Tin Cat (Rare Cat)

Tin Cat is a Rare Cat that can be unlocked by playing the Rare Cat Capsule. True Form (added since update version 5.7.0) decreases speed, but gives a big boost in defense, in addition to having increased attack power and range.

Cat Unit # 147
Rare Cat

Cat

Evolves into Plane Cat at level 10.

Evolves Into Robocat at level 30 using Catfruit.

Pros:

• High stamina for a Rare Cat.
• Fine range.
• 50% chance to knock back Black enemies.
• Cheap and fast to produce.
• Evolved form has fast movement speed.
• True Form has increased attack, health, and range.

Cons:

• Mediocre attack power.
• Single target attack.
• Basic and true forms move pretty slowly.

Strategies/Usage

• The first two forms of Tin Cat are really not that good. The knockback level is good but sadly so many Blacks already have high knockback counts that this is redundant. Plane Cat is interesting because it comes with a stat boost in comparison with Tin Cat, but overall they are quite mediocre and situational.
• Plane Cat (evolved form) is a little bit faster than Ninja Cat making him a pretty good rusher to send out at the start of a battle.
• Despite his extremely high chance to knockback, he is often useless against stages with Black enemies. This is because Black enemies usually work in large groups, such as the Doge Dark (Black) rush found in Star Ocean, and the overwhelming hordes of Black Premonition. Furthermore, most Black enemies share the trait of having a high number of knockbacks before dying, so in such cases, Plane Cat does not do much.
• On the brighter side, this cat is exceptionally powerful when used against bulky Black enemies such as Director Kurosawah, Black Cyclone, Le'noir and Razorback
• Similarly to Pirate Cat against Dark Emperor Nyandam, This cat can be used against Director Kurosawah to guarantee easy victory - A stack of them will keep Kurosawah stunlocked into the enemy base, leaving him to attempt to attack over and over until killed.
• Surprising little fact: at level 30, Robocat (True Form) has a range of 345, and deals 1093 DPS for a cost of 510. So his cost efficiency value is 2.14,while that of Crazed Dragon Cat is 1.65, and that of Macho Leg is 1.36. He is actually a potential long-range damage dealer, especially in Special/Rare-only stages.

True Form Analysis

Robocat. "Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology."

Robocat is a little robotic android thing that is an anti-Black version of Doctor and Dread Pirate Catley. Overall, this cat is fairly good and MUCH better than the original. The loss of speed is unfortunate but it isn't too detrimental. The attack boost, health boost, and range boost do make it substantially better than before, letting it actually hit. As such Robocat is not as useful as Doctor or DPC, but is still a good anti-Black staller, if situational.

Do note that Robocat is amazing against Dark Lazer and Director Kurosawah.

Description

Cat Unit # 147		Rare Cat
Tin Cat
		EN Description
		Cutting-edge firepower masked by the soulful nostalgia of yesteryear. Knocks back Black enemies once in a while.
Plane Cat
		EN Description
		Dreaming of the skies, he allowed the Cat Army engineers to install top-class tech in his body. Knocks back Black enemies once in a while.
Robocat
		EN Description
		Captured by an evil organization and remade to be an unstoppable, merciless android who knocks back Black. (So cute, though!)

Cat Unit # 147		Rare Cat
ブリキネコ
		JP Script
		最高の先進技術をもって懐かしのおもちゃに 魂を封じ込められたにゃんこ ごくたまに黒い敵をふっとばす
		EN Translation
		A cat whose soul was sealed into a nostalgic toy using the most advanced technology. Knocks back Black enemies once in a while.
プレーンネコ
		JP Script
		大空を夢見たにゃんこが世界最高峰の技術者たちに 改造を依頼した、いわば技術の集大成 ごくたまに黒い敵をふっとばす
		EN Translation
		Wishes to see the sky, so it asked for a remodelling from the world best engineers. Is said to be the culmination of technology. Knocks back Black enemies once in a while.
ネコロボット
		JP Script
		悪の組織に捕らえられ、闇の技術者に大改造された 太陽光発電で動く不老不死の殺戮ネコ、弱点は雨 ごくたまに黒い敵をふっとばす
		EN Translation
		Was caught by an evil organisation, and went through a major remodelling under the hands of the dark engineer. A mass murdering cat that is solar powered and immortal. Weakness: rain. Knocks back Black enemies once in a while.

Cost

• Chapter 1: $340
• Chapter 2: $510
• Chapter 3: $680

Upgrading Cost

Stats

*All stats include 300% Empire of Cats Treasures except for Normal Form's initial stats; Recharge time may vary.

*Time between attacks = time interval between units' two attack execution frame; Attack animation = foreswing

*See this section to calculate Tin Cat's stats.

Appearance

• Normal: A little wind-up toy-robot cat. Attacks by jumping forward on a spring.
• Evolved: A toy-robot cat driving a little plane.
• True: A toy-robot cat inside of a robot.

Catfruit Evolution

 

 

 

 

 

 

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x2

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200000

x3	x2
x2	x1
x2	200000

Trivia

• "Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology" is a direct reference to the Six Million Dollar Man starring Lee Majors, a 70's TV series in which an astronaut barely alive was reincarnated as the world's first Bionic Man.
• Despite being a metal cat, this unit doesn't have the Metal ability.

Gallery

Normal form description (EN)

Evolved form description (EN)

True form description (EN)

Tin Cat's attack animation

Plane Cat's attack animation

Robocat's attack animation

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Reference

• http://battlecats.spica-net.com/unit/148.html

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