Spirit Fox

"An extremely shy creature, who’s happiest alone in the woods outside the Village. When called to battle, Spirit Fox fights fiercely alongside their hero and helps them with a little invisibility."
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Level 1-10
==Summary==
*Spirit Fox is the ninth pet unlocked, unlocked when the Pet House is upgraded to level 9 (this requires Town Hall level 16).
*When deployed, the Spirit Fox turns both itself and its assigned Hero invisible. The duration of invisibility depends on the level of the Spirit Fox. Once the prescribed duration expires, the invisibility will be reapplied after a 6-second cooldown.
**The invisibility is only applied whenever the Spirit Fox is on the field. If it is removed from battle by a Recall Spell, the Hero will not be able to turn invisible until the Spirit Fox is brought back onto the field. The Spirit Fox can apply invisibility solely to itself if its Hero is knocked out or recalled by a Recall Spell.
**Effects that affect attack speed will not affect the cooldown of the invisibility ability.
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==Strategies==
=== Offensive Strategy ===
* Spirit Fox pairs incredibly well with the Royal Champion thanks to its ability which prevents the Royal Champion from being targeted at times, which increases the odds of the Royal Champion surviving. The Spirit Fox is able to jump over , so will not lag behind the Royal Champion.
* Spirit Fox's Spirit Walk ability can be used to push the Hero into compartments with single target s. The ability resets the Inferno Tower's beam every time it activates; giving the Hero or other troops time to destroy it. It should be noted that the 6 second cooldown enables the Inferno Tower to reach its highest damage stage for a split second, which allows it to cause serious damage to your Hero if it was locked on for the entire duration of visibility.
* It shouldn't be paired with the Archer Queen or the Grand Warden as the Spirit Fox will run ahead of the two heroes in a lot of cases, and will result in a premature death of the pet, which is a waste of it"s valuable ability.
* While the Barbarian King moves slower, the Spirit Fox will stay behind him because of the King's melee range. Its invisibility increases the tanking potential of the king, thus allowing him to survive longer. If the Barbarian King has the Vampstache equipped, he can use the invisibility periods to safely heal himself, further increasing his survivability.
** However, this will remove a tank from the battle, potentially exposing troops at the back suscepable to damage, which by the time when the king becomes visible again, could destroy some, if unlucky, most of your backline, which could ruin the attack.
=== Defensive Strategy ===
* A good way to defend against this is with Inferno Towers and Monolith to take out the hero directly while it is visible to prevent value.
** However, the Inferno Tower takes a while to charge up, and if it is not in range when it is visible, it might deal minimal damage. so it is not the most reliable strategy.
==Statistics==
Preferred Target 	Targets	Attack Type 	Movement Speed	Attack Speed	Pet House Level Required	Range 	Special Ability
Within 4.5 tiles of Hero	Ground 	Single Target	24 	1.6s 	9 	2.5 tiles	Spirit Walk
Level	Damage per Second	Damage per Hit	Invisibility Duration	Hitpoints	Upgrade Cost	Upgrade Time	Pet House Level Required
1 	108 	172.8 	3s 	1,900 	N/A 	N/A 	9
2 	116 	185.6 	3s 	2,000 	225,000 	3d 	9
3 	124 	198.4 	3s 	2,100 	235,000 	4d 	9
4 	132 	211.2 	3s 	2,200 	245,000 	5d 	9
5 	140 	224 	3.5s 	2,300 	255,000 	5d 12h 	9
6 	148 	236.8 	3.5s 	2,400 	265,000 	6d 	9
7 	156 	249.6 	3.5s 	2,500 	275,000 	6d 12h 	9
8 	164 	262.4 	3.5s 	2,600 	285,000 	7d 	9
9 	172 	275.6 	3.5s 	2,700 	295,000 	7d 12h 	9
10 	180 	288 	4s 	2,800 	315,000 	8d 	9
==History==
Patch 	Type 	Description
November 20, 2023	Sneak Peek 	The Spirit Fox started appearing in the Home Village Classic Scenery.
December 9, 2023 	Sneak Peek 	Announced Spirit Fox.
December 12, 2023	Update 	Added the Spirit Fox, with 10 levels.
February 27, 2024	Update 	Removed the Spirit Fox's frost effect from its attacks.
March 27, 2024 	Balance Changes	Increased the cooldown of the Spirit Fox's ability to 6 seconds (from 5).
==Trivia==
*The Spirit Fox appears to be inspired by a Fennec Fox, with its facial features resembling the specie of fox and the avatar in game files being labelled as "phasefennec".
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