Blood Temple (Expert) is the 2nd stage of Holy War: Rider. Previous stage: Blood Temple (Easy).
Rider's guaranteed 4-second freeze at 450 range opens your line for eight kinds of Red peons at up to 800%.
- Immune-to-Freeze units keep fighting while the rest of the army is frozen — the wiki names Curling Cat, with Anti-Red freeze-immune units like True Form Maiden Cat as the ideal.
- General tanks such as Titan Cat hold the line; Anti-Red tanks like Sushi Cat do it better.
- For the Red peons, Strong/Massive-vs-Red attackers: Courier Cat, Swordsman Cat, Viking Cat.
CURLING CAT A Rider's long range and guaranteed Freeze leaves the rest of your army stuck; Freeze-immune support like Curling Cat keeps working when they can't. 
TITAN CAT B A general tanker to soak the Red peons while your attackers recover from the Freeze. 
SUSHI CAT B Tanker with a bonus against Red. 
SWORDSMAN CAT B Strong/Massive Damage vs Red for the Red peons. 
VIKING CAT B Strong/Massive Damage vs Red for the Red peons. ⚙ More counters worked out from the roster, lower confidence than the picks above; kept for reference
Rider is Traitless. Anti-Traitless units take less damage and deal more.
HITMAN CAT A Hitman Cat: Deals massive damage to Traitless enemies Also fits “Clear the crowd.” 
BOWLER CAT A The Slow lands on Traitless enemies — great for stalling the many Traitless bosses across Empire of Cats and Into the Future. 
DRILLER CAT A 100% Weakens Traitless to 10% and (True) Strong vs Traitless. Also fits “Out-range Rider.” 
D'ARKTANYAN S Strong Against Traitless on a Long-Distance area attack — answers the many Traitless bosses. Also fits “Clear the crowd.” 
JAGANDO JR. A Lord of Ruin Jagando Jr.: Strong against Traitless enemies (Deals 1.5x damage, only takes 1/2 damage) Also fits “Clear the crowd.” Rider reaches 450 range. Units that out-range it can chip safely without taking hits.
MEDITATION CAT C Range 600 — fires from beyond its 450. 
ADULT CAT B Range 475 — fires from beyond its 450. 
NERD CAT A Range 1200 — fires from beyond its 450. Also fits “Clear the crowd.” 
MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Range 470 — fires from beyond its 450. Also fits “Burst the boss down.” DRILLER CAT A Range 460 — fires from beyond its 450. Also fits “Counter Traitless.” Rider has a deep HP pool (200,000+ 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 Rider.” 
GAIA THE CREATOR S Long-Distance multi-hit with Insane Damage — a generalist wall-cracker. 
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 Rider.” 9 enemy types stack up here. Area attackers hit the whole push at once instead of one unit at a time.
HITMAN CAT A Area attacks hit everything in range. Also fits “Counter Traitless.” 
SALON CAT S Hits whole crowds, and is Weaken-immune so it keeps firing through Weaken stages. NERD CAT A Evolved/True hit groups over a Long Distance band. Also fits “Out-range Rider.” MIGHTY REKON KORPS S Long-range (Omni Strike in True) Area clears groups front and back. Also fits “Out-range Rider.” JAGANDO JR. A Area attacks hit everything in range. Also fits “Counter Traitless.” WIKI PICK = listed on the stage's Battle Cats Wiki page; COMMUNITY = found by title, channel and date. Neither is verified by Claws' Den. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play. Find more on YouTube ↗
The castle you destroy to clear the stage.