Brollow (Floating)

Brollow (ツバメンズ Tsubamenzu) is a Floating enemy that appears in The Aku Realms and Legend Stages.

Brollow
Information
First Appearance:	SoL: Sub-chapter 26 - I'm onto you
Latest Appearance:	UL: Sub-chapter 38 - Learned to Hate
Money Drop:	150¢ - 593¢

Enemy

Basically a faster and stronger version of Gabriel, Brollow flies at extreme speeds, has low health, and deals high damage that can easily break through your defenses in numbers.

Strategy

Brollow's high knockback count and low health makes groups of them deadly, as a few hits from meatshields like Mohawk Cat and Crazed Macho Cat can easily knock them back. Take note that they don't have an actual attack cooldown, they only have delayed attacks due to their backswing. Thus, the more they get knocked back, the more damage they cause to your defenses. This makes fast-attacking, low damaging units like Crazed Giraffe Cat much less favorable.

Avoid using the default Cat Cannon against Brollows, as it will cause them to all attack again (think Awakened Bahamut Cat or Sanada Yukimura being hit after they land a blow). High numbers of hits per second is very bad against them, but powerful single blows from semi-spammable, bulky and heavy-hitting cats like Jamiera Cat, Cameraman Cat, Island Cat and Crazed Whale Cat work well against small groups of Brollows. However, for large flocks of Brollows, more expensive Area Attackers may be required, such as Ururun Cat.

Incidentally, D'artanyan's Normal Form's blind spot does not include Brollows, who will rest at the 150 mark instead of 140. This means that, in theory, D'artanyan can obliterate Brollows, though it is better to have meatshields take hits instead of D'artanyan.

Kotatsu Cat, the Iron Wall Cat, Kai or Sodom can help a lot as walls to gather many Brollows in the same area to kill them all at once.

Dictionary

Switch EN/JP

Enemy Unit # 209		Floating
Brollow
		EN Description
		DO YOU EVEN LIFT??? He's gluten-free, but never misses a chance to impress chicks with crumbs from the organic bakery. Brain the size of a cashew, but he's got game.

Enemy Unit # 209		Floating
ツバメンズ (Tsubamenzu)
		JP Script
		出会い頭系アイドルグループのメンバー。 食パンをくわえて登校すると出会えることで 人気沸騰中！すぐに記憶をなくす ドジっぷりも乙女心をくすぐる。
		EN Translation
		A member of an idol meeting group. He's getting popular because you can meet up with him when you attend school with bread [in your mouth]! Can tickle even the clumsiest maiden's heart, but forgets about them immediately.

Variant

Zollow

A Zombie/Floating version of Brollow that has much less health, attack power and DPS and lacks the ability to burrow, but has longer reach and takes off 80% of cats' maximum health.

Encounters

The Aku Realms

• Stage 18: Ghana (100%)

Stories of Legend

• Stage 26-4: I'm onto you (100%)
• Stage 26-8: Revolving-door Floats (100%)
• Stage 28-4: Beautiful Finale (100%)
• Stage 28-6: Learned to Love (100%)
• Stage 30-5: Subterranean Stalker (100%)
• Stage 31-3: Surviving Herd (100%)
• Stage 32-6: Trouble at the Mansion (100%)
• Stage 33-1: Pecking Order (100%)
• Stage 34-5: Ghostlight Gardens (100%)
• Stage 36-4: 50 Degrees Hotter (100%)
• Stage 40-2: Romantic Highway (100%)
• Stage 40-6: Houses of the Holy (150%)
• Stage 41-3: Throne of Phone (4000%)
• Stage 42-1: Cubist Crimes (4000%)
• Stage 45-4: Toasty Turnpike (150%)
• Stage 46-3: Wearable Homes (150%)
• Stage 47-4: Last Labyrinth (150%)

Uncanny Legends

• Stage 14-2: A Private Rainforest (200%)
• Stage 16-5: Bathtub of Whimsy (200%)
• Stage 22-6: Smokestack to Heaven (200%)
• Stage 32-3: Normal Activity (200%)
• Stage 38-3 Learned to Hate (200%)

Event Stages

• Fish Maniac: Ogre Island (Deadly) (100%)
• Queen's Coronation: Honey Trap (Deadly) (100%)
• Growing Strange: Fear of Flying (Merciless) (150%)
• Queen's Condemnation: Honey Drip (Deadly) (100%)
• King Wahwah's Return: Wrath of the Dogelord (Merciless) (150%)
• Empress' Report 4: Aku Studies 401: Field Research (150%)
• Heavenly Tower:
  • Floor 22 (100%)
  • Floor 29 (100%)
  • Floor 47 (200%)
• Infernal Tower:
  • Floor 22 (150%)
  • Floor 29 (200%)

Enigma Stages

• Cymophane Cave: 10 Meters Deep (Deadly) (100%)
• Sky Frontier: Summit Shrine (Merciless) (100%)

Stats

Brollow
Health	Attack Power	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack Animation
19,000 HP	15,000 damage (3,285 DPS)	150 (Area Attack)	137f (4.57 seconds)	99	10 times	1f 0.03s (136f 4.53s backswing)
Special Ability						Type
-						Floating

Existence Elsewhere

Go! Go! Pogo Cat

Brollow makes a cameo in Go! Go! Pogo Cat, along with Pigeon de Sable and Ecto Doge. Brollows can be seen flying in the background after the player passes the tenth checkpoint.

Gallery

Brollow's spritesheet

Trivia

• His Japanese name, Tsubamenzu, contains the word tsubame, meaning "swallow" (as in the bird).
• The phrase, "DO YOU EVEN LIFT???" in his description is a reference to a meme of the same name.
• He outspeeds all Cat Units, including Bullet Train Cat.
• He is the second-fastest enemy in the game, beaten by Assassin Bear.
• His design takes inspiration from several different birds:
  • He is mainly based off of the swallow, a type of bird well known for its black coat and v-shaped tail. Swallows are also a symbol of good luck, fidelity in marriage and fertility in Japanese culture.
  • He closely resembles a gannet, known to be the "missile bird".
  • He is additionally based off of the common swift, the world's fastest bird in horizontal flight, which can be clearly seen as Brollow moves forward. It also has a shorter, smaller v-shaped tail, though it is still noticeable. Another similarity between Brollow and the swift: the wings are slightly more forward on the body than they are on a swallow.

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/enemy/209.html

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