1-21 ALDEBARAN
∞ 
×5 
×3 
×2 ×3 Faster, stronger Shibalien with 35% Warp chance back 750 range. Slowable/freezable like other Aliens. Bahamut can one-shot in its first appearance.
Common Red peon — 2,500 HP, 150 AP area attack at 170 range. Spawns in groups. Any Anti-Red Area Attacker clears them.
100% Warp chance back 500 range for 3.3s — extremely disruptive. Low range vulnerability. Counter with Area Attackers and Warp-Immune cats (Bora/Lumina line, Rover Cat Mk II).
Mix of Shibalien Elite + Star Peng. Anti-Alien army with Warp-Immune backliners.
First Row 1 restriction in the Ch.1 mid-game — your usable cats collapse to one row (10 slots). r/battlecats's universal advice: 'pre-build your Row 1 with the cats you actually need before queueing this cluster.' Enemy mix is moderate: Star Peng + Sir Seal (Red) + Pigge + Ginger Snache + Shibalien Elite. The challenge is constraint, not enemy difficulty. Lineup (Row 1 only): Mohawk + Manic Mohawk → Bahamut Cat → 1-2 Anti-Red Ubers (Mighty Reza, Crazed Bahamut) → Warp-Immune backliner for Star Peng. Common failure: forgetting that Row 1 is your bottom row in the lineup editor. The stage banner shows '↑ Row 1' but if your bottom row is full of Crazed cats you weren't planning to use, you ship them into the stage.
BAZIFENIX S Anti-Alien Uber primary — 100% Barrier Breaker + 100% Weaken vs Alien handles every Alien threat on the stage 
LUMINALIA S Anti-Alien LR tank — ~1.9M effective HP vs Alien + Warp Immunity, stalls anything the stage spawns 
AWAKENED BAHAMUT CAT S Speed 60 multi-hit Special rusher — front-loads burst on Alien peon waves 
HOLY VALKYRIE CAT A 350-range area chip with 35% Freeze on non-Metal peons — long-tail crowd control