Tier 2 upgrade
Acid Pool
Acid Pool in BTD6: the Alchemist drops acid on the track when idle or every fifth throw. How it works and its niche uses.
Every few attacks spills an acid pool on the track, and if no Bloons are nearby Alchemist can drench nearby track with acid.
Daily challenges
Alchemist tier 5s
Stats
Main attack – Acid Pool
- Damage
- 1
- Pierce
- 5
- Attack speed
- 1.6s
- Range
- 45
Main attack – Splash
- Damage
- 1
- Pierce
- 15
- Attack speed
- 1.6s
- Range
- 45
How to use Acid Pool
Acid Pool makes the Alchemist spill acid on the track. If no bloons are in range, the main attack drops a pool at a random spot on the track, and every fifth potion thrown at bloons also leaves a pool if it still had pierce left. Pools deal 1 damage with 5 pierce, last just under 7 seconds and apply the same acid damage-over-time as the main potions. They can damage almost every bloon type but cannot hit camo on their own, and each pool hits a bloon only once.
When to buy it
The pools get used up quickly by a few passing bloons, so they do not spread much damage. Acid Pool has no real synergy with the top path and only a small one with the middle path.
Its main niche is the 0-2-2 crosspath, where Perishing Potions makes each potion and pool deal 20 damage to fortified MOAB-class bloons. That can chip a fortified MOAB cheaply in Alternate Bloons Rounds. It is also the required step to Lead to Gold.
Is it worth it?
Mostly as a stepping stone. Buy it on the way to Lead to Gold and Rubber to Gold.
All Alchemist upgrades
Top path
Middle path
