Hastening Bloon

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Hastening Bloon

On Play: Reduce the delay of a random other friendly Bloon by 1

We like to move it, move it.

Class	Advanced
Card Pack	Classic
Rarity	Rare
Keywords	On Play
Introduced	Full Playable test

Stats
Cost			6		Health			150
Charges			1		Delay			2

Hastening Bloon is an Advanced Bloon card in Bloons Card Storm. When played, it reduces the delay of a random other Bloon on the player's side by 1, to a minimum of 0. The affected Bloon moves towards the queue in order of recentness (i.e. oldest go first). It cannot target Bloons that are already at 0 delay, and if there are no Bloons it can target, it does nothing. It cannot target Immobile Bloons.

The card artwork depicts a Hastening Bloon creating a whirlwind near a green-colored Bloon at a desert. According to the development sheets from Aimee Cairn's NZGDC presentation of BCS, the Hastening Bloon was based on the Yellow Bloon.

Tips

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This section was last updated for: version 5.1

• Like Quick Ready, Hastening Bloon can reduce a bloon's delay to 0, but costs 1 less Gold. The tradeoff is that the bloon targeted is random, while leaving behind a bloon that generates 6 bloontonium, so this Bloon should preferably be used when it can guarantee a win no matter what bloon is affected.
  • If there's exactly one possible candidate, Hastening Bloon will guarantee to reduce delay of that Bloon.
  • Some players may use tactics specific to the consistency of Hastening Bloon. For disruption, the opponent may leave a few of your bloons at low HP (e.g. Reds from Red Bloon Apopalypse). On the contrary, you can use a Bloon Melter to remove some unwanted targets.
• If looking for reducing the delay of a bloon with two delay to zero, such as any 1 delay bloon with Improved Fortification, or Double Ceramic Bloon, it is recommended that only one Hastening Bloon is relied on before using Quick Ready, as playing more than one Hastening Bloon may end up reducing the delay of the first Hastening Bloon instead of the desired bloon.
• The Hastening Bloon itself is hardly a threat, and using multiple Hastenings for pressure can be unreliable.

Update history

Version 1.2

•  Description changed ― "On Play: Reduce the delay of a random friendly Bloon by 1" → "On Play: Reduce the delay of a random other friendly Bloon by 1"

Version 6.2

•  On Play effect now ignores Immobile Bloons

Gallery

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  Placeholder art
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  Hastening Bloon in-game
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  Hastening Bloon reducing the delay of a bloon
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  Hastening Bloon targeting an Immobile Bloon (pre-6.2)

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 3.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Forhastet bloon	—
German	Eilender Bloon	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Bloon acelerador	—
French	Bloon accélérant	—
Italian	Bloon accelerante	—
Japanese	疾駆ブルーン	—
Korean	신속화 풍선	—
Norwegian	Ilende bloon	—
Polish	Przyspieszający blon	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Bloon Acelerante	—
Russian	Ускоряющий шар	—
Swedish	Hastande Bloon	—
Chinese (traditional)	加速氣球	—

Flavor

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Vi kan godt lide at flytte det, flytte det.	—
German	Vorwärts, Marsch!	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Te hará mover el bote.	—
French	Allez, allez, on se dépêche !	—
Italian	Ci piace se ti muovi! Muoviti!	—
Japanese	とにかく動きたくて仕方がない。	—
Korean	빨리빨리가 대세입니다.	—
Norwegian	Vi blir fort rastløse.	—
Polish	Ruchy, ruchy!	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Eu me remexo muito!	—
Russian	Бегом-бегом!	—
Swedish	We like to move it, move it.	—
Chinese (traditional)	我們喜歡搖擺，搖擺。	—