Zuri

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### Thai Name

ซูรุย

**Zuri** is a playable cat character that can be selected in a match. She can be purchased or drawn in Shops.

Zuri is the popular captain of the cheerleading team. Always full of energy, her bright smile is infectious. She loves life and obsesses over food. She has many admirers, cat and mouse alike.

***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)

#### "Full of energy and love for life."

Zuri lives in the American countryside and is Topsy's neighbor. Since the two are about the same age, they're also classmates who have a very good relationship! Zuri's family condition is relatively well. She often wears a red bow on her head and a small yellow skirt. Her sweet appearance makes people feel that she's very easy to get close to.

### Cartoon Origin

Zuri originated from the cartoon short "The Zoot Cat" as the female love interest.

She is a charming lady who is not only loved by Tom and Jerry, but also dances joyfully with them to the music.

## Ability Setting

### Attributes

 **Resistance** | HP 6
 **Technique** | Skill Strength 8

### Skills

#### Active Skill: **Dance Time** (Cooldown time: 40/40/40)

 Lv. 2
 Lv. 3

#### Passive Skill: **Girlish Heart** (Cooldown time: 0/0/0)

 Lv. 2
 Lv. 3

#### Weapon Skill: **Yoga Ball** (Cooldown time: 20/15/15)

 Lv. 2
 Lv. 3

## Character Strategy

### Attribute Analysis

* Zuri's overall attributes are only at the middle level among all cats, but her outstanding damage reduction ability is very practical in the actual game. As long as the mice's overall damage output is not very high, Zuri can basically withstand their attacks before weakened.

### Skill Analysis

#### **Active Skill: Dance Time**

Zuri's core skill is her active skill. This skill integrates multiple effects such as speed boost, damage increase, damage reduction, AOE, HP recovery, control-immunity, AI takeover, and instant rocket tying. It already has a very significant effect at Lv. 1. So when playing Zuri, you must give priority to upgrading the active skill by Lv. 1~

Here are a few tips to share with players for Zuri's active skill:

* Tip 1: When a mouse has been grabbed, if there are no rockets nearby, and the mouse has been struggling and is about to break free, Zuri can use the active skill to directly let the mouse enter the dancing state. Basically, there is no need to worry about not being able to tie them onto the rocket. Moreover, it can also be done when she is about to be stunned.

* Tip 2: Sometimes when multiple mice have been weakened, but there is only one rocket nearby, Zuri can let the mice follow her, and use golf balls or forks to earn EXP, so as to improve her level.

* Tip 3: When a mouse has been caught by a mousetrap, and Zuri activates the active skill, the mouse will not enter the dancing state, so be careful not to use it wrongly. Of course, mice can also use this as a counter strategy to avoid Zuri’s dance AI takeover.

* Tip 4: When a mouse enters the Blood of Iron state, Zuri's active skill can still make them follow you, which is very effective in restraining this perk card.

* Tip 5: When a mouse has been tied to a rocket under Zuri's dancing state, it can still trigger the manual-tying burning fuse reduction, which is both convenient, safe and effective.

#### **Passive Skill: Girlish Heart**

* Passive skills is also Zuri's core skill, because all her skills can be refreshed, so basically there is no need to consider the upgrade of active skill and weapon skill too early (They are already effective at Lv. 1).
	+ Therefore, after upgrading the active skill and weapon skill at Lv. 1 first, you only need to add passive skill, and the EXP demand will not be too high.

#### **Weapon Skill: Yoga Ball**

* Zuri's weapon skill has a low damage, but it can be used in conjunction with a stunning skill and item, which can be used to make up for the lack of damage at critical moments. For example, when equipping the Stunning Strike perk, Zuri can release the active skill and throw a yoga ball while dancing, which can basically weaken a full-HP mouse.

* The combination of weapon skill and passives can trigger CD reduction, so the yoga ball can basically be used as a throwing item, and it can cause greater pressure on the mouse team without saving the use of items.

## Recommended Upgrade Order

### Standard Type:

#### **Active** + **Weapon** + **Passive** + **Passive + Passive** + **Active + Active** + **Other**

* At the beginning of the game, upgrade the active skill first, which can be used to attack the robot mice during the Scouting Phase. Afterwards, upgrade the weapon skill first to improve the long-range output ability, and then upgrade the passive to get a solid attribute improvement.

## Recommended Perks

Zuri is a character with a strong rocket guarding ability, and at the same time, she does not lack damage and survivability. She has more choices in terms of equipping perk cards.

### Late-game Defensive Deck

#### S Class **Rage** + A Class **Cautious** + A Class **Wall of Steel** + C Class **Bull Rush** + C Class **Flexible Cat**

* Since Zuri can quickly tie mice onto rockets and can control mice with Blood of Iron, if Zuri players often enter the late stage, **Rage** and **Wall of Steel** can bring her more chances of turning the tide.

### Early-game Fast Dispatching Deck

#### S Class **Stunning Strike** + A Class **Burning Wild** + A Class **Cautious** + B Class **Stealth Raid** / C Class **Flexible Cat**

This is a relatively classic deck. Combining active skill with attacking the unprepared, quickly approaching and weakening the mice when they are pushing cheese, and then gain an advantage when guarding rockets.

* S Class **Stunning Strike** (★★★★☆)

* S Class **Rage** (★★★☆☆)

* A Class **Wall of Steel** (★★★☆☆)

* A Class **Burning Wild** (★★★★★)

* A Class **Cautious** (★★★★☆)

* B Class **Stealth Raid** (★★★☆☆)

* C Class **Flexible Cat** (★★★☆☆)

## In-game Strategy

### Scouting Phase

* Zuri still needs EXP to grow in the early game. She needs to get EXP cake as much as possible. When she reaches Lv. 2, she should upgrade active skill first, and then she can quickly attack the robot mice.

### Cheese Phase

* During the Cheese Phase, Zuri can use active skill to quickly chase mice. The impact of active skill on mouse control and damage is relatively weak, but the experience of chasing is relatively good.

### Guarding Rockets

* When guarding rockets, her active skill can also establish a more obvious level advantage for her.

### Wall Crack Phase

* Zuri's wall defensive ability is average, basically the same as the Cheese Phase, but her advantage is that after weakening mice, she can quickly tie them onto rockets, so it is recommended that Zuri, a character that often enters the Wall Crack phase, to equip a late-game defensive deck.

## Character Evaluation

Zuri is good at team fighting and guarding rockets in the game. In addition to quickly chasing mice and dealing small-scale damage, her active skill can also be immune to partial stuns. At the same time, she can also lead mice to rockets. She has a unique advantage in both offense and defense.

## Skins

Beside equipping skins, she 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

**Confectionery Conjurer**
* A magic spell to make desserts more delicious!

### AP Class

* Plum blossoms bloom on high branches, reflecting the blue sky from a distance. The north wind blows at night with fragrance, and the thick snow in the morning adds more whiteness.

### A Class

 **Lil' Bo Peep**
 **Princess of the Peas*** Skin Series: **Fairytale Journey**

 **Noble Princess**
* The breeze blows the soft silk of her exquisite headdress, carrying the faint fragrance of wildflowers.

## Trivia

* Zuri is the only cat that spawns with a firecracker cluster instead of a mousetrap. This may or may not be intentional because it has been in the game for some time.

* Zuri has the longest skill duration in the game, which her active skill Dance Time has a repeated song that loops around 1 minute long until it stops by itself or interrupted.

* Zuri is the only female cat to have an excited expression when holding a mouse.

* She, Cowboy Jerry, Pecos, Conductor Jerry, and Devil Tom are the only characters that have skills related to music.

### Etymology

* Zuri's original name in the cartoon episode is called Toots, which is similar to another character with the same name, thus her name was changed.

* Zuri's name may be inspired by the "Zoot" from the episode title The Zoot Cat (because it starts from the letter Z).

* Zuri's names in Japanese and Korean can be spelled as "Suzie".

* In Zuri's original Chinese name, the "蕊" part can mean stamen, the male part of a flower. However, when used in names, it is feminine, due to how the Chinese character is written, having 3 Hearts (心).
	+ Moreover, the meaning of the name Suzie can relate to the flower lily, a type of flower that has stamen.

### In-game Sprites

Drinking MilkEating CakeConsuming DrinkWalkingSprintingJumping & FallingSlidingClaw AttackOpening DoorClosing DoorThrowing ItemSetting MousetrapHitPushed OverThawingBlastedDance TimeClaw Attack (Dance Time)