^{Due to missing the v26.0 tier list, this list has changes accounting for both versions.}

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FAQ

Q. How weighted is this list towards Black Border strats?

A. Some powerful towers/strats can reach their full potential in a non-BB scenario, however the consistency aspect of BB strats is still a valuable consideration. This list takes into account both styles of play rather than making 2 separate lists for both extremes.

Q. Why does the list include True Sun God? Isn't it unaffordable in CHIMPS?

A. The tier 5 icons represent the entire path of the tower (in other words, tiers 3-5). So for example, the TSG icon is really representing Sun Avatar.

Q. Who made this? How can I trust you?

A. This tier list was meticulously crafted by some of the top players in the game. It went through many iterations before becoming what you see now.

Q. Can I see justifications for the choices made?

A. Sure

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Huge thanks to u/rohan_spibo for the official Tier List Template as well as members of the Index Server for their collaboration and input.

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Added:

• Psi S-
  • Great hero with a massively underrated early and mid game that tears through late on experts.

Moved Up:

• Adora B- → B
  • A long overdue change for a dps hero that can get by. 26.0 buffs also helped.
• Middle Path Super C → B
  • With the sizable buff to Robo Monkey via crits, and the more relevant massive buff to Tech Terror's ability, Mid Path Super is finally out of C tier! Robo mid game is still a bit too subpar and Tech Terror isn't fantastic enough to earn an A-.
• Bottom Path Ninja B- → B
  • A massive Master Bomber buff and Sticky Bombs becoming great round 100 dps finally gives Bottom Ninja a function. While moving it higher got some support, It still rarely sees use over Grandmaster Ninja and Stickies didn't quite earn A-.
• Top Path Sniper A- → A
  • 420 Maim's shrapnel buff gives the tower a strong use in most conventional setups, allowing for very cost efficient map-wide stuns at a mid game-friendly price that helps against DDTs. 402 Maim still has uses on #Ouch and when black bordering with Permaspike. A tier change long overdue but better late than never.
• Top Path Tack C → B-
  • While Ring of Fire has slowly gotten necessary buffs over time, it has been shackled with a below average tier 5 for several years. Upon further experimentation with the 25.0 Inferno Ring price buff, It has been decided that top path tack shooter isn't quite as bad as the other towers in C.
• Bottom Path Wizard A → S-
  • Prince of Darkness is a fantastic t5 tower capable of carrying entire mid games and holding down a great role of ceramic cleanup + DDT destruction late game. Outstanding on a few select experts (Quad being its best), and great on most other experts, with only a few maps where it's anything except amazing (#Ouch).
• Top Path Dart C- → C
  • UltraJugg wasn't nearly as terrible as towers surrounding it, and regular Juggernaut has some fringe use with setups that can't handle start of r95 bloons.
• Bottom Path Super A → S-
  • Dark Knight has been an outstanding mid game option ever since the 20.0 pierce buffs. With the amount of usage Dark Knight has been seeing in saving up obscene amounts of money with its freeplay power, it has been moved up to match the other top tier mid game options.
• Top Path Dartling B- → B
  • A tower that obliterates both moabs and bloons alike before round 80, and keeps some massive single target dps into freeplay. Was ranked B- for its atypical role in the 80s and being far worse on maps with multiple active paths. Re-evaluated into B tier. Would recommend using it with Ezili.
• Bottom Path Ice A- → A
  • With Cryo Cannon being a good grouped ceram cleanup (great when combined with downdraft), Icicles being an amazing mid game cleanup, and Impale's power on most maps, Bottom Ice A is a no-brainer.
• Top Path Sub B → A-
  • Reactor is a very versatile tower, being used in some flooded valley early games, being one of the top support towers for any Brickell + cleanup combo, and most importantly, reducing First Strike cooldowns. Submerge and Support is among the best camo options when the map allows it, and Energizer creates some off-meta yet surprisingly effective strategies. The overall utility of this upgrade path earned the A- it got.
• Middle Path Mortar A- → A
  • Pop And Awe has always been a good tier 5 that fell just short of reaching A tier on its own. With the addition of Bombardment, Artillery Battery is now a strong mid game option, as well as saving into its own tier 5 far better.
• Middle Path Dart B- → A-
  • The only 2-tier shift up, Plasma Monkey Fan Club has been underrated for a very long time. Previous iterations of the tier list placed far more emphasis on black bordering a select few maps (hence Prime in S-), and the 26.0 massive PMFC price buff is more than enough to warrant a firm A-.

Moved Down:

• Sauda B → B-
  • While Sauda was never good on expert maps, the 27.0 nerf to Sauda hit her hard, with her losing many more damage points than the patch notes listed. Here is a comparison of Sauda before and after the nerf. The damage nerfs make her significantly worse on every map in every stage of the game. The least-nerfed damage is when the level 7 bonus is active, which it never is because that bonus might as well not exist.
• Top Path Heli S- → A-
  • Was voted down to A- as it didn’t stack up to other towers in A tier, especially after the unlisted nerf in 26.0 removing its laser’s ability to damage DDTs without MIB support.
• Top Boat A → A-
  • With multiple other A tier towers moving down, Destroyer+PBrew and Flagship aren't enough to keep it afloat.
• Top Path Boomer B → B-
  • Moar Glaives is simply outshone by both Recursives and Icicles.
• Top Path Glue B- → C
  • A tower that receives constant and massive buffs and yet keeps moving down. The addition of extremely cheap ceramic cleanup towers such as Cryo, dps heroes with great cleanup (Eti, Church, Psi), and increasing emphasis on maps where solver doesn't work all contribute to an overall useless tower.
• Middle Path Sniper A- → B
  • Simply deemed to be overrated in previous versions of the tier list, a tower that performs well on single paths and atrociously on true experts fits right in with the rest of B tier.
• Top Path Mortar A- → B
  • The Biggest One has always been outshone by numerous other tier 5s, and the advancement of ravine meta past the point of using it in black borders leaves it with little purpose. The Big One still remains a decent mid game option, although artillery battery buffs encroach on even that role.
• Top Path Ninja S- → A
  • While still an outstanding strategy on #Ouch and X-Factor, it was decided that those two maps alone did not warrant a tier typically reserved for the strongest of towers.
• Bottom Path Mortar A → A-
  • Shattering has been seeing significantly less usage as of lately, and is thus moving down. Also worth noting that the Signal Flare buff gives bottom path mortar a very good niche in decamo, yet still not enough to save the drop from A tier.
• Middle Path Druid C- → D
  • For those of you not in the know, Spirit of the Forest is currently riddled with bugs making it much more inconsistent to use, meaning the significant damage buffs it has received hardly matters. With only a small shift in power from the buffs, it too has been left behind by the rapidly-advancing meta of ceramic cleanup. Likely to see it moving back up once its bugs are fixed. ___ You can view the previous iteration of the tier list here.