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|name =Draining Bloon | |name =Draining Bloon | ||
|image =BCS DrainingBloon CardArt.png | |image =BCS DrainingBloon CardArt.png | ||
|icon =BCS DrainingBloon Icon.png | |||
|description='''On Play''': Drains all Bloontonium, gains 30 Shield per Bloontonium drained. | |description='''On Play''': Drains all Bloontonium, gains 30 Shield per Bloontonium drained. | ||
|flavor =Does anyone have a spare charging cable? | |flavor =Does anyone have a spare charging cable? | ||
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|cost =5 | |cost =5 | ||
|charges=1 | |charges=1 | ||
|health = | |health =220 | ||
|delay =3 | |delay =3 | ||
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'''Draining Bloon''' is an [[Bloon (BCS)|Advanced Bloon]] [[card]] in ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]''. When played, it removes all [[Bloontonium]] from the player's [[Hero (BCS)|Hero]] (including the Bloontonium gained from playing this Bloon) and gains 30 [[Shield (BCS)|Shield]] per Bloontonium removed. | |||
The card artwork depicts a Draining Bloon in a Bloontonium mine absorbing Bloontonium into itself. A swirling pink glow comes towards the Draining Bloon. | |||
==Tips== | ==Tips== | ||
{{outdated|Possibly better in v6.4}} | |||
{{BCS last updated|4.0|section=y}} | {{BCS last updated|4.0|section=y}} | ||
*If enough Bloontonium is accumulated, the Draining Bloon becomes extremely durable. However, your Hero loses all of their Bloontonium | *If enough Bloontonium is accumulated, the Draining Bloon becomes extremely durable. However, your Hero loses all of their Bloontonium, so be sure to have a steady supply of Bloontonium. | ||
**The highest Bloontonium | **The highest Bloontonium hero belongs to [[Striker Jones (BCS)|Striker Jones]], at 20; the Draining Bloon can have up to 800 effective health.<!--20*30+200--> | ||
**Use Bloontonium-generating Monkeys, such as multiple [[Mine Supervisor]]s and/or plenty of Bloon cards, to maintain enough Bloontonium. | **Use Bloontonium-generating Monkeys, such as multiple [[Mine Supervisor]]s and/or plenty of Bloon cards, to maintain enough Bloontonium. | ||
*[[Return to Sender]] on an opponent's Draining Bloon will result in the opponent losing lots of Bloontonium without much benefit, if they used this card when they had lots of Bloontonium. | *[[Return to Sender]] on an opponent's Draining Bloon will result in the opponent losing lots of Bloontonium without much benefit, if they used this card when they had lots of Bloontonium. | ||
*[[Double Trouble]] allows the Draining Bloon to keep building up shield with every new copy. With enough shield,<!--imagine getting 1000+ shield... it's possible--> the Draining Bloon can only realistically be countered with insta-destroying cards (e.g. [[Extreme Heat]]) or Return to Sender. | *[[Double Trouble (BCS)|Double Trouble]] allows the Draining Bloon to keep building up shield with every new copy. With enough shield,<!--imagine getting 1000+ shield... it's possible--> the Draining Bloon can only realistically be countered with insta-destroying cards (e.g. [[Extreme Heat]]) or Return to Sender. | ||
**Double Trouble strategies may also bring [[Gwendolin (BCS)|Gwendolin]]'s Fireball on friendly [[Growth Gas Bloon]] so they can add HP onto Draining Bloons. | **Double Trouble strategies may also bring [[Gwendolin (BCS)|Gwendolin]]'s Fireball on friendly [[Growth Gas Bloon]] so they can add HP onto Draining Bloons. | ||
*Watch out for [[Shields Down!]], which | *Watch out for [[Shields Down!]] and [[Energy Overload]], which are currently the only Shield counters in the game. | ||
==Update history== | ==Update history== | ||
{{BCS change list by name|Draining Bloon}} | {{BCS change list by name|Draining Bloon}} | ||
==Development== | |||
Draining Bloon has always been powerful when used optimally, especially since introducing more ways to generate Bloontonium (e.g. the Miners), but the usage rate was not significant; OdysseyTOS's tester commentary states that the Version 6.4 buff aims to improve its reward.<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== | ||
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BCS DrainingBloonScreenshot.png|Draining Bloon in-game | BCS DrainingBloonScreenshot.png|Draining Bloon in-game | ||
BCS DrainingBloonEffect.png|Draining Bloon creating Shield from Bloontonium | BCS DrainingBloonEffect.png|Draining Bloon creating Shield from Bloontonium | ||
BCS DrainingBloonGain2ndTime.png|Draining Bloon gaining Bloontonium 2nd time after default shielding | BCS DrainingBloonGain2ndTime.png|Draining Bloon gaining Bloontonium 2nd time after default shielding (pre-5.0) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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}} | }} | ||
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==References== | |||
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==Navigation== | ==Navigation== | ||
{{BCS bloon nav}} | {{BCS bloon nav}} | ||