Adora, High Priestess (BCS)

Adora iterations: BTD6 • Bloons Pop! • Battles 2 • BCS

Adora, High Priestess
For the glory of the Sun God! Introduced Version 2.0 Hero Abilities Orbs of Light ( 5 Active) Deal 30 damage to a random Bloon <orb count> times Sun Shield ( 8 Passive) When an enemy Bloon attacks, lose 3 Bloontonium and trigger Orbs of Light on that Bloon Ultimate Sacrifice ( 15 Active) Sacrifice a friendly Monkey, heal 150 and trigger Orbs of Light. Add an extra Orb of Light (Max 8)

Adora, High Priestess is a Hero in Bloons Card Storm, introduced in version 2.0. She can be unlocked from the Store by purchasing her for  2,000 or by purchasing the Adora Hero Bundle for real money.

Adora's playstyle is about strengthening her own offensive and defensive capabilites by gaining Bloontonium and sacrificing Monkeys. She has a unique resource called Orbs of Light that determines the damage her abilities deal. She starts with two Orbs of Light and can sacrifice Monkeys to gain more (up to a max of 8) and heal herself.

• Orbs of Light — Deals 30 damage to a Bloon for each Orb of Light she currently has. Each orb targets a random Bloon, though multiple orbs can target the same Bloon. This ability is also used by other abilities.
• Sun Shield — Passively activates Orbs of Light if a Bloon is about to attack her, after Defenders have acted. The Orbs of Light only target the attacking Bloon. This consumes 3 Bloontonium instead of 5. Visually, if this ability can be activated, she holds one of her palms towards the Bloons.
• Ultimate Sacrifice — Sacrifices a target Monkey on the player's side, triggers Orbs of Light for free, restores up to 150 health, and lastly grants her an additional Orb of Light (if she has less than 8). The life heal occurs before Sentinel Bloon's On Destroyed effect.

Exclusive cards

Card	Card type	Rarity	Set	Cost	Charges	Introduced
Divination Pick 3. If it's a Monkey, it gains +10 ATK	Advanced Power	Rare	Classic	2	1	Version 2.0
Energy Overload Destroy target Bloon with Shield	Advanced Power	Uncommon	Classic	4	1	Version 2.0
Max Heal Target non-Large Bloon is healed 100	Exotic Power	Super Rare	Classic	3	1	Version 2.0
Salvation Return target friendly Monkey to hand. Trigger Orbs of Light	Exotic Power	Rare	Lead Storm	3	1	Version 5.0

Strategy

This section was last updated for: version 6.2

Adora's kit revolves around her trying to scale up to high amounts of Orbs Of Light. Her orbs, although not strong at first, can be quite powerful when given enough time. Her Sun Shield forces opponents to spend more time developing more health on their Bloons or having to find and use cards like Haunting Night in their OTK, which can be helpful in control scenarios against opponents like Zee Jay and Quincy's OTK decks. She also has great anti-burn deck potential with the ability to limit damage from early 0 delay Bloons such as Pink Bloons and heal back up to full health with her Ultimate Sacrifice ability.

Outside of these interactions, she is often outclassed by other control heroes such as Obyn Greenfoot, who can build up a respectable amount of shield to resist other OTK decks, as well as being more resistant to the opponent's cards. Adora’s weakness at the beginning of the game in particular is a big weakness of hers, as she gets easily rushed down by archetypes that can attack her immediately. Orbs Of Light having random targeting makes her use against archetypes like Aggro or Tempo questionable, as she may fail to deal with strong threats until they’re already at 0 delay, where multiple cards can deal with Sun Shield.

Tips

Playing with Adora

• Sun Shield is quite powerful when obtained with many Orbs. Keeping Sun Shield up as much as possible is a priority for Adora, especially later when having Sun Shield down for one or two turns may result in Adora being OTK’d.
• Keep weak monkeys in hand (or on board if needed early), such as Barrel of Monkeys, to use as fodder for sacrifices when needed. This will make your overall defense weaker, but allow room for healing up damage otherwise prevented by an extra Monkey.
• Sacrificing is tricky to find the right time to do it, but it is generally best done when you are in no immediate danger, you have a bit of health to heal, or sacrificing for an extra orb alone is safe. Sacrificing while in dangerous situations can often result in Adora losing.

Facing against Adora

• OTK decks must factor in the damage done to their OTK Bloon by Sun Shield, ranging from 60 to 240 damage depending on how many orbs Adora has. Triple Threat Bloon OTK decks can build up shield to prevent damage, while Rad Bloon OTK decks may use Double Trouble to duplicate a 0 delay Rad to deal enough damage.
• Cards such as Haunting Night can prevent Adora from activating her Sun Shield that turn.
• Adora can only hit at most 3 Bloons with her Sun Shield. This allows certain aggro decks such as Swarm decks to absorb hits while a larger Spooky Bloon or Bolstered Bloon hits her unscathed. Since Adora will typically only deal 60 - 90 damage with Sun Shield, rushing Adora before she can scale more is generally a good idea.

Update history

Version 3.0

•  No longer uses Orbs of Light quote while triggering orbs if attacking during Ultimate Sacrifice (undocumented)
•  Will now occasionally use her Sun Shield quotes when triggering Sun Shield (undocumented)

Cosmetic items

Item	Category	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Adora Voice Pack	Voice Pack	Store (IAP)	Version 5.0

Development

Adora's early portrait

Adora existed in the data of Bloons Card Storm since the Firstlook test, though she went unused until version 2.0. Her original name was just "Adora" and her description was "Hero of Light". Version 2.0 replaced her placeholder assets with her final design, changed her full name and description, and replaced her abilities. Her original abilities were different and did not involve Orbs of Light.

Icon	Type	Bloontonium cost	Description
	Active	3	Deal 5 damage to an enemy Bloon, repeat 4 more times
	Passive	9	On Turn End: Gain 25 Health
	Active	15	Remove Target friendly Monkey, Heal Adora for 100

Gallery

Screenshots

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  Adora's default pose in-game
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  Adora receiving enough Bloontonium for an ability
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  Adora activating Orbs of Light
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  Adora using Sun Shield against attacking bloons
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  Adora firing Orbs of Light as part of Ultimate Sacrifice
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  Adora sacrificing a monkey with Ultimate Sacrifice, after firing Orbs of Light
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  Adora gaining a third orb after sacrificing a monkey
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  Adora with 8 orbs
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  Defeat pose
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  Victory pose
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  Adora dropping before defeat pose
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  Hero menu screen

Assets

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  Hero Card
• 
  Master Hero Card
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  Portrait
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  Icon
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  Banner
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  Adora-exclusive card icon
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  Unused placeholder Hero Card in the beta tests
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  Unused icon in the beta tests

Voice lines

When unlocked / selected

• ^ⓘ "The Sun God shines brightly."
• ^ⓘ "The Sun God shines brightly."

When starting a match

• ^ⓘ "And so it begins."
• ^ⓘ "And so it begins!"

When starting a match against the same Hero

• ^ⓘ "A fellow priestess! What a sight to behold."
• ^ⓘ "A fellow priestess! What a sight to behold."

When responding to the same Hero

• ^ⓘ "And you! Simply radiant!"
• ^ⓘ "And you! Simply radiant!"

Victory

• ^ⓘ "We are favored!"
• ^ⓘ "We are favored!"

Defeat

• ^ⓘ "The Temple chose you."
• ^ⓘ "The Temple chose you."

When using Orbs of Light

• ^ⓘ "Feel the light!"
• ^ⓘ "Feel the light."

When using Sun Shield

• ^ⓘ "We are prepared!"
• ^ⓘ "We are prepared!"

When using Ultimate Sacrifice

• ^ⓘ "Embrace the Sun!"
• ^ⓘ "Embrace the Sun!"

When using a Hero-exclusive card

• ^ⓘ "Ready the force of the Sun!"
• ^ⓘ "Ready the force of the Sun!"

When taking damage

• ^ⓘ *grunt*
• ^ⓘ *grunt*
• ^ⓘ *grunt*
• ^ⓘ *grunt*

When taking 250 or more damage

• ^ⓘ "We lose favor!"
• ^ⓘ "We lose favor."

When opponent takes 250 or more damage

• ^ⓘ "The Sun shines today!"
• ^ⓘ "The Sun shines today."

Good Game! emote

• ^ⓘ "Brilliant game!"
• ^ⓘ "Brilliant game!"

Nice Play! emote

• ^ⓘ "Well done!"
• ^ⓘ "Well done!"

Good Luck! emote

• ^ⓘ "May we both do well."
• ^ⓘ "May we both do well."

Thank You! emote

• ^ⓘ "I appreciate that."
• ^ⓘ "I appreciate that."

Thinking emote

• ^ⓘ "Ready yourself."
• ^ⓘ "Ready yourself."

Waiting emote

• ^ⓘ "This had better be worth it."
• ^ⓘ "This had better be worth it."

RNG! emote

• ^ⓘ "Unfavorable!"
• ^ⓘ "Unfavorable!"

What Happened? emote

• ^ⓘ "Do illuminate what just happened!"
• ^ⓘ "Do illuminate what just happened."

Adora Voice Pack

When unlocked / selected

• ^ⓘ "Join me, and together we shall reveal greatness."
• ^ⓘ "Join me, and together we shall reveal greatness."

When starting a match

• ^ⓘ "Soon you will witness the Sun's power."
• ^ⓘ "Soon you will witness the Sun's power."

When starting a match against the same Hero

• ^ⓘ "Shall I teach you about regret?"
• ^ⓘ "Shall I teach you about regret?"

When responding to the same Hero

• ^ⓘ "In order to teach, you must first experience."
• ^ⓘ "In order to teach, you must first experience."

Victory

• ^ⓘ "Let there be light!"
• ^ⓘ "Let there be light!"

Defeat

• ^ⓘ "The sun shines... embrace it."
• ^ⓘ "The sun shines... embrace it."

When using Orbs of Light

• ^ⓘ "Go forth and burn!"
• ^ⓘ "Go forth and burn!"

When using Sun Shield

• ^ⓘ "The Sun defends us!"
• ^ⓘ "The Sun defends us!"

When using Ultimate Sacrifice

• ^ⓘ "Be one with the light!"
• ^ⓘ "Be one with the light!"

When using a Hero-exclusive card

• ^ⓘ "The Temple provides!"
• ^ⓘ "The Temple provides!"

When taking 250 or more damage

• ^ⓘ "The light dims."
• ^ⓘ "The light dims."

When opponent takes 250 or more damage

• ^ⓘ "Radiant!"
• ^ⓘ "Radiant!"

Good Game! emote

• ^ⓘ "A shining contest!"
• ^ⓘ "A shining contest."

Nice Play! emote

• ^ⓘ "Brilliant stratagem!"
• ^ⓘ "Brilliant stratagem."

Good Luck! emote

• ^ⓘ "The Temple shall watch over us."
• ^ⓘ "The Temple shall watch over us."

Thank You! emote

• ^ⓘ "The Sun gives thanks."
• ^ⓘ "The Sun gives thanks."

Thinking emote

• ^ⓘ "I am yet preparing..."
• ^ⓘ "I am yet preparing..."

Waiting emote

• ^ⓘ "The Sun does not wait."
• ^ⓘ "The Sun does not wait."

RNG! emote

• ^ⓘ "Is there no constancy?"
• ^ⓘ "Is there no constancy?"

What Happened? emote

• ^ⓘ "Not even the Sun God saw that coming."
• ^ⓘ "Not even the Sun God saw that coming!"

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 3.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Adora, Ypperstepræstinde	—
German	Adora, Hohepriesterin	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Adora, suma sacerdotisa	—
French	Adora, Grande Prêtresse	—
Italian	Adora, Alta sacerdotessa	—
Japanese	大神官アドラ	—
Korean	고위 여사제 아도라	—
Norwegian	Yppersteprestinnen Adora	—
Polish	Najwyższa Kapłanka Adora	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Adora, Alta Sacerdotisa	—
Russian	Верховная жрица Адора	—
Swedish	Adora, Översteprästinnan	—
Chinese (traditional)	大祭司安多拉	—

Description

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Til solgudens ære!	—
German	Zu Ehren des Sonnengottes!	—
Spanish (Latin America)	¡Por la gloria del dios del sol!	—
French	À la gloire du Dieu du soleil !	—
Italian	Per la gloria del Dio del Sole!	—
Japanese	太陽神に栄光あれ！	—
Korean	태양신께 영광 있으라!	—
Norwegian	For Solgudens ære!	—
Polish	Ku chwale Boga Słońca!	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Para a glória do Deus Sol!	—
Russian	Во славу бога Солнца!	—
Swedish	Till Solgudens ära!	—
Chinese (traditional)	爲了太陽神的榮耀！	—