BOSS
DABOO OF THE DEAD
March to Death is the 3rd stage of Dead on Debut. Previous stage: Prisoner's Progress.
STRATEGY
Metal frontliners paired with Daboo of the Dead, who repeatedly wipes out your anti-Metal stacks and takes ground with Omni Strike.
- Most disposable Critical Hit units rely on chance, and Metal enemies ignore everything that is not Critical or Toxic.
- Critical units with slow attack rates or long recharges struggle badly here.
- Mistiming a Critical unit is heavily punished — Daboo kills it before the swing lands.
ENEMY ROSTER · 5
CATS TO BRING 
CATYPHOON A Catyphoon - With decent speed, 5% critical chance and rapid area attacks, a well-timed Catyphoon can easily wipe out Metal Doges by its sheer weight of fire. 
SOBA CAT A Soba Cat - Dealing heavy damage with guaranteed critical hits, Soba requires timing to compensate for her slow attack rate, recharge and foreswing, with successful hits easily removing Super Metal Hippoe and crippling Sir Metal Seal. At level 44, she can one-shot the Super Metal Hippoes. 
STONE CAT A Stone Cat - Do not underlook this unit. As mentioned earlier, its fast speed and immovability makes it very great in stalling everything in this stage; you should most importantly send this unit out whenever Daboo kills your entire frontline. 
CORRUPTED MONEKO A Corrupted Moneko - Despite having an even longer animation than Soba with less damage, Crazed Moneko's guaranteed crit on third hit can still deal substantial damage to any Metal. 
MONEKO C Corrupted Moneko - Despite having an even longer animation than Soba with less damage, Crazed Moneko's guaranteed crit on third hit can still deal substantial damage to any Metal. 
CATASAURUS A Catasaurus - With its Critical Hit Talent maxed and optionally Cost Down, this unit has an impressive attack rate for its 12% critical chance at a fairly low cost, allowing it to be accumulated and tear down the nasty Metals if given the chance. 
LI'L MACHO CAT D Catasaurus - With its Critical Hit Talent maxed and optionally Cost Down, this unit has an impressive attack rate for its 12% critical chance at a fairly low cost, allowing it to be accumulated and tear down the nasty Metals if given the chance. 
MODERN CAT B Modern Cat - Though only available after clearing Charybdis' Mouth, Modern Cat's Resistance to Metals allow her to easily tank them for other units to land a hit on, neutralizing a majority of the pushing power on this level. 
CURRY CAT A Curry Cat - An unusual LD single target anti-Metal, Curry slows them for 1 second, and has a 8% critical chance. Combined with its respectable damage output, they can consistently delay the Metals until they or another unit land enough crits. 
SHIGONG CAT A Shigong Cat - Having Resistance to Zombies and Zombie Killer, Shigong retains its role as a meatshield and potential attacker against Daboo once the Metals dry up, as many anti-Metals and Holy Blast alone typically do it in. 
CAMERAMAN CAT B Cameraman Cat - More of a gamble than gambit, large groups of Cameramen are absolutely required in addition to the critical talent (2%), the guaranteed Survivor Talent and any available Critical Hit Combos. 
PUPPETMASTER & CHARLEY A Extremely useful anti-metal CC who you'll mainly want to use to reduce the threat that Sir Metal Seal poses. While it has Single Target, it's much better of an option than other crowd control options such as Hoopmaster or Mochi due to his high speed allowing him to neutralize threats quicker. 
MR. B Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Counter Zombie.” 
BAKERY CAT A Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Counter Zombie.” CHEERLEADER CAT A Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Counter Zombie.” 
MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Counter Zombie.” 
ZOMBIE CAT B Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Counter Zombie.” 
ONMYOJI CAT A Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Counter Zombie.” 
LI'L BIRD CAT C True Form is Strong vs Zombie and a Zombie Killer. Also fits “Stop the revives.” BAKERY CAT A Curses Zombie and (True) is a Zombie Killer. Also fits “Stop the revives.” 
VAULTER CAT A Slows Zombies and is a Zombie Killer (stops revives). Also fits “Stop the revives.” MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Zombie Killer stops Zombies reviving. Also fits “Stop the revives.” MR. B True Form (Hyper Mr.) is a Zombie Killer. Also fits “Stop the revives.” 
GROSS CAT A Range 350 — fires from beyond its 300. 
MASTER URIL A Range 405 — fires from beyond its 300. BAKERY CAT A Range 320 — fires from beyond its 300. Also fits “Stop the revives.” CHEERLEADER CAT A Range 350 — fires from beyond its 300. Also fits “Stop the revives.” MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Range 470 — fires from beyond its 300. Also fits “Stop the revives.” 
BAHAMUT CAT S Huge multi-hit burst — a story-unlock powerhouse that deletes tanky enemies. MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Among the highest single-hit Area damage available. Also fits “Stop the revives.” 
GAIA THE CREATOR S Long-Distance multi-hit with Insane Damage — a generalist wall-cracker. Also fits “Out-range Daboo of the Dead.” CRAZED MONEKO A Big crit burst against tanky/Metal targets. 
CHILD OF DESTINY PHONO S Big Multi-Hit Massive-Damage bursts from safety. Also fits “Out-range Daboo of the Dead.”
★ PICKED FOR THIS STAGE
CATYPHOON A Catyphoon - With decent speed, 5% critical chance and rapid area attacks, a well-timed Catyphoon can easily wipe out Metal Doges by its sheer weight of fire. SOBA CAT A Soba Cat - Dealing heavy damage with guaranteed critical hits, Soba requires timing to compensate for her slow attack rate, recharge and foreswing, with successful hits easily removing Super Metal Hippoe and crippling Sir Metal Seal. At level 44, she can one-shot the Super Metal Hippoes. STONE CAT A Stone Cat - Do not underlook this unit. As mentioned earlier, its fast speed and immovability makes it very great in stalling everything in this stage; you should most importantly send this unit out whenever Daboo kills your entire frontline. CORRUPTED MONEKO A Corrupted Moneko - Despite having an even longer animation than Soba with less damage, Crazed Moneko's guaranteed crit on third hit can still deal substantial damage to any Metal. MONEKO C Corrupted Moneko - Despite having an even longer animation than Soba with less damage, Crazed Moneko's guaranteed crit on third hit can still deal substantial damage to any Metal. CATASAURUS A Catasaurus - With its Critical Hit Talent maxed and optionally Cost Down, this unit has an impressive attack rate for its 12% critical chance at a fairly low cost, allowing it to be accumulated and tear down the nasty Metals if given the chance. LI'L MACHO CAT D Catasaurus - With its Critical Hit Talent maxed and optionally Cost Down, this unit has an impressive attack rate for its 12% critical chance at a fairly low cost, allowing it to be accumulated and tear down the nasty Metals if given the chance. MODERN CAT B Modern Cat - Though only available after clearing Charybdis' Mouth, Modern Cat's Resistance to Metals allow her to easily tank them for other units to land a hit on, neutralizing a majority of the pushing power on this level. CURRY CAT A Curry Cat - An unusual LD single target anti-Metal, Curry slows them for 1 second, and has a 8% critical chance. Combined with its respectable damage output, they can consistently delay the Metals until they or another unit land enough crits. SHIGONG CAT A Shigong Cat - Having Resistance to Zombies and Zombie Killer, Shigong retains its role as a meatshield and potential attacker against Daboo once the Metals dry up, as many anti-Metals and Holy Blast alone typically do it in. CAMERAMAN CAT B Cameraman Cat - More of a gamble than gambit, large groups of Cameramen are absolutely required in addition to the critical talent (2%), the guaranteed Survivor Talent and any available Critical Hit Combos. PUPPETMASTER & CHARLEY A Extremely useful anti-metal CC who you'll mainly want to use to reduce the threat that Sir Metal Seal poses. While it has Single Target, it's much better of an option than other crowd control options such as Hoopmaster or Mochi due to his high speed allowing him to neutralize threats quicker. ⚙ WORKED OUT FROM THE ROSTER · LOWER CONFIDENCE
Stop the revives
Daboo of the Dead revives after dying — without a Zombie Killer it keeps coming back. Bring one to end the loop.
MR. B Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Counter Zombie.” BAKERY CAT A Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Counter Zombie.” CHEERLEADER CAT A Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Counter Zombie.” MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Counter Zombie.” ZOMBIE CAT B Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Counter Zombie.” ONMYOJI CAT A Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Counter Zombie.” ⚙ More counters worked out from the roster, lower confidence than the picks above; kept for reference
Counter Zombie
Daboo of the Dead is Zombie. Anti-Zombie units take less damage and deal more.
LI'L BIRD CAT C True Form is Strong vs Zombie and a Zombie Killer. Also fits “Stop the revives.” BAKERY CAT A Curses Zombie and (True) is a Zombie Killer. Also fits “Stop the revives.” VAULTER CAT A Slows Zombies and is a Zombie Killer (stops revives). Also fits “Stop the revives.” MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Zombie Killer stops Zombies reviving. Also fits “Stop the revives.” MR. B True Form (Hyper Mr.) is a Zombie Killer. Also fits “Stop the revives.” Out-range Daboo of the Dead
Daboo of the Dead reaches 300 range. Units that out-range it can chip safely without taking hits.
GROSS CAT A Range 350 — fires from beyond its 300. MASTER URIL A Range 405 — fires from beyond its 300. BAKERY CAT A Range 320 — fires from beyond its 300. Also fits “Stop the revives.” CHEERLEADER CAT A Range 350 — fires from beyond its 300. Also fits “Stop the revives.” MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Range 470 — fires from beyond its 300. Also fits “Stop the revives.” Burst the boss down
Daboo of the Dead has a deep HP pool (3,000,000+ even before stage magnification). Heavy single-target burst shortens the fight.
BAHAMUT CAT S Huge multi-hit burst — a story-unlock powerhouse that deletes tanky enemies. MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Among the highest single-hit Area damage available. Also fits “Stop the revives.” GAIA THE CREATOR S Long-Distance multi-hit with Insane Damage — a generalist wall-cracker. Also fits “Out-range Daboo of the Dead.” CRAZED MONEKO A Big crit burst against tanky/Metal targets. CHILD OF DESTINY PHONO S Big Multi-Hit Massive-Damage bursts from safety. Also fits “Out-range Daboo of the Dead.” VIDEO RUNS
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ENEMY BASE 
BASE HEALTH
1,200,000
The castle you destroy to clear the stage.
STAGE DATA
SAGAEvents
CHAPTERDead on Debut
ENEMIES5
DIFFICULTYMerciless
RUNS ON3rd, 4th, 17th & 18th of each month
DROP Curling Cat — True Form · 100%
RESTRICTIONNo Cont
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