Pumpcat (Rare Cat)

Pumpcat is a Rare Cat that was added in Version 4.3 and can be unlocked when beating any stage in #01 Sugar Struggle. True Form added in Version 11.9 grants Strong against Black enemies and Behemoth Slayer.
==Evolution==
Evolves into Cat O'Lantern at level 10.
Evolves into Harbinger Cat at level 30 using Behemoth Stones and XP.
==Performance==
+ 20% chance to freeze Black enemies [Evolved, True]
+ Strong against Black enemies [True]
+ Behemoth Slayer [True]
===Pros===
*Fast cooldown [Normal]
*Low cost [Normal]
*Decent range [Evolved, True]
===Cons===
*Low health and attack power
*Single Target
*Low freeze chance and duration [Evolved, True]
*High cost [Evolved, True]
==Strategy/Usage==
===Normal Form===
Very similar to Cat in terms of usage. Cheap and expendable, it can be summoned in masses to take hits in place of other, more important units. This meatshield role is quite valuable, if not for the wide selection of cats able to perform this role, usually with a lower cost. Pumpcat, however, can be used in Restriction Stages that allow Rare Cats (such as Wrath of B-Cyclone), where there is considerably less competition. Even then, Pumpcat is still not one of the best options due to its slightly higher cost.
===Evolved Form===
Cat O'Lantern is unreliable as an anti-Black Cat. Not only does it have about 6 seconds between attacks and freeze for only 2~2.4 seconds, its freeze chance is low as well, which means a Cat O'Lantern takes over 30 seconds just for one freeze. Its recharge time somewhat makes up for this by allowing you to create a stack, but then there comes another issue: single-target attacks. Most Black enemies come in groups, so on top of only freezing every once in a blue moon, only one enemy will be frozen at a time. Since Black enemies also tend to have many knockbacks, it might miss and be even less reliable. The icing on the cake is that most Black enemies from Legend Stages are strong enough to kill even a level 50 Cat O'Lantern in one or two hits, which will destroy your entire stack in seconds.
Cat O'Lantern's only possible use is against Razorback, if you do not have Bombercat or Oda Nobunaga. For the reasons stated above, it alone will rarely be enough; it has to be supported by other crowd-controllers such as Cat Eastwood and Holy Valkyrie Cat. If you have Bombercat, you can and should use him as a permanent replacement for Cat O'Lantern.
As ineffective as Cat O'Lantern is in battle, it's worth getting just for the Pumpkinpants Combo, which can be combined with Gross!!! to greatly enhance the performance of units relying on freeze effects.
===True Form===
Even with Behemoth Slayer and Strong abilities, Harbinger Cat remains far too weak to be relevant. Most Black enemies, which boast extreme DPS and numbers, can and will cut through it in seconds. On top of that, much more reliable options exist for this niche. Any niche it could have as an anti-Black meatshield is already covered by Gas Mask Cat, Nono and Li'l Gau, while the likes of Pizza Cat and Assassin BearCat outclass it in the attack department. Also counterintuitively, Ragin' Gory, Casaurian Darkjo and Crocodylidae Kurocroc, the only Black Behemoths, are all immune to freeze, giving this unit an even more ill-suited matchup.
==Description==
==Cost==
===Normal Form===
*Chapter 1: 60¢
*Chapter 2: 90¢
*Chapter 3: 120¢
===Evolved/True Form===
*Chapter 1: 560¢
*Chapter 2: 840¢
*Chapter 3: 1,120¢
==Stats==
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==Catfruit Evolution==
==Appearance==
*Normal Form: A Cat wearing a pumpkin over itself. It attacks by launching the pumpkin up and biting.
*Evolved Form: A spirit Cat flying above the rest of the Cat Army. It wears a black witches' hat with an orange stripe above the brim, and carries a jack-o-lantern on a stick. It attacks by lighting the pumpkin, causing smaller pumpkins to fall onto enemies.
*True Form: The haunted spirit returns, now in a black hoodie with a pumpkin mask attached to the side of its head. Carries an eerie skull attacked to a stick by a chain. It attacks by shaking a small version of The Face out of the skull, which bounces on the enemies' heads.
==Trivia==
*When paired with Sexy Legs Cat, the latter appears to wear the pumpkin mask when the two of them are aligned.
*"Abura Cadaver" is a pun on of abracadabra (a stereotypical spell used by "magicians") and cadaver (a synonym for corpse).
*Harbinger Cat's Japanese name, Shinigami Cat, refers to shinigami (kami of death), the Japanese equivalent of the Grim Reaper.
*The spell in Harbinger Cat's Japanese description, "Ajara ka mokuren tekerettsu no pa", is taught by and used to dispel shinigami in the story "Shinigami", one of the most famous rakugo stories. 
==Reference==
*https://battlecats-db.com/unit/228.html
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Category:Cat Units
Category:Rare Cats
Category:Item Drop Cats
Category:Anti-Black Cats
Category:Single Attack Cats
Category:Cats with Freeze ability
Category:Cats with Strong ability
Category:Behemoth Slayer Cats
Category:Cats requiring Behemoth Stones for True Form
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