Oncoming Maelstrom (Japanese: 天罰 Tenbatsu, Lit. Divine Punishment) is the 4th Cyclone Stage. It appears every Saturday. Upon completion, players have a 30% chance to unlock Clockwork Cat.
Contents
Battleground
- Gabriel appears as a peon.
- Heavenly Hippoe appears as support.
- Divine Cyclone appears for the first time as a boss once the base is hit.
- There is also an Angel Fanboy, which appears during the boss fight to remind the player that the Divine Cyclone is immune to anti-Floating effects.
Strategy
Due to Divine Cyclone's high attack and lack of knockbacks, the use of anti-angel Cats with slow, freeze or knockback abilities is mandatory. Ubers such as Princess Kaguya or Momotaro can trivialize the stage, but, if not using ubers, one must rely on Stilts Cat or the 2 Super Rares that target angels instead. The Grateful Crane's base form with its fast attack speed and good knockback chance is incredibly effective in tandem with Stilts Cat.
Strategy 1
Lineup: Artist Cat (Eraser if Artist isn't an option), 2 other meatshields, Paris Cat, Stilts Cat, Crazed Bahamut Cat and other anti angels you may have.
With Stilts Cat, this stage becomes easy, although slightly unreliable, as Stilts Cat can stun-lock Divine Cyclone into never getting an attack. Therefore, heavily spam Stilts Cats while sending out meatshields, Paris and Bahamut Cat as needed.
Strategy 2 (Cheese)
Lineup: Dark Cat, Dark Lazer (Power of Darkness), Bony Bone and Biohazard research combos, Ramen Cat, Professor Cat Jobs (TF recommended), and any high DPS cats.
Professor Cat Jobs’ range is higher than Divine Cyclone’s range, so if you use Professor Cat Jobs to weaken Divine Cyclone, it is powerless against Ramen Cats. It will only do 1% of its damage, and it will be permanently weakened thanks to your weaken combo. After it is weakened, use any high DPS cats such as A. Bahamut, Kalisa, etc.
Strategy 3
Lineup: Sanzo Cat with Angel Target talent, any high DPS cats.
Sanzo's angel target makes this stage a complete joke. Every single enemy here are short ranged angel enemies (excluding Angel Fanboy), meaning stacking up Sanzo can permanently slow everything in the level. It's basically a free win from there, spam your high DPS cats to kill the cyclone quickly.
Sanzo's survive talent works well here too, in case your cats aren't very strong and Divine Cyclone is able to reach your Sanzo stack through the permaslow.
Note: Because this strategy requires talents, this strategy will not be possible if you haven't beaten Into the Future Chapter 3.
Trivia
- Oncoming Maelstrom was the first level added to the game to contain Angel enemies.
Walkthrough
| Video | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Battle Cats- Oncoming Maelstrom (Angel Cyclone) |
MetalAppleSauce | True Forms |
