Daboo of the Dead (Zombie)

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
Money Drop:	4,444¢ - 17,553¢

Enemy

Daboo of the Dead is truly a massive threat, with a whopping 3,000,000 HP and 30,000 damage along with a massive Omni Strike range of 800, on top of that, he even has immunities to almost every debuff you can think of. 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 he has almost 100% uptime on his slow, 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 features, the better.

Meatshields that work great include Wushu Cat, boosted Ramen Cat, talented Riceball Cat and Manic Eraser Cat.

Titan Cat variants, especially Manic Jamiera, 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.

Do not worry too much about his revive ability. It takes a while for him to revive with relatively little health, plus Daboo is usually the last "major threat" to die in the first place. If he isn't Zombie-Killed, a level 20+ Holy Blast can be used to instantly finish him off due to only reviving with 10% max health, the exact percentage Holy Blast does to him.

Description

Switch EN/JP

Enemy Unit # 319		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 # 319		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.

Variant

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 in up to three hits.

Encounters

Event Stages

This enemy has always appeared at 100% strength magnification.

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

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 the movement of all Cat Units for 300f 10 seconds Omni Strike (Effective Range: -700~800) Revives with 10% HP after being dead for 600f 20 seconds (unlimited times) Immune to Knockback, Freeze, Slow and Weaken						Zombie

Gallery

Daboo of the Dead on the The Big Z Meow Medal

Daboo of the Dead's spritesheet

Trivia

• His name is derived from the Japanese word debu, meaning "fat" or "chubby". This is more obvious with his Japanese name, Dead 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.
• His minimum money drop (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.
• Prior to version 5.10, he had Long Distance with an effective range of 0~800.
• He has the longest revival delay of all Zombies, at 20 seconds.
• He is the first non-collab enemy to have Omni Strike and the first non-stationary enemy besides Walpurgisnacht to have any immunities.
• He has the highest health of all Advent Bosses and 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.

Reference

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

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