As a roguelike card game with a small animal theme, the lineup or faction building can be said to be the characteristic of Cat God Ranch, and it is also the most interesting part of this work. So, what are the strongest lineups recommended for Cat God Ranch? Below, we will share some useful playstyles from Cat God Ranch. With so many families, animals, cat gods, and items, the variety of factions that can be built is rich and diverse. Here, I'll share some with you as a reference.
【Pig Raising Style】
The most stable and easy-to-start style, its core lies in relying on the high growth potential of the hoofed family and the clear transformation of the carnivore chain. Based on the cat god "Supervisor Li", combine three major types of animals - hoofed, birds, and carnivores - to build the initial lineup. The key in the early stage is to quickly establish the basic resource line, choosing pigs when available, with wild boars being prioritized. Wild boars have the "transformation" ability, which can assimilate surrounding pigs into wild boars, thus speeding up the deployment of combat power.
If the main hoofed line cannot be quickly established, low-resource-consuming animals such as turkeys and hens can be used as a temporary transition, then introduce carnivorous animals like eagles in the mid-game to clear the field and improve efficiency. The mid-game core of the pig-raising style lies in collecting and solidifying high-yield hoofed units such as musk oxen and reindeer, improving economic efficiency through grasslands and growth talents. At the same time, using Supervisor Li's contract skill, lock the core units on the field to avoid them being pushed out. In the late game, it leans towards stability and resource integration, ensuring continuous production by core animals, clearing unnecessary units, maintaining a stable scene rhythm, and semi-idling, forming a style that combines burst and stability.
【Gray Wolf Predation Style】
This style has good attack efficiency and benefit conversion, making it very playable. Still centered around the cat god "Supervisor Li", paired with the large feeding bowl toy and the high conversion efficiency of carnivorous animals, in the early stage, rely on gray wolves combined with goats and sheep to develop the resource line, establishing an "feeding-predation" economic cycle. This style relies heavily on the carnivorous talent, increasing the predation efficiency of gray wolves and tigers, building a rapidly revolving benefit chain.
In terms of terrain, "puddle" is preferred, which helps increase the frequency of the economic cycle. In the mid to late game, after introducing tigers as the main carnivorous animals, gray wolves gradually become auxiliary cleanup units. The overall lineup is based on sheep as the economic foundation, with carnivorous units serving as highly efficient resource recycling points. When operating this style, attention should be paid to controlling the number of animals, avoiding too many carnivorous units disrupting the economic cycle, while moderately introducing piggy banks and other life-saving items to stabilize the rhythm. Overall, this is a more explosive style, suitable for players who pursue high efficiency and high returns.
【Long Hoof Pure Cattle Style】
The core cat god selected is "Joker", utilizing its evolution skill to provide extremely high variability and upper limit space for the entire style. The style revolves around high-growth hoofed units such as calves, musk oxen, and reindeer. In the early stage, by constructing multiple calf lineups, the overall development speed is increased, then relying on Joker's skill to quickly replace low-rarity animals with growth units, accelerating the formation of the style.
Grassland and the Lone Hero Crown are key to early development, and items like the Lucky Lasso can appropriately enhance profit acquisition. In the mid-game, continuously evolve and construct the resource line; if a panda can successfully evolve, it will greatly improve stability. Additionally, the introduction of growth talents is also very critical. The level 3 hoofed animal talent can bring replacement animals and inherit the original gold coins upon removal, which is the core mechanism for maintaining the vitality of the scene in the late game. This style focuses on controlling the pace and redistributing resources throughout the operation, forming a high-quality lineup that wins with growth and variability.
【Mouse Synthesis Style】
A very unique and interesting playstyle with great burst potential. The cat god used is "Teacher Blackie", with the pika family as the main line, having certain thresholds in terrain, talents, and core unit selection. In the early stage, focus on developing flower branch mice, while introducing chickens for transition, and adding carnivorous animals to clear the field when resources allow. The core mechanism of this style is the "reproduction-synthesis" cycle, stacking a large number of flower branch mice to eventually synthesize "Jerry" when the number reaches a threshold, achieving the "considered adjacent" feature, significantly enhancing resource conversion and skill synergy efficiency.
Cave terrain and mole units can help increase the number of units that can be accommodated, and dormice as nighttime coin-producing units are also crucial. In the mid to late game, further enhance reproductive benefits through the level 3 pika talent and the "Love Hut" item. Guinea pigs can serve as transitional conversion units to clear clutter, and once formed, it is basically in an automated state, making it a very smooth lineup from formation to operation.
That's all for the strongest lineups in Cat God Ranch. There are actually many other good styles. Actually, there is no absolute strongest in lineup construction and style selection; it more depends on the player's understanding and combination of talents, items, terrain, and animal types. Some lineups may be more interesting but require certain operations and time to form, while others may be more straightforward but slightly boring.
