Editing Spear of Leonidas

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{{Item_Infobox
|image = Spear of Leonidas.png
|type = [[Piece of Eden]] ([[Spears of Eden|Spear]])
|powers = *Physical Empowerment<ref name="ACOD">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref>
*Vitality Regeneration<ref name="ACOD"/>
*Harnessing Poison<ref name="ACOD"/>
*Harnessing Fire<ref name="ACOD"/>
*Imbuing Arrows with Power<ref name="ACOD"/>
*Limited Invisibility<ref name="ACOD"/>
*Limited Speed Enhancement<ref name="ACOD"/>
*Echolocation{{Cite|14 Dec 2021. In what media?}}
*Visions of the past<ref name="ACODNovel">[[Assassin's Creed Odyssey (The Official Novelization)|''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' novel]] – {{Cite|13 De 2021. Chapters needed}}</ref>
*Increased spatial awareness<ref name="ACODNovel"/>
*Enhanced reflexes<ref name="ACODNovel"/>
*Brief Weather control<ref name="OfficialCollection">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Official Collection]]'' – Issue #56</ref>
|current = With [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]]
|period = Prehistory
*[[Greco-Persian Wars]]
*[[Peloponnesian War]]
*[[Renaissance]]
*[[Modern times]]
|created = [[Hephaistos]]
|made = Prehistory
|notable = *[[Leonidas]]
*[[Kassandra]]
*[[Layla Hassan]]}}
The '''Spear of Leonidas''', also known as the '''Blade of Leonidas''', was a [[Spears of Eden|Spear]] of [[Eden]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: The Essential Guide]]''</ref> wielded by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta|Leonidas I]] of [[Sparta]] at the [[Battle of Thermopylae|Battle]] of [[Hot Gates of Thermopylai|Thermopylae]]. Following his death, Leonidas' now broken spear was passed on to his daughter [[Myrrine]], and then to his granddaughter [[Kassandra]].

During Kassandra's quest to locate her family and destroy the [[Cult of Kosmos]], Kassandra regularly visited the [[Ancient Forge]] to enhance the spear's combat efficiency, structural durability, and supernatural power through the use of [[Isu]] [[Pyramid (Isu)|Artifact]] [[Artifact Fragment|Fragment]]s.

==Owners==
*[[Isu]] (? – ?)<ref name="Memories Awoken" />
*Mother of Leonidas I (? – ?)<ref name="FoA" />
*[[Leonidas I of Sparta|Leonidas]] of [[Sparta]] (? – 480 BCE)<ref name="Battle of 300" />
*[[Myrrine]] (c. 480 BCE – c. 451 BCE)<ref name="Memories Awoken" />
*[[Kassandra]] (c. 451 BCE – 420 BCE)<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' - [[So It Begins]]</ref><ref name="ANewHorizon" />
*[[Herodotus]] (420 BCE – ?)<ref name="ANewHorizon">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]'' – [[A New Horizon]]</ref>
*[[Alessandra d'Avanzago]] (1509 CE)<ref name="Venice">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]'' – [[She Spears, She Scores]]</ref>
*[[Layla Hassan]] (2018 – May 2020)<ref name="ACODModern" /><ref name="ACV" />
*[[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]] (August 2020)<ref name="ACV" />
*[[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] (August 2020 – present)<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – Modern Day</ref>

==History==
The first known human to wield the spear was the first wife of King {{Wiki|Anaxandridas II}} of Sparta and the mother of Leonidas I. At one point, Leonidas was given the spear by her,<ref name="FoA">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]] – [[The Fate of Atlantis: Fields of Elysium]]'' – [[A Life for a Life]]</ref> and he would use it until his death in 480 BCE at the Battle of Thermopylae. After being broken during the battle, the broken tip was recovered by the Spartans and handed over to Leonidas' daughter Myrrine.<ref name="Battle of 300">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Battle of 300 (memory)]]</ref> Myrrine would in turn hand down the Spear to Kassandra when she was seven years old.<ref name="Memories Awoken">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[Memories Awoken]]</ref>

The spear lost its powers during the events on the island of [[Korfu]], where its proximity to an equally-strong  [[Treasure Hunter's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]] caused it to overload, preventing Kassandra from accessing its special abilities. Once its power was exhausted,<ref name="NotAllTreasure">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories'' – [[Not All Treasure Should Be Found]]</ref> Kassandra left the Spear to Herodotus as something to remember her by.<ref name="ANewHorizon" />

Millennia later during the [[Italy|Italian]] [[Renaissance]], the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Alessandra d'Avanzago]] recovered the Spear to prevent it from falling into the hands of the [[Templars]]. The Assassins then hid the Spear in a location where they believed it would not be found for a long time.<ref name="Venice"/>

The Spear was eventually recovered and reburied beneath Herodotus' book ''[[Lost Histories]]'', where it laid untouched for centuries until 2018 when both objects were recovered by the Assassin [[Layla Hassan]]. Using Kassandra's DNA found on the spear, Layla was able to relieve her [[Genetic memory|memories]] through the [[Animus]]. Once Layla had found [[Atlantis]] and met Kassandra, kept alive by the [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus|Staff]] of [[Hermes Trismegistus]], she tried offering the Spear back to her, only for Kassandra to reply that it was broken and that Layla could keep it.<ref name="ACODModern">''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern Day]]</ref>

==Functionality==
The spear was able to bestow upon its wielder enhanced strength, as well as a myriad of other supernatural abilities. The spear was able to harness its wielder's adrenaline to produce supernatural effects, such as cloaking its user, regenerating health, or harnessing some of the natural elements such as poison and fire. It could even briefly increase the wielder's speed and reflexes, charge arrows with explosive energy, produce shockwaves, and augment arrows so they could phase through walls. While quite literally granting its wielder god-like powers and abilities,<ref name="ACOD"/> with it widely being rumored to contain the strength of the fallen 300 Spartans,<ref name="Crossover">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories''</ref> the spear did in fact have a finite amount of power and became a normal spear when depleted,<ref name="NotAllTreasure" /> though this well of power appeared to be quite extensive as the Spear was liberally used by Leonidas, Myrrine, and finally Kassandra.<ref name="ACOD"/>

==Weapon statistics==
===Animus HR-8.5===
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|-
!Class
!Rarity
!Attack
!Stun
!Weight
!Speed
!Critical Chance
!Perks
!Availability
|-
|Wolf
|Mythical
|97
|124.5
|9.8
|54.7
|114.5
|Increase Attack, Melee Damage, Ranged Damage and Ability Damage when having at lease one filled adrenaline slot
|Loot [[Treasure chest|chest]] in camp at [[Dun Ardtreck]]
|-
! colspan="9" |Description
|-
| colspan="9" |''This spear as once wielded by King [[Leonidas I of Sparta|Leonidas]] in the [[Battle of Thermopylae|Battle]] of [[Hot Gates of Thermopylai|Thermopylae]]. It is said the strength of the 300 radiates from its blade.''
|}


===Mobile Animus 4.38===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:700px; text-align:center"
|-
!Tier
!Damage
!Speed
!Miss Chance
!Modifiers
!Requirements
|-
|★★★★★
|4.3k-4.6k
|1.50
|5%
| +30 Attack<br>+190 Defense<br>+190 Health<br>+8% Critical Chance<br>+10% Critical Bonus<br>+5% Dodge
|300,000 [[Coin]]s<br>210 [[Damascus steel]]<br>60 Fine [[Silk]]<br>1 [[Ancient tablet]]
|-
! colspan="6" |Enhanced Skills
|-
| colspan="6" |'''Spear of Leonidas:''' ''The power of the Spear of Leonidas empowers this hero's normal attacks.''<br>Rank 2: All basic attacks hit for 105% damage.
|-
! colspan="6" |Description
|-
| colspan="6" |''The legendary Spear of Leonidas destroyed during the battle of 300. The weapon was eventually reworked into a smaller one handed blade by Kassandra. Said to be of Isu descent.''
|}

==Behind the scenes==
The spear effectively replaces the [[Hidden Blade]] in-game, and is used as the historical protagonist's main weapon of assassination. As its predecessor, it is also the weapon used to finish off members in the [[Cult of Kosmos]] and the [[Order of the Ancients]] in much the same way as the Hidden Blade has been used to kill [[Templars]] throughout the [[Assassin's Creed (series)|''Assassin's Creed'' series]].

From a gameplay sense, the spear takes reference from the Pieces of Eden encountered in past games; however, the impetus here was to let players wield an Isu artifact throughout the game rather than just at the end of it. It is also the justification for Kassandra's many abilities.<ref>''Game Informer'' #105: Create Your Own Creed</ref>

A replica of the spear is available in the ''Medusa Edition'' of ''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''.

In the memories "[[A Mother's Prayers]]", "[[The Conqueror]]", and "[[Where It All Began]]", even if the spear is upgraded using the Ancient Forge, it appears in its default, broken state.

The fundamental concept of the Spear of Leonidas is similar to that of the the "Dagger of Time" from ''{{Wiki|Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time}}'', another [[Ubisoft]] property. Both are weapons of the gods that provide numerous powers to the protagonist and are dual-wielded with other weapons.

In ''[[The Art of Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'', the spear's design was said to be based on the Spartan {{Wiki|Dory (spear)|dory}} but mixed with Isu influences and the desire to "''hint the [[Assassins|Assassin]]'s [[Assassin insignia|logo]] in the shape design''", according to [[Gabriel Blain]].

In ''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]],'' both Kassandra and [[Alexios]] wield the spear, have almost the same background story in their biography, and can even be selected to play memories together, but the spear gives them different powers. For Kassandra, it grants her control over poisons and the ability to see through walls to find the objective, known as "[[Minerva|Athena]]'s Sight", while Alexios gains control over fire, known as "[[Hephaistos]]'s Fire".

From the way it is used, and judging by its design, the Spear seems to be inspired by the Zulu {{Wiki|Assegai|Iklwa}}.

In the crossover event between ''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey'' and ''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'', [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] travels to the [[Isle of Skye]] where she acquires the Spear of Leonidas from a [[Treasure chest|chest]]. Its appearance in a pre-destroyed state indicates that the spear she acquired is non-canonical.

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
ACOD Leonidas' Spear Concept Art 1 - Gabriel Blain.jpg|Concept art
ACOD Leonidas' Spear Concept Art 2 - Gabriel Blain.jpg|Concept art
ACOD Leonidas' Spear Concept Art 3 - Gabriel Blain.jpg|Concept art
ACOD Leonidas' Spear Concept Art 4 - Gabriel Blain.jpg|Concept art
ACOD Spear of Leonidas 01 - Pierre Fleau.jpg|Concept art
ACOD Spear of Leonidas 02 - Pierre Fleau.jpg|Concept art
Spear of Leonidas Level 2.PNG|The upgraded Spear
ACOD Memories Awoken Leonidas Death Spear.png|The broken Spear laying beside the recently deceased Leonidas
ACOD Ancient Forge Spear of Leonidas mold.jpg|The Spear's mold in the Ancient Forge
ACReb - Spear of Leonidas.png|The Spear as it appears in ''Rebellion''
ACOD Not All Treasure Should Be Found 23.png|The Spear rendered inert
Spear of Leonidas Replica.jpg|Prop replica of the fully upgraded spear
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Fate of Atlantis]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood of Venice]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Assassin's Creed Crossover Stories]]''
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Imo}}

==References==
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{{Isu}}
[[ru:Копьё Леонида]]
[[Category:Spears]]
[[Category:Long weapons]]
[[Category:Pieces of Eden]]
[[Category:5th century BCE weapons]]
[[Category:9th century weapons]]
[[Category:Personal weapons]]
[[Category:Spears of Eden]]