Mushroom Spartan

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Mushroom Spartan is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It is a seasonal plant, tied to Mushroom Spartan's Viral Season in . Mushroom Spartan is a piercing poison plant who attacks with a poison-tipped spear, dealing 40 damage to all zombies (and other enemies) up to 2 tiles away every 0.85-1 seconds. The spear attacks also inflict a poison effect that causes zombies to take 20 damage every second for 15 seconds. The poison effect can't stack and deals a total of 300 armor-piercing damage over those 15 seconds. Yikes!
When tapped, Mushroom Spartan enters a defensive state where he uses his shield for protection. The shield can take up to 2000 damage before being permanently destroyed, but Mushroom Spartan can continue to reside in his defensive state even after the shield breaks, he'll just use his regular 300 hitpoints. While defensive, Mushroom Spartan exudes a toxic aura that applies a weaker poison which deals 10 damage a second for 15 seconds (total of 150 damage) to zombies in a 3x3 area around him constantly, at the cost of he himself not being able to attack until switched back. The poison from his main attack, since it deals more damage, can override the defensive poison. There is a 10-second cooldown after switching forms that should force players to think before clicking.
==Origins==
	Mushroom 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.
	Mushroom Spartan is personally based on the purple-spored puffball, (Calvatia cyathiformis), a large edible saprobic species of Calvatia; and possibly the violet webcap (Cortinarius violaceus), also known as the violet cort, a fungus in the webcap genus Cortinarius native across the Northern Hemisphere.
	Mushroom Spartan is also based on a Spartan soldier. Subjected to military drills since early manhood, the Mushroom 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 Mushroom Spartan was worth several shrooms of any other state."
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food Effect===
====Attacking Form====
When fed Plant Food in his attacking form, Mushroom Spartan winds up for 3 seconds before unleashing a powerful shockwave that deals 900 damage to zombies in a 3x2 area in front of him and poisons them, causing them to take 60 damage every second for 15 seconds (total of 900 damage).
====Defensive Form====
When fed Plant Food in his defensive form, Mushroom Spartan immediately heals his shield right the way back to full health and gains another one if it was already destroyed in combat, and his defensive poison aura's area of effect is increased to 5x5 permanently.
===Ail-mint Effect===
When boosted with , Mushroom Spartan's regular damage is increased by 60 damage, his attacking poison damage is increased by 40 damage, and his defensive poison damage is increased by 80 damage for the duration of the mint.
==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	Spear Damage	Spear Poison Damage	Shield Toughness	Defensive Poison Damage	Plant Food Power(Attacking: Shockwave Damage)	Plant Food Power(Attacking: Poison Damage)	Plant Food Power(Defensive: Shield Healing)	 	 	 	
1 	0 	0 	225 	7 sec 	300 	40 	20 	2000 	10 	900 	60 	100% 	 	 	 	
2 	10 	1,000 	225 	7 sec 	350 	45 	20 	2250 	10 	1000 	60 	120% 	 	 	 	
3 	100 	5,000 	225 	7 sec 	400 	50 	20 	2500 	10 	1100 	80 	140% 	 	 	 	
4 	200 	10,000	200 	7 sec 	450 	55 	30 	2750 	15 	1200 	80 	160% 	 	 	 	
5 	400 	20,000	200 	7 sec 	550 	60 	30 	3000 	15 	1300 	100 	180% 	 	 	 	
6 	750 	30,000	175 	7 sec 	600 	65 	30 	3250 	15 	1400 	100 	200% 	 	 	 	
7 	1,000 	40,000	175 	7 sec 	650 	70 	30 	3500 	15 	1500 	120 	220% 	 	 	 	
8 	1,250 	50,000	150 	7 sec 	700 	75 	40 	3750 	20 	1600 	120 	240% 	 	 	 	
9 	1,500 	60,000	150 	7 sec 	800 	80 	40 	4000 	20 	1700 	140 	260% 	 	 	 	
10 	2,000 	75,000	150 	7 sec 	900 	85 	40 	4500 	20 	1800 	140 	280% 	 	 	 	
===Mastery upgrades===
* Chance to Boost 
*Damage Pierce
==History==
===September 8th, 2023===
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==Strategies==
Mushroom Spartan is a powerful plant who can work a number of jobs. His main job is to be a close-range attacker, with a similar niche to or where he unleashes massive damage against anything that comes near. His spear jabs might not do the most damage by themselves, but they also apply a potent poison effect which deals lots of armor-piercing damage over time. The poison can't stack, but it does ignore armor as previously described which makes it especially strong against armored zombies like or as he, for the most part, won't have to break through their headgear before breaking through them. Even the mighty is no match for Mushroom Spartan's fungal firepower.
Mushroom Spartan is more than just a brave plant warrior, though. He's also a defensive plant - simply click on him and watch him transform from a frontline attacker to a frontline defender. Mushroom Spartan uses his durable shield to block zombies off, stopping them in their tracks. While in this defensive state, Mushroom Spartan radiates poison in a 3x3 area which deals constant damage and is perfect for eliminating swarms of weak enemies like or and can deal valuable chip damage against anything else. Even will drop like flies after just ten seconds. Do keep in mind that Mushroom Spartan can't use his regular spear attack while in his defensive form, so you'll need to choose wisely based on the situation.
==Demonstration==
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==Gallery==
MushroomSpartanHD.png|Mushroom Spartan HD
MushroomSpartanDegrade1.png|Mushroom Spartan's first degrade
MushroomSpartanDegrade2.png|Mushroom Spartan's second degrade
MushroomSpartanDegrade3.png|Mushroom Spartan's third degrade
MushroomSpartanUnshielded.png|Mushroom Spartan without shield
MAS1.png|Mushroom Spartan's costume (glasses)
MAS2.png|Mushroom Spartan's costumed first degrade
MAS3.png|Mushroom Spartan's costumed second degrade
MAS4.png|Mushroom Spartan's costumed third degrade
MAS5.png|Mushroom Spartan's costume without shield
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