Hero Protection

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== Tips ==

~~{{outdated|check v6.2 viability post cost nerf}}~~

* Hero Protection is best used against a Bloon that will deal large amounts of damage to you in a single hit. Like on the card's art, high-Health Bloons such as [[ZOMG (BCS)|ZOMG]]s are a great choice to negate the damage. It's still helpful against Bloons that hit more than once (e.g. [[Double Ceramic Bloon]], [[Triple Threat Bloon]]), however ~~be cautious, as~~ it only blocks the first hit.

* Hero Protection is best used against a Bloon that will deal large amounts of damage to you in a single hit. Like on the card's art, high-Health Bloons such as [[ZOMG (BCS)|ZOMG]]s are a great choice to negate the damage. It's still helpful against Bloons that hit more than once (e.g. [[Double Ceramic Bloon]], [[Triple Threat Bloon]]), however it only blocks the first hit.

* Make sure to destroy all Bloons before the one you want to be tanked by Hero Protection. Any amount of damage will be lowered to 0, even if it's from something as weak as a [[Swarm Red Bloon]].

** Likewise, if you want to disrupt the opponent's Hero Protection, send a weak bloon in the front of the queue if the other bloons have 1 delay or more.

* Hero Protection is a vital tool in protecting the player against OTK or [[Quick Ready]] setups, as it forces the enemy to either use [[Double Trouble]] or have to get a Bloon leak. The often low amount of Bloons in an OTK deck makes Hero Protection a very effective card for stalling OTK setups.

* Badlands' map effect, [[Bloon Melter]], [[Bloon Strike]], and [[MOAB Strike]] bypass Hero Protection, as Hero Protection only prevents Bloon damage.

* Badlands' map effect, [[Bloon Melter]], [[Bloon Strike]], a popped [[Sentinel Bloon]], Ezili's [[Ezili (BCS)|Sacrificial Totem]] and [[MOAB Strike]] bypass Hero Protection, as Hero Protection only prevents Bloon damage. Beware of [[Mountain Obyn (BCS)|Mountain Obyn]] chipping your health down using [[Sentinel Bloon]] to deal damage through Hero Protection.

* Some players may use targeted delay reducers (e.g. [[Booster Bloon]], [[Improved Fortification]], [[Slowing Bloon]]) to alter which Bloons leak to the opponent first. It's ~~not~~ common ~~for human players to do this~~, ~~since it requires multiple cards that have~~ weaker ~~offensive or defensive value for most archetypes~~.

* Some players may use targeted delay reducers (e.g. [[Booster Bloon]], [[Improved Fortification]], [[Slowing Bloon]]) to alter which Bloons leak to the opponent first. It's less common outside of Aggro strategies, but in Aggro strategies [[Booster Bloon]] can be a way around Hero Protection by allowing a weaker Bloon to leak.

* Against ~~tempo~~, Hero Protection can be very effective, deterring the opponent from relying entirely on a single Bloon and forcing them to combine multiple Bloons together.

* Against Tempo, Hero Protection can be very effective, deterring the opponent from relying entirely on a single Bloon and forcing them to combine multiple Bloons together. This is particularly effective against Tempo as it makes killing with [[Quick Ready]] much less easy to do.

* Hero Protection is still powerful against single powerful ~~aggro~~ cards such as [[Bolstered Bloon]], but can be a difficult investment.

* Hero Protection is still powerful against single powerful Aggro cards such as [[Bolstered Bloon]], but can be a difficult investment due to its high price.

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 == Tips ==
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-* Hero Protection is best used against a Bloon that will deal large amounts of damage to you in a single hit. Like on the card's art, high-Health Bloons such as [[ZOMG (BCS)|ZOMG]]s are a great choice to negate the damage. It's still helpful against Bloons that hit more than once (e.g. [[Double Ceramic Bloon]], [[Triple Threat Bloon]]), however be cautious, as it only blocks the first hit.
+* Hero Protection is best used against a Bloon that will deal large amounts of damage to you in a single hit. Like on the card's art, high-Health Bloons such as [[ZOMG (BCS)|ZOMG]]s are a great choice to negate the damage. It's still helpful against Bloons that hit more than once (e.g. [[Double Ceramic Bloon]], [[Triple Threat Bloon]]), however it only blocks the first hit.
 * Make sure to destroy all Bloons before the one you want to be tanked by Hero Protection. Any amount of damage will be lowered to 0, even if it's from something as weak as a [[Swarm Red Bloon]].
 ** Likewise, if you want to disrupt the opponent's Hero Protection, send a weak bloon in the front of the queue if the other bloons have 1 delay or more.
 * Hero Protection is a vital tool in protecting the player against OTK or [[Quick Ready]] setups, as it forces the enemy to either use [[Double Trouble]] or have to get a Bloon leak. The often low amount of Bloons in an OTK deck makes Hero Protection a very effective card for stalling OTK setups.
-* Badlands' map effect, [[Bloon Melter]], [[Bloon Strike]], and [[MOAB Strike]] bypass Hero Protection, as Hero Protection only prevents Bloon damage.
+* Badlands' map effect, [[Bloon Melter]], [[Bloon Strike]], a popped [[Sentinel Bloon]], Ezili's [[Ezili (BCS)|Sacrificial Totem]] and [[MOAB Strike]] bypass Hero Protection, as Hero Protection only prevents Bloon damage. Beware of [[Mountain Obyn (BCS)|Mountain Obyn]] chipping your health down using [[Sentinel Bloon]] to deal damage through Hero Protection.
-* Some players may use targeted delay reducers (e.g. [[Booster Bloon]], [[Improved Fortification]], [[Slowing Bloon]]) to alter which Bloons leak to the opponent first. It's not common for human players to do this, since it requires multiple cards that have weaker offensive or defensive<!--slowing bloon is "defensive" but could use that tactic--> value for most archetypes.
+* Some players may use targeted delay reducers (e.g. [[Booster Bloon]], [[Improved Fortification]], [[Slowing Bloon]]) to alter which Bloons leak to the opponent first. It's less common outside of Aggro strategies, but in Aggro strategies [[Booster Bloon]] can be a way around Hero Protection by allowing a weaker Bloon to leak.
-* Against tempo, Hero Protection can be very effective, deterring the opponent from relying entirely on a single Bloon and forcing them to combine multiple Bloons together.
+* Against Tempo, Hero Protection can be very effective, deterring the opponent from relying entirely on a single Bloon and forcing them to combine multiple Bloons together. This is particularly effective against Tempo as it makes killing with [[Quick Ready]] much less easy to do.
-* Hero Protection is still powerful against single powerful aggro cards such as [[Bolstered Bloon]], but can be a difficult investment.
+* Hero Protection is still powerful against single powerful Aggro cards such as [[Bolstered Bloon]], but can be a difficult investment due to its high price.
 ==Update history==

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