Sentry Champion (BTD6)

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'''Sentry Champion''' (formerly named '''Sentry Paragon''' before Version 28.0) is the [[Engineer Monkey (BTD6)|Engineer Monkey]]'s path 1 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It now deploys Champion Sentries that self-destruct after expiring, causing a large explosion that pops 50 Bloons (75 with [[Oversize Nails (BTD6)|Oversize Nails]]) and deals 100 damage. Champion Sentries shoot plasma balls that pop up to 5 Bloons (10 with Oversize Nails), and deal 3 damage (+1 [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class]] and +1 [[Fortified Bloon (BTD6)|Fortified]] damage with [[Deconstruction (BTD6)|Deconstruction]]), with an [[attack cooldown]] of 0.06 seconds, and have 50 range (54 with [[Larger Service Area (BTD6)|Larger Service Area]]).

'''Sentry Champion''' (formerly named '''Sentry Paragon''' before Version 28.0) is the [[Engineer Monkey (BTD6)|Engineer Monkey]]'s path 1 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. <section begin="lede"/>The Engineer now deploys Champion Sentries that self-destruct after expiring, causing a large explosion that pops 50 Bloons (75 with [[Oversize Nails (BTD6)|Oversize Nails]]) and deals 100 damage. Champion Sentries shoot plasma balls that pop up to 5 Bloons (10 with Oversize Nails), and deal 3 damage (+1 [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class]] and +1 [[Fortified Bloon (BTD6)|Fortified]] damage with [[Deconstruction (BTD6)|Deconstruction]]), with an [[attack cooldown]] of 0.06 seconds, and have 50 range (54 with [[Larger Service Area (BTD6)|Larger Service Area]]).

This upgrade also reduces the attack cooldown of the Engineer's nail attack from 0.~~35s~~ to 0.3s.

This upgrade also reduces the attack cooldown of the Engineer's nail attack from 0.35 to 0.3 seconds. <section end="lede"/>

==Stats==

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==Strategy==

Sentry Champion is a very weak tower without external buffs, but it becomes effective in the presence of them. Champion Sentries attack extremely fast with many projectiles, but have very low damage and pierce. They also inherit speed buffs from the Sentry Champion, effectively multiplying the effect of the buff by increasing both sentry attack speed and deployment rate. Thus, pairing it with at least a [[Call to Arms (BTD6)|Call to Arms]] and [[Jungle Drums (BTD6)|Jungle Drums]] is mandatory for it stand out. [[Homeland Defense (BTD6)|Homeland Defense]] is much stronger, making an effective synergy when used against Bosses.

Sentry Champion also benefits from damage buffs and blimp debuffs. [[Glue Strike (BTD6)|Glue Strike]], in particular the [[Glue Soak (BTD6)|Glue Soak]] crosspath to penetrate blimps, is one of its best pairings. Despite a moderate tier 5 cost, ~~it's~~ one of the cheaper tier 5s when accounting for previous tiers, allowing more cash to be spent on the necessary buffs and debuffs.

Sentry Champion also benefits from damage buffs and blimp debuffs. [[Glue Strike (BTD6)|Glue Strike]], in particular the [[Glue Soak (BTD6)|Glue Soak]] crosspath to penetrate blimps, is one of its best pairings. [[Stormwrath Archon]] works well with Sentry Champion by letting sentries trigger the lightning rods for collateral damage, in addition to other benefits from the path 2 Skywarden's other upgrades such as [[Thunder's Decree]] ability and the sharp/shatter lightning triggers from [[Galvanic Conduit]]. Despite a moderate tier 5 cost, Sentry Champion is one of the cheaper tier 5s when accounting for previous tiers, allowing more cash to be spent on the necessary buffs and Bloon debuffs.

~~The~~ [[Deconstruction (BTD6)|Deconstruction]] ~~crosspath is generally preferred~~, ~~since its bonus damage to [[Fortified Bloon (BTD6)|Fortified]] and [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class Bloons]] works well with the Champion Sentries' fast attacks, but~~ faces anti-synergy with [[Larger Service Area (BTD6)|Larger Service Area]]'s erratic sentry placements. [[Oversize Nails (BTD6)|Oversize Nails]] ~~grants a substantial~~ pierce ~~buff~~, ~~making it a better choice against~~ dense rounds~~, but~~ [[Pin (BTD6)|Pin]] doesn't affect Super Ceramics, so 5-0-1 is usually enough unless transitioning from [[Sentry Expert (BTD6)|Sentry Expert]].

Crosspaths are important to maximize its buffability. Where more single-target damage is required, crosspath with [[Deconstruction (BTD6)|Deconstruction]], though it faces anti-synergy with [[Larger Service Area (BTD6)|Larger Service Area]]'s more erratic sentry placements. However, in general case scenarios, [[Oversize Nails (BTD6)|Oversize Nails]] is preferred in the presence of buffs that take advantage of high pierce, letting the sentries handle dense rounds more efficiently without the anti-synergy of the range upgrade. [[Pin (BTD6)|Pin]] doesn't affect Super Ceramics, so 5-0-1 is usually enough unless transitioning from [[Sentry Expert (BTD6)|Sentry Expert]].

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-'''Sentry Champion''' (formerly named '''Sentry Paragon''' before Version 28.0) is the [[Engineer Monkey (BTD6)|Engineer Monkey]]'s path 1 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. It now deploys Champion Sentries that self-destruct after expiring, causing a large explosion that pops 50 Bloons (75 with [[Oversize Nails (BTD6)|Oversize Nails]]) and deals 100 damage. Champion Sentries shoot plasma balls that pop up to 5 Bloons (10 with Oversize Nails), and deal 3 damage (+1 [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class]] and +1 [[Fortified Bloon (BTD6)|Fortified]] damage with [[Deconstruction (BTD6)|Deconstruction]]), with an [[attack cooldown]] of 0.06 seconds, and have 50 range (54 with [[Larger Service Area (BTD6)|Larger Service Area]]).
+'''Sentry Champion''' (formerly named '''Sentry Paragon''' before Version 28.0) is the [[Engineer Monkey (BTD6)|Engineer Monkey]]'s path 1 tier 5 [[upgrade]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]''. <section begin="lede"/>The Engineer now deploys Champion Sentries that self-destruct after expiring, causing a large explosion that pops 50 Bloons (75 with [[Oversize Nails (BTD6)|Oversize Nails]]) and deals 100 damage. Champion Sentries shoot plasma balls that pop up to 5 Bloons (10 with Oversize Nails), and deal 3 damage (+1 [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class]] and +1 [[Fortified Bloon (BTD6)|Fortified]] damage with [[Deconstruction (BTD6)|Deconstruction]]), with an [[attack cooldown]] of 0.06 seconds, and have 50 range (54 with [[Larger Service Area (BTD6)|Larger Service Area]]).
-This upgrade also reduces the attack cooldown of the Engineer's nail attack from 0.35s to 0.3s.
+This upgrade also reduces the attack cooldown of the Engineer's nail attack from 0.35 to 0.3 seconds. <section end="lede"/>
 ==Stats==
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 ==Strategy==
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+{{BTD6 last updated|56.3|section=y}}
 Sentry Champion is a very weak tower without external buffs, but it becomes effective in the presence of them. Champion Sentries attack extremely fast with many projectiles, but have very low damage and pierce. They also inherit speed buffs from the Sentry Champion, effectively multiplying the effect of the buff by increasing both sentry attack speed and deployment rate. Thus, pairing it with at least a [[Call to Arms (BTD6)|Call to Arms]] and [[Jungle Drums (BTD6)|Jungle Drums]] is mandatory for it stand out. [[Homeland Defense (BTD6)|Homeland Defense]] is much stronger, making an effective synergy when used against Bosses.
-Sentry Champion also benefits from damage buffs and blimp debuffs. [[Glue Strike (BTD6)|Glue Strike]], in particular the [[Glue Soak (BTD6)|Glue Soak]] crosspath to penetrate blimps, is one of its best pairings. Despite a moderate tier 5 cost, it's one of the cheaper tier 5s when accounting for previous tiers, allowing more cash to be spent on the necessary buffs and debuffs.
+Sentry Champion also benefits from damage buffs and blimp debuffs. [[Glue Strike (BTD6)|Glue Strike]], in particular the [[Glue Soak (BTD6)|Glue Soak]] crosspath to penetrate blimps, is one of its best pairings. [[Stormwrath Archon]] works well with Sentry Champion by letting sentries trigger the lightning rods for collateral damage, in addition to other benefits from the path 2 Skywarden's other upgrades such as [[Thunder's Decree]] ability and the sharp/shatter lightning triggers from [[Galvanic Conduit]]. Despite a moderate tier 5 cost, Sentry Champion is one of the cheaper tier 5s when accounting for previous tiers, allowing more cash to be spent on the necessary buffs and Bloon debuffs.
-The [[Deconstruction (BTD6)|Deconstruction]] crosspath is generally preferred, since its bonus damage to [[Fortified Bloon (BTD6)|Fortified]] and [[MOAB-Class Bloon|MOAB-Class Bloons]] works well with the Champion Sentries' fast attacks, but faces anti-synergy with [[Larger Service Area (BTD6)|Larger Service Area]]'s erratic sentry placements. [[Oversize Nails (BTD6)|Oversize Nails]] grants a substantial pierce buff, making it a better choice against dense rounds, but [[Pin (BTD6)|Pin]] doesn't affect Super Ceramics, so 5-0-1 is usually enough unless transitioning from [[Sentry Expert (BTD6)|Sentry Expert]].
+Crosspaths are important to maximize its buffability. Where more single-target damage is required, crosspath with [[Deconstruction (BTD6)|Deconstruction]], though it faces anti-synergy with [[Larger Service Area (BTD6)|Larger Service Area]]'s more erratic sentry placements. However, in general case scenarios, [[Oversize Nails (BTD6)|Oversize Nails]] is preferred in the presence of buffs that take advantage of high pierce, letting the sentries handle dense rounds more efficiently without the anti-synergy of the range upgrade. [[Pin (BTD6)|Pin]] doesn't affect Super Ceramics, so 5-0-1 is usually enough unless transitioning from [[Sentry Expert (BTD6)|Sentry Expert]].
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