Red Bloon Apopalypse: Difference between revisions

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*Unlike the more common and cheaper Red Bloon Storm, Red Bloon Apopalypse is a bit of a double-edged sword. Both players simultaneously have all Red Bloons and cannot play any more of their own Bloons until at least some of the Bloons are popped. Fortunately, the opponent's Reds will not be a threat until your next two turns, and your Reds will come first.

*Many of the same tactics that work with [[Red Bloon Storm]] also work with Red Bloon Apopalypse, such as using [[Bloon Embiggen]], [[Growth Gas Bloon]], or the [[Strengthenator]] to increase the health of your own side's Red Bloons, or using it after playing a [[Bolstered Bloon]] to maximize its health.

*Like going against Red Bloon Storm, [[Spike Storm!]] is a cost-effective choice to weaken or eliminate the opponent's Red Bloons.

*Avoiding popping the Bloons spawned on the opponent's side has many practical benefits:

**It prevents the opponent from playing any of their own Bloons for two turns, which gives more tempo for the user and stops aggro players. This can be combined with [[Glue Storm (BCS)|Glue Storm]] and/or [[Powerful Slowing Totem]] to add more turns.

**It can block the [[Storm (BCS)|Storm]] from summoning more Bloons.

**Weaking the opponent's Bloons without popping them (such as by using Spike Storm), then allowing them to leak, is an easy way to scale [[Heart of Vengeance Druid]]s.

*[[Spike-o-Pult (BCS)|Spike-o-Pult]]s can pop the opponent's Bloons to gain more Attack Power easily. Note that popping one of the opponent's Bloons right before the Storm summons a Bloon on their side will cause the Storm to fill the empty slot before the opponent can play their own Bloons, which allows the player to scale a Spike-o-Pult while still preventing the opponent from playing their own Bloons.

*Once the opponent's Red Bloons are destroyed, they fill the opponent's graveyard with Red Bloons, which makes [[Reinflated]] and [[The Prestige]] less likely to draw the Bloons the opponent wants (usually [[The Eternal]]).

*Some decks that focus on the [[Extractor Bloon]] utilize Red Bloon Apopalypse with weak damage like [[Quincy (BCS)|Quincy]]'s passive, Spike Storm, or [[Glaive Ricochet (BCS)|Glaive Ricochet]] to feed the Extractor Bloon(s).