Caterpillar

Caterpillar
Info
Tier	4
Stats	1/1
Ability
Level 1	Start of turn: Gain +1 experience.
Level 2	Start of turn: Gain +1 experience.
Level 3	Start of battle: Transform into a Butterfly and copy stats of the strongest enemy.

The Caterpillar is a Tier 4 Pet, available in the Puppy Pack. At the start of each turn, the Caterpillar gains 1 experience, which also increases its stats by 1/1. When it reaches level 3, its ability changes.

At the start of battle, a level 3 Caterpillar transforms into a 1/1 level 3 Butterfly. The Butterfly will then copy the stats of the enemy with the highest total stats. Transforming into a Butterfly removes the Caterpillar's food perk.

Level 3 Caterpillar will not trigger its ability if it's knocked out.

Strategy

Caterpillar is a pet that needs 0 investment. Once at level 3, it will act as a copy of the strongest enemy, allowing you to focus on building whatever team you want while the Caterpillar is piggybacking off of the enemy's team. It's 3 gold that will automatically become a beefy pet after at most 5 turns. With 2 Caterpillars bought on the same turn, they can be merged into a level 3 after just 2 more turns. Even if you're not using Caterpillar for its level 3 ability, it's still good to keep around since it provides passive level ups as you progress through the game, which unlocks higher tier pets and the high level Caterpillar can be sold for extra gold.

On the downsides: Caterpillar is extremely weak to snipers. A level 3 Caterpillar with low stats can be sniped before it transforms, while one with high stats will transform, but then can be sniped as a 1/1 Butterfly before it gets to copy the stats. In either case, you'll essentially lose a high stats pet before the battle even begins. You can put defensive food perks onto the Caterpillars as a safety measure against snipers, but it will never be fail-proof. One particular hard counter is the Dolphin, which at base stats will always snipe the Butterfly right after it transforms.

Butterfly relies on having a strong pet to copy. If the enemy team doesn't rely on stats, then Butterfly loses a lot of value.

Once transformed, the Butterfly will keep the Caterpillars food perk so its important to give it powerful offensive/defensive perks.

More technical details

Level 3 Butterfly has a unique ability order: After Caterpillar transforms, it will wait for one Start of battle ability to trigger before copying stats, then the rest of Start of battle abilities will resume as usual. This means it's possible to counter snipers by having a Start of battle pet with slightly lower attack than Caterpillar, ensuring it's the second Start of battle ability to trigger: Caterpillar transforms -> friendly Start of battle pet -> Butterfly copies stats -> Enemy snipers trigger.

Game Sound

Gallery

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  The standard sprite of the Caterpillar

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  The classic sprite of the Caterpillar

Version History

8th June 2023

• Changed the Caterpillar's base stats to 1/1 from 2/2.
• Changed the Caterpillar's level 3 ability to "Start of battle: Transform into a Butterfly and copy stats of the strongest enemy." from "Start of battle: Transform into a Butterfly, then copy stats of the strongest friend."

23rd May 2022

• Changed the base stats of the Caterpillar to 2/2 from 1/3.
• Changed the Tier of the Caterpillar to 4 from 3.

8th December 2021

• Changed the base stats of the Caterpillar to 1/3.