Mewgenics Play Dead Guide

Play Dead is a Collarless ability in Mewgenics that immediately downs your own cat when used, but prevents that down from causing an injury. In simple terms, you knock yourself out on purpose and avoid the usual permanent stat penalty.

This makes Play Dead a high risk utility tool. You remove your cat from active combat, but you protect it from gaining a random Basic Injury from that down.

What Play Dead Actually Does

When you use Play Dead:

• Your cat is immediately downed

• The down does not apply a random injury

Normally, being downed rolls from the Basic Injury pool and applies a permanent -1 to a stat. Play Dead skips that injury roll entirely.

It does not heal you. It does not prevent being targeted before activation. It simply forces a clean down with no injury attached.

Why You Would Use Play Dead

At first glance, downing yourself sounds terrible.

The value comes from injury control. Injuries are permanent and stack over time. If your cat is about to be downed by an enemy anyway, using Play Dead can prevent a random injury from being applied.

This can protect high value bloodline cats from losing STR, DEX, LCK, or other core stats.

Strategic Uses

Play Dead can be useful in these situations:

• You are about to be finished off and cannot survive the next hit

• You want to avoid rolling a random Basic Injury

• You are protecting a long term breeder or stat heavy cat

It allows you to control the down instead of letting the enemy cause it.

You lose that cat for the remainder of the fight, but you preserve its permanent stats.

What Play Dead Does Not Do

Play Dead does not:

• Prevent the cat from being downed

• Restore HP

• Grant immunity to future injuries

It only prevents the injury tied to that specific self inflicted down.

If your cat is later downed normally in another fight, it can still receive injuries as usual.

Is Play Dead Worth Using

For short term disposable cats, probably not.

For high stat, mutation heavy, or breeding focused cats, protecting permanent stats is huge. Losing 1 STR or 1 LCK every few runs adds up fast.

Play Dead trades combat presence for long term stat preservation. That trade can be very strong in the right situation.

Final Blurb

Play Dead is a Collarless ability that downs your cat instantly but prevents the injury that would normally come with it. It is a defensive utility tool for protecting valuable cats from permanent stat loss. Used at the right time, it can save a bloodline from slowly falling apart due to random injuries.

FAQ

Does Play Dead cause an injury in Mewgenics

No. The ability explicitly downs the cat without applying a random injury.

Can enemies still down you after using Play Dead

You are already downed when you use it. The ability forces the down immediately.

Is Play Dead good for breeders

Yes. It helps protect high value cats from permanent stat penalties caused by random injuries.

Can Play Dead be used to avoid all injuries

No. It only prevents the injury from that specific self inflicted down. Other downs in future fights can still cause injuries.

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