Nightcap (PvZ: AA)

Nightcap, real name Kinoko Murasaki (紫キノコ, literally meaning "Purple Mushroom"), is a mushroom hero in Plants vs Zombies: Apocalyptic Arena. He is a tricky tactician with various tricks to use for infiltration and sabotage. He lays explosive scrolls on the battlefield while disappearing from his enemy's sights if ever attacked. He will occasionally use dark chi infused to his wakizashi.

Overview
Kinoko Murasaki, the Nightcap

Damage: 4/10

Utility: 6/10

Survivability: 8/10

Complexity: 7/10

Role: Tactician Sub-Role: Pusher, Ganker, Utility

Almanac Entry: ''Murasaki Kinoko, son of a lord from a rich and respected family in Kyoto. Being the son and heir of an old ninja clan would give him much respect and, most often, fear from his peers. He was tasked to go to high school overseas with his guardian, martial arts teacher, and ginseng practitioner, a toadstool, for him to experience new people and newer scenarios. Kinoko enters the Suburbian High School and he was still met by the same respect and fear from even his own classmates. He's already known as the "famous, rich, cool, silent foreign kid" by the others and he doesn't want that. Kinoko doesn't want to be respected like this. He wants friends that don't see him as the cool rich kid from an infamous clan.''

''One day, while he was studying, he was having a video call with his parents in Kyoto. He told them exactly what he feels. Even being thrown to a foreign country, everyone who meet him will still treat him as the son of the infamous ninja clan. His parents told him to not give up on finding new friends and interest and eventually Kinoko will become exactly what he wants to be. And as soon as the video call was over, a beam of light struck his room. His toadstool master woke up and check over his room. Kinoko starts feeling a surge of negative energy flowing all over his body. The toadstool identify this as Gin, the negative life essence. He also detect a little hint of Seng, the positive life essence. He was told to go absent for tomorrow and then in the next day the toadstool trained Kinoko how to balance his Ginseng energies. With the proper balance, he is able to make a flower bloom, a mushroom grow, and even create a completely identical clone of himself. He learned how to get over from his worries through meditation.After the day of training, he went to sleep. And in the middle of the night, something broke in...''

''Kinoko woke up to see that his dojo is in ruins and his master nowhere to be seen. The only clue left is a letter written in scribbles by someone named "Impfinity". With rage, Kinoko unleashed his gin to the wakizashi display of the dojo and he wields it. He goes to wear a disguise: a conical mushroom cap, a purple scarf, some eyeliner, and a little bit of gin skills used to conceal his identity from everybody other than his master. He went to track down the kidnapper and he eventually found himself in a lab full of heroes. The Impfinity and other superpowered zombies are interrogating his poor master to spill the beans about his "supposed powers". Kinoko knew that these zombies were looking for the one hit by the beam, which is him. So he used all of his known knowledge about ninjutsu to fight and fool the zombie heroes. He used a shadow clone to distract the metal man while the imp and the super zombie chases him to a room where he planted a bunch of explosive traps before disappearing without a trace. He was able to rescue his master and they escaped from the place. The last thing the zombies ever see after the sabotage was a cloud of purple smoke and a scroll with the Japanese words written: Nightcap.''

Gameplay: Unlike the stereotypical ninja in most other MOBAs, which is portrayed as a quick and decisive assassin that uses stealth, Kinoko's design is inspired from traditional ninjas. He focuses less in assassinations and more in infiltration, sabotages, and surveillance. Every time he exits from invisibility, he leaves out an illusion who can copy any ability he can cast (for the purpose of fooling other enemies. His main sabotaging tools is his exploding sutras attached to bo shurikens, which can stock to enemies or walls. He can play them in enemy bases and then leap out, turning invisible. When under attack, he can exhaust a puff of purple spore clouds around him so that enemy units will no longer lock on him. His ultimate abilities can unleash his full ninja arsenal, like unsheathing his wakizashi, unleahsing his gin energies and hacking anything in his path and maybe disabling a tower while his ninja crew leave it to rubble.

Stats and Abilities
Base Health: 1600 (+5% per level) Base HP Regen: 4.75 (+5% per level)

Base Energy: 500 (+5% per level) Base EP Regen: 3.6 (+5% per level)

Attack Damage: 76 Attack Range: Melee

Attack Speed (APS): 0.9 Movement Speed: 310

Trait
Shadow Mushroom Technique

With Bushin No Jutsu, he creates a clone of himself every time he exits from invisibility. The clone is controlled by an AI and every time Kinoko casts an ability, the clone will copy it but its mostly for fooling enemy players. Has a 15 second cooldown.

The mushroom clone has the same base stats as Kinoko but will die from one hit from an enemy hero or boss minion attack. It will receive 300% more damage from minions.

''Bushin No Jutsu: Also known as the "Clone Technique". The most popular ninja technique out there. In Kinoko's case, he creates an identical clone out of seng energies and spores in the air. The enemies wouldn't know the difference.

Basic Abilities
'''Poof! (Q)'''

Kinoko throws a spore bomb in the ground, dealing 150 (+5% per level) magical damage to enemies around him. When casting this, any enemy that is currently attacking Kinoko will stop attacking him or even locking on him.

''Some itchy spores and flash powder mixed and stored inside puffballs. Very effective for making an opening or an escape.''

NOTE:
 * Kinoko's clone can cast this, which does nothing.
 * After 0.25 seconds of casting Poof!, any range projectiles locked on Kinoko will guarantee to miss.

Shitake Sutra (W)

Kinoko throws an enchanted sutra with symbols and attached on a bo shuriken to a straight line. It will attach itself on an enemy, a wall, or a structure. The throwing will deal 95 (+5% per level) physical damage to an enemy unit hit. The sutra will arm itself for 3 seconds and will explode if an enemy goes near it (or immediately if the sutra is attached to an enemy unit), dealing 280 (+5% per level) magical damage. Kinoko carries 4 charges of Shitake Sutra and one charge is reload every 12 seconds.

''Aside from popular sharp throwing object, explosives are one of the ninja's best gear. Ninjas don't really do magic outside anime, but Kinoko's enchanted Gin sutras is an easy alternative for gunpowder.''

NOTE:
 * Kinoko's clone can throw a maximum of 8 Shitake Sutra even when Kinoko tries to cast them while on cooldown, up until Kinoko's out of mana. But out of all the sutra's thrown, only one is the real sutr and the only one to deal damage. The rest are fake.
 * When a sutra explodes, it will reveal the area of explosion for 2.5 seconds.
 * Will explode immediately after arming on a structure. Will deal 30% damage to structures.
 * When not detonated, the Shitake Sutra will stick around for 18 seconds before expiring.

Night Vault

Kinoko leaps over any barricade to a target area while also turning invisible for 4 seconds. He will gain 25% bonus movement speed for 2 seconds when the invisibility is broken. Has 2 charges.

''Kinoko's ninja agility is enhanced by his newly-found powers. He uses this agility to escape tight and sticky situations.''

NOTE:
 * Casting this will instantly destroy Kinoko's currently active clone.

Ultimate Abilities
Ryujin Slash (R)

Kinoko channels his immense gin energy and unsheathe his wakizashi. He will then charge forward on a target area and then back as a raging shadow dragon. This will deal 350 (+5% per level) pure damage for the first charge and half that for the returning slash.

''Kinoko will unleash his inner dragon to protect those he love. His wakizashi is infused by the immense gin energies caused by his sorrows and angst.''

NOTE:
 * Shadow Ryujin deals 50% damage against structures.

Shadow Sabotage (R)

Cover a target area anywhere around the map with a thick purple cloud that acts like a bush. Any enemy unit inside it is silenced and any structure inside it is disabled. The smoke has 4 poison mushroom shinobi inside who will attack anyone who are inside the smoke. They deal 25% bonus damage to structures. The cloud and shinobi lasts for 12 seconds.

''Kinoko is the son of a mushroom lord, a descendant of a respected and feared ninja clan. He still have contact from his dad's shinobi allies and they'll serve him anytime he calls. His dad, however, might get furious if ever he find them doing some sabotaging without his authority.''

NOTE:
 * The shinobi mushrooms will always stay within the cloud. They cannot get out.
 * If ever they're moved by knockback, then they will teleport back inside the smoke.

Talents
TBA