Oncoming Maelstrom (Expert)

Oncoming Maelstrom (Expert) is the 4th Cyclone Stage. It appears every Saturday. Upon completion, players have a 30% chance to unlock Clockwork Cat.
==Battleground==
*Infinite Gabriels spawn after 10 seconds300f, delay 6.67~16.67 seconds200f~500f.
*Infinite Heavenly Hippoes spawn after 16.67 seconds500f, delay 23.33~33.33 seconds700f~1,000f.
*When the base reaches 99% HP:
**1 Divine Cyclone spawns as the boss.
**1 Angel Fanboy spawns.
**3 Gabriels spawn, delay 0.67~1.33 seconds20f~40f.
**Infinite Gabriels spawn, delay 13.33~23.33 seconds400f~700f.
==Strategy==
Due to Divine Cyclone's extremely high DPS and lack of knockbacks, the use of Anti-Angel Units with slow, freeze, or knockback abilities is mandatory. Ubers such as Princess Kaguya or Momotaro (first form for both) can trivialize the stage, but, if not using Ubers, one must rely on Stilts Cat or the 2 Super Rares that target Angels instead. The Grateful Crane's base form with its fast attack speed and good knockback chance is incredibly effective in tandem with Stilts Cat.
===Strategy 1===
*Eraser Cat can be used if Artist isn't an option.
With Stilts Cat, this stage becomes easy, although slightly unreliable, as Stilts Cat can stun-lock Divine Cyclone into never getting an attack. Therefore, heavily spam Stilts Cats while sending out meatshields, Paris and Bahamut Cat as needed.
===Strategy 2 (Cheese)===
Professor Cat Jobs’ range is higher than Divine Cyclone’s range, so if you use Professor Cat Jobs to weaken Divine Cyclone, it'll be powerless against your Ramen Cats. It will only do 1% of its damage, and it will be permanently weakened thanks to the weaken combo. After it is weakened, use any high DPS cats such as A. Bahamut, Kalisa, etc. to kill it and finish the stage.
===Strategy 3 ===
This strategy relies on stacking Juliet Cats and King Dragon Cats in order to permafreeze and kill the angel enemies. Juliet Cat just nice outranges Heavenly Hippoe and Divine Cyclone which allows for a nice permafreeze. 
At the start of the stage, upgrade your wallet until the first Gabriel appears, wait for it to get near your base and send out a Crazed Wall/Eraser Cat, spawning them again when necessary (be sure to avoid spamming them), then spawn Juliet Cats and continue upgrading your wallet. Don't spam Crazed Wall/Eraser Cats and don't spawn Ramen cat/King Dragon Cats yet, so as to avoid the Gabriels being knocked back and making your stack of Juliet Cats advance forward. When the first Heavenly Hippoe reaches near your base, start stacking your King Dragon Cats while you continue to stack your Juliet Cats and start spawning your Ramen Cats and your Crazed Wall/Eraser Cats (still refraining from spamming Ramen Cats and your Crazed Wall/Eraser Cats so as to prevent your stack from moving forward). Once you notice your stack moving around to the halfway-point of the map, start spamming your meatshields while continuing to spawnyour Juliet Cats and King Dragon Cats. Start to spawn your DPS cats when they're near the enemy base. Right before your cats land a hit on the enemy base, fire the Cat Cannon to knockback the horde of Gabriels that will spawn, so as to prevent them from going past your meatshields and destroying your stack. Continue to spam your meatshields, Juliet Cats, and King Dragon Cats. At this stage, you should also be free to spam your DPS cats. If all goes well, your stack should be permafreezing the Heavenly Hippoes and Divine Cyclone while your King Dragon Cats/DPS Cats do the work. 
===Strategy 4===
Lineup: Sanzo Cat (Angel Talent), and literally anything else you want.
Sanzo's Angel target makes this stage a complete joke. Every single enemy here are short ranged angel enemies (excluding Angel Fanboy), meaning stacking up Sanzo can permanently slow everything in the level. It's basically a free win from there. Spam your high DPS cats to kill the Cyclone quickly.
Sanzo's Survive talent works well here too, in case your Cats aren't very strong and Divine Cyclone is able to reach your Sanzo stack through the Permaslow. For this reason, Weaken can be a useful Talent, though admittedly not quite as helpful.
Note: Because this strategy requires Talents, this strategy will not be possible if you haven't beaten Into the Future Chapter 3.
==Trivia==
*Oncoming Maelstrom was the first level added to the game to contain Angel enemies.
==Walkthrough==
==Gallery==
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==Reference==
*https://battlecats-db.com/stage/s01039-01.html
Category:Cyclone Stages
Category:Event Stages