Revenge of the Dreamer (Merciless) is the second stage in A Deeper Dream. When clearing this stage, the player is guaranteed to unlock the True Form of Lone Cat and Kitten, Tourist Cat. This is a No Continues stage.
Battleground[]
- 1 Bakoo spawns.
- 1 Bakoo spawns after 50 seconds1,500f.
- 1 Bakoo spawns after 96.67 seconds2,900f.
- 1 Elder Sloth spawns after 33.33 seconds1,000f.
- 1 Elder Sloth spawns after 93.33 seconds2,800f.
- 3 Doge Darks spawn after 16.67 seconds500f, delay 2~5 seconds60f~150f.
- 3 Gory Blacks spawn after 50 seconds1,500f, delay 2~5 seconds60f~150f.
- 3 Shadow Boxer Ks spawn after 100 seconds3,000f, delay 2~5 seconds60f~150f.
- 3 Doge Darks spawn after 133.33 seconds4,000f, delay 8~20 seconds240f~600f.
Strategy[]
This stage attempts to put players in a serious dillemma by combining nasty backliners and pushers. Spawning meatshields will likely result in Bakoo attacking and Freezing everything, enough to ruin an attempt, but everything else pretty much requires that. The 300% Elder Sloth also effectively requires maxing out the Aqua Crystal and Plasma Crystal Treasures from Into the Future.
Recommended Units[]
- Bombercat: Bombercat is rather difficult to obtain, but considering Bombergirl, one of its prerequisite stages, is also locked behind ITF3 completion, all that's needed is some patience to catch the stage when given the chance. Able to outrange all Black enemies here with 100% chance to Freeze them, Bombercat, when backed by meatshields, can shut down their advances and leave them to the mercy of specialist attackers.
- Pizza Cat: Pizza's Massive Damage ability to Blacks allows it to delete them in a few hits, and is crucial in securing victory, as it also outranges all Black enemies in this stage. With its Wave Attack Talent, Pizza only gets better, and can even hit threats that aren't within range of its initial attack, which can knockback Bakoo, even if she's behind an Elder Sloth.
- Can Can Cat: With the Extra Money and Move Speed Up Talents, Can Can serves as a cheap, disposable yet powerful attacker that can snipe Doge Darks to provide a surge of income. As Elder Sloth has a long delay between his attacks, Can Can is able to get a few hits in and inflict fairly significant damage.
- Seafarer Cat: Seafarer has fair stats, a long cooldown, 100% chance to Survive a Lethal Strike and has 40% chance to Freeze Aliens. This might not sound like much, but when several are present (and with Talents improving Freeze Chance to 60%) they can easily stunlock Elder Sloth to expose all Black threats.
- Courier Cat/Housewife Cat: These disposable LD attackers are always good for accumulating DPS, being useful for the same reason as they are on Bombergirl and potentially Wrath of the Dreamer. They need to be backed by other frontline units while exploiting their LD to snipe Bakoo.
Recommended Ubers[]
- Kasa Jizo: Jizo's first form is incredibly effective. As a spammable attacker with Massive Damage to Blacks, a few of them can quickly whittle down the Black threats, and can be easily replaced when lost. Jizo certainly needs a fair bit of support to stop Blacks from getting to it, but when they are kept at bay, Jizo works wonders.
Strategy 1[]
Lineup: Sister Act, Duet, King Dragon Cat, Cyberpunk Cat, Cameraman Cat (Survive), Macho Leg Cat, Manic Macho Legs, Cyborg Cat, Pizza Cat (Wave Attack)
Cannon: Breakerblast
Notes: Never, for any reason, summon Rocker Cat. He's there for the Combo only. Summoning one could cause Bakoo to attack multiple times and potentially screw over your attempt.
Start by upgrading the Worker Cat and let the Doge Darks get close to the Cat Base, then kill them with Pizza Cat and start spamming with the following priority (only summon something if you have enough for what comes first when available): Pizza Cat, Cameraman Cat, Manic Macho Legs, King Dragon, and Cyborg Cat. Without meatshields, Bakoo will have no chance to ever attack, while the Elder Sloths will just get overwhelmed by your horde of cats, and you can even use the Breakerblast Cannon to stop their attacks. Cameraman Cat will provide the defense and, together with Pizza Cat and Cyborg Cat, will cause even the Shadow Boxer Ks to die before achieving anything.
This stage can easily be beaten as long as the levels of your cats aren't particularly low; in case you are still having trouble, try using other midrangers that you hypermaxed, as long as they are fast attackers with better range than Cameraman Cat (Housewife Cat, Seafarer Cat, Ultra Souls Uber Rares except The Grateful Crane or Kachi-Kachi, Delinquent, Mystic Yulala, etc).
Strategy 2 (ft. Seafarer & Bomber)[]
Lineup: Biohazard, Bony Bone, Tiny Ancient Hunt, Seafarer Cat (Freeze), Bombercat, Manic Macho Legs, Housewife Cat (Savage Blow (reccomended)/Attack Up), Pizza Cat (Wave Attack)
Cannon: Thunderbolt
Notes: Seafarer's Freeze Talent should be at least level 5.
Upgrade your wallet to Level 2, lure until the first Doge Dark is right in front of your base and hitting it. Summon Bombercat and Pizza so that it dies. When it is dead, spam every cat in your second row. Keep spamming until the Gory Black wave, where you will lure them to your base, but make sure they don't give Elder Sloth a chance to hit your base. After the Gories are dead, make sure Bakoo and Elder Sloth are together so you can fire the thunderbolt if neither are frozen. Seafarer and Bomber will be able to perma-freeze Bakoo and the Sloths. When the Shadow Boxer Ks come, stop sending out Seafarer until they die. After that, continue spawning Seafarer again. At this point, one of the Bakoos should be dead, and the remaining two should be close to follow. After the Elder Sloths die, just spam your cats to victory.
Walkthrough[]
| Video | Player | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 How to Beat Revenge of the Dreamer EASILY! - Battle Cats (A Deeper Dream) |
Boogle | |
 The battle cats - Revenge of the Dreamer (Merciless) |
yohane |
Trivia[]
- This and Last of the Dead are the only Advent Stages where the main threat spawns multiple times, as a non-boss enemy.