Bolstered Bloon

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Bolstered Bloon
Card art of Bolstered Bloon
Shield 75. Gain 25 Health each time you play a Bloon
The life of the party.
Class Advanced
Card Pack Classic
Rarity Rare
Keywords Shield
Introduced Launch
Stats
Cost Gold 4 Health 50
Charges 1 Delay 3

Bolstered Bloon is an Advanced Bloon card in Bloons Card Storm. It starts with 75 Shield when it is played and it gains 25 health each time the player plays a Bloon. Some actions that spawn Bloons on the player's side, like the Storm Bloons, do not trigger this effect, but Bloons reviving does.

Tips

This section was last updated for: version 6.1
  • Due to its slower speed, Bolstered Bloon generally is a less effective Bloon than other options. Bolstered Bloon can be a threat when combined with many bloons. Spamming multiple cheap bloons is an easy way to accumulate extra health for the Bolstered Bloon.
  • It is best to wait to have other bloons in your hand when playing Bolstered Bloon to ensure that it isn't instantly popped after it is played.
  • Bolstered Bloon is best used in Aggro decks, many of which include lots of cards with cheap, spammable bloons. Generally, the best moment to start Bolstered Bloon is Round 3 (Round 2 on High Finance) and follow up with as many cheap-costing bloons as possible.
    • Having at least two other bloons will ensure that double Storm Of Arrows won't guarantee hitting the Bolstered Bloon twice.
    • Keep in mind that countering a Bolstered Bloon in the early-game is not very difficult. Hero Protection or Return to Sender can counteract the damage from a highly boosted Bolstered Bloon.
    • Bolstered Bloon falls off quickly, as saving up for a turn or two allows players to have better access to expensive board clears such as Thunder Druid and burst damage such as Super Monkey.
  • Versus an Aggro mirror, Bolstered Bloon is generally worse than other options. It relies a lot on luck, depending largely on beginning with Reds and Bolstered, and generally has a worse reward than cards like Blooming Bloon.
  • Running Zombie Bloons can help Bolstered grow quickly with repeated triggers. Run them over Nested Bloons as they provide more value.

Update history

  • Nerf Starting Shield reduced ― 100 → 50
  • Nerf Health gain per bloon reduced ― +30 → +25
  • Nerf No longer triggers HP gain from the Storm's Bloons or Nested Bloons (undocumented)
  • Buff Starting Shield increased ― 50 → 75

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 3.2
Name
Language Text Notes
Danish Polstret bloon
German Verstärkter Bloon
Spanish (Latin America) Bloon reforzado
French Bloon renforcé
Italian Bloon rinforzato
Japanese 極厚ブルーン
Korean 보강 풍선
Norwegian Polstret bloon
Polish Wzmocniony blon
Portuguese (Brazil) Bloon Reforçado
Russian Усиленный шар
Swedish Förstärkt Bloon
Chinese (traditional) 加固氣球
Flavor
Language Text Notes
Danish Festens midtpunkt.
German Stimmungskanone.
Spanish (Latin America) El alma de la fiesta.
French À ta santé !
Italian L'anima della festa.
Japanese 盛り上げ役だね。
Korean 팀의 생명샘입니다.
Norwegian Festens midtpunkt.
Polish Dusza imprezy.
Portuguese (Brazil) A alegria da festa.
Russian Душа вечеринки.
Swedish Festens centrum.
Chinese (traditional) 派對焦點。