Psychocat (Rare Cat)

Psychocat is a Rare Cat that can be unlocked by playing the Rare Cat Capsule. His True Form was added in Version 6.5, which gives him higher health, attack rate and movement speed.

Cat Unit # 197
Rare Cat
Psychocat Neo Psychocat Corrupted Psychocat Psychocat Neo Psychocat Corrupted Psychocat

Evolution

Evolves into Neo Psychocat at level 10.

Evolves into Corrupted Psychocat at level 30 using Catfruit and XP.

Performance

+ 50% chance to slow down the movement of Alien enemies for 4 seconds

Pros

• Good range
• Fairly cheap
• Somewhat fast recharge time

Cons

• Low attack power
• Single Target
• Mediocre health
• Slow movement speed [Normal, Evolved]

Class
Class
Normal	Crowd-Controller
Evolved		{{{EvolvedClass}}}
True	{{{TrueClass}}}

In order to classify Cat Units, see here

Strategy/Usage

This is a very useful support cat for nearly all of Into the Future, some parts of Cats of the Cosmos, and Alien-heavy levels in Stories of Legend. Alongside Surfer Cat, this cat is exceptional at controlling alien enemies and keeping their threat level to a minimum. Stacks of Neo Psychocats keep Alien enemies at a distance while your anti-Alien heavy hitters like Macho Leg and Chill Cat beat them to a pulp, he also outranges both Raging Bahamut Cat and Corrupted Valkyrie, allowing you to keep them slowed so your Uber Rares and Legend Cats rip them to shreds.

True Form

Corrupted Psychocat gains more health, doubled speed, less time between attacks and a faster attack animation. The health improvement is minor, but it is still nice regardless. The doubled speed is a great help. One of Psychocat's main issues was his abysmally low speed. This would allow the threat advance a lot farther whilst Psychocat is trying to get to the frontline. This increase in speed fixes this issue which allows Psychocat to neutralize the threat before it pushes too far forward. The less time between attacks and a faster attack animation increase his reliability at slowing Aliens and is just a nice improvement in general.

Talents

Corrupted Psychocat has the potential to become quite a bit better, once his talents are unlocked. Target Zombie allows him to aid the otherwise unreliable alternatives in stalling zombies, but he can't hope to live long; Health up isn't enough of an improvement to fix the low survivability, but helps. Weaken and Slow Up are the most important abilities, after possibly Zombie Target, as they improve this unit's performance by quite a lot. What isn't addressed by the talents is the lack of Area Attacks, which still limits Psychocat to single threats, rather than groups of enemies.

Freeze resistance should be avoided, as Psychocat is unlikely to survive hits in the first place.

Cat Combo

Combo	Units	Cat Images	Effect
X-Files	[Rare] Neo Psychocat [Normal] UFO Cat		Cat Cannon Power Up (Sm)

Description

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Cat Unit # 197		Rare Cat
Psychocat
		EN Description
		Bends metal when excited. Loves cereal, but always ends up with a useless spoon before he can eat. Sometimes slows Alien movement.
Neo Psychocat
		EN Description
		His happiness opens up extradimensional portals. Don't accept his invitation to play catch-ball. Sometimes slows Alien movement.
Corrupted Psychocat
		EN Description
		All will be consumed by the portals he creates. Soon he himself will be sucked into the dark realms. Sometimes slows Alien movement.

Cat Unit # 197		Rare Cat
サイキックネコ
		JP Script
		テンションが上がると周りの金属が曲がってしまうネコ カレーを目の前に冷静さを保つ方法を探している エイリアンの動きをたまに遅くする
		EN Translation
		When excited, this cat bends all metal around him. Currently searching for a way to keep calm, even when presented with curry. Sometimes slows down the movement of aliens.
ネオサイキックネコ
		JP Script
		近づくものすべてが異変を起こす超常現象ネコ キャッチボール中に消えた友達を探している エイリアンの動きをたまに遅くする
		EN Translation
		Getting too close to this supernatural cat may cause. . . changes. Searching for a friend he lost inside of his ball. Sometimes slows down the movement of aliens.
デビルサイキックネコ
		JP Script
		近づくものすべてブラックホールに吸い込むネコ 最後に自分も吸い込まれることは薄々気づいている エイリアンの動きをたまに遅くする
		EN Translation
		Sucks anything that approaches into his black hole. Vaguely realising that he's getting sucked in as well. Sometimes slows down the movement of aliens.

Cost

• Chapter 1: 350¢
• Chapter 2: 525¢
• Chapter 3: 700¢

Upgrade Cost

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
0x	0	8,000	12,200	17,800	24,800	33,200	43,000	54,200	66,800	80,800	340,800
1x	10,000	16,000	24,400	35,600	49,600	66,400	86,000	108,400	133,600	161,600	691,600
2x	15,000	24,000	36,600	53,400	74,400	99,600	129,000	162,600	200,400	242,400	1,037,400
3x	17,500	28,000	42,700	62,300	86,800	116,200	150,500	189,700	233,800	282,800	1,200,300
4x	20,000	32,000	48,800	71,200	99,200	132,800	172,000	216,800	267,200	323,200	1,383,200
Total XP Cost											4,653,300

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

Stats

Psychocat
Health	Attack Power	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack animation	Recharge Time
380 HP	50 damage (14.29 DPS)	365	105f 3.5 seconds	6	3 times	66f 2.2s (38f 1.27s backswing)	16.67 - 7.87 seconds
Health (Lv.30)	Attack Power (Lv.30)	Attack Type	Special Ability
6,460 HP	850 damage (242.86 DPS)	Single Target	50% chance to slow Alien enemies for 120f 4 seconds
Neo Psychocat
Health (Lv.30)	Attack Power (Lv.30)	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack animation	Recharge Time
7,480 HP	1,020 damage (291.43 DPS)	365	105f 3.5 seconds	6	3 times	66f 2.2s (38f 1.27s backswing)	16.67 - 7.87 seconds
Attack Type	Special Ability
Single Target	50% chance to slow Alien enemies for 120f 4 seconds
Corrupted Psychocat
Health (Lv.30)	Attack Power (Lv.30)	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack animation	Recharge Time
9,520 HP	1,020 damage (430.99 DPS)	365	71f 2.37 seconds	12	3 times	42f 1.4s (29f 0.97s backswing)	16.67 - 7.87 seconds
Lv.MAX		Attack Type	Special Ability
Lv.50+80		Single Target	50% chance to slow Alien enemies for 120f 4 seconds

*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 Psychocat's stats.

Catfruit Evolution

3	2	2	1	2	200,000

3	2
2	1
2	200,000

Talents

• Weaken: Adds 30% chance to reduce attack power to 30% for 39f ^{1.3 seconds}, increased by 9f ^{0.3 seconds} per level up to 120f ^{4 seconds}. (Total Cost: 95 NP)
• Slow: Upgrades slow duration by 12f ^{0.4 seconds}, increased by 2f ^{0.07 seconds} per level up to 30f ^{1 second}. (Total Cost: 75 NP)
• Resist Freeze: Reduces freeze duration by 16%, increased by 6% per level up to 70%. (Total Cost: 75 NP)
• Target Zombie (Cost: 50 NP)
• Defense Buff: Upgrades health by 2% per level up to 20%. (Total Cost: 75 NP)

Appearance

• Normal Form: A cat with black hair and a spoon in one of its paws. Attacks by enlarging the spoon and smacking the target, bending and losing the spoon in the process. Regains spoon before attack animation ends. Eyes glow gray while enlarging the spoon.
• Evolved Form: Loses the spoon, his hair is now white and his suit ripped. Has a small portal floating above his hands. Attacks by charging the portal before flinging it at target into small explosion. Eyes glow purple instead during attack animation.
• True Form: Levitates in the air. His hair flows upwards wildly. He has black headphones, a black suit and a black poncho/cape. He radiates a purple aura. His eyes also glow purple. Has a purple galaxy-shaped object hovering near his arm (presumably a portal). Explosion is greater. Also, a purple aura emerges for an instant around the projectile and cat during attack animation, eyes glowing even darker purple in that instant.

Gallery

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Trivia

• His normal form looks similar to 009/Joe Shimamura from Cyborg 009. The shawl and the uniform also resemble the cyborg group's uniform. The spoon is a clear reference to famous illusionist and self-proclaimed psychic Uri Geller (potentially by way of his Pokémon, Alakazam).
• The evolved form's description is a reference to the battle between Gotenks and Super Buu in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, in the saga Dragon Ball Z. His appearance is basically a Super Saiyan.
• Corrupted Psychocat's description is somewhat like the mindset of the Final Fantasy villain Xande and Neo Exdeath. Their goals are both the result of a corruption and plan to eventually bring the whole of the universe into nothingness.
• Psychocat is currently the only Rare Cat to have both movement speed and attack speed increased in True Form.
• The Galaxy-shaped object in its true form resembles Frieza's Death Slicer.

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/unit/198.html

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