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*Heart of Vengeance Druid is one of the worst scaling Monkeys. It has a very risky scaling method via leaking Bloons, has one of the lowest damage for 3 Gold, fails to scale or react fast enough to handle aggro, and is already weak to OTK and removals while being outclassed by other scaling Monkeys. | *Heart of Vengeance Druid is one of the worst scaling Monkeys. It has a very risky scaling method via leaking Bloons, has one of the lowest damage for 3 Gold, fails to scale or react fast enough to handle aggro, and is already weak to OTK and removals while being outclassed by other scaling Monkeys. | ||
*In Control mirror matchups, [[Spike-o-Pult (BCS)|Spike-o-Pult]] and [[Wizard Monkey (BCS)|Wizard Monkeys]] have far less restrictive requirements for scaling, start with more base damage per turn, and in the case of Spike-o-Pult, synergizes well with [[Try this!]]. It has more ammo, so it doesn't need Try this! to be optimal. Heart of Vengeance is the worst scaling Monkey to draw in the late game due to its difficult scaling method. | *In Control mirror matchups, [[Spike-o-Pult (BCS)|Spike-o-Pult]] and [[Wizard Monkey (BCS)|Wizard Monkeys]] have far less restrictive requirements for scaling, start with more base damage per turn, and in the case of Spike-o-Pult, synergizes well with [[Try this!]]. It has more ammo, so it doesn't need Try this! to be optimal. Heart of Vengeance is the worst scaling Monkey to draw in the late game due to its difficult scaling method. | ||
*[[Jungle's Bounty Druid]]'s rapid life gains allow the HoV Druid to leak more safely over many rounds, but the combined duo both having very low DPT makes surviving to get the reward difficult. | *[[Jungle's Bounty Druid]]'s rapid life gains allow the HoV Druid to leak more safely over many rounds, but the combined duo both having very low DPT makes surviving to get the reward difficult. | ||
*One key advantage is the greater burst, so is more receptive to | *One key advantage is the greater burst, so is more receptive to ATK buffs. Notably, it is the cheapest 3 Ammo Monkey in the game. | ||
*[[Red Bloon Apopalypse]] + one [[Spike Storm!]] can open up a safe way to scale the Heart of Vengeance Druid. Also can work with Red Bloon Apopalypse + [[Ghostly Armor]]. | *[[Red Bloon Apopalypse]] + one [[Spike Storm!]] can open up a safe way to scale the Heart of Vengeance Druid. Also can work with Red Bloon Apopalypse + [[Ghostly Armor]]. | ||
*Zombie Bloons leaking twice allows Heart Of Vengeance to scale faster than with normal Bloons. | *Zombie Bloons leaking twice allows Heart Of Vengeance to scale faster than with normal Bloons. | ||
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During the Version 5.2 playtest, Ninja Kiwi proposed a rework to Heart of Vengeance Druid by reducing its ammo from 3 to 2 and Gold cost from 5 to 3, which was left unchanged for the update. | During the Version 5.2 playtest, Ninja Kiwi proposed a rework to Heart of Vengeance Druid by reducing its ammo from 3 to 2 and Gold cost from 5 to 3, which was left unchanged for the update. | ||
The ammo reduction was reverted for Version 6.4 due to feeling still too weak for how difficult that the Heart of Vengeance Druid can scale.<ref name="odysseyTOS-6.4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5RCsiqq--s</ref> | The ammo reduction was reverted for Version 6.4 due to feeling still too weak for how difficult that the Heart of Vengeance Druid can scale.<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> The already low cost in Gold also makes it the cheapest 3 Ammo Monkey in the game, despite not being stated by OdysseyTOS's tester commentary. | ||
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