Bolstered Bloon

This article is in need of research. You can help out by editing this article or discussing your findings on the talk page. The editor who added this notice elaborates: 4.0 changed it so the Storm and nested Bloons don't trigger its effect, so what effects (if any) still trigger it? (So far the Storm and nested Bloons are confirmed not to work anymore)

Bolstered Bloon

Shield 50 Gain 25 Health each time you play a Bloon

The life of the party.

Class	Advanced
Card Pack	Classic
Rarity	Rare
Keywords	On Play, Shield
Introduced	Launch

Stats
Cost			4		Health			50
Charges			1		Delay			3

The Bolstered Bloon is an Advanced Bloon card in Bloons Card Storm. It starts with 50 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 and Nested Bloons, do not trigger this effect.

Tips

This article or section is outdated and needs to be updated to reflect recent updates or newly available information. You can help out by editing this article. The editor who added this notice elaborates: Bolster was not nerfed in 3.2 but the red+blue nerf does a big indirect nerf to Bolster due to clogging space and also the lack of the red+blue swarms as a really thick threat

• Bolstered Bloon is a significant 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 prime 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.
  • It is very difficult to counter a Bolstered Bloon in the early-game, especially if already boosted at least twice (150 effective HP). Other than doing a Bolstered Bloon rush yourself, Hero Protection or Return to Sender can counteract the damage from a highly boosted Bolstered Bloon.
  • Bolstered Bloon starts to fall off later in the game, where many players have better access to wholescreen damage such as Thunder Druid and burst damage such as Super Monkey.
• Versus an aggro mirror, Bolstered Bloon is based largely on luck, depending largely on beginning with Reds and Bolstered. However, aggro Bolstered Bloon is effective versus control decks, who would usually be low on Gold with only a few specific counters to the Bolstered while still vulnerable to swarms.
  • Whoever draws Bolstered first in an aggro mirror gets a major advantage. In the edge case where both players have the perfect Bolstered card combo, Player 2 will always be able to begin Bolstered first, assuming no Cash Drops are involved.
• Nested Bloons can be combined with Bolstered to continuously feed it and provide constant pressure.

Update history

Version 3.0

•  Starting Shield reduced ― 100 → 50
•  Health gain per bloon reduced ― +30 → +25

Version 4.0

•  No longer triggers HP gain from the Storm's Bloons or Nested Bloons (undocumented)

Version 6.2

•  Starting Shield increased ― 50 → 75

Gallery

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  Bolstered Bloon in-game (pre-3.0)
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  Bolstered Bloon without shields

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。	—