/vmg/ — The Battle Cats

I replaced the Old & Busted (Slapsticks) with the New Hotness (Bargain) in Omens and there's a visible improvement, especially in the continuation stages. I just cleared Cradle before the Fallen Bear even showed up.

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>>2026810
What's your loadout and clear time? Been using pic related but it takes several minutes to clear stage 20 so it makes farming it a giant pain in the ass.

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>>2026824
I don't measure how long it took. But I guess after doing stages 18-20 I had 14 minutes left until another clear became available. Also I don't farm.
Also I guess I could replace the Phonoses with something else since they're getting tounged by Johnny, but I can't be bothered.

My second set of Dark Cats Eyes collected...
Jizzo this time!

>>2027303
Have fun. It's an interesting ultra because it ultimately doesn't really change anything about him. He's still used the same way; still has the same strengths and most of the same weaknesses.

Shit, I didn't check when the banners and and lost out on Aset.

>Dober isn't Black
WHAT. THE FUCK.

>>2028335
Well, guess who has a black variant.

When's the next half-XP event on all units?
I need to level some.

>>2028335
>black
We don't use that word 'round here.

>>2028355
It'll drop the second you give up on waiting and spend all your xp.

>>2028355
Isn't it up literally starting Thursday?

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I've seen some bitching about lack of content this week (mostly in Siluman's comment section, once he finally posted the leaks), like some downtime to focus on existing stages is a bad thing. I already finished Omens, and spent most of Wednesday focusing on my 3-crown UL clears, as well as my first-time ZL. Finally got Socatres, and I even finally unlocked Filibuster talents.
And with the Half XP event that just started I got most of my remaining Ubers up to lvl.40, now only Lugas remain. And since the sale will be up until end of next week, I will have a lot of time to level them up as well.

I honestly don't know what is worse: Miku getting powercrept or the Black trait being renamed to Dark.
One made me cry for most of 2025 while the other consistently makes me angry just from looking at it (for reference, every time I see Dark where Black is supposed to be, I call it a fucking mistake out of reflex every single time).
It especially fuels my rage knowing that in BCJP, they use the kanji 黒 where Dark is in EN, and that specific character means BLACK, not DARK, which is 暗い. People saying bullshit like "Dark is a cooler trait name than Black" aggravates me all the more because of how out of place this name change is for me.
If they don't patch back the original name of that trait in June, I'm gonna go download 417198 and 435259 immediately after I get the update. It honestly feels significantly more grating than "Let's continue being friends, Mizuki." with the severity and extent of this bullshit, and that single line was even fixed up!
>>2028364
Oh, we still do in JP, TW and KR!

>Lose by 1%, on an SoL stage, with a General (non-fitting) Team
>...
>Watch an Ad for the revive

It feels dirty but like come on, I'm just saving Energy and time for myself.

>>2030494
i dont understand why people care so much about so little

>>2030836
As long as you go back and finish it properly later, just to prove you can.

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15.4 preview

Are catseyes capped at 99?

>>2031903
The counter in the Cat Upgrade nenu stops at 999, but you can easily go beyond that. If there's a cap, I haven't hit it yet.

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>>2031903
They’re not even capped at 999

>>2031879
gains
>Speed Up
>Range Up
>Savage Chance Up
>Sage Slayer
>Explosion ATK
and I just traded in a dupe too

>>2031977
With the proliferation of Ultra Forms and Ultra Talents, the pro strat should really become "get Ubers to +10, and THEN start selling dupes for NP".

>>2031879
>>2031977
None of these mean anything until we see numbers. The only one that we can probably pass judgement on is explosion because it means more uptime on her slow but only if the proc chance is guaranteed. Sage Slayer might be okay for Oldstritch too I guess when combined with explosion slows? It'll help keep him at bay.

>>2031879
like a hotdog in a hallway

>>2032145
With the plumbing of a yak or whatever she is from the waist down that was always the case.

>>2028335
You should be happy. I just reached the stages where Dark Dober starts appearing and boy, is he an asshole.
After Phantom Bluebird I had to check if at any time further on there's more than one spawning on a map. Thankfully that's not the case - yet.

>>2031994
Dark ce used to be given once in a blue moon but now? It's everywhere for end game players. No real need for a dupe Uber.

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>>2030494
>It especially fuels my rage knowing that in BCJP, they use the kanji 黒 where Dark is in EN, and that specific character means BLACK, not DARK, which is 暗い.
Lol

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Alright here we go!
Hope this stretch is as easy as the rest of UL!

>>2032925
Nevermind I'm getting my ass whooped by the first stage.

>>2032962
UL legnds true forms are essential for the next stages, go farm mining epic.

>>2032971
Having myself recently evolved the final unit requiring Epic Stones, I don't need to do it anymore, but for anyone who still needs to do it: if it's not time sensitive, try using Super Wednesday's half-off on all stages to get three Stones for mere 1500 Energy. There's one coming up in July, and then nothing for over a year, it would be a shame to let it go to waste.

Speaking of UL legends, I just reached Dogumaru in 3-crown.
>On first try kill the first Mooth
>foolishly spend most of the money on leveling up Worker Cat
>Obviously the next Mooth will go down just as "easily", so we don't want the money from it to hit the wallet limit again
>Get overwhelmed by Snaches
>Lesson learned, do maybe one Worker level and save money to start spawning
>On the next two tries never even manage to kill the first Mooth, Octopus instantly folds against the first Snache
Hate when this happens.

>>2032988
...well, on my first attempt on my second Leadership burned, I at least managed to kill the first Dogu... right before the other two that managed to stack up in the meantime to kill my base. So it's better?

>>2032971
Ah fuck this is annoying.
I managed to beat the first one without any TFs, but now the second one is even harder.

And Mining Epic is hard as balls too.

>>2033611
The moment you get a true form is the moment both stages because way easier.
I suggest you DON'T tf Urs first, her health is too low to withstand anything. Naala on the contrary is golden.

>>2031879
Give me the patch notes already

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>>2033758
Siluman hasn't posted yet, but Fate Heaven's Feel is slated to rerun in JP this Friday. Saber gets Target Relic and Wave Attack Talents btw.
There's also a June Bride rerun with several new units and as they promised, INFINITE X2 SPEED UPS.

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15.4 is out

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>>2034141

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>>2034328

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>>2034329

Damn it no new enemies for zl, I was looking out for that.

>>2034329
>Relic Target Saber
Oh damn.

>>2034333
>those kaihime buffs
RIP. I mean, it's not all bad, move speed makes it so she doesn't feel like complete ass to use and the increase in range let's her attack some backliners more safely but that's about it. A 5% buff to savage blow chance means nothing, hp increase combined with the extra levels is kinda nice but doesn't really mean anything to a backliner who shouldn't be getting hit in the first place, and sage slayer actually means nothing because her explosion chance is only 50% which means her crowd control is inconsistent as fuck.

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>>2034328
>new dragon emperor
Kinda nutty. Just a good, solid unit.
>wedding hanzo
Also a good unit. Massive dmg against zombies with zombie killer is great even if dmg is kinda low. Good slow uptime and good immunities.
>kaihime
What the other guy said; still a bad CC unit. Sage slayer doesn't really add anything to her kit either. Might be OK as a generic backliner though? A 15% chance to do bahamutesque damage isn't the worst thing in the world with her new range and decent attack rate. Would rather use Vigler or Bomburr though.
>Saki
???
New typing is new typing, will make sniping Tackeys and Le'noir/grim easier and just widen her usage in general. Berserker confuses the everloving hell out of me though. If you can get it to proc and then push the enemies back far enough so that Saki can attack again then you probably didn't need to use her in the first place. And explosion immunity just looks like futureproofing for content we don't have yet unless you REALLY hate Bunaglios.
>Evanz
I guess this is Ponos's scapegoat when people accuse them of playing favorites with banners? The buff to slow duration isn't enough for their slow attack rate/unguaranteed proc, it should've gone up to something like 6.5~ seconds. Speed up is kind of nice actually but is ultimately a bandaid fix. Freeze res is not immunity. And doesn't do enough damage for Soulstrike to be worth it but maybe it can be used to help kill tankier corpses with other units that have the skill? Evanz' wide attack range isn't bad for the skill. And stat talents are stat talents. Evanz can make use of the HP one pretty well though.
>new cat combo
Pretty okay. More options for teambuilding is always nice.

>>2034622
Aw man i assumed it was hanzo ultra form, still pretty cool

>All time-sensitive stages done
>Monthly missions done
>No limited stages
>No Barons
>Nothing except some cheapo arenas
Other than the weekly missions, I can focus on Legend stages again. I'm already on the 13th chapter of ZL, I think I might manage to grab Meowton by the end of the month.

>>2034329
>RNG Kaihime
Looks fun. Guess Ill UF her and try her out when she comes to EN

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UNLIMITED POWER

>>2035726
That only comes AFTER you max out all his talents
You DID max out his talents, riiiight anon?

you only really need jizo stats talents. surge resist is bonus slop for np waste, curse immune occasionally useful but still np opportunity cost

>>2035751
No I'm saving, only got like 2k.
Are they THAT worth it?

>>2035808
As a stat stick, his stat ones are absolutely worth it and are effectively mandatory. Curse immunity is nice and is almost mandatory since angels and relics are a common pairing. Toxic immunity is a nice bonus to use against shit like zollow or gobble. Surge res is kinda iffy but I've found it a nice bonus and it's more useful than you'd think because of how tanky jizo is; he actually has the hp to tank through death surges without proccing his survive.

>>2034086
>Eva got a rerun
>Street Fighter got a rerun
>Now Fate gets a rerun
Please Ponos, the last time Ranma dropped was before any of the three were around previously. Is the IP too hot now that they got an anime remake?

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Stat comparison of Cameraman, Cyborg, and Manic Legs.

>>2036318
UF jizo mogs them all also you're using level 30 stats on units you can and will realistically boost with + levels though
for reference, ultraform + talents on jizo makes him have comparable stats to a level 50+80 max talent camera + with a range advantage and higher speed.

I think I've been doing pretty well keeping my complains about 3-crown UL to myself, but man, Sticky Showers (https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Sticky_Shower) is some bullshit.
And the one time I managed to defeat the initial GreGory with Cannon and Green Shell (after whittling his health down to the last knockback) so I could wait and farm some money to counter the absolute bullshit that spawns, two Erasers were enough to trigger the boss wave while I still had nowhere near enough money.