Talent Priority v3.1 (BCEN 10.9) [2021-10-02]
The contents of this priority list are broken up into:
1. Rare, Super Rare and Special Talents
2. Uber Super Rare Talents
Within each list, there are 5 priority levels, in decreasing order of importance
-Top
-High
-Medium
-Low
-Do Not Unlock
1. Rare, Super Rare and Special Talents
2. Uber Super Rare Talents
Within each list, there are 5 priority levels, in decreasing order of importance
-Top
-High
-Medium
-Low
-Do Not Unlock
A selection of r/bc users (listed in Credits) with considerable game knowledge and experience (The Pin Advisory Team) were asked to score every talent in the game on a scale of 0 - 10, or "X" for detrimental talents. The average scores were used to classify talents into tiers here.
Starting with Version 3.0 of this Pin, we voted for a new rule where the average score of the votes can be overruled by a discussion between 5 or more active Pin Advisory Team members including at least one Strats role. This is to help update scores without having to mobilise many people to change old votes, so as to better represent changes in the team opinion.
For users looking for more information, see the Appendices
1) Try to unlock all or most of the talents in a priority level before moving on to the next one
2) Focus on rares and supers first. Roughly speaking, get all the rare/super talents in a tier and possibly most of the next one down before getting the uber talents. Uber talents are less cost effective, and other than the Top Priority ones will have less impact than many Rare/Super talents.
2b) Special talents are (no pun intended) a special case. Many of the significant ones need to be unlocked alongside at least one of the Stat Buff talents in order to make the talent a viable investment. This of course means they incur a heavy investment compared to Rares or Super Rares where you can just unlock an ability and be done. As a result, we recommend only investing in Special Talents when you have already obtained most of the cheap Rare/Super talents in a tier (such as Target traits) and are ready to spend a lot of NP on improving them.
3) Relic target / curse resist or immune are to be unlocked only once in or approaching the end of SoL and beginning of UL. Surge Immune or Toxic Immune talents are similarly not to be unlocked until late game, if at all, as this is when threats with these abilities even appear. Other specifics like use in 4-star only will be specified per talent in square brackets like [4-star] or [Lv1 Only]
4) Talents marked with (*) are controversial, meaning some people find them much more or less valuable than the average shown, or some people think it is detrimental while other score it somewhat highly. Read the Controversial Commentary in the Appendices for some details on why talents are rated this way, a nd when you should/shouldn't get them. Judge accordingly, and ask in help channels if you are unsure about your particular situation.
4b) Special Talents may be marked with one of three symbols.
"< ! >" means unlock this talent before certain other talents of the unit
"<+>" means only unlock this talent after you have the < ! > talent for the unit as it is only significant when paired with it
"<&>" means unlock all the unit's talents with this at once or not at all, as they are only significant when together
5) Stat buff talents are more valuable at high level, most of the time they are only worth unlocking once a unit is boosted if at all. For atk buff in particular, you usually want other attack-focused talents like strengthen or savage blow first.
6) Do not unlock talents in the "Do Not Unlock" category. These usually make your cat worse, not better, and cannot be reversed!
2) Focus on rares and supers first. Roughly speaking, get all the rare/super talents in a tier and possibly most of the next one down before getting the uber talents. Uber talents are less cost effective, and other than the Top Priority ones will have less impact than many Rare/Super talents.
2b) Special talents are (no pun intended) a special case. Many of the significant ones need to be unlocked alongside at least one of the Stat Buff talents in order to make the talent a viable investment. This of course means they incur a heavy investment compared to Rares or Super Rares where you can just unlock an ability and be done. As a result, we recommend only investing in Special Talents when you have already obtained most of the cheap Rare/Super talents in a tier (such as Target traits) and are ready to spend a lot of NP on improving them.
3) Relic target / curse resist or immune are to be unlocked only once in or approaching the end of SoL and beginning of UL. Surge Immune or Toxic Immune talents are similarly not to be unlocked until late game, if at all, as this is when threats with these abilities even appear. Other specifics like use in 4-star only will be specified per talent in square brackets like [4-star] or [Lv1 Only]
4) Talents marked with (*) are controversial, meaning some people find them much more or less valuable than the average shown, or some people think it is detrimental while other score it somewhat highly. Read the Controversial Commentary in the Appendices for some details on why talents are rated this way, a nd when you should/shouldn't get them. Judge accordingly, and ask in help channels if you are unsure about your particular situation.
4b) Special Talents may be marked with one of three symbols.
"< ! >" means unlock this talent before certain other talents of the unit
"<+>" means only unlock this talent after you have the < ! > talent for the unit as it is only significant when paired with it
"<&>" means unlock all the unit's talents with this at once or not at all, as they are only significant when together
5) Stat buff talents are more valuable at high level, most of the time they are only worth unlocking once a unit is boosted if at all. For atk buff in particular, you usually want other attack-focused talents like strengthen or savage blow first.
6) Do not unlock talents in the "Do Not Unlock" category. These usually make your cat worse, not better, and cannot be reversed!
Rare/Super/Special
Top Priority
Sanzo Cat - Target AngelCan Can Cat - Money Up
Pizza Cat - Wave Attack
High Priority
Catasaurus - Critical ChanceCameraman Cat - Survive Chance
Can Can Cat - Move Speed Up
Cyberpunk Cat - Slow Duration
Housewife Cat - Savage Blow
Dancer Cat - Immune to Waves <&> , Attack Buff <&>
Medium Priority
Jiangshi Cat - Move Speed Up (*) [4-Crown]Chill Cat - Cost Down
Catasaurus - Cost Down
Dread Pirate Catley - Immune to Waves [4-Crown]
Sanzo Cat - Weaken [Lv1 Only] , Survives [Lv1 Only]
Rodeo Cat - Target Relic
Ramen Cat - Resist Knockback , Resist Curse , Defense Buff
Cameraman Cat - Critical , Attack Buff
Corrupted Psychocat - Target Zombie (*)
Thaumaturge Cat - Immune to Waves
Can Can Cat - Target Alien [COTC] , Attack Buff
Roe Cat - Resist Slow , Cost Down [Lv5 Only]
Cyberpunk Cat - Survives
Octopus Cat - Curse Immunity , Defense Buff
iCat - Move Speed Up
Juliet the Maiko - Freeze Duration (*) [Lv1 Only] , Move Speed Up
Pizza Cat - Slow , Attack Buff , Cost Down [Lv5 Only]
Slapstick Cats - Weaken , Attack Buff (*)
Seafarer Cat - Freeze Chance
Fiend Cat - Resistant
Riceball Cat - Defense Buff < ! >
Heavy Assault C.A.T. - Massive Damage <&> , Attack Buff (*) <&>
Dark Lazer - Wave Attack <&> [4-Crown] , Attack Buff <&> [4-Crown]
Lollycat - Slow Metal
Low Priority
Jiangshi Cat - Resist Slow , Resist Wave , Defense Buff , Attack BuffChill Cat - Resist Weaken , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Cyborg Cat - Survives , Immune To Toxic , Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Catasaurus - Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Maximum the Fighter - Immune to Slow , Resist Curse , Immune to Weaken , Resist Toxic , Defense Buff
Dread Pirate Catley - Survives , Resist Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Goemon Cat - Strengthen , Zombie Killer , Defense Buff , Attack Buff , Move Speed Up
Sanzo Cat - Slow Duration , Defense Buff
Doctor Cat - Resist Knockback , Resist Curse , Target Relic , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Necro-Dancer Cat - Wave Attack , Immune To Toxic , Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Enchantress Cat - Slow Duration , Survives , Target Zombie , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Cataur - Zombie Killer , Target Zombie , Defense Buff , Attack Buff , Recover Speed Up
Elemental Duelist Cat - Resist Weaken , Target Angel [For Idi] , Defense Buff , Attack Buff , Recover Speed Up
Rodeo Cat - Resist Curse , Defense Buff , Attack Buff , Recover Speed Up
Acrobat Cats - Surge Attack , Immune to Waves , Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Robocat - Dodge Attack , Resist Curse , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Ramen Cat - Resist Slow , Attack Buff
Cameraman Cat - Resist Wave , Defense Buff
Corrupted Psychocat - Weaken , Slow Duration , Resist Freeze , Defense Buff
Thaumaturge Cat - Resist Freeze , Resist Curse , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Weedwacker Cat - Target Aku , Resist Surge , Resist Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Ectoweight Cat - Target Alien , Resist Weaken , Savage Blow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Bellydance Cat - Target Aku (*) [For Aku Realms/Cyclone] , Slow , Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Can Can Cat - Defense Buff
Roe Cat - Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Cyberpunk Cat - Barrier Breaker , Attack Buff , Cost Down
Octopus Cat - Weaken Duration
iCat - Resist Slow , Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Fishman Cat - Slow , Resist Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Luxury Bath Cat - Resist Weaken , Resist Wave , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Ultra Delinquent Cat - Strengthen , Savage Blow , Resist Weaken , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Tathagata Cat - Weaken Duration , Slow Duration , Defense Buff , Attack Buff , Move Speed Up
Juliet the Maiko - Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Pizza Cat - Defense Buff
Slapstick Cats - Resist Slow , Defense Buff
Catophone - Barrier Breaker Chance , Target Alien , Defense Buff , Attack Buff , Cost Down
Seafarer Cat - Warp Blocker , Resist Curse , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Housewife Cat - Resist Weaken , Resist Curse , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
The Kitty of Liberty - Resist Curse , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Fiend Cat - Target Angel , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Flying Ninja Cat - Target Black <+> , Dodge Attack < ! > , Move Speed Up , Defense Buff <+> , Attack Buff
Riceball Cat - Immune to Freeze , Immune To Toxic <+> , Immune to Slow , Attack Buff
Pastry Cat - Barrier Breaker , Weaken , Resist Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Skelecat - Weaken , Resist Slow , Recover Speed Up , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Heavy Assault C.A.T. - Immune to Weaken , Resist Slow , Defense Buff
Gato Amigo - Knockback Chance , Immune to Surge , Resist Freeze , Resist Slow , Defense Buff
Ultimate Bondage Cat - Freeze , Dodge Attack <&> , Immune to Slow , Defense Buff <&> , Attack Buff
Dark Lazer - Immune to Weaken , Cost Down [Level 8 Only] , Defense Buff
Dancer Cat - Surge Attack , Immune to Freeze , Defense Buff
Beefcake Cat - Strengthen <&> , Immune to Surge <+> , Resist Slow , Defense Buff <&> , Attack Buff <&> < ! >
Loincloth Cat - Barrier Breaker Chance , Weaken Alien , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Lollycat - Immune to Weaken , Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Hyper Mr. - Knockback Zombie , Immune to Freeze , Warp Blocker , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Li'l Dark Cat - Target Aku , Freeze , Resist Surge , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Li'l Macho Legs Cat - Shield Pierce [For Aku Realms] , Knockback Chance , Resist Curse , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Li'l Flying Cat - Target Relic , Curse Immunity , Curse , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Li'l Island Cat - Target Aku , Wave Attack , Resist Curse , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Li'l Jamiera Cat - Shield Pierce , Immune to Weaken , Resist Surge , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Do Not Unlock
Chill Cat - KnockbackCatasaurus - Resist Knockback
Robocat - Immune to Knockback
Octopus Cat - Resist Freeze , Resist Slow
Fishman Cat - Move Speed Up (*)
Luxury Bath Cat - Knockback
Juliet the Maiko - Resist Knockback
Slapstick Cats - Immune to Knockback
The Kitty of Liberty - Knockback Alien , Warp Blocker
Fiend Cat - Resist Slow
Loincloth Cat - Warp Blocker
Uber
Top Priority
Greater Balrog Cat - StrengthenImmortal Yukimura - Strengthen
Almighty Ganesha - Strengthen Increase
High Priority
Greater Balrog Cat - Attack BuffImmortal Yukimura - Attack Buff
Immortal Keiji - Strengthen Increase
Immortal Shingen - Target Angel
Immortal Kenshin - Target Relic
Almighty Amaterasu - Zombie Killer
Medium Priority
Cat Machine Mk 3 - Immune to KnockbackGreater Balrog Cat - Defense Buff , Cost Down
Cats in the Cradle - Attack Buff
Immortal Keiji - Attack Buff
Immortal Kenshin - Curse Immunity
Divine Windy - Strengthen
Divine Thundia - Strengthen
Divine Kai - Shield Pierce
Divine Kalisa - Attack Buff
God-Emperor Vars - Curse Immunity , Target Relic
The Peach Devils - Weaken
King Gamereon - Defense Buff
Inferno Akira - Freeze , Strengthen , Survives
Akuma Hayabusa - Shield Pierce
Section Chief Gravicci - Target Relic (*) , Curse Immunity
Almighty Amaterasu - Survives , Attack Buff
Almighty Ganesha - Attack Buff
Almighty Poseidon - Savage Blow
Almighty Chronos - Resist Curse
Almighty Hades - Defense Buff
Subterra Sentinels - Strengthen , Corpse Killer (*)
Bazibastra - Strengthen
Fox Queen Himeyuri - Target Relic , Curse Immunity
Assassinlan Pasalan - Slow Duration [After Cyberpunk Slow]
Lufalan Pasalan - Critical Chance , Attack Buff
Pai-Pai DX - Immune to Slow
Low Priority
Ice Crystal Cat - Survives , Resist Slow , Curse Immunity , Defense Buff , Attack BuffCat Machine Mk 3 - Freeze , Move Speed Up , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Greater Balrog Cat - Resist Wave
Paladin Cat - Freeze Metal , Zombie Killer , Immune to Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Cats in the Cradle - Resist Slow , Curse Immunity , Defense Buff
Joyful Nurse Cat - Slow Chance , Curse Immunity , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Cat Quest Heroes - Dodge Attack , Immune To Toxic , Resist Weaken , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Immortal Yukimura - Resist Freeze , Resist Slow , Defense Buff
Immortal Keiji - Resist Weaken , Cost Down , Defense Buff
Immortal Nobunaga - Survives , Resist Wave , Curse Immunity , Defense Buff , Move Speed Up
Immortal Masamune - Knockback Chance , Resist Wave , Immune to Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Immortal Shingen - Barrier Breaker , Defense Buff , Attack Buff , Cost Down
Immortal Kenshin - Resist Weaken , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Divine Windy - Freeze , Curse Immunity , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Divine Thundia - Resist Wave , Curse Immunity , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Divine Kuu - Weaken , Resist Wave , Curse Immunity , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Divine Kai - Resist Wave , Resist Weaken , Resist Slow , Attack Buff
Divine Coppermine - Resist Wave , Resist Slow , Cost Down , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Divine Kalisa - Slow , Curse Immunity (*) , Defense Buff
God-Emperor Megidora - Wave Attack , Curse Immunity , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
God-Emperor Sodom - Weaken , Curse Immunity , Target Relic , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
God-Emperor Vars - Knockback Chance , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
God-Emperor Kamukura - Resistant , Curse Immunity , Resist Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
God-Emperor Raiden - Dodge Attack , Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
God-Emperor Dioramos - Strengthen , Resist Freeze , Resist Weaken , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
The Peach Devils - Freeze Duration , Resist Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
The Chaos Moon - Slow Duration , Resist Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
King Gamereon - Slow , Resist Freeze , Attack Buff
Kachiyama Assault Brigade - Resist Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff , Cost Down , Recover Speed Up
Inferno Akira - Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Mission Control Mekako - Weaken , Survives , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
The Grey Fox - Warp Blocker , Curse Immunity , Cost Down , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Mad Doctor Klay - Curse Immunity , Immune to Waves , Warp Blocker , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Akuma Hayabusa - Target Aku , Resist Curse , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Section Chief Gravicci - Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Almighty Zeus - Resist Wave , Resist Weaken , Target Zombie , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Almighty Anubis - Surge Attack , Immune to Surge , Barrier Breaker , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Almighty Aphrodite - Slow , Resist Curse , Resist Wave , Resist Freeze , Resist Weaken
Almighty Amaterasu - Barrier Breaker , Defense Buff
Almighty Ganesha - Resist Weaken , Defense Buff
Almighty Poseidon - Dodge Attack [Lv1 Only] , Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Almighty Chronos - Resist Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Almighty Hades - Curse Immunity , Slow Relic , Weaken Relic , Attack Buff
CAT-8 Behemoth - Slow , Wave Attack , Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
B.C.S. Tigerclaw - Dodge Attack [Lv1 Only] , Resist Weaken , Resist Freeze , Corpse Killer , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
NEK-02 Air Citadel - Strengthen , Immune To Toxic , Resist Freeze , Corpse Killer , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Subterra Sentinels - Curse Immunity , Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Bazibastra - Resist Weaken , Resist Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Mizuririn - Slow Duration , Survives , Resist Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Aervanta - Weaken , Dodge Attack , Resist Curse , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Fox Queen Himeyuri - Resist Freeze , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Mer-Queen Ruri - Target Relic , Curse Immunity , Resist Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Ultralan Pasalan - Freeze Duration , Resist Wave , Defense Buff , Attack Buff , Cost Down
Assassinlan Pasalan - Survives , Dodge Attack [Lv1 Only] , Defense Buff , Cost Down
Lufalan Pasalan - Immune to Weaken , Resist Surge , Defense Buff
Pai-Pai DX - Survives , Slow , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Flight Unit R.E.I. - Freeze , Survives , Immune To Toxic , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Sacred Blade Sakura - Immune to Waves , Immune to Surge , Survives , Defense Buff , Attack Buff
Do Not Unlock
Cats in the Cradle - SlowJoyful Nurse Cat - Knockback Chance
Divine Kalisa - Move Speed Up
God-Emperor Megidora - Knockback Chance
God-Emperor Raiden - Immune to Knockback
The Chaos Moon - Knockback
King Gamereon - Resist Knockback
Mission Control Mekako - Knockback
Almighty Ganesha - Immune to Knockback
Almighty Chronos - Move Speed Up
Appendices
Appendix A : Score Tables
Tables summarising the exact scores and standard deviations of each talent.Rares
Super Rares
Ubers
Specials
Appendix B : Cat Ranking
Click here for a ranking of all cats with talents by the total score of their 5 talents, answering the question of which cats have the best and worst talent sets overall.Appendix C : Talent Costs
Appendix D : Controversial Talent Reasons
Refer to this Google Sheet for info on Controversial Talents and why they are deemed so.Credits
The following users took part in scoring talents and the surrounding discussions that made this list possible.Pin Advisory Team Members who actively vote on talents include:
@deafaku#8911
@ITstumbler#1797
@Alg3br4#8779
@ap_G#9765
@Pandango#3882
@Kartoffel#5606
@Oats_Kaka_Wasi#2931
@LordBlu144#1105
@rainblizz#3308
@night#3310
@obafgkm#7789
@PKStarStruck#9890
@Wads#5017
@totally_anonymous#0405
@PandaDragon2306#0492
@Jolyne Cujoh#7288
@MY NAME IS FABE AND GAZEN#2653
@lychii#7889
@lhk#2349
Ex-Pin Advisory Team Members whose scores are still counted, but are no longer actively voting, include:
@MrFailology#5520
@Tungnon#1337
@jones_goth#8162
@Waran-Ess#9801
@Huubinhdang#9005
@LucasTheFourth#8376
@01898ynohtnA#3359
@dong#7685
@iRED#9987
@R//G#0268 (R.I.P)