Adora, High Priestess (BCS)

For Adora in general, see Adora.

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).

Strategy

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This section was last updated for: version 5.2

Adora is incredibly flexible across all stages of the game. She is able to defend very well, provided enough Bloontonium is generated for her abilities. Her standout ability is Sun Shield, as no other Hero can directly handle leaking bloons, besides Obyn Greenfoot's massive shield growth. Most of Adora's hero-exclusive cards aren't vital to maximize her power, though Divination is decent.

Adora fits the best for midrange, is pretty strong for control, and okay with aggro. Aggressive early-game Adora strategies should focus on outlasting aggro decks, which involves an Adora midrange deck. For control, maximize Bloontonium gains, and build orbs fast enough while having enough resources to defend against the opponent's rushes. For all decks, having enough Bloontonium for Sun Shield is very important.

Adora is very dependent on managing her abilities. Thus, she is still vulnerable to an opponent's finishers when combined with any card that stops her Sun Shield, such as Ability Ban, or anything that removes Bloontonium (e.g. Bloontonium Leak). Also, she lacks much individual damage, so she's vulnerable to Armor-centred decks. Overall, Adora is one of the weakest Heroes in competitive gameplay due to the variety of cards that counter her abilities.

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Playing as Adora

• Adora heavily depends on Bloontonium to maximize her power. Most Adora decks should include plenty of cards that maximize Bloontonium, with many bloon cards, and preferably in groups of 3 or 5 such as Bloontonium Gas Bloons. Bloon cards in groups of 8 (e.g. Rainbow Bloon) are also beneficial to unlock Sun Shield. Similarly, bringing Bloontonium Miners and/or Mine Supervisors to build up constant Bloontonium may be beneficial.
• Avoid using Ultimate Sacrifice if many of the opponent's bloons are at 0 delay, unless enough Bloontonium is obtained afterwards to activate the Sun Shield passive.
• The minimum required amount of Bloontonium for Sun Shield to trigger on each leaking bloon: 8, 11, 14.
• Adora's Ultimate Sacrifice also adds an empty space for Expert Negotiator to force an enemy Monkey to join Adora's side.
• If Adora already has max orbs, the only sensible reason to use the Ultimate Sacrifice instead of 3 Orbs of Light abilities is to open space for Expert Negotiator, and sometimes for healing lives.

Against Adora

• Adora can be really hard to deal with. The efficiency of her abilities gets stronger the more Adora's Ultimate Sacrifice is used.
• Adora relies on gaining a ton of bloontonium to maximize her power like mentioned above. Cards like Bloontonium Leak and Bloontonium Saboteur can completely ruin her bloontonium supply or lower her bloontonium by a little bit respectively. Be careful if you use Bloontonium leak, especially as Obyn.
• Against the miner type cards, you can use bed time on bloontonium miner, and shrink on supervisor. Shrink is better used for different reasons though, like getting rid of a powerful unique card. And be careful if you use Shrink because that's only going to give Adora a free sacrifical target.
• Adora's Orbs of light deal 30 damage per orb. It attacks random targets, so just hope that a strong bloon that you DON'T want to get hurt doesn't get hit. Spamming weak bloons like Red Bloons or using Red Bloon Storm can reduce the chances of Adora's orbs hitting what you DON'T want hit.
• Against Sun Shield, a bloon with Armored 30+ can take no damage from the orbs, wasting the bloontonium from Adora. A use of Ability ban can also prevent Adora from using her orbs, but be careful when you use it, because if your bloon attack fails you will face a hard time from the Ability ban you played. If you really hate facing Adora so much, bring in 2 or 3 copies of Ability ban.
• Ultimate Sacrifice is Adora's strongest ability. She can sacrifice a tower with bad DPT and heal herself for 150 HP and add another orb of light. You can try to aggro on her before she can even do anything. Otherwise you will have to go through a long game.
• An OTK method that works today is The Eternal buffed many times + 2 Quick Ready + Ability ban. This is affordable as it costs 18 gold.

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

• 
  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
• 
  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！	—