Akira (Uber Rare Cat)

Akira is an Uber Rare Cat that was added in Version 4.0 and can be unlocked by playing the Rare Cat Capsule during the Dark Heroes event. True Form added in Version 5.0 gains strong against Alien enemies. Talents were added in Version 8.1, and Ultra Talents were added in Version 12.1.
==Evolution==
Evolves into Shadow Akira at level 10.
Evolves into Inferno Akira at level 30 using Catfruit and XP.
==Performance==
+ 50% chance to freeze Alien Enemies [Normal]
+ Strengthens by 50% at 50% health [Evolved]
+ Immune to Waves [Evolved, True]
+ Strong against Alien Enemies [True]
+ Immune to Weaken
===Pros===
*Area Attack
*Good attack rate and range
===Cons===
*Mediocre DPS and cost
*Long attack animation
==Strategy/Usage==
Akira is a multi-purpose offensive unit. Due to Akira's immunity to weakening effects for all forms, he is useful when faced against enemies who apply this kind of debuff, most notably Calamary.
===Normal Form===
In his Normal Form, he acts as an offensive crowd control unit against Aliens, which can make dealing with tough Alien bosses like Nimoy Bore much easier. Although Seafarer already exists for the purpose, Akira has a range advantage that becomes apparent on aliens Seafarer would struggle against. He has fantastic synergy with cats that excel at damaging Aliens, like Aphrodite or stacks of Macho Legs Cat. Akira freezes the Aliens in their tracks, allowing your damage-dealers to wipe them out.
===Evolved Form===
Shadow Akira is a very well-rounded damage dealer that is great in all areas. Due to his Strengthen ability, he is the best form for taking on any type of enemy, though excelling at none. This form is best used for offensive support to add to high DPS teams. He is extremely effective against resilient wave attackers like Kory or Elizabeth the LVIth. It is possible to use wave-immune meatshields in combination with Shadow Akira to make taking out wave attackers easier.
===True Form===
Inferno Akira gains the Strong ability against Aliens, but in exchange for his previous form's Strengthen. Unless his expensive Talents are unlocked, Inferno Akira is only preferred over his other forms if the player is already able to keep Aliens slowed or frozen.
===Talents===
Akira requires such a massive talent investment that sometimes it is better to use his earlier forms or resort to other alternatives, but it doesn't hurt if you're somehow able to pay for it after the more essential ones are unlocked.
Strengthen and Freeze are, obviously good, since his previous forms were reliant on them, and having all of them simultaneously does prove helpful. The stat talents should not be prioritized, as while the unit itself has good stats, catseyes must be considered first to boost his stats. The Survive ability has its perks for a unit with a very slow recharge, wave immunity and decently high range, but it is difficult to get reliable results from.
===Ultra Talents===
Surge Attack is the main thing you'll want to focus on. It's the primary reason for getting Akira to such a high level in the first place, as it functions as both piercing damage and also have the potential to double his damage. The surge itself spawns at the edge of his attack, causing it to lean more towards the piercing aspect. This alone is very good, as aliens notoriously have lots of backliners and can have the potential to be annoying with their frontliners as well. With this, Akira has the capabilities to deal with every single alien enemy. 
If he lands one of his hits, he can unleash an incredibly high 16k dps, which becomes 24k when strengthened. If any unsuspecting alien manages to take damage from both his surge and his main attack, which isn't too uncommon, Akira can score an unbelievable 33k dps, which becomes 49k when strengthened, which is simply too much.
To make him relevant, Akira also gets the Aku target, which essentially gives him a new niche to unleash his monumentally overpowered dps against. as he is able to outrange many of them (save for High Priest Mamon/Jagando/Possessed Empress/Dark Emperor Santa/THE FOLIVOREAN), with his wave immunity countering Wicked Face/Deathkory's main gimmicks. While he doesn't have Surge Immunity or Shield Piercing, his answer to that is his sheer damage that can still counter most Akus.
Make sure you know you want Akira's ultra talents before investing, as it's an incredibly pricey investment and can be skipped if you already have some strong anti-akus or anti-aliens. Despite that's Akira's potential is overwhelming, and should still be considered if you have the resources.
==Description==
==Cost==
*Chapter 1: 3,240¢
*Chapter 2: 4,860¢
*Chapter 3: 6,480¢
==Stats==
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==Catfruit Evolution==
==Talents==
*Freeze: Adds a 40% chance to freeze for 39f 1.3s, improves by 9f 0.3s per level up to 120f 4s (Total Cost: 235 NP)
*Attack Up: Adds 23% attack power at 33% health, increases by 3% per level up to 50% (Total Cost: 235 NP)
*Survives: Adds a 28% chance to survive a lethal strike, improves by 8% per level up to 100% (Total Cost: 235 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)
===Ultra Talents===
*Target Aku (Cost: 150 NP)
*Surge Attack: Adds a 10% chance to create a level 1 surge attack between 430~780 range, improves by 10% per level up to 100% (Total Cost: 285 NP)
==Appearance==
*Normal Form: A boy wearing a light grey helmet, breastplate, pauldron, gauntlet, boots, and white bodysuit. He also wields a giant arm-drill with a cat ornament on his left hand.
*Evolved Form: He gained long white hair and his armor became sharper and received a darker tone. The arm-drill changed into some sort of lance with a sinister-looking face on it. The cat face ornament remains, but is in front of the blade which makes it easier to see.
*True Form: Akira's armor is now mainly red and black, his headgear remains almost identical, but now it has a red protective glass. His sword, now overflowing with energy, has a hexagonal jewel instead of a circular one and reveals two red laser blades when attacking. The sinister face of the blade is given red eyes and a mouth with sharper, more curved teeth, and the cat face now has the expression of a Crazed Cat.
==Trivia==
*Prior to Version 4.7, Akira was a part of two other Cat Combos: Just Us League and Revengers.
*Prior to version 9.7, Shadow Akira was not immune to waves.
*He was one of the first units to receive Ultra Talents, alongside God-Emperor Megidora and Divine Kuu.
*This unit might be inspired by X and Zero from the Rockman/Megaman franchise. The arm cannon is their common trait and his Evolved Form's and True Form's hair is quite similar to Zero's.
*This unit's name may be a reference to the popular Japanese sci-fi franchise Akira.
==Reference==
*https://battlecats-db.com/unit/195.html
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