Spike-o-Pult (BCS)

Spike-o-pult iterations: BTD3 • BTD4 • BTD5 • Battles • BMC • BTD6 • Battles 2 • BCS

Spike-o-Pult

On Pop: Gain 20 ATK

There was some concern when the original was called the Cat-o-Pult.

Class	Primary
Card Pack	Classic
Rarity	Rare
Keywords	On Popped
Introduced	Full Playable test

Stats
Cost	4	Ammo	1
Charges	1	ATK	60
Type	Dart	Reload	2

Spike-o-Pult is a Primary Monkey card in Bloons Card Storm. Its ATK increases by 20 each time it pops a Bloon.

The card artwork depicts a monkey struggling to carry a spiked ball onto a Spike-o-Pult. In-game, the model lacks a monkey.

Tips

This section was last updated for: version 6.4

• Overall, Spike-o-Pult is one of the strongest infinitely scaling Monkeys, but like most of them, Spike-o-Pult is extremely vulnerable to removals, is defenseless against OTK and 0-delay Bloons, and is poor when drawn late.
• Avoid overrelying on a scaled Spike-o-Pult for damage. Most competent decks with a focused wincon will have many ways to neutralize or bypass scaling Monkeys like Spike-o-Pult.
  • Return to Sender and Shrink are among the popular removals, the former being used in virtually any deck archetype.
• To allow its power to scale, let Spike-o-Pult one-shot Bloons. During the early stages of Spike-o-Pult, pop weakened bloons. As its ATK increases, it becomes easier to immediately one-shot with a Spike-o-Pult without needing other Monkeys to help out.
• Initially, Spike-o-Pult starts off weak, but if given enough rounds and ammo to scale its ATK, it will be difficult to stop without using anything that hard counters it. Any deck that lacks low-HP Bloons will make it harder for Spike-o-Pult to scale.
• Giving Spike-o-Pult extra ammo (Temporary Ammo, Try this!, etc.) allows it to pop more Bloons and scale faster.
• The Eternal's health scales faster than Spike-o-Pult's ATK without at least 3 ammo.

Update history

Version 0.8 (build 177)

•  Cost reduced ― 5 → 4
•  Attack Power increased ― 20 → 25

Version 1.0

•  ATK increased ― 25 → 50
• Description changed

Before	On Pop: Gains 20 Attack Power
After	On Pop: Gain 20 Attack Power

Version 5.0

•  Description now uses the abbreviation "ATK" instead of "Attack Power"

Version 6.0

•  "On Pop" text in the card description is now bold

Development

A small buff in Version 6.4 to make initial scaling easier to do without changing its effectiveness when optimized.

Gallery

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  Icon
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  Full Playable icon
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  Placeholder art
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  Screenshot
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  Spike-o-pult targeting a bloon
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  Spike-o-pult attacking
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  Spike-o-pult gaining a damage buff after popping a bloon
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  Spike-o-pult reloading
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  Model render

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 3.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Søm-o-pult	—
German	Nagelkatapult	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Clavopulta	—
French	Herse-a-pulte	—
Italian	Catapulta	—
Japanese	スパイクでつぶせ	—
Korean	스파이크 투석기	—
Norwegian	Pigg-o-pult	—
Polish	Kolcopulta	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Catapulta de Espinhos	—
Russian	Шипопульта	—
Swedish	Spikopult	—
Chinese (traditional)	針刺投石機	—

Flavor

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Der var en vis bekymring, da originalen blev kaldt Cat-o-Pult.	—
German	Es gab Bedenken, als das Original den Namen Katz-a-pult erhielt.	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Hubo cierta preocupación cuando el original se llamó gatopulta.	—
French	La version originale, appelée « Chat-a-pulte », avait suscité quelques inquiétudes.	—
Italian	Anche detta Catapulita per la sua capacità di fare piazza pulita.	—
Japanese	キャットパルトと呼んでいた当時は問題視されていた。	—
Korean	일반적인 투석기보다 월등한 성능을 자랑합니다.	—
Norwegian	Det dukket opp noen bekymringer da den opprinnelig ble kalt «Katt-a-pult».	—
Polish	Trzeba było zmienić nazwę, po „katopulta” rodziła zbędne nieporozumienia.	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Houve preocupação quando batizaram o original de "Gatapulta".	—
Russian	Оригинал назывался «Котопульта», и это название вызывало беспокойство.	—
Swedish	Det väckte lite frågor när originalet kallades för Katt-a-pult.	—
Chinese (traditional)	原始名稱還是「投貓機」的時候曾讓很多人覺得憂慮。	—