Etienne (BTD6)
Drone Operator
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| 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:$495 — Easy $585 — Medium $630 — Hard $700 — Impoppable | ||
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| XP curve | ×1.0 (levels up at ×1 the normal rate) | ||
| Rogue Legends party |  2-0-0 Desperado 0-0-2 Heli Pilot Splody Darts Rare
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| 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 
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
editDrones
editEtienne 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
| Level | Effect |
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| 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
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Starting at Level 2, Etienne grants +10% range to all nearby towers. This buff is increased to +20% range starting from Level 16.
UAV
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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
editDrone Swarm
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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
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The UCAV ability unlocks at level 10. It transforms the UAV into a combat drone that fires a volley of 10 homing missiles every 0.6 seconds, with a 240° spread, for 12 seconds. The missiles have infinite range, ignore line of sight, have Camo detection, and always target First. Each missile's explosion has 25 pierce, deals 2 explosion-type damage, and has a 20-unit radius. The ability has a 90-second cooldown.
| Level | Effect |
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| 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
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| 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. |
| This list was last updated for: version 54.0 | |
XP requirements
edit| Level | XP required | Rounds to level up | Rounds to level up w/    
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| 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
editEtienne 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
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| “ | 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 |
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| “ | 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 |
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| “ | 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 |
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| “ | Because it didn’t really matter before, but guess it kinda does now. — Update notes |
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| “ | 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 |
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| “ | Etienne's final level activated UCAV power is being increased — Update notes |
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- 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 |
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| “ | 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 |
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Rogue Legends
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Starting Artifact changed ― Absolute Ability Rare → Splody Darts Common- Starting party member changed ― 1-0-0 Engineer Monkey → 0-0-2 Desperado
| “ | As T1 artifacts can easily be filled in with selected starting artifacts we felt a lot of starter teams didn’t stand out from the rest in too meaningful a way (other than starting towers), so to improve on this we’ve gone over a lot of the worse performing starter teams and upgraded their starter artifacts to higher tiers. — Update notes |
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Starting Artifact changed ― Splody Darts Common → Splody Darts Rare
| “ | In addition to artifact changes, we have upgraded the towers for a number of starting teams that were struggling too much early on — Update notes |
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- Starting party member changed ― 0-0-2 Desperado → 2-0-0 Desperado
Cosmetic items
edit![[[ETn|ETn]]](/images/thumb/6/6d/BTD6_ETnPortrait.png/77px-BTD6_ETnPortrait.png)
![[[Book Wyrm|Book Wyrm]]](/images/thumb/3/30/BTD6_BookWyrmEtiennePortrait.png/100px-BTD6_BookWyrmEtiennePortrait.png)
Trophy Store items
edit| Item | Category | Unlock method(s) | Introduced |
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 Etienne Roomba Pet |
Heroes — Pets | Trophy Store —  100, Pets Fan Pack (IAP) |
Version 26.0 |
Gallery
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Assets
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Levels 1–2 -
Levels 3–6 -
Levels 7–9 -
Levels 10–19 -
Level 20 -
Round icon -
Square icon -
Drone Swarm icon -
UCAV icon -
Etienne's range buff icon -
UAV buff icon
Voice lines
edit- When selected in the Heroes menu
- ⓘ "Ready to fly!"
In other languages
edit| Language | Text | Notes |
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| 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 | — |
| Language | Text | Notes |
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| 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
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