The Great Aloekazam

The Great Aloekazam is the upgrade plant of Aloe and is unlocked in The Sanctuary's level path E (more about level paths here) in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, after beating Level 5E. Aloekazam is able to cast two different spells, one being its regular spell, Abraca-vera, and the other its special and more powerful spell, Hocus Poke-us. Aloekazam takes 10 seconds to cast one spell at a time, and can only cast Hocus Poke-us once he has casted Abraca-vera three times, as this spell is used to draw aura from zombies in order to gain enough power to cast Hocus Poke-us.
When casting Abraca-vera, Aloekazam steals 800 DPS of a zombie’s current health, targeting the closest zombie in his lane first (if there are no zombies in his lane, then he will target zombies in the lanes next door (if there are no zombies there either, Aloekazam will wait for a zombie to arrive before casting his spell)). This health is then given to a plant with the lowest health in The Great Aloekazam’s vicinity (3×3 area), where Aloekazam will transfer the health to his magic droplet before tossing it onto the plant, restoring 800 DPS of their health (if the zombie they stole health from had less than 800 DPS of health remaining, the amount of health restored for the plant remains unchanged). Abraca-vera also draws aura from the zombie, causing The Great Aloekazam to increasingly glow in intensity.
After drawing aura from zombies three times, Aloekazam will be able to cast Hocus Poke-us for his next spell. Hocus Poke-us causes thorns to emerge out of the ground and pierce through all zombies (excluding airborne zombies) on his lane (if there are no non-airborne zombies in his lane, Aloekazam will cast his spell on one of the lanes next door, prioritizing the one with the most zombies). This spell uses the thorns to drain zombies of their health by 50% of their max. health each (25% for Gargantuars and vehicle zombies instead) while immobilizing them over a period of 5 seconds before the thorns retract back into the ground. Aloekazam will then give out all of his aura in a 3×3 area, distributing the total health he drained from the zombies equally amongst all plants in that area to heal them, while making sure any leftover health from fully healed plants is given to other plants who don't have full health yet.
==Origins==
Like his downgrade, The Great Aloekazam is based on the succulent plant Aloe Vera, well known for its gel that is used in treating and relieving numerous skin conditions, which is also a reference to his healing abilities. Aloekazam's name is a reference to him being a magician, as "The Great" tends to be used in a number of titles for magicians, and Aloekazam is a pun on Aloe and alakazam, where the latter is used as a magic word.
Aloekazam's spells, Abraca-vera and Hocus Poke-us, are also puns of the magic words abracadabra and hocus pocus, where the former uses Vera in the name as a reference to the plant, and the latter uses "poke" as a reference to the thorns that Aloekazam summons when this spell is casted.
==Almanac entry==
The Great Aloekazam
Sun cost: 225
Recharge: Slow
Performs magic spells, Abraca-vera and Hocus Poke-us, that steal health from zombies and gives it to other plants. Takes time to prepare to cast another spell after casting one.
Must be planted on Aloe.
Special: After using his Abraca-vera spell every three times, he uses his powerful Hocus Poke-us spell.
The Great Aloekazam is always competing against his elder brother, The Greatest Aloekazam, who is competing against his father, The Greatestest Greatestest Aloekazam, who himself is competing against his own elder brother, The Great Greatestest Greatestestestestestestestestestestest Aloekazam. Only in the Aloekazam family will you ever see anyone compete against each other to see who has the longest names.
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food power===
When fed with Plant Food, The Great Aloekazam creates thorny Aloe leaves around every zombie on the lawn, immobilizing them for 8 seconds. These Aloe leaves will drain each zombie of 50% of their remaining health before the leaves disappear. Aloekazam will then increase the maximum health of all plants within his vicinity (3×3 area) by distributing the total health he drained from the zombies equally amongst the plants. After that, Aloekazam heals all of these plants to full.
===Stat tiers===
Stat 	Tier 1 	Tier 2 	Tier 3 	Tier 4	Tier 5
Toughness 	50 DPS 	200 DPS 	300 DPS 	
400 DPS
(Unlock cost: 1 Toughness Token)	
550 DPS
(Unlock cost: 2 Toughness Tokens)
Sun cost 	325 sun 	275 sun 	225 sun 	
175 sun
(Unlock cost: 1 Sun cost Token)	
125 sun
(Unlock cost: 2 Sun cost Tokens)
Recharge* 	N/A 	N/A 	30 seconds	
N/A 	
N/A
Firing rate	14 seconds	12 seconds	10 seconds	
8 seconds
(Unlock cost: 1 Firing rate Token)	
6 seconds
(Unlock cost: 2 Firing rate Tokens)
* - Upgrade plants cannot have upgraded nor degraded recharges.
More about the upgrading system here.
==Strategies==
Many strategies that involve Aloekazam's downgrade, Aloe, can also be applied to Aloekazam himself. Like Aloe, placing Aloekazam near defensive plants will help make defenses more robust towards incoming zombies. It should be noted, however, that this removes the opportunity for placing melee or short-ranged plants like Bonk Choy or Snapdragon at the front lines while making sure they are also protected well, unless the defensive plant used is Pumpkin.
Unlike Aloe, however, Aloekazam can also attack zombies while carrying out their healing abilities. Aloekazam can instantly kill zombies that have 800 DPS of remaining health or lower (this makes them able to instantly kill Coneheads or zombies with health slightly higher), which could compensate for the downside mentioned earlier regarding melee and short-ranged plants. Aloekazam's range is also better than Aloe's, being able to heal plants within a 3×3 area and also being able to prioritize healing plants with the lowest health, which can help make defensive lines more robust against incoming zombies. With multiple Aloekazams nearby, if a horde of zombies is attacking a single defensive plant on a particular lane, these zombies can be more reliably stalled since these Aloekazams would be able to heal said defensive plant at a faster rate by prioritizing them. The only way Aloekazam's healing can be countered is if hordes of zombies attacking in multiple lanes overwhelm all Aloekazams on the lawn to the point where they won't be able to heal all the defensive plants fast enough before the zombies break through in any of the lanes. In this case, you'll need to make sure your other offensive plants are prepared to take out some of the zombies to ease the burden that the Aloekazams and the defensive plants would have to handle.
Aloekazam's special spell, Hocus Poke-us, also allows Aloekazam to be able to target all zombies in his entire lane and immobilise them for a short period of time before healing all plants within a 3×3 area. This spell could also act as a potential counter to the situation mentioned before, which involves multiple hordes of zombies attacking multiple lanes at once, as it can weaken an entire lane of zombies and stall them for a moment to make it easier for your offensive plants to take them out, and it can also heal multiple defensive plants at once, making your defensive lines even more robust. It should be noted, however, that Aloekazam needs to cast Abraca-vera thrice before he can use Hocus Poke-us, so the spell should act more as a utility spell rather than a spell that you should rely on as one of the main supporting factors of Aloekazam. Plus, since Hocus Poke-us is unable to target airborne zombies (due to the thorns used in the spell emerging from the ground), you'll need to be wary of any incoming airborne zombies if Aloekazam casts this spell. This aside, using diverting strategies like utilizing Garlic in your defenses could make this spell more powerful, as it gathers more zombies into a single lane that Aloekazam can drain health from, increasing the amount of health that Aloekazam can use to heal surrounding plants.
==Trivia==
*The idea for this plant was originally meant to be used for the 2020 Warped Contest, but the idea eventually got replaced by a different plant. Only three years later did the idea get some changes and polishing up before a page was properly created for them.
==Gallery==
The Great Aloekazam.png|The Great Aloekazam (HD)
The Great Aloekazam's costume.png|Costume
The Great Aloekazam's seed packet.png|Seed packet
Abraca-vera (stage 1).png|Aloekazam casting Abraca-vera to drain a zombie of its health (stage 1)
Abraca-vera (stage 2).png|Aloekazam transferring the zombie's health to his magic droplet, note that the zombie has been defeated (stage 2)
Abraca-vera (stage 3).png|Aloekazam tossing his droplet onto Wall-nut to heal him, note that his health hasn't gone past his first degrade (stage 3)
Zombies affected by Hocus Poke-us.png|Zombies being affected by Aloekazam's Hocus Poke-us spell
Zombies affected by TGA Plant Food effect.png|Zombies being affected by Aloekazam's Plant Food effect, note that Balloon Zombie is unaffected due to being airborne
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