DISCLAIMER: None of the information in this guide was made by the FANDOM staff/team; relevant credit is attributed towards the R/Battlecats Discord Server team of Trusteds and Server Contributers for research into the best Cat Units to immediately start investing NP in. The raw paste data is attributed towards ThanksFëanor#3087.
List of all Users involved in the creation of the list from R/Battlecats:
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ITstumbler#1797
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Oats_Kaka_Wasi#2931
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PKStarStruck#9890
Wads#5017
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MY NAME IS FABE AND GAZEN#2653
lychii#7889
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Give a big hand to these people who took time and effort into creating this list! There are also ex-contributors who eventually stopped voting on the process below.
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There are numerous documents related to this list, which can be found below.
Talent Priority Data
Controversial Commentary
Talent Priority Analysis (TRANSLATED FROM PDF)
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With this out of the way, let's move onto the list.
Within each list, there are 5 priority levels, in decreasing order of importance
-Top
-High
-Medium
-Low
-Do Not Unlock
GENERAL TIPS
1) Try to unlock all or most of the talents in a priority level before moving on to the next one.
2) Focus on rares and supers first. Roughly speaking, get all the rare/super talents in a tier and possibly most of the next one down before getting the uber talents. Uber talents are less cost effective, and other than the Top Priority ones will have less impact than many Rare/Super talents.
2b) Special talents are (no pun intended) a special case. Many of the significant ones need to be unlocked alongside at least one of the Stat Buff talents in order to make the talent a viable investment. This of course means they incur a heavy investment compared to Rares or Super Rares where you can just unlock an ability and be done. As a result, we recommend only investing in Special Talents when you have already obtained most of the cheap Rare/Super talents in a tier (such as Target traits) and are ready to spend a lot of NP on improving them.
3) Relic target / curse resist or immune are to be unlocked only once in or approaching the end of SoL and beginning of UL. Surge Immune or Toxic Immune talents are similarly not to be unlocked until late game, if at all, as this is when threats with these abilities even appear. Other specifics like use in 4-star only will be specified per talent in square brackets like [4-star] or [Lv1 Only].
4) Talents marked with (*) are controversial, meaning some people find them much more or less valuable than the average shown, or some people think it is detrimental while other score it somewhat highly. Read the Controversial Commentary in the Appendices for some details on why talents are rated this way, and when you should/shouldn't get them. Judge accordingly, and ask in help channels if you are unsure about your particular situation.
4b) Special Talents may be marked with one of three symbols. < ! > means unlock this talent before certain other talents of the unit <+> means only unlock this talent after you have the < ! > talent for the unit as it is only significant when paired with it <&> means unlock all the unit's talents with this at once or not at all, as they are only significant when together
5) Stat buff talents are more valuable at high level, most of the time they are only worth unlocking once a unit is boosted if at all. For atk buff in particular, you usually want other attack-focused talents like strengthen or savage blow first.
6) Do not unlock talents in the "Do Not Unlock" category. These usually make your cat worse, not better, and cannot be reversed!
Top Priority
Sanzo Cat - Target Angel
Cameraman Cat - Survive Chance
Can Can Cat - Money Up
Cyberpunk Cat - Slow Duration
Pizza Cat - Wave Attack
High Priority
Catasaurus - Critical Chance
Can Can Cat - Move Speed Up
Cyberpunk Cat - Survives
Housewife Cat - Savage Blow
Dark Lazer - Wave Attack <&>, Attack Buff <&>
Dancer Cat - Immune to Waves <&>, Attack Buff <&>
Medium Priority
Jiangshi Cat - Move Speed Up [4-star]
Chill Cat - Cost Down
Cyborg Cat - Survives
Catasaurus - Cost Down
Dread Pirate Catley - Immune to Waves [4-star]
Sanzo Cat - Survives [Lv1 Only]
Cataur - Zombie Killer (*) , Target Zombie (*)
Rodeo Cat - Target Relic
Ramen Cat - Resist Knockback, Resist Curse, Defense Buff
Cameraman Cat - Critical, Attack Buff
Corrupted Psychocat - Target Zombie (*)
Thaumaturge Cat - Immune to Waves
Can Can Cat - Target Alien [Cats Of The Cosmos] , Attack Buff
Roe Cat - Resist Slow , Cost Down [Lv5 Only]
Octopus Cat - Curse Immunity , Defense Buff
iCat - Move Speed Up
Juliet the Maiko - Freeze Duration (*) [Lv1 Only] , Move Speed Up
Pizza Cat - Slow , Attack Buff , Cost Down (*) [Lv5 Only]
Slapstick Cats - Weaken , Attack Buff (*)
Seafarer Cat - Freeze Chance
Flying Ninja Cat - Dodge Attack < ! >
Riceball Cat - Defense Buff < ! >
Heavy Assault C.A.T. - Massive Damage <&>, Attack Buff <&>
Gato Amigo - Immune to Surge (*)
Ultimate Bondage Cat - Freeze , Dodge Attack <&>, Defense Buff <&>
Dark Lazer - Cost Down [Level 8 Only] , Defense Buff
Beefcake Cat - Immune to Surge (*) <+>, Attack Buff (*) <&> < ! >
Lollycat - Slow Metal
Low Priority
Jiangshi Cat - Resist Slow , Resist Wave
Chill Cat - Resist Weaken
Cyborg Cat - Immune To Toxic , Resist Freeze
Maximum the Fighter - Immune to Slow, Resist Curse, Immune to Weaken, Resist Toxic
Dread Pirate Catley - Survives, Resist Slow
Goemon Cat - Strengthen, Zombie Killer, Move Speed Up
Sanzo Cat - Weaken (*) [Lv1 Only] , Slow Duration
Doctor Cat - Resist Knockback, Resist Curse, Target Relic
Necro-Dancer Cat - Wave Attack, Immune To Toxic, Resist Freeze
Enchantress Cat - Slow Duration, Survives, Target Zombie
Cataur - Recover Speed Up
Elemental Duelist Cat - Resist Weaken , Target Angel [For Idi] , Recover Speed Up
Rodeo Cat - Resist Curse , Recover Speed Up
Acrobat Cats - Surge Attack, Immune to Waves, Resist Freeze
Robocat - Dodge Attack, Resist Curse
Ramen Cat - Resist Slow
Cameraman Cat - Resist Wave
Corrupted Psychocat - Slow Duration, Resist Freeze
Thaumaturge Cat - Resist Freeze, Resist Curse
Ectoweight Cat - Resist Weaken, Savage Blow
Roe Cat - Resist Freeze
Cyberpunk Cat - Barrier Breaker, Cost Down
Octopus Cat - Weaken Duration
iCat - Resist Slow, Resist Freeze
Fishman Cat - Slow, Resist Slow
Luxury Bath Cat - Resist Weaken , Resist Wave
Ultra Delinquent Cat - Strengthen , Savage Blow , Resist Weaken
Tathagata Cat - Weaken Duration , Slow Duration , Move Speed Up
Slapstick Cats - Resist Slow
Catophone - Barrier Breaker Chance , Target Alien , Cost Down
Seafarer Cat - Warp Blocker , Resist Curse
Housewife Cat - Resist Weaken , Resist Curse
The Kitty of Liberty - Resist Curse
Flying Ninja Cat - Target Black <+>, Move Speed Up
Riceball Cat - Immune to Freeze , Immune To Toxic <+>, Immune to Slow
Pastry Cat - Barrier Breaker , Weaken , Resist Slow
Skelecat - Weaken , Resist Slow , Recover Speed Up
Heavy Assault C.A.T. - Immune to Weaken , Resist Slow
Gato Amigo - Knockback Chance , Resist Freeze , Resist Slow
Ultimate Bondage Cat - Immune to Slow
Dark Lazer - Immune to Weaken
Dancer Cat - Surge Attack , Immune to Freeze
Beefcake Cat - Strengthen <&>, Resist Slow
Loincloth Cat - Barrier Breaker Chance , Weaken Alien
Lollycat - Immune to Weaken , Resist Freeze
Hyper Mr. - Knockback Zombie , Immune to Freeze , Warp Blocker
Various Cats - Other Attack/Defense Buffs
DO NOT UNLOCK!!!
Chill Cat - Knockback
Catasaurus - Resist Knockback
Robocat - Immune to Knockback
Corrupted Psychocat - Weaken
Ectoweight Cat - Target Alien
Octopus Cat - Resist Freeze , Resist Slow
Fishman Cat - Move Speed Up (*)
Luxury Bath Cat - Knockback
Juliet the Maiko - Resist Knockback
Slapstick Cats - Immune to Knockback
The Kitty of Liberty - Knockback Alien , Warp Blocker
Loincloth Cat - Warp Blocker
Uber Rare Talents Priority
Top Priority
Greater Balrog Cat - Strengthen
Immortal Yukimura - Strengthen
Almighty Ganesha - Strengthen Increase
High Priority
Greater Balrog Cat - Attack Buff
Immortal Yukimura - Attack Buff
Immortal Keiji - Strengthen Increase
Immortal Shingen - Target Angel
Immortal Kenshin - Curse Immunity
Almighty Amaterasu - Zombie Killer
Medium Priority
Cat Machine Mk 3 - Immune to Knockback
Greater Balrog Cat - Defense Buff , Cost Down
Cats in the Cradle - Attack Buff
Immortal Keiji - Attack Buff
Immortal Kenshin - Target Relic
Divine Windy - Strengthen
Divine Thundia - Strengthen
Divine Kalisa - Attack Buff
God-Emperor Vars - Curse Immunity , Target Relic
The Peach Devils - Weaken
King Gamereon - Defense Buff
Inferno Akira - Freeze , Strengthen , Survives
Almighty Amaterasu - Barrier Breaker , Survives , Attack Buff
Almighty Ganesha - Attack Buff
Almighty Poseidon - Savage Blow
Almighty Chronos - Resist Curse
Almighty Hades - Defense Buff
Bazibastra - Strengthen
Assassinlan Pasalan - Slow Duration [After Cyberpunk Slow]
Lufalan Pasalan - Critical Chance , Attack Buff
Pai-Pai DX - Immune to Slow
Low Priority
Ice Crystal Cat - Survives , Resist Slow , Curse Immunity
Cat Machine Mk 3 - Freeze , Move Speed Up
Greater Balrog Cat - Resist Wave
Paladin Cat - Freeze Metal , Zombie Killer , Immune to Slow
Cats in the Cradle - Resist Slow , Curse Immunity
Joyful Nurse Cat - Slow Chance , Curse Immunity
Immortal Yukimura - Resist Freeze , Resist Slow
Immortal Keiji - Resist Weaken , Cost Down
Immortal Nobunaga - Survives , Resist Wave , Curse Immunity , Move Speed Up
Immortal Masamune - Knockback Chance , Resist Wave , Immune to Slow
Immortal Shingen - Barrier Breaker , Cost Down
Immortal Kenshin - Resist Weaken
Divine Windy - Freeze , Curse Immunity
Divine Thundia - Resist Wave , Curse Immunity
Divine Kuu - Weaken , Resist Wave , Curse Immunity
Divine Coppermine - Resist Wave , Resist Slow , Cost Down
Divine Kalisa - Slow , Curse Immunity (*)
God-Emperor Megidora - Wave Attack , Curse Immunity
God-Emperor Sodom - Weaken , Curse Immunity , Target Relic
God-Emperor Vars - Knockback Chance
God-Emperor Kamukura - Resistant , Curse Immunity , Resist Slow
God-Emperor Dioramos - Strengthen , Resist Freeze , Resist Weaken
The Peach Devils - Freeze Duration , Resist Slow
The Chaos Moon - Slow Duration , Resist Slow
King Gamereon - Slow , Resist Freeze
Kachiyama Assault Brigade - Resist Slow , Cost Down , Recover Speed Up
Mission Control Mekako - Weaken , Survives
The Grey Fox - Warp Blocker , Curse Immunity , Cost Down
Mad Doctor Klay - Curse Immunity , Immune to Waves , Warp Blocker
Almighty Zeus - Resist Wave , Resist Weaken , Target Zombie
Almighty Anubis - Surge Attack , Immune to Surge , Barrier Breaker
Almighty Aphrodite - Slow , Resist Curse , Resist Wave , Resist Freeze , Resist Weaken
Almighty Ganesha - Resist Weaken
Almighty Poseidon - Dodge Attack [Lv1 Only] , Resist Freeze
Almighty Chronos - Resist Slow
Almighty Hades - Curse Immunity , Slow Relic , Weaken Relic
CAT-8 Behemoth - Slow , Wave Attack , Resist Freeze
B.C.S. Tigerclaw - Dodge Attack [Lv1 Only] , Resist Weaken , Resist Freeze
NEK-02 Air Citadel - Strengthen , Immune To Toxic , Resist Freeze
Bazibastra - Resist Weaken , Resist Slow
Mizuririn - Survives , Resist Slow
Aervanta - Weaken , Dodge Attack , Resist Curse
Mer-Queen Ruri - Target Relic , Curse Immunity , Resist Slow
Ultralan Pasalan - Freeze Duration , Resist Wave , Cost Down
Assassinlan Pasalan - Survives , Dodge Attack [Lv1 Only] , Cost Down
Lufalan Pasalan - Immune to Weaken , Resist Surge
Pai-Pai DX - Survives , Slow
Various Cats - Other Attack/Defense Buffs(edited)
DO NOT UNLOCK!!!
Cats in the Cradle - Slow
Joyful Nurse Cat - Knockback Chance
Divine Kalisa - Move Speed Up
God-Emperor Megidora - Knockback Chance
The Chaos Moon - Knockback
King Gamereon - Resist Knockback
Mission Control Mekako - Knockback
Almighty Ganesha - Immune to Knockback
Almighty Chronos - Move Speed Up
Mizuririn - Slow Duration