22-3 THE VIP ROOM
22-3 The VIP Room is the 3rd stage of 22 — Prince of Darkness. Previous stage: 22-2 The Bathroom. Next stage: 22-4 Torture Room.
Dober P.D is Traitless. Anti-Traitless units take less damage and deal more.
LONE CAT AND KITTEN A 100% KB + Freeze + Resist vs Traitless. Also fits “Out-range Dober P.D.” 
DRILLER CAT A 100% Weakens Traitless to 10% and (True) Strong vs Traitless. Also fits “Out-range Dober P.D.” 
D'ARKTANYAN S Strong Against Traitless on a Long-Distance area attack — answers the many Traitless bosses. Also fits “Out-range Dober P.D.” 
BOWLER CAT A The Slow lands on Traitless enemies — great for stalling the many Traitless bosses across Empire of Cats and Into the Future. 
BRAINWASHED AXE CAT A Strong against Traitless and Curses Traitless enemies. Dober P.D reaches 172 range. Units that out-range it can chip safely without taking hits.
GROSS CAT A Range 350 — fires from beyond its 172. 
ACTRESS CAT B Range 350 — fires from beyond its 172. Also fits “Clear the crowd.” 
SALON CAT S Range 350 — fires from beyond its 172. Also fits “Clear the crowd.” 
NERD CAT A Range 1200 — fires from beyond its 172. Also fits “Clear the crowd.” 
MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Range 470 — fires from beyond its 172. Also fits “Burst the boss down.” Dober P.D has a deep HP pool (800,000+ 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 “Out-range Dober P.D.” 
GAIA THE CREATOR S Long-Distance multi-hit with Insane Damage — a generalist wall-cracker. Also fits “Out-range Dober P.D.” 
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 Dober P.D.” 7 enemy types stack up here. Area attackers hit the whole push at once instead of one unit at a time.
KUNG FU CAT B Area attack clears grouped peons. Also fits “Out-range Dober P.D.” SALON CAT S Hits whole crowds, and is Weaken-immune so it keeps firing through Weaken stages. Also fits “Out-range Dober P.D.” NERD CAT A Evolved/True hit groups over a Long Distance band. Also fits “Out-range Dober P.D.” D'ARKTANYAN S Area damage means it punishes grouped Traitless enemies at once. Also fits “Counter Traitless.” ACTRESS CAT B Hits multiple enemies at once for budget crowd damage. Also fits “Out-range Dober P.D.” Metal Doge debuts — bring a critical hitter. No headline boss, but Metal Doge spam plus Doge Dark stacks is brutal.
Metal Doge's debut — the chapter's first 'you brought the wrong lineup' wall. Standard loadout: Island Cat + Crazed Whale Cat + Crazed Fish for guaranteed Crits on Metal Doge → Anti-Dark DPS (Bombercat, Holy Valkyrie) for the Doge Dark wave → Mohawk meatshields. Gabriel adds Angel-trait pressure; Sanzo Cat or Holy Valkyrie handle him. Common failure: bringing a Bahamut-only lineup. No-Crit damage bounces off Metal Doge for 1s. The classic post-clear mistake is realising you've been hitting Metal Doge with non-Crit DPS for the whole fight.
The castle you destroy to clear the stage.