Cheerling Tatari

Cheerling Tatari is a Lightning-element Support unit that brings a dynamic blend of healing, buffing, and area-of-effect damage to Clash of Critters team compositions. As one of the more versatile support options available in the A-tier bracket, this Lightning support has earned a reputation for being a force multiplier that elevates the performance of every ally on the battlefield. While many Support units in Clash of Critters focus exclusively on healing or exclusively on buffing, the Lightning unit manages to do both simultaneously through its evolved form's signature skill, making it an unusually efficient use of a team slot. For players exploring the support role in Clash of Critters, this versatile support offers a compelling package. Its Lightning element provides useful coverage against Water-element enemies, and its support toolkit scales meaningfully through evolution. This dancer starts as a capable but unremarkable support unit, but once evolved into Cheerlet, it transforms into a dancing powerhouse that deals AoE damage while simultaneously healing allies and granting both ATK Boost and DEF Boost. This multi-function capability is what secures this evolution target's position in the A tier, as it frees up team slots that would otherwise need to be dedicated to separate healers and buffer units. Players who invest in the evolved form early will find it remains a valuable team member throughout their progression in Clash of Critters.

Evolving Cheerling Tatari into Cheerlet requires reaching 18 stars, which places the threshold firmly in the T3 evolution category. This means you will need to collect a significant number of duplicate Cheerling copies from pinball pulls before the Evolution Trial becomes available. The 18-star requirement for this Lightning support is a meaningful investment, but it is achievable for dedicated players who prioritize Cheerling in their pull strategy. Once you reach the star threshold, the Evolution Trial for the Lightning unit presents two specific challenges that must be completed. First, you must land 10 pinballs into the Star Slot during a single trial run, testing your pinball accuracy and board control. Second, there is an additional trial objective that further validates your mastery of this versatile support's mechanics. Successfully completing both trial components transforms Cheerling into Cheerlet, unlocking the powerful Cheerleader skill. This skill has Cheerlet dance across the battlefield, dealing AoE Lightning damage to enemies while simultaneously healing allied Tatari and granting them ATK Boost and DEF Boost. The evolved form is a dramatically more impactful unit, making the evolution investment well worthwhile for players committed to the support role.

Cheerling Tatari occupies the A tier because it provides a combination of healing, buffing, and damage that is rare among support units at its investment level. In the Clash of Critters tier list, A-tier units are defined as solid picks with medium priority that should typically wait behind S+ and S-tier investments. This Lightning support fits this mold because while it is not the single best support unit in the game, it offers exceptional versatility for its cost. The primary reason the Lightning unit does not reach S tier is that dedicated S-tier support units tend to provide stronger individual buffs or more potent healing output. However, what this versatile support lacks in peak performance in any single category, it makes up for in combined output. No other A-tier support unit simultaneously deals AoE damage, heals the team, and grants both ATK Boost and DEF Boost. This makes the dancer particularly valuable for players who are still building out their roster and need a single unit to fill multiple support roles. As players acquire more specialized support Tatari, this evolution target may shift to a secondary team role, but it rarely becomes obsolete entirely.

The strengths of Cheerling Tatari center on its remarkable versatility. Few support units in Clash of Critters can match the breadth of this Lightning support's evolved toolkit, which combines AoE Lightning damage, ally healing, ATK Boost, and DEF Boost into a single skill. This efficiency means you effectively get two support units in one team slot, freeing room for additional DPS or Guardian units. its Lightning element also provides useful elemental coverage, particularly against Water-element stages where many support units lack offensive relevance. However, this versatile support has notable limitations. Its 18-star evolution threshold is substantial, requiring a significant commitment of duplicate pulls before you unlock Cheerlet's full potential. During the pre-evolution phase, the dancer is a comparatively modest support unit that may feel underwhelming next to even basic dedicated healers. Additionally, because this evolution target splits its focus between damage, healing, and buffing, none of these individual outputs match what a specialized unit can deliver. In endgame content where min-maxing becomes important, this evolved form's jack-of-all-trades approach can become a liability compared to running two specialized support units.

Deploying Cheerling Tatari effectively requires understanding its role as a team enabler rather than a primary damage dealer. Position this Lightning support where it can maintain its Cheerleader dance for maximum duration, ensuring that both the healing and buff components of its skill affect as many allies as possible. The AoE damage component of this Lightning unit's skill is a bonus rather than a primary function, so do not sacrifice positioning for marginal damage gains. Pair this versatile support with high-damage DPS units that benefit most from ATK Boost, such as burst-oriented Fire or Grass attackers. The DEF Boost from the dancer is particularly valuable when paired with Guardian units that are already absorbing damage, as the additional defense extends their survivability significantly. In stages with heavy Water-element enemy presence, this evolution target's Lightning element provides added offensive value, making it a strong pick for those specific scenarios. For optimal results, prioritize evolving the evolved form to Cheerlet as quickly as possible, since the pre-evolution version is considerably less impactful in all team compositions.

Compared to other A-tier Tatari, Cheerling Tatari occupies a unique space as the only unit in the tier that combines healing, buffing, and damage into a single skill package. While Cactobud Tatari and Frostnip Tatari focus purely on DPS, this Lightning support enables those DPS units to perform better while contributing meaningful damage itself. This makes the Lightning unit more valuable in team compositions that lack dedicated support infrastructure. When compared to S-tier support units, this versatile support falls short in peak healing output and buff magnitude. Top-tier support Tatari can provide stronger individual buffs or more potent sustained healing, but they typically require significantly more resources to obtain and evolve. For free-to-play players and those still building their rosters, the dancer represents the best multi-role support available at the A-tier investment level. Against B-tier support options, this evolution target's evolved form is clearly superior, as no B-tier support comes close to matching the combined healing, buffing, and damage output that Cheerlet provides through the Cheerleader skill.