Attack Skills

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Attack skills are special offensive moves heroes perform during battles at the player's initiative or when commanded to do so by a cat with the Warlord trait. They cause significantly more damage to the enemy than regular attacks do. Every hero has a particular Attack Skill usually related to the weapon it carries or its design theme. This includes the guild leader, whose special attack—which is executed automatically—varies according to its currently equipped weapon. While a few heroes have unique attacks, most attacks cluster into groups that have a range of variations within them. Note that the names for Attack Skills used on this page are arbitrary and descriptive as they do not carry official names in the game.

## Using Attack Skills

To execute an Attack Skill, enter an ongoing quest. Wait for the cat's portrait at the bottom of the screen to flash and become surrounded by a golden border. Then tap the cat's portrait and they will launch an animated attack causing significant damage to the enemy. Damage amounts are indicated in red numbers that appear over the enemy position.

The recharge timer for a cat's Attack Skill can be shortened by tapping on the image of the enemy creature when your energy is not empty, and is lengthened when the enemy attacks the cat.

There are two subsets of Attack Skills: one does a singular amount of damage, and the other, Damage Over Time (DOT) attacks, does multiple (lesser) amounts of damage. The latter are generally more useful since excess damage from a singular attack isn't carried over to a new round when the enemy is defeated; but with DOT attacks, if the first hits defeat the current enemy, subsequent hits will be applied to the new opponent in the next round.

## Regular Attacks

### Ball of Yarn

* Blue
* Pink

Cats with ball of yarn Attack Skills include:
* **Small Blue**: Fort, Moffy, Pappa, Raven, Stitch, Yarngirl
	+ This is the Guild Leader's default Attack Skill, ie. when no weapon is equipped.
* **Large Pink**: Nobu

### Bouncy Bombs

* Regular Bomb
* Egg Bomb
* Glitter Bomb
* Heart Bomb
* Ice Bomb
* Smoke Bomb
* Snow Bomb
# * Glowing Orb

Cats with bouncy bomb Attack Skills include:
* **Regular Bomb**: Molotov, Vasco
* **Egg Bomb**: Spring Molotov
* **Glitter Bomb**: Ash
* **Heart Bomb**: Valentine Molotov
* **Ice Bomb**: Nicholas
* **Smoke Bomb**: Dimitri
* **Snow Bomb**: Bob (Purrismas Outfit)
* **Alchemical Grenade**: Purrismas Edward
* **Glowing Orb**: Anna, Blink, Scarlet, Marmalade, Halloween Molotov

### Coin Attacks

* Single Coin
* Bag of Coins

Cats with coin Attack Skills include:
* **Single Coin**: Athea, Beans (*including Purrismas Outfit*), Benedict (*including Valentine Outfit*), Cat Patrick, Courage (*including Call of Heroes Outfit*), Crabina, Hood, Juliet, Patricia, Saito (*including Anniversary Outfit*), Smush, Tyrus
* **Bag of Coins**: Charmer, Cosette, Anniversary Curio, Maccha, Sossa

### Explosives

* Dynamite
* Firecracker
* Rocket

Cats with explosives Attack Skills include:
* **Stick of Dynamite**: Bob, Bob (Festival)
* **Firecracker with Confetti**: Cherry, Dorothy, Eve, Gatsby, Niaur, Pan, Sprinkles
* **Rocket with Fireworks**:Olivia, Rocket

### Fire Attacks

#### Fireballs

* Red-Black
* Blue-Black
* Red-Yellow
* Orange
* Large Orange
* Green-Blue
* Blue
* Large Blue
* Purple
* Large Purple

Cats with fireball Attack Skills include:
* **Red-Black**: Adriel, Call of Heroes (2023) Francis, Lucious
* **Blue-Black**: Archie
* **Red-Yellow**: Amanda, Baz, Lumoz (*including Halloween Outfit*), Oskar, Yangnyan
* **Orange**: Abuela, Anton, Chief (*including Spring Outfit*), Dexter, Fafnir, Francis (*including both Anniversary, Call of Heroes, Summer and Mew Year's Eve Outfits*), Kyle (*including Valentine Outfit*)
* **Large Orange**: Angdra, Maahes, Nyadra (*including Anniversary Outfit*), Raksha, Spike
* **Green-Blue**: Capri, Cleo, Monty
* **Blue**: Purrismas Francis, Henry, Vaati
* **Large Blue**: Francis Promotion
* **Purple**: Barry, Charlotte, Cookie, Heen
* **Large Purple**: Kyle Promotion

#### Looping Electric Fireball

Cats with the looping fireball Attack Skill include:
* Jade

#### Spiraling Fire Blade

Cats with the fire blade Attack Skill include:
* Thena

### Fungo Orb

Cats with the fungo orb Attack Skill include:
* Azel, Huan, Opal, Rich

### Lightning Beam

* Yellow
* Green
* Blue
* Purple

Cats with lightning beam Attack Skill include:
* **Yellow Beam**: Echo
* **Green Beam**: Brego, Emery, Metal Claw, Ratchet
* **Blue Beam**: Fortuna, Franklyn, Squishy, Strix
* **Purple Beam + Symbol Projection**: Chloe

### Lightning Strike (Single)

* Yellow Bolt
* Green Bolt
* Blue Bolt

Cats with lightning strike Attack Skills include:
* **Yellow Bolt**: Cole, Dory, Pink
* **Green Bolt**: Alfa
* **Blue Bolt**: Basil, Dash, Navi, Snappy, Stark, Thor

### Liquid Attacks

#### Bubbles

* Black & White
* Lemonade
* Water

Cats with bubbles Attack Skills include:
* **Black & White**: Celestia
* **Lemonade**: Limes, Sunset
* **Water**: Baah, Clarkii, Cyan, Darla, Jack, Jackson, Keiko, Molly, Nessie (*including Summer Outfit*), Peter, Starsky

#### Geyser

* Water
* Pink Potion

Cats with geyser Attack Skills include:
* **Water**: Amelia, Polly, Ray, Sofie, Wetbeard, Zelda
* **Pink Potion**: Purrcilla Promotion

#### Splash

* Acid
* Paint
* Purple Liquid
* Snow & Ice
* Water

Cats with splash Attack Skills include:
* **Acid**: Marie, Halloween Mewton, Morrina, Sabrina, Xerxes
* **Paint**: Frieda, Splatter
* **Purple Liquid**: Veronica
* **Snow & Ice**: Abby, Shaun
* **Water**: Edna, Glaucous, Harbour (*including Summer Outfit), Lagoon, Mequa, Sandra*

### Musical Attacks

* Polychromatic Carolling
* Achromatic Carolling
* Songbeam

Cats with musical Attack Skills include:
* **Polychromatic Carolling**: Calli, DJ Retr-0, Lisa, Lyric, River, Svea
* **Achromatic Carolling**: Cyrille
* **Songbeam**: Bill, Bubbles, Curio, Emma, Hen, Leonard (*including Call of Heroes Outfit*), Rudolph

### Plasma Beam

* Yellow
* Pink
* Polychromatic
* White

Cats with plasma beam Attack Skills include:
* **Yellow**: Tefiti
* **Pink**: Tekah
* **Polychromatic**: Chroma
* **White**: Jadis, Leesi, Suri

### Projectiles

* Healing Water
* Love Potion
* Bubble Potion
* Coal
* Ice Cream
* Candybomb
* Basket

Cats with bomb Attack Skills include:
* **Blue Healing Water**\*: Mawizinea, Halloween Purrcilla
* **Purple Love Potion**\*: Purrcilla (*including Anniversary, Call of Heroes and Valentine Outfits*)
* **Purple Bubble Potion**\*: Call of Heroes Edward, Atchoum
* **Lump of Coal**\*: Charlie, Christian
* **Ice Cream Bomb**\*: Bob (Anniversary Outfit), Sundae
* **Red Candybomb**: Cocoa, Ginger, Mrs Paws, Nils, Peanut, Wriggley
* **Blue Candybomb**: David, Francis (Spring Outfit), Juan, Nemi, Olga, Oreo
* **Basket of Eggs**: Curio (Festival), Hop

\**These animations trigger from the wrong location, at the back end of the cat rather than its front paws.*
### Projection

* Cupcake
* Flowers
* Gem
* Heart
* Magical Paw
* Paw Badge
* Snowflake

Cats with projection Attack Skills include:
* **Cupcake**: Cupcake (*including Spring Outfit*), Gordon
* **Flowers**: Flower, Hyla, June, Petunia, Steve, Wendy
* **Gem**: Nicole
* **Heart**: Lou
* **Magical Paw**: Hilda, Murrlin
* **Paw Badge**: Ferdinand, Justicecat
* **Snowflake**: Lumi

### Pulse Attacks

#### Electric Pulse

* Small Green
* Large Green
* Small Blue
* Large Pink

Cats with electric pulse Attack Skills include:
* **Small Green**: Edward (*including Summer Outfit*), Hiro
* **Large Green**: Boulder
* **Small Blue**: Kenshin, Meowstein, Mewton, Stormcloud
* **Large Pink**: Iko.N
* **Large Purple + Explosion**: Edward Promotion

#### Rose Pulse

* Red
* Gold
* Blue

Cats with rose pulse Attack Skills include:
* **Red**: Coco, Valentine Conan, Valentine Kai, Komachi, Pete, Phantom, Rose, Titania, Venus, Vio, Zafrina
* **Gold**: Adelaide, Callum, Minerva, Scott
* **Blue**: Alice (the Dame), Valentine Juliet, Kotinka, Lockhart, Paytone

#### Other Pulse Attacks

* Love Pulse
* Heart Pulse
* Ring Pulse
* Spirit Pulse
* Leaves

Cats with other pulse Attack Skills include:
* **Love Pulse, Pink**: Angel, Angel (Festival), Bella, Dixie, Feoh, Francine, Valentine Francis, Marigold, Minty Heart, Pipsqueak (*including Spring and Halloween Outfits*)
* **Heart Pulse, Pink**: Beancake, Bunny, Daisy, EK-0, Florence, Iridessa, Valentine Morrigan, Pancake
* **Ring Pulse**: Cluck Norris, Dovah, Dusty, Flailtail, Mego, Mintee, Newt (*including Summer Outfit*), Snooze (*including Purrismas Outfit*), Tea-Rex (*including Halloween Outfit*), White Widow
* **Spirit Pulse**: Vana & Tir
* **Swirling Leaves**: Catalin, Chipper, Fallen, Meloneto, Mishka, Tomo

### Snowball Attacks

* Arching Snowball
* Icy Snowball
* Giant Snowball

Cats with snowball Attack Skills include:
* **Arching Snowball**\*: Alfie, Avalanche, Penny, Snowball
* **Icy Snowball**: Eych Tu-o, Frosty, Tom Snow
* **Giant Snowball**: Hubble, Otis, Yuki

\**This animation trigger from the wrong location, at the back end of the cat rather than its front paws.*
### Stealth Shrub

* Plain
* Flowering
* Rosebush

Cats with stealth shrub Attack Skills include:
* **Plain Shrub**: Dango, Fang, Mochi, Romeo, Saber, Samūm
* **Flowering Shrub**: Alicia, Musa, Nolan
* **Rosebush**: Julio, Valentine Romeo

### Three-Pronged Attack

* Yellow-Green
* Blue-Purple
* Pink

Cats with three-pronged Attack Skills include:
* **Yellow-Green**: Copper, Eric, Muma, Night Queen, Purrcis (*including Anniversary Outfit*)
* **Blue-Purple**: Luna Sparkle, Scifur
* **Pink**: Matilda, Morrigan, Selene

### Vegetation

* Flask+Grass
* Red Roses
* Blue Roses
* Grass
* Leaves
* Flyaway Leaves
* Yellow Flowers
* White Flowers
* Dark Flowers
* Pink Petals

Cats with vegetation Attack Skills include:
* **Purple Flask + Grass**: Dio
* **Red Sparks + Red Roses**: Logan
* **Yellow Sparks + Blue Roses**: Lotus
* **Yellow Sparks + Grass**: Hoshi
* **Yellow Sparks + Leaves**: Levana, Oakenpaw
* **Yellow Sparks + Flyaway Leaves**: Eira
* **Yellow Sparks + Yellow Flowers**: Dandelion, Lewis, Alternate Rank 4 Logan
* **Yellow Sparks + White Flowers**: Aisling
* **Pink Sparks + Dark Flowers**: Aspen (*including Alternate Rank 4 Outfit*), Spring Festival Logan
* **Purple Sparks + Leaves**: Oakenbeard
* **White Sparks + Pink Petals**: Akari, Mira

## Damage Over Time Attacks

### Archery

* Plain
* Golden
* Pink
* Electric
* Flower
* Ice
* Leaf
* Love

Cats with archery Attack Skills include:
* **Plain Arrows**: Catniss (*including both Anniversary, Call of Heroes, Halloween, Summer and Mew Year's Eve Outfits*), Cleia, Eric (Celebrity), Holland, Kate, Klaus, Nala, Robin, Skully, Soarin
* **Golden Arrows**: Catniss Promotion
* **Pink Arrows**: Harvey
* **Electric Arrows, White**: Bloom
* **Flower Arrows, Pink**: Spring Catniss
* **Ice Arrows**: Purrismas Catniss, Gale
* **Leaf Arrows**: Sting
* **Love Arrows, Pink**: Amie, Amortina, Valentine Catniss

### Bat Colony

* Red
* Orange
* Green
* Blue
* Purple

Cats with bat colony Attack Skills include:
* **Red**: Halloween Conan, Halloween Francis, Halloween Kyle, Halloween (2021) Pipsqueak, Scratch
* **Orange**: Ace, Lucy, Pumpy
* **Green**: Kittysticks
* **Blue**: Susie
* **Purple**: Jörgen, Loka, Lucas, Lune, Tigerbat

### Bee Swarm

Cats with the bee swarm Attack Skill include:
* Atlas, Florinda, Renée

### Electric Pulse (Large)

Cats with the large electric pulse Attack Skill include:
* Coffee, Call of Heroes Mewton, Miss Jura

### Falling Objects

* Ice Shards
* Snowflake
* Shooting Stars

Cats with falling object Attack Skills include:
* **Ice Shards**: Halley, Krystal, Purrismas Pipsqueak (Softer), Quartz
* **Snowflake + Ice Shards**: Angela, Finnegan. Kibo, Purrismas Murrlin, Sandy Claws (*including Purrismas Outfit*), Santa Paws, Yule
* **Shooting Stars**: Aery, Boreal, Devon, Kian, Anniversary Luna Sparkle, Star

### Fireball & Fireworks

Cats with the fireball & fireworks Attack Skill include:
* Shen

### Lightning Strikes (Multiple)

* Red-Orange
* Green-Blue
* Rainbow

Cats with multiple lightning strike Attack Skills include:
* **Red-Orange**: Cassandra, Jason, Saanvi, Surana
* **Green-Blue**: Agatha, Howard, Kai, Wadjet
* **Rainbow**: Azure, Bungee, Chi, Jin Shu, Lois, Pax, Rainbow, Thessie, Tufu, Xiao Hui

### Pillar of Fire

* Yellow
* Red+Yellow
* Red+Blue
* Large Red+Orange
* Blue+Blue

Cats with pillar of fire Attack Skills include:
* **Yellow**: Khoshek
* **Red Banner + Yellow**: Conan (*including both Anniversary, Call of Heroes, Summer, both Spring, and Mew Year's Eve Outfits*), Maximus, Ollie
* **Red Banner + Blue**: Purrismas Conan, Knightniss, Hosico (*including Alternate Rank 4 Outfit*)
* **Large Red Banner + Thick Orange**: Conan Promotion
* **Large Blue Banner + Blue**: Gus, Jo

### Rainstorm

Cats with the rainstorm Attack Skill include:
* Dolly

### Smoke Rings

* Red-Orange
* Blue-Pink

Cats with smoke ring Attack Skills include:
* **Red-Orange**: Grubb, Megara, Mortimer, Nyaoom, Red Robin, Sibuna
* **Blue-Pink**: Alice (Charity), Clobber, Gruna Barkle, Maudie, Payo, Redmane, Ryder, Silver, Stillsphere, Yasper

### Spinning Orb

Cats with the spinning orb Attack Skill include:
* Demaires (*including Purrismas Outfit*)

### Streaming Objects

* Candy
* Red Ornaments
* Multicolored Ornaments

Cats with streaming object Attack Skills include:
* **Candy**: Berry, Shirley
* **Red Ornaments**: Purrismas Kai
* **Multicolored Ornaments**: Holly

### Triple Swish

* Snowflakes
* Stars

Cats with triple swish Attack Skills include:
* **Snowflakes**: Nora
* **Stars**: Magic Mia

## Unknown Attack Skills

* Recent Cats: N/A
* Charity Outfits: Conan, Catniss, Francis, Leonard

## Missing Attack Skills GIFs

*Note: Attacks marked with an asterisk are unique and thus needed for posting on this page.*

* Alice (Charity), Atchoum\*, Eric (Celebrity), Finnegan, Franklyn, Loka, Mintee, Morrina, Nala, Ollie, Oreo, Pancake, Petunia, Spike, Thena\* (replacement needed), Thessie
* Monthly Outfits: Edward\*
* Summer Outfits: N/A
* Halloween Outfits: N/A
* Purrismas Outfits: N/A
* Valentine Outfits: N/A
* Spring Festival Outfits: Cupcake
* Call of Heroes Outfits: N/A
* Anniversary Outfits: N/A
* Charity Outfits: Conan, Catniss, Francis, Leonard

## Legacy Attack Animations

Over the course of Halloween 2019 and Purrismas 2019 new animations were rolled out. Here are some of the old animations used before:

## Guild Leader Attack Skills

Since version 1.6.5, the Guild Leader can enter the quests.

They used to do a seemingly random attack that the player couldn't control.

As of version 2.8.4 the Guild Leader's attack is stronger, happens more frequently, and its animation depends on the weapon wielded. Legacy animation:

## Trivia

* The first DOT cat was Holly, after which in subsequent patches the effect was added to other animations as well.

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