Miyamoku Musashi (Special Cat)

This article is about the Cat Unit. For the enemy, see Inumusha (Zombie).

Not to be confused with Musashi Miyamoto.

Miyamoku Musashi is a Special Cat that can be unlocked when beating Multiversal Studios. True Form added in Version 7.0 increases health and damage, grants Zombie Killer, Curse immunity and a chance to freeze Relic enemies.

Cat Unit # 323
Special Cat (Legend)
Miyamoku Musashi Heroic Musashi Awakened Musashi Miyamoku Musashi Heroic Musashi Awakened Musashi

Evolution

Evolves into Heroic Musashi at level 10.

Evolves into Awakened Musashi at level 30 using Catfruit after completing Eldritch Forces.

Performance

+ Immune to Waves
+ 30% chance to freeze Relic enemies for 3 seconds [True]
+ Immune to Curse [True]
+ Zombie Killer [True]

Pros

• Decent health and attack power [True]

Cons

• Low attack rate, knockback count and movement speed
• Long recharge time
• Low DPS [Normal, Evolved]

Class
Class
Normal	Backliner
Evolved		{{{EvolvedClass}}}
True	{{{TrueClass}}}

In order to classify Cat Units, see here

Strategy/Usage

Musashi is an overall decent ranged anti-wave unit. He does a good job against most wave attackers, like Pigeon de Sable, Kory, and even Hermit Cat, provided you have a decent lineup. Unlike Ururun, his attack rate is too slow for him to fend for himself, meaning you must protect him well when using him in stages like Tiny Fists.

The most important parts about him in Normal and Evolved Form are his recharge time and wave immunity, as you will usually be able to get another Mushashi out when the original dies. Unless you happen to have certain Talented Rare or Uber Rare Cats, his wave immunity is important across the entire game, and only replicated by a Talented Dancer Cat in restriction stages. This also applies to his True Form.

True Form

Awakened Mushashi gains the Zombie Killer, Freeze Relic, and Immune to Curse abilities, along with increased health and attack power. Zombie Killer is an odd ability as he does not fare well against them, since common Zombies will usually burrow into his range and knock him back, something exacerbated by his low KB count. He is, however, one of the only non-Uber Zombie Killers to outrange Cadaver Bear.

His freeze ability against Relics isn't the worst, and serves as extra support, provided he isn't outranged by the Relic enemy in question. The duration of his ability is a nice 3 seconds, which serves as reprieve for that amount of time. Immune to Curse serves to make it absolute that he will not lose his ability, but the largest problem is that his activation chance is very low, at only 30%, meaning the effective uptime is often much lower and cannot be relied upon.

His attack and health increases are very good, and allow him to remain semi-relevant to the Uncanny Legends meta. But, most importantly, this allows him to dominate in 4-Crown Stories of Legend, which was a bit of an issue beforehand, meaning you will likely use him for Stories of Legend more than anything else. If you are looking for a good use of your Elder Catfruit and want to get a Cat that performs well in Uncanny Legends or for general use, then investing in Slapstick Cats, Awakened Mina, or Awakened Ururun would be a better idea.

Cat Combo

Combo	Units	Cat Images	Effect
Greatswords	[Special] Miyamoku Musashi [Uber Rare] Takeda Shingen		Cat Cannon Power Up (M)

Description

Switch EN/JP

Cat Unit # 323		Special Cat
Miyamoku Musashi
		EN Description
		Appearing in a cursed play, a handsome actor became possessed by ghostly samurai Cat. Unharmed by wave attacks. (Area Attack)
Heroic Musashi
		EN Description
		Powerful psychic energy overexposes any film near him; his movie career is officially over. Unharmed by wave attacks. (Area Attack)
Awakened Musashi
		EN Description
		Made his big break as a cop with a ghost partner on the hit drama Karma Police (produced by Cat). Unharmed by wave attacks, might Freeze Relics.

Cat Unit # 323		Special Cat
宮木武蔵 (Miyagi Musashi, Musashi Miyagi)
		JP Script
		呪われた舞台「猫の怨返し」に出演したために 落ち武者ネコに取り付かれた貧乏役者 波動によるダメージを無効にする（範囲攻撃）
		EN Translation
		Appearing on the cursed stage of "The Cat's Hatred Returns", a penniless actor became possessed by a fallen warrior Cat. Immune to wave damage (Area Attack)
主演 宮木武蔵 (Shuen Miyagi Musashi, Leading Actor Musashi Miyagi)
		JP Script
		初主演を果たした映画ですべてのカットに心霊現象が 映り込み、作品がお蔵入りした不幸な貧乏役者 波動によるダメージを無効にする（範囲攻撃）
		EN Translation
		His first starring role in a movie was cancelled because every cut was affected by psychic phenomena. Immune to wave damage (Area Attack)
覚醒 宮木武蔵 (Kakusei Miyagi Musashi, Awakened Musashi Miyagi)
		JP Script
		悪霊と共に事件を解決するドラマ「仏滅ポリス」で 大ブレイクした役者。稼ぎの9割りはネコの懐に入る 波動ダメージを無効にし、たまに古代種の動きを止める
		EN Translation
		Made his big break solving cases with an evil spirit on the drama "Unlucky Day Police". Ninety percent of his earnings go into the Cat's pocket. Immune to wave damage, occasionally stops the movement of Ancient Species.

Cost

• Chapter 1: 3,200¢
• Chapter 2: 4,800¢
• Chapter 3: 6,400¢

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
Total XP Cost											10,281,650

• Level 30-49 upgrades cost Catseyes: 30-44 = 1 Catseye, 45-49 = 2 Catseyes

Stats

Miyamoku Musashi
Health	Attack Power	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack animation	Recharge Time
1,900 HP	1,900 damage (211.9 DPS)	400	269f (8.97 seconds)	5	3 times	42f 1.4s (93f 3.1s backswing)	160 - 151.2 seconds
Health (Lv.30)	Attack Power (Lv.30)	Attack Type	Special Ability
32,300 HP	32,300 damage (3,602.23 DPS)	Area Attack	Immune to Waves
Heroic Musashi
Health (Lv.30)	Attack Power (Lv.30)	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack animation	Recharge Time
32,300 HP	32,300 damage (3,602.23 DPS)	400	269f (8.97 seconds)	5	3 times	42f 1.4s (93f 3.1s backswing)	160 - 151.2 seconds
Attack Type	Special Ability
Area Attack	Immune to Waves
Awakened Musashi
Health (Lv.30)	Attack Power (Lv.30)	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack animation	Recharge Time
42,500 HP	42,500 damage (4,739.78 DPS)	400	269f (8.97 seconds)	5	3 times	42f 1.4s (93f 3.1s backswing)	160 - 151.2 seconds
Lv.MAX		Attack Type	Special Ability
40		Area Attack	30% chance to freeze Relic enemies for 90f 3 seconds Zombie Killer (stops Zombies from reviving) Immune to Waves and Curse

*First stats are 1st form's initial, second and third stats include 300% Empire of Cats Treasures; recharge time may vary.

*Time between attacks is the time from the attack's execution to the start of the next attack (includes backswing).

*For units with multi-hit attacks, attack animation is the part of the animation leading up to the first hit.

*Fruit Treasures not included.

*See this section to calculate Miyamoku Musashi's stats.

Catfruit Evolution

x10	x10	x10	x10	x1	1,000,000

x10	x10
x10	x10
x1	1,000,000

Appearance

• Normal Form: Looks like a young man wearing tattered pants without a shirt or shoes, but has a large, spiked shoulderguard on his right shoulder with dark markings on his arms, similar to Crazed Titan Cat. Wields a large sword with chains wrapped near the tip, with similar chains on his feet, which are dragged around by a big, ghostly Samurai Cat following behind. Has purple flames on his hands, feet and sword chain.
• Evolved Form: Now wears more ornate armor, his sword becomes more detailed and chained up, his pants turn black, and the ghostly Samurai Cat gets a better-looking helmet.
• True Form: Mostly the same, but in full color and with even more ornate equipment. A second smaller sword floats near the main one. The three flames around the Samurai Cat have turned into purple ghost-cats, with two more added above the smaller sword.

Gallery

• Miyamoku Musashi's attack animation
• Heroic Musashi's attack animation
• Awakened Musashi's attack animation
• Miyamoku Musashi on the Ronin's Redemption Meow Medal
• Miyamoku Musashi's spritesheet
• Heroic Musashi's spritesheet
• Awakened Musashi's spritesheet

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Trivia

• Prior to BCEN 5.10, Miyamoku Musashi was named Miyagi Musashi, which he is still called in BCJP.
• Prior to BCEN 8.0, Heroic Musashi was named Legendary Musashi.
• Miyamoto Musashi was a famous Japanese samurai in ancient times who was also a writer as well as being well known for a swordsman. It was rumored that he won 61 duels in a row and was apparently a record. Unlike Miyamoku Musashi, he usually handled battles with two swords, which is shown in the True Form through a second, smaller sword.
• Awakened Musashi's Japanese description mentions that he stars in the drama "Unlucky Day Police"; the term translated as "Unlucky Day" specifically is 仏滅 butsumetsu, one of the six rokuyō (a cycle of days on the Japanese calendar, each with a different fortune). Butsumetsu symbolizes the day Buddha died and is considered to be the unluckiest of the rokuyō.

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/unit/324.html

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