Shielded Bloon

“	TIP: SHIELD BLOONS Shield Bloons incoming! These Bloons are protected by an energy shield. You'll need to damage and destroy the shield before you can pop the bloon inside.	”
	^{~ Cuber's warning for Shield Bloons, Bloons Adventure Time TD}

“	Oh, Bananas! Bloons can now have Shields! Looks like shields take one hit to remove, but can soak up any amount of damage in that hit!	”
	^{~ Patch's warning for Shielded Bloons, Bloons Pop!}

Shielded Bloon (or Shield Bloon in BATTD) is a new type of bloon that made its debut in Bloons Super Monkey 2 (Stage 1-4), and also appear in Bloons Supermonkey 2 Mobile, Bloons Adventure Time TD and Bloons Pop!. As its name suggests, it has a shield around it (in fact a bloon-shaped "forcefield"), which requires 5 damage in BSM2 Flash, 15 in BSM2 Mobile, 5 in BATTD, or 1 in Bloons Pop! to be destroyed, except for the Mini MOAB's, which takes ??? hits. Similar to Camo or Regrowth Bloon types in BTD5, any bloon (even Glass, Golden and UFO) can be a Shielded Bloon. With the exception of Bloons Pop! and special bloons in BSM2 Flash, Shielded Bloons can be signified by the shock symbol on them.

In BSM2, the shield emits a pulsing effect when damaged, and can be distinguished by a lightning bolt in the center for regular bloons. Shielded bloons also pushes away the Super Monkey in Bloons Super Monkey 2. For each hit it takes, the forcefield pulsing effect gets smaller, representing its health. For some bloons, notably the UFO Bloon and the Mini MOAB, this shield has no visual indicator before damaging it.

In BATTD, the Shielded Bloons' shields can be damaged and destroyed by attacks that can't harm the bloon normally. Any damage beyond the Shielded Bloon's remaining shield health will carry over to the bloon itself, assuming the damage source can harm that type of bloon.

Bloons Super Monkey 2[]

In both Bloons Super Monkey 2 games, Shields can be applied on any bloon, up to a Mini MOAB in Flash, and up to a Ceramic Bloon or Glass Bloon in mobile. Shields will immediately consume the remaining pierce of any projectile, but explosions will still damage all bloons in its radius. Some weapons/Ultimate Monkeys have Pierce Shields and can thus pierce through shields, and weapons using the Energy Mechanic can also distribute damage to bloons past a shielded bloon.

Strategy (Bloons Super Monkey 2)[]

Low pierce, fast firing weapons that create multiple projectiles such as Flechette Darts, or explosions that affect all shielded bloons such as Bloon Busters, are great for large amounts of shielded bloons. The faster the shielded layer is removed, the earlier that higher pierce projectiles can make use of their great pierce again. In addition, the utilization of weapons that can pierce through shielded bloons no matter what, such as Thunder Wings or Lightning Trail, is another way to deal with Shielded Bloons.

Bloons Pop![]

“	Shields absorb and minimize damage	”
	^{~ Short description}

In Bloons Pop!, Shielded Bloons absorb all damage taken from a single attack that can deal damage to the top layer. It can apply to any bloon type up to Ceramic. An attack that cannot damage the bloon protected by the Shielded Bloon layer cannot break off that protective layer whatsoever.

Strategy (Bloons Pop!)[]

Shielded Bloons need to be hit multiple times. Multi-damage attacks will be bad against them but multi-projectile attacks will do well against them.

Tips[]

Bloons Pop![]

Do not waste attacks whose primary strength is damage (like Sniper Monkeys) on Shielded Bloons, because they cannot directly penetrate shields.
Attacks with large pierce and/or good Area of Effect coverage may be used to remove large numbers of present shields at once.

Strategy (BATTD)[]

Early shielded bloons can be a problem early game if the player is unprepared for them, especially if they lack proper trinkets, as the shield layer takes 5 hits before it pops. Later on as the player gets stronger builds, shielded bloons are typically a non issue as towers do enough DPS that they will be easily popped, especially when the player is instead prioritizing MOABs.

Sounds[]

When a Bloons Pop! Shielded Bloon loses its shield:

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

In Bloons Super Monkey 2 Flash, removing the shield layer from a bloon will not visually match, as despite the deshielded bloon having normal health, it will still show the shield lightning bolt for any weaker layers it has underneath.
With Precision Flight, the Super Monkey cannot get pushed by Shielded Bloons before the 1.7 version update (Precision Flight nerf, Daily Blop Reward).
In Bloons Adventure Time TD, the shield lacks visuals for different damage phases.
The Shielded Bloon's shield does not contribute to the bloon's total RBE. Therefore, it will not change the amount of lives lost in Endless Mine in BSM2 Mobile and in BATTD.
Since version 24.0, there exists an image of Shielded Bloon shield in the Bloons TD 6 game files, which is identical to the one used in Bloons Pop!.