Captain Churchill (BTD6)

"In his armored tank, the Captain is a no-nonsense powerhouse on the battlefield."

- Bloons TD 6

Captain Churchill is a Hero in Bloons TD 6 who was added to the game in Version 2.0. He pilots a tank; as such he utilizes explosives as his main form of attack. The tank launches explosive shells that generate multiple explosions, and leveling him up adds more weaponry to the tank.

The secondary SMG Attack that Churchill gains at level 5 is independent on targeting priority and always follows "First" Bloon.

Churchill is currently the most expensive hero in the game so far, costing $1,700 on Easy, $2,000 on Medium, $2,160 on Hard, and $2,400 on Impoppable. If Hero Favors is enabled, he will cost $1,530 on Easy, $1,800 on Medium, $1,945 on Hard, and $2,160 on Impoppable. In addition, he is only unlockable by a one-off purchase of 2,500.

Upgrades
Captain Churchill requires 1.71x (2x before Version 8.0, 1.8x before Version 21.0) as much experience to upgrade towards each level compared to Quincy, Gwendolin, Striker Jones, or Obyn Greenfoot.

Activated Abilities

 * Armor Piercing Shells - Allows Churchill's shots to pop Black Bloons and deal extra damage to Ceramic and MOAB Bloons for 9.5 seconds. Its duration gradually increases as Churchill levels up and eventually gives Churchill bonus damage to everything at Level 13.
 * MOAB Barrage - Launches a barrage of shells at up to 10 MOAB-Class Bloons onscreen, dealing massive damage each time. Level 20 additionally gives bonus damage to the Main Gun for 7.5 seconds after using the ability.

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

Skins
Captain Churchill has one additional skin that can be bought for a one-off purchase of 2500 each. That one additional skin is Sentai Churchill, a skin themed on Super Sentai and/or Power Rangers. It turns Churchill and his tank into a galactic Sentai warrior. His tank also spins and acts differently when Churchill levels up.

Pets
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 * Tomato ChurchillSentaiSkinPetDroneIcon.png
 * Description: Super Advanced Scout Sentry Y26G computes laser fast threat assessment and looks good doing it. No surprise we call it SASSY. Sentai Churchill only
 * Additional notes:
 * Short name: Tomato
 * This pet is a drone. It flies around recurring like Etienne's Drones
 * Trophies: 95

Visual Improvements

 * Churchill Tank Drop Placement ChurchillTankDropPlacementIcon.png
 * Description: Nothing like 65 metric tons of Churchill awsomeness slamming into battle. Original Churchill only.
 * Additional notes:
 * Short name: Churchill Tank Drop
 * Slam dunks Churchill into the battlefield. Also does this when he levels up.
 * Trophies: 35

Profile Pictures
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(add the screaming one and powerful sentai one)
 * Tomato DadOfObyn GreenfootPetIcon.png
 * Description: Tomato
 * Additional notes:
 * Short name: Tomato
 * More infos stuff go here
 * Trophies: 75

Captain Churchill
When selected on the Heroes menu:


 * "The Sun God fights on the side with the best artillery!"

When placed on the map:


 * "It's going to rain hard today!"
 * "The Sun God fights on the side with the best artillery!"

When selecting him:


 * "Yes sir!"
 * "At your service!"
 * "Yes?"
 * "Target?"
 * "What next?"
 * "Heeey!"
 * "HEY!" (when annoyed)
 * "That's it...you're on KP!" (when annoyed)

When leveling up:


 * "Alright!"
 * "Nice!"
 * "Oh, yeah!"
 * "Awesome!"
 * "Hahahahahahaha!"
 * "Ha-ha!"
 * "Ha-HA!" (Different tone)
 * "Excellent!"
 * "Thanks for the promotion!" - Level 20

When MOAB Class Bloons appear:


 * "MOAB-Class Bloon inbound!" - MOAB appearance
 * "BFB inbound!" - BFB appearance
 * "ZOMG inbound!" - ZOMG appearance
 * "DDT inbound!" - DDT appearance
 * "What in blazes is that?!!!" - BAD appearance

When popping a MOAB-Class bloon:


 * "That! Is how we do it!"
 * "That's one for the history books!"

When using an Activated Ability:


 * "Try this!" - When activating Armor Piercing Shells
 * "Hell from above!" - When activating MOAB Barrage

When leaking a bloon:


 * "They are getting through!"
 * "Protect those exits!"

Sentai Churchill
When selected on the Heroes menu:


 * "Galactic Tank form!"

When placed on the map:


 * "Galactic Tank form!"
 * "Laser bombs primed!"

When selecting him:


 * "I'm ready!"
 * "Let's go!"
 * "What next?"
 * "Iron Ranger!"
 * "Stop touching my battle armor!" (when annoyed)
 * "Don't make me morph you!" (when annoyed)

When leveling up:


 * "Alright!"
 * "Wild!"
 * "Powered up!"
 * "Overdrive!"
 * "Super Mega Quantum State Achieved!" - Level 20

When MOAB Class Bloons appear:


 * "Type 7 threat detected!" - MOAB, BFB and DDT appearance
 * "Boss Attack Stance!" - ZOMG and BAD appearance

When popping a MOAB-Class bloon:


 * "Sentai style!"

When using an Activated Ability:


 * "Turbo Damage Laser Bombs!" - When activating Armor Piercing Shells
 * "Lightspeed Ultra Mega Strike!" - When activating MOAB Barrage

When leaking a bloon:


 * "Squad! Emergency!"

Sounds
Other sound effects related to Captain Churchiill that are not specifically his voicelines are shown here.

When placing Churchill with default sound:
 * [tank rolling]

When placing Churchill with the Tank Drop item active:
 * [dropped metal box opening]

When activating AP Shells with Hero Voicelines off:
 * [heavy artillery shell reloading]

When activating MOAB Barrage with Hero Voicelines off:
 * [rockets firing]

Summary
Captain Churchill is oriented as a pure DPS hero at an expensive price and slow leveling rate. His multiple-explosive attacks and relatively fast attack speed is a useful asset as the main sources of damage in a game. Allowing him to attack along straight lines to maximize the pierce of the explosions can help him improve his overall damage potential. He possesses by far the greatest DPS per level, and therefore gains a much greater proportion of value in later rounds. He is one of the strongest heroes in the game because of his massive pure DPS potential.

Tips

 * He is a very expensive hero, but he is useful against MOAB-class bloons later on in the game, especially with Armor Piercing Shells ability and the MOAB Barrage ability.
 * Since he levels up slowly compared to other heroes, he benefits most from the Empowered Heroes Monkey Knowledge, a Monkey Knowledge that allows all heroes to automatically start at Level 3.
 * Churchill cannot pop DDTs without abilities, so be wary if using Churchill as a main defense against MOAB-class bloons.
 * He is somewhat map-specific as he is best used on maps with straight lines to shoot down so he can maximize the amount of explosions from each of his shots.
 * His slow leveling rate is not necessarily a bad thing. Because he is stronger than most heroes relative to overall levels, Churchill is the best hero to pair with Overclock, as this takes advantage of his slow leveling versus his high damage output while keeping very high ability uptime.
 * MOAB Barrage ability weakens the strongest MOAB-class bloons into much more manageable chunks, but like Admiral Brickell's Mega Mine, Churchill's MOAB Barrage ability can also cause more work by spawning many groups of weaker blimps or Ceramics. However, try pair this ability with the Armor Piercing Shells ability to take advantage of the extra damage versus larger groups of Ceramics and MOABs.
 * Usually, he will benefit effectively on his own when he is used optimally by shooting along straight lines. Due to the nature of his pure DPS role, he doesn't possess many synergies with other towers. He synergizes well with Overclock because of gaining a considerable attack speed buff from the Overclock ability. When it comes to other DPS-oriented towers, Crossbow Master can be accompanied to fulfill Captain Churchill's role while his Armor Piercing Shells ability is under cooldown.
 * Energizer helps speed up his very slow natural leveling speed, which lets him reach his strongest upgrades sooner and also reduce ability cooldowns for all abilities including his own.

Bugs

 * Current


 * [???, possibly 2.0] MOAB Barrage does not target blimps correctly. It is intended to always target the largest blimp on screen, but it appears to target the last blimp on screen with the last 9 missiles. Despite 14.0 supposedly fixing the bug, the bug still occurs.


 * Patched


 * [???, possibly 2.0] There was a bug that made Captain Churchill weaker because the machine gun and main gun could not damage the same bloon if they happen to attack simultaneously. This was fixed on Version 22.0.

Trivia

 * Captain Churchill is the first hero added to the game from an update.
 * Captain Churchill was the only hero that costs Monkey Money to unlock before the 3.0 update, until Benjamin was added.
 * Both Churchill and Striker Jones use military-grade artillery.
 * Also, both of them are generally considered to be military-type heroes.
 * Captain Churchill is currently the cheapest hero to buy with Monkey Monkey, costing 2,500, the most expensive being Adora, Admiral Brickell, Etienne, Psi, and Sauda, who all cost 5,000, the second most expensive being Benjamin, Ezili, and Pat Fusty, which all cost 3,000 per hero.
 * He is the first and only hero that does not call out the MOAB by name, instead saying it's a "MOAB-Class Bloon."
 * Speaking of MOAB-Class Bloon, he clearly doesn't know what a B.A.D. is, as his quote when one appears is "What in blazes is that!?".
 * As of version 26.0, Churchill, Quincy, Sauda, and Psi are the only full offensive Heroes in the game without any passive nor activated support capabilities for other towers nearby.
 * Churchill has the most upgrade designs of any hero, with six designs (twelve including his Sentai Churchill skin).
 * He is also the only hero to have a Level 6 design.
 * Despite Quincy, Gwendolin, Striker Jones, and Obyn Greenfoot all having their respective third skins in different updates in the following order (although not consecutively by update), Benjamin is the fifth hero to have received a third skin instead of Captain Churchill, thereby skipping out on Captain Churchill despite being the 5th hero in the game.
 * The sound effect for Churchill's MOAB Barrage ability with Hero Voicelines off is reused for Rocket Storm's ability. The filename for that sound is.

Pre-release

 * Before the 2.0 update, coding for Captain Churchill along with other upcoming heroes were found in the BTD6 files. There was also a early version of Captain Churchill's art, being different than the current icon for Captain Churchill.
 * Two tanks that resemble the early design of Churchill's tank make a cameo appearance in Bloons Supermonkey 2 Mobile.

Balance changes

 * In Version 4.0, Churchill's MOAB Barrage ability damage will now add to his pop count.

Community achievements

 * The Version 13.0 buff allows Churchill to beat up to Round 100 on Logs Easy on his own with only a 0/3/0 MIB for support, as evidenced on one of ISAB's updated 1 Churchill Only Challenge.
 * The Version 22.0 bug fix was actually a buff for Captain Churchill. Strangely, it was not listed in the Version 22.0 patch notes, but with this buff, players ended up completing various 2TC with him and another weaker tower on Logs and Cubism. Link to discussion on r/btd6, albeit as a meme.

Blog posts

 * According to Ninja Kiwi's 9th July 2021 blog, Captain Churchill canonically enjoys the most anime, with the 16th July 2021 blog confirming Churchill's favorite anime is Fullmetal Alchemist.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's 20th August 2021 blog, two canonical facts about Captain Churchill were found: he operates his tank by with all his limbs including his tail, and he enjoys reading manga in his spare time aside from watching anime.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's September 3rd 2021 blog, out of all the heroes, Churchill is the best at chess.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's 15th October 2021 blog, Etienne gave Sentai Churchill the sci-fi drone, and Churchill is almost as short as Etienne.
 * According to Ninja Kiwi's October 22nd 2021 blog, Churchill likes black coffee with full of sugar. Black coffee lacks any added milk, implying that Churchill doesn't like milk in his coffee.

Cultural references

 * Captain Churchill is based off of the former British prime minister Winston Churchill, a famous wartime leader known for leading Britain during World War II.
 * The picture teaser for Captain Churchill features a picture of Winston Churchill on the top-right.
 * Captain Churchill's tank is also based off the Churchill, a British heavy infantry tank used during World War II.
 * Captain Churchill also has a British accent, which is also fitting.
 * The quote "The Sun God fights on the side with the best artillery!" is a reference to a quote by Napoleon Bonaparte: "God fights on the side with the best artillery".
 * Churchill's skin, Sentai Churchill, is a reference to the Super Sentai series, with the character referencing DragonRanger from Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger.
 * Some of his quotes reference some sentai entries as well as Power Rangers seasons.
 * "Squad! Emergency!" references Power Rangers S.P.D. and Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger.
 * "Powered Up!" references many Power Rangers seasons such as Hyperforce or the red rangers entering their powered up mode.
 * "Super Mega Quantum State Achieved!" references Power Rangers Super Megaforce's power-up cry "Super Mega Mode!"
 * "Overdrive!" references Power Rangers Operation Overdrive's "Overdrive, Accelerate!"
 * "Wild!" references Power Rangers Wild Force's "Wild Access!"