A Distant Road

A Distant Road is the third and final stage in Silver Week.

Stage Information
Energy:	100
Enemy Base's Health:	250,000 HP
Enemies:	- Metal Hippoe (100% ) - Metal Snache (200%) - Super Metal Hippoe (100%)- THE METAL SLOTH (200%) - Pure Gold R.Ost (100%)
Enemy Boss:	- Metal Snache (10%)
Treasure:	- Lucky Ticket +3 (100%, 1 time) - Lucky Ticket +3 (10%, unlimited) - Lucky Ticket +1 (81%, unlimited)
Misc. Information
XP earned:	1,900 XP
Stage Width:	3,200
Max number of Enemies:	7
Japanese Version Information
JP Name:	Distant Road
Script:	はるかな道
Romaji:	Harukana Michi
Location Information
Max ♛ Difficulty	1♛
Event Map:	Silver Week
Difficulty:	★6
Prev. Stage:	Silver Anniversary
Next Stage:	N/A

Battleground

• 1 Metal Hippoe spawns after 0.07 seconds^2f.
• 2 Metal Hippoes spawn after 30 seconds^900f, delay 6.67 seconds^200f.
• 3 Metal Hippoes spawn after 66.67 seconds^2,000f, delay 6.67 seconds^200f.
• When the base reaches 99% HP:
  • 1 Metal Snache (10%) spawns as the boss.
  • Infinite Metal Snaches (200%) spawn, delay 26.67~40 seconds^800f~1,200f.
  • 1 Super Metal Hippoe spawns.
  • 3 Metal Snaches (200%) spawn, delay 0.07 seconds^2f.
  • 1 THE METAL SLOTH spawns.
  • 3 Metal Hippoes spawn, delay 0.07 seconds^2f.
  • 3 Metal Snaches (200%) spawn, delay 0.07 seconds^2f.
  • 2 Pure Gold R.Osts spawn, delay 40 seconds^1,200f.

Strategy

This stage can be beaten easily with Hurricat or units with guaranteed Critical Hits. If you don't have either, Miss MONEKO, Major Space Cat, Jurassic Cat Sitter and Lion Cat are still enough to beat the stage, but it could take many attempts.

The main problem encountered while playing the stage is the stack of Metal Enemies. You'll need fast Area Attackers to dispatch those Metal Hippoes and Steel Snakes, and ranged Critical Hitters like Major Space Cat or most of the Critical Hit Ubers to land hits on everything else.

Trivia

• Since it's part of Silver Week, A Distant Road is most likely a reference to "giniro no hanaka michi" ("a silver-colored distant road"), a lyric from the song "Giniro no Michi" by the vocal quartet DARK DUCKS.

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/stage/s01154-03.html