Attack skills are special offensive moves heroes perform during battles at the player's initiative or when commanded to do so by a cat with the Warlord trait. They cause significantly more damage to the enemy than regular attacks do. Every hero has a particular Attack Skill usually related to the weapon it carries or its design theme. This includes the guild leader, whose special attack—which is executed automatically—varies according to its currently equipped weapon. While a few heroes have unique attacks, most attacks cluster into groups that have a range of variations within them. Note that the names for Attack Skills used on this page are arbitrary and descriptive as they do not carry official names in the game.
Using Attack Skills[]
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[]
Ball of Yarn[]
Bouncy Bombs[]
- Regular Bomb: Molotov, Vasco
- Egg Bomb: Spring Molotov
- Glitter Bomb: Ash
- Heart Bomb: Valentine Molotov
- Ice Bomb: Nicholas
- Smoke Bomb: Dimitri
- Snow Bomb: Bob (Purrismas Outfit)
- Alchemical Grenade: Purrismas Edward
- Glowing Orb: Anna, Blink, Scarlet, Marmalade, Halloween Molotov
Coin Attacks[]
Explosives[]
Fire Attacks[]
Fireballs[]
- Red-Black: Adriel, Call of Heroes (2023) Francis, Lucious
- Blue-Black: Archie
- Red-Yellow: Amanda, Baz, Lumoz (including Halloween Outfit), Oskar, Yangnyan
- Orange: Abuela, Anton, Chief (including Spring Outfit), Dexter, Fafnir, Francis (including both Anniversary, Call of Heroes, Summer and Mew Year's Eve Outfits), Kyle (including Valentine Outfit)
- Large Orange: Angdra, Maahes, Nyadra (including Anniversary Outfit), Raksha, Spike
- Green-Blue: Capri, Cleo, Monty
- Blue: Purrismas Francis, Henry, Vaati
- Large Blue: Francis Promotion
- Purple: Barry, Charlotte, Cookie, Heen
- Large Purple: Kyle Promotion
Looping Electric Fireball[]
Spiraling Fire Blade[]
Fungo Orb[]
Lightning Beam[]
Lightning Strike (Single)[]
Liquid Attacks[]
Bubbles[]
Geyser[]
Splash[]
Musical Attacks[]
Plasma Beam[]
Projectiles[]
- Blue Healing Water*: Mawizinea, Halloween Purrcilla
- Purple Love Potion*: Purrcilla (including Anniversary, Call of Heroes and Valentine Outfits)
- Purple Bubble Potion*: Call of Heroes Edward, Atchoum
- Lump of Coal*: Charlie, Christian
- Ice Cream Bomb*: Bob (Anniversary Outfit), Sundae
- Red Candybomb: Cocoa, Ginger, Mrs Paws, Nils, Peanut, Wriggley
- Blue Candybomb: David, Francis (Spring Outfit), Juan, Nemi, Olga, Oreo
- Basket of Eggs: Curio (Festival), Hop
Projection[]
Pulse Attacks[]
Electric Pulse[]
- Small Green: Edward (including Summer Outfit), Hiro
- Large Green: Boulder
- Small Blue: Kenshin (including Valentine Outfit), Meowstein, Mewton, Stormcloud
- Large Pink: Iko.N
- Large Purple + Explosion: Edward Promotion
Rose Pulse[]
Other Pulse Attacks[]
- Love Pulse, Pink: Angel, Angel (Festival), Bella, Dixie, Feoh, Francine, Valentine Francis, Marigold, Minty Heart, Pipsqueak (including Spring and Halloween Outfits)
- Heart Pulse, Pink: Beancake, Bunny, Daisy, EK-0, Florence, Iridessa, Valentine Morrigan, Pancake
- Ring Pulse: Cluck Norris, Dovah, Dusty, Flailtail, Mego, Mintee, Newt (including Summer Outfit), Snooze (including Purrismas Outfit), Tea-Rex (including Halloween Outfit), White Widow
- Spirit Pulse: Vana & Tir
- Swirling Leaves: Catalin, Chipper, Fallen, Loong, Meloneto, Mishka, Tomo
Snowball Attacks[]
Stealth Shrub[]
Three-Pronged Attack[]
- Yellow-Green: Copper, Eric, Muma, Night Queen, Purrcis (including Anniversary Outfit)
- Blue-Purple: Luna Sparkle, Scifur
- Pink: Matilda, Morrigan, Selene
Vegetation[]
- Purple Flask + Grass: Dio
- Red Sparks + Red Roses: Logan
- Yellow Sparks + Blue Roses: Lotus
- Yellow Sparks + Grass: Hoshi
- Yellow Sparks + Leaves: Levana, Oakenpaw
- Yellow Sparks + Flyaway Leaves: Eira
- Yellow Sparks + Yellow Flowers: Dandelion, Lewis, Alternate Rank 4 Logan
- Yellow Sparks + White Flowers: Aisling
- Pink Sparks + Dark Flowers: Aspen (including Alternate Rank 4 Outfit), Spring Festival Logan
- Purple Sparks + Leaves: Oakenbeard
- White Sparks + Pink Petals: Akari, Mira
Damage Over Time Attacks[]
Archery[]
- Plain Arrows: Catniss (including both Anniversary, Call of Heroes, Halloween, Summer and Mew Year's Eve Outfits), Cleia, Eric (Celebrity), Holland, Kate, Klaus, Nala, Robin, Skully, Soarin
- Golden Arrows: Catniss Promotion
- Pink Arrows: Harvey
- Electric Arrows, White: Bloom
- Flower Arrows, Pink: Spring Catniss
- Ice Arrows: Purrismas Catniss, Gale
- Leaf Arrows: Sting
- Love Arrows, Pink: Amie, Amortina, Valentine Catniss
Bat Colony[]
- Red: Halloween Conan, Halloween Francis, Halloween Kyle, Halloween (2021) Pipsqueak, Scratch
- Orange: Ace, Lucy, Pumpy
- Green: Kittysticks
- Blue: Susie
- Purple: Jörgen, Loka, Lucas, Lune, Tigerbat
Bee Swarm[]
Electric Pulse (Large)[]
Falling Objects[]
- Ice Shards: Halley, Krystal, Purrismas Pipsqueak (Softer), Quartz
- Snowflake + Ice Shards: Angela, Finnegan. Kibo, Purrismas Murrlin, Sandy Claws (including Purrismas Outfit), Santa Paws, Yule
- Shooting Stars: Aery, Boreal, Devon, Kian, Anniversary Luna Sparkle, Star
Fireball & Fireworks[]
Lightning Strikes (Multiple)[]
Pillar of Fire[]
- Yellow: Khoshek
- Red Banner + Yellow: Conan (including both Anniversary, Call of Heroes, Summer, both Spring, and Mew Year's Eve Outfits), Maximus, Ollie
- Red Banner + Blue: Purrismas Conan, Knightniss, Hosico (including Alternate Rank 4 Outfit)
- Large Red Banner + Thick Orange: Conan Promotion
- Large Blue Banner + Blue: Gus, Jo
Rainstorm[]
Smoke Rings[]
Spinning Orb[]
- Demaires (including Purrismas Outfit)
Streaming Objects[]
- Candy: Berry, Shirley
- Red Ornaments: Purrismas Kai
- Multicolored Ornaments: Holly
Triple Swish[]
Unknown Attack Skills[]
- Recent Cats: N/A
- Charity Outfits: Conan, Catniss, Francis, Leonard
Missing Attack Skills GIFs[]
Note: Attacks marked with an asterisk are unique and thus needed for posting on this page.
- Alice (Charity), Atchoum*, Eric (Celebrity), Finnegan, Franklyn, Loka, Nala, Ollie, Oreo, Pancake, Petunia, Spike, Thena* (replacement needed)
- Monthly Outfits: Edward*
- Summer Outfits: N/A
- Halloween Outfits: N/A
- Purrismas Outfits: N/A
- Valentine Outfits: N/A
- Spring Festival Outfits: Cupcake
- Call of Heroes Outfits: N/A
- Anniversary Outfits: N/A
- Charity Outfits: Conan, Catniss, Francis, Leonard
Legacy Attack Animations[]
Over the course of Halloween 2019 and Purrismas 2019 new animations were 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.
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