Onion Spartan

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Onion Spartan is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It is a seasonal plant, tied to Onion Spartan's Spartan Season in . Onion Spartan starts off as a purely defensive plant who blocks up to 2000 damage with his shield. While he has his shield, he can be tapped to perform a "Shield Slam" which deals damage and knockback to zombies in a 3x2 area in front of Onion Spartan. After using Shield Slam, Onion Spartan can't use it again for 5 seconds. Up to three Shield Slams can be used before the shield breaks, and each consecutive Shield Slam deals more damage and knocks zombies farther back.
Once the shield finally breaks, zombies up to 0.5 tile in front of Onion Spartan are pushed back a tile, and Onion Spartan becomes a melee plant with 2 tiles of range, stabbing all zombies in range every 0.8 seconds for 40 damage with his pointy spear. This allows him to quickly dispose of zombies that may have built up munching on his shield, but beware that without his shield he doesn't have much Toughness at all. You're going to want to protect him if you want to take advantage of his high damage output.
==Origins==
	Onion Spartan is based on , which in turn is based on the bamboo, an evergreen perennial flowering plant in the subfamily Bambuseae of the grass family Poaceae.
	Onion Spartan is personally based on the onion (Allium cepa), a vegetable that is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Allium, specifically the red onion.
	Onion Spartan is also based on a Spartan soldier. Subjected to military drills since early manhood, the Onion Spartans became one of the most feared and formidable military forces in the ancient Leek world, attaining legendary status in their wars against Peppersia. At the height of Sparta's power – between the 6th and 4th centuries BC – other Leeks commonly accepted that "one Onion Spartan was worth several onions of any other state."
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food Effect===
When fed Plant Food, Onion Spartan winds up for 3 seconds and then slams his shield down extra-hard, dealing 900 damage to all zombies in a 3x4 area as well as knocking survivors back 6 tiles. This effect also immediately destroys all grid items in the area, regardless of their toughness. If Onion Spartan had lost his shield or used a Shield Slam before activating his Plant Food effect, he will gain another shield with three more Shield Slams attached to it.
===Reinforce-mint Effect===
When boosted with , Onion Spartan's Plant Food effect is activated, and he will have an unlimited number of Shield Slams at his disposal for the duration of the mint. If somehow his shield is destroyed while he is still boosted, his spear damage is increased by 90 DPS.
==Upgrade Levels==
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Shield Durability	First Shield Slam Damage	First Shield Slam Knockback	Second Shield Slam Damage	Second Shield Slam Knockback	Third Shield Slam Damage	Third Shield Slam Knockback	Shield Slam Count	Spear Damage	Spear Attack Speed	Plant Food Power(Ultimate Slam)
1 	0 	0 	200 	10 sec 	300 	2000 	200 	2 tiles 	300 	3 tiles 	400 	4 tiles 	3 	40 	0.8 sec 	900
2 	10 	1,000 	200 	10 sec 	350 	2250 	220 	2 tiles 	 	3 tiles 	 	4 tiles 	3 	45 	0.8 sec 	900
3 	100 	5,000 	200 	10 sec 	400 	2500 	240 	2 tiles 	 	3 tiles 	 	4 tiles 	3 	50 	0.8 sec 	900
4 	200 	10,000	175 	10 sec 	450 	2750 	260 	2 tiles 	 	3 tiles 	 	4 tiles 	3 	55 	0.75 sec 	1200
5 	400 	20,000	175 	10 sec 	550 	3000 	280 	2.5 tiles 	 	3.5 tiles 	pds 	4.5 tiles 	3 	60 	0.75 sec 	1200
6 	750 	30,000	150 	10 sec 	600 	3500 	300 	2.5 tiles 	 	3.5 tiles 	 	4.5 tiles 	3 	65 	0.75 sec 	1200
7 	1,000 	40,000	150 	10 sec 	650 	4000 	320 	2.5 tiles 	 	3.5 tiles 	 	4.5 tiles 	3 	70 	0.7 sec 	1500
8 	1,250 	50,000	125 	10 sec 	700 	4500 	340 	2.5 tiles 	 	3.5 tiles 	 	4.5 tiles 	3 	75 	0.7 sec 	1500
9 	1,500 	60,000	125 	10 sec 	800 	5000 	360 	2.5 tiles 	 	3.5 tiles 	 	4.5 tiles 	3 	80 	0.7 sec 	1500
10 	2,000 	75,000	100 	10 sec 	900 	5500 	380 	3 tiles 	 	4 tiles 	 	5 tiles 	3 	85 	0.65 sec 	1800
===Mastery upgrades===
* Chance to Boost 
*Damage Pierce
==History==
===August 18th, 2023===
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==Strategies==
Onion Spartan can work as an effective wall to keep zombies from getting into your defenses initially, much like a humble . However, even with the plant's regular Toughness and the Shield Durability combined, it still doesn't last as a long as a regular Wall-nut: 2300 effective Toughness instead of 4000. Despite this setback, Onion Spartan does have a few tricks up his sleeve, including his powerful Shield Slam ability. The Shield Slam can be used to get groups of zombies off Onion Spartan's back and to also deal damage to them. Even just the first Shield Slam does enough damage to take out weaker opponents like or . The shield can also resist a single heavy hit from an , a , or anything else in that vein, meaning that Onion Spartan is just that little bit harder to weed out. An effective strategy can be to use alongside Onion Spartan to keep his shield in tip-top shape, as it is abled to be healed up. This doesn't increase the number of available Shield Slams, but it can help him last longer and group more zombies up before slamming them.
Once the shield's gone, Onion Spartan works as a very unusually powerful short-range fighter, dealing loads of damage very quickly to nearby zombies. There's a little burst of knockback that happens when the shield is destroyed by non-Shield Slam means, meaning that a quick-thinking player could hastily plant a or another defensive plant like a to give Onion Spartan some more protection. Using a plant like can also work, as Onion Spartan's spear does piercing damage to all zombies in its range, so if they're grouped up they can all be eliminated fast.
==Demonstration==
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==Gallery==
OnionSpartanHD.png|Onion Spartan HD
OnionSpartanDegrade1.png|Onion Spartan's first degrade
OnionSpartanDegrade2.png|Onion Spartan's second degrade
OnionSpartanDegrade3.png|Onion Spartan's third degrade
OnionSpartanDegrade4.png|Onion Spartan without shield
OnionSpartanCostume1Revised.png|Onion Spartan's first costume (markings)
OnionSpartanDegrade1C1.png|Onion Spartan's first costume first degrade
OnionSpartanDegrade2C1.png|Onion Spartan's first costume second degrade
OnionSpartanDegrade3C1.png|Onion Spartan's first costume third degrade
OnionSpartanDegrade4C1.png|Onion Spartan's first costume without shield
OnionSpartanCostume2Revised.png|Onion Spartan's second costume (helmet)
OnionSpartanDegrade1C2.png|Onion Spartan's second costume first degrade
OnionSpartanDegrade2C2.png|Onion Spartan's second costume second degrade
OnionSpartanDegrade3C2.png|Onion Spartan's second costume third degrade
OnionSpartanDegrade4C2.png|Onion Spartan's second costume without shield
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