Cheese

In the community of the The Battle Cats, the term cheese refers to strategies that allow players to clear stages in ways that were unintended by PONOS, usually by taking advantage of the varying enemy limit present in every battle.
==Ways to Cheese==
===Sniping the Base===
Long Distance Cats (e.g., Radiant Aphrodite, Splendid Ganesha, Sharpshooter Saki) are able to hit foes a certain distance ahead of their target, including the enemy base. Some Long Distance Cats have enough reach to hit the base even when there are still enemies guarding it, and can destroy it altogether if kept alive long enough. Naturally, this method is harder to pull off in stages with high base HP or enemy Long Distance attackers (e.g., Mr. Mole, Hackey, Loris), as most LD attackers don't inflict much damage.
This cheese is also possible with some cats that don't have Long Distance, like Unknown Cat or Super Galaxy Cosmo due to their massive range, but it's easier with Long Distance attackers because they don't have to reach the base in order to hit it.
A slight variation of this cheese involves filling the enemy limit with peons, then using Long Distance Cats with big enough blind spots and long enough piercing range to hit the base but not the peons. Using Curling Cat is a good way to keep the peons in front of the base without reaching your Long Distance attackers. Nerd Cat's Normal Form and Golfer Cat work well at not hitting the peons, as Nerd Cat has a single-target attack, and Golfer's standing range is well within his blindspot.
===Rushing===
The main threats of many stages only appear after the battle has been on for some time, which means the player doesn't have to fight them if they beat the level fast enough. Doing this is necessary to receive certain Timed Score Rewards.
Examples of stages cheesable with this method: Electrosafari, Inspirational Mural, High Watchtower, Urura.
===High-Speed Clip Cheese===
One of the hardest and least practical methods of cheesing, this one takes advantage of the fact that units lose their hitboxes for a few frames when they're being knocked back. All the player needs to do is use Sniper the Cat or the Cat Cannon to knockback the main enemy, then use a speedy cat like Awakened Bahamut Cat, Bullet Train Cat or Sanada Yukimura to clip past it and get to the enemy base without having to kill the main enemy. The only reason why this isn't more popular is because it can take over an hour of practice to get the timing right.
Examples of stages cheesable with this method: Forest Beasts (Deadly), Floor 30, Parade of the Dead (Deadly), Steel Visage (Deadly).
===Li'l Tank Cat Cheese===
Li'l Tank Cat (or 765-3 if you have it) has the shortest range of any Cat Unit, at 100. Incidentally, many of the weaker peons - Doge, Snache, Those Guys, Baa Baa, Croco, B.B.Bunny, Squire Rel, Doge Dark, UltraBaaBaa and Croconator - stand at just above 100 range.
What this means is that if Li'l Tank Cat gets to the enemy base and the peons consist of the ones mentioned above, the enemies will stand slightly behind their base, opening a path for stronger units to quickly destroy it if the enemy limit is full. In stages with more buffed peons, the player may need to use Li'l Tank Cat's True Form, Li'l Eraser Cat.
If any cat with longer range than Li'l Tank Cat is used instead, the peons will stand in front of the base and eventually die to the player's attackers, freeing up the enemy limit for the main threats.
Examples of stages cheesable with this method: Tapas Desert, Marco Po Road, A Boat Too Far, Deathhawk (Deadly).
===Stacking Ms. Signs===
Ms. Sign is an enemy that spawns in almost every stage, usually every 15 minutes, but a few stages spawn her earlier than that. Despite having high enough health (10,000) to survive against most meatshields, getting knocked back up to 10,000 times, and standing at double the range of Le'boin, she deals almost no damage with her attacks.
Because of Ms. Sign's unusual attributes listed above, the player can easily knockback a group of Ms. Signs after slowly stacking them up on meatshields, filling the enemy limit, and open a path for attackers to destroy the base without spawning the boss. This takes hours in most stages where it can be done, even with a Speed Up enabled, so it should only be used as a last resort, unless in stages like Gouache Ghouls, where it is mandatory to do so.
Ms. Sign is not present in most Merciless-difficulty stages (including the vast majority of Uncanny Legends stages), possibly because of this very strategy.
Examples of stages cheesable with this method: Dark Souls (Insane), Deathhawk (Deadly), Heaven's Oasis.
===Exploiting Target Only===
As the ability's name suggests, the Target Only ability limits a cat to attacking certain types of enemies, along with enemy bases. This means that if the player has a unit who can't hit the initial peons, they can wait for the peons to stack up in front of the enemy base and fill the enemy limit, then use the Target Only Cat to hit the base without also killing the peons. Warlock and Pierre is a great choice for this because of their Base Destroyer ability. If one does not have him, Takeda Shingen will suffice, due to his already insane base damage.
Incidentally, almost none of the currently existing Target Only Cats target Traitless Enemies, making this easiest to pull off on stages that don't have any traited enemies at the beginning.
Examples of stages cheesable with this method: Lots O' Lion (Deadly).
===Kubilan Pasalan's Knockback===
Kubilan Pasalan's abilities combined with his low damage output allow him to gradually knockback the initial peons until they're behind the enemy base. If the enemy limit is still full when the peons are behind the base, then the player can use an attacker to safely attack the base without spawning the boss. Because this cheese relies on Kubilan Pasalan's low attack power, it's recommended that the player keeps him at a low level unless they want to unlock his True Form.
This also can work with Cat God the Great if one does not have Kubiluga.
Examples of stages cheesable with this method: Benzene Field, Mineral Treatment, Last Labyrinth, Bell Collector, Floor 32 (Heavenly Tower)
=== Long-Distance / Wave Stacking ===
This strategy relies on the first part of a stage having limited peons, allowing one to infinitely stall and stack up Long Distance units, often to make the stage significantly easier. This is most often done with Golfer Cat since his attack hits outside of his standing range, however this is possible with other units like Nerd Cat
A more niche variant involves using an UltraBaaBaa to stack wave attackers on. This is only possible due to UltraBaaBaa's comically strong barrier.
Examples of stages cheesable with this method: Haunted Genome, Lifesaving Shovel.
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