Pumpcat is a Rare Cat that can be unlocked when beating any stage in #01 Sugar Struggle. True Form added in Version 11.9 grants Strong against Black enemies and Behemoth Slayer.
Cat Unit # 227 |
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Rare Cat |
Evolution[]
Evolves into Cat O'Lantern at level 10.
Evolves into Harbinger Cat at level 30 using Behemoth Stones and XP.
Performance[]
+ 20% chance to freeze Black enemies [Evolved, True]
+ Strong against Black enemies [True]
+ Behemoth Slayer [True]
Pros[]
- Fast cooldown [Normal]
- Low cost [Normal]
- Decent range [Evolved, True]
Cons[]
- Low health and attack power
- Single Target
- Low freeze chance and duration [Evolved, True]
- High cost [Evolved, True]
Class | ||
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Normal | Meatshield | |
Evolved | Combo Slave & Crowd-Controller | |
True |
Strategy/Usage[]
Normal Form[]
Very similar to Cat in terms of usage. Cheap and expendable, it can be summoned in masses to take hits in place of other, more important units. This meatshield role is quite valuable, if not for the wide selection of cats able to perform this role, usually with a lower cost. Pumpcat, however, can be used in Restriction Stages that allow Rare Cats (such as Wrath of B-Cyclone), where there is considerably less competition. Even then, Pumpcat is still not one of the best options due to its slightly higher cost.
Evolved Form[]
Cat O'Lantern is unreliable as an anti-Black Cat. Not only does it have about 6 seconds between attacks and freeze for only 2~2.4 seconds, its freeze chance is low as well, which means a Cat O'Lantern takes over 30 seconds just for one freeze. Its recharge time somewhat makes up for this by allowing you to create a stack, but then there comes another issue: single-target attacks. Most Black enemies come in groups, so on top of only freezing every once in a blue moon, only one enemy will be frozen at a time. Since Black enemies also tend to have many knockbacks, it might miss and be even less reliable. The icing on the cake is that most Black enemies from Legend Stages are strong enough to kill even a level 50 Cat O'Lantern in one or two hits, which will destroy your entire stack in seconds.
Cat O'Lantern's only possible use is against Razorback, if you do not have Bombercat or Oda Nobunaga. For the reasons stated above, it alone will rarely be enough; it has to be supported by other crowd-controllers such as Cat Eastwood and Holy Valkyrie Cat. If you have Bombercat, you can and should use him as a permanent replacement for Cat O'Lantern.
As ineffective as Cat O'Lantern is in battle, it's worth getting just for the Pumpkinpants Combo, which can be combined with Gross!!! to greatly enhance the performance of units relying on freeze effects.
True Form[]
Even with Behemoth Slayer and Strong abilities, Harbinger Cat remains far too weak to be relevant. Most Black enemies, which boast extreme DPS and numbers, can and will cut through it in seconds. On top of that, much more reliable options exist for this niche. Any niche it could have as an anti-Black meatshield is already covered by Gas Mask Cat, Nono and Li'l Gau, while the likes of Pizza Cat and Assassin BearCat outclass it in the attack department. Also counterintuitively, Ragin' Gory, Casaurian Darkjo and Crocodylidae Kurocroc, the only Black Behemoths, are all immune to freeze, giving this unit an even more ill-suited matchup.
Cat Combos
Combo Name | Cats | Combo Effect |
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Pumpkinpants (カボチャパンツ) | "Freeze" Effect UP (Sm) | |
Go to Hell! (ゴートゥーヘル!) | Weaken Effect UP (L) |
Description[]
Cat Unit # 227 | Rare Cat | |||||||
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Pumpcat | ||||||||
EN Description | ||||||||
A mischievious cat who hid inside a carved autumn squash. Lives to startle unsuspecting passersby. | ||||||||
Cat O' Lantern | ||||||||
EN Description | ||||||||
Those who live only for pranks become cursed to wander the world as ghosts... but they still never learn. Might stop Black enemies briefly. | ||||||||
Harbinger Cat | ||||||||
EN Description | ||||||||
Appears near sleeping people, signaling their death. Doom comes swiftly after it chants, "Abura Cadaver!" Behemoth Slayer, Strong vs and might Freeze Black. |
Cat Unit # 227 | Rare Cat | |||||||
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にゃんぷきん (Nyanpukin, Nyampkin) | ||||||||
JP Script | ||||||||
カボチャランタンをかぶったハロウィンにゃんこ 火をともしに来た人を驚かせて イタズラするのが生きがい | ||||||||
EN Translation | ||||||||
A Halloween Cat wearing a pumpkin lantern. Surprises those who come to light the fire. Mischief makes its life worth living. | ||||||||
ねこランタン (Neko Rantan, Cat Lantern) | ||||||||
JP Script | ||||||||
イタズラばかりしたのでこの世をさまようことに なったおばけにゃんこ、それでも懲りないにくいやつ ごくたまに黒い敵の動きを一瞬止める | ||||||||
EN Translation | ||||||||
Because it was only mischievous, this ghost Cat now wanders the world of the living, but still finds it hard to learn from its mistakes. Occasionally stops the movement of Black enemies for a moment. | ||||||||
死神ネコ (Shinigami Neko, Shinigami Cat) | ||||||||
JP Script | ||||||||
いろんな人の枕元に現れて死期を告げる死神にゃんこ アジャラカモクレンテケレッツのパと唱えれば消える 超獣特効を持ち、黒い敵にめっぽう強くたまに一瞬止める | ||||||||
EN Translation | ||||||||
Shinigami Cat who appears at people's bedsides and announces when they will die Disappears when you say "Ajara ka mokuren tekerettsu no pa" Has Super-Beast Slayer, Strong against Black enemies and occasionally stops them for a moment |
Cost[]
Normal Form[]
- Chapter 1: 60¢
- Chapter 2: 90¢
- Chapter 3: 120¢
Evolved/True Form[]
- Chapter 1: 560¢
- Chapter 2: 840¢
- Chapter 3: 1,120¢
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 | 1,210,300 |
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 | 4,663,300 |
- Level 30-59 upgrades cost Catseyes: 30-44 and 50-54 = 1 Catseye, 45-49 and 55-59 = 2 Catseyes
Stats[]
Pumpcat | |||||||||
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Health | Attack Power | Attack Range | Attack Frequency | Movement Speed | Knockback | Attack animation | Recharge Time | ||
120 HP | 8 damage (5.45 DPS) |
140 | 44f 1.47 seconds | 8 | 2 times | 15f 0.5s (11f 0.37s backswing) |
5 ~ 2 seconds | ||
Health (Lv.30) | Attack Power (Lv.30) | Attack Type | Special Ability | ||||||
2,040 HP | 136 damage (92.73 DPS) |
Single Target | - | ||||||
Cat O'Lantern | |||||||||
Health (Lv.30) | Attack Power (Lv.30) | Attack Range | Attack Frequency | Movement Speed | Knockback | Attack animation | Recharge Time | ||
6,630 HP | 2,618 damage (429.18 DPS) |
350 | 183f 6.1 seconds | 10 | 3 times | 24f 0.8s (30f 1.0s backswing) |
12 ~ 3.2 seconds | ||
Attack Type | Special Ability | ||||||||
Single Target | 20% chance to freeze Black enemies for 60f 2 seconds | ||||||||
Harbinger Cat | |||||||||
Health (Lv.30) | Attack Power (Lv.30) | Attack Range | Attack Frequency | Movement Speed | Knockback | Attack animation | Recharge Time | ||
6,630 HP | 2,618 damage (429.18 DPS) |
350 | 183f 6.1 seconds | 10 | 3 times | 24f 0.8s (30f 1.0s backswing) |
12 ~ 3.2 seconds | ||
Lv.MAX | Attack Type | Special Ability | |||||||
Lv.50 | Single Target | Strong against Black enemies (Deals 1.5x damage, only takes 1/2 damage) 20% chance to freeze Black enemies for 60f 2 seconds |
- *First stats are 1st form's initial; other 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 Pumpcat's stats.
- HP = Health ; AP = Attack Power ; DPS = Damage Per Second ; 2 Movement Speed = 1 Range/f
- f = frame ; 30f = 1 second ; Attack Animation = Idle + Foreswing + Backswing (f)
- Catseye, User Rank and game progress are essential to achieving max level, see here for details.
- See here to understand Treasure effects.
Catfruit Evolution[]
x20 | x15 |
x1 | |
200,000 | |
True Form evolution is stronger against Black enemies! Also gains Behemoth Slayer! |
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Appearance[]
- Normal Form: A Cat wearing a pumpkin over itself. It attacks by launching the pumpkin up and biting.
- Evolved Form: A spirit Cat flying above the rest of the Cat Army. It wears a black witches' hat with an orange stripe above the brim, and carries a jack-o-lantern on a stick. It attacks by lighting the pumpkin, causing smaller pumpkins to fall onto enemies.
- True Form: The haunted spirit returns, now in a black hoodie with a pumpkin mask attached to the side of its head. Carries an eerie skull attacked to a stick by a chain. It attacks by shaking a small version of The Face out of the skull, which bounces on the enemies' heads.
Animations
Gallery
Trivia[]
- When paired with Sexy Legs Cat, the latter appears to wear the pumpkin mask when the two of them are aligned.
- "Abura Cadaver" is a pun on of abracadabra (a stereotypical spell used by "magicians") and cadaver (a synonym for corpse).
- Harbinger Cat's Japanese name, Shinigami Cat, refers to shinigami (kami of death), the Japanese equivalent of the Grim Reaper.
- The spell in Harbinger Cat's Japanese description, "Ajara ka mokuren tekerettsu no pa", is taught by and used to dispel shinigami in the story "Shinigami", one of the most famous rakugo stories.
Reference[]
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