Cyclone

A Cyclone is a form of Enemy Unit resembling a whirlwind with a literal "eye of the storm". Cyclones are characterized by very high DPS and non-stop attacks with minimal backswing, which means they are nearly impossible to stall using meatshields alone. 
However, Cyclones also tend to have very low speed (with the exceptions of Primeval Cyclone and the Mini Cyclones) and range (with a couple of exceptions), which makes them highly vulnerable to cats with freeze, slow or knockback abilities.
While the Mysterious Calamity is easily mistaken for a Cyclone, it's missing the word "Cyclone" in its name, doesn't spin at all and has a completely different attack style, so it isn't considered as one.
==Major Cyclones==
Major Cyclones or Full-sized Cyclones are predominantly found in their own Event Stages, called Cyclone Stages, from which the player can unlock anti-Metal Cats. They're generally the main threat of every stage they appear in, and will be usually supported by enemies of their respective traits. In Zero Legends, they appear as regular enemies.
==Mini Cyclones==
Mini Cyclones are common enemies without their own stages, instead appearing in the Main Chapters, Uncanny Legends and Zero Legends. Though they're significantly weaker than their larger variants, they're typically used as strong peons spawned multiple times throughout a battle.
==Existence Elsewhere==
Cyclones have made appearances in two of PONOS' other games, but as allied characters rather than enemies.
===Mr.Ninja!! Fever===
In Mr.Ninja Fever, a Cyclone was a Super Rare Familiar obtainable via the gâcha system.
===Yuru-i GeGeGe no Kitarou: Youkai Dotabata Daisensou===
In YuruGeGe, an obtainable Uber Rare unit was Hitotsume Otedama, which consisted of Hitotsume-Kozō holding Medama-Oyaji and Kemedama. Their Evolved Form, Hitotsume-go-Round, added Ichimokuren, while their True Form was the Omega Cyclone, which had all three members of the Normal Form caught in its vortex. In terms of abilities, Omega Cyclone was strong against Amaterasu enemies, had a 40% chance to stop Amaterasu for 2 seconds, and was immune to weaken and freeze.
 	 	
Hitotsume Otedama(ひとつめお手玉) 	Hitotsume-go-Round(ひとつめゴーラウンド) 	Omega Cyclone(オメガサイクロン)
==Trivia==
*The Cyclones' Japanese names consist entirely of English words written in katakana.
*There is a Cyclone for every standard type of enemy except Traitless.
*The Cyclones, Doge and Gory are the only enemies to have both unstarred and Starred Alien variants.
*The Perfect Cyclone, Aku Cyclone and Primeval Cyclone have slower attack rates than the other Cyclones, by 1 frame.
*All Cyclones except for the three mentioned above are tied for the fastest attack rate in the game.
*Red Cyclone, Divine Cyclone, Zyclone, Cosmic Cyclone and Primeval Cyclone have the highest DPS of all enemies from their respective traits.
**Red Cyclone is second only to Teacher Cybear for the highest DPS of all enemies.
*Mini White Cyclone is the only Cyclone to have a single-target attack.
*Ironically, Mini White Cyclone and Mini Angel Cyclone have longer range than their bigger counterparts.
Category:Enemy Unit Groups