Attack Skills

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	Below is a list of the special attacks in Castle Cats. All gifs are created directly from Castle Cats and are therefore copyrighted by PocApp.

The names of Special Attacks listed below are arbitrary as of 12/30/19 since they have no official names in the game.

How to Use an Attack Skill

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

Large Gold Coin Throw

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Beans, Benedict, Cat Patrick, Courage, Hood, Juliet, Maccha, Patricia, Saito

Bag of Coins

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Charmer, Cosette

Lightning Strike

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Blue Bolt: Basil, Coffee, Dash, Navi, Snappy, Stark, Thor
Green Bolt: Alfa
Yellow Bolt: Dory, Pink

Lightning Bolt

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Small: Kenshin, Meowstein, Mewton, Stormcloud
Large: Mewton (Call of Heroes Outfit)

Rose Throw

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Red: Coco, Pete, Phantom, Rose, Venus
Blue: Alice (the Dame), Paytone
Gold: Minerva

Love Beam

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Angel, Angel (Festival), Bella, Bunny, Feoh, Florence, Francine, Francis (Valentines Outfit), Minty Heart, Pipsqueak (inc. Spring Outfit), Waffles

Fireballs

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Fire Red: Adriel, Chief, Francis (inc. Anniversary 2018, Call of Heroes & Summer Outfits), Kyle
Dark Red: Baz, Lumoz, Oskar, Yangnyan
Big Red: Angdra, Nyadra (inc. Anniversary 2018 Outfit)
Purple: Barry
Big Pink with Fireworks: Shen
Green/Blue: Capri, Cleo
Blue: Vaati, Francis (Purrismas Outfit)
Giant Blue: Francis (Monthly Outfit)

Music Notes / Songbeam

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Bill, Bubbles, Curio, Emma, Hen, Leonard (inc. Call of Heroes Outfit), Rudolph

Carolling

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Calli, Lisa, Svea

Stealth Shrub

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Dango, Julio, Mochi, Nolan, Romeo, Samūm

Beams

Cats with these Attack Skills include:
Ice/Snowball: Eych Tu-o, Frosty, Tom Snow
Pink/Blue Rings: Cluck Norris, Dovah, Flailtail, Mego, Newt, Snooze, Tea-Rex, White Widow
Thick Pink: Tekah
Thick White: Jadis, Leesi
Thick Yellow: Tefiti
Green Flash: Metal Claw, Ratchet
Green Swirly: Edward, Hiro
Green Lightning: Boulder
Pink Lightning: Iko.N

Three-Pronged Attack

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Blue-Purple: Luna Sparkle
Pink-Purple: Matilda, Morrigan, Selene
Yellow-Green: Copper, Eric, Night Queen, Purrcis

Blue Orb Lift-and-Throw

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Azel, Rich

Yarn Throw

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Stitch, Yarngirl and Guild Leader (if no weapon equipped)

Over the Floor Attacks

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Watery Beam: Edna, Harbour, Lagoon, Mequa, Sandra
Colorful Swirl: Frieda
Yellow Beam + Growth: Dio, Hoshi, Oakenbeard, Oakenpaw
Forest Growth: Eira
Red Rose Growth: Logan
Blue Rose Growth: Lotus
Yellow Flower Growth: Logan (Alternate Rank 4 Outfit)
Green Smudge: Marie, Sabrina

Splash From Below

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Blue: Amelia, Sofie, Wetbeard
Pink: Purrcilla (Monthly Outfit)

Bombs

Cats with these Attack Skills include:
Blue Healing Water*: Mawizinea, Purrcilla (Halloween Outfit)
Purple Love Potion*: Purrcilla
Snowball*: Alfie, Snowball
Candybomb: Ginger, Molotov (Spring Outfit), Mrs Paws, Peanut
Basket of Eggs: Curio (Festival), Hop
*As of this writing (22/6/20) the animation triggers from the wrong location, at the bottom of the cat rather than its front paws.

Bouncy Bombs

Cats with these Attack Skills include:
Glowing Orb: Anna, Blink, Scarlet
Regular Bomb: Molotov
Ice Bomb: Nicholas
Glitter Bomb: Ash

Explosives

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Stick of dynamite: Bob, Bob (Festival)
Firecracker with confetti: Dorothy, Eve, Gatsby, Sprinkles

Rocket

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Olivia, Rocket

Coal Throw

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Charlie

Bubbles

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Lemonade: Sunset
Water: Clarkii, Keiko, Nessie, Starsky

Projection

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Cupcake: Cupcake, Gordon
Branch & Flowers: Flower, June, Steve, Wendy
Heart: Lou
Magical Paw: Hilda, Murrlin
Paw Badge: Ferdinand, Justicecat
Snowflake: Lumi

Gem

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Nicole

Chromatic Beams

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Chroma

Purple Beam & Dark Purple Flowers (Pugomancer)

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Chloe

Yin-Yang Intertwining

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Celestia

Looping Electric Fireball

Cats with this Attack Skill include:
Jade

Damage Over Time Attacks

Archery

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Arrows: Catniss (inc. Anniversary 2018, Halloween & Summer Outfits), Cleia, Nala, Robin
Golden Arrows: Catniss (Monthly Outfit)
Pink Arrows: Harvey
Electric Arrows: Bloom
Ice Arrows: Catniss (Purrismas Outfit), Gale
Love Arrows: Amortina, Catniss (Valentines Outfit)
Leaf Arrows: Sting
Lavender Arrows: Catniss (Spring Outfit)
Shooting Stars: Boreal, Luna Sparkle (Anniversary 2018 Outfit)

Guild Banner + Pillar of Fire

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Yellow: Conan (inc. Anniversary 2018 & Summer Outfits), Maximus
Blue: Knightniss
Thick Orange: Conan (Monthly Outfit)

Pillar of Fire

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Khoshek

Smoke Rings

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Red/Orange: Grubb, Megara, Red Robin, Sibuna
Pink/Blue: Alice (Charity), Gruna Barkle, Redmane, Silver

Bat Colony

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Green: Kittysticks
Orange: Lucy, Pumpy
Purple: Jörgen, Loka, Lucas, Lune, Tigerbat
Red: Conan (Halloween Outfit)

Bee Swarm

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Florinda, Renée

Snowflake + Ice Shards

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Angela, Sandy Claws, Santa Paws

Ice Shards

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Halley, Pipsqueak (Purrismas Outfit) (Softer)

Streams

Cats with these Special Attacks include:
Christmas Ornaments: Holly
Candy: Berry, Shirley

Colorful Smoke Swish

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Magic Mia

Lightning From Above

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Green/Blue: Agatha, Howard, Kai
Rainbow: Azure, Chi, Lois, Tufu, Xiao Hui
Red: Cassandra, Cole, Jason, Surana

Unknown Attack Skills

Sundae, Thena, Xerxes
Celebrity Cats: Finnegan, Hosico, Klaus, Marmalade, Monty
Anniversary 2018 Outfit: Purrcis
Anniversary 2019 Outfits: Conan, Catniss, Francis
Summer Outfits: Nessie
Halloween Outfits: Francis, Kyle, Mewton, Pipsqueak
Purrismas Outfits: Conan, Beans, Bob, Edward, Kai, Sandy Claws
Valentines Outfits: Conan, Benedict, Juliet, Kyle, Molotov, Romeo
Spring Outfits: Conan (Tomb Raider), Conan (Floral), Francis
Call of Heroes Outfits: Conan, Catniss
Charity Outfits: Conan, Catniss, Francis, Leonard

Missing Attack Skills GIFS

Sofie
Sundae
Nala
Waffles
Coffee
Cole
Marmalade
Oskar
Klaus
Monty
Hosico
Alice (Charity)
Finnegan
Hiro
Maccha
Loki
Matilda
Selene
Thena
Pumpy
Jörgen
Silver
Tom Snow
Rudolph
Pete
Nicholas
Conan Summer
Francis Summer
Nessie Summer
Kyle Halloween
Mewton Halloween
Pipsqueak Halloween
Conan Halloween
Catniss Halloween
Francis Halloween
Purrcilla Halloween
Edward Purrismas
Pipsqueak Purrismas
Conan Purrismas
Catniss Purrismas
Francis Purrismas
Bob Purrismas
Sandy Claws Purrismas
Beans Purrismas
Conan Mew Year's
Catniss Mew Year's
Francis Mew Year's
Romeo Valentine
Conan Valentine
Francis Valentine
Kyle Valentine
Benedict Valentine
Molotov Valentine
Molotov Spring
Catniss Spring
Francis Spring
Conan Spring
Pipsqueak Spring
Leonard CoH
Catniss CoH
Conan CoH
Mewton CoH
Conan Anniversary
Catniss Anniversary 2018
Francis Anniversary 2018
Purrcis Anniversary
Catniss Anniversary 2019
Francis Anniversary 2019
Conan Anniversary 2019
Conan Charity
Catniss Charity
Francis Charity
Leonard Charity

Legacy Attack Animations

Over the course of Halloween 2019 and Purrismas 2019 new animations have 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.