This enemy has rather low health and attack power, even at high magnifications. Combined with its abysmal range, its only purpose is to temporarily knockback and slow a few meatshields that happened to be on the frontlines. Notably, however, its attack covers an area double the size of its attack range, meaning it will always be able to hit a few meatshields or other short-ranged cats ahead of its target.
Strategy
It generally isn't much of a threat as its overall stats are simply ignorable.