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'''Shield Gas Bloon''' is an [[Bloon (BCS)|Advanced Bloon]] [[card]] in ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]''. It adds 30 [[Shield (BCS)|Shield]] to a random Bloon | '''Shield Gas Bloon''' is an [[Bloon (BCS)|Advanced Bloon]] [[card]] in ''[[Bloons Card Storm]]''. It adds 30 [[Shield (BCS)|Shield]] to a random other Bloon on the player's side each time it takes damage. | ||
==Tips== | ==Tips== | ||
{{BCS last updated|section=y | {{BCS last updated|6.2|section=y}} | ||
*A damaged Shield Gas Bloon reduces damage that friendly | *A damaged Shield Gas Bloon reduces damage that friendly Bloons take. The tradeoff compared to [[Growth Gas Bloon]] is that it is cheaper but only affects a single random Bloon, and offsets health loss instead of gaining health. | ||
**If possible, avoid hitting the Shielded Gas Bloon before hitting it afterwards; doing it would make the target take less damage, because the shield took the damage instead. | **If possible, avoid hitting the Shielded Gas Bloon before hitting it afterwards; doing it would make the target take less damage, because the shield took the damage instead. | ||
*Multiple Shield Gas Bloons can be used to reduce the total damage of board clears. However, there is a chance that Shield Gas Bloon could target other Shield Gas Bloons instead. | *Multiple Shield Gas Bloons can be used to reduce the total damage of board clears. However, there is a chance that Shield Gas Bloon could target other Shield Gas Bloons instead. | ||
**If a Shield Gas Bloon is shielded, its health must decrease to trigger shielding another | **If a Shield Gas Bloon is shielded, its health must decrease to trigger shielding another Bloon. | ||
==Update history== | ==Update history== | ||
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Shield Gas Bloon was proposed to have its Health increased from 150 to 200 in the Version 6.2 playtests, but Ninja Kiwi reduced the bonus Health to +10 (160 Health).<ref name="odyssey-6.2-reddit">{{cite|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/bloonscardstorm/comments/1pok2de/bcs_62_development_changes/|title=BCS 6.2 Tester Commentary|publisher=Reddit, r/bloonscardstorm}}</ref> The resulting balance change was deemed a minor but useful balance change by some playtesters.<ref name="odyssey-6.2-video">{{cite|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTs-Rj9TCVw|title=BCS 6.2 Tester Commentary|publisher=YouTube, Odyssey}}</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||