Ninja Cat (Special Cat)

:This article is about the Cat Unit. For the enemy, see Flying Ninja Cat (Enemy).
Ninja Cat is a Special Cat that was added in Version 1.0 and can be purchased for 50 Cat Food in the Upgrade Menu after completing Philippines/Oita in Empire of Cats Chapter 1. In Version 3.3, True Form decreases her deploy cost and movement speed in exchange for losing Multi-Hit and longer attack animation. Talents were added in Version 10.0. To unlock her in The Battle Cats POP!, you must clear Oita in Chapter 2 and spend 9000 XP. In The Battle Cats Unite!, she is unlocked from clearing Philippines in the Empire of Cats chapter and costs 25 Cat Food.
==Evolution==
Evolves into Ninja Frog Cat at level 10.
Evolves into Flying Ninja Cat when obtained from Ninja Awakens! (may drop on the first stage but guaranteed on the second) and is at level 20 or above.
==Performance==
+ Strong against Red enemies
+ Multi-Hit [Normal, Evolved]
===Pros===
*Fast attack rate
*Fast movement speed
*Very short recharge time
*Low cost
*Part of multiple good Cat Combos
===Cons===
*Single Attack
*Low health and attack power
==Strategy/Usage==
Ninja Cat is extremely potent early on, having straight-up better stats than Axe Cat. It is recommended to buy her as early as possible, as she alone can carry through the whole first, second and the early portion of the third chapter, but her use rapidly declines afterwards, quickly becoming outclassed by Dark Cat (whose + levels give him an edge) and Crazed Axe Cat, two units that are not very useful to begin with. And that is to say nothing about the more efficient anti-red specialists, such as Courier and Elemental Duelist, or even Maximum the Fighter.
Though she becomes obsolete for actual use, Ninja Cat is also part of the Cool Japan Cat Combo, which provides a 15% attack boost to all your units; this is a very useful Combo and is worth bringing into many stages. Unfortunately, even this becomes mostly obsolete once 2 Sm Attack combos are obtained, as they provide a 20% boost to attack instead of just 15% and their units are only a little less accessible (Tiny Ancient Hunt and Brave Cutter). This isn't helped by the release of Mighty Deth-Troy-R which provides the same boost for half the slots for players lucky enough to own it.
===True Form===
Flying Ninja Cat becomes slower and cheaper. Her stats are still not usable, and while the speed penalty allows you to create a thicker line of defense, her cost is way too high. Thus, regardless of the minor improvements, Flying Ninja Cat is still of no practical use without Talents.
===Talents===
Flying Ninja Cat's usage as a meatshield is improved dramatically by her Dodge Attack talent as, with it, Flying Ninja Cat goes from being little more than a more expensive Mohawk Cat in practice to a unit who can hold off decently well against even the strongest Red enemies, although it can be rather inconsistent than other options to defeat them outright. Move Speed Up helps her out a lot too, as it allows meatshields to be generally more effective and to clog the unit limit less.
Since Flying Ninja Cat's base stats are really low, Defense Buff and Attack Buff do very little, even with her Strong ability factored in. Target Black is only useful with Dodge Attack to deny them from pushing briefly. Since Black enemies tend to deal extreme overall damage and can push just as aggressively as Reds, it's safe to assume that Flying Ninja Cat will die immediately if it doesn't dodge, and even then, it can be just as inconsistent as against Reds due to the wide variety of other Anti-Black units. Overall, optionally worth the investments, but the NP could be better spent elsewhere.
==Description==
==Cost==
===Normal/Evolved Form===
*Chapter 1: 200¢
*Chapter 2: 300¢
*Chapter 3: 400¢
===True Form===
*Chapter 1: 150¢
*Chapter 2: 225¢
*Chapter 3: 300¢
==Stats==
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==Talents==
Accessible at level 30
*Target Black (Cost: 75 NP)
*Dodge Attack: Adds a 20% chance to dodge attacks for 24f 0.8s, improves by 4f 0.13s per level up to 60f 2s (Total Cost: 165 NP)
*Move Speed Up: Upgrades movement speed by 1 per level up to 10 (Total Cost: 125 NP)
*Defense Buff: Upgrades health by 8% per level up to 80% (Total Cost: 125 NP)
*Attack Buff: Upgrades attack power by 8% per level up to 80% (Total Cost: 125 NP)
==Appearance==
*Normal Form: Looks like a regular Cat wearing a ninja costume.
*Evolved Form: Same cat, but now sits atop another Ninja Cat with a frog mask and has visible hair.
*True Form: Alone again, Ninja Cat now glides in the air using an olive green parachute with swirls on it. Throws shuriken to attack.
==Existence Elsewhere==
===Shoumetsu Toshi===
Ninja Cat and its evolution appear in Shoumetsu Toshi as a wood type unit introduced in the first collaboration between the two games. It appears in the collaboration gacha during the event duration and can only be obtained through it.
ネコ忍者 (Neko Ninja, Ninja Cat) 	ネコ忍者 (Neko Ninja, Ninja Cat) 	ガマネコ忍者 (Gama Neko Ninja, Frog Ninja Cat)
 	 	
Stats At Level 30 	Stats At Level 30 	Stats At Level 70
Rarity 	★3 	★4
Health 	832 	1,649
Attack 	451 	889
Recovery 	79 	144
Single Skill 	Significantly reduce damageeffect lasts until attacked twice 	Significantly reduce damageeffect lasts until attacked twice
Leadership Skill 	Increases the the attack power of ally wood attribute souls by 1.5,increase HP by 1.2	Increases the the attack power of ally wood attribute souls by 1.5,increase HP by 1.2
===Castle & Dragon===
Ninja Cat appears in Castle & Dragon as a costume for Cat.
===Nyanko Defence Force===
Ninja Cat and its evolutions appear in Nyanko Defence Force as an EX team member. It can be obtained through the gacha system.
ネコ忍者 (Neko Ninja, Ninja Cat) 	ネコ忍者 (Neko Ninja, Ninja Cat) 	ガマネコ忍者 (Gama Neko Ninja, Frog Ninja Cat) 	ムササビネコ忍者 (Musasabi Neko Ninja, Flying Squirrel Ninja Cat)
 	 	 	
Stats At Level 30 	Stats At Level 30 	Stats At Level 30 	Stats At Level 30
Rarity 	Rarity 	EX 	EX
Attack 	3/3 Zodiac Signs 	160 	160
Attack 	2/3 Zodiac Signs 	120 	120
Attack 	1/3 Zodiac Signs 	100 	100
Skill 	Skill 	30% increase in attack power against non-boss enemies	30% increase in attack power against non-boss enemies
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==Trivia==
*Prior to Version 4.7, Ninja Frog Cat was a part of another Cat Combo called Shonen Manga.
*Ninja Cat is one of the many units who were updated to have multi-hit in Version 6.0.
*Her position is higher form by form.
*Ninja Frog Cat might be a reference to the Japanese book The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya, where a man saves a giant toad from an even bigger snake. The toad then teaches him toad magic, with one of the spells letting the man summon a toad to aid him in battle.
*Flying Ninja Cat's movement animation is identical to Kanzo Hattori's "Flying Squirrel Technique" in Ninja Hattori-kun, and her parachute looks just like Hattori's outside of having a swirl-pattern design. Furthermore, her Japanese name is Flying Squirrel Ninja Cat.
**Incidentally, Hattori is afraid of frogs, which may be why Ninja Frog Cat only rides another Ninja Cat in a frog mask.
**The parachute also somewhat resembles the pattern on the inside of the Cat Base.
*Her gender is confirmed by the Caltrops' description in The Burgle Cats: "Ninja Cat forgot to clean up after herself. Just rubber, but the pointy bits still hurt when stepped on! Imagine if it was actual steel!"
==Reference==
*https://battlecats-db.com/unit/019.html
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