Buddy Bloon

Buddy Bloon

Shield 150. On Play: Reduce highest enemy Monkey's ATK to 0 while this is in play.

Awww, I'd never hurt my little buddy!

Class	Advanced
Card Pack	Classic
Rarity	Uncommon
Keywords	On Play, Shield
Introduced	Launch

Stats
Cost			4		Health			75
Charges			1		Delay			3

Buddy Bloon is an Advanced Bloon card in Bloons Card Storm. It starts with 150 Shield and reduces the Attack Power of the opponent's Monkey with the highest Attack Power to zero when it is played. The Attack Power reduction persists until the Buddy Bloon or the affected Monkey is removed. If multiple Monkeys have the same Attack Power, it chooses the first placed Monkey. Most secondary damage effects (e.g. Triple Shot's Splash Damage), but not all, will also deal zero damage. It does not negate indirect damage effects, including On Fire (namely from Burny Stuff Mortar) and Acid Pool (e.g. Alchemist Monkey), as well as Armor Piercing.

Tips

This section was last updated for: version 6.1

• Freeing the neutralized Monkey via popping the Buddy Bloon is difficult without the support of Powers or other Monkeys. Unless it can surely be popped within 3 turns, focusing damage on it is useless.
• Towers affected by Buddy Bloon can be affected by Bed Time. This combo is more expensive than Shrink and costs two cards to do, so it generally is not worth considering.
• Buddy is best used for countering high damage Monkeys in the early game. Targeting something like a Sniper Monkey, Super Monkey, Frag Bomb Shooter or Robo Monkey earlier on can harm opponent defenses by making strong, more expensive cards functionally useless for a while.
• If the opponent tries to rely on a Defender to damage Bloons after their turn, Buddy Bloon can be used to negate it (provided it's the highest ATK Monkey), and also waste its ammo.
• There are two ways to reliably neutralize a Buddy Bloon: Overload (destroys 100 or less HP bloon, ignoring Shield) or Energy Overload (destroys shielded bloon). Shields Down! can also be used to break its shield.
• Buddy Bloon does not stop "On Attack" effects, so using it on Burny Stuff, Alchemist, or Bloon Master Alchemist is not as effective as on other Monkeys.

Update history

Version 3.3

•  Delay increased ― 2 → 3
  • Note: This allows Buddy Bloon to keep its On Play effect for longer
•  Health increased ― 50 → 75

Version 5.0

•  Description now uses the abbreviation "ATK" instead of "Attack Power"

Development

This card existed in the data of Bloons Card Storm since the Firstlook test, and was originally named "Friendly Bloon", though it went unused until the full release. The full release changed its properties, and likely changed its name to avoid confusion (as "friendly Bloon" is also a term used in card text for any Bloon with the same owner).

	Art	Name	Description	Rarity	Cost	Charges	Health	Delay
Beta builds		Friendly Bloon	When played: Random Enemy Monkey's Damage becomes 0	Uncommon	4	2	50	2
Version 1.0		Buddy Bloon	On Play: Reduce highest enemy Monkey's Attack Power to 0 while this is in play.	Uncommon	4	1	50	2

Gallery

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  Placeholder art
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  Screenshot (pre-v3.3)
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  Buddy Bloon without a shield (pre-v3.3)
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  Buddy Bloon's on play affects the Sun Temple.
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  Full Health Buddy + Dark Castle, with negated Burny Stuff Mortar direct damage only
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  Model render

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 3.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Venne-bloon	—
German	Kumpel-Bloon	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Compibloon	—
French	Bloon amical	—
Italian	Bloon amicone	—
Japanese	バディブルーン	—
Korean	친구 풍선	—
Norwegian	Kompisbloon	—
Polish	Przyjacielski blon	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Bloon Amigo	—
Russian	Приятель шар	—
Swedish	Kompisbloon	—
Chinese (traditional)	夥伴氣球	—

Flavor

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Ej, jeg ville aldrig skade min lille ven!	—
German	Ooooh, ich würde doch meinem Kumpelchen nie etwas antun!	—
Spanish (Latin America)	¡Aah, jamás le haría daño a mi amiguito!	—
French	Je ne ferais jamais de mal à mon petit camarade !	—
Italian	Oooh, non farei mai del male alla mia piccola amica!	—
Japanese	あぁぁ、カワイイ仲間を傷つけるはずがない！	—
Korean	친구를 괴롭히면 안 되지!	—
Norwegian	Ååå, jeg ville aldri såret min lille kompis!	—
Polish	Ojej, przecież nie mógłbym skrzywdzić swojego kolegi!	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Ahhh, eu nunca machucaria meu amiguinho!	—
Russian	О-о-о, я ведь никогда не обижу друга!	—
Swedish	Awww, jag skulle aldrig skada min lilla kompis!	—
Chinese (traditional)	啊，我永遠不會傷害我的小夥伴！	—