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youtube muted my video because of copyright so i reupload it here to keep a record.

a few context behind this completion:

• originally in v47.0, tsar bombs got buffed to 30d. people in index server figured out this buff was big enough to make some 2tc combos possible (such as 401 ninja, 230 druids, etc...). Lombre saw this as an opportunity, then completed some combos. in a 2tc combo, the second tower needs to do enough damage on r100 to help out. i wasn't too interested in beating 2tc, but i tested r100, and figured it was possible to solo with JUST bomber ace. Lombre, after learning I beat r100 solo, started to try 1TC. so I started attempting 1TC as well. we were off on a race. Lombre got to r100 first, but was struggling to beat because they couldn't damage the BAD enough. i was struggling on r98 because i didn't know the stalling strategy. however Lombre did helped me to beat r98, then i went and beat 100 shortly after. the main reason why I could beat 100 but not Lombre comes down to microing strategy. I used reverse patterns to micro the ace which allowed me to squeeze out more damage during the bad phases. overall, this completion is done, kinda went viral, and about 3 other people in the ace community were able to pull it off.
• in v48.0, NK realized the buff to 1TC is too much, so they nerfed it down from 30d -> 25d. at first i was skeptical that this time 1TC was still possible. a quick test on r100 and i got nowhere close. it was barely possible before, and now with a 5d nerf, it requires ace micro to drop ~20% more bombs to do the same amount of damage (e.g if v47.0 BAD needed 115 bombs to pop, then the same around now needs about 135+ bombs). but i tried anyway. and after over 2 hours, i beat r95. r100 took me about 15 minutes, each attempt requires intense micro lasting for over 3 minutes. no one else has replicated this, and i guess people don't have a reason to anyway.
• v49.0 tsar bombing run damage 25d -> 20d, and does not pop black bloons (ggs). my bad if i gave NK a reason to nerf your favorite tower.
• i think tsar 1TC is overrated. meanwhile shredder 2TCs are underrated. tsar is a kind of tower that got over-buffed, beat 1tc, then over-nerfed. shredder has stayed the same over the years. the changes happened from within the community where people were figuring out better strategies, slowly cutting down on the 2nd tower in 2tc and finally eliminating it entirely. shredder is the kind that defines the micro nature of this tower. tsar 1tc won't happen without shredder 2tc.
• happy 10 update anniversary!