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==Strategy==

Amelia entirely loses all self-defense, but compensates it greatly by shielding Bloons, decreasing cost of Powers, and removing Monkeys at will. Thus, she is an excellent option for combo decks, provided other Monkeys can defend long enough for her to finish off the opponent. Most of her hero-exclusive cards are helpful, but not required to take full advantage of herself.

Amelia aggro is not as strong as before the nerfed delay of Reds and Blues, but still decent if focused around protecting bloons and combos with [[Bloon Embiggen]], and sometimes with one [[Quick Ready]]. She isn't as versatile for aggro as [[Zee Jay (BCS)|Zee Jay]], as he can often give more HP than her Shield, and he has abilities that directly fuel his aggression. Instead, focus on swarms and scaling bloons such as [[Bolstered Bloon]] and [[Steady Growth Bloon]].

Midrange Amelia is fairly difficult to execute but much more versatile when using a combo deck in mind. There are two common goals for midrange Amelia users: either spamming Grand Disappearance on opponent Monkeys to weaken the opponent, or utilizing Act of Power to gain an advantage in building up a wincon. These decks should equip [[Quick Ready]] and other power-specific finishers as the main wincon. OTK Amelia decks may either take advantage of boosted Double Bloons (particularly [[Double Yellow Bloon|Double Yellow]]s, [[Double Ceramic Bloon|Double Ceramics]], or [[Double Rainbow Bloon|Double Rainbow]]s) or focus entirely on duplicating [[The Eternal]] as much as possible.

Her weakest deck archetype is control; this archetype does not heavily depend on spending Gold in the late rounds, rendering Amelia's only purpose in those decks to keep removing opponent Monkeys. However, an opponent's own removal cards or Amelia may leave a control Amelia exposed without her fragile setups with Monkeys that compensate her complete lack of defense, and Bloontonium resources (if applicable).

==Tips==

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***In aggro, after playing enough swarms of bloons, an Act of Power + Bloon Embiggen allows this power to be free of cost. This is essential, as cost is an obstacle for aggro strategies.

*Amelia currently has the most variety of pick cards in the game. So, players who want to specifically draw [[The Eternal]] quickly in Eternal decks may equip her, in addition to her Act of Power to make one-turn combos easier.

*~~Two major playstyles of Amelia tend to be common behaviors of successful Amelia users for midrange decks: OTK strategies involving~~ [[~~Quick Ready~~]] ~~via Act~~ of ~~Power~~, ~~and spamming the Grand Disappearance on opponent Monkeys~~.

*Like [[Adora (BCS)|Adora]], Amelia benefits a lot from Monkeys that generate Bloontonium, so she can fuel her activated abilities. Most of them also can damage bloons, which Amelia lacks entirely.

==Gallery==

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+Amelia entirely loses all self-defense, but compensates it greatly by shielding Bloons, decreasing cost of Powers, and removing Monkeys at will. Thus, she is an excellent option for combo decks, provided other Monkeys can defend long enough for her to finish off the opponent. Most of her hero-exclusive cards are helpful, but not required to take full advantage of herself.
+Amelia aggro is not as strong as before the nerfed delay of Reds and Blues, but still decent if focused around protecting bloons and combos with [[Bloon Embiggen]], and sometimes with one [[Quick Ready]]. She isn't as versatile for aggro as [[Zee Jay (BCS)|Zee Jay]], as he can often give more HP than her Shield, and he has abilities that directly fuel his aggression. Instead, focus on swarms and scaling bloons such as [[Bolstered Bloon]] and [[Steady Growth Bloon]].
+Midrange Amelia is fairly difficult to execute but much more versatile when using a combo deck in mind. There are two common goals for midrange Amelia users: either spamming Grand Disappearance on opponent Monkeys to weaken the opponent, or utilizing Act of Power to gain an advantage in building up a wincon. These decks should equip [[Quick Ready]] and other power-specific finishers as the main wincon. OTK Amelia decks may either take advantage of boosted Double Bloons (particularly [[Double Yellow Bloon|Double Yellow]]s, [[Double Ceramic Bloon|Double Ceramics]], or [[Double Rainbow Bloon|Double Rainbow]]s) or focus entirely on duplicating [[The Eternal]] as much as possible.
+Her weakest deck archetype is control; this archetype does not heavily depend on spending Gold in the late rounds, rendering Amelia's only purpose in those decks to keep removing opponent Monkeys. However, an opponent's own removal cards or Amelia may leave a control Amelia exposed without her fragile setups with Monkeys that compensate her complete lack of defense, and Bloontonium resources (if applicable).
 ==Tips==
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 ***In aggro, after playing enough swarms of bloons, an Act of Power + Bloon Embiggen allows this power to be free of cost. This is essential, as cost is an obstacle for aggro strategies.
 *Amelia currently has the most variety of pick cards in the game. So, players who want to specifically draw [[The Eternal]] quickly in Eternal decks may equip her, in addition to her Act of Power to make one-turn combos easier.
-*Two major playstyles of Amelia tend to be common behaviors of successful Amelia users for midrange decks: OTK strategies involving [[Quick Ready]] via Act of Power, and spamming the Grand Disappearance on opponent Monkeys.
+*Like [[Adora (BCS)|Adora]], Amelia benefits a lot from Monkeys that generate Bloontonium, so she can fuel her activated abilities. Most of them also can damage bloons, which Amelia lacks entirely.
 ==Gallery==