Big Sal

Big Sal (オオさん Ō-san) is a Zombie enemy that appears in Legend Stages.
==Enemy==
Big Sal is like an upgraded Miss Haka - he burrows infinitely until he reaches the Cat Base, and has only one knockback to boot, while also reviving once with 50% health. With Base Destroyer and upwards of 120k attack in most of his appearances, it's effectively guaranteed that he'll destroy the base in one hit if allowed to complete his attack animation. However, he moves very slowly on the battlefield and has short range.
==Strategy==
The traditional strategy to deal with him alone is to mass-produce units with high DPS like Jamiera Cat, Crazed UFO Cat and Crazed Whale Cat to inflict as much damage as possible between burrows, and use Awakened Bahamut only after he revives. Another strategy for a lone Sal is to use Prof. Cat Jobs, who can weaken his damage to 1%. In levels such as Deep Sea Dying, however, Big Sal is spawned in hordes, so you'll have to press your luck with the Surge created by Prof. Cat Jobs' True Form or rush the stage before the threats spawn.
Units such as Power Piledriver Cat, Heavyweight Cat, Kubilan Pasalan and NEK-0 Sky Fortress can keep Big Sal away from the base with their knockback abilities. NEK-0 Sky Fortress can even solo him, provided if it gets one hit in, meaning that you can't spawn other units or Sal will burrow and cause NEK-0 Sky Fortress to miss its attack.
Stacking any other crowd-controller who can freeze Zombies is another way to deal with Big Sal. Lumbercat is one of the best for this job, and when paired with Healer Cat CC in The Infected King, they can easily permafreeze him. Lumbercat might also get the last hit in due to his high attack rate, swiftly finishing him off.
==Description==
==Variants==
==Encounters==
===Stories of Legend===
*Stage 35-6: The Infected King (200%)
*Stage 38-3: Deep Sea Dying (100%)
*Stage 48-3: Glory of Glories (200%)
===Uncanny Legends===
*Stage 9-3: Loach Breach (200%)
*Stage 16-3: Hangover Couch (200%)
*Stage 24-4: Despotism at Home (200%)
*Stage 29-1: Slumbering Cavern (250%)
*Stage 34-1: Angkor S.W.A.T. (250%)
*Stage 40-1: Toy Boat Graveyard (250%)
===Zero Legends===
*Stage 8-4: Sine-Cosine Mine (250%)
===Event Stages===
*Resident Undead: Mutation Lv.9 (200%)
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==Stats==
==Gallery==
304 e.png|Big Sal's spritesheet
SadSal.gif|Big Sal's animations
==Trivia==
*He is a Japanese giant salamander, the third-largest species of salamander in the world. This endangered species has poor eyesight and extremely slow metabolisms, but their skin is covered in special sensory cells that can pick up on vibrations made by their prey. Sal's undead nature and Revive ability are an exaggeration of their impressive regenerative abilities, able to regrow parts of major organs and even entire limbs.
*His Japanese name, Ō-san, may be derived from 大山椒魚 Ōsanshōuo (Japanese giant salamander), さん -san (an honorific roughly equivalent to Mr. or Ms.), おっさん ossan (a derogatory term for a middle-aged or old man), 大 ō (big) and 王 ō (king).
*He is a reference to Sadaharu Oh. Both are retired baseball players who are called Ō in Japanese, and the "4-legged batting style" (4本足打法) in Big Sal's Japanese description is a reference to the "flamingo" leg kick or "1-legged batting style" (1本足打法) that Oh is famous for.
*Prior to Version 5.8, Big Sal was limited to burrowing 9,999 times.
==Reference==
*https://battlecats-db.com/enemy/306.html
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Enemy Release Order:
<< Miss Haka | Pikotaro >>
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Category:Enemy Units
Category:Zombie Enemies
Category:Stories of Legend Enemies
Category:Area Attack Enemies
Category:Base Destroyer Enemies
Category:Enemies with Burrow ability
Category:Enemies with Revive ability