossible. The entire leaderboard was almost empty lol

[@thematrixlunchhacker]

​@@shaydenprime275I remember that, couldn't beat but agree with OP this was harder even though I did beat it. That lych just got me frustated and quit

[@monkey6114]

​​@@shaydenprime275nah Even in the loop vortex felt harder

[@RamiMalaeb-kc6sv]

Isab:" It's too hard why would they make it like this" Him a lil bit after:"let's turn off monkey knowledge"

[@masterandexpert288]

You're crazy for this one ISAB

[@futurepastnull11]

I thought you end setup was overkill but boy oh boy was that down to the wire lol

[@DakkaScrappa]

Vortex now has the speed of a green bloon thats some STEROIDIC ROCKET FUEL

[@mr.schmoot9744]

dang dude nice job, that was close

[@Trevor-ok9xb]

First time against this boss and I almost beat it but lost to tier 5 😭

[@thematrixlunchhacker]

You got some advice and some strategies beforehand but coming up to this boss totally blind was so frustating. Lost so much MM on retries before having the correct strat you ended up using for the most part

[@CryoBlazeYT]

When I first played vortex, I try thought “why is this thing so slow???”😂😂

[@IMRXADI]

Yeah even with MK it was still hard I had to get all 4 paragon slots and I barely scratched it to manage to defeat elite but hey if I learned something and thats I need a new farming strategy

[@RonZhang]

There’s probably a spot where Ben can be blocked by Line of Sight on Frozen Over

[@YinGaming373]

Nope their are no line of sight blockers on this map

[@InvolRex-vm8hv]

this week was my first boss (i may of spent a couple of hours of atempts)

[@juan21474]

I beat elite vortex this week with sub, boat and ace paragons for tier 5 by abusing the fact that final strike and carpet bomb can damage vortex through the shield to trigger 2 skulls at once meaning less time not being able to damage vortex. Because of the lower health of vortex the abilities combined were able to deal enough damage to trigger the next skull, so it was like 1 of the skulls didn't have a shield.

[@KFam19]

if this had come out 1 day earlier i wouldve used this as a tutorial and crushed elite vortex

[@bencisewski7728]

Was my first boss I tried. I beat the base difficulty but gave up on elite after a few tries lol.

[@TILTED879]

Kinda wish he posted this before the event ended innit

[@Raspylightining]

This was unironically my friends first time trying out a boss...

[@ripple.music_]

this was my third boss 😂 after a few attempts i said fuckit and decided to wait for your "they made vortex too op" video 😂

[@polaritz2545]

it was my first boss experience what a timing indeed

[@pixelated_gamer]

this week was so hard i couldnt beat it with mods

[@gondnight1861]

ok NK now we need chimps boss 200% hp

[@AgedOregano]

I took a break from btd6 and came back to this boss

[@xanthousizalith5641]

Most bosses I try to do at least one round of, the only bosses I didn't do that on where the 2000% Ceramic Health Bloonarius from a bit back and this Vortex, I really hope NK gives us some more reasonable bosses like last weeks Lich. Vortex is already a pretty hard boss at base.

[@joaoantonio4864]

I used master bomber for tier 1 and overclocked flying fortress for tier 2, but i didnt have enough money in the end(i tried using a support temple bc it worked in normal vortex, but ut didnt endeup being worth it for elite since without a Paragon i wouldnt beat tier 3)

[@AltraHapi]

I think that Ninja Kiwi is *still* getting revenge back at us when we called Vortex easy The biggest hurdles, even with monkey knowledge were tier 2 and 5 (not saying the others weren't difficult) tier 2 made me rethink my defense and start over again, and tier 5 I went with an ace paragon maximalist defense. Not the best idea because of the micro needed, I had a degree 20ish boat and degree 1 sub paragon with everything else going into ace. And even with my advantage over you, Vortex got to the same place that you did Man, what a week, so NK. When's the next brutal week because in the great saying "Nah I'd win"

[@Neon_DJ.]

14:20 this is the first time ever i have heard isab swearing. damn, that boss must've been rough

[@maazfarhantheepicgamer311]

him swearing is like finding a shiny pokemon

[@RobertWilliams-ph9rn]

This boss week was so tough, NK held back on naming it 'ISAB can't beat this'

[@The-monkey-1]

Do ninja kiwi think about more casual players before making bosess? But i assume they its mostly for tryhards and its just not fair

[@bruhbruh9895]

Thank you ISAB for going to far all over me this time

[@Smugness.]

2:01 literaly my first boss event and I got demolished so bad

[@kronusaerospace8872]

I used a masterbomber for my tier 1 kill. Which would be one thing if it killed it faster than round 42, but it didn't. Losing that much money early on is probably a big contributor to me dying at tier 5.

[@ScarletSky03]

Ngl I did not expect you to get it first try lol. But I suppose you did seem to get some "insider knowledge" as you went in. This week was so friggin hard lol.

[@agrey-hy2yq]

This was actually my first boss and i retried like 8 times and just gave up assuming im just a scrub but its good to know this is just really hard

[@achillespro225]

Bro this was my first time playing a boss I played blonarious once a long time ago and I came back to the game recently and I thought this was just a normal boss...

[@nochannel3922]

You know its really bad when people with 10000+ hours in bloons recommend cash drops or farm instas with mk

[@MorganM8]

Thank god, this was my first time playing a boss and I thought it I was just really bad but it's reassuring heating everyone is saying it's difficult

[@Ravenslayer131]

I did this with Monkey Knowledge and barely scraped by with a similar setup. Goes to show I'm not nearly as skilled with farming and sell tactics. This one was rough

[@Kirbultra]

You gotta love how tier 5 makes it a pain in the ass to win in ranked

[@magician531]

Dotj does activate all at once. But it only activates the ones whose abilities are up. They weren't all up.

[@dotdyboii5023]

I was just about to say you say that all elite boss weeks have gone too far but you literally beat everyone to it lmao 😂

[@aldenstromberg7273]

man no mk really hits hard earlygame even with my average level of farming i could get a miniopolis and a whole set of 200 farms around it before t1

[@thatguykekai2601]

Man I was wondering why this one was so hard!

[@psio5623]

This was my first boss and i used sub paragon and ace paragon on NORMAL RANKED and thought it was hard, first two tiers i used ace 4th tier and heli

[@micahbragg3356]

Thank you ISAB, for going too far with the bloons!

[@Victor-yt5bc]

2:02 this was actually my friend's first time playing a boss event

[@gubl333]

Isab : this is the hardest boss week Mackan : NK asked me to not go for the leader board

[@Niinkai]

NK needs to add some sorta respawn pass to bosses (meaning you gotta pay the penalty only once for 40/60/80/100/120 respawn), had to quit on tier 2 after using like 6k monkey money.

[@mlgtrollface420]

even on regular difficulty i still have not beaten this vortex, then again i haven't really done any boss battles since BMC and i would always just stack 2-2 dartlings which obviously you can't do in this rotation haha

[@shellytheturtle1295]

SAMEEEEEE OMG 😂

[@shallyia4458]

I've been playing the game for maybe 6 or 7 bosses now, and ever since I got into bossing, I have never seen something quite this challenging. Can barely beat it on normal.

[@sandrotsirghiladze8852]

POV: the one friend who goes easy on you gets pissed cuz you said he was garbage at the game and starts playing seriously

[@Luna-wf5ok]

This was genuinely my first attempt at a boss and I was like "oh my god people do these?!"

[@user-zg5hc8mi1i]

This Vortex : Gotta go fast

[@purpleturtle6195]

this was actually my first try on a boss i thought it was some bs

[@boi2192]

When nk come up with a concept like this, they should balance it for normal and elite, and then add a challange mode where its as hard as it can. Like no health nerfs and shit.

[@juanmiguel5000]

I spent 4k money on powers... what a good way to scare newcomers from mr beast video. "You're not welcome here, you cannot farm efficiently enough to beat an elite boss, this game is only for tryhards. Go back to your baby games".. what were they thinking -_- PD: some of my friends weren't even aple to beat normal vortex.

[@shellytheturtle1295]

Honestly I feel like there should be a third boss level, one that the really good players can enjoy. This would give a meaningful challenge to those who want it, but also not compensate the majority of less sweaty players

[@juanmiguel5000]

@@shellytheturtle1295 I am pretty sure ranked mode is supposed to be that. no powers. And you're against other good players.. The normal/non ranked boss shouldn't be this hard, so I think your 3rd option is a pretty good idea

[@xbigbooshx4643]

This boss was rough. I needed double cash mode and time stop to beat this one. Imo, this is this most difficult official boss week NK has ever released. Next up may be the two half-cash bosses they did so far. After barely beating normal tier, I didn’t want to waste my time, power ups, monkey money, and *sanity* getting curb stomped by Elite Vortex. This boss was an anti-newbie gatekeeper for sure.

[@Max-zo6rv]

Lmao

[@Idc08-xv7qv]

Elite is supposed to be the one for higher skilled players. Newcomers aren't supposed to nor expected to beat Elite, that's why Normal also exists which is made to cater the casuals/newcomers.

[@Zombi3kill3rOO]

Me and my friend died twice lmao

[@temppax9668]

boomerang paragon was the best wat to kill t3 the moab dom hits trough his shield

[@redhotpeppers348]

even the normal boss was more difficult than usual, 3 paragons and vortex still nearly got to the exit on tier 5

[@nathanieljones8043]

It's almost like they should add a practice mode and a guide even a simple one on advanced/intermediate farming if the bosses are gonna be this hard. Also people play bosses for money and exp to get monkey knowledge. They should be balanced around not having it.

[@qbertsandy1367]

if this was last times boss event your strategy wouldn't work simply becuase we were not allowed to use monkey ace

[@matts2080]

I'm confused, does the 0-2-5 farm combined with village, then surrounded by 5-2-0 and loads of 4-2-0 farms make more money than this setup?

[@JosiahBradley]

Okay, who at NK headquarters is the sweaty boss tester?

[@kiro253]

I love him lol

[@user-yz2kp6rq7b]

2:01 it was (couldn’t even beat normal vortex)

[@K1IIJ0Y]

yo you my favorite btd6 youtuber ever🙏

[@RosemaryCemetery]

This was actually my first boss xD, I managed to get to tier 4 but I gave up