The Face (カオル君, Kaoru-kun) is a Floating enemy first seen as the boss of the Moon in Empire of Cats Chapter 1.
Enemy[]
The boss of the first Chapter's final stage, The Face has extremely high health and attack but is the slowest enemy in the game. Additionally, he attacks very infrequently, rendering his highly devastating attacks useless in the presence of meatshields and 350+ range cats.
Later on in the game, this enemy becomes more defensively-focused, as his 1 speed keeps him from straying too far away from the enemy base, along with late-game buffs making his high health and high attack power skyrocket to where he can destroy most of your units with a single chomp.
Strategy[]
Use long-ranged units such as Lizard Cat and/or Gross Cat to hit him from a distance, while dealing constant damage.
It is recommended to only use crowd-controllers that can outrange him, but even then, because of his 1 movement speed, there is not much reason to use any effect other than Weaken or Freeze. Uber Rare Cats that work especially well against The Face include, but are not limited to: Saber, Super Galaxy Cosmo, Empress Chronos, Megidora, M. Bison, Madoka Kaname, Shining Amaterasu, Catman, and virtually any other generalist or anti-Floating Uber.
You can also take advantage of his long interval between attacks by using units such as Swimmer Cat, Express Cat, Hip Hop Cat and/or Awakened Bahamut Cat, to get some quick damage off. Otherwise, he should not be the main focus for your lineup in many of the stages he appears in.
Description[]
Enemy Unit # 018 | Floating | |||||||
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The Face | ||||||||
EN Description | ||||||||
Too strict a diet resulted in no body. No one knows why he is floating. Seriously, anyone? (Don't try this at home) |
Enemy Unit # 018 | Floating | |||||||
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カオル君 (Kaoru-kun) | ||||||||
JP Script | ||||||||
ダイエットのしすぎで顔だけになって しまったカオル君。体が無くなったせいで 顔が肥大化し、ダイエット前よりも体重が 重くなった。なので浮いてみた。 | ||||||||
EN Translation | ||||||||
Kaoru-kun became only a face after dieting too much. His face became bloated because his body is gone, and he weighs more than he did before dieting. So he tried to float. |
Variants[]
Name | Appearance | Information |
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Shy Boy | A Red/Floating variant of The Face. Attacks and moves much faster, but has much less health and deals less damage per attack. Has well-rounded stats when buffed and can destroy your front lines considerably fast if not stalled correctly. | |
Leggsy | A Traitless variant of The Face with feet and thus no Floating trait. Considerably faster than The Face (has half of Shy Boy's speed) and has a much faster attack speed, but has about half of The Face's health. | |
Princess Head | A variant of The Face with Princess Punt hair. 1/3 as fast as Doge Dark. Attacks about as fast as Shy Boy and does 2,400 damage at 100% strength magnification. | |
I.M. Phace | An Alien/Floating version of The Face. Much faster and has a chance to freeze Cat Units. To add insult to injury, he has longer range, making him very hard for Gross Cat and Psychocat to survive long against him. He gets knocked back twice as much as The Face. | |
CyberFace | A Metal variant of The Face. Has very low health but compensates for it with extreme damage, high speed, Base Destroyer and an incredibly powerful Wave Attack that can one-shot almost every unit in the game, with a chance to knockback Cat Units if they aren't killed by the Wave or initial hit. However, it dies to any Critical Hit due to its terrible health. | |
Hannya | A red variant that moves slowly, but with exceptional range, damage, health, and 100% chance to weaken cats to 25% for 5 seconds. Introduced as the boss of River Styx. | |
Lowkey | A Relic/Floating variant of The Face, with far more range, rapid attacks, 100% chance to curse cats for 10 seconds and only one knockback. | |
Dead Donny Dash | A Zombie variant of Leggsy. Has Long Distance attacks, burrows 750 towards the Cat Base and revives once at 100% HP. | |
Shakurel Face | A variant of The Face that only appears in the Shakurel Planet stages. Has quadruple the health and damage of a normal Face. | |
Black Okame | A Red/Black variant of Hannya, with freeze immunity, much more HP, only one knockback, less damage and faster attacks, as well as 100% chance to knockback cats. Though its standing range is subpar, its Omni Strike gives it extreme reach. | |
Yakisoba Face | A variant of The Face that appears in the Nissin U.F.O. Collaboration Event. Has high range, one knockback, low movement speed and can warp Cat Units for 1,000 range. | |
Wicked Face | An Aku variant of The Face. Has very long range with an even longer Mini-Wave attack, as well as freeze and a Shield. | |
Sathankhamun VIII | An Aku variant of Hannya. Has slightly varied stats, but also has an Omni Strike and a 100% chance to slow every cat within its range. |
Encounters[]
Empire of Cats[]
Strength magnifications are 100% in Chapter 1, 150% in Chapter 2, and 400% in Chapter 3.
- Stage 1-48: Moon
Into the Future[]
- Stage 1-33: Easter Island (300%)
- Stage 2-33: Easter Island (600%)
- Stage 3-33: Easter Island (800%)
Into the Future Outbreaks[]
- Stage 1-33: Easter Island (600%)
- Stage 2-33: Easter Island (800%)
- Stage 3-4: Mongolia (1,000%)
- Stage 3-33: Easter Island (1,000%)
The Aku Realms[]
- Stage 10: Maldives (600%)
Stories of Legend[]
- Stage 5-5: Twin Peaks (400%)
- Stage 14-5: Crunchy Pillar (1,200%)
- Stage 17-5: Chicken Game (1,000%)
- Stage 18-5: Pitfall Zone (2,000%)
- Stage 20-3: Godiego Pass (1,000%)
- Stage 21-2: Claustronyctophobia (1,000%)
- Stage 22-6: Satan's Bedroom (800%)
- Stage 23-5: Agape's Cage (600%)
- Stage 26-6: Benzene Field (200%)
- Stage 28-2: Knights of the Round (1,600%)
- Stage 35-1: Virus Smugglers (1,600%)
- Stage 41-6: Broadband Omens (2,000%)
- Stage 45-4: Toasty Turnpike (2,000%)
Uncanny Legends[]
- Stage 10-5: Shocking Exile (500%)
- Stage 13-3: Lost Sailors (1,000%)
- Stage 15-4: Cracked Column (2,000%)
- Stage 19-4: Nighttime Lure (1,600%)
- Stage 44-2: Night of the Hustler (500%)
Event Stages[]
- Challenge Battle: Higher Score (100%)
- Friday Stage: Helpful Cat (Hard) (200%)
- Loving Labour: Pay without Leave (100%)
- Jingle Cat Bell: Happy Merry X-mas (100%)
- Happy New Year?: Blackout (100%)
- Ritual Happiness:
- My Pet Werewolf (100%)
- Sunbathing Mummies (100%)
- Soul Leasing (100%)
- Bears be Bare: Going Bipolar (200%)
- Teacher! It's Spring!: 100 Cat Dates (200%)
- Love is Sickness: Read but No Reply (100%)
- Ghostly Houseguests: I'm not here anymore. (100%)
- Autumn = Sports Day!: Dad, No Videos! (100%)
- The Battle Cats POP!:
- No I-A-P! (100%)
- But the App's Fun Too :) (100%)
- Mon. Blitz Stage: Rich Cat (Veteran) (400%)
- Salaryman Awakes!: Nine to Five Fever (Expert) (500%)
- Growing Green: Green Envy (Hard) (400%)
- Spring, Sprang, Sprung: Most Ancient (400%)
- Strait of Wings: Ancient Ruins (Veteran) (400%)
- Growing Strange: Fear of Flying (Merciless) (2,000%)
- Worker's Revolution: Late Nite Shake-Up (1,200%)
- Another New Year: I Hope It's an Uber (600%)
- The Battle Cats Together!: Minigames Galore! (300%)
- Duel at Sunset: Elite (Normal) (100%)
- The Proving Grounds: Last Round: Dawn (Veteran) (300%)
- Servant of Darkness: Sinister Wasteland (600%)
- Q1. What's in the Box? Quiz: Commemorating... what? (100%)
- Season 2: Heartbeat Festival: Hands on the Check (100%)
- Part 5 Music Parade: Going to Battle (200%)
- Resident Undead: Mutation Lv.3 (100%)
- #02 Banquet of Terror: Crazy Uncle's Toast (200%)
- Heavenly Tower: Floor 18 (600%)
- Mega Menace: Summit Wilderness (Merciless) (1,600%)
- Season 1: School Days: Classroom Daydream (100%)
- Duel Stages Challenge: Duel at Sunset (Elite) (100%)
- Island of Hidden Treasure: Cheerful Apex (3,000%)
- Part 1 Ten Years of Parades:
- Year 2014 Part 1 (110%)
- Year 2015 Part 2 (100%)
- Night 2: Christmas Eve Delivery:
- Delivery Lv.1 (200%)
- Delivery Lv.2 (300%)
- Delivery Lv.3 (400%)
- Delivery Lv.4 (500%)
- Delivery Lv.5 (600%)
- Underground Labyrinth:
Collaboration Stages[]
- Hometown Self-Defense Force: Intense Chief of Staff (800%)
- Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Red Line: Olympia (600%)
- Be a Magical Girl: I Can Make It Come True (100%)
- Witch's Labyrinth: Dessert Witch: With Such Joy (400%)
- New Challenger: VS LUKE (Expert) (400%)
- Rescue! Kamen Rider Cat: Defending Dignity (400%)
- Rescue! Ultraman Cat: Expectation for Humankind (200%)
- Shin Cat Heroes: Come and See, The King of Monsters! (200%)
Enigma Stages[]
- Sky Summit: Summit Shrine (Merciless) (3,000%)
- Hunter's Map II: Red Stone Forest II (2,000%)
Catclaw Dojo[]
- Hall of Initiates: Wanderer's Trial (Stage 1) (100%, 400%, 1,000%, 1,200%, 1,500%, 1,800%, 2,100%)
- Arena of Honor:
- Phoenix Trial (100%, 400%, 600%, 800%, 1,000%)
- Five Year Plan (100%, 400%, 1,000%, 1,200%, 1,500%, 1,800%, 2,100%)
- Six Years Strong (100%, 400%, 1,000%, 1,200%, 1,500%, 1,800%, 2,100%)
- Lucky Number 7 (100%, 400%, 1,000%, 1,200%, 1,500%, 1,800%, 2,100%)
- 8 Ain't Enough (100%, 400%, 1,000%, 1,200%, 1,500%, 1,800%, 2,100%)
- Feeling Fine at 9 (100%, 400%, 1,000%, 1,200%, 1,500%, 1,800%, 2,100%)
- Tales of Honor: Phoenix Trial (100%, 400%, 600%, 800%, 1,000%)
- ランキングの間: 10周年記念大会 (100%, 400%, 1,000%, 1,200%, 1,500%, 1,800%, 2,100%)
Removed Stages[]
Stats[]
The Face | |||||||||||
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Health | Attack Power | Attack Range | Attack Frequency | Movement Speed | Knockback | Attack Animation | |||||
99,999 HP | 2,000 damage (219 DPS) |
340 (Area Attack) |
273f 9.1 seconds | 1 | 2 times | 34f 1.13s (10f 0.33s backswing) | |||||
Special Ability | Type | ||||||||||
- | Floating |
Animations
Existence Elsewhere[]
Nyanko Defense Force[]
In Nyanko Daibōsō, The Face made a cameo appearance as a bust sculpted into the side of a mountain in one of the backgrounds. Shy Boy had a more prominent role: every so often, flaming Shy Boys would appear from the top of the screen and descend to the bottom with a warning. They were indestructible and could not be harmed in any way.
Bust of The Face | Flaming Shy Boy |
Heads Off[]
In Heads Off, The Face is one of the larger playable characters in the game and makes a lower-pitched screaming sound compared to the other characters.
No Longer MOMOTARO[]
Oni The Face appeared as a regular enemy in No Longer MOMOTARO.
オ二カオル君 (Oni Kaoru-kun, Oni The Face) | |
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Type | Close Range |
Skill | None |
Description | Translation |
オニダンゴを食べてオ二化したカオル君。 ツノが生えたせいでバランスが崩れ 以前よりも浮かぶのに苦労しているが おかげでインナーマッスルが鍛えられている。 |
Kaoru-kun became an Oni by eating Onidango. Because of the horn, his balance is off and has a harder time floating than before but thanks to this, his inner muscles are getting a good workout. |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- His real name is "Kaoru Hikao" or "Kaoru Higao" (飛顔かおる), as shown at the bottom of the screen with other enemy names in a commercial for the Final Boss Strikes?! Collaboration Event. Hikao/Higao is not an actual surname that anyone has in real life, but a pun using the kanji for "fly" (飛) and "face" (顔). Kaoru is a real name, but is also being used as a pun: kao means "face".
- His appearance is a close match for the profile of Masaoka Shiki, a poet and essayist in Meiji period Japan.
- He may take inspiration from Ōkubi, a floating head yōkai whose name literally means "giant head".
- I.M. Phace's Japanese description suggests that the smaller Phace inside his mouth is actually The Face himself, somehow shrunken down and using the larger Phace as a mobile villa.
- In Teacher Cybear's Japanese description, it's stated that he freeloaded at The Face's house for 6 years without going outside.
- The Face can be considered the first Floating enemy in the series, as he's been present since Ganso!! Nyanko Daisensou whereas Mooth was introduced in Kumanchu Royale.
- He has a higher ID than Shy Boy and Assassin Bear despite appearing earlier.
- The Face, Dark Emperor Nyandam and Teacher Bun Bun all share the same amount of health: 99,999. However, Nyandam only has one unbuffed appearance, and Teacher Bun Bun has always been fought at 400% or more.
- He is the slowest non-stationary enemy in the game.
- The game Heads Off may be based entirely off of him, since it features floating heads. He even makes an appearance in it as one of the unlockable characters.
Reference[]
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