@ Not necessary with this video existing and I still stand with most of the stuff I’ve said in my initial review minus a few small things such as competition with Chill Cat and the rank I put him in. I always considered him good.
@@b1ue383 Nova is literally free because 1. You have to beat all of UL 3 crown which by that point you have basically everything maxed 2. Nova’s backswing is really long which means it’s easy to slip fast units into her blindspot since she won’t move up often 3. Royal Guard’s DPS is way too good since he can be properly sustained there.
I haven't finished watching the video but i just want to point out something that i feel like you glossed over at the sirrel comparison. a huge part of why i feel royal guard deals with sirrels so much better is because he is able to one hit kb them. due to his fast attack rate and one hit kb, he effectively juggles the sirrels, making the fact that they stay alive "longer" irrelevant. As shown on your cossack cat example, you have to meatshield as it takes them multiple hits to get one kb off of sir rel, and if the meatshield dies sirrel pushes through and just kills of cossack
@@LucasIVYT perhaps on higher magnifications he loses but it was just specifically within the video I noticed that he was juggling the sirrels which lead to a much smoother and simpler interaction
If you spawn 2 RG cats, it combines and kbs the sir rel before it can attack, so even on bigger multiplier, it can kb them earlier. The fact that this cat is spammable makes it even better
Talented Gravi: Wow, I always wanted a melee unit that targets Relic and Alien, is Wave Immune, and beats hard stages like Infernal Floor 40/49, Soul in the Idol, and the Luza stages! What a great unit! The BRITISH EMPIRE: You called us?
I think one of the reasons people hesitate to use RG is he simply feels unintuitive, from the way it looks I'd expect it to be kinda like a UFO Cat or even a Dark Cat variant, yet here seeing it's actually about as tanky as M.Island while faster is quite a game changer. Similarly I never send out Killer Cat because it feels like I'd be sending an expensive Cat, just based off how he looks and how he used to work. (keyword Feels even though I know I'm wrong).
i accidentally found out his power when trying to do normal idi without ms, i struggled with basically the strongest units you can think of, then, i thought it'd be funny to see what royal guard can do, i thought he'd get shredded by the gories, then he beat the stage on his own
oh yeah Idi is one of those stages where I also thought he wouldnt dominate too well but then I see lots of people posting screenshots of obliterating Idi with RG lmao
If that's true, then I guess I'mma colonize idi with bri'ish cats since I'm doing SOL 4 crown right now and already got him to 45. And also having UL legends and esoteric uril might make it easier than the last time I did it with no UL legends and sticking to naga stack, slime, teamaster, ramen and uril pre tf.
@@saifmohamed2967 update, used Royal guard against idi re, dealt a bit of dmg before dying. But with the freeze of naga stack he can deal enough dmg to kb idi re. Partnered with uril slow then it can actually work for a bit. Still inconsistent but can act as an extra source of dmg
Royal guard has really been popping off for me. Over the past month I've had numerous stages where I went "Oh wait what if I use royal guard here" and it INSTANTLY became easier (Gigahaniwan, the current halloween farming stage, certain UL stages etc). It honestly reminds me of courier the way I can just throw him at a stage without thinking and it just works. In fact, calling him a melee courier is a pretty apt comparison imo. I gotta keep playing him more but he's quickly rising up the ranks to be my go-to spammable melee dps. And honestly I might STILL be underrating royal guard considering my opinion of him gets better every single day. Finally I just wanna add that using Royal guard on Puffington is the funniest matchup ever because he's literally just juggling a football lmao
royal guard is one of the units that makes 4* ul playable, on the same level of slime tf. its nice to have a "similar to slapsticks" unit for sir rels and relic doges and not summoning a UL true form to deal with starting peons. he has found his way into almost ever 4* ul lineup ive made due to his convinience and sheer stackable dps.
At first i was pretty indifferent about royal guard but that changed when someone recommended me boosting and using royal guard for infernal tower floor 40 and floor 49, thats when i truly realized that royal guard might be goated
Hey Lucas, I really wanted to ask you a question. I’ve asked other bc RUclipsrs this question, like Xskull. It’s for a very stubborn friend who doesn’t want to but Skeleton cat and Mr. Are you able to provide an explanation and reason why he should buy Skeleton and Mr? Thank you Lucas 🎉. (He doesn’t want to watch the video)
Speaking of Chill Cat, they also have a PAINFULLY long foreswing (yes I know it's only one second but it honestly feels like an eternity sometimes because they LOVE to miss...) So even though chill cat can hit a huge 28k ish damage attack at lv. 30, it isn't always going actually land this hit because it'd get hit back before it attacks. Royal guard meanwhile is GUARANTEED to hit a 14k damage attack the second he touches the enemy because he has almost no foreswing. By the time Chill Cat lands one attack, RG would be able to land 2-3 hits on the enemy.
Still find it so crazy how most of the merciless advent units were basically crap before true form. While all the deadly advent units were useable at worst, usually great, right from the start
If I can speak from my personal perspective, I was one that initially thought he was garbage and a bad tf. My take has shifted from that idea since then, but before watching this vid, I still thought he was just "decent" and not much else. After watching this, I think I understand why I'm not overly enthusiastic about RG overall, but I do want to state that a lot of the points you brought up are things I've come to realize as of late. RG is a relatively unique unit, at least in comparison to others, given it's able to compliment well with other anti relics thanks to his burst-dps/rusher style, without having much of an overlapping issue, a factor that extends to his anti alien and even wave immune niche. Being able to deal with sir rels effectively is a big plus, while still having enough speed to not become a liability against higher range threats, and being incredibly spammable provides excellent value for disposability, namely in a stage like IT 45. And yet, I rarely think of using him when I'm playing regularly, despite realizing there's plenty of good qualities to his name, some that I even appreciate from the likes of manju and can can, units I bring to plenty of lineups, if not most. So in short terms, it's probably all about my playstyle: While RG is able to compliment other anti relics, we're also gotten to the point where most of those anti relics have become extremely powerful, with the likes of UL legends, superfeline, certain ubers like saki or gigapult, and specially uril tf. So when making a lineup, instead of thinking about trying RG out, I mostly default to the already established anti relics that I'm more familiar with, and try to build a lineup around those with the typical meatshields or supports. As for aliens, it's true that RG and chill operate way differently, and the latter isn't one I bring often against aliens. However, the only reason I use chill to begin with is to deal with those specific "midrange melee" enemies that RG happens to struggle against, and because I got other options for the higher ranged threats, rushing with RG was something I never considered before. That being said, while ubers and unit roles can be enough of a reason to dislike certain units, like how many players don't like cyberstacking in the first place, it's not exactly my biggest reasoning for not using RG, and I want to elaborate for a bit: When it comes to melee units, 2 of the more popular ones around the community are can can and balrog, which are also plenty comparable between each other. Both are high dph melee units with a bit of a foreswing to compensate, also having cheap cost and low cooldown for their rarities, and specially for their insane stats, given their great bulk and aforementioned damage output. These traits allow them to be highly versalite throughout most of the game, with plenty of relevant use cases across multiple stages and bosses, and I happen to have both so it's natural that I'd get a lot of mileage out of them, which I already mentioned for can can before. But to be completely honest here: I don't actually like using balrog. It's probably strange to say that when I think both units are quite similar, but personally, there's one key difference that makes me default to can can over rog, which is their speed. The former has 21 speed, while the latter has 12, so balrog speed is fine enough as is, given he's not slow by any means, but he's also not fast enough to my liking, and that's where his other stats become worse as a result. His bulk doesn't feel enough, his cost feels too high for his own good, and his damage isn't impressive enough anymore for me to not consider can can instead. As weird as it sounds, balrog is a unit that doesn't feel comfortable to use for me, to the point where I unironically think he would've been better with a speed up talent instead of the strengthen. Leading back into RG, I have similar feelings: -He's a fast unit, he doesn't feel fast enough. -He's generally bulky for his cooldown, but doesn't feel bulky enough. -His dps is quite high, but not high enough for me to consider him over can can instead. RG and can can operate much differently in this case, and I'm not trying to prove otherwise, as the only thing I'm trying to say is that RG enters that category of units that don't feel comfortable to use in their role, be it by lack of speed, bulk, or range in comparison to the other options I've accumulated over my playthrough. It also doesn't help that I haven't even done starred UL, with places where RG could still shine even over certain ubers, which might be the main reason I find it hard to actually think of the unit in the first place. Like I said at the beginning, this is all just my personal perspective. I'm still willing to give RG a shot when the time is right, as the potential is certainly there for experimentation, and maybe he'll change my personal feelings in the end, or not, because I can't predict the future. So with all that being said, great vid dude, looking foward for more. And I hope miasma gets the same treatment in its tf because I want a better winged piggie counter.
"Um actually Royal Guard Cat is not that good. I don't understand why do some people think Royal Guard is good when we have Chill Cat already. All you have to do is to have it level 50 plus 80 + Talented + S Rank Orb and you're all set. It's that simple. Seriously, I don't understand why some people think Royal Guard is good. This must be some secret BC RUclipsr Mindset that is being rumored around. Clearly there's still some decent amount of people who uses Chill Cat in 2024"
To be fair, royal guard is definitely a late game unit so you are going to be using chill for most of progression and you’ll have plenty of time to boost it before unlocking royal guard
@@narrihson8747 im end game and my highest rare +level (out of any gacha rare) is 27. assuming that my chill cat was 50+27 it would have around the same dps and hp as a level 41 royal royal guard cat (but thats best case scenario and mine is actually only +11). to match a lvl 50 royal guard you would either need a 50+73 chill cat or 50+40 stat talented chill cat. nobody has those levels unless theyve played for a very long time (my account is from 2020 for reference)
I won't lie, I was a Royal Guard doubter when I first tried using them, but the more I used them, especially in my No Gacha save, I realized quickly this guy is capable of things I didn't realize were even possible. May God Save the King and his Feline Guard 🫡
lol I think a solid amount of the community’s idea of a good unit are usually ones that remain to be long lasting units. After all, when you do say that it takes 6 seconds in order to reach insane dps with research combos, you’ll most likely not even have more than 2 at a time even according to some of the clips you show in the 2nd half of the video. The main appeal of spam able units is the fact that they are strong when there’s more of them, but not many people realize that even just one Royal Guard cat does so much.
Which makes it more baffling how people argued chill cat was better. HE LITERALLY DOESN'T LAST AT ALL, you are lucky if he can even get more than 2 shots off sometimes, which usually only works if you he's boosted enough, or fighting short range aliens who don't immediately just take him out.
Gotta say that he shines in 4* UL. I have played for a long time so I've got some great Uber- and Super Rare wave immune/blocker units but I noticed that Rares and Super Rares lack meaningful anti-wave attackers, at least untill I started using Royal Guard. Overall great unit with some powerful niches.
Xskull put this guy below teamaster on his tierlist and considering how much people listen to him as if he’s omniscient I think that might explain why people don’t use the guy
I feel everyone is using him now, most 4* lineups I see are using him (me included) The reason why he seemed to have had such an upsurge is probably because people looked at him and thought that because non of his issues were fixed, he’s still bad. But in practice, that’s definitely not the case, he insane at his niche and is very versatile when fighting against his traits. He’s a specialist sure, but a damn good one.
imma be honest, i didn't see him, i knew people said he was good, that's about it the moment I saw the stat change i was like, damn look at that damage, that pretty fucking good, looked at the health and was like, that's just straight up really good, thought the speed increase was quite significant, then remembered he has strong against when looking at the dps again, thought that it is kinda broken, then realising it was massive damage and proceeded to flip out the range is also quite nice who tf thinks chill cat is good, like actually, when I first started playing people told me to use him and my man never preformed
While this could be just a wild theory, I think Ponos decided that they wanted to make an easily obtainable counter to Nova, so they took an already anti relic unit and gave it several buffs via true form. The same could be similarly said for Idi’s true form where she obtained Sage slayer; however, Idi was already a great unit to begin with while Vodka cat was just forgotten.
Unfortunately, I already had all of UL 4* done (aside from the recently released levels) when this true form came out. I think there could be a lot of use during those stages if people haven't already Esoteric'ed the whole thing. Dr. Nova though? This TF and Idi's are basically made for that level no matter what other units you might have prepared.
Royal Guard was my first ever Anti-Relic that wasn't purely based on CC, solely because I somehow got through Papuu by sheer dumb luck (and KFC), he helped me a lot in finishing SOL and has been helping me in UL (so long as M.Ost isn't screwing him over)
The only thing i say that justifies royal guard cat's power is that first you have to defeat dabuu (thrice) to get the pabuu stages and then you have to defeat pabuu (thrice) to get royal guard cat. (Once to get the base and evolved form and two more times to get the true form)
His TF looked lame as first since nothing change THAT much, because of his usage in the previous form was extremely limited or even unusable. So not many player look after him after receiving the TF, even I also think he still bad and only get a little better. But, HOLY SHEET this little guy shredded everything. The biggest impact on him I could say is wave immune and range buff cuz he already have big DPS to his target and now it's open up his usage even more. From UR dump to underrated. This guy could be the unit have the best TF improvement in the game. (we don't talk about Uril)
i used to think battlecats is a simple silly game about cats dominating the world i know realize there is a lot more to the game and makes me wanna try to play it again
I am going through 3* UL and I am definitely inclined to agree! The damage and stackability (especially with research combo) can be so absurd to kill tanky units much quicker! Love using this unit
Day 1 of finding every png of a hololive member in a Lucus IV video: 9:25 Ina 1 14:33 (Frog Costume) Kiara - Low Sanity 17:14 - Ina 1 22:03 Ina 1 22:07 smol O_O Fauna 23:04 Fauna 2 For stats that is: Ina - 3 Kiara - 1 Fauna - 2 - Myth - 4 - Council/Promise - 2 Total: 6 If I've missed any please do tell and I'll correct the count. Edit after second video: I will be using the same naming scheme in all videos, e.g. even though in the video about bobmer cat it's the first image you see of bomber cat, it's still the same as fauna 2 here so it's called fauna 2 over there.
Royal Guard is just so fun to use apart of being very strong, and i actually use this unit in almost every relic/alien stage and still somehow work. Also, I believe the creation of Royal Guard cat was for preperation of Dr. Nova stage, since it has a property to reliably slip past her blindspot and deal ridiclous damage to it. With XSkull tier, i can confidently say he is B-tier
Doing all of 4 star in one month preparing for Dr. Nova made me realize our current 4 star powercreep is insane! The lv50 free units were constantly butting heads against my lv100+ gacha rares for loadout slots… and won around 60% of the time. I even had to ban legend, Uril and slime TFs to make the loadouts less monotonous!
I'm very much surprised people think royal guard isnt broken, spammable 32k/25k dps with really good health (big highlight on the health, something that spammable and with that damage shouldn't be that beefy) and wave immune as a nice quality of life works wonders, most of the time i use him if there is an alien or relic enemy bc he is amazing for both backliners and melee enemies. Royal Guard is just the cat version of Sir Rel
The whole chill sectiin was great cause when i was first getting inot battle cats he was still treated as some amazing priority warranting rare like camera or ramen. Then i used him, and he SUCKED. So it's nice seeing someone else say he's bad.
Atm im going through hell (4 star all UL) and I popped him onto Outta This Village, and honestly I found him pushing into the Nyandam's range so often vs not using him but at the same time he's also just that powerful on his own in that stage. I'm gonna be so happy to find use for this fella in 4 star.
I was thinking about this video once i got his true form. I now love him for how funny and cute he looks, but also now will help me alot with relic enemies now that im finishing SoL.
LOL that is the funny part when I was editing the audio in, I was like 'wait why is this audio somehow kinda better' and now i'm confused on how to set my audio
When I first got him I was really excited to use him. Then I stopped using him because I saw many people saying he's not a good unit. But I always had the feeling that he's actually decent for his niche. I'm happy to see he's not useless, because I LOVE his design.
I heard a little while ago that he was kinda under rated so I started using him in my 4* Sol and he was carrying all these stages that I never thought he'd be good on. After that he became one of my more favorite units to bring
Man, Star Peng, Nimoy Bore, Meso Cyclone, and Puffsly were like the only aliens Chill Cat countered, now Royal Guard comes in and overshadows everything Chill Cat is good at. Chill Cat fans aren't even on life support, they were thrown in a ditch and buried in a shallow grave.
imo, the most underrated thing about rg is his target trait combination. Alien and relic is a really common pairing, especially in mid-late UL and most of those stages contain a relic pusher and alien backliner or vice versa and he absolutely cleans 90% of those stages on his own
What are you talking about? Obviously my +80 max talent (excluding knockback) chill cat with an s grade defence orb is obviously better in every conceivable way. Smh, can't believe this chill slander. Ok in all seriousness how on earth did chill enter the conversation at all? People have regarded chill as garbage for years. Even with my maxed chill cat, he STILL struggles. I put a defence orb on him instead of massive damage BECAUSE he literally struggled to ever get a single hit off at times. Meanwhile, even at just lvl 50 seafarer was infinitely more useful, and way more reliable as an attacker. I feel like I have been underutilizng royal guard cat though, so I guess I'll start trying to incorporate him into more of my lineups. Great vid.
"chill cat is better for alien" has to be a sentence said by only the depraved. Who the fuck actually goes into any stage and goes "man chill cat is exactly what i need and definitely not a money sink". No one has said that ever
I genuinely couldn't beat floor 49 of infernal tower without the goat. Wave Immune and having enough health to survive a hit from yulalala (at level 39+) clutch so hard for me.
this guy is a game changer in 4 crown UL merciless advent true forms (slime, fried chicken, and this one) are the only reason some of the stages have been doable for me up to this point
I actually tested him in a couple of stages before this video, and he exceeded my already high expectations. Here are some notable stages I tried him on: 1. Last of the dead. Completely solos the stage with research L and starting wallet. I took only 2 minutes to do so at level 50. 2. Aku melodies Idk why I tested him here, but brought the same combos with addition of cone and pizza (couldn’t kill sbk). If you haven’t realize already I brute forced the shield. It took like 13 minutes for royal guard to complete the stage. 3. Every wave stage ever (darkweb, rickety coaster, muscle party) He is good. I tried him on a lot of other advents and stages. He is really good in a lot of places, especially his target traits (coming from someone with 30 + 50 chill cat, chill sucks). The only time royal guard actually was not great for me is when I brought him to false resurrection in legend quest, and that is because he hit the base to fast and ass bear killed me when cannon is reloading.
Honestly I agree with this video, but thinking about it, it makes a really scary (or fun) thought rise: What's next for relics? What sort of counter will Ponos introduce to counter the current Relic powercreep?
Me who uses Royal guard every time there's wave enemies, relics and aliens: Also, he can actually be used against koronium. Wave immune and fast atk rate is actually decent against koronium and helped a lot with the stages he was in on UL
I actually agree to this, just by him having freezing, is no small feat, he can continously freeze the 2 traits due to his fast attack speed, and thats not counting the rest of his stats, he also has wave immunity, and we dont know, if he gets talents hes gunna be broken, the cost itself is also pretty cheap, now that im watching this vid i wanna get RG
I'd like to mention that Royal Guard can help or replace idi on floor 49 of infernal tower with the right support to rush down yulala. All you need is doron, freezeblast, and fallen bear to shred him to bits with ease, no items required. ( or you could just skip all that and use izanagi like i did on my most recent clear cause i dont want to get fallen bear and cause im lazy with UL )
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i still doubt chill cat and that was another list of underated unit that i can turn into NP ChillholaCH
I don't care for chill in the slightest
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Dude is basically the whole reason why Nova is free
are u making a new video on royal guard? i think itd be nice if people saw an update
@ Not necessary with this video existing and I still stand with most of the stuff I’ve said in my initial review minus a few small things such as competition with Chill Cat and the rank I put him in. I always considered him good.
Nova is harder than most stages sheerly because it requires timing
Of course the timing needed is minimal but its something
@@b1ue383 Nova is literally free because
1. You have to beat all of UL 3 crown which by that point you have basically everything maxed
2. Nova’s backswing is really long which means it’s easy to slip fast units into her blindspot since she won’t move up often
3. Royal Guard’s DPS is way too good since he can be properly sustained there.
Yes, and it's even more free because there are not peons every five seconds, unlike in zero luza stage.
i cannot overstate how good the range increase for slime feels
lil bore 😊
very small range increase but it makes it outrange basically anything it needs to
I haven't finished watching the video but i just want to point out something that i feel like you glossed over at the sirrel comparison.
a huge part of why i feel royal guard deals with sirrels so much better is because he is able to one hit kb them. due to his fast attack rate and one hit kb, he effectively juggles the sirrels, making the fact that they stay alive "longer" irrelevant. As shown on your cossack cat example, you have to meatshield as it takes them multiple hits to get one kb off of sir rel, and if the meatshield dies sirrel pushes through and just kills of cossack
well he can't quite one hit kb them even on 100% but when Sirrel is on the right treshold he wins the exchange that is correct
He's just playing football with his mates
@@LucasIVYT perhaps on higher magnifications he loses but it was just specifically within the video I noticed that he was juggling the sirrels which lead to a much smoother and simpler interaction
Hot take: sir rel’s difficulty is overrated
If you spawn 2 RG cats, it combines and kbs the sir rel before it can attack, so even on bigger multiplier, it can kb them earlier. The fact that this cat is spammable makes it even better
Talented Gravi: Wow, I always wanted a melee unit that targets Relic and Alien, is Wave Immune, and beats hard stages like Infernal Floor 40/49, Soul in the Idol, and the Luza stages! What a great unit!
The BRITISH EMPIRE: You called us?
I love you
I think one of the reasons people hesitate to use RG is he simply feels unintuitive, from the way it looks I'd expect it to be kinda like a UFO Cat or even a Dark Cat variant, yet here seeing it's actually about as tanky as M.Island while faster is quite a game changer.
Similarly I never send out Killer Cat because it feels like I'd be sending an expensive Cat, just based off how he looks and how he used to work. (keyword Feels even though I know I'm wrong).
He's actually kind of like ufo/dark but has the stats of island LOL
yeah having basically identical bulk to misland is CRAZY, i had no idea about that until this video
i accidentally found out his power when trying to do normal idi without ms, i struggled with basically the strongest units you can think of, then, i thought it'd be funny to see what royal guard can do, i thought he'd get shredded by the gories, then he beat the stage on his own
oh yeah Idi is one of those stages where I also thought he wouldnt dominate too well but then I see lots of people posting screenshots of obliterating Idi with RG lmao
If that's true, then I guess I'mma colonize idi with bri'ish cats since I'm doing SOL 4 crown right now and already got him to 45. And also having UL legends and esoteric uril might make it easier than the last time I did it with no UL legends and sticking to naga stack, slime, teamaster, ramen and uril pre tf.
wait i could have used Rg after all 😭
@@saifmohamed2967 update, used Royal guard against idi re, dealt a bit of dmg before dying. But with the freeze of naga stack he can deal enough dmg to kb idi re. Partnered with uril slow then it can actually work for a bit. Still inconsistent but can act as an extra source of dmg
@@Dasligma69 while i did beat it with just rg, I did use a bunch of combos and had to time thunderbolt at certain times
Royal guard has really been popping off for me. Over the past month I've had numerous stages where I went "Oh wait what if I use royal guard here" and it INSTANTLY became easier (Gigahaniwan, the current halloween farming stage, certain UL stages etc). It honestly reminds me of courier the way I can just throw him at a stage without thinking and it just works. In fact, calling him a melee courier is a pretty apt comparison imo. I gotta keep playing him more but he's quickly rising up the ranks to be my go-to spammable melee dps. And honestly I might STILL be underrating royal guard considering my opinion of him gets better every single day.
Finally I just wanna add that using Royal guard on Puffington is the funniest matchup ever because he's literally just juggling a football lmao
British guys playing football⚽️
royal guard is one of the units that makes 4* ul playable, on the same level of slime tf. its nice to have a "similar to slapsticks" unit for sir rels and relic doges and not summoning a UL true form to deal with starting peons.
he has found his way into almost ever 4* ul lineup ive made due to his convinience and sheer stackable dps.
4* ul is playable without royal guard wdym
Royal guard really helps. Like every relic (and alien because I don't have chill talents) stage he makes easier.
I usually used talented lil flying to counter sir rels in four star. Now royal guard completely invalidates lil flying relic targeting....
I faced 0 difficulty on 4* UL compared to 3* and I completed it before royal guard.
@@bosssnurp5912 It's fine.
They really turned Nadu into a cat. Funniest fish i've ever seen
Watch them make another merciless cat tf be merchant 😭
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3:02 i can't believe royal guard got a 75% damage boost and a 58% damage boost! I am very convinced he's broken now.
At first i was pretty indifferent about royal guard but that changed when someone recommended me boosting and using royal guard for infernal tower floor 40 and floor 49, thats when i truly realized that royal guard might be goated
Hey Lucas, I really wanted to ask you a question. I’ve asked other bc RUclipsrs this question, like Xskull. It’s for a very stubborn friend who doesn’t want to but Skeleton cat and Mr. Are you able to provide an explanation and reason why he should buy Skeleton and Mr? Thank you Lucas 🎉. (He doesn’t want to watch the video)
If he has a good uber research combo he doesn't necessarily need to, otherwise just tell him its really good for ramen or something
Lol
"The BROKEN unit that NOBODY's using in The Battle Cats"
>Looks inside
>One of the most widely used units in UL
Speaking of Chill Cat, they also have a PAINFULLY long foreswing (yes I know it's only one second but it honestly feels like an eternity sometimes because they LOVE to miss...) So even though chill cat can hit a huge 28k ish damage attack at lv. 30, it isn't always going actually land this hit because it'd get hit back before it attacks. Royal guard meanwhile is GUARANTEED to hit a 14k damage attack the second he touches the enemy because he has almost no foreswing. By the time Chill Cat lands one attack, RG would be able to land 2-3 hits on the enemy.
Crazy how people still think Royal Guard is bad even though it’s popularly used a lot to beat revival of origin (both base and invasion)
Still find it so crazy how most of the merciless advent units were basically crap before true form. While all the deadly advent units were useable at worst, usually great, right from the start
Hopefully all the brutal advents are good units even before TF.
This video is cathartic you have no idea how much I’ve wanted to make a video like this
Ponos saving a unit from irrelevancy by bloating the stats to crazy proportions is a bit uncommon but appreciated
The recent advent tfs have been nothing but bangers
WE'RE MAINTAINING THE AGENDA WITH THIS ONE 💯
If I can speak from my personal perspective, I was one that initially thought he was garbage and a bad tf. My take has shifted from that idea since then, but before watching this vid, I still thought he was just "decent" and not much else.
After watching this, I think I understand why I'm not overly enthusiastic about RG overall, but I do want to state that a lot of the points you brought up are things I've come to realize as of late.
RG is a relatively unique unit, at least in comparison to others, given it's able to compliment well with other anti relics thanks to his burst-dps/rusher style, without having much of an overlapping issue, a factor that extends to his anti alien and even wave immune niche. Being able to deal with sir rels effectively is a big plus, while still having enough speed to not become a liability against higher range threats, and being incredibly spammable provides excellent value for disposability, namely in a stage like IT 45.
And yet, I rarely think of using him when I'm playing regularly, despite realizing there's plenty of good qualities to his name, some that I even appreciate from the likes of manju and can can, units I bring to plenty of lineups, if not most.
So in short terms, it's probably all about my playstyle:
While RG is able to compliment other anti relics, we're also gotten to the point where most of those anti relics have become extremely powerful, with the likes of UL legends, superfeline, certain ubers like saki or gigapult, and specially uril tf. So when making a lineup, instead of thinking about trying RG out, I mostly default to the already established anti relics that I'm more familiar with, and try to build a lineup around those with the typical meatshields or supports.
As for aliens, it's true that RG and chill operate way differently, and the latter isn't one I bring often against aliens. However, the only reason I use chill to begin with is to deal with those specific "midrange melee" enemies that RG happens to struggle against, and because I got other options for the higher ranged threats, rushing with RG was something I never considered before.
That being said, while ubers and unit roles can be enough of a reason to dislike certain units, like how many players don't like cyberstacking in the first place, it's not exactly my biggest reasoning for not using RG, and I want to elaborate for a bit:
When it comes to melee units, 2 of the more popular ones around the community are can can and balrog, which are also plenty comparable between each other. Both are high dph melee units with a bit of a foreswing to compensate, also having cheap cost and low cooldown for their rarities, and specially for their insane stats, given their great bulk and aforementioned damage output. These traits allow them to be highly versalite throughout most of the game, with plenty of relevant use cases across multiple stages and bosses, and I happen to have both so it's natural that I'd get a lot of mileage out of them, which I already mentioned for can can before.
But to be completely honest here: I don't actually like using balrog.
It's probably strange to say that when I think both units are quite similar, but personally, there's one key difference that makes me default to can can over rog, which is their speed.
The former has 21 speed, while the latter has 12, so balrog speed is fine enough as is, given he's not slow by any means, but he's also not fast enough to my liking, and that's where his other stats become worse as a result.
His bulk doesn't feel enough, his cost feels too high for his own good, and his damage isn't impressive enough anymore for me to not consider can can instead. As weird as it sounds, balrog is a unit that doesn't feel comfortable to use for me, to the point where I unironically think he would've been better with a speed up talent instead of the strengthen.
Leading back into RG, I have similar feelings:
-He's a fast unit, he doesn't feel fast enough.
-He's generally bulky for his cooldown, but doesn't feel bulky enough.
-His dps is quite high, but not high enough for me to consider him over can can instead.
RG and can can operate much differently in this case, and I'm not trying to prove otherwise, as the only thing I'm trying to say is that RG enters that category of units that don't feel comfortable to use in their role, be it by lack of speed, bulk, or range in comparison to the other options I've accumulated over my playthrough.
It also doesn't help that I haven't even done starred UL, with places where RG could still shine even over certain ubers, which might be the main reason I find it hard to actually think of the unit in the first place.
Like I said at the beginning, this is all just my personal perspective. I'm still willing to give RG a shot when the time is right, as the potential is certainly there for experimentation, and maybe he'll change my personal feelings in the end, or not, because I can't predict the future.
So with all that being said, great vid dude, looking foward for more.
And I hope miasma gets the same treatment in its tf because I want a better winged piggie counter.
"Um actually Royal Guard Cat is not that good. I don't understand why do some people think Royal Guard is good when we have Chill Cat already. All you have to do is to have it level 50 plus 80 + Talented + S Rank Orb and you're all set. It's that simple. Seriously, I don't understand why some people think Royal Guard is good. This must be some secret BC RUclipsr Mindset that is being rumored around. Clearly there's still some decent amount of people who uses Chill Cat in 2024"
My chill cat has like +10 so I'm still gonna use royal guard cat
To be fair, royal guard is definitely a late game unit so you are going to be using chill for most of progression and you’ll have plenty of time to boost it before unlocking royal guard
@@narrihson8747 im end game and my highest rare +level (out of any gacha rare) is 27. assuming that my chill cat was 50+27 it would have around the same dps and hp as a level 41 royal royal guard cat (but thats best case scenario and mine is actually only +11). to match a lvl 50 royal guard you would either need a 50+73 chill cat or 50+40 stat talented chill cat. nobody has those levels unless theyve played for a very long time (my account is from 2020 for reference)
@ 50+27 is already outperforming royal guard vs aliens, the range advantage of chill is one major difference that Lucas iv ignored
@@narrihson8747, 50 + 27 is still less DPS than a level 50 royal guard. Chill cat also needs investment into its attack up talent to catch up.
I won't lie, I was a Royal Guard doubter when I first tried using them, but the more I used them, especially in my No Gacha save, I realized quickly this guy is capable of things I didn't realize were even possible.
May God Save the King and his Feline Guard 🫡
This guy’s an essential on any UL/Relic heavy loadout I make; essentially, a wall of death on the ready.
lol I think a solid amount of the community’s idea of a good unit are usually ones that remain to be long lasting units. After all, when you do say that it takes 6 seconds in order to reach insane dps with research combos, you’ll most likely not even have more than 2 at a time even according to some of the clips you show in the 2nd half of the video. The main appeal of spam able units is the fact that they are strong when there’s more of them, but not many people realize that even just one Royal Guard cat does so much.
Which makes it more baffling how people argued chill cat was better. HE LITERALLY DOESN'T LAST AT ALL, you are lucky if he can even get more than 2 shots off sometimes, which usually only works if you he's boosted enough, or fighting short range aliens who don't immediately just take him out.
Gotta say that he shines in 4* UL. I have played for a long time so I've got some great Uber- and Super Rare wave immune/blocker units but I noticed that Rares and Super Rares lack meaningful anti-wave attackers, at least untill I started using Royal Guard. Overall great unit with some powerful niches.
Cant believe Lucas made a whole video about Dread Pirate Catley...
Xskull put this guy below teamaster on his tierlist and considering how much people listen to him as if he’s omniscient I think that might explain why people don’t use the guy
LOL that is INSANE he is easily top 3 advent rares maybe only beaten by rock and slime and nothing else
Teamaster does nothing. Absolutely nothing. Unbelievable.
@@LucasIVYTwhat about bullet train and green shell?
@@jackyliu9600btrain is not an advent rare
bullet train is a super rare, and rock is overall just a better shellboner
I feel everyone is using him now, most 4* lineups I see are using him (me included)
The reason why he seemed to have had such an upsurge is probably because people looked at him and thought that because non of his issues were fixed, he’s still bad. But in practice, that’s definitely not the case, he insane at his niche and is very versatile when fighting against his traits. He’s a specialist sure, but a damn good one.
imma be honest, i didn't see him, i knew people said he was good, that's about it
the moment I saw the stat change i was like, damn look at that damage, that pretty fucking good, looked at the health and was like, that's just straight up really good, thought the speed increase was quite significant, then remembered he has strong against when looking at the dps again, thought that it is kinda broken, then realising it was massive damage and proceeded to flip out
the range is also quite nice
who tf thinks chill cat is good, like actually, when I first started playing people told me to use him and my man never preformed
While this could be just a wild theory, I think Ponos decided that they wanted to make an easily obtainable counter to Nova, so they took an already anti relic unit and gave it several buffs via true form. The same could be similarly said for Idi’s true form where she obtained Sage slayer; however, Idi was already a great unit to begin with while Vodka cat was just forgotten.
I mean maybe but if all they want is nova counter then they really didnt need the anti alien and wave immune extra LOL
chill cat's foreswing is agonizing
Unfortunately, I already had all of UL 4* done (aside from the recently released levels) when this true form came out. I think there could be a lot of use during those stages if people haven't already Esoteric'ed the whole thing. Dr. Nova though? This TF and Idi's are basically made for that level no matter what other units you might have prepared.
Xskull boutta get 2nd thunder jack incident
I might be remembering wrong but im pretty sure Xskull did say that he was a good unit
@@sir27dagamerNo lol
@@sir27dagamerhe ranked royal guard as D tier fucking D tier he B tier at least
It’s already happening lmao😂
I won't be surprised if Xskull has changed his opinion on Royal Guard judging by the fact that he has been using Royal Guard a lot more recently.
i love it when royal guard cat does the funny thing and THE BRITISH ARE COMING
THE BRITISH ARE COMING 😱😱😱
THE BRITISH ARE COMING 😖😖😖
THE BRITISH ARE COMING😔😔😔
The fact the British solider based cat does more dmg to aliens 😭
@@Worldsmartmoai basically implied that the brit colonize the aliens thats why we dont see them in modern society
I really like the little description you give to the cats/enemies
Royal Guard was my first ever Anti-Relic that wasn't purely based on CC, solely because I somehow got through Papuu by sheer dumb luck (and KFC), he helped me a lot in finishing SOL and has been helping me in UL (so long as M.Ost isn't screwing him over)
The only thing i say that justifies royal guard cat's power is that first you have to defeat dabuu (thrice) to get the pabuu stages and then you have to defeat pabuu (thrice) to get royal guard cat. (Once to get the base and evolved form and two more times to get the true form)
His TF looked lame as first since nothing change THAT much, because of his usage in the previous form was extremely limited or even unusable. So not many player look after him after receiving the TF, even I also think he still bad and only get a little better. But, HOLY SHEET this little guy shredded everything. The biggest impact on him I could say is wave immune and range buff cuz he already have big DPS to his target and now it's open up his usage even more. From UR dump to underrated. This guy could be the unit have the best TF improvement in the game. (we don't talk about Uril)
2:51 wait is that a reference to that one meme video you made about royal guard
i used to think battlecats is a simple silly game about cats dominating the world i know realize there is a lot more to the game and makes me wanna try to play it again
I love how in the notes for Cossack cat, it says that it has nothing to do with pirates, which is in the meme song
Happy you're getting to do more of these videos, I enjoy them so much!
I am going through 3* UL and I am definitely inclined to agree! The damage and stackability (especially with research combo) can be so absurd to kill tanky units much quicker! Love using this unit
Cheeki Breeki has become stronger than ever
Ah yes the Maus Maus cannot be stopped
Day 1 of finding every png of a hololive member in a Lucus IV video:
9:25 Ina 1
14:33 (Frog Costume) Kiara - Low Sanity
17:14 - Ina 1
22:03 Ina 1
22:07 smol O_O Fauna
23:04 Fauna 2
For stats that is:
Ina - 3
Kiara - 1
Fauna - 2
- Myth - 4
- Council/Promise - 2
Total: 6
If I've missed any please do tell and I'll correct the count.
Edit after second video: I will be using the same naming scheme in all videos, e.g. even though in the video about bobmer cat it's the first image you see of bomber cat, it's still the same as fauna 2 here so it's called fauna 2 over there.
I honestly never knew that this unit wasn't commonly known to be OP, it was always a major talking point during my time in E280
Royal Guard is just so fun to use apart of being very strong, and i actually use this unit in almost every relic/alien stage and still somehow work.
Also, I believe the creation of Royal Guard cat was for preperation of Dr. Nova stage, since it has a property to reliably slip past her blindspot and deal ridiclous damage to it.
With XSkull tier, i can confidently say he is B-tier
Doing all of 4 star in one month preparing for Dr. Nova made me realize our current 4 star powercreep is insane! The lv50 free units were constantly butting heads against my lv100+ gacha rares for loadout slots… and won around 60% of the time. I even had to ban legend, Uril and slime TFs to make the loadouts less monotonous!
THE ROYAL GUARD GLAZING IS REAL RAAAAGGGHHH! WTF IS A CHILL CAT?!?!
🧱
I'm very much surprised people think royal guard isnt broken, spammable 32k/25k dps with really good health (big highlight on the health, something that spammable and with that damage shouldn't be that beefy) and wave immune as a nice quality of life works wonders, most of the time i use him if there is an alien or relic enemy bc he is amazing for both backliners and melee enemies. Royal Guard is just the cat version of Sir Rel
The whole chill sectiin was great cause when i was first getting inot battle cats he was still treated as some amazing priority warranting rare like camera or ramen. Then i used him, and he SUCKED. So it's nice seeing someone else say he's bad.
Atm im going through hell (4 star all UL) and I popped him onto Outta This Village, and honestly I found him pushing into the Nyandam's range so often vs not using him but at the same time he's also just that powerful on his own in that stage. I'm gonna be so happy to find use for this fella in 4 star.
I was thinking about this video once i got his true form. I now love him for how funny and cute he looks, but also now will help me alot with relic enemies now that im finishing SoL.
I think he talked about the broken unit nobody uses in The Battle Cats guys!
oh
Royal guard pulling up to the game with the triple research:
21:00
I actually like these audio settings.
LOL that is the funny part when I was editing the audio in, I was like 'wait why is this audio somehow kinda better' and now i'm confused on how to set my audio
@LucasIVYT, oh, I see. I hope that these settings will stay like this.
When I first got him I was really excited to use him. Then I stopped using him because I saw many people saying he's not a good unit.
But I always had the feeling that he's actually decent for his niche.
I'm happy to see he's not useless, because I LOVE his design.
KFC, Brits are coming and "That's a weird jelly"
I heard a little while ago that he was kinda under rated so I started using him in my 4* Sol and he was carrying all these stages that I never thought he'd be good on. After that he became one of my more favorite units to bring
new lucas drop finally 🙏
I’ve never seen anyone talk about chill cat in a good light he’s so horrible I regret getting his true form
I actually do prefer to use RG then chill because i swear ive never seen chill hit enemies due to its foreswing
Man, Star Peng, Nimoy Bore, Meso Cyclone, and Puffsly were like the only aliens Chill Cat countered, now Royal Guard comes in and overshadows everything Chill Cat is good at. Chill Cat fans aren't even on life support, they were thrown in a ditch and buried in a shallow grave.
I knew RG had potential the moment I realised his stats were basically "reckless M. Island"
have a good day
Royal guard has been an absolute beast in 3* UL, when the guards are on the march, all relics and aliens are actually demolished.
imo, the most underrated thing about rg is his target trait combination. Alien and relic is a really common pairing, especially in mid-late UL and most of those stages contain a relic pusher and alien backliner or vice versa and he absolutely cleans 90% of those stages on his own
What are you talking about? Obviously my +80 max talent (excluding knockback) chill cat with an s grade defence orb is obviously better in every conceivable way. Smh, can't believe this chill slander.
Ok in all seriousness how on earth did chill enter the conversation at all? People have regarded chill as garbage for years. Even with my maxed chill cat, he STILL struggles. I put a defence orb on him instead of massive damage BECAUSE he literally struggled to ever get a single hit off at times. Meanwhile, even at just lvl 50 seafarer was infinitely more useful, and way more reliable as an attacker. I feel like I have been underutilizng royal guard cat though, so I guess I'll start trying to incorporate him into more of my lineups. Great vid.
I’m honestly surprised that it was such a simple upgrade yet it made him far more usable as a unit, works in a lot of 4 star strategies
3:43 don’t you dare give them ideas
11:37 so you’re saying that RG solo IT 40? If it is then That’s op if you ask me
nice vid
video idea: rarest unit in battle cats (either across all versions or only BCEN). pretty fun rabbit hole to go down
"chill cat is better for alien" has to be a sentence said by only the depraved. Who the fuck actually goes into any stage and goes "man chill cat is exactly what i need and definitely not a money sink". No one has said that ever
You should just say that The roal guard cat counters Sir Rel by preventing it from attacking.
Sir Rel is only dangerous because of Sirs insane DPS
I genuinely couldn't beat floor 49 of infernal tower without the goat. Wave Immune and having enough health to survive a hit from yulalala (at level 39+) clutch so hard for me.
this guy is a game changer in 4 crown UL merciless advent true forms (slime, fried chicken, and this one) are the only reason some of the stages have been doable for me up to this point
unrelated but I finally got king dragon cat after beating An Ancient Curse
@@therealwaterconsumer63 that seems a bit overdue
10:10 what a legendary sentence. at first I thought you were just making up random words
I actually tested him in a couple of stages before this video, and he exceeded my already high expectations. Here are some notable stages I tried him on:
1. Last of the dead.
Completely solos the stage with research L and starting wallet. I took only 2 minutes to do so at level 50.
2. Aku melodies
Idk why I tested him here, but brought the same combos with addition of cone and pizza (couldn’t kill sbk). If you haven’t realize already I brute forced the shield. It took like 13 minutes for royal guard to complete the stage.
3. Every wave stage ever (darkweb, rickety coaster, muscle party)
He is good.
I tried him on a lot of other advents and stages. He is really good in a lot of places, especially his target traits (coming from someone with 30 + 50 chill cat, chill sucks). The only time royal guard actually was not great for me is when I brought him to false resurrection in legend quest, and that is because he hit the base to fast and ass bear killed me when cannon is reloading.
18:31 the moving corpses 💀
I just realized his character is basically wearing a ghostly gibus
I didnt even know his base stats were so high, he's forever in my lineup now
The British museum described in a single quote:
“DUDE THEY STOLE OUR PRICELESS ARTIFACT”
it doesn't mean anything, but i still find it funny that this little fella has more effective dps than bazibastra
Honestly I agree with this video, but thinking about it, it makes a really scary (or fun) thought rise: What's next for relics? What sort of counter will Ponos introduce to counter the current Relic powercreep?
the july 4th one gives you a British solider 😭 73.5k sub
Finally running down 3* UL after years of neglect and royal guard very quickly became a favorite. That’s my GOAT on screen……….
Me who uses Royal guard every time there's wave enemies, relics and aliens:
Also, he can actually be used against koronium. Wave immune and fast atk rate is actually decent against koronium and helped a lot with the stages he was in on UL
POV: you are an indigenous child about to get turned into minced meat
Royal Guard obliterates anything in his path with Bad Guys combo. He's my main melee unit in 4* sol.
Thanks, Lucas. I've been using him but never knew he would be more powerful with combos.
He's cracked with Bad Guys lol
I actually agree to this, just by him having freezing, is no small feat, he can continously freeze the 2 traits due to his fast attack speed, and thats not counting the rest of his stats, he also has wave immunity, and we dont know, if he gets talents hes gunna be broken, the cost itself is also pretty cheap, now that im watching this vid i wanna get RG
I'd like to mention that Royal Guard can help or replace idi on floor 49 of infernal tower with the right support to rush down yulala. All you need is doron, freezeblast, and fallen bear to shred him to bits with ease, no items required.
( or you could just skip all that and use izanagi like i did on my most recent clear cause i dont want to get fallen bear and cause im lazy with UL )
I should definitely consider using him for 4 star UL.
we need more people to push the anti-chillcat agenda
Lvl 50 Royal Guard has very close stats to Lvl 70 E.Duelist. I'm saying this because I love Duelist but doubted RG at first.