Guard Tom

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### Counterparts

Tom
Robin Hood Jerry
Cowboy Tom
Musketeer Tom
Robin Hood Tuffy
Angel Tom
Devil Tom

**Guard Tom** is a playable cat character that can be selected in a match. He can be purchased or drawn in Shops.

Guard Tom is always in the palace and is responsible for the King's safety.

***Note: Underlined words are information translated to English from the Chinese server, and they are currently unreleased or released content without translations in other servers. As they are not official, they may be changed in the future.***

## Background Story

### Developer Post (Chinese Server)

#### "The royal guard who protects justice."

Guard Tom concentrates on patrolling the castle, always quick to catch opponents. He has weapons such as a cannon and a sword. Because he can adapt to any difficult situations with ease, he always defeats his foes.

### Cartoon Origin

Guard Tom is inspired from the movie "Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse", It is worth mentioning that this big movie is also the source of the much-loved Robin Hood Jerry.

Guard Tom was originally the antagonist in the film. During the confrontation with Robin Hood Jerry, he was informed that Marian would be executed along with Robin Hood, as she was discovered as the spy of the evil John and Sheriff. This caused Guard Tom to turnover a new leaf and betrayed them. Together with Robin Hood Jerry, they helped Robin escape the prison cell and finally stopped their evil plan to take over the King's throne.

## Ability Setting

### Attributes

 **Resistance** | HP 10
 **Technique** | Skill Strength 8

### Skills

#### Active Skill: **Spy on** (Cooldown time: 30/20/20)

 Lv. 2
 Lv. 3
>For 1 found, Guard Tom's Movement Speed and Jump Height will be greatly increased.
>For 2 found, Guard Tom, Movement Speed, Jump Height and Attack Range will also be greatly increased.
>For 3 found, Guard Tom, Movement Speed, Jump Height and Attack Range will also be greatly increased and attack CD will be reduced.
>For 4 found, Guard Tom, Movement Speed, Jump Height and Attack Range will also be greatly increased, attack CD will be reduced and Max HP will be greatly increased.

#### Passive Skill: **Play it by Ear** (Cooldown time: 0/0/0)

 Lv. 2
 Lv. 3

#### Weapon Skill: **Royal Cannon** (Cooldown time: 45/25/25)

 Lv. 2
 Lv. 3

## Character Strategy

### Attribute Analysis

* Pros: Guard Tom has two powerful mouse-catching abilities. One can allow him to rely on skills to enhance himself and greatly improve his basic abilities. Even if the mouse runs to the ends of the Earth, they are doomed not to escape the pursuit of Guard Tom; and the other ability allows him to use his Royal Cannon to destroy mice. No matter which corner the mouse is hiding in, a cannon ball will pass by in the next second! Although Guard Tom's attributes are not excellent, but after upgrading skills later in the game, he will become the cat with the strongest attack power, the strongest resistance, the fastest moving speed, and the highest jump. Therefore, for Guard Tom, his attributes are just the tip of the iceberg.

* Cons: Guard Tom can hit far or near, but his ability to guard weakened mice is mediocre.

### Skill Analysis

#### **Active Skill: Spy on**

* Guard Tom's core skill is Spy on, and its range of action can reach a distance of about one room. After releasing the skill, you can get the same effect as a farsight drink, and his movement speed and jump height will be greatly improved. The effects are quite clear. The skill CD is 20 seconds, and the skill effect lasts for 25 seconds, that is to say, upgrading Lv. 1 Spy on means that he can always get farsight, which is comparable to his passive.

* It also allows Guard Tom to break the enemies' shields, invisibility states, and drink enhancements. Both Detective Jerry's invisibility and King Jerry's shield can also be affected by Spy on.

* When Spy on reaches Lv. 3, Guard Tom gets buffs by facing multiple mice. The more mice he sees, the stronger he gets, especially when there are 3 mice around, his attack CD will be reduced by 50%. If Guard Tom misses his claw attack, it would change from originally 2 seconds to 1 second; landing his claw attack would change from originally 5 seconds to 2.5 seconds. The best way to utilize this is when guarding the fifth cheese and the Wall Crack. At those times, mice would gather together, so Guard Tom's active skill is very suitable for late-game.

#### **Passive Skill: Play it by Ear**

* It should be noted here that Guard Tom's passive effect is related to the mice in the nearby range, and the range is a circumference around himself, so sometimes the passive trigger is not necessarily because there is a mouse in the room, or the mouse is in the same building as yours. The mice can also be upstairs and downstairs, and even invisible mice can also trigger the passive effect. This effect can be used to detect whether there is a mouse around, and it has a better restraint effect on a mouse that plays "Hide and Seek".

* Lv. 1 gives Guard Tom a stronger chasing effect, and should be prioritized in early-game. He will gain a speed boost effect when facing mice and robot mice (when losing track of a mouse, you can go left and right to see which way they are going, as you will gain speed boost according to the direction the mouse is going).

* Lv. 2's attack power bonus to Guard Tom can instantly weaken any Tuffy characters (except Mouseketeer Tuffy). When facing other mice, he still needs to attack twice to weaken them. The attack rate bonus brought by this passive is very useful in actual combat. It is recommended to upgrade to Lv. 2.

* Lv. 3 gives Guard Tom immunity to weakened state when more than 2 mice are around, but it is more difficult to trigger, so there is no need to prioritize upgrading, and should only considered in late-game.

#### **Weapon Skill: Royal Cannon**

* Royal Cannon is Guard Tom's attacking skill. When it is released, the releasing animation will be about 2 seconds, and it will have a shooting time of 25 seconds after taking out the cannon. The shooting range can penetrate any rooms. Guard Tom can control the shooting direction of the artillery by dragging the skill. Meanwhile, Guard Tom can leave the cannon and search for mice while shooting at the same time.

* The damage of this skill is very high. If you shoot it accurately, it will be quite fearsome for the mice. At Lv. 1, one cannon ball can knock out half of a mouse's HP. At Lv. 3, one cannon ball can directly weaken a mouse like Tuffy.

* The use of this skill still requires a lot of practice for novices. Accurate shooting requires good prediction. The accuracy increases when you shoot at a mouse who is rescuing or pushing a cheese, because at that time, the mouse will be most likely be in one place.

## Recommended Perks

### Offensive:

#### **Stunning Strike** + **Pounce** + **Long Claw**

* Guard Tom has strong attack and pursuit abilities. Combining with these perks, he can maximize his attack ability to its full potential.

### Late-game:

#### **Interrogation** + **Wall of Steel** + **Fire It Up** + **Flexible Cat**

* Guard Tom is not good at guarding weakened mice. If you want to play more stably, you can enhance your late-game ability by equipping these perks. Interrogation and Fire It Up can make up for his shortcomings of guarding weakened mice to a certain extent. It is better to intercept and weaken mice in advance than to passively guard weakened mice.

## In-Game Strategy

### Scouting Phase

* Go to each room on the map to collect drinks, arrange mousetraps, clean up items, and catch as many robot mice as possible in the early stage. If you find a farsight drink, give priority to Lv. 1 passive.

### Cheese Phase

* Try to keep in the state of farsightedness all the time, you can find a mouse faster, and use passive's speed boost effect to chase the mice and weaken them quickly (Guard Tom basically uses his own pursuit ability to fight against the mouse's cheese-pushing speed).

### Guarding Rockets

* Use Spy on and stand near an entrance where the mice would enter, in order to know their locations in advance, and intercept the mouse that is on the way to rescue. When there is no mouse rescuing, use Royal Cannon to attack the mice on the map to prevent them from pushing cheese.

### Wall Crack Phase

* Use the farsightedness effect to clean up the items around the Wall Crack, and then use passive to pursuit mice one by one. When you see a Transformed mouse, you can use Spy on to clear their effect.

## Character Evaluation

Guard Tom can be regarded as Chase + Attack role. His chasing ability strengthens when he notices mice in the area by using Spy on, and his Royal Cannon is the best weapon to shoot down mice that are in his line of sight. With the addition of his passive's buffs, his Attack power also increases, making him a versatile and skillful character.

## Skins

Beside equipping skins, he can also equip a rocket skin to gain more Fashion Points, same with Footprints.

***Note: As the skin obtaining methods vary between servers, they will not be listed below. Players can check in the game to see their current obtaining methods.***

### S Class

**Infinite Legends**

**Cyber Hunter**

**Elven Noble**
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**Elven King - Gilded**
* The nobles of the elven family have the best hairstyles, which explains their ever-lasting confidence.

### A Class

 **Mighty Captain**
 **Tin Soldier Tom**
 **Imperial Watchman**
 **Stealth Ranger**
 **Royal Commander**
 **Wilderness Catcher**
 **Virtuous Leader**
 **Brave Captain**
 **Field Trooper**
 **Turnip Head**
* To better conceal himself, Guard Tom disguises himself as a green turnip.

## Extra

### Quotes from **Firework Show**

* *The fireworks released by the Royal Cannon really look extraordinary.*

## Trivia

* Many players hoped for "Robin Hood Tom" to arrive as a character in the game. But in reality, Guard Tom is already "Robin Hood Tom", as he had joined the team of Robin Hood in the movie he originated from, and that he is friends with Robin Hood Jerry. This is further proven by a response from the developer in an official Chinese post.

* There was a slight error in the skin descriptions of Field Trooper and Turnip Head. It says Robin Hood Jerry instead of Guard Tom.

* Elven Noble's old animation was simply him walking, but it was later replaced with a new animation where he brake slides instead.

* In the Chinese server, Cyber Hunter was already teased twice as a silhouette in Robin Hood Tuffy's S class skin Stealthy Shinobi's trailer and Robin Hood Jerry's S class skin Pyro Ninja's trailer 6 months before Cyber Hunter was released.

* Guard Tom is the only character with 2 Season S class skins.

* Elven Noble is the only S class skin which his voice can be heard (excluding S class skins with voice lines in the Chinese server).

* Guard Tom, his variants, Butch, Lightning, Meathead, and Cooper are the only characters that are not trapped inside of an ice cube after getting frozen.

* According to Avatar Collection: Happy Teamwork II, the skin name Infinite Legends is confirmed.

## Gallery

### In-game Sprites

Drinking MilkEating CakeConsuming DrinkWalkingJumping & FallingSlidingChasingClaw AttackOpening DoorClosing DoorThrowing ItemSetting MousetrapStunnedThawingBlastedWeakenedSpy onRoyal Cannon