Flamethrower Monkey (Thermoxin's Version)

The Flamethrower Monkey is a new tower created by Thermoxin. It fires blasts of fire that have three pierce, but can not pop purple bloons.

Upgrades
1/x/x - [Rapid Flames] Attack speed increased by 20%. ($300)

2/x/x - [Double-Barrel Flamethrower] Fires two blasts of fire at a time. ($700)

3/x/x - [Heat It Up] Periodically creates rings of fire around itself in the range of a 4/0/0 Tack Shooter that can pop 1 layer off of infinite amounts of bloons, as well as giving nearby towers +2 pierce and the ability to pop Lead bloons. ($1,400)

4/x/x - [Pyrokinesis] Fires three blasts of fire at a time at a 15% faster rate. Heat It Up has the radius of a 4/2/0 Tack Shooter 's range, deals +1 damage, triggers 20% more frequently, and grants affected towers an extra +2 pierce and +1 damage. ($6,000)

5/x/x - [Burning Blaze] Fires five blasts of fire at a time at the speed of a 0/3/0 Wizard Monkey. Heat It Up encompasses the whole range of the Flamethrower Monkey, triggers 35% more frequently, and grants affected towers an extra +6 pierce and +2 damage. ($30,000)

x/1/x - [Homing Flames] Fire blasts home in on bloons. ($200)

x/2/x - [Accelerated Fire] Fire blasts move 50% faster and leave fire on the ground, which affects bloons in an identical manner to the burn effect. ($800)

x/3/x - [Molotov Cocktail] Throws a molotov cocktail at whatever bloon it's targeting at the moment every 5.5 seconds. This cocktail acts identically to Gwendolin 's level 3 ability. If there are no bloons nearby, it will throw the cocktail wherever it will next hit bloons. ($1,200)

x/4/x - [Firestorm] Molotov cocktails deal +2 damage and are thrown every 4.75 seconds. Ability: Sets all bloons on screen on fire. Affected bloons are dealt 2 layers of damage when first affected, and then are dealt 2 damage per second for 5 seconds. The ability instead deals 10 layers of damage per second to MOAB-class bloons ($7,500)

x/5/x - [Volcanic Eruption] Molotov cocktails deal an additional +2 damage, and are thrown every 4 seconds. Ability now deals 10 damage per second to normal bloons, and 25 damage per second to MOAB-class bloons, while also lasting twice as long. ($40,000)

x/x/1 - [Welding Mask] A specially designed welding mask increases range by 10% and grants camo detection. ($350)

x/x/2 - [Blazing Fire] Fire has +2 pierce and applies a burn effect to bloons. ($600)

x/x/3 - [Blue Flames] Fire can pop two layers of bloon. This damage increase also applies to the burn effect. ($1,200)

x/x/4 - [White-Hot Fire] Fire can pop four layers of bloon, can pop purple bloons, and has +3 pierce. This damage increase also applies to the burn effect. ($9,000)

x/x/5 - [Amaterasu] Fire can pop seven layers of bloon, deals 21 damage to Ceramic bloons, deals 35 damage to MOAB-class bloons, deals double damage to Fortified bloons, and has +10 pierce. The damage increase also applies to the burn effect, and said burn effect also damages bloons every 0.2 seconds. ($50,000)

Trivia

 * This is essentially Gwendolin, but as a tower.
 * Burning Blaze is a reference to Blaze the Cat from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise, specifically her Super state.
 * Amaterasu is a reference to the Japanese goddess of fire.
 * It could also be seen as a reference to the protagonist of Okami.