Gwendolin (BTDB2)

TBA

"Gwendolin believes there hasn't yet been a Bloon problem that can't be solved with fire. Lots of fire."

- In-game Description

Gwendolin is a Hero who appears since the initial release of Bloons TD Battles 2. She is the Battles counterpart to her Bloons TD 6 counterpart (refer on this page). She is unlocked after fully completing Battle School.

Gwendolin introduces herself in the in-game tutorial. She acts as the final AI opponent for the fourth tutorial.

Upgrades (Scientist Gwendolin)
TBA

Comparisons
Gwen currently has one Hero Alt. She can be switched to her Hero Alt at any time.

Hero Alts are designed to be sidegrades of the original hero, which caters for a different playstyle. However, Hero Alts will have different advantages and disadvantages that may make them more advantageous or disadvantageous depending on situation.


 * Scientist Gwendolin

Simplified changes:
 * All attacks deal +1 Lead damage and +1 Frozen damage
 * +50% pierce for Cocktail of Fire blaze
 * -25% pierce refreshment cooldown of Cocktail of Fire blaze
 * -33% duration for Cocktail of Fire blaze
 * Heat It Up also gives +1 Lead and +1 Frozen damage too, increased to +2 Lead and +2 Frozen at Level 17
 * Heat It Up shot requirements increased by around +20%
 * Firestorm damage-over-time tick rate increased by +100%
 * Firestorm damage-over-time duration decreased by -56.25%
 * At Level 14+, Cocktail damage-over-time tick rate versus MOAB-class increased by +100%
 * At Level 14+, Cocktail damage-over-time tick rate versus MOAB-class decreased by -50%

Detailed changes
 * All attacks and abilities deal +1 damage to Lead and frozen bloons
 * Level 3 ability lasts for a shorter period of time but deals damage faster and has more pierce
 * Cocktail of Fire pierce increased (40 --> 60)
 * Cocktail of Fire pierce refreshment cooldown decreased (0.2s --> 0.15s)
 * Cocktail of Fire duration decreased (12s --> 8s)
 * Level 14+ Cocktail of Fire damage-over-time tick rate versus MOAB-class increased by double
 * Level 14+ Cocktail damage-over-time tick rate versus MOAB-class decreased by half
 * Heat-It-Up takes more attacks to charge but gives affected towers +1 damage to Lead and frozen bloons (+1 more at level 17)
 * Heat-It-Up gives affected towers with +1 damage to Lead and +1 damage to Frozen, in addition to +1 pierce.
 * Heat-It-Up trigger requirements increased:
 * Level 4: 32 --> 40
 * Level 12: 34 --> 48
 * Level 15: 40 --> 64
 * Level 18: 64 --> 70
 * Level 10 ability lasts for a shorter period of time but the DoT deals damage faster
 * Firestorm damage-over-time tick rate doubled
 * Firestorm damage-over-time duration decreased (8s --> 3.5s)

Summary
Grouped popping, becomes better later on against grouped rushes with her cocktail ability and her Heat It Up attack and buff.

Tips

 * Tack is generally her best synergy, as she has high grouped-popping options and her Heat It Up buff greatly increases Tack pierce.

Original Gwendolin
When interacted on the Heroes menu:
 * "Yeah?"

When confronted by opponent:
 * "We have ignition!" - Default taunt
 * [electric guitar riff] "All right!" - Electric guitar taunt
 * "Fired up!" [burns her chicken and eats it] - TBA

When taunting:
 * [throws cocktail] "Incinerated!" - Default taunt, Molotov taunt
 * [kisses hand, outwards] "Nothing but love!" - Flame Kissed taunt
 * [blows fire] "So spice!" - Spice it up! taunt

When player wins:
 * "It's all on fire now!"
 * "Doesn't get hotter than this!" - Hot Stuff! taunt

Scientist Gwendolin
When interacted on the Heroes menu:
 * "I'm thinking!"

When confronted by opponent:
 * "That looks very flammable!" - Very Flammable taunt
 * "Three heads... are better than one!" - Send in the clones taunt

When taunting:
 * "Ahahahahahahaha!" - Evil Laugh taunt
 * "My calculations predict... victory!" - Mathematics taunt

When player wins:
 * "We have lift off!" - Rocket Spin taunt
 * "Thank you! It was a team effort!" - 3 Cheers for me! taunt

Trivia

 * According to Ninja Kiwi's December 10th 2021 blog, Gwendolin hates losing, hence her default tantrum losing animation.