"Ancient Eggs are a class of unit first introduced in Version 11.4."

- The Battle Cats Miraheze Wiki

Critical Note

This ranking does NOT use the same methodology that’s used throughout this document for ubers. The standard and balance is drastically different than ubers due to them being extremely easy to acquire.

It’s also worth saying that the letter grades for this tier list is not proportional to the uber lists. A unit ranking C tier on this list does NOT mean they rank C tier on the uber list, these cats are being distributed in a vacuum.

Methodology

The general idea of this tier list is that Ancient Eggs will be ranked by their usefulness across the late-post game rather than earlier parts. This is because most Ancient Eggs are acquired from farming Behemoth stones which can be an egrigious process on stages that aren't early game friendly. However, certain eggs like Courier or Haniwa are very easy to acquire and will get credit for their early game usage.

Li'l cats are evaluated at their absolute max of level 50 with max + levels if possible.

Combos are accounted for. However, uber rare combos will not be accounted since Battle Cats is designed specifically to be played uberless.

Tier List

SS: Courier, Hitman

S: Cactus, Egg Pod, Soap

A: Chief, Mushroom, Haniwa

B: Supercar, Barrel, Cop

C: Farmboy, Gas Mask, Bride

D: Fallen Bear, Nouveau Riche, Racquet

E: Lion Dancer, Tarzan, Clown, Clam

F: Firefly, Exorcist, Surgeon

YouTube Ranking Video

The latest ranking video I uploaded to YouTube for these cats. The tier list above is the most accurate and recent ranking.

Unit Overviews

Courier

A mid-ranged/ melee attacker with LD, high mobility, and spammability. Wields all round insanely high stats alongside massive damage to Red and Behemoth slayer. Among one of the best cats in his niches and as a generalist.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N101_(Rare_Cat)

Haniwa

A meatshield with resistance against Traitless. Slow speed and low cost with 1 knockback essentially makes him an anti-Traitless version of Tank cat.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N001_(Special_Cat)

Cactus

A meatshield with strong against Aku and surge immunity. Powerful for stalling most Aku enemies and is one of the best anti-surge meatshields, integral for stages like Kawano.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N003_(Special_Cat)

Supercar

A melee rusher with extremely high damage per hit and knockback against traited. Extremely fragile and difficult to land hits with due to low range and slight foreswing.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N004_(Special_Cat)

Hitman

A mid-ranged attacker with LD and massive damage against Traitless. Extremely stackable with completely insane damage/ DPS stats against Traitless. Fragile in HP.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N005_(Special_Cat)

Fallen Bear

A melee attacker/ nuker with insane damage against Aku. Struggles in his niche due to extremely low range and HP, unable to land even a single hit in almost all scenarios besides Aku Gory and BW Lion.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N006_(Special_Cat)

Tarzan

A mid-ranged attacker with strong against Alien. Weak on stats and mostly outclassed by Chill and Royal Guard, but is decent for Puffsley Comet first clear.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N102_(Rare_Cat)

Gas Mask

A meatshield with resistance to Dark and toxic immune. Primarily used as a meatshield against Darkjo. Has a slight range issue and is expensive.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N103_(Rare_Cat)

Surgeon

A mid-ranged debuffer with weaken against Floating, LD, and surge immune. Meant to counter Hazuku but fails as an anti-Floating due to low stats and poor proc reliance.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N104_(Rare_Cat)

Racquet

A mid-ranged debuffer with multi-hit knockbacks against Alien. Decent proc reliance but questionable performance against a backliner-heavy trait.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N105_(Rare_Cat)

Mushroom

A mid-ranged attacker with massive damage against Angels, behemoth slayer, and wave immune. Counter against Rajakong and powerful against most Angels.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N106_(Rare_Cat)

Chief

A mid-ranged attacker with massive damage against Zombies. Has high stats to land easy Z-kills. Cleans up Zombie corpses from soulstrike. Slight range makes him superior to Cadaver Bearcat.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N107_(Rare_Cat)

Soap

A melee tank with resistance, behemoth slayer, and weaken against Aliens. Has high speed and cheap cost, essentially an anti-Alien Sushi cat with decent Behemoth tanking. Lacks warp immunity.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N108_(Super_Rare_Cat)

Barrel

A mid-ranged shield piercer with resistance to Aku and LD attacks. Has high shield pierce reliability but is slow and easily interrupted. Outclassed by Piper but is solid alongside him.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N109_(Rare_Cat)

Farmboy

A mid-ranged debuffer with reliable slows against Angels. High proc reliability and outperforms Bishop against singular Angels due to his single target.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N110_(Rare_Cat)

Cop

A mid-ranged attacker with strong against Traitless. Has a mix of high bulk and good damage, but is mostly outperformed by Hitman.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N111_(Super_Rare_Cat)

Egg Pod

A melee tank with an insanely reliable dodge against Behemoth, stalling most Behemoths easily. Extremely cheap and stays on the field in the exact manner as Curling cat.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N112_(Rare_Cat)

Exorcist

A mid-ranged debuffer that has a chance to freeze Aku. Has poor stats and no surge immunity or shield piercer, making him completely ineffective against Aku.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N201_(Special_Cat)

Firefly

A meatshield with weaken against Alien and Red. Expensive and has horrible stats, easily outclassed by any other meatshield.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N202_(Special_Cat)

Clown

A mid-ranged debuffer with slow against Zombies. Completely outclassed by talented Psychocat.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N203_(Special_Cat)

Lion Dancer

A mid-ranger with strong against and weaken against Red and Traitless. Somewhat decent when stacked but overshadows in usage with Omnyoji.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N204_(Special_Cat)

Bride

A meatshield with strong against Aku and Zombies. Outclassed by Wushu and Cactus, but cheap acquisition makes her a viable early game substitute.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N205_(Special_Cat)

Clam

A meatshield with resistance against Red and Dark. Outclassed by other specialist defensive units such as Sushi and Jetpack.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N206_(Special_Cat)

Nouveau Riche Cat

A mid-ranged debuffer with weaken and mini-wave against Angel and Dark. Decent at aiding meatshields against melee enemies, though better procs like slow and freeze are found in other units.

https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ancient_Egg:_N207_(Special_Cat)

Frequently Asked Questions

"Why is Supercar so low? Isn't he a fantastic kamikaze unit?"

In most scenarios he can't even land a hit. This reduces his usage to stages with very obvious window of timings such as Floor 47. In general cases it's always superior to use Can Can or Slime. And if you truly need fast and high single target damage, Bullet Train and Egg Pod are way more reliable options.

"Why is Cactus cat so high? Corn and Bellydancer are way better anti-Aku meatshields."

Cactus remains relevant due to his importance in Kawano and surge stages as a whole. He remains as one of the only strong anti-surge meatshields in the game alongside Gato Amigo and Rock. Many surge stages would become significantly harder or at least more inconvenient to play if not for Cactus.

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