Dolphina

Dolphina (イルカ娘 Iruka Musume, "Dolphin Daughter" or "Dolphin Girl") is a Traitless enemy that appears in Legend Stages and The Aku Realms.

Dolphina
Information
First Appearance:	SoL: Sub-chapter 38 - No Return Flights
Latest Appearance:	UL: Sub-chapter 26 - Curry Comet
Money Drop:	750¢ - 2,953¢

Enemy

This enemy has powerful Long Distance attacks that can reach to 350~650 but has merely 150 standing range, which is well within her blind spot. Dolphina also possesses 450k health and extremely fast movement speed, and is nearly always seen in groups. This may all sound insane for an enemy of this caliber, but fortunately she has 30 knockbacks.

Strategy

Dolphina's many knockbacks can dramatically increase her survivability, so units with high damage per hit are preferred in most stages. Use strong attackers with short enough range to enter her blind spot, like Dancing Flasher Cat or Crazed Sexy Legs Cat. The best strategy against Dolphina is to use "ranged meatshields" or few or no meatshields and attackers with short range or short attack animations. Saber is ideal against Dolphina, as long as you don't spawn any meatshields as long as she is outside of Dolphina's effective range.

Rushers such as Awakened Bahamut Cat, Li'l Valkyrie, Maglev Cat are best used without meatshields. You can also use tanky units like Artist Cat, Jamiera Cat and Crazed M. Titan Cat to get into Dolphina's blind spot as they will take full advantage of her 30 knockbacks.

It is most preferable to use slower meatshields, but only if they can tank at least two hits. This stops Dolphina's attack from being triggered too quickly, similarly to a strategy used against Lord Gravey and Miss Haka, and this gives your cats more time to deal damage to knock her back. If she has support enemies such as the Master A. and Rain Ds in No Return Flights, it is best to either use mid-range cats with high health or spammable mid-range units so they can stack enough to prevent the Dolphinas from ever attacking, which can quickly cripple a stack of cats. Wave Attackers and Surge Attackers can also be very effective.

Dictionary

Switch EN/JP

Enemy Unit # 318		Traitless
Dolphina
		EN Description
		Often seen riding on the last train home after a night of partying. Now she reflects upon her careless youth, and vows to improve. Only overslept for work 3 times last week.

Enemy Unit # 318		Traitless
イルカ娘 (Iruka Musume, "Dolphin Daughter" or "Dolphin Girl")
		JP Script
		汽車にのって東京から帰ってきたイルカの 娘さん。ふざけすぎた過去を反省し、 今はまじめに働いている。 先週は3回しか遅刻しなかった。
		EN Translation
		The daughter of a dolphin who came back from Tokyo on a train. Reflecting on her careless youth, she now works diligently. Was only late to work 3 times last week.

Variant

Name	Appearance	Information
Kid Tappa		The Starred Alien version of Dolphina. Deals very low damage and has short reach, but has high health and a Barrier with a breaking point of 15,000. Basically the enemy version of Zamboney Cat, as he's deployed as a tank for more powerful enemies.

Encounters

The Aku Realms

• Stage 32: United Kingdom/Nagano (100%)

Stories of Legend

• Stage 38-6: No Return Flights (100%)
• Stage 39-5: The Sauna Crew (100%)
• Stage 40-2: Romantic Highway (100%)
• Stage 43-4: Chupacabra Love (100%)
• Stage 48-5: False Resurrection (100%)

Uncanny Legends

• Stage 9-1: Escolar Coast (200%)
• Stage 16-6: Lamb's Boudoir (100%)
• Stage 20-3: Demon COO (100%)
• Stage 23-6: Cursing the Curser (100%)
• Stage 26-1: Curry Comet (100%)

Event Stages

• Heavenly Tower: Floor 35 (100%)

Stats

Dolphina
Health	Attack Power	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack Animation
450,000 HP	7,500 damage (2,184 DPS)	150 (Area Attack)	103f 3.43 seconds	36	30 times	44f 1.47s (30f 1s backswing)
Special Ability						Type
Long Distance (Effective Range: 350~650)						Traitless

Gallery

Dolphina's spritesheet

Dolphina's attack animation

Dolphina's moving animation

Trivia

• Her Japanese name, Iruka Musume (Dolphin Girl), is a reference to the anime and manga Squid Girl, whose Japanese name is Ika Musume.
• Dolphina and the first stage she appears in, No Return Flights, both reference songs by folk singer Iruka, whose stage name literally means "dolphin":
  • Dolphina's description pulls from the 1975 song "Nagori Yuki", as it mentions riding a train (from Tokyo no less, in her Japanese description), a careless youth, and wasting time without realizing it.
  • No Return Flights' Japanese name, Mō Riku ni wa Kaerenai ("Can't Return to Land Anymore") is an obvious play on the title of the 1985 song "Mō Umi ni wa Kaerenai" ("Can't Return to Sea Anymore").
    • Both songs are featured in this video.
• Dolphina (and possibly the whole of Cutpurse Coast) were planned for update 5.10, but for some reason, her enemy ID was empty.
• Along with Johnnyleon, she has the lowest standing range of all Long Distance Enemies.

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/enemy/320.html

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