"Frontline Assault IRON LEGION (革命軍隊アイアンウォーズ, Kakumei Guntai Aianwōzu, Revolutionary Army Iron Wars) is the 9th regular gacha event in the game. First campaign was held from November 15th, to November 19th, 2016. All Ubers/Legend Rares in this set are effective against Zombie enemies and also have Zombie Killer."
- The Battle Cats Miraheze Wiki
S - Kat-A-Pult (UF), Deth Troy
A - Thermae (UF), Bomburr (UF), Aethur, Thermae, Muu, Drednot (UF)
B - Drednot, Gunhauzer, Rekon Korps, Sphinx Korps
C - Bomburr
D - n/a
E - Kat-A-Pult
F - Envanz
The latest ranking video I uploaded to YouTube for this particular set. The tier list above is the most accurate and recent ranking.
A backline tank and sniper with resistance and weaken against Relic and Zombie. Deals a mix of strong damage with high defense and good supportive qualities.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Mighty_Kat-A-Pult_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
A backliner and nuker with extremely high damage against Red and Zombie from massive damage. Is bulky with fast foreswing, high range, and strong general stats.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Mighty_Drednot_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
A backliner with blast attacks that deals high damage and DPS. Knockbacks Zombies to push the whole trait away. Has excellent survivability but poor cooldown.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Mighty_Bomburr_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
A backliner and nuker that targets Traited. Deals huge damage and DPS but has long foreswing and horrible bulk in exchange of good survivability.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Mighty_Rekon_Korps_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
A backliner with strong and freeze against Zombies and Relic. Has a mix of amazing offense, defense, and support to deal with both traits. Has slow speed but defends your base against Zombies.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Mighty_Thermae_D-Lux_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
A mid-ranger with insane damage against Zombies, dealing monumental damage with quick attacks and absurdly low cost and cooldown. Has horrible stats outside of Zombies.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Mighty_Aethur_Ltd._(Uber_Rare_Cat)
A backliner with massive damage against Zombie, Angel, and Aku. Has high stats inlcuding damage and DPS with fast attacks but poor foreswing. Notable for his amazing damage combo.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Mighty_Deth-Troy-R_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
A backliner with extremely poor stats. Curses and slows Zombies and Darks. Flawed from low uptime and multi-hits, has no good use cases.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Mighty_Carrowsell_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
A frontline tank and rusher with high speed, lots of HP, and resist against Red, Zombie, and Metal. Knockbacks and weakens to push away and synergize with other units.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Mighty_Sphinx_Korps_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
A unique base defender who stays around your base to catch burrowing/ reviving Zombies, using resistance and insane damage to destroy nearly any Zombie matchup.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Mighty_Kristul_Muu_(Legend_Rare_Cat)
A backliner with blast attacks to deal decent DPS and freeze Zombie and Aku. Has high bulk and above average stats overall. Is immune to surges.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Mighty_Morta-Loncha_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
“Why is Deth-Troy so high? He's too finicky as a backliner.”
Deth-Troy has very wide and powerful usage as a specialist. He has triple niches and does great offense damage against all 3 of them, especially Aku which is a relevant trait. The biggest factor though is his attack up combo with manic flying, which is easily one of the most broken and versatile cat combos in the game. It’s amazing as filler or used for integral parts of strategies, especially if you care about dojo where this combo can provide as your saving grace for higher scores. No other iron legion comes to Deth-Troy who has multiple strong niches and still delivers as a competent anti zombie, even if options like Thermae and Aethur are better specifically for that target.
“Why is Aethur above Drednot and Rekon Korps? Aren't the latter 2 way better generalists?”
Aethur is comparable to Thermae as an anti zombie while having an extremely powerful worker start level up combo with Courier, being one of the best combos in his field. Both of these niches being one of the best anti zombies and having one of the best money combos outweighs Drednots niche vs red/ zombie and Rekons general usage, especially for end/ post game when optimizing for stronger specialists becomes higher value. Speaking of, the money combo Aethur carries contributes to the play style preference of valuing speedy units, as Aethur technically contributes to beating stages fast.
“Why is Aethur above Thermae? I thought Thermae is the best anti-Zombie uber?”
Aethur is above Thermae because Aethur can match most of Thermae’s anti zombie performance while having huge combo utility. Both are extreme ended specialists while one offers more general and niche use with their combo. Thermae is still a better anti zombie, but to judge solely off of that is ignoring the combo that’s present in the big picture.
“Why is Rekon Korps so low? Aren't they a super powerful generalist nuker?”
His general usage is very powerful, however he has somewhat okay HP and rather long foreswing + okay attack rate which can make him finicky to use. For the most part, the main reason why he’s so “low” is because the other Iron Legions are simply more valuable specialists to have in end/ post game environment.
“Why is Thermae above Muu? Isn't Muu the ultimate anti-Zombie unit?”
This simply comes down to my preference of speed, as Thermae can very easily reach the frontliner in comparison to Muu, being more involved in killing zombies while still being slow enough and having long enough of a backswing to be viable as a base defender when needed. Thermae also has a few neat abilities such as freeze, strengthen, and soulstrike for some further utility at cleaning up zombies, compared to Muu who’s a base defender/ safety guard which is a bit less appealing in terms of play style preference.
