How To Black Border (Almost) Every Map In Bloons TD 6

[@EthanReid]

If you're watching this from the future, tell me if this video aged well 😅👇

[@Proxysweden]

Watching from 2132 and this video is still up to date!

[@Proxysweden]

@@germanhess 2132, UWW

[@tonywoods7805]

One of the best reviews for all maps in my lifetime wow thanks so much!

[@WhatABlankName]

Ah yes... a blank void, I assure you I will click it

[@Andigo-qk6ql]

The game play is i think a creat map because nobody has 100-200 k money

[@sergeanthuman]

What a phenomenal guide, but things get more difficult with split paths on maps, I think you should do another video about chimps tower positions, as u can show off where a certain tower works best

[@EthanReid]

great idea!

[@sergeanthuman]

@@EthanReid well for extra content towards you, u can do every tower and every map, but that sounds like it could take to long

[@monstrocaio]

Up

[@monstrocaio]

Up

[@jaisotheunfathomablybased7135]

@@speedtracker9556 is chimps impossible for you?

[@MrDino606]

Thanks dude, now I don't have to look for each individual guide, I can just use this :)

[@zgossara5361]

The first strike is usually used as a bad destroyer on short maps. You can use a first strike when the bad almost pops which will spawn no children

[@PaperZ2]

Abortion

[@yaeyde]

bombing the children

[@a_real_idiot98]

@@PaperZ2nahhhh 💀

[@genghiskhan6688]

I finally blackbordered Pat's Pond by following your guide; thanks! I was doing the Obin - Ninja - Alch - Super thinggy before as well but trying different things; I managed to get a gold border with a Sky Shredder but just couldn't black border it. ...now let's see if my gold border on Geared can become black as well...

[@monstrocaio]

Wow

[@honorablemonkey]

This helped me a lot in 1 year I black borderd almost all maps. Ty man i appreciate it

[@NinjaMaxMC]

Would it still work if I start today with the new updates

[@yourequiremyassistance4844]

@@NinjaMaxMC Most of it, yes.

[@keetonfoust]

just watched this and i didnt even realize it was three years old, I think these strategies all have stood the test of time amazingly

[@Legorunner]

i USED tack zone a lot with pat (before nerf) and it always went really good on all beginner maps

[@fredkelly6953]

Prince of Darkness is the best cc in the game atm. Placement is key though, I sandbox most of the maps for an ideal position. Maybe an explanation vid for the P.O.D would be in good.

[@thedavisdojo5944]

cc?

[@slime-vw9xq]

@@thedavisdojo5944 crowd control

[@sand747]

@@slime-vw9xq crowd control to major tom

[@pon3d120]

This is exactly the kind of thing I've been looking for. I don't want to know the exact strats to beat each map, 'cus it takes the fun out of figuring it out for myself. I do be needing help getting those expert maps done tho so general guidance like this is perfect.

[@elrichardo1337]

-where's mauler spam smh my head- nice guide to the overall CHIMPS meta

[@elrichardo1337]

and LordLandmaster just BBed Quad CHIMPS with maulers :o

[@hazzabomb707]

shake my head my head?

[@flareknuckles]

LOL

[@atlas_hcr]

@@elrichardo1337 how did you cross out words

[@monstrocaio]

Mauler Spam got nerfed rip

[@ghastly_figure]

You deserve more subs man, thanks for making this guide, really apprecite it :-)

[@EthanReid]

thanks so much!

[@ghastly_figure]

@@EthanReid Hi Ethan, could you enable captions for your videos? It would help a lot here and in future too, thanks!

[@cm7311]

I wonder how many subs he can fit...

[@wezel22]

@@cm7311 LMFAO

[@pichuyang3865]

There are a lot of overused upgrades especially MOAB Glue and Tackzone being nailed on Patch 23.0. But the overall strategy works well. All players need to do is to develop a second layer of "Knowledge": Map design, reading patch notes, timing, etc. Which mostly can only be gained by playing more. -- Gotta admit, Prince of Darkness is too strong, and I'm bored on using populated upgrades to beat CHIMPS. I find it more fun when beating CHIMPS with unexpected tower combo, even though it isn't Expert map.

[@Turtle1212_X]

Nice. I have just gotten a few black borders recently, this really helped.

[@RazaquaZ0]

I do striker jones, bomb spam, mortar and village Mortar bottom path for the fortified DDT Bottom path bomb for clean up with village Middle path bomb spam for mass MOAB damage Village for camo detection. Sometimes perma-spike for safe protection with a 4-0-0 alchemist I haven’t gone wrong so far

[@bird_obsession]

I have found Prince and Tack Zone to synergize very well from my experiences.

[@daylightharnage242]

I know this is 4 months ago but omg they go together so well

[@bird_obsession]

@@daylightharnage242 I don't even remember commenting this lmao

[@steamedmacgd228]

apparently prince and ray of doom synerize well on resort

[@coralxanpu]

PoD is nice for chimps,it’s good anti ddt and also let’s you save up for some t5s if you have anti Moab

[@phofuria]

Awesome content Ethan, thanks again for sharing it with us (:

[@moxielovesu]

Poplust is so broken on chimps, archmage also works with expert maps with a lot of objects.

[@shaunosmorrison8385]

I encountered a hacker while waiting for the co-op daily challenge to start, it said their highest round was R2263 lol

[@katanabluejay]

How did he communicate that to you?

[@elrichardo1337]

@@katanabluejay you can look at your partners' player profiles before the match begins

[@lucasrocha1996]

Really? Record legit before late game buff was 3001 and I myself played to 1001 also before it.

[@Baumfall]

A few months ago there was a bug with Blooncineration remving the freeplay ramping. Ramping increases the Blimps HP over the rounds and with Blooncin you could get rid of it, meaning every BAD would be as strong as the r100 BAD and every fortified BAD as strong as the R200 fortified BADs

[@Qaptyl]

@@lucasrocha1996 what is record after freeplay buffs i got 327

[@swagmoneybuge]

I usually do sauda start, into 420 alchemist, then 402 ninja, into 204 wizard. I usually get PoD before round 60 and grandmaster before round 80. For the bad just spam spike storms (or a carpet of spikes and a few storms).

[@whatevergoesviral2533]

Clean, concise and direct to the point. Not a single word was wasted. Outstanding dear sir. Simply outstanding.

[@clemverpomtato]

"...pick every hero you want." idk man, i love ben, so...

[@antijokecommenter5003]

you lose money

[@randomentirely1006]

@@antijokecommenter5003 that's the joke

[@antijokecommenter5003]

@@randomentirely1006 thats the joke

[@randomentirely1006]

@@antijokecommenter5003 then why explain it

[@antijokecommenter5003]

@@randomentirely1006 why dont you take a moment to realise litterally ANYTHING

[@xRevva]

I learned the Avatar of Wrath/DruidSpam and Obyn strat and ive never gone back for just grinding medals. Every now and then I switch up to a 5-0-2 Ninja/Adora/ 4-2-0 Alchemist for most of the game, obviously adding more towers late game

[@idyelpo7726]

I remember the first time I beat round 100 *i spammed 0-4-0 monkey ace and one 0-5-0 one*

[@flareknuckles]

That's me with 0-4-2 subs

[@appleando752]

The thing is. For the strategies that I use, CHIMPS is not the problem. The problem is half cash.

[@EthanReid]

Ben is your guy!

[@Porkey_Minch]

On maps with water I like to use a few destroyers with gwen and alch, although on spiced islands I had an easier time with sub spam. I'll definitely use some of these strategies though :)

[@nicksgames7010]

Me in chimps: Obyn and Druid Me in every other mode: Ninja plus Alchemist go brrrrrrr

[@jayylad38]

got my first black border yesterday

[@rayderrich]

Watching this almost a year later and still loving it, thanks!

[@alextompkins4041]

"my favorite hero right now is quincy" first time ive heard someone say those words

[@419HLR]

Quincy is the GOAT your just hatin

[@darius1699]

really good video helped me a lot!

[@tinkavandergaarden6746]

So im playing on my 2nd account (the other one’s progress wasn’t saved, my fault), and this is the first time i black bordered any map, also got every paragon and actually grinded for sauda! Best account yet!

[@tinkavandergaarden6746]

Never thought i’d get this far

[@cdkt1970]

most maps: *work with this strat* pats pond: hi

[@aland_]

I have just started a journey to get as many black borders as i can and so far have 12 im working on the 13th!

[@Marshall.R]

My favorite synergy is probably Apache Prime + P.O.D. which obliterates just about any single lane map since P.O.D. covers Apache Prime's DDT weakness.

[@blak-ketsu]

Nice video Also me: notices perma spike in normal Also also me: HMMMMM

[@manitshukla568]

What i like to do it to choose a MVP tower and then use it to beat every single difficulty. Like i choose the Monkey Buccaneers as the mvp for spice islands. The only rules are that the mvp tower must be the main dps and with the most pops. Fun challenge to try out!

[@dongxin9252]

Hey Ethan! I'm trying to grind Hard Mode for Expert maps for collectibles to open my chests. Appreciate it if you could put a video together to easily beat any expert map on Hard no MK. Thanks!

[@aidanparker1677]

I love your vids keep it up 👍👍👍

[@matthewdoessomething3918]

Love the videos

[@Kaiju10]

Omg Thanks ethan this help alot on expet ap

[@shilohmagic7173]

One combo that works pretty well is Sauda with two wizards! Almost no effort required.

[@tyler4758]

what paths for wizards

[@shilohmagic7173]

@@tyler4758 502 and 052 start by going for a 030 wizard, and then you can get an archmage by 63 It only works on some maps, obviously not all, but it IS very low effort.

[@lionturbulence]

@@shilohmagic7173 You have to micro the phoenix and Sauda's ability on certain maps but it definitely is usable!

[@schlachtschiffbismarck1525]

Consider using the Spectre (consider also a 2-3-0 village)

[@mikejo8194]

Glue will remain everyone's favorite for its ddts power

[@docdapper]

Only have a few advanced and expert maps left to black border. I look forward to using some of this knowledge!

[@1jwjjwwbhwhw593]

Whats your go to strat?

[@docdapper]

@@1jwjjwwbhwhw593 Never really had one, in all honesty. I always like to try different strats with each map One of the strongest setups, in my experience, is overclocking a sun avatar. Like Ethan says in the video, it’s a great midgame strat that can even carry into the 80’s on some maps Another really fun one is apache prime, although it can only really be used effectively on maps where the bloons only come on one lane at a time. The pursuit AI freaks out on multi-lane maps lol While not the best tower by any means, I absolutely love using permacharge on the easier maps. I might be biased since the boomerang is my favorite tower, but I get a kick out of it every time This video has a lot of helpful information, but Chom Chom made a 3 part series with great, in-deprh info for CHIMPS of that’s something you’d be interested in!

[@Idversa]

Its really helped thank you. But could you make a video to how to beat half cash mode easily ? (Cause u obv need it to black border) i kinda gave up on the black border cause i just hate half cash so much. Is there any strategy?

[@dapperbrick7516]

Instant monkeys help a lot

[@garretthanson6424]

I know you’re probably either completely done with the game or an absolute legend at it by now, but one thing that works for me is alch-bloonjitsu spam. Start with sauda. Get 1-2 banks if you want

[@Idversa]

@@garretthanson6424 im good now lmao, but thank you still :)

[@Surr3alD3sign]

my only black border rn is logs lol, but im steadily working on getting bb for all the easy maps, just gets kinda boring going thru all the medals with essentially the same strat, sauda>sniper>ninja>crossbow>alch beats pretty much everything ive tried so far, some maps require extra due to map layout tho

[@gem2140]

Sun Temple pog! Just beat Park Path impoppable with it!

[@coralxanpu]

-srsly?ur that bad?- uh good job?

[@AICommentator2.0]

Also reliable is Ninja, Alch., POD, Perma Spike. As start three dart monkeys should do the trick until you can get the ninja.

[@donkeykong1906]

I liked the Video, but what do you think about Archmage ? I think he is very useful for mid and late game

[@garretthanson6424]

I kinda like him too but have found myself much more successful ever since switching away from him. Try perma charge if looking for a different strategy

[@ZXbolterZX]

Ever since Sauda came out, I've just been spamming the Carrier Flagship route into 5-0-0 Ace. I also use Prince of darkness.

[@kitsune_7_451]

I use the strategy you showed on the corn map but I use 5-0-2 ace and 0-2-4 boomerang

[@arminnieuseeberger7295]

from my opinion shinobi ninjas and master bomber are just as good as the grandmaster ninja. Because everything under a bad bloon gets anialated because of all the stun and damage. And from my opinion the wall of fire is also one of the most cost effiecient towers.

[@Chweps500]

Amazing guide for real

[@chainsawplayin]

You can save up for an apache using just Sauda, 000 sniper, village and heli on Another Brick

[@Warblefly41]

1:43 Avatar of fried druid spam? Those CC hurt

[@schrodingersowl8774]

Prince of darkness with Saudi can atleast on logs let you save up for dark champion or anything else you'd want doesn't require much micro

[@RonZhang]

Well mate, Apache Prime is a great map on many maps. Not just the easier maps.

[@TheMrsYWilson]

Me about to use nasa’s best satellite to find who in the world asked:

[@fangier0]

@@TheMrsYWilson Haha funny gen z humor 😐 Also yes I know I am necroposting but I don't care

[@Lindouser]

I have 4 bb's tutorialless! im proud

[@adamtremblay9126]

Nice guide. Also, is it just me that doesn't like to use spike storm on round 100? I mean, it does good damage in guides, but for me it never seems to do that good. Besides, I usually have enough money for first strike or use some other cheap towers, like I have used overdrive and alch or AP darts and alch.

[@someskills785]

I mean, first strike is good and all, but it’s around twice the cost of a spike storm, and usually, spike storm is used just to get a bit of extra damage to the bad, and not used like first strike, which does massive damage to ONE blimp.

[@razvanvasilache7834]

i only use 3 towers ninja alch and sauda everything in my eyes is inferior even the vengefull temple

[@themisterdarknight4722]

I have a new found respect to the avatar of wrath

[@JacobTheCroc]

I may be actually doing different type of strategies that never existed before and are so stupid that should fail but never do for some strange reason

[@DeadJuicebox]

Lol share them! Maybe you're actually a genius

[@Surr3alD3sign]

new chimps strat on almost every map, sauda... you might think im joking, im not. shes hella busted and you can afford her on round one, i foresee a nerf coming soon

[@prod_brn]

Sauda excels only in beginner maps or one laned maps

[@sxveng3847]

230 village, and 025 wizzard and 502 heli, 402 ninja, a level 20 quincy should do it, it seem's really the best for chimps for me but thanks anyways.

[@pieynot9084]

I've tried doing this strategy on "Off the Coast" and in "Underground." I've gotten above 90 rounds but haven't been able to beat them with it :(

[@appletizer8415]

What do you think of using ben instead and getting moab assassin as my lead popping power?

[@voyager1977.2]

Can you do a Workshop CHIMPS I hate Obyn's RNG so I use Pat instead but still I lost sometimes in 40 and 50's because of RNG and bad timing of Reverse Motor and Pat's 1st ability

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

Obyn and Quincy are the only useful towers in expert maps on chimps. Pat just Won’t help.

[@ngocphan7360]

@@francogiobbimontesanti3826 pat is viable on dark castle and eitenne can be used as well for muddy puddles. Its nn friendly. But otehr than that, yes quonc and obyn are most reliable to use/easy.

[@ducc_the_muck387]

i'm more curious on the fact that you got a sun temple in chimps, seriously how did you get that?

[@eyekona]

Chimps is easy. I have won most maps in chimps mode. But I always loose the half cash maps. Can you make guides for those?

[@attilatorok5767]

low cost hero tank a few rounds with free dart put down hero and than alchemise and spam recursive clusters and some other cheap support towers 4-0-2 ninja is also very good for early game thats my usual strategy for half cash (Sauda is amazing for this but Obin and Quincy also works)

[@j_ustanoob]

I subbed thx :)

[@thecamopurplebloon4708]

Since you said that you can use any hero, can I use Benjamin?

[@Anna-rf3wq]

Thanks again

[@nobodyknows3242]

Finally i black bordered dark castle

[@venomshot2815]

Now the key rule to chimps is sauda

[@aerictoremember03]

Still working on that stupid market map that came out with brickell.. seriously such a pain. I have been working on it for months.

[@princebuan13]

Pov: Its 2023 and you're checking if it still works. P.S it does.

[@NCR_22]

Thx for testing it before I would die

[@M3NACE07]

Wow I watch the first Strat with the Apache prime and I get a black border when I had gold before.

[@staszewskiadam9602]

Those strategies still work!

[@arthurbouwhuis1647]

I like to use tack zone + glue storm.

[@wowzers7844]

A 205 PoD with apache not apache prime can black border bazaar

[@nerfbastionistaken]

3:50 pick whatever hero you want. Me: Benjamin

[@WaterBoy21]

This video aged well

[@memeknightgaming7334]

Um.. about the obyn alc ninja guide, what about camo leads?

[@AmitaiEzra]

acid mixture dip gives ninja lead popping ability for a few shots

[@memeknightgaming7334]

Right

[@richardbullick7827]

I feel bad about myself that you guys are getting black borders on the hard maps yet I can't beat IMPOPPABLE on an intermediate map

[@andrewmoore2295]

Could you do an updated guide???

[@mydadleft7149]

Is there a easy half cash strategy as thats what i find hardest??

[@empressangeline6942]

Isn’t the only impossible to black border map Ravine?

[@C.y.c.l.o.n.e]

Or infernal

[@empressangeline6942]

@@C.y.c.l.o.n.e odd? Infernal ain’t all that hard

[@dawltonburger4039]

Oh yes the carrier lagship

[@paul_gaming43]

A 2-0-5 ice monkey can stun and kill a D.D.T and it dosen't need a 0-3-0 village

[@beckyboo91100]

That one dislike be like: ima end this man whole career

[@Psychomaniac14]

still only one dislike

[@Dignenhsh]

Really weird strat. I came up with this one in my head so, it may not work. Just get any towers that will carry you until late game. Spam farms the whole match, and get super mines. These things are so op. If you have it, you win.

[@PhoenixX2004]

No farms in chimps

[@kamuke]

That'll prob take a lot more time, unless you're considering just having fun, then its considerable but if you are farming black border, waiting for the bloons to reach the bombs can be time consuming or even if its already consuming (it kinda has big explosion range) but still isn't that good of a bloon popper (time wise) I rather use avatar of wrath (which is kinda overrated) OR crossbow master and any other fast bloon popping tower with decent cost rather than a tower that requires me to farm hardcore and wait until the bloons reach the bombs, but thats my personal opinion though so, you do you. :D

[@Dignenhsh]

@@kamuke I just use ninja wizard until late game, then typically use heli, super, and another tower or two.

[@taintedchoco5368]

Still works in 2021

[@kevincarter9164]

Whats the highest navarc of the sea you can get by round 90? I just got 45

[@yohachi0154]

Does all this strat still valiable after the huge nerf on some monkeys right now?

[@loggh552]

Which map left

[@Thnielsen85]

Obyn+5x poplust+permabrew+2-2-0 village will clear everything

[@border_collie7991]

This dude has double cash that’s why he makes it look so easy

[@EthanReid]

I dont even have double cash purchased my guy

[@camgrow1]

double cash doesn't work in chimps

[@geebgee7709]

nice vid but u should really get an outro :)

[@EthanReid]

yup, that black screen won't cut it

[@ngocphan7360]

@@EthanReid tbh i think its fine. I mean outros are meh. These videos are really nice though!

[@juanmiguel5000]

It aged pretty well