Red Cyclone (Red/Floating)

Red Cyclone (レッドサイクロン Reddo Saikuron, Red Cyclone) is a Red/Floating enemy introduced in Crimson Catastrophe.

Red Cyclone
Information
Appearances:	Crimson Catastrophe Deadly Carnival Bad to Worse Crimson Vengeance Heavenly Tower Infernal Tower
Money Drop:	3,000¢ - 11,850¢

Enemy

The Red Cyclone deals absurd damage and attacks non-stop, destroying anything it touches in less than a second. However, it has one of the shortest ranges in the game, somewhat slow speed, and two exploitable traits.

Strategy

No amount of meatshields or tankers can stop it from pushing, so the only way to defeat it is to not let it move at all. Use anti-Red/anti-Floating units with freeze, slow or knockback abilities to keep it at bay, like Witch Cat, Bishop Cat, Pirate Cat, Bodhisattva Cat, Fortune Teller Cat are all good choices. Just be warned that if you only use Pirate Cat and/or Fortune Teller Cat, your stack will gradually clip into Red Cyclone as it gets knocked back and potentially die all at once.

In Heavenly Tower Floor 21, things are made slightly more complicated by the addition of Blitzens that can wipe out your stacks, so use Long Distance Cats such as Vaulter Cat and Red Riding Mina to knock them back behind the frontlines.

Dictionary

Switch EN/JP

Enemy Unit # 064		Red/Floating
Red Cyclone
		EN Description
		The relentless assault of wind keeps curious gawkers far away. If only there was some way to stop or stun it - a counterattack chance?

Enemy Unit # 064		Red/Floating
レッドサイクロン (Reddo Saikuron, Red Cyclone)
		JP Script
		超高速回転による連続攻撃は いかなる者もよせつけない。 動きを止めたり、押し返す手段があれば 何とか攻略できるかも！？
		EN Translation
		Attacks continuously through ultra high-speed rotation so no one can stop its cyclonic force. Can you stop its movement, be able to somehow push it back!?

Variants

Name	Appearance	Information
Black Cyclone		Its damage per hit is quite low, but its 20% chance to knockback Cat Units somewhat makes up for it. However, Black Cyclone itself gets knocked back up to 10 times. It appears in Heaven of Darkness and NEO Darkness Heaven.
White Cyclone		Very similar to Red Cyclone in terms of stats, but with more knockbacks. Its lack of a secondary trait may make it slightly harder to counter than the previous Cyclones. It appears in Peerless and Peerless Too.
Divine Cyclone		The first non-Floating Cyclone; units such as Stilts Cat, Cat Toaster and Juliet Cat are needed to keep it at bay. It appears in Wrath of Heaven and Wrath of the Divine.
Metal Cyclone		It has the highest health of any Metal enemy, making Critical Hits a necessity to defeat it. Moves very slowly, and has as many knockbacks as the Black Cyclone. It appears in Sweet Irony and Bitter Irony.
Cosmic Cyclone		It has significantly longer range than most Cyclones, though not enough to reach Necro-Dancer Cat or Psychocat. It strengthens by 200% at 30% health. It appears in Dimension of Despair and Dimension of Delirium.
The Perfect Cyclone		Has extreme range and very high DPS compared to other enemies with similar range. Its weakness is that it can't hit units that are too close to it, making it vulnerable to tanks with enough health and few enough knockbacks to enter its blind spot, like Jamiera Cat, Crazed Titan Cat and Kotatsu Cat. It appears in Red Sky at Morning and Red Sky at Night.
Zyclone		A Cyclone that can revive with 100% health an unlimited number of times. To win against it, the player will need to defeat it with Zombie Killers or sneak units past it before it can revive. Unlike most Zombies, it can't burrow past Cat Units. It appears in The Rolling Dead and The Dead Keep Rolling.
Super Cosmic Cyclone		This Cyclone is a Starred Alien, which means its difficulty will vary depending on one's Anti-Starred Alien Treasures. Its damage is fairly low no matter how many Treasures the player has, but it Warps cats back with every attack. It has even longer range than Cosmic Cyclone: enough to hit Surfer Cat, but still not enough to reach Psychocat. It appears in The 2nd Dimension and The 3rd Dimension.
Primeval Cyclone		This Cyclone can only be fought after clearing Stories of Legend. It has the highest health and movement speed of any Cyclone, and increases its attack power by 200% after reaching 50% health. Given that it is a Relic enemy, there are very few units that can reliably stall it other than Talented Rodeo Cat, Talented Doctor Cat and Freshman Cat Jobs. It appears in Typhoon Nemo and Typhoon Nihil.
Mesocosmocyclone		A very strong Starred Alien peon that warps Cat Units forward with every hit, while also having fast movement speed, short range and non-stop attacks. As such, it can push at terrifying speeds when not met with crowd-controllers or Warp Blockers. It appears in Cats of the Cosmos Chapter 3 and Uncanny Legends.
Li'l Zyclone		A Zombie enemy that has high health and burrows far but has somewhat low DPS; its main role is to intercept the flow of meatshields. Unlike Zyclone, it can only revive once. It appears in Into the Future Chapter 3 Zombie Outbreaks and Uncanny Legends.
Aku Cyclone		Moves very slowly but has 4 knockbacks and a Shield with as much health as the Cyclone itself, 1,666,666, effectively giving it 8,333,330 HP. Topping this off is its Aku trait, leaving players with few reliable means of stalling it without Uber Rare Cats. The only silver lining is that its damage per hit is relatively low compared to other Cyclones. It appears in The Great Diablo.

Encounters

Event Stages

• Crimson Catastrophe: Attack on R-Cyclone (Expert) (100%)
• Deadly Carnival: Tornado Carnival (Deadly) (100%)
• Bad to Worse: Tragedy in Red (Insane) (200%)
• Crimson Vengeance:
  • Wrath of R-Cyclone (Insane) (100%)
  • Revenge of R-Cyclone (Deadly) (200%)
• Heavenly Tower:
  • Floor 21 (200%)
  • Floor 42 (100%)
• Infernal Tower: Floor 21 (200%)

Stats

Red Cyclone
Health	Attack Power	Attack Range	Attack Frequency	Movement Speed	Knockback	Attack Animation
999,999 HP	92,000 damage (552,000 DPS)	90 (Area Attack)	5f 0.17 seconds	6	1 time	1f 0.03s (4f 0.13s backswing)
Special Ability						Type
-						Red/Floating

Gallery

• Red Cyclone's original English description
• Red Cyclone's Enemy Guide entry in The Battle Cats POP!
• Red Cyclone's attack animation
• Red Cyclone's moving animation
• Red Cyclone's spritesheet
• Red Cyclone on the Red Horizon Meow Medal
• Red Cyclone with Teacher Cybear in the Battle Cats Chinese version

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Trivia

• Before a patch, Red Cyclone was spawned much closer to its base; the cats that attacked the base would not be harmed. As of Version 2.0, Red Cyclone is spawned further from its base.
• Even though they were introduced around the same time, Red Cyclone has several unrelated enemies' IDs between it and White Cyclone: Lione Hippoe, Lucky Sloth, Audience Bears and Monkey King (form 1).
  • Furthermore, Red Cyclone is the first Cyclone in the Enemy Release Order, but the first Cyclone Cat in the Cat Release Order is Bronze Cat, which unlocks after defeating Black Cyclone.
• Red Cyclone has:
  • The highest attack power of all Red Enemies and Cyclones.
  • The fastest attack rate of all Red enemies.
  • The second-highest attack power of all Floating Enemies, with Filibuster Obstructa in first place.
  • The second-highest DPS of all enemies, beaten only by Teacher Cybear.

Reference

• https://battlecats-db.com/enemy/066.html

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Enemy Release Order:

<< Dark Emperor Santa | Lione Hippoe >>

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