Want to beat CHIMPS on Middle of the Road and unlock the Black Border? This guide builds an efficient team of Primary monkeys around Gwendolin and a Monkey Village, and it handles all 100 rounds without powers or Monkey Knowledge.
At a glance
- Mode
- CHIMPS
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Rounds
- 6–100
- Starting cash
- $650
- Lives
- 1
- Rules
- No continues, extra lives, income, Monkey Knowledge, powers or selling
Hero and towers
Ultra-Juggernaut
5-2-0
One of your two opening Dart Monkeys. Juggernaut, then Ultra-Juggernaut.
Crossbow Master
0-2-5
The other opening Dart Monkey. Crossbow early, Crossbow Master at the end.
Primary Expertise
5-2-0
Supports the whole team, which is all Primary monkeys. Primary Expertise makes them much stronger.
Tier 5 upgrades unlock with XP. Make sure Ultra-Juggernaut, Crossbow Master, MOAB Domination, The Bloon Solver and Primary Expertise are unlocked on your account before you start, because CHIMPS doesn’t let you change plans halfway.
Step-by-step strategy
- Place two Dart Monkeys.
- Bring Gwendolin into the game.
- Add a Boomerang Monkey, a Glue Gunner and a Bomb Shooter.
- To handle the early rounds, upgrade one of the Dart Monkeys to Crossbow (0-0-3).
- Place a Monkey Village to support the whole team and upgrade its top path to Primary Mentoring (4-0-0).
- Upgrade the second Dart Monkey to Juggernaut (4-2-0), then the first one to Sharp Shooter (0-2-4).
- Upgrade the Monkey Village to Primary Expertise (5-2-0).
- Upgrade the Glue Gunner to The Bloon Solver (5-2-0).
- Upgrade the Boomerang Monkey to MOAB Domination (0-2-5).
- Finally, upgrade the Dart Monkeys to Ultra-Juggernaut (5-2-0) and Crossbow Master (0-2-5).
Strong synergy between the Dart Monkeys, the Village and the glue and boomerang upgrades turns Middle of the Road CHIMPS into a straightforward win. Follow each upgrade carefully and enjoy your Black Border.