Berserker Brew (BCS)

For other uses, see Berserker Brew (disambiguation).

Berserker Brew

On Play: Target other friendly Monkey gains 3 Temporary Ammo, +20 ATK and is Doomed

Aye laddie, this is a fine batch!

Class	Magic
Card Pack	Lead Storm
Rarity	Uncommon
Keywords	On Play, Temporary Ammo, Doomed
Introduced	Version 4.0

Stats
Cost	6	Ammo	1
Charges	1	ATK	40
Type	Alchemist	Reload	1

Berserker Brew is a Magic Monkey card in Bloons Card Storm, introduced in version 4.0. When played, a menu prompts the player to select a friendly Monkey other than itself that has an ATK stat, granting it +20 ATK and 3 Temporary Ammo, but causes the target to be Doomed.

The card artwork depicts a Berserker Brew Alchemist sitting at a campfire with a Wizard Monkey (with their BCS design) during dusk. Both of them sit on a log, each with a mug of brew. The Alchemist raises their mug with their left hand while grinning gleefully, while the Wizard Monkey holds the mug with both hands and is surprised by the effects of the brew.

Tips

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This section was last updated for: version 6.4

• Berserker Brew is most often used for expensive emergency defense when added onto a friendly attacking Monkey that can be safely removed. Time at a round when the big burst of damage is necessary, and use up all ammo if possible. Once depleted, the buffed Monkey is often replaced with another Monkey, since its Doomed status prevents long-term use, leaving an open space at the start of next turn.
  • A buffed Frag Bomb Shooter can be used to clean up massive hordes of enemy Bloons, or a Missile Launcher can be used to take out lots of high health threats.
  • Cheap expendable Monkeys such as Barrel of Monkeys are helpful for simply having a usable Monkey present to enable Berserker Brew's effects.
• When using Berserker Brew's On Play, the target having full ammo is preferred, as the ordinary ammo will also receive the extra damage. However, using on a Monkey that is currently on cooldown is not much of a loss.
• Berserker Brew can be combined with reload cards such as Quick Reload, Orders Received, and Ghost Monkey, to maximize ammo and the damage buff. Likewise for Temporary Ammo such as Extra Shot Bloon or Ezili's Totem. Use these cards after the brew and finishing all the target's ammo first.
• Equipping multiple Berserker Brews can be helpful to improve consistency of the bursts of damage. Using multiple in a turn is situational (with 18+ Gold, all three can be used), and if doing so then target the same Monkey more than once for the most damage.
• Like Zee Jay's Stylish Finish, the Doomed status can be used to open up an Expert Negotiator next turn, as the Monkey that is Doomed will open up a Monkey slot.
• Against Dreadbloon, it is an effective way to deal lots of damage in a single turn, provided at least one other attacking Monkey is present.
  • Common high damage monkeys like Super Monkey, Missile Launcher, Sharp Shooter, MOAB Eliminator, and Crippling Sniper receive lots of benefit and can take out entire skulls at a time on a single turn.
• This Alchemist itself has only reasonable damage for 1 delay, equal to a Monkey Investigator with 5 more ATK. It alone (after buffing another Monkey, otherwise it's inefficient) is still a reliable long-term Monkey versus Dreadbloon, and, notably, two shots are enough to pop a Rock Bloon with up to 10 Armor, where Striker Jones's Ammo Stores ensures that each round.
• Its 6 Gold cost allows it to "protect" some Monkeys (notably Missile Launcher) from computer opponents using removals, which prioritize the most expensive Monkeys, and any Dreadbloon Skulls involving removing the most expensive Monkeys.

Update history

Version 4.4

•  Description now uses the abbreviation "ATK" instead of "AP"

Version 5.0

•  Added Temporary Ammo keyword

Version 5.2

•  Gold cost reduced ― 8 → 6

Version 6.0

•  Now displays the Doomed keyword

Version 6.4

“

Berserker Brew has its damage increased from 30 to 40 to make it a bit less of a liability after you've already thrown it on the field. This one doesn't matter a ton, but hey, for you Boss players out there, this one might be nice.
— u/No-Appearance1780's commentary, 40:07-40:19 (with most disfluencies removed)

”

•  ATK increased ― 30 → 40

Development

During the Version 5.2 playtest, Ninja Kiwi proposed a buff to Berserker Brew by decreasing its Gold cost from 8 to 6, which was left unchanged for the update.

Version 6.4 buffed Berserker Brew to let it be less of a liability after the initial buff to another Monkey. According to OdysseyTOS, they aren't certain how much it'll affect Boss players, but they didn't think that the ATK buff was enough to also indirectly make Dreadbloon stronger by no longer making the Berserker Brew a fodder for Bed Time, though the ATK bonus does let it handle Armored Rock Bloons better.

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  Icon
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  Selection menu
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  BBrew activating on a Monkey Investigator
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  BBrew effect on a HoV Druid that would give more than 4 total Ammo
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  Doomed application VFX
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  Monkey Investigator with the Doomed status
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  Stunned
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  Leak reaction

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 4.0

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Bersærkerbryg	—
German	Berserker-Gebräu	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Brebaje vesánico	—
French	Préparation de fou furieux	—
Italian	Infuso del Berserker	—
Japanese	バーサーカーの醸造酒	—
Korean	광전사 약제	—
Norwegian	Berserkerbrygg	—
Polish	Napój berserkera	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Poção Berserker	—
Russian	Варево берсерка	—
Swedish	Bärsärkbrygd	—
Chinese (traditional)	狂暴之釀	—

Flavor

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Ja knægt, det er en fin samling!	—
German	Jawohl, Jungchen, ein sehr guter Jahrgang!	—
Spanish (Latin America)	¡Sí, muchacho, este es un buen lote!	—
French	Sacrebleu, c’est du joli !	—
Italian	Va giù liscio come l'acqua!	—
Japanese	相棒、こりゃいい酒だな！	—
Korean	이야, 약이 아주 잘 만들어졌네!	—
Norwegian	Hei, kompis! Dette er et bra parti!	—
Polish	Ach, bardzo udana partia!	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Isso, moleque, essa cana é da boa!	—
Russian	Отличная партия!	—
Swedish	Kompis, det här är en bra omgång!	—
Chinese (traditional)	喂，小子，這可是上等貨！	—