Hero (BCS)

For Heroes in the Bloons TD series, see Hero.

The Hero selection menu, with all Heroes as of Version 3.0

Heroes are a game mechanic in Bloons Card Storm. They are one of two components of a deck, the other being cards, and remain in play during an entire match. Each Hero starts with 500 health and comes with three abilities, with each ability having a different effect and requiring a different amount of Bloontonium to activate. The objective of the game is to reduce the health of the opponent's Hero to 0, primarily by playing Bloon cards to attack them.

Mechanics

Hero Abilities

All Heroes have three Hero Abilities. Each ability requires the Hero to have a certain amount of Bloontonium to be used. The third ability always costs as much Bloontonium as the Hero's maximum Bloontonium. There are two types of abilities:

• Active Abilities are triggered manually by the player, and consume Bloontonium equal to their Bloontonium requirement when used. If an Active Ability displays a target icon, it requires the player to target something in order to use it, and it cannot be used if there are no targets.
• Passive Abilities remain active as long as the Hero meets the Bloontonium requirement. Their effects are applied automatically.

Exclusive cards

All Heroes have cards that can only be equipped to them. Cards that can only be generated by specific Heroes, such as Zee Jay's Rad Bloons, are also treated as exclusive cards. Hero Alt decks can equip the same exclusive cards as the Heroes they are based on, though they are not able to use exclusive cards that are only obtainable with the base Hero's Hero Abilities (for example, Mountain Obyn, a Hero Alt of Obyn Greenfoot, cannot use Wolves because they can only be created by Obyn Greenfoot).

Levels

Winning matches with Heroes earns Experience that goes towards their Hero Level, which unlocks rewards. Each Hero has their own Hero Level rewards track. All Heroes have the same XP requirements and the same level-up rewards, except for the Card Backs and the Master Hero Cards that unlock at level 10 and level 15, respectively.

Level	XP required		Rewards
	From prev.	Total
2	200	200	150 Primary Monkey Tokens  200 Universal Tokens
3	400	600	150 Military Monkey Tokens  200 Universal Tokens
4	600	1,200	150 Magic Monkey Tokens  200 Universal Tokens
5	800	2,000	150 Support Monkey Tokens  200 Universal Tokens
6	1,100	3,100	150 Basic Power Tokens  200 Universal Tokens
7	1,400	4,500	150 Advanced Power Tokens  200 Universal Tokens
8	1,700	6,200	150 Exotic Power Tokens  200 Universal Tokens
9	2,000	8,200	150 Basic Bloon Tokens  200 Universal Tokens
10	2,500	10,700	150 Advanced Bloon Tokens  150 Large Bloon Tokens  1,000 Universal Tokens Hero-specific Card Back
11	3,000	13,700	500 Universal Tokens
12	3,000	16,700	250 Monkey Money
13	3,000	19,700	Classic Card Pack ×2
14	3,000	22,700	500 Universal Tokens
15	3,000	25,700	1,000 Universal Tokens  Classic Card Pack ×2 Master Hero Card

List of Heroes

Icon	Text	First Ability	Second Ability	Third Ability	Introduced
	Quincy His bow never misses	Arrow Shot ( 3) Does 30 damage to target Bloon	Perceptive Shot ( 6) Deals 10 damage to every enemy Bloon spawned	Flurry of Arrows ( 12) Deals 50 damage to all enemy Bloons	Firstlook test
	Gwendolin Fired up and ready to go!	Fireball ( 5) Set target Bloon on fire. Bloons that are on fire take 30 damage per turn	Heat It Up ( 10) Increase ATK of your Monkeys by 10	Flame Strike ( 18) Sets all enemy Bloons on fire. Bloons already on Fire take 250 Damage instead	Firstlook test
	Obyn Greenfoot Is one with the forest	Summon Wolf ( 5) Add a Wolf card to your hand	Nature's Shield ( 8) On Turn End: Obyn gains 15 Shield	Spirit Strike ( 13) Deal 100 damage to a Bloon and gain 2 Gold	Full Playable test
	Amelia the Amazing Roll up, roll up! The show is about to begin!	Bloon Shield ( 4) On Turn End: Last friendly Bloon gains 30 Shield	Act of Power ( 10) Your next Power Card costs 4 less (minimum 0)	Grand Disappearance ( 18) Remove target Monkey	Launch
	Adora, High Priestess For the glory of the Sun God!	Orbs of Light ( 5) Deal 30 damage to a random Bloon <orb count> times	Sun Shield ( 8) When an enemy Bloon attacks, lose 3 Bloontonium and trigger Orbs of Light on that Bloon	Ultimate Sacrifice ( 15) Sacrifice a friendly Monkey, heal 150 and trigger Orbs of Light. Add an extra Orb of Light (Max 8)	Version 2.0
	Zee Jay Style is half the show	Passive Awesomeness ( 0) Your first Bloon summoned each turn gives you a Rad Token and gains +20 Health	Rad Enhancements ( 3) Remove a Rad Token. Target Monkey gains +25 ATK until the start of your next turn	Rad Bloon Time! ( 10) Remove all Rad Tokens and summon a Rad Bloon with Delay 3. It gains 60 Health per Rad Token removed	Version 3.0
	Striker Jones I love the smell of bubblewrap in the morning	Target Focus ( 0) Whenever your opponent summons a Bloon, gain 1 Bloontonium. Striker earns 1 less Bloontonium from his Bloons	Concussive Shell ( 10) Deal 50 splash damage to target Bloon	Ammo Stores ( 20) On Monkey Reload: It gains +1 Temporary Ammo	Version 4.0
	Mountain Obyn The spirits of the mountain awaken	Summon Sentinel ( 6) Summon a Sentinel Bloon	Rise! ( 6) Cover the opponent's track in Brambles that deal 25 damage to Bloons until the start of your next turn	Summon Dire Wolf ( 18) Add a Dire Wolf card to your hand	Version 5.0
	Ezili Embrace the darkness	Bloon Voodoo ( 0) Bloons you summon gain 5 Health. Undead Bloons gain 10	Sacrificial Totem ( 5) Take 20 damage. Target Monkey gains 1 Temporary Ammo	Big Voodoo ( 12) All enemy Bloons take 60 damage per delay	Version 6.0

Non-playable

These opponents are treated as Heroes, but are only used by AI opponents in singleplayer modes and cannot be used by the player.

Boss Bloons

Icon	Name	First Ability	Second Ability	Third Ability
	Dreadbloon	Let's Rock! ( 0) Spawn a Rock Bloon and give it Armored 5 per phase	Armor Up ( 6) Give a Bloon Armored 10 per phase	Crushing Time ( 12) Give all friendly Armored Bloons +40 Health per phase
	Dreadbloon (Deck Manipulation)	Bring it Down ( 0) Spawn a Rock Bloon, then add an Avalanche Card into the opponent's deck	More Cards Now! ( 6) Both players Draw <amount> card(s)	Shields Up ( 12) Add an extra Avalanche Card each turn. Gain 100 Shield
	Dreadbloon (Board Destruction)	Rock, Pop and Awe ( 0) Spawn a Rock Bloon. Even turns: deal 20 damage per phase to first enemy Bloon. Odd turns: highest AP enemy Monkey loses 5 AP per phase permanently	Bloon Removal Time ( 8) Remove first enemy Bloon, if no Bloon targets, opponent loses 2 Gold per phase	Monkey Removal Time ( 14) Remove highest cost enemy Monkey, if no Monkey targets, summon a Lead Zeppelin

Striker's Adventure

Hat	Name	Ability 1				Ability 2
		Icon	Cost	Type	Description	Icon	Cost	Type	Description
	Military Bloon		0	Passive	Summon this type of Bloon every 4 turns		10	Active	Deal 40 splash damage to target Bloon
	Shako Bloon		5	Active	Deal 30 damage to a random Bloon 2 times		8	Passive	Passive - Your Monkeys gain +10 ATK
	Camo Pattern Bloon		0	Passive	First Bloon played each turn has +15 health		6	Active	Deal 30 damage to all enemy Bloons
	Moustache Bloon		0	Passive	Summon this type of Bloon every 4 turns		3	Active	Deal 20 damage to target Bloon
	Legionnaire Bloon		3	Active	Deal 20 damage to target Bloon		7	Passive	Deals 10 damage to every enemy Bloon summoned
	Infantry Bloon		5	Passive	Passive - Your Monkeys gain +10 ATK		10	Active	Deal 40 splash damage to target Bloon

Voice lines

All Heroes (except Boss Heroes and Striker's Adventure-exclusive Heroes) have voicelines, which can be toggled by volume in the Settings menu. Heroes may respond to events in the game. If the hero has multiple voicelines for a certain event, a random two-digit number is selected among the sound files. Most sound files for the Hero voicelines are formatted as <hero><sfx-category><two-digit-number>, or <hero>VoicePack<two-digit-number><sfx-category><two-digit-number> if the voiceline comes from a Voice Pack.

Condition	Name of voiceline(s)	Notes
Unlocked / selected	Select	Select occurs when Hero is unlocked, or when selected in a new deck. There are always 2 separate sound files for Select.
Starting a match with different heroes	Greeting	Upon starting a match with non-identical Heroes, the player's Hero greets the opposing hero, and vice versa. The voice line for Greeting plays in sequence with both heroes. There are always 2 separate sound files for Greeting.
Starting a match with identical heroes	MirrorGreeting, MirrorReply	Upon starting a match with identical Heroes, the player's Hero greets the opposing hero with MirrorGreeting, and the opposing hero responds with MirrorReply. There are always 2 separate sound files for MirrorGreeting, and 2 separate sound files for MirrorReply.
Victory and Defeat	Victory, Defeat	Victory is triggered if the player wins by depleting the opponent's lives to 0 or less, or the opponent surrenders, disconnects, or decks out. Defeat is triggered if the player loses. These conditions only trigger for the player's hero. Both Victory and Defeat each have 2 separate sound files.
Positive/Negative Reaction	Positive, Negative	Positive plays if the opponent's hero takes more than 250 damage in one turn. On the other hand, Negative plays if the player's hero takes at least 250 damage in one turn. These reactions were added in Version 2.0, although previously hidden in the game's code. Both Positive and Negative each have 2 separate sound files.
Damage	Damage	Damage plays every time the hero takes damage; it will not play if the damage is blocked by Hero Protection or Corvus Academy of Arts. The hero will usually grunt or express pain. There are always 4 separate sound files for Damage.
Abilities	Ability	Ability voicelines are formatted as <hero>Ability<ability-number><two-digit-number>. Each ability voiceline always has 2 separate sound files.
Hero Card	HeroCard	If a Hero-exclusive card is activated, HeroCard plays. There are always 2 separate sound files for HeroCard.
Laughing	Laugh	Laugh is currently exclusive to Amelia the Amazing, but it is unused. There are always 4 separate sound files for Laugh.
Text Emote	Emote	Text emote voicelines are formatted as <hero>Emote<emote-name><two-digit-number>, with all possible emote names being GoodGame, NicePlay, GoodLuck, Thanks, Thinking, Waiting, RNG, and WhatHappened. Each text emote voiceline always has 2 separate sound files.

Cosmetic items

Pets

Main article: Pet

Pets are non-playable characters that appear alongside Heroes during a match.

Item	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Balfrog Pet	Store (IAP)	Version 5.0
Lieutenant Lucky Pet	Store (IAP)	Version 5.0
Magician's Rabbit Pet	Store (IAP)	Version 5.0

Platforms

Main article: Platform

Platforms change the appearance of the plinths that Heroes stand on during a match.

Item	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Gwen Fire Platform	Store (IAP)	Version 5.0
Quincy Expert Platform	Store (IAP)	Version 5.0
Zee Jay Skate Ramp Platform	Store (IAP)	Version 5.0

Voice Packs

Main article: Voice Pack

Voice Packs add extra voice lines to Heroes that can play at random.

Item	Unlock method(s)	Introduced
Adora Voice Pack	Store (IAP)	Version 5.0
Amelia Voice Pack	Store (IAP)	Version 6.0
Gwen Voice Pack	Store (IAP)	Version 6.0
Obyn Voice Pack	Store (IAP)	Version 5.0
Quincy Voice Pack	Store (IAP)	Version 5.0
Zee Jay Voice Pack	Store (IAP)	Version 6.0

Master Hero Cards

Master Hero Cards are alternate artworks for Hero cards. Each Hero's Master Hero Card unlocks when they reach level 15. In-game, these cards have an animated holographic effect.

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  Quincy
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  Gwendolin
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  Obyn Greenfoot
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  Amelia the Amazing
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  Adora, High Priestess
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  Zee Jay
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  Striker Jones
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  Mountain Obyn
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  Ezili

Gallery

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  The Hero selection menu, with all Heroes up to Adora (v2.0)
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  Selecting the unlocked Hero, showing their flavor text
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  Hero purchase selection menu