Lord Gravey

Lord Gravey (墓手太郎, Hakate Tarō) is a Zombie enemy that appears in Zombie Outbreaks and Legend Stages.
==Enemy==
As the boss of the Moon/Iriomote stage's Zombie Outbreak in Empire of Cats Chapter 1, Lord Gravey is somewhat like The Face, a powerful wall to keep units from pushing too far. He has very high health and even more when not slain by a Zombie Killer, as he revives with 100% HP instead of the usual 50%. He doesn't burrow, but he has above-average range for a Zombie, a constant attack rate and a 100% chance to inflict knockback, making him very dangerous against slow melee attackers that he can outrange, such as Titan Cat and Mer-Cat.
Despite his knockback effect, his backswing buys enough time for more meatshields to enter his range between attacks and thus prevent him from moving, so he's more of a support enemy than a serious threat when on his own, even in spite of his high damage. And with 250 range and no burrows, one can easily stack Gross Cats, Lizard Cats and Salon Cats on him while he stays in place. Also, since he's often the last strong enemy to go down, fast units like Cow Cat or, later on, Awakened Bahamut can be slipped past him before he revives, destroying the enemy base a little earlier than if you were to wear down his full health pool.
==Description==
==Encounters==
===Empire of Cats Outbreaks===
*Stage 1-48: Moon (20%)
*Stage 3-48: Moon (50%)
===Into the Future Outbreaks===
*Stage 1-48: Moon (100%)
*Stage 3-48: Moon (150%)
===Cats of the Cosmos Outbreaks===
*Stage 2-37: Aguham (200%)
===Stories of Legend===
*Stage 34-6: Silenced Meowing (200%)
*Stage 36-6: The Haunted 1LDK (200%)
*Stage 37-5: Saucy Scandals (200%)
===Uncanny Legends===
*Stage 13-2: Nautilus Tomb (300%)
*Stage 17-1: Steamworks Ltd. (300%)
*Stage 19-2: Forever Fishing (100%)
*Stage 24-5: Unauthorized Breathing (300%)
*Stage 29-3: Second Unlife (300%)
*Stage 33-3: Oil Spill Rainbow (300%)
*Stage 43-4: Border Soil (300%)
===Zero Legends===
*Stage 9-5: Slanderous Wasteland (300%)
===Event Stages===
*Island of Ash: Brushfire (Insane) (100%)
*Sports Night: Hours 'Til Morning (100%)
*Duel at the Lava Fields: Elite (Deadly) (100%)
*Tag Arena: Expert: Semifinals (Deadly) (100%)
*The Proving Grounds: Last Round: Dusk (Deadly) (100%)
*Empress' Report 3: Aku Studies 301: Inquiry (200%)
*#04 Yowling Village:
**Playtime with the Spirits (30%)
**Home Bearing Gifts (200%)
*Resident Undead:
**Mutation Lv.6 (100%)
**Mutation Lv.9 (200%)
*End-of-Summer Homework: 8/31 Escape (200%)
*Machines in Revolt: Hard Restart Lv.9 (300%)
*Weekend Honeymoon #1: Ex-Boyfriend Offering (100%)
*Heavenly Tower:
**Floor 18 (100%)
**Floor 27 (200%)
*Zombie Citadel:
**Floor 5 (30%)
**Top Floor (200%)
*Infernal Tower:
**Floor 18 (200%)
**Floor 27 (300%)
*Big Peng Z Strikes: Frontier Wilderness (Merciless) (200%)
*#01 The Ghost Chapel: Poltergeist Gift Exchange (50%)
*Duel Stages Challenge: Duel at the Lava Fields (Elite) (100%)
*Tag Arena Challenge: Expert Semifinals (100%)
*Island of Hidden Treasure: Rotten Refuge (300%)
*Underground Labyrinth: Stage 107 (200%)
===Enigma Stages===
*Aitum Fields: Trench Warfare (Insane) (100%)
*Necro Frontier: Frontier Shrine (Merciless) (300%)
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==Stats==
==Gallery==
293 e.png|Lord Gravey's spritesheet
IdleLordGravey.gif|Lord Gravey's moving animation
==Trivia==
*His Japanese name, Hakate Tarō, is probably a reference to violinist and composer Taro Hakase, or Hakase Tarō as he's called in Japanese. It's also a play on words, as Hakate is spelled with the kanji for "grave" (墓) and "hand" or "arm" (手).
*His attack animation is kanchō, a Japanese prank which involves using one's fingers to poke the target from behind. Most units don't face the right direction for it to work, but Dancer Cat isn't so lucky.
*His backswing animation is a reference to the movie Terminator 2: Judgement Day, where the T-800 Terminator gives a thumbs up before sinking into molten metal.
*When knocked back, his hands do the "Chudōn Pose" (ちゅどーんポーズ), a gag pose found in works by Rumiko Takahashi such as Ranma 1/2.
*His Japanese description says that he is a jibakurei, meaning a ghost who can't leave a specific location. In this case, it would presumably be his grave.
*He is apparently Miss Haka's husband. Lord Gravey's Japanese description mentions that he was accused of sexual harassment, while Miss Haka's says her husband was taken in for that same reason. Also, their Japanese names share the surname Hakate (墓手).
*If counting him as an Empire of Cats enemy, then he and Miss Haka are the only ones to have no variants.
==Reference==
*https://battlecats-db.com/enemy/295.html
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Category:Zombie Enemies
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