Kate

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### Thai Name

เคท

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

She is a knowledgeable and talented modern lady, calm and intellectual, and the embodiment of wisdom and beauty. She is a beautiful sight on the campus, and is also a skilled teacher in the eyes of students. With infinite charm, she has countless admirers.

***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)

#### "Gentle, intellectual, and knowledgeable."

Kate was born in a middle-class family, and is a good friend of Toodles Galore. She was interested in literature and movies since she was a child, and she became a middle school teacher after growing up. Kate's intellectual temperament and maturity have attracted many admirers such as Tom, but she doesn't care about it herself, but more obsessed with the knowledge and insights in books.

### Cartoon Origin

Kate is derived from the cartoon episode "Smitten Kitten" as Tom's love interest.

Kate's stunning and charming temperament had already been shown since the moment we saw her reading an encyclopedia on her bench. Tom fell over heels for her instantly, rushing next to her. After a while, they talked to each other about many things. Kate even shared her knowledge and insights of the books that she read to him.

## Ability Setting

### Attributes

 **Resistance** | HP 7
 **Technique** | Skill Strength 9

### Skills

#### Active Skill: **Summon Admirer** (Cooldown time: 18/18/18)

 Lv. 2
 Lv. 3

#### Passive Skill: **Proud Teacher** (Cooldown time: 0/0/0)

 Lv. 2
 Lv. 3

#### Weapon Skill: **Knowledge Is Power** (Cooldown time: 20/15/15)

 Lv. 2
 Lv. 3

## Character Strategy

### Attribute Analysis

* Although Kate's overall attributes can only be regarded as the middle level, she has a relatively outstanding and strong recovery ability. As long as the mice she's facing have low Attack attributes, Kate can quickly recover to full Hit Points.

### Skill Analysis

#### **Active Skill: Summon Admirer**

Kate's active skill endows her with the ability of long-range damage and area damage. As long as the player can use this skill reasonably, it can have the effect of consuming the mice's HP first and picking up mice that have been weakened later. Here are some tips to share for players:

* 1. Kate's admirer first stage and second stage can both cause damage to robot mice. During the Scouting Phase, this skill can be used to destroy them from a long distance.

* 2. The admirer at first stage will rush in front of Kate starting from a distance, and Kate can freely choose the direction at the second stage, so most of the time, you can release the first stage first, and then use the second stage attack when a mouse appears.

* 3. After Kate's active skill reaches Lv. 3, a stun effect will be added, which can play the role of first-hand control, or use this effect to interrupt some mice's actions.

#### **Passive Skill: Proud Teacher**

* Kate's passive skill is her core skill, because this skill can add weak points to mice, and all of Kate's actions, including skills, claw attacks, and items will trigger the Weakness damage.

* After the passive skill reaches Lv. 2, a large number of mouse behaviors will superimpose the weak point layers, and not only can provide Kate with a movement speed bonus and reduce control time, but also enhance Kate's offensive and defensive capabilities. In addition to these bonuses, Kate, who has Lv. 2 passive, can tie mice onto rockets faster while Annoyed. So it can be said that Kate's ability in the Lv. 2 passive state will be significantly improved.

* After passive skill finally reaches Lv. 3, Kate can reduce her skill CDs as long as she hits a mouse with a Weakness, and one layer of Weakness can reduce Kate's CD by about 2 seconds.

* Although Kate's passive skill can bring herself a great improvement, Kate adds a Weakness layer to mice that are near her, which in turn allows them to judge whether Kate is around through the Weakness reveal. Therefore, it is suggested that when Kate has an invisibility drink in the early game, she can save some upgrades for the passive skill, and then only upgrade them after drinking the invisibility drink to get its effect first.

#### **Weapon Skill: Knowledge Is Power**

* Although Kate's weapon skill does not have high base damage, it is a good choice to make up for the damage at critical moments because it can trigger passive's Weakness.

* Players should not forget that Kate can also use weapon skill to attack a mouse when holding one, which can cause unexpected damage to the mouse.

* Kate's weapon skill can also be used to guard a rocket by throwing the encyclopedia under the rocket, click again when a mouse is about to rescue the teammate, which can interrupt the rescuing process.

## Recommended Upgrade Order

#### **Active** + **Passive** + **Passive** + **Active** + **Active**

When you need to make up for damage in the early game, you can also upgrade a Lv. 1 weapon first.

* At the beginning of the game, click on the active skill first, which can be used to attack the robot mice during the Scouting Phase, giving yourself an advantage at the beginning. Later on you can first upgrade to Lv. 2 passive, improving the efficiency of superimposing the Weaknesses for the mice, which also increases your own weakening ability, and then learn Lv. 3 active to obtain the control effects.

## Recommended Perks

Kate is a relatively balanced character, so players have more choices when choosing perk cards.

### Late-game Defensive Deck

#### S Class **Knowledgeable** + S Class **Rage** + A Class **Wall of Steel**

Since all of Kate's skills will trigger the buff of Rage, and the skills have a large range and a long distance, so equipping Rage and Wall of Steel can perfectly play the effect of these perks.

### Early-game Fast Dispatching Deck

#### S Class **Charged Blow** /S Class **Knowledgeable** + A Class **Burning Wild** + A Class **Cautious** + C Class **Flexible Cat**

This is a relatively classic deck. Due to the existence of the Lv. 2 passive, Kate has a relatively strong pursuit ability in the early game. Carrying this deck can give Kate a better chance to play an advantage in the early game.

* S Class **Charged Blow** (★★★☆☆)

* S Class **Knowledgeable** (★★★☆☆)

* S Class **Rage** (★★★★☆)

* A Class **Wall of Steel** (★★★★☆)

* A Class **Burning Wild** (★★★☆☆)

* A Class **Cautious** (★★★★☆)

* A Class **Master Craftsman** (★★★☆☆)

* C Class **Flexible Cat** (★★★☆☆)

## In-game Strategy

### Scouting Phase

* Kate still needs EXP to grow, so she needs to get as much EXP cakes as possible in the early game, and when she reaches Lv. 2, she can first learn active skill and attack the robot mice from a long distance, giving you a great chance to get unexpected gains.

### Cheese Phase

* During the Cheese Phase, Kate must know how to use her passive skill to launch a reasonable pursuit of mice. Due to the existence of passive skill, the negative effects of mice's control and damage on Kate are relatively weak, and her pursuit experience will be better. When playing Kate, players should try their best to break through the Weaknesses of the mice to establish a level advantage.

### Wall Crack Phase

* If you arrive to the Wall Crack Phase, don't panic, because Kate's wall-defense ability is relatively strong. During the Wall Crack Phase, mice will frequently use skills and items near Kate, so that the speed of superimposing the Weaknesses will be very fast, and Kate's weakening efficiency against them will be greatly improved.

## Character Evaluation

Kate's active skill can not only attack mice from a long distance, but also cause range damage to opponents at close range. She has certain advantages in guarding cheese or the Wall Crack, both offensively and defensively. Moreover, Kate's strength in the game depends entirely on how players use it in different ways.

## 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

 **Love & Protection*** Skin Series: **Limitless Love**

* Love is but a slight smile. Nurse Kate only wants what's best for you.

### AP Class

 **Love Is in the Air**
 **Starlight Ball*** Skin Series: **Star Language and Dreams**

* The gems on her blue skirt shines like a starry sky, and everything around them becomes hidden in an eclipse.

### A Class

 **Star Teacher**
 **Warm Winterwear*** Skin Series: **Winter Love Song**

* Wearing a snug cloak with plain bows, Kate keeps herself warm in the cold winter.

### B Class

 **Creative Instruction*** Ms. Kate will help you find a fun way to play!

## Extra

### Quotes from **Firework Show**

* *We'll pause studying tonight. Come watch the fireworks with me.*

## Trivia

* Kate's original admirer was Tom, and he would walk around with Kate after being summoned, unlike the current admirer who would stand still.

* Kate and Nipper can both summon an unnamed entity that are not originated from the cartoons, but their roles have an origin (for Kate's admirer, he is a replacement of Tom in the cartoon episode).

* Kate's name may be inspired by the "Kitten" from the episode title Smitten Kitten (because it starts from the letter K).

* In Kate's poster artwork, we can see the board behind her is about drugging a piece of cheese, which when a mouse eats it, they will get poisoned.

* Kate's sclera in Golden Osmanthus skin's poster art is shown white instead of yellow.

* Kate has multiple unused animations:

### In-game Sprites

Drinking MilkEating CakeConsuming DrinkStandbyWalkingSprintingJumping & FallingSlidingChasingClaw AttackUsing Fly SwatterOpening DoorClosing DoorThrowing ItemTying Mouse on RocketSetting MousetrapStepping on MousetrapHitScaldedScalded (Fast)ThawingBlastedCrushedSummon AdmirerSummon Admirer (Last Phase)Knowledge Is Power (Old)