Chef

==Appearance==
Chef is one of the basic starter towers that fights with various types of cutleries. His appearance is a muscular humanoid with a tall chef's hat, a red tie and shades that look similar to Tempre's. 
	
*Obtained for free when you start the game, so you don't need to collect coins to unlock him.
*Can easily defeat early wave enemies and help with beginning waves, as long if there isn't a crowd.
*Strong melee hero that can deal absurd amounts of damage in one hit.
*Can deal massive damage, dealing the most damage out of all other heroes for a damage hero.
*Tied with Yasuke at the second highest placement limit, being 12.
*Very high DPS on Level 5, being 153 DPS.	
*Chef attacks in one hit to a single enemy, and not in bursts, making him struggle with crowd control if there aren't alot of Chefs placed.
*Has a hard time dealing with enemies that explode and/or stun due to short range.
*Very high placement limit, so alot of mana has to be spent to max all 12 Chefs.
==Upgrades==
To see all the upgrades of a skin, see the Chef/Gallery page.
Level	Appearance	Mana Cost	⚔️ Damage	🏹 Range 	👁️ Detection	🕒 Rate 	
DPSThe DPS of Chef is calculated with the formula Damage / Rate.
1 	 	110 	4 	3 	❌ 	1.8s 	2.22
2 	 	1000 	28 	3.5 	✔️ 	2.35s 	11.91
3 	 	2200 	75 	4 	✔️ 	2s 	37.5
4 	 	3700 	130 	4.5 	✔️ 	1.8s 	72.22
5 	 	6000 	230 	5 	✔️ 	1.5s 	153.33
Level	Mana Cost	Damage	Range	Rate 	DPS
1 	121 	8 	4.5 	1.872	4.273...
2 	1100 	56 	5.25 	2.444	22.913...
3 	2420 	150 	6 	2.08 	72.115...
4 	4070 	260 	6,75 	1.872	138.888...
5 	6600 	560 	7.5 	1.56 	358.974...
Discount Dog
Level	Mana Cost	Damage	Total Mana Spent
1 	110 	3.92 	110
2 	600 	27.44 	710
3 	1320 	73.5 	2030
4 	2220 	127.4 	4050
5 	3600 	225.4 	7650
==Strategy==
*Many Chefs can be great for killing early to mid-game enemies. However, he can be used for boss damage too.
*Chef can be a cheap alternative to Yasuke if you don't feel like doing Sacred Shrine on Hard, or don't have enough coins to buy Yasuke yet.
*Spectre can be very useful since it can increase his already high damage to a whopping 460.
*Chef is slightly expensive, but has a very high placement limit, so a hero like Discount Dog or Lemonade Cat is recommended to offset this.
==Trivia==
*Just like Wizard, he is a starter tower and is given to starting players for free.
*Despite the large sunglasses, Chef does have eyes behind the shades.
*Before the Doors Crossover, Chef used to deal the most damage in the game with a whopping 230 damage per hit, But then was dethroned by El Goblino with 290 damage per trap. Though, Chef is still extremely good for a starter Hero.
*Chef's weaponry changes with each level, the first being a spork, then a ladle, followed by a spatula, a frying pan, and a meat tenderizer.
**Level 5 Chef originally had a knife, but was changed to a meat tenderizer during the Sacred Shrine update and also due to being very overpowered.
***Concept Chef still uses a knife at level 5, but this is only cosmetic and does not return pre-revamp Chef.
****However, The Chef skin for Yasuke has a knife at Level 5.
*Chef alongside Nuki Launcher, Sparks Kilowatt and Stella are one of the only Heroes to not have their placement icon at Level 1.
**Chef's placement icon was originally level 1 before the 2021 Halloween Event Update, where it was changed to level 4.
**Despite this, the level 1 Icon can still be seen when making a Lobby Server while choosing a Map, viewing the Towers, and viewing his icon in the Decks section in the menu.
*Chef had an extremely high amount of Base DPS before the rework, at around 170+. However, he has 153.33 DPS after the rework, which is still really high but not as high as Pre-revamp Chef.
*The Charming skin for him and Voca is a reference to Hat Kid from a Hat In Time.
* It costs a total of 154,800 Mana to Max Out all 12 Chefs. It costs 12,900 Mana to max out a single Chef
** In the map Alien Attack, There was a Female Chef in a Secret Area that was originally meant to be the level 2 form of him, but it was scrapped.
*Chef has his own Roblox Toy, which is part of Series 10 of the Roblox mystery toy boxes. The toy is also on sale on E-Bay and other shop websites for around 8-60 dollars depending on the seller's pricing.
*In the Interview, Hiloh confirmed that Chef takes care of Dumpster Child.
*In the Make A Cake Crossover, Chef states that he was never good at making cakes.
==Update Log==
04/11/2020
*Chef was added to the game
06/13/2020
*[Nerf] Now has Placement Limit ⚠️12
*[Buff] Level 2 Cost decreased 450 -> 350
*[Buff] Level 2 Damage increased 10 -> 15
*[Buff] Now gains Detection at level 2 instead of level 3.
*[Buff] Level 3 Cost decreased 1,200 -> 1,000
*[Buff] Level 3 Damage increased 15 -> 20
*[Buff] Level 4 Cost decreased 2,300 -> 2,000
*[Buff] Level 4 Damage increased 20 -> 32
*[Nerf] Level 5 Cost increased 3,500 -> 7,000
*[Buff] Level 5 Damage increased 25 -> 40
06/22/2020
*[Nerf] Level 4 Damage decreased 32 -> 25
*[Nerf] Level 5 Damage decreased 40 -> 30
*[Nerf] Level 5 Cooldown increased 🕒1s -> 🕒1.2s
04/28/2021
*[Nerf] Placement Cost increased 80 -> 110
06/02/2021
*[Buff] Level 4 Damage increased 25 -> 27
*[Buff] Level 5 Damage increased 30 -> 32
07/04/2021
*[Buff] Level 1 Damage increased 3 -> 4
*[Nerf] Level 1 Rate increased 🕒1s -> 🕒1.8s
*[Nerf] Level 2 Cost increased 350 -> 820
*[Buff] Level 2 Damage increased 15 -> 28
*[Nerf] Level 2 Rate increased 🕒1.8s -> 🕒2.3s
*[Nerf] Level 3 Cost increased 1,000 -> 2,100
*[Buff] Level 3 Damage increased 20 -> 75
*[Nerf] Level 3 Rate increased 🕒1.8s -> 🕒2s
*[Nerf] Level 4 Cost increased 2,000 -> 3,500
*[Buff] Level 4 Damage increased 27 -> 130
*[Nerf] Level 4 Rate increased 🕒1.5s -> 🕒1.8s
*[Buff] Level 5 Damage increased 32 -> 230
*[Nerf] Level 5 Cooldown removed. Level 5 rate increased 🕒0.12s -> 🕒1.5s
*[Nerf] Level 5 Chef no longer utilizes multi-hits.
07/05/2021
*[Nerf] Level 2 Cost increased 820 -> 1,000
*[Nerf] Level 3 Cost increased 2,100 -> 2,200
*[Nerf] Level 4 Cost increased 3,500 -> 3,700
07/21/2023
*[Buff] Level 1 Range increased 2.8 -> 3
*[Buff] Level 2 Range increased 3 -> 3.5
*[Nerf] Level 2 Rate increased 🕒2.3s -> 🕒2.35sThis change was actually applied to fix a bug where the Rate would be displayed as 2.29s, along with a golden tag as if it was under the effect of a boost.
*[Buff] Level 3 Range increased 3.2 -> 4
*[Buff] Level 4 Range increased 3.5 -> 4.5
*[Buff] Level 5 Price decreased 7,000 -> 6,000
*[Buff] Level 5 Range increased 4 -> 5
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