This enemy has a great deal of health, long range (450, the same as Bahamut Cat), mediocre attack power and a 100% chance of knocking back your cats. The most dangerous thing about him is that he can stunlock and destroy stacks of ranged units quickly even with his relatively weak attacks, thanks to his massive Long Distance range of 350~900. Despite his burrowing animation, Mr. Mole can still be hit normally and his hitbox does not move during his attack. He also has a lot of knockbacks, being able to reposition quickly even if you manage to get to him.
Strategy[]
Mr. Mole cannot attack close-ranged units, so it is better to use melee cats such as Awakened Bahamut Cat, Jamiera Cat and Crazed M. Titan Cat to deal with this enemy, although beware this will knock him back and put said units within his range yet again. Maglev Cat is a very good choice against him, as it will attack again after Mr. Mole knocks it back; making it an effective counter. Uber-Long Distance cats such as Hacker Cat or Geek Cat can work too. However, Mr. Mole often has support, like Capies or R.Osts, which need to be either killed or knocked behind Mr. Mole to get into Mr. Mole's blindspot.
I seek a worthy rival! #MoleFight is the only Tweet from this aspiring martial artist on his feed. His secret technique "Rising Mole Fist" knocks back enemies from uber-long distance.
A mole who aims to be a true fighter, tweeting, "I seek a mole who's stronger than me.” Self-taught master of the "Shodoryuken". Has backline-attacking and knockback techniques.
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Gallery[]
Mr. Mole's spritesheet
Mr. Mole's moving animation
Trivia[]
His Rising Mole Fist is a reference to the Shoryuken, a move from the Street Fighter franchise. Ken (known as Sho-Ryu-Ken) means Rising Dragon Fist.
His Japanese name, doryu (ドリュウ), is an uncommon reading of 土竜 ("mole") that happens to contain the name of Ryu (リュウ).
The more common reading is mogura, which is used as Corporal Weyland's Japanese namesake, Captain Mogū.
The Rising Mole Fist's Japanese name, Shodoryuken (昇土竜拳), is, of course, a portmanteau of doryu and Shoryuken (昇龍拳).