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While active, each player has a large red 'Banned' text on a translucent black rectangle, overlapping both players' ability menus. | While active, each player has a large red 'Banned' text on a translucent black rectangle, overlapping both players' ability menus. | ||
The card artwork depicts [[Obyn Greenfoot]] | The card artwork depicts [[Obyn Greenfoot]] berating an ashamed [[Gwendolin]] as both stand near a burning forest. | ||
==Tips== | ==Tips== | ||
{{BCS last updated|6. | {{BCS last updated|6.4|section=y}} | ||
*You can use Ability Ban to force players to | *You can use Ability Ban to force players to rely on their cards in hand to do things like defend, or to stall offensive pushes versus heroes like [[Mountain Obyn (BCS)|Mountain Obyn]] or [[Amelia the Amazing (BCS)|Amelia]]. | ||
*Ability Ban can be used in combo decks to shut down [[Adora, High Priestess (BCS)|Adora]] in the late game. This is particularly handy when going against Adora and your deck heavily involves {{Hover|OTK|One-turn "killing" against an opponent.}} strategies. | *Ability Ban can be used in combo decks to shut down [[Adora, High Priestess (BCS)|Adora]] in the late game. This is particularly handy when going against Adora and your deck heavily involves {{Hover|OTK|One-turn "killing" against an opponent.}} strategies. | ||
**If you go Adora yourself and are defending from a large rush with Sun Shield, note the opponent's most likely deck archetype, and avoid exceeding leak amount if the opponent is midrange. Versus combo decks, be the aggressor and overwhelm the opponent before they can build their wincon. | **If you go Adora yourself and are defending from a large rush with Sun Shield, note the opponent's most likely deck archetype, and avoid exceeding leak amount if the opponent is midrange. Versus combo decks, be the aggressor and overwhelm the opponent before they can build their wincon. | ||
**Players can combine with multiple [[Quick Ready]] on the same turn as an Ability Ban to prevent the opponent from defending against rushes, especially against Adora's Sun Shield. | **Players can combine with multiple [[Quick Ready]] on the same turn as an Ability Ban to prevent the opponent from defending against rushes, especially against Adora's Sun Shield. | ||
**Obyn has little effect from Ability Ban when he is not going to use his actives. | **Obyn has little effect from Ability Ban when he is not going to use his actives. It can be used to delay him summoning [[Wolf|Wolves]], however. | ||
* | *Ability Ban can be used to slow down other Heroes, such as [[Gwendolin (BCS)|Gwendolin]]'s Flame Strike or [[Zee Jay (BCS)|Zee Jay]]'s Rad Bloon Time. | ||
*For [[Striker Jones (BCS)|Striker Jones]], this card has the beneficial effect of increasing the Bloontonium he gains from played Bloons, since it disables the Bloontonium penalty from his passive ability. | *For [[Striker Jones (BCS)|Striker Jones]], this card has the beneficial effect of increasing the Bloontonium he gains from played Bloons, since it disables the Bloontonium penalty from his passive ability. | ||
*There's not much reason to equip more than one Ability Ban in a deck, as its main strength is in conjunction with a finisher, | *There's not much reason to equip more than one Ability Ban in a deck, as its main strength is in conjunction with a finisher. It can be used to partially stall heroes in more aggressive strategies, but its low deckslot value means it often is better replaced with other cards. | ||
== Update history == | == Update history == | ||
{{BCS change list by name|Ability Ban}} | {{BCS change list by name|Ability Ban}} | ||
==Development== | |||
Version 6.4 lowered its cost to be more viable in aggro, and just more versatile in decks that want to cancel abilities of the opponent, especially [[Adora (BCS)|Adora]] (Sun Shield), [[Zee Jay (BCS)|Zee Jay]] ([[Rad Bloon]], Passive Awesomeness), or [[Amelia (BCS)|Amelia]] (Act of Power<!--what they call "Wand Over Wallet"--> or Grand Disappearance).<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4">{{cite|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5RCsiqq--s|title=6.4 Tester Commentary - Bloons Card Storm|publisher=YouTube|author=OdysseyTOS}}</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||