Consumed by Shadow (Deadly) is the 2nd stage of Holy War: Saber Alter. Previous stage: Consumed by Shadow (Veteran). Next stage: Consumed by Shadow (Merciless).
Saber Alter's waves, with Zombies burrowing in behind your army once the base is hit.
- Build money before the base trigger.
- Advance with wave protection in place — Octopus Cat or another wave blocker in front.
- Wave-immune damage does the work; a Zombie Killer like Shigong covers the Zombies that appear behind the frontline.
- Keep enough money in hand to replace the blocker and restore the frontline.
OCTOPUS CAT A Octopus Cat — the wave blocker in front of everything. 
SHIGONG CAT A Shigong's Zombie Killer for the Zombies that pop up behind your army. 
CYBORG CAT S Repeatable area damage behind the blocker. 
MOHAWK CAT C Cheap shields to keep the line. 
ERASER CAT S Second shield. 
CRAZED BAHAMUT CAT A Big damage once the frontline is stable — Crazed Bahamut's slower ranged role, not a stand-in for Awakened. Zigge, Znache and Zoge revive after dying — without a Zombie Killer they keep coming back. Bring one to end the loop.
ZOMBIE CAT B Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Clear the crowd.” 
BAKERY CAT A Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Out-range Saber Alter.” 
CHEERLEADER CAT A Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Out-range Saber Alter.” 
MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Out-range Saber Alter.” 
MR. B Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. 
ONMYOJI CAT A Zombie Killer — stops the revive so it stays dead. Also fits “Out-range Saber Alter.” Saber Alter is Traitless. Anti-Traitless units take less damage and deal more.
HITMAN CAT A Hitman Cat: Deals massive damage to Traitless enemies Also fits “Clear the crowd.” 
TEACHER BEARCAT A Insane Damage vs Traitless (Normal form). Also fits “Stop the revives.” 
DRILLER CAT A 100% Weakens Traitless to 10% and (True) Strong vs Traitless. Also fits “Out-range Saber Alter.” 
D'ARKTANYAN S Strong Against Traitless on a Long-Distance area attack — answers the many Traitless bosses. Also fits “Out-range Saber Alter.” 
JAGANDO JR. A Lord of Ruin Jagando Jr.: Strong against Traitless enemies (Deals 1.5x damage, only takes 1/2 damage) Also fits “Clear the crowd.” Saber Alter 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. Also fits “Clear the crowd.” SALON CAT S Range 350 — fires from beyond its 300. Also fits “Clear the crowd.” 
NERD CAT A Range 1200 — fires from beyond its 300. Also fits “Clear the crowd.” MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Range 470 — fires from beyond its 300. Also fits “Stop the revives.” Saber Alter has a deep HP pool (1,200,000+ 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 Saber Alter.” 
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 Saber Alter.” 8 enemy types stack up here. Area attackers hit the whole push at once instead of one unit at a time.
URURUN WOLF A Area attacks hit everything in range. Also fits “Out-range Saber Alter.” 
VENGEFUL CAT D Area attacks hit everything in range. Also fits “Stop the revives.” 
PILEDRIVER CAT A Omni Strike Area Multi-Hit hits front and back. Also fits “Stop the revives.” MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Long-range (Omni Strike in True) Area clears groups front and back. Also fits “Stop the revives.” 
ACTRESS CAT B Hits multiple enemies at once for budget crowd damage. Also fits “Out-range Saber Alter.” WIKI PICK = listed on the stage's Battle Cats Wiki page; COMMUNITY = found by title, channel and date. Neither is verified by Claws' Den. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play. Find more on YouTube ↗
The castle you destroy to clear the stage.