Smudge Catt Ezili (Battles 2)

For Smudge Catt Ezili in Bloons TD 6, see Smudge Catt (BTD6).

Smudge Catt Ezili Crazy Cat Lady
Smudge Catt's hypnotic gaze beckons you to pierce all of those clawful bloons. She's hungry for vengeance, and more catt food, too. Cost $600 XP curve ×1.25 (type 1) Roles Defender Controller Difficulty 4/5 Hero Alt of Ezili Introduced Version 1.5

Smudge Catt Ezili is a Hero Alt of Ezili in Bloons TD Battles 2, introduced in version 1.5. She costs  2,000 Monkey Money and 40,000 Ezili Hero Points to unlock.

Smudge Catt's basic attack places a curse on a target Bloon that inflicts damage over time on it and deals splash damage around it. She cannot damage Purple Bloons, but she can detect Camo Bloons. As she levels up, her attack speed, pierce, and damage increase, especially to MOAB-Class Bloons, her curses last longer and deal damage faster, and she unlocks methods of buffing towers, debuffing Bloons, and healing a limited amount of lives. Compared to normal Ezili, Smudge Catt's attacks have more pierce and radius starting from level 2 and she does not give extra buffs to Wizard Monkeys.

• Starting at level 9, her curses remove Bloon Mods from all Bloons except Purple Bloons and MOAB-Class Bloons.
• Starting at level 11, she heals 9 lives every other round, starting from the round after she reaches at least this level, but cannot go above starting lives.
• She has three Activated Abilities:
  • Screech (level 3) — Strips Regrow Bloon properties and pops all Purple layers of all non-MOAB-Class Bloons on-screen. At higher levels, it also strips Camo Bloon properties and damage type immunities, including those from MOAB-Class Bloons.
  • Scratching Post (level 7) — Consumes 5 lives to place a temporary sub-tower that buffs the pierce, attack speed, range, and projectile speed of nearby towers, and grants them Camo detection, and grants Smudge Catt Ezili even faster attack speed and more damage to MOAB-Class Bloons. Starting at level 16, it lasts longer and only costs 1 life.
  • Go Smudge GO! (level 10) — Places up to three hexes on up to three non-BAD MOAB-Class Bloon that rapidly damages it for a short time. If the target pops while cursed, it spawns no children, but cannot jump to other blimps. At level 20, it deals damage faster and can target BADs.

Mechanics

Curse

Curse attack

Smudge Catt Ezili attacks every 1.2 seconds with a curse that deals damage to the target, applies a damage over time effect to the target, and generates an area of effect projectile that deals damage to up to 5 nearby Bloons (but it cannot hit the same Bloon as the curse). Each curse collides with the target instantly without any travel time and can only hit one Bloon, and is unaffected by pierce buffs, but the area of effect's pierce can be buffed. This attack can target and hit Camo Bloons and Bloons behind line of sight blockers, and Smudge Catt Ezili has Camo Prioritization.

Both the curse and the area of effect deal 1 plasma-type damage, and neither are affected by damage buffs. The damage over time effect deals 1 plasma-type damage to the target every 2.5 seconds for 2.5 seconds; if re-applied to the target, the duration refreshes, but not the interval.

Levels

Level	Effect
2	Attack range increases from 40 units to 43 units. AoE pierce increases to 8. AoE radius increases from 8 units to 11 units.
4	AoE now inflicts the DoT effect on all Bloons it hits.
5	Attack cooldown reduces to 1 second, effectively increasing attack speed by 20%.
6	DoT now deals damage every 1.8 seconds and lasts for 5.4 seconds.
8	Both the curse and AoE now deal +19 damage to MOAB-Class Bloons. DoT now deals 2 damage per tick and +28 damage to MOAB-Class Bloons.
9	Both the curse and AoE now remove Camo, Regrow, and Fortified properties from non-MOAB-Class Bloons. She cannot strip properties from Purple Bloons unless granted the ability to damage them.
11	Attack range increases to 45 units.
12	Curse and AoE damage to MOAB-Class increases to +29.
13	AoE pierce increases to 18. AoE radius increases to 14 units.
14	DoT now deals damage every 1 second and lasts for 4 seconds.
15	Attack range increases to 47 units. DoT duration increases to 6 seconds.
17	AoE pierce increases to 28. AoE radius increases to 16 units.
18	Attack cooldown reduces to 0.8 seconds, effectively increasing attack speed by 25%.
19	DoT base damage increases to 3.
20	Curse and AoE damage to MOAB-Class increases to +49.

9 lives

9 lives every other round

Starting at level 11, Ezili restores 9 lives every other round, starting from the following round from when she unlocks this level. She cannot raise the player's lives above 150.

Abilities

Screech

Screech is unlocked at level 3. It pops all Purple Bloon layers and removes the Regrow property from all Regrow Bloons on-screen. It does not affect MOAB-Class Bloons (until level 12+) and it cannot be activated if there are no Bloons on-screen. It has a 45-second cooldown and no initial cooldown.

Starting at level 12, it also removes Camo from Camo Bloons and removes all damage type immunities from all Bloons on-screen, including those from MOAB-Class bloons, and its cooldown reduces to 20 seconds.

Scratching Post

Scratching Post is unlocked at level 7. It consumes 5 lives to place a totem sub-tower at a selected point within Ezili's range (defaulting to the closest point on the track, or a point to the right of Ezili if the track is not within range), which lasts for 15 seconds. It cannot be activated if it would cause the player to run out of lives, and activating it does not activate Activated Abilities that trigger on life loss (such as Bomb Blitz or Elite Defender). It has a 40-second cooldown and no initial cooldown. At level 16, the totem's lifespan increases to 30 seconds and it only consumes 1 life to use.

The totem applies the following buffs to all towers within its range of 78 units:

• +1 pierce
• +20% range
• -20% attack cooldown (effectively increasing attack speed by 25%)
• +25% projectile speed
• Camo detection

Additionally, Smudge Catt Ezili exclusively gains the following buffs:

• +6 damage to MOAB-Class Bloons per level at the time of activation (+42 at level 7, +48 at level 8, and so on, up to +120 at level 20)
• -50% attack cooldown (-60% total, effectively increasing attack speed by ~150%)

Go Smudge GO!

Go Smudge GO! is unlocked at level 10. It places a hex effect on up to three of the strongest non-BAD MOAB-Class Bloons on-screen. Each second, it deals plasma-type damage equal to 1 plus 4% of the target's maximum health (capped at 5,000 damage), for 5 seconds. If the target pops while hexed, it spawns no children. Unlike normal Ezili's MOAB Hex, Smudge's Go Smudge GO! cannot jump to the next target. This ability cannot be activated if there is no targetable Bloon on-screen. It has a 60-second cooldown and no initial cooldown.

At level 20, the hex can target BADs and it deals damage equal to 1 plus 4.5% of the target's maximum health per tick.

Levels

Level	Description
1	Smudge Catt curses bloons with Cat Magic.
2	Increased attack range, pierce and area of effect.
3	Screech: A blast of sound pops all purple Bloons and strips the Regrow property from all Bloons on screen.
4	Smudge Catt's main attack now curses multiple Bloons.
5	Increased attack speed.
6	Damage over time lasts longer and damages faster.
7	Scratching Post: A totem that gives Camo detection, extra pierce, attack range, attack speed, and projectile speed to nearby Monkeys. Smudge Catt gets additional attack speed and MOAB damage if in range. Drains 5 lives.
8	Smudge Catt's attack does far more damage to MOAB class Bloons.
9	Smudge Catt's attack strips off Camo, Regrow and Fortified properties from non-MOAB class Bloons.
10	Go Smudge GO!: Places curses on the 3 strongest MOAB class Bloons up to DDTs. Each one deals massive damage each second for 5 seconds.
11	Increased range and Smudge generates +9 lives every second round up to your starting life max.
12	Screech strips camo and regrow from all Bloons on screen and allows them to be popped by any damage type. Smudge Catt's main attack does additional damage to MOAB class Bloons.
13	Base attack has a larger splash radius and increased pierce.
14	Faster damage over time.
15	Increased range. Damage over time lasts longer.
16	Scratching Post lasts longer and costs only 1 life to use.
17	Base attack has a larger splash radius and increased pierce.
18	Increased attack speed.
19	Each damage tick from base attack pops 3 layers!
20	Go Smudge GO! does more damage per second and can affect BAD Bloons.

XP requirements

Level	XP required	Rounds to level up
		From round 1	From round 2
2	850 (850)	2 (start of round 3)	2 (start of round 4)
3	1,200 (2,050)	1 (start of round 4)	1 (start of round 5)
4	1,875 (3,925)	2 (start of round 6)	2 (start of round 7)
5	2,700 (6,625)	2 (start of round 8)	2 (start of round 9)
6	3,475 (10,100)	3 (start of round 11)	2 (start of round 11)
7	4,900 (15,000)	3 (start of round 14)	3 (start of round 14)
8	6,400 (21,400)	3 (start of round 17)	3 (start of round 17)
9	7,725 (29,125)	3 (start of round 20)	3 (start of round 20)
10	8,075 (37,200)	2 (start of round 22)	2 (start of round 22)
11	8,775 (45,975)	3 (start of round 25)	3 (start of round 25)
12	8,925 (54,900)	2 (start of round 27)	2 (start of round 27)
13	9,150 (64,050)	2 (start of round 29)	2 (start of round 29)
14	9,100 (73,150)	2 (start of round 31)	2 (start of round 31)
15	9,450 (82,600)	1 (start of round 32)	1 (start of round 32)
16	9,300 (91,900)	2 (start of round 34)	2 (start of round 34)
17	9,150 (101,050)	1 (start of round 35)	1 (start of round 35)
18	9,600 (110,650)	1 (start of round 36)	2 (start of round 37)
19	9,400 (120,050)	2 (start of round 38)	1 (start of round 38)
20	9,800 (129,850)	1 (start of round 39)	1 (start of round 39)

Strategy

For more in-depth strategies, see Strategy:Smudge Catt Ezili (Battles 2).

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Update history

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Version 3.2

“

Since Smudge Catt Ezili is currently a very under-utilised hero, we would like to give her Scratching Post ability a couple of buffs so that it can be more effective at dealing with rushes.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
7+	Scratching Post: attack cooldown buff for Smudge Catt Ezili increased ― -30% → -50%  Scratching Post: MOAB-Class damage buff for Smudge Catt Ezili increased ― +5 per Hero level → +6 per Hero level

Version 4.0

“

While Smudge Catt is not an incredibly popular hero, this is a strong ability with a quick cooldown. Most hero ability cooldowns have been increased to give more rushing opportunities, but Smudge Catt never received this same treatment.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
7+	Scratching Post cooldown increased ― 30s → 40s

Version 4.5

• "Fixed Smudge Catt Ezili having the incorrect hero type (changed Supporter to Defender)"

Version 4.8

“

Smudge Catt Ezili is another hero who has been proving less popular of late. We are increasing the duration of her Scratching Post to help her stand out amongst the crowd.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
7-15	Scratching Post: sub-tower lifespan increased ― 10s → 15s
16+	Scratching Post: sub-tower lifespan increased ― 20s → 30s

Version 4.12 (OTA update 1)

“

Increasing the rate at which Smudge Catt levels up allows her to have access to her abilities before MOAB sends become available.
— Update notes

”

Levels	Changes
1+	Leveling rate: XP scale decreased ― 1.5× Quincy → 1.25× Quincy

Cosmetic items

Hero Rewards

Icon	Text	Category	Cost
	Puss 'n' Bloons Inflatable felines.	Bloon Decal	80 6,000
	Laser Tag The hunter's instinct	Taunt	200 15,000
	Kitty Got Claws and she knows how to use them!	Emote	80 6,000
	Bad Kitty Warning: she bites.	Defeat Animation	100 9,000
	Cat Magic Bloon Boost Your opponent will need 9 lives.	Bloon Boost FX	200 15,000
	Having a Ball It's the simple things.	Placement Animation	150 12,000
	Clever Kitty She learned from the best.	Victory Animation	200 15,000
	Think Fast! You need cat-like reflexes.	Taunt	200 15,000
	Chonky Cat MOAB Oh lawd she comin'!	MOAB Skin	80 6,000
	Smudge is cuter Show the world your favorite hero with this title!	Player Title	160 12,000

Customization

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Comfort Animal	Defeat Animation	Default Smudge Catt Ezili item	Version 1.5
Feline Fright	Defeat Animation	Season Mouse Trap Showcase, Mouse Trap Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.5
Bad Kitty	Defeat Animation	Smudge Catt Ezili Hero Rewards	Version 1.5
Having a Ball	Placement Animation	Smudge Catt Ezili Hero Rewards	Version 1.5
Laser Tag	Taunt	Smudge Catt Ezili Hero Rewards	Version 1.5
Santa Paws	Taunt	Holiday 2022 event (VIP only)	Version 1.7.2
Cat and Mouse	Taunt	Season Mouse Trap Showcase, Mouse Trap Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.5
Mischief Maker	Taunt	Season XI, Season Cat in a Hat Showcase, Cat in a Hat Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.9
Feline Fury	Taunt	Default Smudge Catt Ezili item	Version 1.5
Think Fast!	Taunt	Smudge Catt Ezili Hero Rewards	Version 1.5
Witching Hour	Match Up Animation	Halloween 2024 event	Version 4.3
Battle Cat	Match Up Animation	Default Smudge Catt Ezili item	Version 1.5
Distractions	Match Up Animation	Season Mouse Trap Showcase, Mouse Trap Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.5
Battle Gear	Match Up Animation	Season Cat in a Hat Showcase, Season XI, Cat in a Hat Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.9
Top Cat	Weapon Skin	Season Cat in a Hat Showcase, Season XI, Cat in a Hat Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.5
Clever Kitty	Victory Animation	Smudge Catt Ezili Hero Rewards	Version 1.5
Queen Kitty	Victory Animation	Season XI, Season Cat in a Hat Showcase, Cat in a Hat Showcase, Daily Offers	Version 1.9
Got Milk	Victory Animation	Default Smudge Catt Ezili item	Version 1.5

Gallery

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• 
  Screech on Regrow Zebras and Purples
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  Screech Level 12+ on Camo Regrow Fortified Leads (also allows lead-popping)
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  Screech Level 12+ on Fortified DDTs (also allows lead-popping)
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  Scratching Post
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  Go Smudge GO! on three MOABs
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  Go Smudge GO! Level 20 on three FBADs
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  Levels 1-2
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  Levels 3-6
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  Levels 7-9
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  Levels 10-15
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  Levels 15-19
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  Level 20

Assets

• 
  Levels 1–2
• 
  Levels 3–6
• 
  Levels 7–9
• 
  Levels 10–15
• 
  Levels 16–19
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  Level 20
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  Hero Point icon
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  Background
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  Screech icon
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  Scratching Post icon
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  Go Smudge GO! icon
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  Scratching Post buff icon
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  Scratching Post Smudge Catt Ezili buff icon

Voice lines

When selected in the Heroes menu

• ^ⓘ "We're ready!"

When placed

• ^ⓘ "Here kitty kitty." *meow*
• ^ⓘ "Purrfect placement." *meow*

When selected

• ^ⓘ "Yes?"
• ^ⓘ "Who's there?"
• ^ⓘ "What is it?"
• ^ⓘ "We're ready!"

When activating Screech

• ^ⓘ *angry meow*

When activating Go Smudge GO!

• ^ⓘ "Attack, Smudge! Attack!" *angry meow*

When leveling up

• ^ⓘ "Very nice!" *meow*
• ^ⓘ "Very nice!" *meow*
• ^ⓘ "Smudge likey." *meow*
• ^ⓘ "Smudge likes that!" *meow*

When leveling up to level 20

• ^ⓘ "Smudge is all-powerful!" *meow*

When a MOAB appears

• ^ⓘ "Get the big one!"

When a BFB appears

• ^ⓘ "Careful Smudge!"

When a BAD appears

• ^ⓘ "Get ready! Sharpen your claws!"

When a Bloon leaks

• ^ⓘ *gasp* "Oh no!"
• ^ⓘ "They're escaping!"

Cosmetic items

Taunts

• ^ⓘ *angry meow* *hiss* — Feline Fury
• ^ⓘ "Ooh, get 'em, Smudge!" — Laser Tag
• ^ⓘ "Think fast!" — Think Fast!
• ^ⓘ *laughter* — Cat and Mouse
• ^ⓘ "Look! It's santa paws!" — Santa Paws
• ^ⓘ "Look at her go!" — Mischief Maker

Match Up Animations

• ^ⓘⓘ "Ready, Smudge?" *meow* — Battle Cat
• ^ⓘ "Aaaagh! Focus, Smudge!" — Distractions
• ^ⓘ "Now we're ready!" — Battle Gear
• ^ⓘⓘ "Ready to cast a spell on you!" *meow* — Witching Hour

Victory Animations

• ^ⓘ "Mmm... tastes even better after a win." — Got Milk
• ^ⓘ *gasp* "You did it, Smudge!" — Clever Kitty
• ^ⓘ "All hail queen Smudge!" — Queen Kitty

In other languages

This article was last updated for: version 4.7

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Smudge-katten Ezili	—
German	Schmuddelkatze Ezili	—
Spanish	Ezili felino manchado	—
Finnish	Ezili Smudge la Chatte	—
French	Ezili Smudge la Chatte	—
Italian	Smudge la gatta - Ezili	—
Japanese	スマッジキャットのエジーリ	—
Korean	스머지 캣 이질리	—
Dutch	Smudge Catt Ezili	—
Norwegian	Katten Smudge Ezili	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Smudge Catt Ezili	—
Russian	Эзили-кошка Смадж	—
Swedish	Fläckiga katten Ezili	—
Turkish	Benekli Kedi Ezili	—
Chinese (traditional)	骯髒貓埃茲利	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Smudge-kattens hypnotiske blik lokker dig til at gennembore alle disse klo-bloons. Hun er sulten efter hævn, og også efter mere kattefoder.	—
German	Der hypnotische Blick der Schmutzkatze verleitet dich dazu, all diese Krallen-Bloons zu zerstechen. Sie hungert nach Rache und nach mehr Katzenfutter.	—
Spanish	La mirada hipnótica de Felina manchada te incita a perforar a los bloons. Tiene hambre de venganza y de comida para gatos.	—
Finnish	Le regard hypnotique de Smudge la Chatte t'invite à transpercer tous ces chaffreux Bloons. Elle a soif de vengeance et d'un petit bol de lait.	—
French	Le regard hypnotique de Smudge la Chatte t'invite à transpercer tous ces chaffreux Bloons. Elle a soif de vengeance et d'un petit bol de lait.	—
Italian	Lo sguardo ipnotico di Smudge la gatta ti spinge a perforare tutti quei maledetti bloon. È assetata di vendetta, e anche di altro cibo per gatti.	—
Japanese	スマッジキャットの魅惑的な視線が、爪のあるブルーンを全て撃ち抜くよう促している。復讐とキャットフードに目がない。	—
Korean	스머지 캣의 시선에 사로잡혀 최면에 걸린 듯 사나운 풍선을 모두 찌르고 싶은 기분이 듭니다. 복수와 캣푸드에 굶주린 상태입니다.	—
Dutch	Smudge Catt's hypnotiserende blik wenkt je om al die klauwachtige bloons te doorboren. Ze is hongerig naar wraak, en ook meer Catt-voedsel.	—
Norwegian	Katten Smudges hypnotiske blikk ber deg om å trenge gjennom alle bloonsene. Hun er sulten på hevn, og mer kattemat.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	O olhar hipnótico da Smudge Catt seduz você a estourar todos aqueles Bloons odiosos. Ela tem sede de vingança e quer mais comida de gato.	—
Russian	Гипнотический взгляд кошки Смадж повелевает проткнуть все шары. Смадж хочет мести и побольше корма.	—
Swedish	Fläckiga Kattens hypnotiserande blick lockar dig att smälla alla de där klofingriga Bloonsen. Hon törstar efter hämnd och mera kattmat.	—
Turkish	Benekli Kedinin hipnotize eden bakışları, seni tüm o tırnaklı bloon’ları delmeye çağırıyor. O intikam ve de daha fazla kedi maması için aç.	—
Chinese (traditional)	髒髒貓的注視讓你昏昏欲睡，召喚著你撕碎周圍所有的氣球。她渴望着復仇，當然還有更多的貓糧。	—