Hades the Punisher (Uber Rare Cat)

Hades the Punisher is an Uber Rare Cat added in Version 9.4. He can be unlocked by playing the Rare Cat Capsule during the The Almighties The Majestic Zeus event. True Form added in Version 9.10 gains immunity to Knockback and Slow effects. Talents were also added in Version 9.10.
==Evolution==
Evolves into Hades the Deathdealer at level 10.
Evolves into Almighty Hades at level 30 using Catfruit and XP.
==Performance==
+ Immune to Warp and Toxic
+ Immune to Knockback and Slow [True]
- Multi-Hit
===Pros===
*Massive amount of health
*High attack rate
*Very short attack animation
*Few knockbacks
===Cons===
*Mediocre DPS for a tanker
*Long recharge time
*High range
==Strategy/Usage==
Generally, Hades is used as a powerful tank to protect other units, built to be particularly useful on stages that mix traits, which would normally limit the usefulness of multiple tanks, as while they have more effective health than Hades in general, these units falter very quickly against enemies they are not meant to counter and when cursed. Hades attacks very fast and has short range, so he can easily wipe out weaker peons and stall other enemies consistently, but he's too slow to reach the frontline on time for this. His immunities can be situationally helpful, with his Warp Immunity helping you defeat Everlord WanWan and other Starred Aliens, while Toxic Immunity hard-counters a small number of admittedly few and not too hard Gobble/Zollow stages, as well as Papuu's Paradise.
His rapid attacks are mostly detrimental to his role, as while this can get fragile enemies off him very quickly, those that aren't like Brollow and Rain D. get to abuse their high knockback count. He also has to remain there for an extended period to inflict damage comparable to good tankers, which reduces his reliability as he may not survive long enough to make an impact. His range and cooldown are both too much for a tank, and as such you may never get him on the field when you need him the most. Furthermore, his standing range of 250 means he won't be able to protect lower-ranged melee attackers.
===True Form===
Almighty Hades gains nothing but two immunities. Immunity to knockback is especially important for a tank, while immunity to slow can also be useful in some cases. Considering how late this True Form can be unlocked, due to the requirement of an Epic Catfruit Seed, it can be seen as a low cost, low reward trade. Immunity to knockback allows Hades to be extremely effective in stages that combine Long Distance attacks with knockback effects, namely Floor 39 of the Heavenly Tower, where Elder Sloth and Mr. Mole will barely advance as Hades can remain in Tackey and Codename "Red Riding"'s blindspots, perhaps stalling long enough for another to arrive.
===Talents===
Since Almighty Hades relies on his stats to be useful, going for the extra attack and health is definitely a good idea, if one wishes to boost this unit with Catseyes. A defense Talent Orb can also be given to Hades to make him even tougher against a specific trait, possibly one that there is not a counter for among your Cats (excluding Traitless enemies). 
On the other hand, his slow and weaken talents are not as useful. Unlike your average specialist tanker or meatshield that have defensive abilities boosting their effective durability, these two abilities have low duration and activation chance, so they'll rarely be worthwhile. Furthermore, since they exclusively target Relics, the Curse Immunity talent is necessary for them to be practical. All of these talents are extremely expensive, and therefore not worth the investment due to the existence of far better alternatives which can counter Relics better.
==Description==
==Cost==
*Chapter 1: 2,950¢
*Chapter 2: 4,425¢
*Chapter 3: 5,900¢
==Stats==
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==Catfruit Evolution==
==Talents==
*Curse Immunity (Cost: 100 NP)
*Slow: Adds a 20% chance to slow Relic enemies for 3f 0.1s per level up to 30f 1s (Total Cost: 285 NP)
*Weaken: Adds a 20% chance to weaken Relic enemies to 50% for 3f 0.1s per level up to 30f 1s (Total Cost: 285 NP)
*Defense Buff: Upgrades health by 2% per level up to 20% (Total Cost: 175 NP)
*Attack Buff: Upgrades attack power by 2% per level up to 20% (Total Cost: 175 NP)
==Appearance==
*Normal Form: A set of floating platforms held together by golden branches. Each platform has a different type of flower on it. The left platform has Hades as black smoke with a golden pair of disembodied hands and upper torso. The upper torso forms three dog heads representing Cerberus. He wields a scythe with a cat face on it. The top platform appears to have a gate with a trail of smoke flowing out of it representing the gate to the underworld. On the trail is a boat with a riverman and a pile of skulls representing Charon and the River Styx.
*Evolved Form: The flowers on the platforms have changed into skulls. Hades' appearance now consists of more golden parts. The left platform now has a pile of skulls on it. The end of the trail of smoke flowing out of the gate now forms a 'head'.
*True Form: Still the same, but now he's accompanied by a white fairy with gold wings and a wand. Also, behind him is a flat circle surrounded by butterflies with a golden flower and cherry in its center, having the "eye" on the door yellow.
==Trivia==
*Hades is the King of the Underworld in Greek Mythology.
*Hades the Deathdealer has the highest health of all Cat Units.
==Reference==
*https://battlecats-db.com/unit/535.html
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