Cala Maria (Angel)

Cala Maria (イカ天 ika ten, Squid heaven) is the Angel variant of Calamary that only appears in the Stories of Legend, Uncanny Legends and Holy Wrath (Merciless). Cala Maria first appears in the final stage of Above & Below. Added in update 6.1 on May 18th, 2017.

Enemy

Cala Maria is a powerful enemy that has a very different attack than her Alien/Floating variant. To attack, she slams the ground 3 times in succession. This is a 3-stage attack that deals 36,000 damage per hit for a whopping total of 108,000 damage - enough to make mincemeat of any cat she hits not constantly protected by meatshields. Please do not try to solo your favorite Uber Rare (namely Jizo) against this enemy.

Her weakness is that her 3 consecutive attacks are all single hit which means in a stack of many cat units she can only hit 3 units per attack animation (3 front most units). This means your heavy damaging units can survive to deal damage when it's among a horde of fast moving meatshields.

Cats that have resistance against Angels, such as Ramen Cat and Guardian Gamereon, can tank a few hits from this enemy. However, since it attacks almost non-stop, spawning them is usually a waste of money. It moves at the same speed as Basic Cat and requires 2 knockbacks. To balance this abomination of God Cat, her attack is only single target. There are few Cats (around 20) that can outrange Cala Maria as of 6.1.

Unlike Calamary, she is not considered a Floating enemy.

Dictionary

Enemy Unit # 342		Angel
Cala Maria
		A heavenly taste of the sea, sent as a religious vision by the Cat God to those pure of heart. Culinary paradise awaits those who pass this test of faith.

Enemy Unit # 342		Angel
力バ (Rik)
		JP Script
		夢半ばでてんぷらにされた、 翼のイカれたエンジェル。 硬くなった身を生かしたオリジナル肩たたきは 受けた者をもれなく昇天させる。
		EN Translation
		An Angel with a winged squid that was made tempura in the middle of a dream. The original shoulder striking which took advantage of the stiff one will ascend as much as he has received.

Stats

Appearances

Stories of Legend Stages

• Stage 39-6: Steamed to Death (100% strength magnification)

• Stage 40-3: Drunken Backrub (100% strength magnification)

• Stage 41-2: Dial-Up Dreams (100% strength magnification)

• Stage 45-4: Toasty Turnpike (100% strength magnification)

• Stage 48-4: A Moment of Serenity (100% strength magnification)

Uncanny Legends Stages

• Stage 9-2: Project Walrus (100% strength magnification)

• Stage 14-5: Spa of Ascension (100% strength magnification)

Other Stages

• Holy Wrath (Merciless) (100% strength magnification)

Trivia

• Even though Cat God does not exist in the Stories of Legend since it takes place in the past, Cala Maria is sent by him.
• Up to update 8.0, with all 3 combined attacks, this enemy has the 3rd highest base damage of any regular enemy in the game (108,000), higher then Capy's critical hits (104,000), but lower than Teacher Cybear (999,999) and Filibuster Obstructa (1,000,000).
  • Cala Maria has the eighth highest damage output among all enemies, only behind the two enemy bases from the Dojo, the CyberFaces in Baroque Beasts, the Assassin Bears from Surrealist Sins and Merciless Onslaught and the aforementioned Teacher Cybear and Filibuster Obstructa.
  • However, with no anti-Alien Treasures, Raging Bahamut Cat deals much higher damage (almost 3 times more) than this unit.
• Like its predecessor, its name is based on the word "calamari," meaning fried squid.
• Cala Maria is a name frequently used for videogame characters, for example, one of the bosses of the famous videogame Cuphead, coincidentally, shares her name with this enemy; it is also a sea creature.

Reference

• http://battlecats-db.com/enemy/342.html

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