Guided by Currents (Merciless)

Guided by Currents (Merciless) is the first stage in Top of the Bog. Completing this stage for the first time will yield a reward of 1,000,000 XP. This is a No Continues stage.

Stage Information
Energy:	200
Enemy Base's Health:	1,000,000 HP
Enemies:	- Those Guys (1,500%) - Scissoroo (1,200%) - The Thrillerz (200%)
Enemy Boss:	- Kappy Jr. (100%)
Treasure:	- 1,000,000 XP (100%, 1 time)
Misc. Information
Restriction:	Rarity: Only Normal, Rare, Uber Rare and Legend Rare No Continues
XP earned:	3,800 XP
Stage Width:	4,800
Max number of Enemies:	12
Japanese Version Information
JP Name:	Give Yourself to the Flow of the River Super-Extreme
Script:	河の流れに身をまかせ 超極ムズ
Romaji:	Kawa no Nagare ni Mi o Makase Chō Goku Muzu
Location Information
Max ♛ Difficulty	1♛
Event Map:	Top of the Bog
Difficulty:	★10
Prev. Stage:	N/A
Next Stage:	Water Conservancy (Merciless)
Requirement:	Complete Bottom of the Swamp

Restrictions

Rarity: Only Normal, Rare, Uber Rare, and Legend Rare.

Battleground

• 2 Those Guys spawn after 6.67 seconds^200f, delay 3.33~5.33 seconds^100f~160f.
• 1 Scissoroo spawns after 10 seconds^300f.
• Infinite Thrillerz spawn after 33.33 seconds^1,000f, delay 26.67~33.33 seconds^800f~1,000f.
• 3 Thrillerz spawn after 93.33 seconds^2,800f, delay 13.33~16 seconds^400f~480f.
• 3 Thrillerz spawn after 120 seconds^3,600f, delay 16~20 seconds^480f~600f.
• 3 Thrillerz spawn after 173.33 seconds^5,200f, delay 10~16.67 seconds^300f~500f.
• 3 Thrillerz spawn after 233.33 seconds^7,000f, delay 8~14.67 seconds^240f~440f.
• When the base reaches 99% HP:
  • 1 Kappy Jr. spawns as the boss.
  • Infinite Those Guys spawn, delay 12~14 seconds^360f~420f.
  • 1 Scissoroo spawns.
  • Infinite Scissoroos spawn, delay 48~52 seconds^{1,440f~1,560f}.
  • 2 Thrillerz spawn, delay 2~4 seconds^60f~120f.
• When the base reaches 75% HP:
  • 2 Scissoroos spawn, delay 28~30.67 seconds^840f~920f.

Strategy

This stage may seem much more difficult due to the inability to use cats such as Pizza Cat, Awakened Bahamut, Cyberpunk Cat or even the ability to cheese it with Healer Cat CC, but If you have Macho Crystal Cat, Tourist Cat, and Stone Cat, this stage isn't even harder at all.

Recommended Ubers

• Just like the original stage, you have to try and make Kappy Jr. miss constantly by using the Scissoroos or knocking him back. Some useful Ubers for this stage include: all EPICFEST Ubers and units like Assassinlan Pasalan and Piccolan Pasalan. It's recommended you don't bring Ubers with Crowd-Control abilities anyways though, since they may alter your Boulder Cat's timing.
• Talented Divine Myrcia: With Surge Immunity, Myrcia can safely chip down Kappy while simultaneously killing swathes of minor peons using her Waves. Keep an eye on the Scissoroos though, as she'll be gone in a blink if they find an opening to her.

Walkthrough

Video	Player	Notes
Top of The Bog, Stone Cat vs Kappy Jr - The Battle Cats	Lucas IV	Research Combos & Boulder Cat timing
絶・ほの暗い沼の底から 河の流れに身をまかせ 超極ムズ 無課金攻略 【にゃんこ大戦争】	7 / しち	Cheese, not recommended due to precise timings/levels

Trivia

• Guided by Currents' Japanese name, Kawa no Nagare ni Mi o Makase ("Give Yourself to the Flow of the River"), is a reference to "Toki no Nagare ni Mi o Makase" ("Give Yourself to the Flow of Time"), a Japanese song by Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng.

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/stage/s01243-01.html