Cat Warrior

For the EBF2-4 foe with similar appearance, see Cat Soldier.

Cat Warrior
Group	Kitten Army
Roles	Foe, Summon
Appearances	Epic Battle Fantasy 5

The Cat Warrior is a foe and a summon in Epic Battle Fantasy 5. It is found peppered across the map, primarily in No Man's Land and as a helper for Laurelin.

Appearance

Cat Warriors are simple limbless cats which (somehow) wield a sword and shield, which happen to look much like NoLegs's Cat Toys. They can wield any combination of the Steel Buckler, the Viking Buckler, and what appears to be a combination of the Elven Shield's sword and a silver version of the Star Hammer's shield.

Overview

The Cat Warrior is an improved version of the Cat Soldier from the previous games. It has two moderately strong non-elemental physical attacks which hit three times; one hits a single player and the other hits random players for slightly more damage per hit. It can also raise its shield to give itself Defend, as well as Brave on higher difficulty levels.

While generally a nuisance at best, Cat Warriors tend to attack the player with the lowest HP; this can make them surprisingly dangerous if paired with foes with high damage output or strong offensive buffs. Their Evade is slightly higher than average, but this is generally negligible; on the other hand, their shield gives them impressive defenses even before they Defend themselves. Fortunately, the shield can be knocked away if a Cat Warrior suffers a powerful blow (over 20% of its maximum HP in a single hit), halving its defenses and disabling its Defend ability. Applying Berserk can also prevent a Cat Warrior from guarding itself, but it's probably easier to immobilize it with other status effects or just kill it outright.

The Cat Warrior has absolutely no resistances and several elemental weaknesses: Fire, Thunder, Water, and especially Bio. If "More Foe Resistance" is enabled, its Water and Bio weaknesses are reduced to 30% and it becomes neutral to Fire and Thunder.

Statistics

	Cat Warrior	EBF5
	A mighty warrior by cat standards. It'll gang up on players that look hurt, and has high defence until its shield is knocked away.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	60	4	8*	4	8*	4	4.1	10	1.2	1.2	9	20*	55
Elemental Resistance
	-50%	-50%	-	-	-80%	-	-50%	-	-	-
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon					-
Name	Wool	Iron Plate	Beer	Steel Plate	-
Chance	50%	15%	33%	15%	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Scorch	Poison	Virus	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
With a shield: 2.1% per stack, up to 18.9% Without: 5.25% / 47.25%	With a shield: 4.2% per stack, up to 37.8% Without: 10.5% / 94.5%	With a shield: 2.16% per stack, up to 19.44% Without: 5.4% / 48.6%	With a shield: 4.32% per stack, up to 38.88% Without: 10.8% / 97.2%	With a shield: 10% Without: 25%	With a shield: -13.(3)% Without: -33.(3)%
Damage taken from first four is decreased by 30% on Easy and 65% on Zero difficulties. Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Statistics with More Foe Resistance enabled.

	Cat Warrior	EBF5
	A mighty warrior by cat standards. It'll gang up on players that look hurt, and has high defence until its shield is knocked away.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	60	4	8*	4	8*	4	4.1	10	1.2	1.2	9	20*	55
Elemental Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-30%	-	-30%	-	-	-
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon					-
Name	Wool	Iron Plate	Beer	Steel Plate	-
Chance	50%	15%	33%	15%	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Scorch	Poison	Virus	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
With a shield: 1.4% per stack, up to 12.6% Without: 3.5% / 31.5%	With a shield: 2.8% per stack, up to 25.2% Without: 7% / 63%	With a shield: 1.56% per stack, up to 14.04% Without: 3.9% / 35.1%	With a shield: 3.12% per stack, up to 28.08% Without: 7.8% / 70.2%	With a shield: 10% Without: 25%	With a shield: -13.(3)% Without: -33.(3)%
Damage taken from first four is decreased by 30% on Easy and 65% on Zero difficulties. Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Loses the shield if hurt by >20% of its max HP in a single hit.

Attacks and Abilities

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Triple Hit	Single	24/3		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Hop & Hit	Random	32/3		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Defend	Self	--	--	----	--	--		--	--	--
Notes: Also gives 3x Brave on Hard or Epic difficulties.

Battle Logic

The following describes general logic of the enemy and attack patterns, with chances of each attack to be used. Conditions are listed from highest to lowest priority unless specified otherwise.

Action

• If catch score >55 and all players are Lovable → Surrender;
• If it's Berserked, it lost its shield, or it used Defend last turn → Triple Hit (1/2), Hop & Hit (1/2);
• Otherwise → Triple Hit (1/3), Hop & Hit (1/3), Defend (1/3).

Additionally, the Cat Warrior has a 50% chance to target the most damaged player with its attacks.

Counter (only if Counter-Attacking Foes is enabled)

• 100% → Hop & Hit.

Summon

The Cat Warrior can be captured and used as a summon; it can also be randomly summoned by the Knight's Helmet.

	Cat Warrior							SP
	Slashes a foe with a sequence of non-elemental attacks.							14	Kept
Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Single	100/3		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%