March to Death (Merciless)

March to Death is the second stage in Dead by Encore. When clearing this stage, the player is guaranteed to unlock the True Form of Curling Cat, Green Shell Cat. This is a No Continues stage.

Stage Information
Energy:	200
Enemy Base's Health:	1,200,000 HP
Enemies:	- Metal Doge (Metal) (300%) - Metal One Horn (Metal) (300%) - Super Metal Hippoe (Metal) (300%) - Sir Metal Seal (Metal) (300%)
Enemy Boss:	- Daboo of the Dead (Zombie) (100%)
Treasure:	- Curling Cat's True Form (100%)
Misc. Information
XP earned:	3,800 XP
Stage Width:	6,000
Max number of Enemies:	10
Japanese Version Information
JP Name:	Death March
Script:	デス・マーチ
Romaji:	Desu māchi
Location Information
Event Map:	Dead by Encore
Difficulty:	Merciless
Prev. Stage:	Prisoner's Progress (Deadly)
Next Stage:	N/A

Battleground

• At the start of the battle, a Metal One Horn spawns with 1 more after 6.67 seconds^200f and 10 seconds^300f.
• After 16.67 seconds^500f, Daboo of the Dead spawns as the boss.
• After 30 seconds^900f, 5 Metal Doges spawn, delay 5~10 seconds^150f~300f.
• After 80 seconds^2,400f, 5 Metal Doges spawn, delay 10~20 seconds^300f~600f.
• After 100 seconds^3,000f, 1 Super Metal Hippoe spawns.
• After 103.33 seconds^3,100f, 1 Super Metal Hippoe spawns.
• After 180 seconds^5,400f, infinite Metal Doges spawn, delay 30~60 seconds^900f~1,800f.
• After 183.33 seconds^5,500f, 1 Sir Metal Seal spawns.

Strategy

The key to success here is killing the metal seal; do that while your base isn't about to be destroyed and you basically win. As for Daboo, dealing damage to him can wait, so any damage dealt before only serves to knock him back.

High level Noodle Cat and Modern Cat are great meatshields, while 2 Soba Cats can take away most of SMS's hp.

Sniper, Rich Cat and an accounting combo are recommended, as well as the Holy Blast.

Strategy 1 (Ft. Paladin)

Lineup: Doctor Cat (31+3), Manic Island (40), Island Cat (20+42), Miss Moneko (30), Corrupted Moneko (30), Metal Macho (20), Catasaurus (40+5, max crit talent), Mochi Cat (30), Waitress Cat (30+), Paladin Cat (30+).

Paladin isn't mandatory, but greatly increases your chances of success. Cameraman can be a much less reliable substitute, or you can use other strong crit. hitters.

Doctor Cat, Manic Island, Fish Cat, Moneko and Crazed Moneko are mainly present for their combos, Moby Dick and Miracle Performance.

Cat Cannon: Breakerblast or Normal

Items: Worker Cat Max, Sniper the Cat (both mandatory)

1. Spawn Catasaurus along with Metal Macho and Corrupted Moneko to kill the 3 Metal Rhinos.
2. Summon few units sparingly to kill the metal doges.
3. Continuously spawn Metal Machos to stall Daboo at bay (if you are clearing metal doges with ease, then consider spawning a couple Islands to do minor damage to Daboo.
4. Very soon 2 Super Metal Hippoes will advance towards you; spam all of your anti-metal cats with the exception of Waitress and Paladin. The Hippoes will inevitably push towards your base and hopefully you kill one before Daboo gets close enough to strike your base. Time Waitress or Paladin to kill the other while there is an opening.
5. If you kill the Hippoes quick enough, spam Metal Macho along with dual Islands and critters to damage Daboo and clear the peons. You should have pushed Daboo back to 1/2 - 1/3 of the way to enemy base with damage from cats and sniper the cat by this point.
6. Buffed Metal Seal will spawn. Spam everything except Waitress and Paladin. Let them land some critical hits and if you feel like Daboo is getting too close, spawn Paladin and pray he lands his first hit. You may also spawn waitress just in case. If you are lucky, they will kill Sir Metal Seal.
7. Once Metal Seal is dead you need to send out Metal Macho + Manic Island + Island to take down Daboo while paying attention to your timing and adding the neede critters when Metal Doges get in the way.
8. Eventually, Daboo will die and you wil win.

Walkthrough

Video	Player	Notes
The battle cats - March to Death (Merciless)(catasaurus+manic island)	yohane	Needs Lv.1 Holy Blast or higher

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/stage/s01205-02.html