Meow Rocket Harpoon

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## Meow Rocket Harpoon

Stage 1

Stage 2

### Properties

* Explodes in a set location.
* Forcefully hits in 16 directions at the same time.

### Upgrade

* 7678.3k
* 4000

Max stats

Type: Cannon

* Explodes in a set location.
* Forcefully hits in 16 directions at the same time.

Cost: 2000

## Properties

**Mathematically this is the best harpoon in the game** however it is difficult to use. So if you don't like it then use its simplified but no less excellent replacement Catling Harpoon.

What is the difficulty? This harpoon fires a bomb. The bomb flies without hitting the fish to the point where it was thrown. Flight duration is about 0.5-1 sec. At the last point of the journey this bomb explodes releasing 16 small harpoons in all directions for a short distance. Each of these 16 harpoons has a power specified in the parameters of the "Penetration" harpoon. The most important features are underlined in the text above. This brings us to two features: *Power = 16x* and *Pre-emtion*.

### Power = 16x

So, each of the 16 small harpoons has the power specified in the parameters of the harpoon. There are no numbers so we will compare graphically.

The top line is the length of the Meow Rocket Harpoon damage bar. The lower one is the length of the "Meow Rocket" strip inserted 5 times.

This picture shows that if at least 5 of the 16 harpoons of the Meow Rocket hit the target, then they inflicted as much damage to the target as one hit of the Catling Harpoon. That is, with a constant hit of 6 or more harpoons of the "Meow Rocket", he wins in terms of power. But you can throw the Meow Rocket bomb so that it hits exactly inside the carcass of the fish, and then the fish will receive 16/5 = 3.2x damage relative to the damage of the Catling Harpoon.

Total: "Meow Rocket" is 3.2 times more powerful than Catling Harpoon, but only if we get exactly inside the fish carcass. And here is the most interesting thing: the fish is moving.

### Pre-emtion

We need to visually calculate the preemtion all the time for a moving fish carcass that we want to hit. That means we have to roughly guess at what point the fish will be when it is hit by the Meow Rocket bomb. But to calculate the movement of the fish is not all we have to do because the bomb also has a flight time. That is, you need to understand where the fish will be in 1 second, and throw the bomb exactly at that point.

Let's say we did it. But now we remember that the bomb will arrive at the point near the cat in about 0.5 seconds and the bomb will arrive at the farthest point of the screen, where the length of the "Meow Rocket" rope reaches, in about 1.5 seconds. That is, depending on where the fish is, the flight time changes. With all these factors taken into account, the "Large" type of fish becomes the most difficult to catch, and here's why.

* You can not aim at the *small* fish because the bomb has 16 harpoons, one or two - yes they will hit.
* You can not aim at the *medium* fish. But you can aim. The radius of expansion of 16 harpoons is quite large, it is also easy to hook the entire average fish. And if it was not caught from 1-2 times, then it was definitely caught from the third time.
* *Giant* fish is still beaten with electric bombs and under their stun effect it is generally motionless (note: "Meow Rocket" catches a giant fish under the effect of an electric bomb in 5-7 throws depending on the specific fish). It is possible without electric bombs, but it's much harder.
* But the *large* fish is still visually small enough (relatively giant) to make it difficult to get exactly inside the carcass, but at the same time it already has a sufficiently large amount of health so that casually arrived harpoons do not finish it off. Here we encounter an important property: a fish that is hooked by a harpoon and not killed accelerates. Some fish accelerate very strongly. It also happens that the touched fish begins to rush across the screen so quickly and fly in circles along such a large radius that it flickers on the screen for only 0.5-1 seconds at the time of the next circle. To hit it you need to roughly imagine its radius and very accurately calculate at what point at what moment it will be. At the same time, each fish has only 2-3 waves to catch. If you do not have time, it will swim away. However, this is a rather rare situation and in most cases "Meow Rocket" shows itself perfectly even against large fish.

### And some bonus features

* The "Meow Rocket" has another great property inherent in any multi-shot harpoon. It's a quick set of combo. This harpoon is able to get a maximum of 10x Combo in just the first shot. And since the power of each of his harpoons is not as outrageous as that of the Catling Harpoon, even with the "Medium" type fish, you can continue to hold the maximum Combo, because the fish does not always die on the first shot.
* The Meow Rocket Bomb in Deep Waters illuminates a small area around it while flying. If you hold your finger without releasing then the lighting of the flashlight get up right up to the opposite side of the screen.
* It is more difficult to defend against squids with this harpoon than any harpoon of the "Common" type.
* If jellyfish are encountered during the swim, "Meow Rocket" will definitely hook them. So use Power Suit or select C.A.T. Mk. 3.