Gwendolin (BTD6)
Gwendolin
Pyromaniac
Pyromaniac
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| Gwendolin believes there hasn't yet been a Bloon problem that can't be solved with fire. Lots of fire. |
| Cost | $615 — Easy $725 — Medium $785 — Hard $870 — Impoppable With  Hero Favors:$555 — Easy $655 — Medium $705 — Hard $785 — Impoppable | ||
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| XP curve | ×1.0 (levels up at ×1 the normal rate) | ||
| Rogue Legends party |  1-1-0 0-2-0 Flaming Hot Punch-A-Rang Legendary
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| Frontier Legends attributes | Recruit cost: $4,095 Starting level: 3 Piercing Purple-coat Slugga | ||
| Introduced | Launch | ||
Gwendolin is a Hero in Bloons TD 6. She unlocks upon reaching level 14.
Gwendolin attacks by shooting fireballs at Bloons from her flamethrower. Initially, each flame pops up to 2 Bloons at a rate of every 0.5 seconds. Almost every level improves her flame attack. All of her attacks cannot pop Purple Bloons without support until she reaches at least level 16, and all of her activated abilities can affect Camo.
- Starting at level 4, she gains a passively generating Heat It Up attack that is triggered every 40 shots from her flamethrower, creating a high-pierce radial fire attack that additionally buffs nearby towers with +1 pierce and gives the ability to pop frozen and Lead Bloons. Starting at level 17, the buff grants additional damage to all Bloons, especially Lead Bloons.
- Starting at level 5, she grants extra attack speed and radius for Ring of Fire, Dragon's Breath, and Signal Flare, which is improved at level 18.
- She has two Activated Abilities:
- Cocktail of Fire (level 3) — Drops a cocktail onto a targeted location within her range, creating a blaze (similar to Wall of Fire) that constantly damages non-Purple Bloons that pass through it.
- Firestorm (level 10) — Damages and burns all non-Purple Bloons on screen and immediately applies a Heat It Up effect for all other towers on screen.
Mechanics
Main attack
Gwendolin's main attack is a flamethrower that shoots flame projectiles. It deals 1 Fire-type damage and has 2 pierce, and she attacks every 0.5 seconds.
| Level | Effect |
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| 2 | Pierce increases to 3. |
| 5 | Pierce increases to 4. |
| 6 | Projectiles inflict damage over time that deals 1 Fire-type damage every 1.5 seconds for up to 3.1 seconds. |
| 8 | Shoots two projectiles at a time in parallel. |
| 9 | Damage increases to 2. Starting at this level, each level increases burn duration by 1 second and damage per tick by 1. It has 4s duration and 2 damage at level 9 and reaches 15s duration and 13 damage at level 20. |
| 11 | Range increases to 41. |
| 12 | Attack cooldown reduces to 0.4s. |
| 13 | Pierce increases to 8. Projectile speed increases to 250 units/s. Projectile lifetime increases to 1.25 seconds. |
| 15 | Attack cooldown reduces to 0.3 seconds. |
| 16 | Can now damage Purple Bloons. |
| 18 | Attack cooldown reduces to 0.15 seconds. |
| 19 | Shoots three projectiles at a time in parallel. |
Heat it up
Heat it up unlocks at level 4. It is a burst of fire that damages nearby Bloons and buffs nearby towers. The attack triggers at Gwendolin's position every 40 shots or after 1.5 seconds since it last triggered, whichever takes longer. It has 100 pierce, 38 range, and deals 3 damage. The buff gives towers +1 pierce and allows them to pop Lead Bloons and frozen Bloons, and lasts for 8 seconds.
| Level | Effect |
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| 4 | 3 Damage, 38 range, 100 pierce |
| 7 | Damage and buff radius increased to 43 |
| 11 | Damage and buff radius increased to 46 |
| 12 | Damage increased to 10. |
| 15 | Damage increased to 20. |
| 16 | Can now damage Purple Bloons. |
| 17 | Buff now gives +1 damage and +2 damage to Lead Bloons. |
| 18 | Damage increased to 30. |
Pyrotechnics Expert
Pyrotechnics Expert[1] is a tower buff that unlocks at level 5. It has infinite range and applies to all Tack Shooters upgraded to Ring of Fire and above (except Crucible of Steel and Flame), Mortar Monkeys upgraded to Signal Flare and above, and Wizard Monkeys upgraded to Dragon's Breath and above (except Magus Perfectus), reducing their attack cooldown and increasing their projectile radius by 10%. Starting at level 18, the effect increases to 20%.
Abilities
Cocktail of Fire
Cocktail of Fire unlocks at level 3. It causes Gwendolin to throw a molotov cocktail on the track, creating a Wall of Fire-like projectile that rapidly damages Bloons that pass through it. The cocktail's landing point can be set to anywhere within Gwendolin's range using the targeting option, even behind line of sight blockers. It deals fire-type damage every 0.2 seconds to up to 20 Bloons at a time, lasts for 12 seconds, and has a 30-second cooldown.
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| 3 | Deals 1 damage every 0.2 seconds to 20 bloons per tick in a radius of 15. |
| 7 | Deals damage twice as fast and can hit up to 40 Bloons per tick. Radius of the fire wall increases to 20. |
| 11 | Can hit up to 60 Bloons per tick. Targeting range increases slightly. |
| 14 | Deals 2 damage per tick instead of 1 and now inflicts a damage over time effect on MOAB-Class Bloons that deals 5 damage every second for 10 seconds. |
| 16 | Can now damage Purple Bloons. |
| 20 | Deals 5 damage per tick with the fire and 8 damage per tick with the damage over time effect. |
Firestorm
Firestorm unlocks at level 10. It causes Gwendolin to hurl a firestorm throughout the entire map, burning and damaging all non-Purple bloons (until Level 16+) and triggering Heat It Up to every tower. The initial damage inflicts 5 damage, 20 to MOAB-class. Afterwards, a burn damage-over-time is applied, dealing 2 damage every 0.5 seconds to non-blimps and 15 damage every 1.0 seconds to MOAB-class, lasting up to 8 seconds. The ability has a cooldown of 60 seconds.
| Level | Effect |
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| 10 | 5 initial damage, 20 to MOAB-class, 2 damage per 0.5 second to bloons, 15 damage per 1 second to MOAB class, 8 second duration |
| 16 | Affects Purples, burn lasts for 10.4 seconds and does extra damage per tick (bloons: 5, MOAB-class: 20). |
| 17 | Gains the improved Heat It Up effect unlocked at Level 17. |
| 20 | Initial damage increased to 10 to bloons, 50 to MOAB-class. Burn does extra damage per tick (bloons: 10, MOAB-class: 30). |
Levels
| Level | Description |
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| 1 | Blasts Bloons with fire from her pyro gun. |
| 2 | Slightly increased popping power per shot. |
| 3 | Cocktail of Fire: Hurls a flask of flammable liquid, burning Bloons that pass through the fire. |
| 4 | Heat it up - Every 40 attacks Gwendolin creates a powerful blast wave of fire that pops Bloons and adds fire to nearby Monkeys’ attacks. |
| 5 | Increased popping power. 10% improved attack speed and radius for Ring of Fire, Signal Flare and Dragon's Breath. |
| 6 | Attacks cause a burn effect on target Bloon. |
| 7 | Heat it up has increased radius, Cocktail of Fire is more effective. |
| 8 | Shoots 2 blasts of fire per shot. |
| 9 | Initial hit per blast pops 1 extra layer. Gains increased burn damage and duration for every level. |
| 10 | Firestorm: Sets the whole screen alight, burning all Bloons and granting the Heat It Up buff to all Monkeys. |
| 11 | Increased attack range, and Cocktail of Fire is more effective. |
| 12 | Increased attack speed and increases damage of Heat it Up. |
| 13 | Greatly increased popping power, plus projectiles move faster and last longer. |
| 14 | Cocktail of Fire does extra damage and sets MOAB class Bloons alight. |
| 15 | Increased attack speed and increases damage of Heat it Up. |
| 16 | Firestorm has increased duration and does more damage. Purple Bloons are no longer immune to Gwendolin's attacks. |
| 17 | Heat it up empowers affected Monkeys to pop 1 extra layer, and do +2 damage to Lead Bloons. |
| 18 | Increased attack speed and increases damage of Heat it Up. 20% improved attack speed and radius for Ring of Fire, Signal Flare and Dragon's Breath. |
| 19 | Shoots 3 blasts of fire per shot. |
| 20 | Firestorm does hugely increased damage. |
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Level 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/    
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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) |
Stats
For a complete list of Gwendolin stats, see Stats:Gwendolin (BTD6).
This data was last updated for: version 52.2
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Strategy
For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Gwendolin (BTD6).
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This section was last updated for: version 50.2
Gwendolin stands out in strategies that need consistent lead-popping against DDTs and do generally low base damage and attack quickly, as assisted by her Heat-It-Up, plus multiple ways to pop large groups of non-Purple Bloons. Place her close to the main defenses.
Update history
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Gwendolin’s Heat it Up! attack/buff has been sitting in a weird spot where it would benefit from attack speed but does not because of the cooldown which prevents it ever having full uptime. This rework makes her have a roughly similar uptime at all levels without being buffed, however she will now benefit properly with increased uptime depending on any rate modifiers applied to her. A fully juiced Gwendolin around level 15 or 18 should now be capable of achieving 100% buff uptime
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The last Gwendolin change didn't come through as well as intended for a number of reasons, so while keeping true to the intention behind this change it has been improved across the board to properly buff this again
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As the Firestorm ability itself drops off later anyway, Gwen’s level 17 buff to Heat it Up will now apply to the version granted to all towers by Firestorm as well.
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Similar to Wall of Fire, Gwendolin’s Cocktail gains too much strength in grouped situations too early on and so this power has been pushed to higher levels.
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Gwendolin’s Firestorm damage doesn’t carry well into the endgame so has been buffed at a later level.
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As she’s a little average all around these days with other heroes overtaking in the past years, Gwendolin is seeing some improved quality of life, synergization, and extra juice to the initial hit of Firestorm since currently the ability is, well, not heroic enough and the first impact does very little compared to the DoT.
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For now with a noteworthy direct comparison to Brickell and the use cases for these two heroes we have done a price swap keeping the lesser of the two at the lower price point. However as 750 would put gwen on the same cost as Striker Jones and we want starts with base 4 heroes to stay more diverse we have taken her down a little extra on top of that.
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Removing the stacking aspect of Gwendolin’s burn damage over time, but increasing the damage as she levels up so that it actually scales up in power now.
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Gwen’s early game is just too much, especially far too excessive with the right combinations of knowledge / relic buffs so some of this power is being pushed up more with a makeup buff to cocktail at Lv7 where this has started to fall off by.
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Looking back over her kit, we noticed that we’ve never improved the actual attack itself for Gwen’s Heat it Up. Allowing her to be juiced up with high attack speed in order to spam these supercharged bursts of damage sounds fun and cool, so while noting that this will also increase the uptime of her buff we’re removing the limiter on her Heat it Up rate and pumping up its damage tenfold.
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Gwendolin’s Heat it Up was recently reworked to allow for much more frequent triggering from attacks, however the 4.5s internal cooldown still limits it from being scaled up far so that internal cooldown is now also being reduced. Additionally, Heat it Up’s bonus buff to damage against Lead targets has been improved slightly so we can get more out of that niche.
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- Gwendolin Level 9 description changed ― Initial hit per blast pops 1 extra layer. → Initial hit per blast pops 1 extra layer. Gains increased burn damage and duration for every level.
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Taking the opportunity to invest in some fire & water synergy
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Gwendolin’s Lv10 Firestorm has been power-crept past by newer heroes and feels very lacking at this level for a fast XP curve hero.
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Cosmetic items
![[[Scientist Gwendolin (BTD6)|Scientist Gwendolin]]](/images/thumb/4/45/BTD6_GwendolinPortrait_%28scientist%29.png/96px-BTD6_GwendolinPortrait_%28scientist%29.png)
![[[Harlegwen|Harlegwen]]](/images/thumb/a/aa/BTD6_CircusGwendolinPortrait.png/100px-BTD6_CircusGwendolinPortrait.png)
![[[Firecracker Gwen|Firecracker Gwen]]](/images/thumb/a/a2/BTD6_GwendolinFirecrackerPortrait.png/99px-BTD6_GwendolinFirecrackerPortrait.png)
Trophy Store items
| Item | Category | Unlock method(s) | Introduced |
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 Gwendolin Firefox Pet |
Heroes — Pets | Trophy Store —  100, Prime Gaming drop 2, Pets Fan Pack (IAP) |
Version 19.0 |
 Gwendolin Fireball Place & Upgrade |
Heroes — Place FX | Trophy Store — 60, Prime Gaming drop 2 |
Version 27.0 |
Gallery
For more Gwendolin images, see Gallery:Gwendolin.
Screenshots
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Assets
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Levels 1–2 -
Levels 3–9 -
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Level 20 -
Round icon -
Square icon -
Cocktail of Fire icon -
Firestorm icon -
Heat it up buff icon -
Pyrotechnics buff icon
Voice lines
- When selected in the Heroes menu
- ⓘ "Doesn't get hotter than this!"
In other languages
This section was last updated for: version 49.2
| Language | Text | Notes |
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| Arabic | جويندولين | — |
| Danish | Gwendolin | — |
| German | Gwendolin | — |
| Spanish | Gwendolin | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Gwendolin | — |
| Finnish | Gwendolin | — |
| French | Gwendolin | — |
| Italian | Gwendolin | — |
| Japanese | グウェンドリン | — |
| Korean | 그웬돌린 | — |
| Dutch | Gwendolin | — |
| Norwegian | Gwendolin | — |
| Polish | Gwendolin | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Gwendolin | — |
| Russian | Гвендолин | — |
| Swedish | Gwendolin | — |
| Thai | เกว็นโดลิน | — |
| Turkish | Gwendolin | — |
| Chinese (simplified) | 格温多琳 | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 葛溫朵琳 | — |
| Language | Text | Notes |
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| Arabic | يعتقد جويندولين أنه لم تظهر بعد مشكلة في بلونز لا يمكن حلها بالنار حتى الآن. الكثير من النيران. | — |
| Danish | Gwendolin er af den faste overbevisning, at der ikke findes et bloon-problem, som ikke kan løses med ild. Masser af ild. | — |
| German | Gwendolin ist davon überzeugt, dass es keinerlei Bloonproblem gibt, das nicht mit Feuer gelöst werden kann. Mit einer Menge Feuer ... | — |
| Spanish | Gwendolin cree que no hay ningún problema relacionado con los bloons que no se pueda resolver con fuego. Mucho fuego. | — |
| Spanish (Latin America) | Gwendolin cree que no hay ningún problema relacionado con los bloons que no se pueda resolver con fuego. Mucho fuego. | — |
| Finnish | Gwendolin uskoo, ettei vielä ole ollut blooniongelmaa, jota ei voisi ratkaista tulella. Valtavalla määrällä tulta. | — |
| French | Gwendolin pense qu'il n'existe encore aucun problème de Bloon qui ne peut être résolu par le feu. Plein de feu. | — |
| Italian | Gwendolin è fermamente convinta che ci sia un solo modo per risolvere il problema dei bloon. Usare il fuoco, tanto fuoco. | — |
| Japanese | グウェンドリンは、炎で解決できないブルーン問題は、これまでに存在しないと信じている。たくさんの火炎で。 | — |
| Korean | 그웬돌린은 불로 처리하지 못할 풍선 문제는 존재하지 않는다고 믿습니다. 더 큰 불을 내면 되니까요. | — |
| Dutch | Volgens Gwendolin is er nog nooit een Bloon-probleem geweest dat niet kon worden opgelost met vuur. Heel veel vuur. | — |
| Norwegian | Gwendolin tror det enda ikke har dukket opp et bloon-problem som ikke kan løses med ild. Masse ild. | — |
| Polish | Gwendolin uważa, że nie ma takiego problemu z blonami, którego nie da się rozwiązać za pomocą ognia. Dużych ilości ognia. | — |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | Gwendolin acredita que não há problema com Bloons que o fogo não resolva. Muito fogo. | — |
| Russian | Считает, что нет такой проблемы с шарами, которую нельзя было бы решить оружием. | — |
| Swedish | Gwendolin är övertygad om att det inte har förekommit något Bloon-problem som inte kan lösas med eld. Massor med eld. | — |
| Thai | เกว็นโดลินเชื่อว่าปัญหาเรื่องลูกโป่งทุกอย่างแก้ไขได้ด้วยไฟ ยิ่งแรงยิ่งดี | — |
| Turkish | Gwendolin, atış yaparak çözülemeyecek hiçbir Bloon problemi olmadığına inanır. Bir sürü atış. | — |
| Chinese (simplified) | 格温多琳认为，还没有无法用火来消灭的气球。如果有，那就加大火力。 | — |
| Chinese (traditional) | 葛溫朵琳認為沒有火不能解決的氣球問題。火炎焱。 | — |
References
- ↑ "Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 33.0". Reddit. Retrieved Mon, 3 Feb 2025.
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