Crazed Cats (origin)

Crazed Cats are a group of Super Rare Cats that are unlockable by clearing their own Insane-labeled stages, which appear twice a month. Their release date is April, 2014 BCJP.
==About the Crazed Cats==
Crazed Cats are enhanced versions of the Normal Cats the player obtained in early Empire of Cats. At the same level, Crazed Cats always have better stats when compared with their Normal Cat cousins. Not only health and attack power, but the Crazed Cats also have other statistics as well, such as additional abilities, speed or reduced summoning costs. There are some downsides, as the Crazed Cats can only be leveled to level 20 at first, and require specific User Ranks to be upgraded further to level 30. As of the Version 9.1 Update, their current level cap is 50 using Catseyes, and some lack their Normal counterpart's abilities.
===Manic Cats===
In the Version 5.0 Update, the True Forms of Crazed Cats were implemented alongside their respective awakening stages.
Accessible only after clearing all crazed stages, these manic stages have the "Deadly" difficulty rating and the no continues restriction, with appropriately upscaled threats. They share their schedules with their respective crazed counterparts, and when cleared, will reward the player with the unit's true form. 
==Crazed Cats Analysis==
*Crazed Cat: A much faster version of the Basic Cat. His stats are 300+% better than the Basic Cat but he still can't pack a punch. Good for meatshielding on wider expanses.
*Crazed Tank Cat: A faster and tougher version of the Tank Cat, can be used like the Crazed Basic Cat. Useful to cover ground in Timed Stages.
*Crazed Axe Cat: A stronger Axe Cat, they are quite powerful when stacked against Red enemies like the Bore or enemies with slow attack rate like THE SLOTH.
*Crazed Gross Cat: A Gross Cat variant that has a longer recharge time and no anti-trait abilities in exchange for Wave Attacks. Useful throughout Stories of Legend to snipe enemies. Has better defense than the regular Gross Cat even without his True Form.
*Crazed Cow Cat: Way faster than Cow Cat and with Area Attacks. Can easily run through many knocked-back enemies. Very good at speedrunning easy stages and for "cheese" strategies on difficult stages.
*Crazed Bird Cat: Better mid-range attacker than Bird Cat, they do insane DPS when stacked and well-protected. Good at attacking enemies with high DPS but less range than him like the commonly-seen Black Enemies.
*Crazed Fish Cat: A tougher and cheaper Fish Cat, can do Critical attacks in any form. Has a lot of health and high damage output for its cost. A offense and defense Cat for 2-crown and 3-crown stages, he forms a great team with Island Cat and dual Jamieras.
*Crazed Lizard Cat: Stronger than Lizard Cat, other parameters are the same, another ranged Cat that can stack for high DPS if well-protected. His range becomes longer in True form.
*Crazed Titan Cat: A very tanky unit with a small chance to fire off a level 10 wave attack. Good against enemies with long range and high damage but slow attack rate like Daboo of the Dead, or enemies with a far away Long Distance range like Queen B and The Perfect Cyclone.
==Crazed Cat Stages==
===Introduction===
Crazed Cats Stages:
*Dark Souls: Crazed Cat, with 2.4 million health and high DPS at melee range, supported by buffed Teacher Bear, Le'boin and peons, which respawn infinitely. Constant meatshielding with 3-5 units are recommended alongside ranged support.
*Absolute Defence: Crazed Tank Cat with way higher health than Crazed Cat, slower attack rate but at a greater range. Supported by strong peons like Gory and Owlbrow. Same strategy as Crazed Cat's stage also works here.
*Berserk: Crazed Axe Cat is a bit tougher than Crazed Cat, has better attack range and an ability to freeze Cats, supported by very strong Red Enemies like Shy Boy, which will stack quickly. Constant meatshielding is required, and anti-Red Cats with Freeze or Weaken abilities are useful in this stage.
*Festival Gross: Crazed Gross Cat is close-ranged, but they create Wave Attacks upon hitting any Cat, Unlike the previous stages, these Cats will stack after a few seconds. Additionally, their Wave Attacks prevent the use of several meatshields as a way to beat this level. This can be cleared using melee Cats that have both high damage output and health, or a stack of ranged Cats with high DPS enough that the Crazed Gross can't reach them. Alternatively, the player may simply use a Wave Shield to cancel any Wave Attack.
*Head Shaker: Crazed Cow Cat has high speed and decent damage, but not too much health. They are single target but a group of them can easily break any Cat Base with weak defense. Either use a DPS stack or any Cat that does high strong Area Attack like Bahamut.
*Flappy Cat: Crazed Bird has high damage and long range, but its attack rate is slow and it's unprotected most of the time. This stage can be cheesed with Awakened Bahamut before any Rain Ds or Bores are spawned, or using Crazed meatshields and Macho Leg/Dragon spam to stall and kill it slowly. Anti-floating attackers also work well.
*Fish Hell: Crazed Fish will appear in groups and deliver high DPS, however they can be killed with ranged Cat stack. The boss of this stage is Super Metal Hippoe, which can be demolished by a few Critical Hits.
*Mammals?: Crazed Lizards appear in a group of 3, they are annoying due to long attack range with high damage output and Area Attack. Occasionally supported by groups of Otta-smack-us. Using Cats with high defense when there are no Ottas to attack them slowly is possible.
*Crazy Cats: Crazed Titan has a long attack animation, but he will randomly cause a long Wave Attack that can knockback and slow all Cats that get hit by it. It's possible to use ranged Cat spam and light meatshielding to endure his Wave Attacks until he is defeated.
Manic Cats Stages.
*Deathhawk: Le'boin is replaced with Master A. and all other support enemies are buffed significantly.
*Vulcanizer: Gory is replaced with Gory Black, and Duche becomes Capy. Owlbrow's strength is 3 times higher.
*Unjust War: Shy Boy's magnification is doubled, B.B.Bunny is replaced with Ginger Snache, and J.K Bun Bun and Nyandam are added.
*Muscle Party: Manic Macho Legs has 2.5 times more health and attack damage.
*Lots O' Lion: Manic Lion is an improved Crazed Cow with 231% HP, 254% attack power and 140% speed. B.B.Bunny is replaced with Ginger Snache.
*Forest Beasts: Rain D. and Bore has doubled stats, Shy Boy is replaced with Mooth and every other Bore is a Nimoy Bore.
*Ogre Island: Super Metal Hippoe is replaced with Berserkory, which will appear alongside Brollow as support. Assassin Bear is absent from this stage.
*Draconian: Otta-smack-u and Mooth have doubled stats, Manic King Dragon has 117% HP and 223% damage, attack range increases to 104%.
*Resident Feline: All enemies have doubled stats. Manic Jamiera has 1 million more health, his abilities have better proc chance.
===Schedule===
:IN BCJP, Crazed Stages are 2 days earlier than BCEN (1, 4, 7...) but Manics are still follow the below schedule.
*3rd: Crazed & Manic Cat
*6th: Crazed & Manic Tank
*9th: Crazed & Manic Axe
*12th: Crazed & Manic Gross
*15th: Crazed & Manic Cow
*18th: Crazed & Manic Bird
*21st: Crazed & Manic Fish
*24th: Crazed & Manic Lizard
*27th: Crazed & Manic Titan
*28th: Crazed Moneko
As of December 2023, on the 26th, 27th, and 28th of every month, certain Crazed Cat stages appear again in addition to their already scheduled dates.
*26th: Crazed & Manic Cat, Gross, and Fish
*27th: Crazed & Manic Tank, Cow, and Lizard
*28th: Crazed & Manic Axe, Bird, and Titan
Category:Cat Unit Groups