Akira (Uber Rare Cat)

Akira is an Uber Rare Cat that can be unlocked by playing the Rare Cat Capsule during the Dark Heroes event. Normal Form freezes aliens. Evolved Form gains strengthen ability and loses freeze ability. True Form is strong against Alien Enemies.

Cat Unit # 194
Uber Rare Cat
Akira Shadow Akira Inferno Akira Akira Shadow Akira Inferno Akira

Evolution

Evolves into Shadow Akira at level 10.

Evolves into Inferno Akira at level 30 by using Catfruit.

Performance

Pros

• 50% chance to freeze Alien enemies [Normal]
• Strengthens when damaged [Evolved]
• Immune to waves [Evolved, True]
• Strong against Alien enemies [True]
• Immune to weaken
• Good attack rate

Cons

• Somewhat expensive
• Mediocre DPS
• Long attack animation

Strategy/Usage

Akira is a multi-purpose offensive unit, due to Akira's immunity to weakening effects for all forms, he is useful when faced against enemies who apply this kind of debuff, most notably Calamary.

Normal Form

In his Normal Form, he acts as an offensive crowd control unit against Aliens, which can make dealing with tough Alien bosses like Nimoy Bore much easier. He has fantastic synergy with cats that excel at damaging Aliens, like Aphrodite or stacks of Macho Legs Cat. Akira freezes the Aliens in their tracks, allowing your damage-dealers to wipe them out.

Evolved Form

Shadow Akira is a very well-rounded damage dealer that is great in all areas. Due to his Strengthen ability, he is the best form for taking on any type of enemy, though excelling at none. This form is best used for offensive support to add to high DPS teams. He is extremely effective against resilient wave attackers like Kory or Elizabeth the LVIth. It is possible to use meatshields in combination with Shadow Akira to make taking out wave attackers easier.

True Form

Inferno Akira gains the Strong ability against Aliens, but in exchange for his previous form's Strengthen. Unless his Talents are unlocked, Inferno Akira is only preferred over his other forms if the player is already able to keep Aliens slowed or frozen. However, Inferno Akira with talents makes his other forms obsolete, as he gains all of the abilities back from his previous forms, combined into one.

Talents

Further diving into his talents, strengthen and freeze are, obviously, good, as they were what made his other forms good, so combining them and his strong ability together is worth it. He isn’t too reliant on stats, so you don’t need to invest NP into his stats, but it’s nice regardless. Same thing could be said about survivor as well. This effectively makes him a super-strength Seafarer cat, allowing for extra padding on the battlefield. While the true form itself is kind of cumbersome, the talents more than make up for it.

Cat Combo

Combo	Units	Cat Images	Effect
Troubled Youth	[Special] Ururun Wolf [Uber Rare] Akira		Strengthen Effect Up (Sm)

Description

Switch EN/JP

Cat Unit # 194		Uber Rare Cat
Akira
		EN Description
		A super-genius who dreamed of alien invasion. Recreated himself as a cyborg hero to defend the planet! Area attacks might freeze Aliens.
Shadow Akira
		EN Description
		A bullied kid who hid in his room for years. No more! Now channels his fear into fighting for justice! Attack power increases when damaged! (Area)
Inferno Akira
		EN Description
		Reinventing himself, he has changed his destiny! But can he change society with his powers? Strong vs. Aliens, immune to wave attacks.

Cat Unit # 194		Uber Rare Cat
アキラ (Akira)
		JP Script
		おととい夢で見たエイリアン襲来に立ち向かうべく 自らの身体を人造人間っぽく改造した超天才少年 たまにエイリアンの動きを止める（範囲攻撃）
		EN Translation
		A super-genius boy who altered his own body to look like an artificial one to fight against an alien attack that he saw in a dream the day before yesterday Sometimes stop Aliens (range attack)
シャドウ・アキラ (Shadō Akira, Shadow Akira)
		JP Script
		引きこもりがちだった中学3年間の闇の力を一気に解放 追い詰められると発揮する反骨のパワーで正義を貫く 体力が減ると攻撃力が大幅上昇する（範囲攻撃）
		EN Translation
		The dark power of the third year of junior high school which he tended to withdraw from is unleashed in one fell swoop and his rebellious power of justice is unleashed when he is cornered and when his strength is reduced his attack power is greatly increased (range attack)
インフェルノ・アキラ (Inferuno Akira, Inferno Akira)
		JP Script
		｢未来と自分は変えられる｣の信念を胸に抱き 変わらない社会にあらがう天才少年（範囲攻撃） エイリアンにめっぽう強く波動ダメージを無効にする
		EN Translation
		With the belief that we can change the future and ourselves A boy genius in an unchanging society (range attack) Extremely strong against aliens and nullifies their wave damage

Cost

• Chapter 1: 3,240¢
• Chapter 2: 4,860¢
• Chapter 3: 6,480¢

Upgrade Cost

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
0x	0	9,800	14,800	21,800	42,500	64,300	93,200	118,000	197,400	513,500	1,075,300
1x	15,600	19,600	29,600	43,600	85,000	128,600	186,400	236,000	394,800	1,027,000	2,166,200
2x	23,400	29,400	44,400	65,400	127,500	192,900	279,600	354,000	592,200	1,540,500	3,249,300
3x	27,300	34,300	51,800	76,300	148,750	225,050	326,200	413,000	690,900	1,797,250	3,790,850
4x	31,200	39,200	59,200	87,200	170,000	257,200	372,800	472,000	789,600	2,054,000	4,332,400
Total XP Cost											14,614,050

• Level 30-49 upgrades cost Catseyes: 30-44 = 1 Catseye, 45-49 = 2 Catseyes

Stats

Akira
Health	Attack Power	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack animation	Recharge Time
3,000 HP	1,500 damage	430	5.23 seconds	13	3 times	108f 3.6 seconds	147s - 138.2s
Health (Lv.30)	Attack Power (Lv.30)	Attack Type	Special Ability
51,000 HP	25,500 damage	Area Attack	Might freeze Alien Enemies for 120f (50%) Immune to Weaken
Shadow Akira
Health (Lv.30)	Attack Power (Lv.30)	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack animation	Recharge Time
51,000 HP	25,500 damage	430	5.23 seconds	13	3 times	108f 3.6 seconds	147s - 138.2s
Attack Type	Special Ability
Area Attack	Attack power increases by 50% at 50% health Immune to Wave Attacks and Weaken
Inferno Akira
Health (Lv.30)	Attack Power (Lv.30)	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack animation	Recharge Time
51,000 HP	25,500 damage	430	5.23 seconds	13	3 times	108f 3.6 seconds	147s - 138.2s
Lv.MAX		Attack Type	Special Ability
Lv.50+70		Area Attack	Strong against Alien Enemies (deals 1.5x damage; takes only 1/2 damage) Immune to Wave Attacks and Weaken

*First stats are 1st form's initial, second and third stats include 300% Empire of Cats Treasures; recharge time may vary.

*Time between attacks is the time from the attack's execution to the start of the next attack (includes backswing).

*For units with multi-hit attacks, attack animation is the part of the animation leading up to the first hit.

*Fruit Treasures not included.

*See this section to calculate Akira's stats.

Catfruit Evolution

x2	x3	x8	x7	x4	1,000,000

x2	x3
x8	x7
x4	1,000,000

Talents

• Freeze: Adds 40% chance to freeze for 39f ^{1.3 seconds}, increases 9f ^{.3 seconds} per level up to 120f ^{4 seconds} (Total Cost: 235 NP)
• Attack Up: Adds 23% attack power at 33% health, increases 3% per level up to 50% (Total Cost: 235 NP)
• Survives: Adds 28% chance to survive lethal strikes, increases 8% per level up to 100% (Total Cost: 235 NP)
• Defense Buff: Upgrades health by 2% per level up to 20% (Total Cost: 175 NP)
• Attack Buff: Upgrades attack power by 2% per level up to 20% (Total Cost: 175 NP)

Appearance

• Normal Form: A boy wearing a light grey helmet, breastplate, pauldron, gauntlet, boots, and white bodysuit. He also wields a giant arm-drill with a cat ornament on his left hand.
• Evolved Form: He gained long white hair and his armor became sharper and received a darker tone. The arm-drill changed into some sort of lance with a sinister-looking face on it. The cat face ornament remains, but is in front of the blade which makes it easier to see.
• True Form: Akira's armor is now mainly red and black. His sword, now overflowing with energy, has a hexagonal jewel instead of a circular one and reveals two red laser blades when attacking. The sinister face of the blade is given red eyes and a mouth with sharper, more curved teeth, and the cat face now has the expression of a Crazed Cat.

Gallery

Akira's attack animation

Shadow Akira's attack animation

Inferno Akira's attack animation

Trivia

• This unit might be inspired by X and Zero from the Rockman/Megaman franchise. The arm cannon is their common trait and his Evolved Form's and True Form's hair is quite similar to Zero's.
• This unit shares the same name as the popular sci-fi anime film Akira, where a psychic explosion causes World War III in the year 2019.
• Akira is the only Dark Hero whose Evolved Form has no anti-Alien abilities.
• Prior to version 9.7, Shadow Akira was not immune to waves.

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/unit/195.html

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