Master A.

Master A. (師匠 Shishō, Master) is a Traitless enemy that appears in Legend Stages and The Aku Realms.
==Enemy==
Master A. dishes out rapid Area Attacks from 451 range through a literal tongue-lashing. Although his damage per hit tends to be relatively low, he can often stunlock units he outranges by continually knocking them back before they can reach him, while eating through meatshields with ease. However, this leaves him open to attack from units that aren't knocked back easily. In later stages, he will be magnified heavily and will mostly be used as support instead of the main threat.
==Strategy==
Master A. is protected by a legion of Those Guys and Crocos in his first appearance, Tapas Desert. While this may sound counterintuitive, it is recommended to let him get close to the Cat Base, then fire the Cat Cannon so your attackers can reach him before more peons get in the way.
If you don't have units that outrange him, use bulky cats such as Artist Cat and Mythical Titan Cat or Crazed Titan Cat to deal damage, Long Distance/Wave/Surge Attackers such as Polevaulter Cat or Crazed Sexy Legs Cat to snipe him if there are other enemies to trigger their attacks, or use fast units such as Giraffe Cat and Butterfly Cat when there are fewer peons. In later stages, Long Distance, Waves and Surges will be your primary means of defeating him.
Cats with very high range like Hacker Cat and Dark Emperor Catdam can attack with impunity and will easily take down Master A. given enough time.
Crazed Bahamut Cat will do no good, since Master A. has more range than him by just a fraction. Awakened Bahamut Cat fares better, as he can quickly rush in and inflict massive damage. Master A. deals constant, fairly low damage, and will trigger Awakened Bahamut's many knockbacks, which will result in an immediate counterattack, but will also be his downfall if the Master A. in question is buffed enough to knockback Awakened Bahamut with each attack, rendering him useless unless aided by anti-Traitless crowd-control units.
==Description==
==Variants==
==Encounters==
===The Aku Realms===
*Stage 12: Nepal (200%)
===Stories of Legend===
*Stage 2-8: Tapas Desert (100%)
*Stage 3-6: Propolis Oasis (100%)
*Stage 4-1: Premature Launch (100%)
*Stage 4-6: Fisherman's Dilemma (100%)
*Stage 5-1: Lovely Minerals (100%)
*Stage 5-2: Shapely Caverns (100%)
*Stage 5-6: Thriller Bridge (100%)
*Stage 6-6: Disappointed Guard (200%)
*Stage 7-2: Fresh Wharf (200%)
*Stage 7-7: Frozen Tuna Front (200%)
*Stage 8-2: Bamboo Coast (200%)
*Stage 9-5: Juvenile Killer (100%)
*Stage 11-8: The Trial Deep (200%)
*Stage 12-6: Coral Coral Reef (200%)
*Stage 13-1: Tuna Field (200%)
*Stage 13-6: Natto Bay (200%)
*Stage 14-1: Cardboard Corridor (200%)
*Stage 14-2: Catnip Dream (200%)
*Stage 14-6: Disapproving Giant (200%)
*Stage 16-3: Bikini Territory (200%)
*Stage 17-2: Pelican Island (400%)
*Stage 19-4: King of Freedom (500%)
*Stage 20-5: Outsider's Gate (400%)
*Stage 22-2: The Bathroom (400%)
*Stage 22-6: Satan's Bedroom (400%)
*Stage 25-2: Minefield (800%)
*Stage 31-3: Surviving Herd (1,000%)
*Stage 38-6: No Return Flights (1,500%)
*Stage 47-1: Ultimate Shrine (2,000%)
*Stage 48-7: Twilight Zephyr (800%)
===Uncanny Legends===
*Stage 2-5: Pasta Desert (2,400%)
*Stage 7-2: Metroasis (2,000%)
*Stage 17-5: Umibozu's House (2,000%)
*Stage 27-6: Happily Ever After (2,000%)
*Stage 42-6: Roast Meat, Not Cities (2,000%)
===Zero Legends===
*Stage 10-4: Small Inlet, Large Field (2,000%)
===Event Stages===
*Tuesday Stage: Speed Cat (Hard) (100%)
*Bears be Bare: Going Bipolar (100%)
*Teacher! It's Spring!: I L U (100%)
*The Forbidden Bride: Family Drama Woes (100%)
*Autumn = Sports Day!: Chicken Run (100%)
*Bride Awakens!: Bridal Blues (Expert) (400%)
*Vengeance Awakes!: No Need to Curse! (Expert) (400%)
*Cat Maniac: Deathhawk (Deadly) (1,000%)
*The Battle Cats Together!: Play All You Want! (100%)
*Duel Under the Stars: Vanguard (Hard) (100%)
*Tag Arena: Beginner: Finals (Veteran) (200%)
*Wicked Cat: Devil's Nest (100%)
*Q1. What's in the Box? Quiz: Cat #2: Fortune's Feline? (100%)
*Pt. 2: Enemy Maneuvers: 2013 Debut (100%)
*#02 Banquet of Terror: Chainsaw to Wedding Cake (100%)
*The Malevolent Lizard: Spitting Death (Insane) (2,000%)
*River City Relay: 1600m Relay: Fast Start (400%)
*Heavenly Tower: Floor 9 (200%)
*Infernal Tower: Floor 9 (400%)
*Traitless Citadel: Floor 4 (100%)
*Aku Citadel: Floor 3 (400%)
*Season 1: School Days: Race to the Cafeteria (100%)
*Duel Stages Challenge: Duel Under the Stars (Vanguard) (100%)
*Tag Arena Challenge: Beginner Finals (200%)
*Pt. 1: A Decade of Memories: 2016 Part 2 (100%)
*Chapter 1 The Cats' Journey: Treasure Chest Was a Trap (100%)
*Summer Break Cats Castaway: Toadstool Bellyache (100%)
*Ashvini Desert: Badlands Area 1 (200%)
*Underground Labyrinth: Stage 60 (1,000%)
===Collaboration Stages===
*Hometown Self-Defense Force: Major Jeje (100%)
*Dragon Poker: Breaker Crash (100%)
*New Challenger: VS BLANKA (Expert) (200%)
*Witch's Labyrinth: Rose Garden Witch: Is In Order (200%)
*Kaohsiung Metro Red Line: A Beautiful Station Formosa Boulevard Station (200%)
*Battle! Tamakoma Second's Leader: After-Battle Introspection (100%)
*Rescue! Godzilla Cat: Destroy as Much as Possible (200%)
*Aim GI Nyanko Horse Racing:
**A Very Close Race Decided by a Nose (200%)
**Harsh Photo Finish (300%)
**Look Three Times at the Ticket You Bought (400%)
**Excited About the Rainy Day (500%)
**I'll Watch it Again Next Week (600%)
===Removed Stages===
*New Challenger: VS BLANKA (Expert) (200%)
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==Stats==
==Trivia==
*Even though his and Project A's Japanese names can both be translated as "Master", they aren't quite the same: Master A. is 師匠 Shishō, which is closer to "instructor", while Project A is 巨匠 Kyoshō, meaning "master of an art/craft".
*Master A. and his variants' descriptions follow a theme of having dark thoughts and schemes that they often fail to execute one way or the other. In the Korean version, Professor A. is even stated to be on the way to becoming a wizard, as in the Internet slang term "wizard" referring to a virgin over the age of 30.
*Despite being the fourth Stories of Legend enemy encountered, Master A. has the lowest ID out of all of them, which suggests that the first thing PONOS set out to do when creating new enemies for Legend Stages was ensure Bahamut Cat wouldn't be the answer to everything.
==Reference==
*https://battlecats-db.com/enemy/033.html
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