Etienne (BTD6): Difference between revisions

From Blooncyclopedia, the independent Bloons knowledge base
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Pymonkibot (talk | contribs)
m Text replacement - "↵{{etienne nav}}" to ""
mNo edit summary
Line 2: Line 2:
{{BTD6 hero info
{{BTD6 hero info
| id = Etienne
| id = Etienne
| order = 11
| numeric id = 11
| name = Etienne
| name = Etienne
| title = Drone Operator
| title = Drone Operator
| image = BTD6 EtiennePortrait.png
| image = BTD6 EtiennePortrait.png
|icon=BTD6 round HeroIconEtienne.png
| description = This high-tech hero can pursue the Bloons wherever they go with his remote controlled drone.
| description = This high-tech hero can pursue the Bloons wherever they go with his remote controlled drone.
| cost = 650
| cost = 650
Line 11: Line 12:
| cost C =  
| cost C =  
| xp scale C =  
| xp scale C =  
| fl trait 1 = Red-wristed
| fl trait 2 = Waymaker
| fl trait 3 = Spotter
| introduced = 20.0
| introduced = 20.0
| introduced C =  
| introduced C =  
Line 20: Line 18:
| rl tower 2 = HeliPilot
| rl tower 2 = HeliPilot
| rl tower 2 upgrades = 002
| rl tower 2 upgrades = 002
| rl artifact = [[Splody Darts]] Rare
| rl artifact = Splody Darts Rare
| fl cost = 4410
| fl cost = 4410
| fl level = 3
| fl level = 3
| fl trait 1 = Red-wristed
| fl trait 2 = Waymaker
| fl trait 3 = Spotter
}}
}}
'''Etienne''' is a [[Hero]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', introduced in {{BTD6 version|20.0}}. He can be unlocked for {{BTD6 mm|5000}} starting at [[level]] 25.
'''Etienne''' is a [[Hero]] in ''[[Bloons TD 6]]'', introduced in {{BTD6 version|20.0}}. He is purchasable for {{BTD6 mm|5000|name=y|link=y}} starting at [[level]] 25.


Etienne does not attack directly, instead controlling drones that seek out [[Bloon]]s and shoot darts at them. The drones operate similarly to [[Heli Pilot (BTD6)|Heli Pilot]]s on [[Pursuit (BTD6)|Pursuit]], being able to fly over [[line of sight]] blockers, but they can only target and pursue Bloons inside Etienne's [[range]]. Etienne starts with one drone and gains more as he levels up, up to a maximum of four at levels 19 and 20.
Etienne does not attack directly, instead controlling drones that seek out [[Bloon]]s and shoot darts at them. The drones operate similarly to [[Heli Pilot (BTD6)|Heli Pilot]]s on [[Pursuit (BTD6)|Pursuit]], being able to fly over [[line of sight]] blockers, but they can only target and pursue Bloons inside Etienne's [[range]]. Etienne starts with one drone and gains more as he levels up, up to a maximum of four at levels 19 and 20.
Line 215: Line 216:


===Screenshots===
===Screenshots===
{{screenshot needed}}
{{screenshot needed|section=y}}


===Assets===
===Assets===

Revision as of 05:20, 23 March 2026

Etienne iterations: BTD6 • Battles 2
Etienne
Drone Operator
Portrait of Etienne
This high-tech hero can pursue the Bloons wherever they go with his remote controlled drone.
Cost $555 — Easy
$650 — Medium
$700 — Hard
$780 — Impoppable
With Hero Favors Hero Favors:
$495 — Easy
$585 — Medium
$630 — Hard
$700 — Impoppable
XP curve ×1.0 (levels up at ×1 the normal rate)
Rogue Legends party  2-0-0
 0-0-2
Frontier Legends attributes Recruit cost: $4,410
Starting level: 3
Red-wristed
Waymaker
Spotter
Introduced Version 20.0

Etienne is a Hero in Bloons TD 6, introduced in version 20.0. He is purchasable for Monkey Money 5,000 Monkey Money starting at level 25.

Etienne does not attack directly, instead controlling drones that seek out Bloons and shoot darts at them. The drones operate similarly to Heli Pilots on Pursuit, being able to fly over line of sight blockers, but they can only target and pursue Bloons inside Etienne's range. Etienne starts with one drone and gains more as he levels up, up to a maximum of four at levels 19 and 20.

  • Starting at level 2, he grants extra range to nearby towers. This buff is improved starting at level 16.
  • Starting at level 5, he gains Camo detection.
  • Starting at level 8, he gains a UAV that flies around the map in a circle and grants Camo detection to all towers, akin to a global Radar Scanner.
  • He has two Activated Abilities:
    • Drone Swarm (level 3) — Summons four additional drones for a short time.
    • UCAV (level 10) — Temporarily converts the UAV into a combat vehicle that fires swarms of homing missiles. At level 20, the UAV becomes a UCAV permanently, and the ability instead increases the UCAV's pierce and damage and allows it to pop all Bloon types temporarily.

Mechanics

Drones

Etienne uses a drone sub-tower to attack Bloons for him. Unlike other flying sub-towers, the drone can only target Bloons inside Etienne's range of 55 units. If there are any Bloons within Etienne's range, the drone will attempt to position itself in front of its targets, similar to Pursuit. If there are no visible targets within Etienne's range, the drone will move around his range at random. The drone attacks its target by shooting darts with 2 pierce every 0.7 seconds that deal 1 sharp-type damage. The drones' targeting ignores line of sight and their shots can travel over blockers.

Etienne controls multiple drones at a time at higher levels. Which Bloons they target depends on Etienne's current targeting setting:

  • First — all on First
  • Divide And Conquer — Strong, First, Strong, First (unlocked at level 7)
  • Zone Defense — First, Strong, Last, Close (unlocked at level 11)

Drones are assigned these targeting options in the order they are unlocked. The targeting of a drone is indicated by the color of its light (for ETn, the color of the UFOs' eyes change, and for Book Wyrm, the color of the dragons' eyes change):

  • Blue: First
  • Green: Last
  • Purple: Close
  • Yellow: Strong
Levels
Level Effect
2 Acquisition range increases to 60 units.
4 Pierce increases to 3.
5 Attack cooldown reduces to 0.55 seconds, effectively increasing attack speed by roughly 27%. Etienne and his drones gain Camo detection.
7 Etienne gains a second drone and unlocks Divide and Conquer targeting.
9 Damage increases to 2.
11 Etienne gains a third drone and unlocks Zone Defense targeting.
12 Pierce increases to 6. Flight speed, rotation speed, and deceleration doubles.
14 Damage increases to 3.
16 Pierce increases to 9. Acquisition range increases to 80 units.
18 Damage increases to 4.
19 Etienne gains a fourth drone.

Range buff

Etienne range buff
Etienne range buff

Starting at Level 2, Etienne grants +10% range to all nearby towers. This buff is increased to +20% range starting from Level 16.

UAV

UAV unlocks at level 8. Etienne deploys a UAV that grants Camo detection to all towers on the map. It visually flies around the map in an anti-clockwise circle, but this is purely cosmetic when the UCAV ability is not in effect. The buff functions identically to Radar Scanner and can be disabled by Phayze.

Abilities

Drone Swarm

Drone Swarm unlocks at level 3. It spawns four additional drones that have a short delay before they start moving and attacking. These drones share the same behavior and stats as the permanent drones at Etienne's current level, but have their own targeting settings that cannot be changed: one is on First, one is on Last, and two are on Strong. These drones last longer as Etienne levels up, initially lasting for 18.5 seconds at level 3 and increasing by 0.5 seconds per level (up to 27 seconds at level 20).

This ability has a cooldown of 80 seconds. At level 6, it reduces to 55 seconds, and at level 16, it reduces to 50 seconds.

UCAV

UCAV unlocks at level 10. It transforms the UAV into a combat drone that fires a volley 10 seeking missiles every 0.6 seconds, with a 240° spread, for 12 seconds. It has infinite range, ignores line of sight, has Camo detection, and always targets First. Each missile's explosion has 25 pierce, deals 2 explosion-type damage, and has a 20-unit radius. It has a 90-second cooldown.

Levels
Level Effect
13 Ability cooldown reduces to 75 seconds.
15 Explosion damage increases to 4. Explosion pierce increases to 30. Ability duration increases to 20 seconds.
17 Explosion damage increases to 7.
20 The UCAV becomes permanent, but with the stats it had at levels 13–14. Activating the ability now increases its explosion damage by 10 (12 damage) and allows it to damage all Bloon types for the duration.

Levels

Level Description
1 Flies a deadly little drone around to shoot at the Bloons.
2 Etienne's range increased and Monkeys in radius get 10% more range.
3 Drone Swarm: Etienne launches 4 more temporary drones to wreak some Bloon popping havoc.
4 Drones increase in popping power.
5 Drone increased attack speed and infrared camera allows shooting of Camo Bloons.
6 Drone Swarm ability cooldown reduced.
7 Etienne now controls 2 drones at once.
8 UAV: all Monkeys gain Camo Bloon detection.
9 Drones pop an extra Bloon layer.
10 UCAV: high altitude surveillance drone becomes devastating combat drone for a short time.
11 Etienne gains a third drone to control.
12 Drone upgrades! Increased popping power and flight speed.
13 UCAV ability cooldown reduced.
14 Drones damage increased greatly.
15 UCAV damage output and duration greatly increased.
16 Etienne's range, drone popping power, and Drone Swarm cooldown all improved. Monkeys in radius get 20% more range.
17 UCAV damage output greatly increased again!
18 Drone damage increased.
19 Etienne now controls four drones all the time!
20 Perma-UCAV: Surveillance drone becomes permanent UCAV. When activated becomes more powerful for a short time and can pop all Bloon types.

XP requirements

Note: the number of rounds to level up assumes the Hero is placed on round 1 and no other Heroes are placed.
Level XP required Rounds to level up Rounds to level up w/
Beginner Intermediate Advanced Expert Beginner Intermediate Advanced Expert
2 180 (180) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3) 3 (3)
3 460 (640) 4 (7) 4 (7) 3 (6) 3 (6)
4 1,000 (1,640) 5 (12) 4 (11) 5 (11) 4 (10) 8 (8) 8 (8) 7 (7) 7 (7)
5 1,860 (3,500) 6 (18) 6 (17) 5 (16) 5 (15) 6 (14) 6 (14) 6 (13) 5 (12)
6 3,280 (6,780) 7 (25) 7 (24) 7 (23) 7 (22) 7 (21) 6 (20) 6 (19) 7 (19)
7 5,180 (11,960) 7 (32) 6 (30) 6 (29) 6 (28) 7 (28) 7 (27) 7 (26) 6 (25)
8 8,320 (20,280) 8 (40) 8 (38) 8 (37) 7 (35) 8 (36) 7 (34) 7 (33) 7 (32)
9 9,380 (29,660) 7 (47) 7 (45) 6 (43) 7 (42) 6 (42) 6 (40) 6 (39) 6 (38)
10 13,620 (43,280) 8 (55) 8 (53) 8 (51) 7 (49) 8 (50) 8 (48) 7 (46) 6 (44)
11 16,380 (59,660) 7 (62) 6 (59) 7 (58) 7 (56) 6 (56) 6 (54) 7 (53) 7 (51)
12 14,400 (74,060) 5 (67) 5 (64) 4 (62) 5 (61) 5 (61) 5 (59) 4 (57) 5 (56)
13 16,650 (90,710) 5 (72) 5 (69) 5 (67) 4 (65) 5 (66) 5 (64) 5 (62) 4 (60)
14 14,940 (105,650) 4 (76) 4 (73) 4 (71) 4 (69) 4 (70) 3 (67) 3 (65) 3 (63)
15 16,380 (122,030) 4 (80) 4 (77) 4 (75) 3 (72) 3 (73) 4 (71) 4 (69) 4 (67)
16 17,820 (139,850) 4 (84) 4 (81) 3 (78) 4 (76) 4 (77) 3 (74) 3 (72) 3 (70)
17 19,260 (159,110) 4 (88) 4 (85) 4 (82) 4 (80) 4 (81) 4 (78) 4 (76) 3 (73)
18 20,700 (179,810) 4 (92) 3 (88) 4 (86) 3 (83) 3 (84) 3 (81) 3 (79) 4 (77)
19 16,470 (196,280) 3 (95) 3 (91) 2 (88) 3 (86) 3 (87) 3 (84) 3 (82) 2 (79)
20 17,280 (213,560) 3 (98) 3 (94) 3 (91) 3 (89) 3 (90) 3 (87) 2 (84) 3 (82)

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Etienne (BTD6).
This section was last updated for: version 52.2

Etienne is a solid hero with both DPS and support capabilities. He has a strong mid game performance despite still being outclassed by Rosalia and Corvus. His greatest weakness is his early-game, where he can only provide occasional burst damage with his drones. He also has limited value in competitive gamemodes.

Etienne's Level 8 UAV is overrated and should never be the main reason to select him in CHIMPS, but can cut a Radar Scanner or decamo and afford expensive T5s such as Bloon Exclusion Zone before the defense gets outscaled after round 80. This utility can also be useful in Monkey Teams or Contested Territory Least Tiers tiles if there are no other options for external camo detection. It is much less useful against Phayze because of Radar Jam. His range buff at level 16 has notable synergy with towers that can use it to see extra lanes, such as MOAB Domination, Popseidon, and middle and top path Desperados.

UCAV is a good DPS ability that can carry over multiple difficult rounds in exchange for a long cooldown. However, Etienne should not be paired with towers that rely on abilities because his permanent UCAV at level 20 will prevent stalling. In the late game, UCAV somewhat falls off but is still a strong cleanup, especially against dense rounds because of its high pierce. It also has a niche in countering the sustained MOAB rushes on round 92 and 96, which are often the hardest rounds for the towers he supports.

Update history

Icon of "the greatest challenge" This article or section uses Cargo to generate its content. It will automatically fill up as other articles are completed.
To add to this section, create the articles it is looking up. Do not add content to this section manually and do not remove this notice until you are sure this section is complete.
While he has been highly underrated, we wanted to fit in a few quality of life tweaks to add overall nicety and smoothen progression.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
3+
  • Buff Drone Swarm: base duration increased ― 15s → 17s
    • Note: Level 3 now lasts 18.5s
  • Buff Drone Swarm: now increases in duration by +0.5s per level
16
  • Neutral Drone Swarm: Lv16 no longer increases duration
    • Note: Duration remains unchanged at 25s
20
  • Buff UCAV: duration increased ― 15s → 20s
  • Buff UCAV: deals normal damage for buff duration
Etienne’s main power through mid-to-endgame intentionally comes from his UCAV, however it still overperforms and needs to be pulled back a bit.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
10-14
  • Nerf UCAV: duration reduced ― 20s → 18s
15-19
  • Nerf UCAV: duration reduced ― 25s → 20s
Levels Changes
10+
  • Buff UCAV should no longer have a footprint slightly below Etienne that blocks towers from being placed in that area (bug fix)
Levels Changes
8
  • Level 8 ‘camo’ unlock visual correctly displays at this level again, not level 9 (bug fix)
10+
  • Nerf Level 10 UCAV no longer creates a secondary ice platform when etienne is placed on frozen water (bug fix)
We have to admit there were some mistakes not trusting ourselves as much as we should have due to lackluster initial reception of Etienne (except for you die hard Etienne fans, who we greatly appreciate). He was quickly buffed in the very next update before giving users time to settle and find out just how to use a hero who played so differently and after the resurgence in play with the ETn skin. While we still feel that those changes rather nicely sorted out quality of life issues and we took more time to avoid ping ponging him around, he clearly reigns far too supreme and needs some nerf stick. Rather than removing any of those usability changes we have decided to trim down the power of his very dominant UCAV ability.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
10-14
  • Nerf UCAV: damage reduced ― 3 → 2
15-16
  • Nerf UCAV: damage reduced ― 6 → 4
17-19
  • Nerf UCAV: damage reduced ― 9 → 7
20
  • Nerf Perma-UCAV: damage reduced ― 3 → 2
  • Nerf UCAV ability: damage reduced ― 12 → 10
Levels Changes
3+
  • Buff Drone Swarm: Now has a forced expiration after the drone swarm duration +10s to prevent them getting stuck (bug fix)
Because it didn’t really matter before, but guess it kinda does now.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
10+
  • Buff UCAV: Can now naturally detect Camo Bloons
Etienne's drones are prone to missing due to very low projectile speed, this speed is increasing a fair amount to help with this as drones already have an inability to directionally aim well.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
All
  • Buff Faster projectile speed for all drones ― 150 → 250
  • Buff Etienne should no longer consume the ‘Box of Monkey’ Relic Knowledge (bug fix)
Etienne's final level activated UCAV power is being increased
— Update notes
Levels Changes
20
  • Buff UCAV: Missile damage increased ― 10 → 12
Levels Changes
10+
  • Buff Fixed an issue where Etienne's Level 8 UAV wasn’t applying camo detection to towers when the UCAV ability is active (bug fix)
  • Etienne Level 2 description changed ― Etienne's range increased. → Etienne's range increased and Monkeys in radius get 10% more range.
  • Etienne Level 16 description changed ― Etienne's range, drone popping power, and Drone Swarm cooldown all improved. → Etienne's range, drone popping power, and Drone Swarm cooldown all improved. Monkeys in radius get 20% more range.
We don't have a general large range buff focus hero, and this really feels like it fits Etienne’s character well, so it sounded fun.
— Update notes
Levels Changes
2-15
  • Buff All towers in range of Etienne gain +10% range
16+
  • Buff All towers in range of Etienne gain +20% range
Levels Changes
2+
  • Range buff icon changed to Etienne's face instead of the the Village icon (undocumented)
As Etienne’s Drone power level is designed to be lower, his starting cost is being reduced so that he is able to come online earlier
— Update notes
Levels Changes
All
  • Buff Placement cost reduced ― $850 → $650
Levels Changes
20
  • Nerf Should no longer create multiple UCAV when his attack speed is increased or the UCAV ability is clicked one frame after reaching Level 20 (bug fix)

Cosmetic items

Item Category Unlock method(s) Introduced
Icon of Etienne Roomba Pet Etienne Roomba Pet Heroes — Pets Trophy StoreTrophies 100, Pets Fan Pack (IAP) Version 26.0
For more Etienne images, see Gallery:Etienne.

Screenshots

Scoop's Tall Tale icon This section needs more screenshots.
See the screenshot guidelines for more information on what screenshots are needed and how to add them.

Assets

Voice lines

When selected in the Heroes menu
  • "Ready to fly!"
When placed
  • "Ready to fly!"
  • "Here we go!"
When selected
  • "Oui ?" ("Yes?")
  • "Hey!"
  • "Systems, check!"
  • "Objective?"
  • "Eyes up!"
  • "Oui ?"
When selected repeatedly
  • "You want me to do this, or not?"
  • "No distractions!"
When activating Drone Swarm
  • "Swarm deployed!"
When activating UCAV
  • "Weapons hot!"
When leveling up
  • "Yeah!"
  • "Oui !" ("Yes!")
  • "Oui !"
  • "C'est beau !" ("That's beautiful!")
  • "C'est beau !"
  • "Upgrade time!"
  • "Drone power!"
  • "Yeah!"
When leveling up to level 20
  • "That's some serious damage!"
When a MOAB appears
  • "Tracking MOAB!"
When a BFB appears
  • "Tracking BFB!"
When a ZOMG appears
  • "Tracking ZOMG!"
When a DDT appears
  • "DDT! DDT!"
When a BAD appears
  • "Heads up! Tracking BAD!"
When a MOAB-Class Bloon is destroyed
  • "Adieu !" ("Farewell!")
  • "How it's done!"
When a Bloon leaks
  • "Eyes on that exit!"
  • "C'est la guerre !" ("That's war!")

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 48.0
Name
Language Text Notes
Arabic إتيان
Danish Etienne
German Etienne
Spanish Etienne
Spanish (Latin America) Etienne
Finnish Etienne
French Etienne
Italian Etienne
Japanese エティエンヌ
Korean 에티엔
Dutch Etienne
Norwegian Etienne
Polish Etienne
Portuguese (Brazil) Etienne
Russian Этьен
Swedish Etienne
Thai เอเตียน
Turkish Etienne
Chinese (simplified) 艾蒂安
Chinese (traditional) 埃蒂安
Description
Language Text Notes
Arabic يمكن لهذا البطل ذو التقنية العالية أن يلاحق البالونات أينما ذهبوا بطائرته المسيرة التي يتم التحكم فيها عن بعد.
Danish Denne hi-tech helt kan jagte bloons overalt med sin fjernstyrede drone.
German Dieser High-Tech-Held kann den Bloons mit seiner ferngesteuerten Drohne überall hin folgen.
Spanish Este héroe tecnológico puede perseguir a los bloons con su dron a control remoto.
Spanish (Latin America) Este héroe tecnológico puede perseguir a los bloons con su dron a control remoto.
Finnish Tämä korkeatekninen sankari voi jahdata blooneja minne tahansa kauko-ohjatulla droonillaan.
French Ce héros haute technologie peut pourchasser les Bloons partout où ils se rendent grâce à son drone télécommandé.
Italian Questo eroe all'avanguardia può inseguire ovunque i bloon grazie al suo drone telecomandato.
Japanese このハイテクヒーローは、リモコンドローンでどこからでもブルーンを追跡できる。
Korean 원격 조종 드론으로 풍선이 어디에 있든 추격하는 첨단 기술을 사용하는 영웅입니다.
Dutch Deze hightech held kan Bloons overal volgen met zijn op afstand bestuurbare drone.
Norwegian Denne høyteknologiske helten kan forfølge bloons hvor enn de går med den fjernstyrte dronen sin.
Polish Ten technologiczny bohater może podążać za blonami za pomocą zdalnie sterowanego drona.
Portuguese (Brazil) Esse herói tecnológico pode perseguir os Bloons em qualquer lugar com este drone controlado remotamente.
Russian Разбирающийся в высоких технологиях герой с помощью дронов может преследовать шары где угодно.
Swedish Denna högteknologiska hjälte kan följa Bloons var de än tar vägen med sin fjärrstyrda drönare.
Thai ฮีโร่ไฮเทคผู้นี้สามารถติดตามบลูนไปได้ทุกที่ด้วยโดรนควบคุมระยะไกล
Turkish Bu yüksek teknolojili kahraman uzaktan kumandalı dronuyla Bloon’ları gittikleri her yerde takip edebilir.
Chinese (simplified) 此高科技英雄可遥控它的无人机追杀气球到天涯海角。
Chinese (traditional) 這位技術高超的英雄可以使用遠程控制的無人機追踪氣球的位置。

References