Dark Aegis Garu (Uber Rare Cat)

For the UBERFEST counterpart, see Baby Garu (Uber Rare Cat).

Dark Aegis Garu is an Uber Rare Cat released in the Version 10.5 Update that can be unlocked by playing the Rare Cat Capsule during the EPICFEST or SUPERFEST gacha events.

Cat Unit # 609
Uber Rare Cat
Dark Aegis Garu Dark Beastlord Garu Dark Aegis Garu File:Shadowgaru1.png Dark Beastlord Garu File:Shadowgaru2.png

Evolution

Evolves into Dark Beastlord Garu at level 10.

Performance

+ Resistant against Traitless enemies
+ Strengthens by 100% at 50% health [Evolved]
+ 100% chance to survive a lethal strike [Evolved]
+ 100% chance to cause a level 5 Mini-Wave
+ Immune to Waves
+ Omni Strike

Pros

• Great health
• Decent DPS

Cons

• Long cooldown
• Slow movement speed
• High cost
• Long attack animation
• Low standing range

Class
Class
Normal	Tanker
Evolved		{{{EvolvedClass}}}
True			{{{TrueClass}}}
Ultra	{{{UltraClass}}}

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Strategy/Usage

Dark Aegis Garu is an interesting unit, similar to normal Garu like all EPICFEST units are to their UBERFEST counterparts, but still has mostly different usage and an extra ability only gained in his Evolved Form.

Although seeming much better than Garu at first glance, he still shares many of the same weaknesses: High cost, egregiously long recharge time, slow movement speed, a long attack animation and slow movement speed, along with no immunities apart from Immune to Waves like some other tankers.

His usage against Traitless enemies varies a lot, notably the best he works against are the weaker ones that are encountered early on in the game, such as Jackie Peng, Hippoe, Le'boin and the like, but those don't matter too much in the grand scheme of things. Generalist value for Dark Aegis Garu is explained more in-depth below, but note that normal Garu still has more generalist usage than Dark Aegis Garu against Traited enemies.

Common Traitless enemies that he can be used against well goes as follows:

• Against Dolphina, he works well against for the most part, but can be used as a stepping stone for your other units to get hit by Dolphina.
• Against Dober P.D, it is basically the same situation as Dolphina, except Dober has higher DPS.
• Against Kory, it is the same situation as Dolphina.
• Against Master A., he works extremely well against, basically nothing can stop him except for other peons that may or may not get in his way, such as the Zrocos present in Pasta Desert.
• Against Mr. Mer, he has the tankiness for, but none of the stages Mr. Mer has appeared in has yet had the optimal environment for Dark Aegis Garu to work well in, so take this with a grain of salt.
• Against Camelle, is the same situation as Mr. Mer for the most part. Some stages Camelle appears in has a very bad environment for Dark Aegis Garu, such as Surviving Herd, and others like Chubby B. Goode he can work very well against Camelle in.
• Against THE SLOTH, THE SLOTH has low enough DPS to not leave that big of an impact on Dark Aegis Garu for each hit, as well as not really appearing in any problematic stages for Dark Aegis Garu.
• Against Dagshund, it is the same situation as Camelle.
• Against Celeboodle, just don't let any of them get near him due to their extremely high DPS, and Dark Aegis Garu will be perfectly fine.
• Against Otta-smack-u, it is the same situation as Camelle, just worse for Dark Aegis Garu in most cases.
• Against Wall Doge, there is really just nothing Wall Doge has that can stop him.

Common Traitless enemies that he does not good or bad against goes as follows:

• Against Bore Jr., his DPS is so high that usually Dark Aegis Garu is not what you will need for a group of them other than just stalling them for a little while, not to mention a lot of the stages Bore Jr. appears in don't require Dark Aegis Garu's tankiness and just require killing them as quickly as possible.
• Against R. Ost, extremely high DPS even for Dark Aegis Garu's tankiness, will not be able to hold his own for that long in most of the stages R. Ost appears in. However, Dark Aegis Garu can still be used as a attacker against R. Ost while dealing decent DPS.

Common Traitless enemies that he does not do good against goes as follows:

• Against Mr. Mole, invade his blindspot or get Dark Aegis Garu in a situation where he is constantly knocked back without Dark Aegis Garu being able to do much of anything.
• Against Henry, same as Mr. Mole, except a lot worse due to freeze instead of knockback.
• Against H. Nah, same as Mr. Mole except there is no longer a blindspot, therefore a lot worse.

For generalist usage, treat him similarly Maeda Keiji or Baby Cat, as he has generally similar features to them, while outdoing some of the thing Baby Cat can do, and nearly everything Keiji can do, with the added benefit of being useful without a True Form, as Keiji and Baby Cat are not good until true form. However, his recharge time for a mid-ranger makes him fall behind said Ubers. This can luckily be fixed by getting him to level 40, allowing him to be used safely as an occasional replacement.

At level 50, Dark Aegis Garu will be able to do over 10,000 DPS unstrengthened! You will not regret investing into him. Again, he’s still very hard to use over Cats in the Cradle and Immortal Keiji, and it’s all because of his long recharge and monstrous cost. Luckily, you can potentially be rewarded for your risks.

Dictionary

Switch EN/JP

Cat Unit # 609		Uber Rare Cat
Dark Aegis Garu
		EN Description
		Mirror version of the stalwart guardian beast, born into a cold, harsh reality. Tough vs Traitless, Mini-Wave Omnistrikes, with Wave Immunity.
Dark Beastlord Garu
		EN Description
		A vision of despair by one who could not protect those most dear to them.Tough vs Traitless, Mini-Wave Omni- strikes get stronger after damage, with Wave Immunity.

Cat Unit # 609		Uber Rare Cat
黒獣ガルディアン (Kurojū Garudian, Black Beast Gardian)
		JP Script
		{{{cat_jpscript1}}}
		EN Translation
		Another Gardian born in a cold world Being struck by an enemy without attributes, it emits small waves Disable wave damage (Omnidirectional attack)
帝獣ダークガルディアン (Mikadojū Dākugarudian, Imperial Beast Dark Gardian)
		JP Script
		誰も守れず絶望する者の前にのみ現れる幻のネコ 属性を持たない敵に打たれ強く、小波動を放ち 波動を無効にして体力低下で攻撃力上昇(全方位攻撃)
		EN Translation
		A phantom cat that appears only in front of those who cannot protect and despair Being struck by an enemy without attributes, it emits small waves Attack power increases by disabling wave motion and lowering physical strength (Omnidirectional attack)

Cost

• Chapter 1: 3,600¢
• Chapter 2: 5,400¢
• Chapter 3: 7,200¢

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
5x	35,100	44,100	66,600	98,100	191,250	289,350	419,400	531,000	888,300	2,310,750	4,873,950
Total XP Cost											19,488,000

• Level 30-59 upgrades cost Catseyes: 30-44 and 50-54 = 1 Catseye, 45-49 and 55-59 = 2 Catseyes

Stats

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Appearance

• Normal Form: Similar to Garu, but with a black, white, and blue color scheme.
• Evolved Form: Basically the Normal Form but with more white and blue. His mouth is now open with what is probably angery.

Gallery

BlackBeastGuardianSpritesheet.png

Dark Aegis Garu's Sprite Sheet

ImperialBlackBeastGuardianSpritesheet.png

Imperial Dark Aegis Garu's Sprite Sheet

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/unit/610.html

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