Bird Cat (Cat Unit)

Bird Cat is the 6th Normal Cat and your first Cat Unit with a good Area Attack. Despite that, he's a very situational unit, due to his short range. Don't prioritize this cat too much. He becomes available after clearing Nepal in Empire of Cats CHapter 1.

Cat
Evolves into UFO Cat at level 10.

Evolves into The Flying Cat at level 20+10.

Pros:

 * High DPS with area attacks.
 * Short cooldown.
 * True Form has a 20% chance to lower the attack power of Angels by half.

Cons:

 * Low health.
 * Poor range.

Strategies/Usage

 * This cat can be useful in the early game when most enemies have low range, allowing it to deal damage without getting killed.
 * This unit is also good at clearing out the weaker enemies surrounding a boss.
 * Thanks to the high DPS (especially in true form), it can be useful in certain situations such as dealing with slow but powerful long-ranged enemies like THE SLOTH, though usually tough cats with HP like Titan Cat are preferred.
 * Later in the game, it is outclassed by longer-ranged cats, especially Dragon Cat, Paris Cat, and its crazed counterpart Crazed Bird Cat.
 * Due to its description and appearance, many people think Bird Cat has very low health. In reality, it just has below-average health. It really has about as much as Tank Cat. The reason the description is like that is because it cannot be spammed as much.
 * Early players may have a challenge using Bird Cat effectively. 650¢ is a lot of money for an early player. In other words, it's expensive for an early player, and dies easily.
 * Bird Cat has faster attack speed than UFO Cat or The Flying Cat, so using Bird Cat in some situations may be the better option. Note that UFO and The Flying Cat have higher damage per hit.
 * This cat can be use to replace Paris Cat. It can attack faster and does more damage. Though it has shorter range, but other then that, it is a very good substitute for Paris Cat.
 * Due to the short range of The Flying Cat and its relatively low health, it is not recommended to use him against Angel Enemies, even though he has a chance to weaken them.

Cost
Available to unlock after completing Nepal in Chapter 1. Requires 5000 XP to unlock.
 * Chapter 1: $650
 * Chapter 2: $975
 * Chapter 3: $1300

Stats

 * *Time between attacks is the time of the attack from the motion end until the next attack motion start
 * *See Treasure to calculate stats.

Initial Stats:

Appearance

 * Normal: Looks like a Cat with little wings instead of legs. Attacks by crashing into the enemy.
 * Evolved: Now becomes a UFO with a Cat face. Fires a purple laser at the ground.
 * True: Appears to be a tiny, -looking city with a large tree-like growth coming out of its head. Same attack animation.

Trivia

 * The Flying Cat may be a reference to the animation movie Castle in the Sky.
 * Bird Cat is the only Normal Cat that has its Attack Power increased by changing from Normal form to Evolved form.
 * Bird Cat is also the only Normal Cat that has faster animation in Normal form than in Evolved form or True from.
 * Version 3.0 of The Battle Cats gave its true form an anti-angel ability.

Reference

 * http://battlecats.spica-net.com/unit/006.html
 * http://seesaawiki.jp/battlecats/d/%a5%cd%a5%b3%a5%ce%a5%c8%a5%ea

Units Release Order:

&lt;&lt; Cow Cat | Fish Cat &gt;&gt;