Captain Churchill (BTD6)

Overview

BTD6

Bloons Pop!

BTDB2

Captain Churchill
General Information
Game	Bloons TD 6
Unlocked at	Level 15 and 2,500
Cost	Default: $1,700 (Easy) $2,000 (Medium) $2,160 (Hard) $2,400 (Impoppable) Hero Favors: $1,530 (Easy) $1,800 (Medium) $1,945 (Hard) $2,160 (Impoppable)
Activated Ability(s)	Armor Piercing Shells (Level 3) MOAB Barrage (Level 10)
Targeting Options	First, Last, Close, Strong, LMG locked to First, Barrage evenly distributed among 10 Strongest Bloons.
Voice Actor	Kevin Orlando
Statistics
Damage	Main Attack: Level 1-6: 3 Level 7-11: 6 Level 12-13: 9 Level 14-17: 12 Level 15+: +3 fortified Level 18: 15 Level 20: 20 +3 (MOAB Barrage), +3 (MOAB Barrage, fortified) Machine Gun: Level 5-6: 2 Level 7-11: 4 Level 12-13: 6 Level 14-17: 8 Level 15-17: +2 fortified Level 18+: 10, +4 fortified Armor Piercing Shells: Level 3-12: +9 bonus (Ceramics and MOABs) Level 13-16: +3 bonus (all bloons) Level 13-16: +24 bonus total (Ceramics and MOABs) Level 17+: +6 bonus total (all bloons) Level 17+: +39 bonus total (Ceramics and MOABs) MOAB Barrage: Level 10-19: 200 Level 20: 500
Pierce	Explosion Count: Level 1-6: 3 Level 7-8: 4 Level 9-11: 5 Level 12-18: 6 Level 19+: 7 Armor Piercing Shells: +2 bonus explosions (all levels) Explosion Pierce: Level 1: 12 Level 2-10: 15 Level 11+: 20 Machine Gun: 1 (all levels)
Attack Speed	Main Attack: Level 1-7: 1.5s Level 8-15: 1.2s Level 16+: 0.9s Machine Gun: 0.1s (all levels)
Range	Level 1-3: 65 Level 4+: 75
Camo?	Yes (Level 6+)
Level Speed	Slow (1.71x)

“	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 in Version 2.0. He commands 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. He shoots explosive shells very slowly, but each shell packs immense damage. Among his weaponry as he levels up, he can temporarily switch to armor-piercing ammunition, hold up his LMG to rapidly fire bullets, and can launch barrages of anti-MOAB rockets at MOAB-class bloons.

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

Churchill is currently the most expensive hero in the game, 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.

Quick Answers

What type of ammunition does Captain Churchill use in BTD6?

Captain Churchill in BTD6 employs Armor Piercing Shells and MOAB Barrage as his ammunition types. Armor Piercing Shells, unlocked at Level 3, have the ability to pop Black Bloons, generate more explosions, and inflict increased damage to Ceramics and MOAB-class. From Level 10, he uses the MOAB Barrage ammunition.

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What additional weaponry does Captain Churchill gain as he levels up?

In BTD6, Captain Churchill self-upgrades each round after placement, earning more XP for each subsequent upgrade. His main weapon, a shell-firing gun, operates at a rate of one shell every 0.7 seconds, covering a range of 63. Each shell can cause up to three explosions upon impact, each inflicting 1 damage, with 15 pierce and an 18 blast radius. These upgrades can be instantly purchased with cash, though the cost rises with each higher upgrade.

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How does Captain Churchill's tank attack in Bloons TD 6?

In Bloons TD 6, Captain Churchill operates an armored tank, utilizing explosives as his main attack method. The tank's attack speed varies by level, from every 0.7 seconds at level 1 to every 0.3 seconds at level 16. The tank also has a machine gun that fires every 0.1 seconds across all levels. The tank's range extends from 63 at level 1 to 66 at level 4. From level 6, the tank can target and attack camo bloons.

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What is the main form of attack for Captain Churchill in BTD6?

In BTD6, Captain Churchill's main form of attack is through two upgraded abilities: Armor Piercing Shells and MOAB Barrage. Armor Piercing Shells, accessible from Level 3, enables him to temporarily burst Black Bloons, create up to two extra explosions per shell, and inflict more damage on Ceramics and MOAB-class. From Level 10, he can use the MOAB Barrage ability for further attacks.

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What is the impact of Captain Churchill's explosive shells in the game?

In BTD6, Captain Churchill's explosive shells have a wide range of 63 and can explode up to three times, impacting up to 15 bloons per explosion. As Churchill levels up, the number of explosions increases. His Armor Piercing Shells ability enhances this effect, enabling him to pop all bloon types and deal more damage to Ceramics and MOAB-class bloons. Each explosion deals 1 damage, has 15 pierce, and an 18-unit blast radius.

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Upgrades

Captain Churchill will start upgrading himself every round upon placement. He earns more XP each round to unlock his next upgrade irrespective of how many bloons he pops. His upgrades can also be immediately bought with cash, though the amount of cash required to purchase the next upgrade will typically increase as the upgrades get higher, making self-upgrading an important element for his overall power.

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.

	Level 1 COST: $1,700 / $2,000 / $2,160 / $2,400 UNLOCK: N/A XP
	Description: Piercing bombs shot from the tank can explode up to 3 times. Effect: Main Gun fires shell every 1.5 seconds with a range of 65 and creates explosion on impact up to 3 times. There is a cooldown between every time the explosions can be created. Explosions deal 3 damage, have 12 pierce, are of the explosion type and have 18 blast radius. Churchill starts with 65 range.

	Level 2 COST: $308 UNLOCK: 308 XP
	Description: Increased popping power per shot. Effect: Pierce for explosions increased from 12 to 15.

Level 3 COST: $787 UNLOCK: 787 XP

Description: Armor Piercing Shells: Shots can pop Black Bloons and do extra damage to Ceramic Bloons. Duration increases as Churchill levels. Effect: Unlocks Armor Piercing Shells ability. When activated, shells explode up to two more times, pop Black properties, and deal extra damage to Ceramic and above. Lasts longer with upgrades. For (7.5+0.5 seconds*l), where l is the level of Captain Churchill, gives all attacks normal damage type (able to damage all bloon types), allows shell to create two more explosions, and increases explosion ceramic and MOAB damage by +9. 30s cooldown, starts at 9.0s duration.

	Level 4 COST: $1710 UNLOCK: 1,710 XP
	Description: Increased attack range. Effect: Range increased from 65 to 75.

	Level 5 COST: $3181 UNLOCK: 3,181 XP
	Description: Adds a fast firing machine gun attack to the tank. Effect: Adds a Machine Gun to Churchill's tank that snipes bloons for 2 damage and has the Sharp damage type. Machine Gun attack has 1 unbuffable pierce and attacks every 0.1 seconds. The machine gun's targeting operates independently of the main gun, and is always set to First.

	Level 6 COST: $5609 UNLOCK: 5,609 XP
	Description: Binoculars allow Churchill to pop Camo Bloons. Effect: Churchill gains camo detection.

	Level 7 COST: $8858 UNLOCK: 8,858 XP
	Description: Weapons deal more damage and shells can explode more times. Effect: Shell damage increased from 3 to 6 and shell can create 4 explosions, Machine Gun damage increased from 2 to 4.

	Level 8 COST: $14227 UNLOCK: 14,227 XP
	Description: Increased attack speed. Effect: Main Gun attack cooldown decreased from 1.5s to 1.2s.

	Level 9 COST: $16040 UNLOCK: 16,040 XP
	Description: Shells explode 5 times. Effect: Shell can create 5 explosions.

Level 10 COST: $23290 UNLOCK: 23,290 XP

Description: MOAB Barrage: Launches a barrage of shells at up to 10 MOAB-class Bloons on screen, dealing massive damage each time. Effect: Gains the MOAB Barrage ability. When activated, Churchill launches barrages of missiles onto up to 10 of the strongest blimps on screen. Each barrage missile deals 200 damage, and is repeatedly shot every 0.5s, and will continue firing at each target until the target pops or been shot 16 times. 60 seconds cooldown.

	Level 11 COST: $28010 UNLOCK: 28,010 XP
	Description: Increased popping power per shell. Effect: Explosion pierce increased from 15 to 20.

	Level 12 COST: $24624 UNLOCK: 24,624 XP
	Description: Weapons get additional increased damage and shells can explode 6 times. Effect: Explosion damage increased from 6 to 9 and shell can create 6 explosions, Machine Gun damage increased from 4 to 6.

	Level 13 COST: $28472 UNLOCK: 28,472 XP
	Description: Armor Piercing Shells pop 3 layers of Bloon and do extra damage to Ceramic and higher. MOAB Barrage damage increased. Effect: Armor Piercing Shells now grants +3 damage, +21 ceramic damage and +21 MOAB damage. MOAB Barrage missiles do 250 damage instead of 200.

	Level 14 COST: $25547 UNLOCK: 25,547 XP
	Description: Main Gun can pop 3 additional layers and Machine Gun can pop 1 additional layer per shot. Effect: Explosion damage increased from 9 to 12, Machine Gun damage increased from 6 to 8.

	Level 15 COST: $28010 UNLOCK: 28,010 XP
	Description: All attacks do extra damage vs Fortified Bloons. Effect: Explosion now deals +3 fortified damage, and Machine Gun now deal +2 fortified damage.

	Level 16 COST: $30472 UNLOCK: 30,472 XP
	Description: Increased attack speed. Effect: Main Gun attack speed increased from 1.2 to 0.9 seconds.

	Level 17 COST: $32935 UNLOCK: 32,935 XP
	Description: Armor Piercing Shells do even more damage. MOAB Barrage damage increased. Effect: Armor Piercing Shells now gives +6 damage, +33 ceramic damage, and +33 MOAB damage to Churchill when activated. MOAB Barrage missile damage increased from 250 to 500.

	Level 18 COST: $35397 UNLOCK: 35,397 XP
	Description: All shells pop 3 extra layers of Bloon and Machine Gun can pop 1 additional layer. Effect: Main gun explosion damage increased from 12 to 15, Machine Gun damage increased from 8 to 10 and bonus Fortified damage increased from +2 to +4.

	Level 19 COST: $28164 UNLOCK: 28,164 XP
	Description: Shells can explode 7 times. Effect: Shell can create 7 explosions.

	Level 20 COST: $29549 UNLOCK: 29,549 XP
	Description: MOAB Barrage shells and Main Gun do massively increased damage per hit. Effect: Main gun explosion damage increased from 15 to 20, and greatly improves MOAB Barrage. Each barrage missile from MOAB Barrage deals 1000 damage, and ability cooldown of MOAB Barrage reduced from 60s to 30s. When MOAB Barrage activated, shells deal extra 3 damage. Lasts 8 seconds.

Activated Abilities

See also: Activated Abilities (BTD6)#Captain Churchill

Captain Churchill has two abilities, both of which are gained via upgrades: Armor Piercing Shells (Level 3+), and MOAB Barrage (Level 10+).

Armor Piercing Shells Ability

Armor Piercing Shells Ability

Armor Piercing Shells temporarily pop Black Bloons, produce up to 2 more explosions per shell, and deal +9 damage to Ceramics and MOAB-class. At Level 13, shells temporarily deal +3 damage and +21 Ceramic and MOAB damage on top, while at Level 17 the base damage buff is +6 and Ceramic and MOAB buff to +33.

At base, the Armor Piercing Shells ability lasts for 9s, and increases by 0.5s for every level after Level 3. The maximum duration for the Armor Piercing Shells ability is 18s. Cooldown for Armor Piercing Shells is 30 seconds.

MOAB Barrage Ability

MOAB Barrage Ability

MOAB Barrage sends out targets up to 10 of the strongest blimps on screen with waves of powerful missiles. These missiles will keep targeting the same blimp until the duration ends or if the blimp pops, but the next target(s) won't switch to a different target if the original target pops before the 7.5s duration ends. MOAB Barrage deals 200 damage per missile, increased to 250 at Levels 13-16, 500 at Level 17-19, and 1000 at Level 20. When activated at Level 20, shells deal extra 3 damage. Lasts 8 seconds.

Cooldown for the ability is 60 seconds, reduced to 30 seconds at Level 20.

Leveling up

Level	Cost / XP	Cumulative
1	Base	Base
2	308	308
3	787	1095
4	1710	2805
5	3181	5986
6	5609	11,595
7	8858	20,453
8	14,227	34,680
9	16,040	50,720
10	23,290	74,010
11	28,010	102,020
12	24,624	126,644
13	28,472	155,116
14	25,547	180,663
15	28,010	208,673
16	30,472	239,145
17	32,935	272,080
18	35,397	307,477
19	28,164	335,641
20	29,549	365,190

Cosmetics

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 two additional skins that can be bought for a one-off purchase of 2,500 each. He comes with two additional skins: Sentai Churchill, a skin themed on Super Sentai and/or Power Rangers, which turns Churchill and his tank into a galactic Sentai warrior; and Sleigh Churchill, where Churchill opts out of his signature tank and instead rides inside a sleigh with a gun mounted on it. His tank also spins and acts differently when Churchill levels up.

Image	Skin	Description	Added
	Original Captain Churchill	In his armored battle tank, the Captain is a no-nonsense powerhouse on the battlefield.	2.0
	Sentai Churchill	May the power of super mega turbo lightspeed magna quantum galactic laserbombs protect you!	8.0
	Sleigh Churchill	Slaying Bloons with Christmas cheer, one gift-wrapped bomb at a time.	34.0

Pets

Sentai Churchill Drone Pet

• 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
• Added: Version 28.0
• Additional notes:
  • Short name: Sentai Churchill Drone
  • This pet is a drone. It flies around recurring like Etienne's Drones
• Trophies: 95

Visual Improvements

Churchill Tank Drop Placement

• Description: Nothing like 65 metric tons of Churchill awsomeness slamming into battle. Original Churchill only.
• Added: Version 19.0
• Additional notes:
  • Short name: Churchill Tank Drop
  • Slam dunks Churchill into the battlefield. Also does this when he levels up.
• Trophies: 35

Profile Pictures

Custom Avatar - Churchill in Action

• Description: It may well be your patriotic duty to display this homage to monkey heroes under fire.
  Set your player avatar via the Main Menu avatar portrait
• Added: Version 19.0
• Additional notes:
  • Short name: Churchill Avatar
  • More infos stuff go here
• Trophies: 10

Custom Avatar - Churchill in Action

• Description: Avatar winner by Kuzuyku
• Added: Version 24.0
• Additional notes:
  • Short name: Powerful Sentai Avatar
  • More infos stuff go here
• Trophies: 10

In-Game Quotes

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 selected:

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

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 further)

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!"

Sleigh Churchill

When selected on the Heroes menu:

• "Churchill's coming to town!"

When placed on the map:

• ▶️ "Good day for a sleigh!"
• ▶️ "Dashing through the snow... in a one-gun open sleigh!" (Singing)

When selecting him:

• ▶️ "Yeah?"
• ▶️ "I'm a delivery boy!"
• ▶️ "Greetings!"
• ▶️ "What's next?"
• ▶️ "Target?"
• ▶️ "I've made my list."
• ▶️ "Do you like getting coal?" (when annoyed)
• ▶️ "Another one on the naughty list." (when annoyed further)

When leveling up:

• ▶️ "The gift that keeps on giving!"
• ▶️ "Ho ho ho!"
• ▶️ "Ho ho yo!"
• ▶️ "Now that's the spirit!"
• ▶️ "Even more presents!"
• ▶️ "Maximum sleigh power!" - Level 20

When MOAB Class Bloons appear:

• ▶️ "This one does NOT look festive!" - MOAB appearance
• ▶️ "Red cheeks, but NOT jolly!" - BFB appearance
• ▶️ "Grinch incoming!" - ZOMG appearance
• ▶️ "DDTs are NOT on the nice list!" - DDT appearance
• ▶️ "I know that you've been bad!" - BAD appearance

When popping a MOAB-Class bloon:

• ▶️ "Signature sleigh!"
• ▶️ "Milk and cookies for everyone!"

When using an Activated Ability:

• ▶️ "Have some Christmas cheer!" - When activating Armor Piercing Shells
• ▶️ "Long range delivery!" - When activating MOAB Barrage

When leaking a bloon:

• ▶️ "Get those naughty Bloons!"

Sounds

Other sound effects related to Captain Churchill 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]

Strategy

Summary

Captain Churchill is a pure DPS hero at an expensive price and slow leveling rate, best suited to point along a straight line to optimise his piercing shells. His multiple-explosive attacks and relatively high damage 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 gains a much greater proportion of value in later rounds, as his levels gradually give significant boosts in damage, particularly Levels 7, 10, and 13.

He is one of the strongest heroes in the game because of his massive pure DPS potential, yet simple enough to use that most of his strength only relies on just positioning, targeting, and proper ability timing. However, he is also somewhat map-dependent, as he generally prefers straightline action to maximize his total popping power with his multi-explosion shells. On harder map formats, he can be focused on a specific straightaway to blast large quantities of Bloons in that direction.

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 among the best DPS-specific heroes 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.

Version History

Balance Changes

Captain Churchill received many buffs throughout updates, to the extent that he is one of the strongest DPS heroes in the entire game overall in comparison to each hero level. However, Version 35.0 slightly reduced his explosion pierce, as at the time he was one of many dominant heroes in harder maps.

In 44.0, Captain Churchill’s main cannon increased damage at all levels at the cost of attack speed to utilize his pierce, and his machine gun‘s damage increased at all levels too, to perform its job of catching the faster Bloons. This rework has buffed his general DPS against extremely dense bloon formations, but has worsened his pre-Level 5 catching of faster bloons and nerfed his synergies with flat damage buffs and bloon debuffs. 45.0 gave some compensation buffs in return.

2.0

• Captain Churchill has been released.

8.0

• XP requirements reduced by 10%
• Churchill has a purchasable skin for 2500

10.0

• Churchill's "Armor Piercing Shells" ability duration has been reduced from 10 seconds to 8 seconds
  • Note: In-depth research shows that the "8 seconds" written by NK is actually when l=1.
• Churchill's "Armor Piercing Shells" duration increases by 0.5 seconds for each level-up (i.e. Level 3 starts at 9 seconds).
• Churchills Level 10 "MOAB Barrage" Ability cooldown has been reduced from 90 seconds to 60 seconds
• Churchills Level 20 "MOAB Barrage" Ability cooldown has been reduced from 60 seconds to 30 seconds

13.0

• Churchill Level 7 now also adds +1 damage
• Churchill Level 12 now also adds +1 damage on top of the Level 7 buff

21.0

“	Churchill is a chunky, expensive & slow levelling powerful hero, when he was launched he fit well in this spot but his synergies have not aged well. We have started with a small XP adjustment and greatly improved the power of his MOAB Barrage	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• XP Requirement for all levels reduced by 5% (1.8x → 1.71x)
• Churchill level 10 MOAB Barrage damage increased 100 → 200
• Churchill level 20 MOAB Barrage damage increased 250 → 500

22.0

• [bug fix] Captain Churchill's machine gun and main gun attacks now (correctly) can deal damage to the same bloon if attacking simultaneously.

34.0

• Churchill's Tank Drop animation now works correctly.
• Added a new skin for Churchill purchaseable for 2500

35.0

“	As the upper end of heroes have crept up and up for awhile now, we want to reign in some of these top heroes slowly. Church’s pierce at all levels is going down to make his absolute coverage of ceramic children harder.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Captain Churchill pierce reduced by 3 at all levels
  • Captain Churchill Level 1 pierce reduced 15 → 12
  • Captain Churchill Level 2-10 pierce reduced 18 → 15
  • Captain Churchill Level 11+ pierce reduced 23 → 20

42.0

“	While we like giving players lots to choose from as early as possible, we’ve seen feedback that the current hero unlock flow can feel overwhelming with all Monkey Money unlockable heroes becoming available immediately at account level 10. To address this, we are spacing this period out with a few different groupings of Hero unlocks and holding back some of the more complex Heroes until account level 35.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi, Version 42.0 preview notes

• Captain Churchill now unlocks at Level 15 instead of Level 10

44.0

“	Churchill has propped another pillow ontop of their booster seat and is ready to do some serious damage. We felt the speed of the main cannon attack didn’t fit well for ‘a literal tank’, so main cannon damage is going up at all levels at the cost of attack speed. However even though the dps mostly averages out to something similar, this does make him more effective at utilizing his pierce and with the slower main attack the machine gun more properly performs its job of catching the faster Bloons in that downtime, so its damage is being buffed at all levels to be more helpful at this.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Level 1-6 Captain Churchill's Cannon damage increased from 1 to 3
• Level 7-11 Captain Churchill's Cannon damage increased from 2 to 6
• Level 12-13 Captain Churchill's Cannon damage increased from 3 to 9
• Level 14-17 Captain Churchill's Cannon damage increased from 4 to 12
• Level 15+ Captain Churchill's Cannon fortified damage bonus increased from +1 to +3
• Level 18+ Captain Churchill's Cannon damage increased from 5 to 15
• Level 1-7 Captain Churchill's Cannon attack delay increased from 0.7s to 1.8s
• Level 8-15 Captain Churchill's Cannon attack delay increased from 0.5s to 1.5s
• Level 16+ Captain Churchill's Cannon attack delay increased from 0.3s to 0.9s
• Level 3-12 Armor Piercing Shells ability bonus to MOAB-class and Ceramic increased from +3 to +9
• Level 13-16 Armor Piercing Shells bonus to MOAB-class and Ceramic increased from 7 to 21
• Level 17+ Armor Piercing Shells bonus to MOAB-class and Ceramic increased from 11 to 33
• Level 13-16 Armor Piercing Shells flat bonus damage increased from +1 to +3
• Level 17+ Armor Piercing Shells flat bonus damage increased from +2 to +6
• Level 7-11 Captain Churchill's machine-gun damage increased from 1 to 2
• Level 12-13 Captain Churchill's machine-gun damage increased from 1 to 3
• Level 14-17 Captain Churchill's machine-gun damage increased from 2 to 4
• Level 18+ Captain Churchill's machine-gun damage increased from 2 to 5

45.0

“	Lower attack rate hurt Churchill's early game too much so these lower tier rates have been improved. His range upgrade increases were too small considering the large base range, so these have also been improved. While useful when it comes online, Churchill's Machine Gun never scaled the best so needs further improvements to scale up with higher levels. & finally since it's very hard to get to Lv20 at all, we've given a nice bump to base damage here as well.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Level 1-7 Churchill Main Cannon attack cooldown reduced from 1.8s to 1.5s
• Level 8-15 Churchill Main Cannon attack cooldown reduced from 1.5s to 1.2s
• Level 1-3 Captain Churchill range increased from 63 to 65
• Level 4+ Captain Churchill range increased from 66 to 75
• Level 5-6 machine-gun damage increased from 1 to 2
• Level 7-11 machine-gun damage increased from 2 to 4
• Level 12-13 machine-gun damage increased from 3 to 6
• Level 14-17 machine-gun damage increased from 4 to 8
• Level 18+ machine-gun damage increased from 5 to 10
• Level 15-17 Churchill machine-gun bonus damage to Fortified increased from +1 to +2
• Level 18+ Churchill machine-gun bonus damage to Fortified increased from +1 to +4
• Level 20 Churchill Main Cannon explosion damage increased from 15 to 20
• [bug fix] Level 13-16 Armor Piercing Shells flat bonus damage increased from +1 to +3
• [bug fix] Level 17+ Armor Piercing Shells flat bonus damage increased from +2 to +6

47.0

“	Given how hard it is to get to high levels with Churchill, the Barrage ability needs much more high level payoff.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Level 13-16 Churchill's MOAB Barrage damage increased from 200 to 250
• Level 17-19 Churchill's MOAB Barrage damage increased from 200 to 500
• Level 20 Churchill's MOAB Barrage damage increased from 500 to 1000

Bug Fixes and General Changes

27.0^?

• Level 20's description added an extra "shells" after the "MOAB Barrage" at the beginning of the sentence.

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44.0

• Level 7 description changed from "Shells deal more damage and can explode 4 times instead of 3." to "''Weapons deal more damage and shells can explode more times."
• Level 12 description changed from "Shells get additional increased damage and can explode 6 times." to "Weapons get additional increased damage and shells can explode 6 times."
• Level 13 description changed from "Armor Piercing Shells pop 2 layers of Bloon and do extra damage to Ceramic and higher." to "Armor Piercing Shells pop 3 layers of Bloon and do extra damage to Ceramic and higher."
• Level 14 description changed from "Machine Gun and Main Gun can pop 1 additional layer per shot." to "Main Gun can pop 3 additional layers and Machine Gun can pop 1 additional layer per shot."
• Level 18 description changed from "All shells pop an extra layer of Bloon." to "All shells pop 3 extra layers of Bloon and Machine Gun can pop 1 additional layer."

47.0

• Added "MOAB Barrage damage increased." at end of sentences for Levels 13 and 17.

Gallery

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Other languages

Hero Name

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Captain Churchill
Russian	Капитан Черчилль	Captain Churchill

Hero Description

Language	Name	Meaning
English	In his armored tank, the Captain is a no-nonsense powerhouse on the battlefield.
Russian	Сидя в танке, капитан становится серьезной угрозой на поле боя.	In his tank, the Captain becomes a serious threat on the battlefield.

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 Money, costing 2,500, the most expensive being Adora, Admiral Brickell, Etienne, Geraldo, 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 (eighteen including his Sentai Churchill and Sleigh Churchill skins).
  • He is also the only hero to have a Level 6 design.
• Despite Quincy, Gwendolin, Striker Jones, and Obyn Greenfoot all having their respective second skins in different updates in the following order (although not consecutively by update), Benjamin is the fifth hero to have received a second cosmetic skin instead of Captain Churchill, thereby skipping out on Captain Churchill despite being the 5th hero in the game.
  • Churchill would not receive another skin until update 34.0.
• 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 ActivatedMoabBarrageNoVO.wav

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

See Captain Churchill#Blog posts

Cultural references

For a list of cultural references not specific to this hero in the game Bloons TD 6, see Captain Churchill#Cultural references