Adora, High Priestess (BCS)
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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).
Exclusive cards
| Card | Card type | Rarity | Set | Cost | Charges | Introduced |
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 Divination Pick 3. If it's a Monkey, it gains +10 ATK |
Advanced Power | Rare | Classic |  2 |
1 | Version 2.0 |
 Energy Overload Destroy target Bloon with Shield |
Advanced Power | Uncommon | Classic | 4 |
1 | Version 2.0 |
 Max Heal Target non-Large Bloon is healed 100 |
Exotic Power | Super Rare | Classic | 3 |
1 | Version 2.0 |
 Salvation Return target friendly Monkey to hand. Trigger Orbs of Light |
Exotic Power | Rare | Lead Storm | 3 |
1 | Version 5.0 |
Strategy
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Adora is somewhat flexible across all stages of the game. She is able to defend decently 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 and Salvation are decent.
Adora fits the best for midrange and can be good for Control against less aware players. 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 Midrange decks often use Bloons like Soulstealer Bloon, MOAB, and BFB to overwhelm the opponent with huge pushes. If Adora wants to, she can also run Bloons like Double Ceramic or Healing Bloon as targets for Max Heal. Control Adora decks can be run with Bloons like Rainbow Bloon or Camo Regrow Rainbow Bloon to maximize her Bloontonium gain; however the variety of late-game cards that can disable Adora's abilities or bypass them makes this a riskier strategy.
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 or Tempo decks who can heal off the damage she deals or ignore it entirely when at lower orb amounts. Overall, Adora is one of the weakest Heroes in competitive gameplay due to the variety of cards that counter her abilities. In casual play, Adora is stronger but still often not worth it over other heroes that can do what she wants to do better.
Tips
- 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, but be wary of the low damage when attempting to use Miners.
- 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.
- Sun Shield helps protect against instant damage that Burn decks like to use such as Pink Bloons or Quick Readied Double Yellows. This combined with her healing from Ultimate Sacrifice can make Adora solid at dealing with Burn decks.
- Against Adora
- Adora can be difficult to deal with if your deck isn't built to counter her in some ways, or if you do not know how to pressure her effectively. The efficiency of her abilities gets stronger the more Adora's Ultimate Sacrifice is used, so going later with heroes not built for Control or OTK can result in Adora becoming too strong to stop.
- Adora relies on gaining a ton of Bloontonium to maximize her power like mentioned above. Cards like Bloontonium Leak, Haunting Night and Bloontonium Saboteur can harm her bloontonium supply or lower her bloontonium below the range of Sun Shield. Use Bloontonium Leak on turns where you can OTK Adora.
- Against the miner type cards, you can use Bed Time on Bloontonium Miner, or Shrink on Mine Supervisor, although be wary that Adora can still sacrifice the Baby Monkey made from Shrink. Alternatively, both miner cards having low DPT means that attacking Adora when she places down miners is an effective way to deal with her while not requiring any removal.
- Adora's Orbs of light deal 30 damage per orb. It attacks random targets, so Adora hitting a strong Bloon can be unreliable if the board is more full. Spamming weak Bloons like Red Bloons can reduce the chances of Adora's orbs hitting what you don't want hit.
- Orbs of Light having random targeting and Sun Shield only attacking leaking Bloons makes high health Bloons like BFB effective at dealing with Adora when combined with more high health Bloons. Healing Bloon and Prince of Darkness are also devastating for orb damage output, as two orb attacks can be nearly negated with the healing.
- Against Orbs of Light, a Bloon with Armor can take less damage from the orbs, reducing the value from the ability. Don't rely on Armor countering Adora, as smart Adora players will run Armor Piercing Monkeys (e.g. MOAB Mauler).
- Ability Ban is the cheapest way to prevent Adora from using Sun Shield. Use Ability Ban when you have an OTK set up vs Adora.
- Triple Threat Bloon's shield gain upon using Powers and Monkeys can make it easy to beat Adora with. Combine it with a Barrel of Monkeys, and a Triple Threat Bloon can leak through a maxed out Sun Shield without taking damage. Triple Threat Bloon OTK decks are very effective against Adora.
- 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. Attacking her with Aggro decks before she can get an Ultimate Sacrifice is critical, as after one Sacrifice she may become too defensively powerful to beat with Aggro.
- Adora can be outlasted by other heroes due to the variety of cards that can deal with her by either draining her Bloontonium or denying her abilities. Her weak signatures also do not help, with only Salvation and Divination being worth noting as cards to look out for against her.
Update history
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 |
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| Voice Pack | Store (IAP) | Version 5.0 |
Development
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
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Description |
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Active | 3 | Deal 5 damage to an enemy Bloon, repeat 4 more times |
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Passive | 9 | On Turn End: Gain 25 Health |
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Active | 15 | Remove Target friendly Monkey, Heal Adora for 100 |
Gallery
Screenshots
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Adora's default pose in-game -
Adora receiving enough Bloontonium for an ability -
Adora activating Orbs of Light -
Adora using Sun Shield against attacking bloons -
Adora firing Orbs of Light as part of Ultimate Sacrifice -
Adora sacrificing a monkey with Ultimate Sacrifice, after firing Orbs of Light -
Adora gaining a third orb after sacrificing a monkey -
Adora with 8 orbs -
Defeat pose -
Victory pose -
Adora dropping before defeat pose -
Hero menu screen
Assets
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Hero Card -
Master Hero Card -
Portrait -
Icon -
Banner -
Adora-exclusive card icon -
Unused placeholder Hero Card in the beta tests -
Unused icon in the beta tests
Voice lines
Adora Voice Pack
In other languages
| Language | Text | Notes |
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| 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 | — |
| Language | Text | Notes |
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| 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！ | — |
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