Karen, the Cat Teenager

Karen, the Cat Teenager
3b
She's purrrrrfect.
Starting Cost	250
Base DPS	26
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Karen, the Cat Teenager, was introduced with the special event campaign Sasha's Schoolhouse Scourge. Once convinced you're cool, she'll use her surly teenage cat powers for good.

At level 50, Karen can access a unique ability: Center of the Universe. Now all positive formation abilities that don't reach Karen apply to her at 50% of their effectiveness. At level 100, Karen contributes 1% of her DPS to click damage. At level 150 Karen can use her Nine Lives ability. If she is killed she'll instantly revive at max health but do 10% less damage (stacking). As the name suggests, she's able to use this ability eight times and it is refreshed by changing areas.

Karen the Cat-Loving Teenager
With her new skin, Karen can become a human girl with a slight name change. This teenager provides only one set of tag changes:

  Animal
  Clicker
  Human

Upgrades

Upgrade	Level	Cost	In-game Description
Nuzzle	10	2.50K	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 150%.
			Quote: Feed me!
Straight-A Student	25	6.25K	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 150%.
			Quote: The trick is never studying.
Center of the Universe	50	25.0K	All positive positional formation abilities that don't reach Karen apply to her at 50% of their effectiveness
			Quote: It's all about meow.
Silent Stare	75	200K	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 150%.
			Quote: Feline eyes excel at spotting weakness.
Kitty Has Claws	100	2.00M	Karen contributes 1% of her DPS as click damage.
			Quote: And a tail! And ears! And other cat stuff.
Nine Lives	150	40.0M	If Karen is killed she automatically revives at max health, but does 10% less damage (stacking). This effect can trigger up to 8 times, and is refreshed by changing areas.
			Quote: You only live nine times.
Belly Scratch	200	37.6B	For every 25 levels over and including 200, Karen, the Cat Teenager's DPS is multiplied by 4x. This multiplier stacks.
			(Can't be buffed by Formation Abilities)
			Quote: Her one weakness.

Items[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

Item		Description
Collars	Common Tight Plastic Collar	Increases the effect of Karen, the Cat Teenager's Center of the Universe ability by 10%
	Uncommon Faux-Leather Collar	Increases the effect of Karen, the Cat Teenager's Center of the Universe ability by 25%
	Rare Shiny Collar	Increases the effect of Karen, the Cat Teenager's Center of the Universe ability by 50%
	Epic Sky-Forged Collar of Resonant Chimes	Increases the effect of Karen, the Cat Teenager's Center of the Universe ability by 100%
	Golden Epic Statically Charged Collar of the Zip-Zapping Cat Napper	Increases the effect of Karen, the Cat Teenager's Center of the Universe ability by 150%
	Legendary Oversized Collar Bell of Unlimited Stealth	Increases the effect of Karen, the Cat Teenager's Center of the Universe ability by 200% Legendary: Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 25% for every extra effect she receives from Center of the Universe
	Golden Legendary Statically Charged Collar of the Zip-Zapping Cat Napper	Increases the effect of Karen, the Cat Teenager's Center of the Universe ability by 300% Legendary: Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 25% for every extra effect she receives from Center of the Universe
Notebook	Common Battered Notebook	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 25%
	Uncommon Over-Utilized Notebook	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 50%
	Rare Prim and Proper Notebook	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 100%
	Epic Learned Notebook of the Burgeoning Mind	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 400%
	Golden Epic Learner's Lenticular Planner	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 600%
	Legendary Annotated Notebook of Amazing Fish Recipes	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 800% Legendary: Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 25% for each Animal Crusader in the formation
	Golden Legendary Learner's Lenticular Planner	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 1200% Legendary: Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 25% for each Animal Crusader in the formation
Catnip	Common Moldy Catnip	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 25%
	Uncommon Dusty Catnip	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 50%
	Rare Name Brand Catnip	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 100%
	Epic Locally-Sourced Artisanal Catnip of Sopor	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 400%
	Golden Epic Cat Shaman's Visionary Nip	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 600%
	Legendary Catnip Filled Baggy of Unfortunate Distractions	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 800% Legendary: Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 100% for every life Karen has expended through Nine Lives
	Golden Legendary Cat Shaman's Visionary Nip	Increases the DPS of Karen, the Cat Teenager by 1200% Legendary: Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 100% for every life Karen has expended through Nine Lives

Strategies[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

• Karen with her Center of the Universe ability can be good main-damage dealer, because she can use abilities which without this skill will be not affecting on her. For example, Jim increases DPS of crusaders in same column as him by 50% (without gear). But Karen get 50% (without gear) of this buff even if she will be not in Jim's column.
  • With her Epic Collar it doesn't matter where in the formation she is all bluffs will apply at full strength. With her golden epic or Legendary Collar if she gets buffs via Center of the Universe ability they will apply at more than full strength.
• GOLD! Need we say more? Karen's Center of the Universe ability will create quite a boon to your gold bonus if you position her right. For example:
  • Position Karen away from Larry the Leprechaun and she will add to his Little Pockets ability. This will make it so he is surrounded by 'seven' crusaders, provided there are six physically surrounding Larry.
  • Position Karen and Detective Kaine in a different columns and increase his A-Hah! ability, making it so there is 'one more' spot in his column.
  • Position Karen anywhere with Bubba in the formation and she receives is Splish Splash ability.
  • Do not put Karen directly in front of RoboSanta to increase the effect of his Expensive Toys ability. This makes it so there is 'one more' spot in the column in front of RoboSanta.
• Kitty Has Claws ability which increases your click damage by 1% of her DPS can be good to make Bush Whacker/RoboRabbit more useful,but only when she's strong, otherwise, change in click damage will be unnoticeable.
• Nine Lives ability makes her a potentially good tank, because she can revive after death nine times. However, weakness of this ability is fact, that every time Karen dies, she also has decreased DPS by 10% and this effect stacks. She's pretty good tank when you can beat new areas and finish them before Karen dies too many times.
  • Nine Lives is very exceptional concept of reviving. Her ability does not have cooldown and also reset when changing area. In a situation that include instant death effect, sometimes it can bypass Alan the Archangel's Resurrection ability, but not for Karen as she always revived as long as FA is not disabled. And since it doesn't have cooldown she can position a tank for a long while against deadly target without Alan (+1 extra life with Alan resurrection if you insist).
  • Nine Lives also gains another effect if you are able to grab her Legendary Catnap Baggy which will increase the DPS of all other crusaders in the party by 100% for each lost "life." With proper placement this will not only mitagate the DPS loss but even increase it given the proper set up.
  • Nine Lives will allow Karen to revive after an effect that wipes the party, such as when the escort ornament is destroyed in the "The Nate Before Christmas" T4 objective "Deck The Halls".'
  • Karen Can also be affected by certain legendary effects, Like Imani's Legendary Belt.
• By combining Center of the Universe with Erabelle's Electric Feeling, Karen can become the 3rd strongest DPSer in the game. Although Electric Feeling cannot be mimicked nor propagated, these restrictions do not apply to Center of the Universe. Since the Center of the Universe multiplier applies to Electric Feeling before it multiplies the stacks, and since Karen's 5th rune buffs the multiplier of Center of the Universe, an Electric Feeling with max stacks will give Karen 2.8e26415% DPS (if she has a level 15 slot 5 rune). Mycall's Static Spores and Gemthel's Norog Spice will help with activating Storm Rider more frequently to stack Electric Feeling faster.