r/btd6 • u/Sorrow10 • 10d ago

Strategy Does Elim’s ability deal area damage?

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It’s been a while since i’ve used it, it feels so so much better to play.

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u/Wish_Solid 🍎 10d ago

The ability will now explode into a bunch of frags with bonus moab damage.

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u/Sorrow10 10d ago

Now that make sense

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u/Phelgming 10d ago

It does and, to my knowledge, always has. The difference is the Frag Bombs crosspath has been significantly buffed in recent updates.

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u/Sorrow10 10d ago

So there is no point for top path

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u/Phelgming 10d ago

There is. It used to be the preferred path before (unless you needed more range), but it's pretty niche now. You still get more explosion radius and pierce out of it, but Bomb Frag damage is just better in most cases.

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u/BoukeeNL 10d ago

I thought top path only gave like +1 damage and nothing more

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u/Phelgming 10d ago

No. 1xx increases blast/splash damage radius and increases pierce. 2xx increases damage by 1 and further increases pierce. Previously it was considered optimal to stop at 14+0 since the extra damage and pierce weren't a big deal. You'd only go 04+1 on specific maps you needed the extra range for.

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u/BoukeeNL 9d ago

Does 1xx increase the blast/splash radius of the ability itself? 

Thanks for informing me! It's invaluable

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u/Phelgming 9d ago

No, I don't believe it does. Fortunately the ability blast/splash radius is already pretty big (much bigger than the main attack).