Etienne

Drone Operator

Difficulty

Etienne

This high-tech hero can pursue the Bloons wherever they go with his remote controlled drone.

$650cost

55range

213 560XP to level 20

Levels and XP

Level	XP to level	Total XP	Effect
1	–	0	Flies a deadly little drone around to shoot at the Bloons.
2	180	180	Etienne's range increased and Monkeys in radius get 10% more range.
3	460	640	Drone Swarm: Etienne launches 4 more temporary drones to wreak some Bloon popping havoc.
4	1 000	1 640	Drones increase in popping power.
5	1 860	3 500	Drone increased attack speed and infrared camera allows shooting of Camo Bloons.
6	3 280	6 780	Drone Swarm ability cooldown reduced.
7	5 180	11 960	Etienne now controls 2 drones at once.
8	8 320	20 280	UAV: all Monkeys gain Camo Bloon detection.
9	9 380	29 660	Drones pop an extra Bloon layer.
10	13 620	43 280	UCAV: high altitude surveillance drone becomes devastating combat drone for a short time.
11	16 380	59 660	Etienne gains a third drone to control.
12	14 400	74 060	Drone upgrades! Increased popping power and flight speed.
13	16 650	90 710	UCAV ability cooldown reduced.
14	14 940	105 650	Drones damage increased greatly.
15	16 380	122 030	UCAV damage output and duration greatly increased.
16	17 820	139 850	Etienne's range, drone popping power, and Drone Swarm cooldown all improved. Monkeys in radius get 20% more range.
17	19 260	159 110	UCAV damage output greatly increased again!
18	20 700	179 810	Drone damage increased.
19	16 470	196 280	Etienne now controls four drones all the time!
20	17 280	213 560	Perma-UCAV: Surveillance drone becomes permanent UCAV. When activated becomes more powerful for a short time and can pop all Bloon types.

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Numbers by level

Level	Range	Cooldown, s	Damage per shot	Pierce	Rough DPS	Cannot pop
1	55	0.7	1	2	1.4286	Lead Frozen
2	60	0.7	1	2	1.4286	Lead Frozen
4	60	0.7	1	3	1.4286	Lead Frozen
5	60	0.55	1	3	1.8182	Lead Frozen
9	60	0.55	2	3	3.6364	Lead Frozen
12	60	0.55	2	6	3.6364	Lead Frozen
14	60	0.55	3	6	5.4545	Lead Frozen
15	60	0.6	4	30	6.6667	Black
16	80	0.6	4	30	6.6667	Black
17	80	0.6	7	30	11.6667	Black
20	80	0.55	4	9	7.2727	Lead Frozen

All levels

Level	Range	Cooldown, s	Damage per shot	Pierce	Rough DPS	Cannot pop
1	55	0.7	1	2	1.4286	Lead Frozen
2	60	0.7	1	2	1.4286	Lead Frozen
3	60	0.7	1	2	1.4286	Lead Frozen
4	60	0.7	1	3	1.4286	Lead Frozen
5	60	0.55	1	3	1.8182	Lead Frozen
6	60	0.55	1	3	1.8182	Lead Frozen
7	60	0.55	1	3	1.8182	Lead Frozen
8	60	0.55	1	3	1.8182	Lead Frozen
9	60	0.55	2	3	3.6364	Lead Frozen
10	60	0.55	2	3	3.6364	Lead Frozen
11	60	0.55	2	3	3.6364	Lead Frozen
12	60	0.55	2	6	3.6364	Lead Frozen
13	60	0.55	2	6	3.6364	Lead Frozen
14	60	0.55	3	6	5.4545	Lead Frozen
15	60	0.6	4	30	6.6667	Black
16	80	0.6	4	30	6.6667	Black
17	80	0.6	7	30	11.6667	Black
18	80	0.6	7	30	11.6667	Black
19	80	0.6	7	30	11.6667	Black
20	80	0.55	4	9	7.2727	Lead Frozen

Abilities

Ability	From	Cooldown	Effect	Description
Drone Swarm	level 3	50 s	–	Etienne launches 4 more temporary drones to wreak some Bloon popping havoc.
UCAV	level 10	75 s	–	High altitude surveillance drone becomes devastating combat drone for a short time.