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Adora's playstyle is about strengthening her own offensive and defensive capabilites by gaining [[Bloontonium]] and sacrificing [[Monkey (BCS)|Monkey]]s. She has a unique resource called '''Orbs of Light''' that determines the damage her abilities deal. She starts with two Orbs of Light and can sacrifice Monkeys to gain more (up to a max of 8) and heal herself.
Adora's playstyle is about strengthening her own offensive and defensive capabilites by gaining [[Bloontonium]] and sacrificing [[Monkey (BCS)|Monkey]]s. She has a unique resource called '''Orbs of Light''' that determines the damage her abilities deal. She starts with two Orbs of Light and can sacrifice Monkeys to gain more (up to a max of 8) and heal herself.
*'''Orbs of Light''' — Deals 30 damage to a Bloon for each Orb of Light she currently has. Each orb targets a random Bloon, though multiple orbs can target the same Bloon. This ability is also used by other abilities.
*'''Orbs of Light''' — Deals 30 damage to a Bloon for each Orb of Light she currently has. Each orb targets a random Bloon, though multiple orbs can target the same Bloon. This ability is also used by other abilities.
*'''Sun Shield''' — Passively activates Orbs of Light if a Bloon is about to attack her, after [[Defender]]s have acted. The Orbs of Light only target the attacking Bloon. This consumes 3 [[Bloontonium]] instead of 5.
*'''Sun Shield''' — Passively activates Orbs of Light if a Bloon is about to attack her, after [[Defender]]s have acted. The Orbs of Light only target the attacking Bloon. This consumes 3 [[Bloontonium]] instead of 5. Visually, if this ability can be activated, she holds one of her palms towards the Bloons.<!--"biden blast" pose-->
*'''Ultimate Sacrifice''' — Sacrifices a target [[Monkey (BCS)|Monkey]] on the player's side, triggers Orbs of Light for free, restores up to 150 health, and lastly grants her an additional Orb of Light (if she has less than 8).
*'''Ultimate Sacrifice''' — Sacrifices a target [[Monkey (BCS)|Monkey]] on the player's side, triggers Orbs of Light for free, restores up to 150 health, and lastly grants her an additional Orb of Light (if she has less than 8). The life heal occurs before [[Sentinel Bloon]]'s On Destroyed effect.


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==Exclusive cards==
==Exclusive cards==
{{BCS card list by exclusive|Adora, High Priestess}}
{{BCS card list|exclusive=Adora, High Priestess}}


==Strategy==
==Strategy==
{{Strategy needed|Also do summarize about aggro, midrange, and control adora}}
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Adora is incredibly flexible across all stages of the game. She is able to defend very well, provided enough Bloontonium is generated for her abilities. Her standout ability is Sun Shield, as no other Hero can directly handle leaking bloons, besides [[Obyn Greenfoot (BCS)|Obyn Greenfoot]]'s massive shield growth. Most of Adora's hero-exclusive cards aren't vital to maximize her power, though [[Divination]] is decent.
Adora's kit revolves around her trying to scale up to high amounts of Orbs Of Light. Her orbs, although not strong at first, can be quite powerful when given enough time. Her Sun Shield forces opponents to spend more time developing more health on their Bloons or having to find and use cards like [[Haunting Night]] in their OTK, which can be helpful in control scenarios against opponents like [[Zee Jay (BCS)|Zee Jay]] and [[Quincy (BCS)|Quincy]]'s OTK decks. She also has great anti-burn deck potential with the ability to limit damage from early 0 delay Bloons such as [[Pink Bloon (BCS)|Pink Bloon]]s and heal back up to full health with her Ultimate Sacrifice ability.


Adora fits the best for midrange, is pretty strong for control, and okay with aggro. Aggressive early-game Adora strategies should focus on outlasting aggro decks, which involves an Adora midrange deck. For control, maximize Bloontonium gains, and build orbs fast enough while having enough resources to defend against the opponent's rushes. For all decks, having enough Bloontonium for Sun Shield is very important.
Outside of these interactions, she is often outclassed by other control heroes such as [[Obyn Greenfoot (BCS)|Obyn Greenfoot]], who can build up a respectable amount of shield to resist other OTK decks, as well as being more resistant to the opponent's cards. Adora’s weakness at the beginning of the game in particular is a big weakness of hers, as she gets easily rushed down by archetypes that can attack her immediately. Orbs Of Light having random targeting makes her use against archetypes like Aggro or Tempo questionable, as she may fail to deal with strong threats until they’re already at 0 delay, where multiple cards can deal with Sun Shield.
 
Adora is very dependent on managing her abilities. Thus, she is still vulnerable to an opponent's finishers when combined with any card that stops her Sun Shield, such as [[Ability Ban]] or [[Bloontonium Leak]]. Also, she lacks much individual damage, so she's vulnerable to Armor-centred decks.


===Tips===
===Tips===
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;Playing with Adora
;Playing as Adora
*Sun Shield is quite powerful when obtained with many Orbs. Keeping Sun Shield up as much as possible is a priority for Adora, especially later when having Sun Shield down for one or two turns may result in Adora being OTK’d.
*Adora heavily depends on Bloontonium to maximize her power. Most Adora decks should include plenty of cards that maximize Bloontonium, with many bloon cards, and preferably in groups of 3 or 5 such as [[Bloontonium Gas Bloon]]s. Bloon cards in groups of 8 (e.g. [[Rainbow Bloon (BCS)|Rainbow Bloon]]) are also beneficial to unlock Sun Shield. Similarly, bringing [[Bloontonium Miner]]s and/or [[Mine Supervisor]]s to build up constant Bloontonium may be beneficial.
*Keep weak monkeys in hand (or on board if needed early), such as [[Barrel of Monkeys]], to use as fodder for sacrifices when needed. This will make your overall defense weaker, but allow room for healing up damage otherwise prevented by an extra Monkey.
*Avoid using Ultimate Sacrifice if many of the opponent's bloons are at 0 delay, unless enough Bloontonium is obtained afterwards to activate the Sun Shield passive.
*Sacrificing is tricky to find the right time to do it, but it is generally best done when you are in no immediate danger, you have a bit of health to heal, or sacrificing for an extra orb alone is safe. Sacrificing while in dangerous situations can often result in Adora losing.
*The minimum required amount of Bloontonium for Sun Shield to trigger on each leaking bloon: 8, 11, 14.<!--yes, mentioning numbers is important for strategy, as simple as it looks...-->
*Adora's Ultimate Sacrifice also adds an empty space for [[Expert Negotiator]] to force an enemy Monkey to join Adora's side.
*If Adora already has max orbs, the only sensible reason to use the Ultimate Sacrifice instead of 3 Orbs of Light abilities is to open space for Expert Negotiator, and sometimes for healing lives.


;Against Adora
;Facing against Adora
*Adora can be really hard to deal with. The efficiency of her abilities gets stronger the more Adora's Ultimate Sacrifice is used.
*OTK decks must factor in the damage done to their OTK Bloon by Sun Shield, ranging from 60 to 240 damage depending on how many orbs Adora has. [[Triple Threat Bloon]] OTK decks can build up shield to prevent damage, while [[Rad Bloon]] OTK decks may use [[Double Trouble (BCS)|Double Trouble]] to duplicate a 0 delay Rad to deal enough damage.
*Adora relies on gaining a ton of bloontonium to maximize her power like mentioned above. Cards like [[Bloontonium Leak]] and [[Bloontonium Saboteur]] can completely ruin her bloontonium supply or lower her bloontonium by a little bit respectively. Be careful if you use Bloontonium leak, especially as Obyn.
*Cards such as [[Haunting Night]] can prevent Adora from activating her Sun Shield that turn.
*Against the miner type cards, you can use bed time on [[Bloontonium Miner|bloontonium miner]], and shrink on supervisor. Shrink is better used for different reasons though, like getting rid of a powerful unique card. And be careful if you use Shrink because that's only going to give Adora a free sacrifical target.
*Adora can only hit at most 3 Bloons with her Sun Shield. This allows certain aggro decks such as Swarm decks to absorb hits while a larger [[Spooky Bloon]] or [[Bolstered Bloon]] hits her unscathed. Since Adora will typically only deal 60 - 90 damage with Sun Shield, rushing Adora before she can scale more is generally a good idea.
*Adora's Orbs of light deal 30 damage per orb. It attacks random targets, so just hope that a strong bloon that you DON'T want to get hurt doesn't get hit. Spamming weak bloons like Red Bloons or using Red Bloon Storm can reduce the chances of Adora's orbs hitting what you DON'T want hit.  
*Against Sun Shield, a bloon with Armored 30+ can take no damage from the orbs, wasting the bloontonium from Adora. A use of Ability ban can also prevent Adora from using her orbs, but be careful when you use it, because if your bloon attack fails you will face a hard time from the Ability ban you played. If you really hate facing Adora so much, bring in 2 or 3 copies of Ability ban.
*Ultimate Sacrifice is Adora's strongest ability. She can sacrifice a tower with bad DPT and heal herself for 150 HP and add another orb of light. You can try to aggro on her before she can even do anything. Otherwise you will have to go through a long game.
*An OTK method that works today is [[The Eternal]] buffed many times + 2 [[Quick Ready]] + [[Ability Ban|Ability ban]]. This is affordable as it costs 18 gold.  


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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
===Screenshots===
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BCS AdoraScreenshot.png|Adora's default pose in-game
BCS AdoraScreenshot.png|Adora's default pose in-game
BCS AdoraBloontonium.png|Adora receiving enough Bloontonium for an ability
BCS AdoraBloontonium.png|Adora receiving enough Bloontonium for an ability
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BCS adora victory.png|Victory pose
BCS adora victory.png|Victory pose
File:BCS Adora Drop No Life.png|Adora dropping before defeat pose
File:BCS Adora Drop No Life.png|Adora dropping before defeat pose
File:BCS Hero Menu Adora.png|Hero menu screen
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Latest revision as of 16:10, 12 August 2026

Adora iterations: BTD6 • Bloons Pop! • Battles 2 • BCS
Adora, High Priestess
Portrait of Adora, High Priestess
For the glory of the Sun God!
Introduced Version 2.0
Hero Abilities
Icon of Orbs of Light Orbs of Light ( 5 Active)
Deal 30 damage to a random Bloon <orb count> times
Icon of Sun Shield Sun Shield ( 8 Passive)
When an enemy Bloon attacks, lose 3 Bloontonium and trigger Orbs of Light on that Bloon
Icon of Ultimate Sacrifice Ultimate Sacrifice ( 15 Active)
Sacrifice a friendly Monkey, heal 150 and trigger Orbs of Light. Add an extra Orb of Light (Max 8)

Adora, High Priestess is a Hero in Bloons Card Storm, introduced in version 2.0. She can be unlocked from the Store by purchasing her for Monkey Money 2,000 or by purchasing the Adora Hero Bundle for real money.

Adora's playstyle is about strengthening her own offensive and defensive capabilites by gaining Bloontonium and sacrificing Monkeys. She has a unique resource called Orbs of Light that determines the damage her abilities deal. She starts with two Orbs of Light and can sacrifice Monkeys to gain more (up to a max of 8) and heal herself.

  • Orbs of Light — Deals 30 damage to a Bloon for each Orb of Light she currently has. Each orb targets a random Bloon, though multiple orbs can target the same Bloon. This ability is also used by other abilities.
  • Sun Shield — Passively activates Orbs of Light if a Bloon is about to attack her, after Defenders have acted. The Orbs of Light only target the attacking Bloon. This consumes 3 Bloontonium instead of 5. Visually, if this ability can be activated, she holds one of her palms towards the Bloons.
  • Ultimate Sacrifice — Sacrifices a target Monkey on the player's side, triggers Orbs of Light for free, restores up to 150 health, and lastly grants her an additional Orb of Light (if she has less than 8). The life heal occurs before Sentinel Bloon's On Destroyed effect.

Exclusive cards

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Card Card type Rarity Set Cost Charges Introduced
Divination
Divination
Pick 3. If it's a Monkey, it gains +10 ATK
Advanced Power Rare Classic Gold 2 1 Version 2.0
Energy Overload
Energy Overload
Destroy target Bloon with Shield
Advanced Power Uncommon Classic Gold 3 1 Version 2.0
Max Heal
Max Heal
Target Bloon is healed 120
Exotic Power Super Rare Classic Gold 3 1 Version 2.0
Salvation
Salvation
Return target friendly Monkey to hand. Trigger Orbs of Light
Exotic Power Rare Lead Storm Gold 2 1 Version 5.0

Strategy

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Adora's kit revolves around her trying to scale up to high amounts of Orbs Of Light. Her orbs, although not strong at first, can be quite powerful when given enough time. Her Sun Shield forces opponents to spend more time developing more health on their Bloons or having to find and use cards like Haunting Night in their OTK, which can be helpful in control scenarios against opponents like Zee Jay and Quincy's OTK decks. She also has great anti-burn deck potential with the ability to limit damage from early 0 delay Bloons such as Pink Bloons and heal back up to full health with her Ultimate Sacrifice ability.

Outside of these interactions, she is often outclassed by other control heroes such as Obyn Greenfoot, who can build up a respectable amount of shield to resist other OTK decks, as well as being more resistant to the opponent's cards. Adora’s weakness at the beginning of the game in particular is a big weakness of hers, as she gets easily rushed down by archetypes that can attack her immediately. Orbs Of Light having random targeting makes her use against archetypes like Aggro or Tempo questionable, as she may fail to deal with strong threats until they’re already at 0 delay, where multiple cards can deal with Sun Shield.

Playing with Adora
  • Sun Shield is quite powerful when obtained with many Orbs. Keeping Sun Shield up as much as possible is a priority for Adora, especially later when having Sun Shield down for one or two turns may result in Adora being OTK’d.
  • Keep weak monkeys in hand (or on board if needed early), such as Barrel of Monkeys, to use as fodder for sacrifices when needed. This will make your overall defense weaker, but allow room for healing up damage otherwise prevented by an extra Monkey.
  • Sacrificing is tricky to find the right time to do it, but it is generally best done when you are in no immediate danger, you have a bit of health to heal, or sacrificing for an extra orb alone is safe. Sacrificing while in dangerous situations can often result in Adora losing.
Facing against Adora
  • OTK decks must factor in the damage done to their OTK Bloon by Sun Shield, ranging from 60 to 240 damage depending on how many orbs Adora has. Triple Threat Bloon OTK decks can build up shield to prevent damage, while Rad Bloon OTK decks may use Double Trouble to duplicate a 0 delay Rad to deal enough damage.
  • Cards such as Haunting Night can prevent Adora from activating her Sun Shield that turn.
  • Adora can only hit at most 3 Bloons with her Sun Shield. This allows certain aggro decks such as Swarm decks to absorb hits while a larger Spooky Bloon or Bolstered Bloon hits her unscathed. Since Adora will typically only deal 60 - 90 damage with Sun Shield, rushing Adora before she can scale more is generally a good idea.

Update history

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  • Change No longer uses Orbs of Light quote while triggering orbs if attacking during Ultimate Sacrifice (undocumented)
  • Change Will now occasionally use her Sun Shield quotes when triggering Sun Shield (undocumented)

Cosmetic items

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Item Category Unlock method(s) Introduced
Voice Pack Store (IAP) Version 5.0

Development

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Adora's early portrait

Adora existed in the data of Bloons Card Storm since the Firstlook test, though she went unused until version 2.0. Her original name was just "Adora" and her description was "Hero of Light". Version 2.0 replaced her placeholder assets with her final design, changed her full name and description, and replaced her abilities. Her original abilities were different and did not involve Orbs of Light.

Icon Type  Bloontonium cost Description
Active 3 Deal 5 damage to an enemy Bloon, repeat 4 more times
Passive 9 On Turn End: Gain 25 Health
Active 15 Remove Target friendly Monkey, Heal Adora for 100
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Screenshots

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Assets

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Voice lines

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When unlocked / selected
  • ⓘ "The Sun God shines brightly."
  • ⓘ "The Sun God shines brightly."
When starting a match
  • ⓘ "And so it begins."
  • ⓘ "And so it begins!"
When starting a match against the same Hero
  • ⓘ "A fellow priestess! What a sight to behold."
  • ⓘ "A fellow priestess! What a sight to behold."
When responding to the same Hero
  • ⓘ "And you! Simply radiant!"
  • ⓘ "And you! Simply radiant!"
Victory
  • ⓘ "We are favored!"
  • ⓘ "We are favored!"
Defeat
  • ⓘ "The Temple chose you."
  • ⓘ "The Temple chose you."
When using Orbs of Light
  • ⓘ "Feel the light!"
  • ⓘ "Feel the light."
When using Sun Shield
  • ⓘ "We are prepared!"
  • ⓘ "We are prepared!"
When using Ultimate Sacrifice
  • ⓘ "Embrace the Sun!"
  • ⓘ "Embrace the Sun!"
When using a Hero-exclusive card
  • ⓘ "Ready the force of the Sun!"
  • ⓘ "Ready the force of the Sun!"
When taking damage
When taking 250 or more damage
  • ⓘ "We lose favor!"
  • ⓘ "We lose favor."
When opponent takes 250 or more damage
  • ⓘ "The Sun shines today!"
  • ⓘ "The Sun shines today."
Good Game! emote
  • ⓘ "Brilliant game!"
  • ⓘ "Brilliant game!"
Nice Play! emote
  • ⓘ "Well done!"
  • ⓘ "Well done!"
Good Luck! emote
  • ⓘ "May we both do well."
  • ⓘ "May we both do well."
Thank You! emote
  • ⓘ "I appreciate that."
  • ⓘ "I appreciate that."
Thinking emote
  • ⓘ "Ready yourself."
  • ⓘ "Ready yourself."
Waiting emote
  • ⓘ "This had better be worth it."
  • ⓘ "This had better be worth it."
RNG! emote
  • ⓘ "Unfavorable!"
  • ⓘ "Unfavorable!"
What Happened? emote
  • ⓘ "Do illuminate what just happened!"
  • ⓘ "Do illuminate what just happened."

Adora Voice Pack

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When unlocked / selected
  • ⓘ "Join me, and together we shall reveal greatness."
  • ⓘ "Join me, and together we shall reveal greatness."
When starting a match
  • ⓘ "Soon you will witness the Sun's power."
  • ⓘ "Soon you will witness the Sun's power."
When starting a match against the same Hero
  • ⓘ "Shall I teach you about regret?"
  • ⓘ "Shall I teach you about regret?"
When responding to the same Hero
  • ⓘ "In order to teach, you must first experience."
  • ⓘ "In order to teach, you must first experience."
Victory
  • ⓘ "Let there be light!"
  • ⓘ "Let there be light!"
Defeat
  • ⓘ "The sun shines... embrace it."
  • ⓘ "The sun shines... embrace it."
When using Orbs of Light
  • ⓘ "Go forth and burn!"
  • ⓘ "Go forth and burn!"
When using Sun Shield
  • ⓘ "The Sun defends us!"
  • ⓘ "The Sun defends us!"
When using Ultimate Sacrifice
  • ⓘ "Be one with the light!"
  • ⓘ "Be one with the light!"
When using a Hero-exclusive card
  • ⓘ "The Temple provides!"
  • ⓘ "The Temple provides!"
When taking 250 or more damage
  • ⓘ "The light dims."
  • ⓘ "The light dims."
When opponent takes 250 or more damage
Good Game! emote
  • ⓘ "A shining contest!"
  • ⓘ "A shining contest."
Nice Play! emote
  • ⓘ "Brilliant stratagem!"
  • ⓘ "Brilliant stratagem."
Good Luck! emote
  • ⓘ "The Temple shall watch over us."
  • ⓘ "The Temple shall watch over us."
Thank You! emote
  • ⓘ "The Sun gives thanks."
  • ⓘ "The Sun gives thanks."
Thinking emote
  • ⓘ "I am yet preparing..."
  • ⓘ "I am yet preparing..."
Waiting emote
  • ⓘ "The Sun does not wait."
  • ⓘ "The Sun does not wait."
RNG! emote
  • ⓘ "Is there no constancy?"
  • ⓘ "Is there no constancy?"
What Happened? emote
  • ⓘ "Not even the Sun God saw that coming."
  • ⓘ "Not even the Sun God saw that coming!"

In other languages

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Name
Language Text Notes
Danish Adora, Ypperstepræstinde —
German Adora, Hohepriesterin —
Spanish (Latin America) Adora, suma sacerdotisa —
French Adora, Grande Prêtresse —
Italian Adora, Alta sacerdotessa —
Japanese 大神官アドラ —
Korean 고위 여사제 아도라 —
Norwegian Yppersteprestinnen Adora —
Polish Najwyższa Kapłanka Adora —
Portuguese (Brazil) Adora, Alta Sacerdotisa —
Russian Верховная жрица Адора —
Swedish Adora, Översteprästinnan —
Chinese (traditional) 大祭司安多拉 —
Description
Language Text Notes
Danish Til solgudens ære! —
German Zu Ehren des Sonnengottes! —
Spanish (Latin America) ¡Por la gloria del dios del sol! —
French À la gloire du Dieu du soleil ! —
Italian Per la gloria del Dio del Sole! —
Japanese 太陽神に栄光あれ! —
Korean 태양신께 영광 있으라! —
Norwegian For Solgudens ære! —
Polish Ku chwale Boga Słońca! —
Portuguese (Brazil) Para a glória do Deus Sol! —
Russian Во славу бога Солнца! —
Swedish Till Solgudens ära! —
Chinese (traditional) 爲了太陽神的榮耀! —
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