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Buddy Bloon
Shield 150. On Play: Reduce highest enemy Monkey's ATK to 0 while this is in play.
Buddy Bloon is an Advanced Blooncard in Bloons Card Storm. It starts with 150 Shield and reduces the Attack Power of the opponent's Monkey with the highest Attack Power to zero when it is played. The Attack Power reduction persists until the Buddy Bloon or the affected Monkey is removed. If multiple Monkeys have the same Attack Power, it chooses the first placed Monkey. Most secondary damage effects (e.g. Triple Shot's Splash Damage), but not all, will also deal zero damage. It does not negate indirect damage effects, including On Fire (namely from Burny Stuff Mortar) and Acid Pool (e.g. Alchemist Monkey), as well as Armor Piercing.
Freeing the neutralised Monkey via popping the Buddy Bloon is difficult without the support of Powers or other Monkeys. Unless it can surely be popped within 3 turns, focusing damage on it is useless.
Towers affected by Buddy Bloon can be affected by Bed Time.
Best used for countering very high damage monkeys, notably Sun Temple and The Big One.
If the opponent tries to rely on a Defender to damage bloons after their turn, Buddy Bloon can be used to negate it (provided it's the highest AP Monkey), and also waste its ammo.
There are two ways to reliably neutralize a Buddy Bloon: Overload (destroys 100 or less HP bloon, ignoring Shield) or Energy Overload (destroys shielded bloon). Shields Down! can also be used to break its shield.
Buddy Bloon has had its health increased from 75 to 100 to make it a little more tanky to have the effect last for longer. — u/No-Appearance1780's commentary, 12:07–12:12 (with most disfluencies removed)
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Health increased ― 75 → 100
Development
This card existed in the data of Bloons Card Storm since the Firstlook test, and was originally named "Friendly Bloon", though it went unused until the full release. The full release changed its properties, and likely changed its name to avoid confusion (as "friendly Bloon" is also a term used in card text for any Bloon with the same owner).
Art
Name
Description
Rarity
Cost
Charges
Health
Delay
Beta builds
Friendly Bloon
When played: Random Enemy Monkey's Damage becomes 0
Uncommon
4
2
50
2
Version 1.0
Buddy Bloon
On Play: Reduce highest enemy Monkey's Attack Power to 0 while this is in play.
Uncommon
4
1
50
2
Gallery
Icon
Placeholder icon
Placeholder art
Screenshot (pre-v3.3)
Buddy Bloon without a shield (pre-v3.3)
Buddy Bloon's on play affects the Sun Temple.
Full Health Buddy + Dark Castle, with negated Burny Stuff Mortar direct damage only
Advanced
Classic
4
Delay increased ― 2 → 3 
Health increased ― 50 → 75
Description now uses the abbreviation "ATK" instead of "Attack Power"
Icon
Placeholder icon
Placeholder art
Screenshot (pre-v3.3)
Buddy Bloon without a shield (pre-v3.3)
Buddy Bloon's on play affects the Sun Temple.
Full Health Buddy + Dark Castle, with negated Burny Stuff Mortar direct damage only
Model render
