Ezili

"Ezili is a wielder of dark arts and manipulator of Bloons. Beware."

- Bloons TD 6 description

 is a Hero in Bloons TD 6 who was added in the game in the 7.0 update. She uses dark voodoo magic to attack the bloons. Her attacks act similarly to the Alchemist, except the magic only pops up to 5 bloons at a time and initially only applies damage-over-time to one bloon at a time at levels 1-3. Since she attacks with magic, she can't pop Purple Bloons unless in range of an MIB Village. She can detect Camo & pop Leads by default.

She is tied with Sauda as the second-cheapest Hero in the game (with Quincy as the cheapest), costing $510 on Easy, $600 on Medium, $650 on Hard, and $720 on Impoppable. If Hero Favors is enabled, she will cost $460 on Easy, $540 on Medium, $585 on Hard, and $650 on Impoppable. Ezili can be unlocked for 3000.

Ezili's 1st hero skin, Smudge Catt, was released in the 12.0 update. With this skin, she turns blue with green eyes, and has an orange cat. Her hero pet, a purple frog, can be purchased for 75 and is compatible with the base skin. She also has a special placement animation, purchasable for 50, in which she appears in a burst of purple glyphs. Ezili is also featured in the Facepalm Emote and Slick Profile Ezili custom avatar.

Ezili's 2nd hero skin, Galaxili was released in the 29.0 update. With this skin, she turns into a cosmic and colorful mage.

Upgrades
Just like Pat Fusty, Admiral Brickell, and Sauda, Ezili requires 1.425x as much experience upgrade each level compared to Quincy, Gwendolin, Striker Jones, or Obyn Greenfoot.

Activated Abilities

 * Heartstopper - While active, all Regrow Bloons will be unable to regrow layers for 6 seconds. Similar to the Grow Blocker Upgrade on the Village (0-1-0 Village) but with unlimited range. Increases to 15 seconds at level 12.
 * Sacrificial Totem - Generates a totem that grants extra pierce, extra range, extra attack and projectile speed, and Camo detection to all nearby towers, but also takes away 10 lives. Decreases to 1 life penalty upon reaching Ezili Level 16+. Lasts 30 seconds at level 7 and 60 seconds at level 16.
 * MOAB Hex - Places a status on a MOAB-Class Bloon, causing it to take damage (4% Health + 1 for levels 10-19, and 5% Health + 1 for level 20) every second, lasts for up to 25 seconds, spawning no children bloons while still giving the full cash amount. Affects up to ZOMGs and DDTs, but can only affect BADs once Level 20 is reached.

Cosmetics
Ezili has different cosmetics that can be bought to add visual flair to her. These are purely visual and do not influence how she performs in-game. Hero Skins for Ezili are available once she is unlocked.

Skins
Ezili has two additional skins that can each be bought for a one-off purchase of 2500 each. The first additional skin is Smudge Catt, a skin themed around a magical cat-lover. The second skin is Galaxili, which transforms her into a galactic hero, similar to the Sailor Scouts from Sailor Moon.

Pets

 * Ezili Frog Pet EziliFrogPetIcon.png
 * Description: Ezili swears it's not a voodoo stereotype - she just happens to think this frog is the coolest. Original Ezili only
 * Added: 19.0
 * Additional notes:
 * Short name: Ezili Frog
 * Add a purple frog on screen
 * Trophies: 75

Visual Improvements
TBA
 * Ezili Glyph Materialization Placement EziliGlyphPlacementIcon.png
 * Description: Beam me up, Ezili!
 * Added: TBA
 * Additional notes:
 * Short name: Ezili Glyph
 * Glyph appears when Ezili is placed and upgraded
 * Trophies: 50

Co-Op
TBA
 * Facepalm Emote FacepalmIcon.png
 * Description: Ben not sharing cash? Quincy letting bloons past his bow? Ezili facepalms are appropriate in so many situations!
 * Added: TBA
 * Additional notes:
 * Short name: Facepalm
 * Ezili facepalming
 * Trophies: 20

Profile Pictures

 * Custom Avatar - Slick Profile Ezili ProfileAvatar17.png
 * Description: Ezili has never looked so good. Set your player avatar via the Main Menu avatar portrait
 * Added: 19.0
 * Additional notes:
 * Short name: Slick Profile Ezili (?)
 * Ezili in a sideway view, sort of like Yes Chad. She is in a purple background.
 * Trophies: 10


 * Custom Avatar - Masked Ezili ProfileAvatar46.png
 * Description: Also known as Morning Hair Elizi
 * Added: 27.0
 * Additional notes:
 * Short name: Masked Ezili Avatar
 * Level 20 Ezili stylized
 * Trophies: 10

Ezili
When Selected on the Heroes menu:
 * "Hahaha! What is your will?"

When Placed:
 * "Hahaha! What is your will?"
 * "At your service!"

When Selected:
 * "Yeas!"
 * "What's up?"
 * "Yes?"
 * "What next?"
 * "Hey!"
 * "Yea?"
 * [groans] (when annoyed)
 * "Begone, spirit!" (when really annoyed)

When Upgraded:
 * "Aaalright!"
 * "Yes!"
 * "[maniacal laugh]"
 * "Awesome!"
 * "Hahaaaaaah!"
 * "Yes!" (Different tone)
 * "Nice!"
 * "Oooh yeah!"
 * "I have never been stronger!" (Level 20)

When MOAB-Class Bloons Appear:
 * "Danger, MOAB!" (MOAB appearance)
 * "Danger, BFB!" (BFB appearance)
 * "Danger, ZOMG!" (ZOMG appearance)
 * "Danger, DDT!" (DDT appearance)
 * "Haaaaaaaa! B.A.D.!" (BAD appearance)

When MOAB-class Bloon is popped by her:
 * [brief evil laugh]
 * Yes! (whispered)

When Activating an Ability:
 * "Wither and die!" (Heartstopper)
 * "Anaiah, Voodoo ta nah!" (MOAB Hex)

When Leaking Lives:
 * "Haaaaa, they're getting through!"
 * "Embrace the darkness!"

Smudge Catt
When Selected on the Heroes menu:
 * "Here, kitty kitty! [cat meows]"

When Placed:
 * "Here, kitty kitty! [cat meows]"
 * "Purrrrrfect placement. [cat meows]"

When Selected:
 * "Yes?"
 * "Who's there?"
 * "What is it?"
 * "We're ready."
 * "Don't wake the kitty! [snoring]" (when annoyed)
 * "[growling, then hissing]" (when really annoyed)

When Upgraded:
 * "Very nice. [meow]"
 * "Very nice. [meow]" (Different tone)
 * "Smudge likey. [meow]"
 * "Smudge likes that. [meow]"
 * "Smudge is all-powerful! [meow]" (Level 20)

When MOAB-Class Bloons Appear:
 * "Get the big one!" (MOAB Appearance)
 * "Be careful, Smudge!" (BFB, ZOMG, or DDT Appearance)
 * "Get ready, sharpen your claws!" (BAD Appearance)

When MOAB-class Bloon is popped by her:
 * "Good kitty!"

When Activating an Ability:
 * "Heartstopper!" (Heartstopper)
 * "Attack, Smudge! Attack! [angry meow]" (MOAB Hex)

When Leaking Lives:
 * "[gasp] Oh no..."
 * "They're escaping!"

Galaxili
When Selected on the Heroes menu:
 * "I was made for THIS!"

When Placed:
 * "I was made for THIS!"
 * "Ahh... let us begin."

When Selected:
 * "Yes?"
 * "Where am I?"
 * "Yes?" (Different tone)
 * "What's next?"
 * "I'm ready."
 * "You must be ready to return to the stars." (when annoyed)
 * "Perhaps your fleeting time could be put to better use." (when really annoyed)

When Upgraded:
 * "There is yet more!"
 * "There is yet more!" (Different tone)
 * "Yes. I see!"
 * "Yes. I see!" (Different tone)
 * "The power of the cosmos!"
 * "The power of the cosmos!" (Different tone)
 * "Now, I can see everything!" (Level 20)

When MOAB-Class Bloons Appear:
 * "Even the small ones can harm us." (MOAB Appearance)
 * "Focus your energies." (BFB, or ZOMG Appearance)
 * "Beware... the D.D.T.s!" (DDT Appearance)
 * "From a distance, even these looks small." (BAD Appearance)

When MOAB-class Bloon is popped by her:
 * "Back... into stardust!"

When Activating an Ability:
 * "They grow no more!" (Heartstopper)
 * "This shall be... unmade!" (MOAB Hex)

When Leaking Lives:
 * "Careful, this journey must not end!"'
 * "Careful, this journey must not end!"' (Different tone)

Sounds
Other sound effects related to Ezili that are not specifically her voicelines are shown here.

When activating Heartstopper with Hero Voicelines off:
 * [shrill energy expulsion]

When activating Sacrificial Totem with Hero Voicelines off:
 * [enchanted placement]

When activating MOAB Hex with Hero Voicelines off:
 * [ethereal curse]

Summary
Ezili is a hero who is very DoT oriented. She struggles early game when bloons are spaced, level 4 allows her to curse multiple bloons. During lategame, she really shines as she gains her MOAB Hex ability which allows her to remove large chunks of dense late game rounds. At the same time, she also has very strong blimp damage starting at level 8 and which gets buffed at Level 14.

At level 9 she's able to remove properties from all bloons except Purple or Moab-Class Bloons namely removing Camo, Regrow & Fortification off her targets on initial Hexxing. Removing lot of HP from Super Ceramic Shells in late game.

Ezili was singlehandedly the best hero in Freeplay Mode due to her ability to destroy BADs up to very high rounds with MOAB Hex starting Level 20 due to the percentage based nature. Her totem may also be useful for improving the power of your Vengeful True Sun God.

However, Admiral Brickell and Adora both do better in Freeplay Mode now, as Brickell's/Adora's Naval Tactics/Blood Sacrifice ability can give a boost to all the Temples on the screen including Vengeful True Sun God, effectively permanently doubling the total main firepower in late Freeplay Mode, while Ezili's MOAB Hex only lasts for a short amount of time and depends on time to pop the blimps.

Ezili isn't simply limited to being a late-game hero. She has her own uses in CHIMPS as a late-game MOAB-class handler, more specifically with her MOAB Hex ability while paired with other MOAB-class popping power to tackle larger groups of blimps. Her early-game potential, while weaker than Quincy or Sauda, is still usable for the first few rounds on CHIMPS, as she can solo Round 6 and 7 adequately. She is also useful in Primary Monkeys Only by providing temporary camo detection at the player's will using her Sacrificial Totems, although Etienne is superior in that regard due to him providing full camo detection globally at no cost.

Tips

 * Ezili is very useful in beating Alternate Bloons Rounds, since she can pop both camo and lead from the start.
 * Ezili at Level 20 can also prevent the Fortified BAD at Round 100 from spawning children.
 * Ezili's Sacrificial Totem is useless on modes where the player only has one life, such as on Impoppable Mode or CHIMPS.
 * Ezili does the most damage to blimps and can be useful in combination with other towers that can cleanup the bloon insides. A great example is Prince of Darkness, which itself gets buffed by Ezili starting at Level 11, increasing the pierce of reanimated bloons by +50%.
 * Ezili is capable of soloing the first few rounds on CHIMPS on single-lane maps especially Geared, but she will need more help for beating the later rounds.
 * For the mid-game, Ezili is best paired with a tower that counters grouped bloons effectively.
 * The best tower to pair with Ezili for the late-game is Perma-Spike. By using MOAB Hex and setting her on First, she can quickly eliminate many groups of blimps approaching the Perma-Spike's spikes. Therefore, she can act as grouped MOAB-class popping power in that sense.
 * Ezili may be used for reaching Round 100 on Primary Monkeys Only. Ezili's Sacrificial Totem is a method to grant camo detection against DDTs and/or utilize Bomb Blitz's passive ability. This strategy can be inconsistent for camo detection because the totem may not placed in the correct spot. If only camo detection (and not the attack buffs) is desired, Etienne may be a better fit as his camo detection is global and is reliable.
 * Ezili's life-draining mechanic from the Sacrificial Totem ability synergizes well with Heart of Vengeance Druids, Elite Defender, and Bomb Blitz.
 * Use Heartstopper when facing Regrow Heavy Rounds (such as 61, 72, 76, 79, 83 and 95) or if the quantity of regrows becomes overwhelming.
 * Use Sacrificial Totem ability only if you are about to leak more than 10 lives (1 at level 16). Note: ability cannot be used at all in Impoppable or CHIMPS mode due to the limit of 1 life.
 * When placed, the totem grants, for a long time and in a big radius, Camo detection, extra pierce, and extra attack / projectile speed.
 * MOAB Hex causes the affected blimps to release no children when popped, and the effect will move to another blimp if its target is defeated before the effect expires.
 * This makes her synergy with Spike Storm especially great, as its only weakness is ceramics popping out of the blimps and overrunning the spikes that only do bonus damage to MOAB-class

Trivia

 * Ezili is the first Hero in BTD6 to have three Activated Abilities instead of two.
 * She is currently the second monkey in the game with three abilities total, the first one being Heli Pilot and the third being Adora.
 * Ezili is the second female Hero Monkey in the game, the others being Gwendolin, Adora, Admiral Brickell, and Sauda.
 * She is the first and only tower in the entire Bloons TD Series to detect camo and pop leads without upgrades or support.
 * Despite being the third Hero released in an update, Ezili earns XP faster than Captain Churchill and Benjamin in game.
 * Both Ezili and Obyn Greenfoot are magic-using heroes.
 * Coincidentally, they were also the cheapest heroes in the game before the 10.0 update (when Quincy was reduced from $700 to $540, with Medium prices).
 * Ezili is the 6th hero to recive a second skin.
 * Ezili's Sacrificial Totem is the only activated ability that takes away lives. (Sniper Monkey's Elite Defender and Bomb Shooter's Bomb Blitz are not considered activated abilities, and both abilities activate if a bloon has leaked.)
 * Level 20 Ezili can defeat a B.A.D. on her own with the MOAB Hex ability on any map, including the vertical paths on #Ouch. She can even defeat a Round 999 Fortified B.A.D on Logs as well.
 * It takes around 25 seconds to annihilate a blimp on its own for levels 10-19.
 * The Heartstopper ability actually reuses the Grow Blocker effect onto Regrow Bloons. It does still make sense, since essentially some kind of energy is used to force no regrowth for Regrow Bloons.
 * The Sacrificial Totem requires at least 11 (2 at level 16+) Lives to activate.
 * A self-inflicted defeat can only be caused by this ability through the 'Toggle Cooldowns' button in debug mode (only possible through modifying/playing modified versions of the game). The button that resets cooldowns in Sandbox Mode functions similarly, but isn't entirely the same thing due to a safeguard that prevents an easy defeat.
 * Ezili appears on the Bloons TD 6+ animated cover art, and the only hero to do so. She appears to be levitating up and down and looking around side to side in a rather angry expression. Her bun sways as she levitates vertically, and her hands follow direction to her vertical movements.
 * Other monkeys included on the artwork include Sharp Shurikens, Arcane Spike, and Faster Engineering.

Blog posts

 * According to Ninja Kiwi's August 20th 2021 blog, Ezili is the most likely hero to play Neopets, canonically.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's 8th October 2021 blog, Ezili's personality does not come from a phase but rather implied to be just a stereotype of her occupation. This is based on the rather negative tone of Ninja Kiwi, as if it was obvious that her voodooism has no correlation to her cynical behavior: "It's not a phase, gosh."
 * From the same blog, Ezili is not much of a dog person.

Cultural references

 * The MOAB Hex ability makes the same sound effect as discovering a new technology in Sid Meier's Civilization V.
 * Ezili is based on Ezili Dantor, the main spirit in Haitian voodoo.