Etienne (BTD6)

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Etienne's main asset is in the mid-game with his UCAV ability, saving up for a Tier 5 while also offering consistent extra range and global camo detection. Despite its strong mid-game, UCAV has a long cooldown and has a tendency to chase stray Black Bloons that it cannot pop (until level 20's ability). Regardless, his mid-game saveups are outclassed by the capabilities of several other Heroes, such as {{BTD6|Corvus}} and {{BTD6|Rosalia}}. Past Round 80, Etienne is sub-par, as Perma-UCAV is consistently blocked by Bloons, isn't particularly powerful, and prevents stalling. His most significant weakness is his early-game, as his drones are extremely weak without Drone Swarm, which has a long cooldown and still has reliability issues when activated.

Etienne's main asset is in the mid-game with his UCAV ability, saving up for a Tier 5 while also offering consistent extra range and global camo detection. Despite its strong mid-game, UCAV has a long cooldown, can get blocked with bad positioning, and has a tendency to chase stray Black Bloons that it cannot pop (until level 20's ability). Regardless, his mid-game saveups are outclassed by the capabilities of several other Heroes, such as {{BTD6|Corvus}} and {{BTD6|Rosalia}}. Past Round 80, Etienne is sub-par, as Perma-UCAV is consistently blocked by Bloons, isn't particularly powerful, and prevents stalling. His most significant weakness is his early-game, as his drones are extremely weak without Drone Swarm, which has a long cooldown and still has reliability issues when activated.

His Level 8 UAV grants all towers Camo detection, which is a decent quality-of-life improvement, and also genuinely beneficial in [[Contested Territory (BTD6)|Contested Territory]] Least Tiers tiles, though it is usually insignificant due to {{BTD6|Radar Scanner}} only costing $3,000 and being an integral part of any defense when bought with {{BTD6|Jungle Drums}}.

The range buff to towers does assist strategies that depend on high range, such as [[Desperado (BTD6)|Desperado]]'s top and middle paths, but still only a minor benefit that isn't notable enough to be worth revolving a strategy around.

The range buff to towers does assist strategies that depend on high range, such as [[Desperado (BTD6)|Desperado]]'s top and middle paths, but still only a minor benefit that isn't notable enough to be worth revolving a strategy around. [[Striker Jones (BTD6)|Striker Jones]] offers a smaller range buff but provides extra pierce.

Many other Heroes outclass Etienne, granting >$30,000 value near max level without much of his downsides and minor upsides. Therefore he is considered by the Expert BTD6 community to be the worst Hero in BTD6. He lacks notable synergies with any specific tower, particularly because certain Heroes already overlap with his benefits (e.g. [[Geraldo (BTD6)|Geraldo]]'s [[See Invisibility Potion|Camo Potion]]). He has very limited value in competitive events outside of his global Camo buff, and it is useless against [[Phayze]].

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-Etienne's main asset is in the mid-game with his UCAV ability, saving up for a Tier 5 while also offering consistent extra range and global camo detection. Despite its strong mid-game, UCAV has a long cooldown and has a tendency to chase stray Black Bloons that it cannot pop (until level 20's ability). Regardless, his mid-game saveups are outclassed by the capabilities of several other Heroes, such as {{BTD6|Corvus}} and {{BTD6|Rosalia}}. Past Round 80, Etienne is sub-par, as Perma-UCAV is consistently blocked by Bloons, isn't particularly powerful, and prevents stalling. His most significant weakness is his early-game, as his drones are extremely weak without Drone Swarm, which has a long cooldown and still has reliability issues when activated.
+Etienne's main asset is in the mid-game with his UCAV ability, saving up for a Tier 5 while also offering consistent extra range and global camo detection. Despite its strong mid-game, UCAV has a long cooldown, can get blocked with bad positioning, and has a tendency to chase stray Black Bloons that it cannot pop (until level 20's ability). Regardless, his mid-game saveups are outclassed by the capabilities of several other Heroes, such as {{BTD6|Corvus}} and {{BTD6|Rosalia}}. Past Round 80, Etienne is sub-par, as Perma-UCAV is consistently blocked by Bloons, isn't particularly powerful, and prevents stalling. His most significant weakness is his early-game, as his drones are extremely weak without Drone Swarm, which has a long cooldown and still has reliability issues when activated.
 His Level 8 UAV grants all towers Camo detection, which is a decent quality-of-life improvement, and also genuinely beneficial in [[Contested Territory (BTD6)|Contested Territory]] Least Tiers tiles, though it is usually insignificant due to {{BTD6|Radar Scanner}} only costing $3,000 and being an integral part of any defense when bought with {{BTD6|Jungle Drums}}.
-The range buff to towers does assist strategies that depend on high range, such as [[Desperado (BTD6)|Desperado]]'s top and middle paths, but still only a minor benefit that isn't notable enough to be worth revolving a strategy around.
+The range buff to towers does assist strategies that depend on high range, such as [[Desperado (BTD6)|Desperado]]'s top and middle paths, but still only a minor benefit that isn't notable enough to be worth revolving a strategy around. [[Striker Jones (BTD6)|Striker Jones]] offers a smaller range buff but provides extra pierce.
 Many other Heroes outclass Etienne, granting >$30,000 value near max level without much of his downsides and minor upsides. Therefore he is considered by the Expert BTD6 community to be the worst Hero in BTD6. He lacks notable synergies with any specific tower, particularly because certain Heroes already overlap with his benefits (e.g. [[Geraldo (BTD6)|Geraldo]]'s [[See Invisibility Potion|Camo Potion]]). He has very limited value in competitive events outside of his global Camo buff, and it<!--the global camo buff--> is useless against [[Phayze]].

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