Bloontonium Gas Bloon: Difference between revisions
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==Tips== | ==Tips== | ||
{{BCS last updated|6. | {{BCS last updated|6.2|section=y}} | ||
*This Bloon is capable of producing plenty of Bloontonium, especially for early-game, provided the opponent lacks cards that do high damage. Ideally, this Bloon should be played if the player's Bloontonium is low and the opponent is expected to hit it (especially if they're not a human opponent). | *This Bloon is capable of producing plenty of Bloontonium, especially for early-game, provided the opponent lacks cards that do high damage. Ideally, this Bloon should be played if the player's Bloontonium is low and the opponent is expected to hit it (especially if they're not a human opponent). | ||
**Note that human opponents may intentionally not damage this Bloon if there's other Bloons on your side or if they think you'll gain a significant advantage with the extra Bloontonium.<!--that's why obyn control probably not uses that card...--> | **Note that human opponents may intentionally not damage this Bloon if there's other Bloons on your side or if they think you'll gain a significant advantage with the extra Bloontonium.<!--that's why obyn control probably not uses that card...--> | ||
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*The Bloon itself is too slow to be a threat unless it's avoided for too long, especially with many BGBs on screen. | *The Bloon itself is too slow to be a threat unless it's avoided for too long, especially with many BGBs on screen. | ||
*Against [[Quincy (BCS)|Quincy]], his Perceptive Shot passive will activate the On Damaged effect. The card will give a total of 4 Bloontonium for the price of 3 Gold when played this way. | *Against [[Quincy (BCS)|Quincy]], his Perceptive Shot passive will activate the On Damaged effect. The card will give a total of 4 Bloontonium for the price of 3 Gold when played this way. | ||
* | *It's hard to one-shot a Bloontonium Gas Bloon. Only a scaled Monkey with infinite scaling such as [[Spike-o-Pult (BCS)|Spike-o-Pult]] is practical enough for that purpose. | ||
==Update history== | |||
{{BCS change list by name|Bloontonium Gas Bloon}} | |||
==Development== | |||
Bloontonium Gas Bloon was proposed to have its charges increased from 2 to 3 and Health increased from 150 to 160 in the Version 6.2 playtests, but Ninja Kiwi only kept the Health bonus.<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> | |||
==Update history== | ==Update history== | ||