Hero Strength and Weakness

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This subpage shows every hero's strengths and weaknesses.

Strengths/Weakness in Bold letters have larger impact on hero's performance.

Hero Table

Hero	Strengths	Weaknesses	Abilities	XP Scale	Notes	Role
Quincy	Cheapest, Moderate Pierce, Ricocheting projectile, Good Range	Fast, Lead & Super Ceramic Bloons.	Rapid Shot, Storm of Arrows	1x	Every 3rd shot at level 7+ arrows explode on initial hit before continuing to ricochet, every 2nd shot at level 17+.	Attack
Gwendolin	Moderate Pierce, Supports other towers, Pops Leads, Damage over time.	Purple & Camo Bloons, Moderate Range.	Cocktail of Fire, Firestorm Heat it Up (Passive) Pyrotechnics (Passive)	1x	Can pop Purple Bloons at Level 16+. Can affect Camo Bloons with any ability. At level 10 onwards the DoT from main attack increases by 1 per each level (up to 15 at level 20) At level 5 boosts attack speed and radius of Ring of Fire, Signal Flare & Dragon's Breath by 10%, (20% at level 18).	Attack/Support (Lead Popping)
Striker Jones	Area Attack, Supports primarily Mortar & Bomb Towers, Great Range	Fast, Camo, MOAB & Spaced Bloons.	Concussive Shell, Target Focus, Artillery Command	1x	Makes Black Bloons less resistant to explosions at level 5+ (completely vulnerable at level 19). At level 8+ provides 25% more pierce and 5% range on towers near him.	Attack/Support (Explosions)
Obyn Greenfoot	Seeking attack, pops multiple layers & Leads, High Ground, Supports Magic Monkeys, primarily Druids.	Camo, Rushes & Purple Bloons, Moderate Pierce.	Brambles, Wall of Trees Nature Ward (Passive)	1x	Brambles are randomly placed on track in Obyn's range if there are no bloons in range. Wall of Trees placement is set to Close by default but can be adjusted. Nature's Clarity, Magic Monkey's near Obyn receive +5 range and +2 pierce.	Attack/Support (Magic Monkeys)
Captain Churchill	Incredible Range, High Pierce, Fast Speed & Area Damage.	Most Expensive, Black Bloons.	Armor Piercing Shells, MOAB Barrage	1.71x	On Level 5 Churchill gets secondary SMG attack independent on main attack.	Attack
Benjamin	Enhances income, creates extra lives, high ground.	Doesnt directly attack bloons, Expensive.	Biohack, Syphon Funding Skimming, Trojan (Passive)	1.5x	Biohack gives closest towers buff, affected cannot attack for 2 seconds after expiration. Skimming, generates $1 for every new bloon spawned.	Support (Income Generation)
Ezili	Cheap, Can pop leads & see Camo, High Ground, Damage over time, Extra Damage to MOABs	Fast, Spaced & Purple Bloons.	Heartstopper, Sacrificial Totem, MOAB Hex	1.425x	Heartstopper allows all towers to pop Purple Bloons even if they arent Regrow. MOAB Hex can affect BAD at level 20 and if popped, leaves no children.	Attack/Support
Pat Fusty	Amphibious, Moderate Pierce, Pops Lead, multiple layers, Push & Stun Bloons.	Short range, Camo Bloons.	Rallying Roar, Big Squeeze	1.425x	Rallying Roar increases damage of monkeys near him for short time. Big Squeeze grabs MOAB-Class Bloon (4 at Level 20) instantly popping it releasing insides after 5 seconds. Does slap attack every 5th time that pushes bloons back, including MOAB.	Attack/Support
Adora	Good Range, Seeking Attack, Multiple Projectiles, Pops Lead, Moderate Pierce, High Ground, Extra Damage to fortified.	Purple, Camo & Moab-Class Bloons, Expensive.	Long Arm of Light, Blood Sacrifice, Ball of Light	1.71x	Bloon Sacrifice sacrifices targeted tower converting its total value to 4x XP to Adora. (0.4275x) Leveling Speed. Long Arm of Light ability can pop Purple Bloons.	Attack
Admiral Brickell	Stockpiles Mines, Pops Multiple layers with primary attack, Supports water based towers.	Water Placement, Bloon Rushes	Naval Tactics, Blast Chain, Mega Mine	1.425x	at Level 5, Naval Tactics allows all water monkeys near her to pop all non-camo bloons. Mega Mine only targets MOAB-Class Bloons dealing 4,000 damage, (15,000 at level 20).	Attack/Support
Etienne	Large Track Coverage, High Ground, Global Camo Detection.	Limited Attack, Lead & Fast Bloons, Low Pierce.	Drone Swarm, UCAV Attack UAV (Passive)	1x	All Towers gain camo detection at level 8 Etienne controls 1 drone at first adding 1 drone at level 7, 11 & 19.	Attack/Support
Sauda	Cheap, Very Fast Speed, sees Camo, Extra Damage to afflicted.	Short Range, Lead Bloons, Moderate Pierce.	Leaping Sword, Sword Charge	1.425x	Can pop Lead Bloons with any ability. At Level 13+ she can pop lead bloons with her main attack.	Attack
Psi	High Ground & Infinite Range, Pops Bloons from inside, sees Camo.	Limited Attack, cannot pop certain bloons until leveled up, Super Ceramic & Moab-Class Bloons, Expensive.	Psychic Blast, Psionic Scream	1.5x	Psionic Scream only affects Bloons Psi can target.	Attack
Geraldo	Small Area Attack, moderate range, buyable items.	Lead, MOAB Class, Purple & Camo Bloons, Limited Stock.	Geraldo's Shop Killer Bunny	1x	Worn Hero Cape allows transforming Dart Monkey's into Super Monkey's even if they wouldn't normally fit. Shooty Turrets inherit buffs the geraldo has.	Support
Corvus	Full Map Coverage, Haunt, Castable spells.	Purple, Lead & Camo bloons	Soul Harvest, Spirit Walk, Dark Ritual	1.71x	Bloons haunted take extra damage from energy/plasma attacks, and give mana when fully popped. Nourishment converts mana into XP.	Attack/Support

Explanation

Role

• Attack heroes are classified as it has great offensive capabilities but doesn't (if little) support other Towers.
• Attack/Support heroes are classified as it has good offensive and support capabilities.
• Support heroes are classified as it has very supportive capabilities but is weak on his own.

Less Apparent Strengths/Weakness Explanation

• High Ground Hero's range isn't obstructed by Line of Sight restrictions.
• Moderate Pierce (Strength): Hero has moderate pierce (even on lower levels) & usually handles Grouped Bloons easily.
• Moderate Pierce (Weakness): Hero has moderate pierce (even on higher levels) and struggles with Bloon Rushes.

Exclusive Strengths/Weaknesses

• Doesnt directly attack bloons (Exclusive to Benjamin) indirectly attacks bloons via Trojan and Syphoning but does not harm them otherwise.
• Extra Damage to afflicted (Exclusive to Sauda) At level 7+ Sauda deals extra damage to stunned bloons, this is expanded at Level 11 dealing extra damage to bloons afflicted with any negative status effect, and further expanded at level 19 to bloons with properties.
• Amphibious (Exclusive to Pat Fusty) can be placed in both Water and Land.
• Limited Attack (Exclusive to Etienne) cannot take advantage of Alchemist buffs.
• Limited Attack (Exclusive to Psi) can target certain amount of bloons at any given time, cannot take advantage of Acidic Mixture Dip.
  • At level 6 can target Lead Bloons, Ceramics at level 7, Purples at 13, MOAB at 14, BFB at 16, and finally ZOMG & DDT at level 20.
    • Can pop Lead & Purple Bloons if near M.I.B.

• Limited Stock (Exclusive to Geraldo), Theres limited number of items that can be bought or be in stock, but restock over time.
  • Shooty Turrets inherit area buffs Geraldo has.
    • Jar of Pickles & See Invisibility option only apply when Shooty Turret was placed before items were applied at Geraldo, new Shooty turrets are unnafected during the buff duration.
      • Buffs like alchemist's brew or Garry's fire are never applied to turrets.