Daboo of the Dead

Daboo of the Dead (亡者デブウ Mōja Debuu, Dead Debuu) is a Zombie enemy introduced in the Advent Stage Dead on Debut.

Daboo of the Dead
Information
Appearances:	Dead on Debut Dead by Encore The Queen & The Dead Heavenly Tower ZL: Sub-chapter 3 - Drowsy Paths ZL: Sub-chapter 13 - Heartful Homunculus
Money Drop:	4,444¢ - 17,553¢

Enemy

Daboo of the Dead is truly a monstrous threat, with a whopping 3 million HP, 30,000 damage along with a massive Omni Strike range of 800 and a 10-second slow effect. On top of that, he even has immunities to almost every debuff you can think of (Freeze/Slow/Knockback/Weaken). Unlike most other Zombies, he cannot burrow past your cats, yet he can still revive with 10% HP an unlimited number of times.

Strategy

Since his slow effect has almost 100% uptime, any unit he can knock back in one hit will likely be unable to ever reach Daboo, instead allowing him to chain attacks on them until they die. For this reason and due to how few units can outrange him, it is recommended to use slow-immune units, fast units and tanky units above all; the more of these attributes, the better.

Meatshields that work great include Shigong Cat, boosted Ramen Cat, Talent Riceball Cat and Manic Eraser Cat. A stack of Shigongs can absolutely take out Daboo, provided you have other units to deal with the non-Zombie peons.

Jamiera Cat and Manic Jamiera Cat work well against him too, being able to block him and damage him for a relatively long time. The problem usually comes in doing that while also dealing with whatever supports him, meaning that units should be picked with his supporters in mind, such as Angels in Parade of the Dead/Prisoner's Progress, Metals in March to Death, and King Wahwah and the nasty Reds in Heavenly Tower Floor 46.

Although Daboo is able to revive indefinitely, it isn't concerning due to how he is fought. Nevertheless, having a high-leveled Holy Blast is always optimal, as despite being unable to freeze him, its max health percentage-based damage values can consistently whittle him at range every minute or so, which can be all the difference you make in each battle.

Description

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Enemy Unit # 317		Zombie
Daboo of the Dead
		EN Description
		"The best zombie is an educated zombie," is what Poppa always said. It's just back issues of trashy horror comics inside that ominous cover, though. Immune to all negative effects.

Enemy Unit # 317		Zombie
亡者デブウ (Mōja Debuu, Dead Debuu)
		JP Script
		「勉強しないと立派なゾンビになれないぞ」と いつも親に説教されているゾンビ。シブい ブックカバーを付けて読んでいるのはマンガ。 あらゆる妨害効果を無効化する能力を持つ。
		EN Translation
		"You won't be a good Zombie if you don't study." A Zombie who is always lectured by his parents. He's reading a manga with a fancy book cover. Immune to all negative effects.

Variants

Name	Appearance	Information
Heavenly Herald Papuu		Daboo of the Dead's Angel variant. She has less health, attack power and range, but has only one knockback, a faster attack rate, a further Omni Strike and triple damage when her HP is lowered. Instead of slowing cats, she deals 40% Toxic damage, killing units without Toxic immunity/resistance in up to three hits.

Encounters

Zero Legends

• Stage 3-2: Drowsy Paths (150%)
• Stage 13-6: Heartful Homunculus (150%)

Event Stages

• Dead on Debut: Parade of the Dead (Deadly) (100%)
• Dead by Encore:
  • Prisoner's Progress (Merciless) (100%)
  • March to Death (Merciless) (100%)
• The Queen & The Dead: Parade of the Dead (Deadly) (100%)
• The Dead & The Bloated: Parade of the Dead (Deadly) (100%)
• Heavenly Tower: Floor 46 (100%)
• Infernal Tower: Floor 46 (100%)

Stats

Daboo of the Dead
Health	Attack Power	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack Animation
3,000,000 HP	30,000 damage (2,307.69 DPS)	300 (Area Attack)	390f 13 seconds	4	3 times	91f 3.03s (45f 1.5s backswing)
Special Ability						Type
100% chance to slow Cat Units for 300f 10 seconds Omni Strike (Effective Range: -700~800) Revives with 10% HP after being dead for 600f 20 seconds (unlimited) Immune to Knockback, Freeze, Slow and Weaken						Zombie

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Daboo of the Dead's spritesheet

Daboo of the Dead's moving animation

Daboo of the Dead's attack animation

Daboo of the Dead on the The Big Z Meow Medal

Trivia

• His name is derived from the Japanese word debu, meaning "fat" or "chubby". This is more obvious with his Japanese name, that being Debuu.
• Amongst the first seven Advent Bosses, Daboo of the Dead represents the sin of gluttony.
• He bears more than a passing resemblance to Oogie Boogie, the main antagonist of the Tim Burton movie The Nightmare Before Christmas.
  • This can be further supported by the fact that his Italian name is "Babau of the Death", with Oogie Boogie's being "Bau Bau".
• His minimum money drop bring 4,444 is likely a reference to how, in Japanese, one of the two pronunciations for the number 4 sounds exactly like the Japanese word for death. Moreover, his English name has four words while his Japanese name has four syllables (亡者デブウ, Mō-ja De-buu).
• Prior to the Version 5.10 Update, he had Long Distance with an effective range of 0~800.
• He is the first non-collab enemy to have Omni Strike and the first non-stationary enemy besides Walpurgisnacht to have any immunities.
• He is tied with Johnnyleon for the highest health of all Zombies.
• He has most of his stats in a multiple of 3, sporting 3 million health, 30,000 attack damage, 300 range, 3 knockbacks, slowing cats for 300f and reviving with 300,000 health after 600f.
• He shares all of his immunities with the unit Parade of the Dead drops, Curling Cat (minus Immune to Warp, which wasn't given to Curling Cat until Version 6.5).

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/enemy/319.html

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