RAPID

RAPID

Immobile. Shield 70. On Turn Start: Reduce the delay of the last friendly non-immobile Bloon by 1

Whoosh!

Class	Basic
Card Pack	Lead Storm
Rarity	Ultra Rare
Keywords	On Turn Start, Shield, Immobile, Unique
Introduced	Version 4.0

Stats
Cost			4		Health			150
Charges			1		Delay			∞

RAPID (short for Razor Air Performance Improving Drone) is a Basic Bloon card in Bloons Card Storm, introduced in version 4.0. It is immobile and starts with 70 Shield. At the start of each of the player's turns, it reduces the delay of the last Bloon in the player's Bloon track that does not have the immobile property (including itself) by 1. Only one copy of this card can be in the Collection.

The card artwork depicts a RAPID flying in a cloudy sky. A Red Bloon is behind the front and is following the RAPID as the RAPID leaves a white motion trail.

Tips

This section was last updated for: version 5.1

• RAPID is a cheaper alternative to using conventional delay reducers (especially Quick Ready) and can reduce delay of bloons gradually, but is limited to the bloons at the back of the queue and is vulnerable to burst damage and powerful board clears.
  • As a Zee Jay aggro player, having the Rad Bloon with a RAPID can help push that Bloon while the opponent may struggle with many one-delay Bloons.
• Because the RAPID cannot target Bloons that are Immobile, a RAPID could be paired with multiple other Immobile Bloons such as ARBITR and extra RAPIDs (via Double Trouble, or stolen RAPID from Bloon Redirect).
• RAPID's delay reduction effect occurs after the Storm, making it a viable option on early Storm Bloons such as the Yellow, Ceramic, and MOAB. Elsewhere, the delay reduction is only effective for 2 or more delay Bloons.
• Protecting RAPID can quickly cause the game to snowball in your favor if the opponent cannot effectively respond to it. It is best saved in your hand until it will immediately get value by the next turn, as the opponent will likely prioritize popping it.

Update history

Version 6.4

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This is a big shield buff, and you might be wondering why RAPID even needed the buff. RAPID was a really good Bloon if it could get its effect off; its effect is incredibly powerful for 4. The issue is that this Bloon was not terribly strong, and moreso it was such a massive threat that your opponent would immediately hard-target it [...] 150 health/50 shield was 200 health beforehand. [...] With this buff, it's now 220, which makes it a little bit easier to survive a couple things it couldn't before; can survive things like two Sniper shots and a Dart Monkey, and more importantly [...] it can survive Bionic Boomerang, which allows RAPID to be a little bit more tanky and survive more stuff, generally letting it get a proc or two off before it dies a little easier now, which helps because this Bloon often would just die without doing anything beforehand.
— u/No-Appearance1780's commentary, 13:49–14:45 (with most disfluencies removed)

”

•  Starting Shield amount increased ― 50 → 70

Development

RAPID's shield was increased to let it survive better against an opponent's immediate reaction, so the fundamental benefit of RAPID remains but is less fallible to Monkeys, especially the then-nerfed Bionic Boomerang. With now having an effective 220 tank, and the new Bionic Boomerang only dealing 200 damage, more defense is needed, and, although not stated explicitly in OdysseyTOS's tester commentary, is still vulnerable to Super Monkey and Bloon Redirect (unless buffed by Dark Castle or Zee Jay).

Gallery

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  RAPID pushing a Storm Yellow to 0 delay

Trivia

• RAPID was the first ever Unique Basic Bloon to be released in Bloons Card Storm.

In other languages

This section was last updated for: version 4.0

Name

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	HURTIG	—
German	RASANT	—
Spanish (Latin America)	RÁPIDO	—
French	RAPIDE	—
Italian	RAPIDITÀ	—
Japanese	ラピッド	—
Korean	RAPID	—
Norwegian	RASK	—
Polish	WARTKI	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	RÁPIDO	—
Russian	СТРЕМИТЕЛЬНЫЙ	—
Swedish	SNABB	—
Chinese (traditional)	疾速	—

Flavor

Language	Text	Notes
Danish	Whoosh!	—
German	Husch!	—
Spanish (Latin America)	¡Fiuum!	—
French	Pschitt !	—
Italian	Wooosh!	—
Japanese	ビューン！	—
Korean	샤샤샥!	—
Norwegian	Suuus!	—
Polish	Wzium!	—
Portuguese (Brazil)	Vuush!	—
Russian	Вжух!	—
Swedish	Swish!	—
Chinese (traditional)	呼！	—