A Cat Screaming Love (Merciless)

A Cat Screaming Love is the second stage in Clionel Dominant. When clearing this stage, the player is guaranteed to unlock the True Form of Catway, Time Traveller Cat. This is a No Continues stage.

Stage Information
Energy:	200
Enemy Base's Health:	900,000 HP
Enemies:	- Relic Doge (Relic) (100%) - Gabriel (Angel) (400%) - Heavenly Hippoe (Angel) (400%)
Enemy Boss:	- Cruel Angel Clionel (Angel) (100%)
Treasure:	- Catway's True Form (100%)
Misc. Information
Restriction:	No Continues
XP earned:	3,800 XP
Stage Width:	5,000
Max number of Enemies:	15
Japanese Version Information
JP Name:	The Cat That Cried Out For An Eye In The Center Of The World Super Extreme
Script:	世界の中心でアイを叫んだネコ 超極ムズ
Romaji:	Sekai no Chūshin de Ai o Sakenda Neko Chō Kyoku Muzu
Location Information
Max ♛ Difficulty	1♛
Event Map:	Clionel Dominant
Difficulty:	★10
Prev. Stage:	New Testament (Deadly)
Next Stage:	N/A

Battleground

• 3 Relic Doges spawn after 10 seconds^300f, delay 6.67~10 seconds^200f~300f.
• 5 Relic Doges spawn after 60 seconds^1,800f, delay 3.33~5 seconds^100f~150f.
• 5 Relic Doges spawn after 600 seconds^18,000f, delay 5~10 seconds^150f~300f.
• 5 Relic Doges spawn after 601.67 seconds^18,050f, delay 5~10 seconds^150f~300f.
• 5 Relic Doges spawn after 603.33 seconds^18,100f, delay 5~10 seconds^150f~300f.
• When the base reaches 99% HP:
  • Infinite Relic Doges spawn after 0.07 seconds^2f, delay 26.67~53.33 seconds^800f~1,600f.
  • 24 Relic Doges spawn after 0.07 seconds^2f, delay 10~11.67 seconds^300f~350f.
  • 13 Gabriels spawn after 0.07 seconds^2f, delay 15~18.33 seconds^450f~550f.
  • 8 Heavenly Hippoes spawn after 0.07 seconds^2f, delay 18.33~21.67 seconds^550f~650f.
  • 1 Cruel Angel Clionel spawns as the boss after 0.07 seconds^2f.

Strategy

Recommend Units

• Ramen Cat: Works great as a third meatshield along with dual erasers. Can tank hits from Clionel, which makes him useful as erasers will die. Just make sure he doesn't get cursed!
• Delivery Cat: He can act as secondary source of DPS, as his fast speed and massive damage against angels makes him an effective rusher. Protect him from the peons and support units though, as he has very low health.
• Cat's Gift: A useful anti angel rusher. Can be good support if you get lucky with a freeze proc against Clionel.
• Maglev Cat: Required if your going for the Iron wall or Slow beam cheese, as it is useful for summoning Clionel and killing peons for A. Bahamut to get into Clionel's blindspot.
• Zamboney Cat: The wall itself has proven its usefulness once more. A necessary unit if your going to try and cheese the level along with Maglev. He can hold back the peons while your attackers smack away at the cruel angel.
• Ultimate Mecha Bun: Even though Ultimate Mecha Bun is a rather underwhelming unit, he is quite useful as a secondary rusher alongside A. Bahamut. With his strong against relics ability, he can tank hits from the Relic Doges and kill them with ease.
• Awakened Bahamut Cat: Whether your going for the cheese strategy, or Nurse Wuffa's strategy, A. Bahamut is an extremely helpful unit in taking Clionel out. When combined with Mecha Bun, he can do all the damage, while Mecha Bun can tank the hits. Be careful though, as one hit from Clionel and Bahamut is gone.

Strategy 1

Lineup: Eraser Cat, Manic Eraser Cat, Ramen Cat, Can Can Cat, Zamboney Cat, Awakened Bahamut Cat. Other slots should be reserved for Cat Combos, other fast/tanky attackers with high DPS such as Fishman Cat, Jamiera Cat or Juliet the Maiko with Move Speed Up Talents/Cat's Gift.

Cat Cannon: Iron Wall (should be level 5+, higher level gives more time).

Battle: Stall until the second Relic Doge wave and upgrade your Worker Cat to level 5. Once the second Relic Doge wave finishes, rush at the base with your Can Can Cats, dual Erasers, Ramen Cats and Zamboney Cat. If you have enough money, send in Jamiera Cat or other area attackers. Your Can Can Cats should get there first. Right before they hit the base, activate Iron Wall.

Right after the base is hit, send in A. Bahamut. If done correctly, A. Bahamut should hit the Gabriels. If your meatshields block the Heavenly Hippoe before A. Bahamut attacks again, he won't be knocked back and he will hit the Relic Doges. Otherwise, he gets knocked back and still hits the Relic Doges.

At this point, your meatshields should have gotten inside Clionel's blindspot, so now it's a matter of spamming everything to keep A. Bahamut alive. Your attackers may clip through Clionel and destroy the base, or kill Clionel. Both work as long as A. Bahamut stays alive. If Clionel's second attack slows, you better hope that at least one Ramen Cat made it into the blindspot. Otherwise, A. Bahamut is very likely going to die and your run will result in a loss.

Strategy 2

This strategy requires specific timing with a level 9+ slow cannon.

Lineup: Mohawk Cat (30+, Manic Mohawk Cat (30), Eraser Cat (40+), Manic Eraser Cat (50), Cameraman Cat (40+), Zamboney Cat (40), Maglev Cat (40), Manic Lion Cat (30), Roe Cat (or any medium speed tanker, 40+) and Awakened Bahamut Cat (30+).

Cat Cannon: Slow Beam

Start off the stage by luring the first few Relic Doges close to your base. Spawn three Cameraman Cats for the first wave and save as much money as possible, spawn Eraser Cat when you think the Relic Doges are close to dying to avoid hitting the base. Rinse and repeat until you have max Worker Cat (spawn four Cameramen for the 2nd and 3rd wave). When you've cleared the Relic Doges and are ready to attack, start by spawning meatshields with Zamboney Cat, Roe Cat, and Manic Lion Cat. When the meatshields are about 60% across the battlefield, spawn Awakened Bahamut Cat and Maglev Cat very soon after.

A. Bahamut and Maglev should reach the base at the same time along with Zamboney. Slow Beam will take some time to reach the end of the battlefield, so pre-fire so that advances as little as possible. You want Maglev to be the one to kill Gabriel (if A. Bahamut hits Gabriel, he will die from the Clionel's attack) and A. Bahamut to kill the Relic Doges and Heavenly Hippoe. Eventually, A. Bahamut should start hitting the base after Clionel is knocked back once. Keep meatshielding and you will win by destroying the base. Watch this video if you are struggling.

Possible issues/replacements: Spawn Manic Lion early if your A. Bahamut is under leveled (35 or less), so that they can chip away enough health from Heavenly Hippoe to get A. Bahamut to knock him back in one attack. You can also replace Manic Lion Cat with Kalisa if you have her. Zamboney Cat can be replaced with Metal Cat, although Metal Cat may get slowed by Clionel.

Strategy 3 (ft. King Gamereon)

Lineup: Biohazard, Bony Bone, Sportwoman combos, Manic Eraser Cat (40+), Eraser Cat (20+64), Ramen Cat (Talents optional, curse resist helps a lot, 40+5), King Gamereon (37+), Awakened Bahamut Cat (30).

Battle Items: Rich Cat (optional)

When you start off the stage send a few Ramen Cats. As your sending Ramen Cats level up your cat wallet. For now go to about level 2-4. As soon as possible send out Gamereon. If you need spam a few Eraser Cats but not too many because you need to save up for Gamereon as soon as possible. After you have Gamereon out keep a small spam of Ramen Cats and Eraser Cats going until you reach the base.

Once you reach the base wait for the boss to come out and send out everything on row two including A. Bahamut. If your Gamereon is high leveled enough, then you don't worry about A. Bahamut dying. The true use of A. Bahamut in this stage will be making sure the peons don't stack up too much. If the Relic Doges / Gabriels push too hard send out A. Bahamut to clear them out. After killing enough of the enemies you should have enough money to send out a second Gamereon, so do that as soon as you can. After all the Gabriels and Heavenly Hippoes are dead, only Relic Doges will be spawned so feel free to upgrade your cat wallet to max when possible.

Your biggest concern for this level will be making sure Ramen is high-leveled enough to keep your Gamereons alive for a long enough time, because if not they will die faster than you can say Relic Doge. Once you have your second Gamereon all you have to do is keep spamming, and you'll win.

Trivia

• The stage's name comes from The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World, a story by Harlan Ellison, and—more relevantly—the title of the final episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion (from which Cruel Angel Clionel gets its inspiration).

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/stage/s01196-02.html