[Star 3] The Battle Cats - UL40: Bikura, Harbor of Evil!!

00:00 - Toy Boat Graveyard
Simple tanker stage. Anything that can endure Le'behemoth attack is fair to go. Shield Breaker units help to hastening the boss takedown process, but it's unnecessary if your tanker is very powerful. Big Sal is supposed to be time bomb, but he is easily disposed by Holy Blast or Zombear spam.

Recommended Uber/Legend Rare:
1. Anti-Aku tanker. Ex: Piss Keiji, Hevijak, King Garu, etc
2. Melee units. Ex: Baby Cats, Balrog, Thunder Jack, etc

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01:00 - Breathtaking Waves
Surge heavy stages. Was quite difficult on release. But now it's heavily powercreeped with more anti-Surge units are more accessible. Meatshield (preferably one with Surge Immune) and 1-2 Surge Immune attacker is all what you need here. Make sure to lure a bit so your unit won't get caught inside Reynard's attack.

Recommended Uber/Legend Rare:
1. Surge Immune or anti-Aku tanker units. Make sure it doesn't have KB vs Aku ability (SHIT-akiri and Hevijak is not recommended). Ex: Amakusa, Lilin, Lucifer, Sakura Sonic, etc

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02:30 - Dried Fish Market
Team management stages. There is Aku Peng here. It's not your usual Aku Peng. It's 750% Aku Peng with over 30k DMG Death Surge (total 90k DMG). The key is to build small team that's enough to repel each Aku Peng wave. When the Surge kills your team, you will have enough budget to start from zero. Zollow is also another great danger. If left unchecked, they can easily wipe out your team and open your base unprotected. Stacking LD/Wave units can be great countermeasure. Or using Iron Wall to create emergency defense wall.

Lastly, this stage is quite stingy with cash despite of abundant number of peons. You will need big cash for the final assault with triple Aku Peng. If you can't manage the cash, using Rich Cat practically removes this problem.

Recommended Uber/Legend Rare:
1. Surge Immune units. Ex: Amakusa, Lucifer, Dark Kasli, Phonoa, etc
2. Super Backliner units (for finishing phase). Ex: Cosmo, Luffalan, Saki (any variant), etc

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05:20 - Breakwater Blood Feud
Let me introduce the new worst enemy to meet on Star 3 UL: Aku Gory. On Star 3 magnification, his DMG output is boosted to 30k DMG. Your Eraser is useless. Not even Cactus Cat is enough to stall him. To make matter worse, this primate has chance to multiple his DMG to 90k!! It's instant DEATH to everyone!

There are two battle phases on this stage. First is surviving dual Aku Gory. Since he is pretty much unstallable, you have to brute force him. Rushing down with IDI/Bahamut is what you need here. With decent meatshield and Stone Cat timing, you can achieve it. Although the rushdown can be a bit inconsistent due to random Savage Blow and peons spawn.

The second phase is a lot more forgiving. Just dual Youcan and Loris with occasional Sir Rel. Rotating Stone Cat, Octopus Cat, and Shellboner to keep your defense intact. Surprisingly, the biggest obstacle on this phase is money. Lack of money source limits what you can summon. Well, Rich Cat removes this problem easily.

Recommended Uber/Legend Rare:
1. Cheap powerhouse/DMG Burst. Ex: Balrog, Dancer Iz, Yukimura, Baby Cats, etc

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08:24 - Fishermen On Strike
Triple Fallen Bears and two Puffingtons. It's another rushdown stage. Kill them before they start stacking up. The problem would lie on Fallen Bear. They are now so busted that Supercar is no longer enough to kill them. You will need another Shield Breaker unit to remove their Shield. While Barrel Cat is generally better Shield Breaker unit, Aku Researcher is more suitable for this stage. Barrel can't tank Fallen Bear's attack and his LD attack is inconsistent to reach them. So we go back to the basic, Kill all peon that's blocking the path and hope the RNG is on your favor.

Recommended Uber/Legend Rare:
1. Shield Breaker units. Ex: Lilin, Hevijak, Satoru, Kai, etc

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10:15 - Seahorses Caught
Aku Gory spam stages. As I mentioned before, you can't stall him. Not even MAX Cactus with Ultimate Research combo could. But thankfully this stage gives you chance to stack something.

Use the starting Aku Gory to stack a lot of Fiend Cat. If you can keep their number high, Fiend Cat should be able to constantly juggle Aku Gory and protect your A-Bahamut (or Ubers) from harm. Weedwanker is used to help control first Aku Gory. But later on boss battle, he can freeze John Lenon and helps other units to pass the defense. Cactus/Stone with triple research is your best defense choice here. Keep the stalemate until Ackey or John Lenon perishes. After that, you win.

Recommended Uber/Legend Rare:
1. Midrange attacker. Ex: Dancer Iz, Thunder Jack, Sakura (Street Fighter), Blanka, Darktanyan, etc

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