Patriot Gardener

"Made with pure American steel... and plastic. Wait, what's the phrase again?"
== /// SUMMARY ==
The Patriot Gardener is a melee weapon with mechanics focused around rocket jumping with the Rocket Launcher. Users combining rocket jumping with the Patriot Gardener will be rewarded greatly. This weapon is unlocked at Wave 6 and costs $2,000.
==/// MECHANICS ==
The Patriot Gardener, by itself, functions as a fairly standard melee weapon. It attacks with [LMB] and features neither a shove function nor any damage diversity. However, its main use comes from its synergy with the Rocket Launcher.
When this item is bought, the user will be provided with 75% less self-damage from rocket jumping. Whilst airborne by rocket jumping with the Rocket Launcher, the Patriot Gardener will receive the following buffs and abilities:
===// AIRBORNE SOLDIER===
Whilst airborne from rocket jumping, the user will be provided with the following (indicated by an eagle falling sound): 
*Instant Equip Time when switching to Patriotic Gardener
*Air Control increased by 333%
*Increased Enemy Hitbox (Making it easier to land/have more hits on enemies.)
*Mantreads active
=== // MARKET GARDENING===
Hitting enemies while Airborne Soldier is active will allow the user to Market Garden. Market Gardens increase Patriot Gardener's Damage by 500%, Crit Chance to 100%, and reduce Attack Speed by 100%. Market Gardens can pass through enemy shields (such as Commando Healer's shield ability) but not enemy resistances.
Successfully hitting a Market Garden will allow the user to restore 15% of their missing Health (the user does not need to kill the enemy to benefit from this). However, if the user is already at Max Health, they will instead receive Overheal worth up to 10% of their Max Health. If the user successfully kills an enemy that does not have the Aerial nor Structure classifications, the amount of Health and Overheal gained is amplified to 200%. Additionally, hitting enemies with Market Garden will also grant the user 75% Damage Resistance for 3 seconds. The duration of this buff is amplified to 125% if the user successfully kills the enemy.
===// MANTREAD BOOTS ===
Whilst falling while Airborne Soldier is active, the user can use Mantread Boots to stomp on enemies, dealing damage based on the altitude of the user by the time they start falling. Attacks from Mantread Boots also provide Health and Overheal but are amplified to 200%.
Additionally, hitting enemies with the Mantread Boots will bypass both shields and resistances at the same time. However, this weapon's damage multipliers against unit classifications are still taken account of in this case, even if the enemy's resistances to various damage-types are not. For example, this would bypass a Shadow Noob's extreme resistance to melee-class damage, but since it is a Spirit, the damage would be nullified due to Patriot Gardener's x0 multiplier against Spirits.
Mantead Boots can be also used along with the action of Market Gardening, allowing the user to deal more damage with Market Gardening by falling on enemies and Market Gardening.
===// MULTIPLIERS===
Critical hits deal x1.33 damage.
*Organic, Heavy, Aerial: [x1.25]
*Armored, Structure, Boss, MiniBoss: [x0.75]
*Spirit: [x0]
==/// STRATEGY==
#Make sure to have a Rocket Launcher beforehand before buying Patriot Gardener as its survivability and functions are weak without rocket jumping buffs.
#This weapon's airborne time and mobility can be increased using Grapple Lash, Ninja Blink is also useful but much harder to effectively use.
#The Patriot Gardener's Mantread Boots can damage enemies inside Carrier before they can spawn, which can be very useful as the enemies inside are tanky and a huge hindrance.
# Roblox Physics are also a very prominent issue regarding the stability of the Patriot Gardener. Be sure to have low server and client ping to prevent any Roblox jank from happening while using this weapon.
# You can shoot the floor while near the ground constantly to stall yourself midair and take minimal damage (5 - 1), be careful though as this eats up ammo quickly.
# While having Equip Time negated, you can pogo from place to place quickly by quickswapping between this weapon and Rocket Launcher and making use of the increased aerial mobility. 
==/// TRIVIA== 
#The Patriot Gardener is a reference to the Market Gardener from the team-class-based shooter, "Team Fortress 2".
#*The Mantread Boots mechanic also references Mantreads from the same game.
==/// HISTORY ==
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