Sovereign of Shadows

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The Sovereign of Shadows is a plant featured in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that was added in the 5.3.1 update of the game. 
Unlike most plants, it is unlocked by completing Modern Day - Day 34 without using ANY plant food, losing no lawnmowers, not losing more than 15 plants, and using no power-ups. Once the player achieves this feat, a special dialogue will commence. This will occur after the initial dialogue is complete if the player somehow manages this on their first try. 
Prior to update 7.4.1, this quest was also applicable on the final day of the "Modern Day Dustup" Epic Quest. 
The Sovereign of Shadows can be tapped to strike a tile with a shadow, dealing moderate damage. When powered by moonflower, it can be tapped to select a Zombie to turn its own shadow against.
If there are multiple Zombies stacked, the Sovereign will automatically select the one with the highest health remaining.
==Origin==
The Sovereign of Shadows is based off the "Orange Sovereign," also known as the Amaryllis. Its name references its royal appearance as a "Sovereign" of sorts. 
This name also references its ability to call upon shadows to attack Zombies on the lawn. 
==Overview==
Every 10 seconds, the Sovereign of Shadows can be tapped to send a Shadow onto a tile in a 5x5 area, dealing 85 damage to all Zombies on that tile after a 0.125 second delay.
===Moonflower Boost===
When powered by the Moonflower, the Sovereign of Shadows' ability now prompts the player to select a Zombie within a 5x5 radius.
Once selected, that Zombie will manifest a smaller Shadow behind itself, which periodically attacks that Zombie for 4.5 seconds. This will damage the Zombie every second for 200% of its attack damage.
These shadows will also stack. Should multiple shadows attack the same Zombie, it will be petrified. This status effect will slow the Zombie down by -15% of its speed for every Shadow currently on it.
Of course, this same effect can be achieved using the .
Up to a maximum of 3 shadows can be on 1 Zombie at a time.
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
When fed with Plant Food, the Sovereign of Shadows turns its 5x5 radius dark for 7.5 seconds. All shadow plants within this radius will deal 50% increased damage, and all active Shadows within this domain will deal 1.25x the damage. 
===Conceal-mint effect===
When boosted by Conceal-mint, the Sovereign of Shadows' shadows will now do 50% more damage for as long as the Mint is on screen.
===Level upgrades===
Level	 	 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades
Level	 	 	Cost 	Recharge 	Toughness	Area 	Range
1 	0 	1,250	300 	15 seconds 	300 	5x5 	Area
2 	50 	1,250	300 	14.5 seconds	350 	5x5 	Area
3 	100 	1,250	300 	14.5 seconds	400 	5x5 	Area
4 	200 	1,250	300 	13.5 seconds	450 	5x5 	Area
5 	300 	1,250	275 	13.5 seconds	500 	5x5 	Area
6 	400 	1,250	275 	12.5 seconds	550 	5x5 	Area
7 	500 	1,250	250 	12.5 seconds	700 	5x5 	Area
8 	600 	1,250	250 	12.5 seconds	700 	5x5 	Area
9 	800 	1,250	250 	12.5 seconds	800 	5x7 	Area
10 	1,000	1,250	225 	12 seconds 	900 	5x7 	Area
===Mastery upgrades=== 
*Chance to Boost 
*+1 Shadow Stack Limit
==Strategies==
The Sovereign of Shadows benefits greatly off the player exploiting its shadows' stackable nature, only achieved by boosting it with the . It may be beneficial to stack multiple shadows on the same Zombie to apply the slowing de-buff and deal great DPS. 
Do not use this plant unpowwered, as it does not provide very good cost efficiency and reaps no real benefits over other plants for its Suncost. Additionally, do not waste your abilities on a Zombie with 3 shadows already attacking it, as this will NOT work and your ability will end up being wasted. The player should utilize its shadow ability to protect plants in a wide radius and attack Zombies on rows with little to no defense or rows that generally require help, especially since it specializes in covering a large area. 
Its Plant Food effect provides the best possible efficiency when multiple Sovereigns are placed. The player should use it when they have many shadows attacking Zombies in an area to receive the best possible value for their Sun and deal huge damage in a small period of time.
The Sovereign of Shadows also proves vital on Save our Seeds levels. This is because it can provide crowd control on lanes where Plants may be in danger of a large Zombie stack overwhelming them, as well as slowing down any threats that may cause the player to lose.
Another use for this Plant is with the or . Due to its wide coverage, the player can use multiple Sovereigns to redirect Zombies to other lanes while using its ability to attack Zombies with no risk. The player should use defensive plants like the Wall-nut to secure this strategy.
The player should use its ability to also select Zombies with high damage, such as the . This is because since shadows "imitate" the damage of the Zombie, despite being halved, this can deal huge amounts of damage for a low suncost.
Finally, the Sovereign of Shadows also finds use with other shadow plants. Since its Plant Food ability creates a domain where they deal more damage, it may be wise to use it against high-health Zombies where the player also has s and s placed down to deal with them quickly.
==Gallery==
File:SovereignHD.png|HD Sovereign of Shadows
File:Shadowysovereign.png|Moonflower boosted Sovereign of Shadows
===Seed Packets===
File:Shadowypacket.png|Sovereign of Shadows' Seed Packet
File:Shadowpackete.png|Alternate Seed Packet
===In-game Demonstrations===
File:Sovereigndemo.jpg|Normal ability demonstration
File:Shadowdemonstration.png|Powered ability demonstration
==Trivia== 
*Originally this was planned to be a plant that utilizes portals. It was scrapped for potentially violating the crossover rule. 
**However, you can still find files of it on the wiki.
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