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 PocAp.

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 a Special Attack

In order to execute a Special Attack, 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 to execute their Special Attack.

The timer for a Special Attack can be shortened by tapping on the image of the enemy creature when your energy is not empty, and is diminished when one of them attacks the cat.

There are two subsets of Special Attacks, most do a singular amount of damage, though Damage Over Time attacks do multiple (lesser) amounts of damage. Those are generally more useful since excess damage done to enemies isn't carried over to a new round when the enemy is defeated, but with DOTs several attacks could hit the new opponent next round.

Regular Attacks

Large Gold Coin Throw

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

Bag of Coins

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Charmer, Cosette

Lightning Strike

• Blue Bolt
• Yellow Bolt

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Yellow Bolt: Dory, Pink
Blue Bolt: Basil, Dash, Navi, Snappy, Stark, Thor, Loki, Coffee

Lightning Bolt

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Kenshin, Meowstein, Mewton, Stormcloud

Rose Throw

• Red
• Blue
• Gold

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

Love Beam

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Angel, Angel (Festival), Bella, Bunny, Francine, Minty Heart, Pipsqueak, Florence, Francis (Valentines Outfit), Waffles

Fireballs

• Fire Red
• Dark Red
• Big Red
• Purple
• Green/Blue
• Blue
• Giant Blue

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Fire Red: Adriel, Chief, Francis, Kyle
Dark Red: Baz, Lumoz, Yangnyan, Oskar
Big Red: Angdra, Nyadra, Shen
Purple: Barry
Green/Blue: Capri, Cleo
Blue: Francis (Purrismas outfit)
Giant Blue: Francis (Monthly Outfit)

Music Notes / Songbeam

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Bill, Bubbles, Curio, Emma, Hen, Leonard, Rudolph

Carolling

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Calli, Lisa

Stealth Shrub

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

Beams

• Ice/Snowball
• Pink/Blue Rings
• Thick Pink
• Thick White
• Thick Yellow
• Green Flash
• Green Swirly
• Green Lightning
• Pink Lightning

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Ice/Snowball: Eych Tu-o, Tom Snow, Frosty
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
Green Swirly: Edward, Hiro
Green Lightning: Boulder
Pink Lightning: Iko.N

3 Prongs

• Green/Yellow
• Purple

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Green/Yellow: Copper, Eric, Night Queen, Purrcis
Purple: Luna Sparkle, Morrigan, Selene, Matilda

Blue Orb Lift-and-Throw

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Azel, Rich

Yarn Throw

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

Over the Floor Attacks

• Water
• Colorful Swirl
• Growth
• Forest Growth
• Rose Growth
• Green Smudge

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Watery Beam: Edna, Harbour, Lagoon, Mequa, Sandra
Colorful Swirl: Frieda
Yellow beam + growth: Dio, Hoshi, Oakenbeard, Oakenpaw
Forest growth: Eira
Rose growth: Logan
Green Smudge: Sabrina, Marie

Splash From Below

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Amelia, Wetbeard, Purrcilla (monthly outfit) (pink)

Bombs

• Healing Water
• Love Potion
• Snowball
• Candybomb
• Basket

Cats with these Special Attacks include:
Blue Healing Water*: Mawizinea
Purple Love Potion*: Purrcilla
Snowball*: Snowball, Alfie
Candybomb: Ginger, Molotov (Spring Outfit), Peanut, Mrs Paws
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

• Glowing Orb
• Regular Bomb
• Ice Bomb
• Glitter Bomb

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

Explosives

• Dynamite
• Firecracker

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

Rocket

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Rocket, Olivia

Coal Throw

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Charlie

Water Bubbles

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Clarkii, Keiko, Nessie, Starsky

Projection

• Cupcake
• Flower
• Heart
• Magical Paw
• Paw Badge
• Snowflake

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

Gem

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Nicole

Chromatic Beams

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Chroma

Purple Beam & Dark Purple Flowers (Pugomancer)

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Chloe

Yin-Yang Intertwining

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Celestia

Snowflake

File:Special-Attack-Finnegan.gif Cats with this Special Attack include:
Finnegan

Damage Over Time Attacks

Archery

• Arrows
• Golden
• Magical
• Ice
• Love
• Leaf
• Lavender
• Shooting Stars

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Arrows: Catniss, Cleia, Robin, Nala
Golden Arrows: Catniss (Monthly Outfit)
Magical Arrows: Bloom, Harvey
Ice Arrows: Catniss (Purrismas Outfit), Gale
Love Arrows: Amortina, Catniss (Valentine Outfit)
Leaf Arrows: Sting
Lavender Arrows: Catniss (Spring Outfit)
Shooting Stars: Boreal

Guild Banner + Pillar of Fire

• Yellow
• Blue
• Thick Orange

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Yellow: Conan, Maximus
Blue: Knightniss
Thick Orange: Conan (Monthly Outfit)

Pillar of Fire

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Khoshek

Smoke Rings

• Red/Orange
• Pink/Blue

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

Bat Colony

• Green Stream
• Orange Stream
• Purple Stream

Cats with this Special Attack include:
Green: Kittysticks
Orange: Lucy, Pumpy
Purple: Jörgen, Tigerbat

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

• Christmas Ornaments
• Candy

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

• Green/Blue
• Rainbow
• Red

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

Unknown Cat Animations

• Hosico
• Klaus
• Marmalade
• Monty
• Thena

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 Special Attack

Since version 1.6.5, the guild leader can enter the quests.
They used to do a seemingly random attack that the player can't control.
As of 2.8.4 the Guild Leader attack is stronger, happens more often and it's 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.