Elite Defender (BCS)

For other uses, see Elite Defender (disambiguation).

Elite Defender

Defender +15

Locked and loaded, ready for action!

Class	Military
Card Pack	Classic
Rarity	Rare
Keywords	Defender
Introduced	Full Playable test

Stats
Cost	7	Ammo	4
Charges	1	ATK	40
Type	Sniper	Reload	3

Elite Defender is a Military Monkey card in Bloons Card Storm. It is a defender that gains +15 ATK during the opponent's turn.

The card artwork depicts an Elite Defender standing upright with right fist on their hips but having tired eyes while standing on a rock in a dusty desert. The monkey stands next to a flag of Banana Republic. In-game, their gun is gray instead of white.

Tips

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This section was last updated for: version 6.2

• Elite Defender is usually better when kept on full Ammo to maximize its damage against leaking high-HP bloons. However, its basic shots could be helpful to do minor damage; it has 4 ammo, equivalent to Bionic Boomerang with its On Play but with 20 less ATK and 1 more delay.
• Compared to Tack Sprayer, Elite Defender has 1 extra ammo, has the same ATK when Defender is active but less Defender bonus, and costs 3 Gold more.
• Like Tack Sprayer, Elite Defender on Defender can two-shot a Pink, but can two-shot a Pink with health modifiers from only both Dark Castle and an enemy Ezili.
• It is best not to entirely rely on Elite Defender to defend against the Storm's Pink Bloons, because there is a chance that it will be stunned on those rounds, or the opponent can use sabotage cards such as Whoops or Ceasefire.

Update history

Version 1.0

•  Rarity increased ― Common → Rare

Version 4.0

• Elite Defender's shooting sound effect is now a high-pitched rifle shot sound, instead of a "throw" sound (e.g. Dart Monkey).

Version 5.2

•  Ammo increased ― 3 → 4
•  ATK reduced ― 50 → 35

Version 6.4

“

Elite Defender just did a little bit too little damage, so now it can defend stuff easier, doing 220 damage in burst instead of 200.
— u/No-Appearance1780's commentary, 27:46–28:40 (with most disfluencies removed)

”

•  ATK increased ― 35 → 40

Development

A beta version of Elite Defender with its placeholder art is found in the files of the Full Playable Test.

The community playtesters for Version 5.2 proposed a rework to both Tack Sprayer and Elite Defender in an effort to limit Tack Sprayer's Zee Jay synergy but improve overall Defender bonuses of both Monkeys. Tack Sprayer had its ammo reduced (4 → 3) but ATK increased (25 → 30) along with increased Defender bonus (+15 → +20). Elite Defender's ammo was increased (3 → 4) but ATK decreased (50 → 35). After these reworks, both Monkeys have the same Defender damage.

A damage buff for Elite Defender was added in Version 6.4 to let it defend easier, with the amount letting it handle cases where Pink Bloon are buffed by both Dark Castle and Ezili, and just improving its burst (despite OdysseyTOS not mentioning this explicitly).

Gallery

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  Icon
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  Full Playable icon
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  Placeholder art
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  Elite Defender in-game
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  Elite Defender's idle animation if it performs no actions for a few seconds
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  Elite Defender targeting a bloon
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  Elite Defender attacking
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  Elite Defender reloading
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  Elite Defender when the player's hero takes damage
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  Elite Defender defending
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  Stunned
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  Picking up rifle after getting unstunned

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 3.2

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Elite-forsvarer	—
German	Elite-Verteidiger	—
Spanish (Latin America)	Defensor de élite	—
French	Défenseur d’élite	—
Italian	Difensore élite	—
Japanese	エリートディフェンダー	—
Korean	정예 방어군	—
Norwegian	Eliteforsvarer	—
Polish	Obrońca wyborowy	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Defensor de Elite	—
Russian	Элитный защитник	—
Swedish	Elitförsvarare	—
Chinese (traditional)	精英防禦者	—

Flavor

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Låst og ladet, klar til handling!	—
German	Gesichert, geladen und einsatzbereit!	—
Spanish (Latin America)	¡Cargado y listo para la acción!	—
French	Paré et prêt à l’action !	—
Italian	Carico e pronto all'azione!	—
Japanese	準備完了、いつでも行動できる！	—
Korean	장전 완료. 전투 개시를 기다립니다!	—
Norwegian	Fullt utrustet og klar for action!	—
Polish	Zwarty i gotowy do akcji!	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Bala na agulha, pronto para a ação!	—
Russian	Заряжен и готов к бою!	—
Swedish	Laddat och säkrat, redo för strid!	—
Chinese (traditional)	裝彈上膛，準備行動！	—