Editing Mecha-claus

{{EventEnded|date = 4th of February 2023|event = [[Violent Night Event]]}}
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|title1 = {{Color|FF3700|Mecha-claus}}
|image1 = mecha claus.png
|mode_appearance = [[Violent Night Event|Violent Night]]
|first_wave_appearance = ❄️<ref>'''Mecha-claus''' did not spawn until the last plot is bought. Otherwise, the game continued in perpetuity, with the wave reading ???. When '''Mecha-claus''' spawned, the wave changed to ❄️ (Snowflake emoji).</ref>
|base_hp = [[File:HealthIcon.png|20px|Health]]200,000
|speed = [[File:SpeedIcon.png|20px|Speed]]Average (3)
|hidden = No
|fly = No
|ghost = No
|lead = No
|immunity = {{BossList|Freeze = Show|Energy = Show|Toxic Gunner = Show}}
|ability1 = '''{{WikiAb|Snowball Bombardment}}''' - '''Mecha-claus''' takes out its snowball minigun and fires it at towers, making multiple snowballs rain down onto the map, stunning towers and dealing damage to units.
|ability2 = '''{{WikiAb|War on Christmas}}''' - '''Mecha-claus'''  fires a present missile using its present launcher, which hits the Christmas tree, dealing 250 damage to the base health.
|ability3 = '''{{WikiAb|Explosive Surprise}}''' - '''Mecha-claus''' takes out a present bomb from its sack and throws it into the air, landing on its head. This present bomb then turns into multiple other present bombs that fall down onto the map, stunning any towers hit.
|ability4 = {{WikiAb|{{Color|PhaseTwo|Well Fed}}}} - At half health, '''Mecha-claus''' takes out a cookie and eats it, gaining around 20,000 health.
|music-1 = [[File:(Official) Tower Defense Simulator OST - Carol of The Bots|thumb|250px|center]]
|music-ingame-1 = [[File:Tower Defense Simulator OST - Carol of the Bots In-Game Version|thumb|250px|center]]
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{{QuoteBox|This whole time, the elves built a giant santa bot to beat us in secret..<br/>You must defeat that robot, otherwise it will unleash destruction everywhere!|[[Commander (Narrator)|Commander]] dialogue on Wave ❄️ ([[Cold Ambush]])}}
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==Description==
'''Mecha-claus''', internally referred to as '''Santabot''', was the final boss for [[Cold Ambush]] as part of the [[Violent Night Event]]. It had a very high amount of health and an average speed. Uniquely, it could not spawn until the last plot of land is cleared, which prevented it from spawning in perpetuity.

'''Mecha-claus''' was unique in that, like the [[Ripped Elf (Cold Ambush)|Ripped Elf]] and [[Gatekeeper (Cold Ambush)|Gatekeeper]], it did not directly try to reach the base. Instead, it would circle around the map, firing off its abilities, only directly attacking the base with its ''War on Christmas'' ability.

'''Mecha-claus''' had four abilities:
#Its first ability, ''Snowball Bombardment'', made '''Mecha-claus''' take out its snowball minigun and fire it at towers, making them rain down onto the map and stunned any tower hit and dealing damage to units.
#Its second ability, ''War on Christmas'', had '''Mecha-claus''' take out its present missile launcher and fire it, making a present missile land on the Christmas tree, dealing 250 damage to your base health.
#Its third ability, ''Explosive Surprise'' made '''Mecha-claus''' take out a present bomb from its sack. It would then throw this present bomb into the air, which later lands on its head. This present bomb then turned into multiple other present bombs that fell down onto the map, stunning any tower hit.
#Its fourth and last ability, ''Well Fed'', was a rage mode ability. It is activated at half health and made '''Mecha-claus''' eat a cookie, which caused it to regenerate around 20,000 health.

==Appearance==
'''Mecha-claus''' was a giant Christmas-themed robot built by the elves to beat the players, which resembled Santa Claus. It was mainly made out of grey metal, with its legs and hands being painted red. Its thighs and chest have embroidered golden markings on them. Its head was made of grey metal, and had a dark red visor in place of the face. On its head was a light grey metal beard with a green and red part at the bottom, as well as dark dray eyebrows. '''Mecha-claus''' also wore a red Santa hat with embroidered gold markings and a green button.

'''Mecha-claus''' also wore a bandolier, with a golden bauble, a red embroidered bauble, and a blank green bauble, each with a fuse coming out of the cap. Its shoes were reddish-brown boots with two buckles around them. It had a red sack strapped to its back, filled with presents. It had abs and a brown belt on its lower torso.

'''Mecha-claus''' wielded two weapons, one of which was a snowball minigun which it used to stun towers, and the other was a present missile launcher, which it used to deal damage to the base. It also had present bombs which it used to stun towers.

==Strategy==
*High DPS towers like the [[Accelerator]], [[Ranger]] and [[Engineer]] are recommended against this.
**These towers should have their firerate and range boosted by the [[Commander]] and [[DJ Booth]] respectively.
**The [[Ranger]] cannot be stunned by '''Mecha-claus''', nor can the [[Engineer]]'s sentries be destroyed by it, making them both very effective. 
***The [[Ranger]] is even more effective as it has a high enough range to constantly damage the '''Mecha-claus''' as it is able to walk out of range for most ground towers.
*The [[Medic]] can be used to cleanse the stuns from towers stunned by '''Mecha-claus'''' abilities.
*You are able to stall '''Mecha-claus''' from spawning by not purchasing a single plot. This has several applications. 
**You will have more time to place and upgrade your towers to prepare for '''Mecha-claus'''. 
***This is generally not needed, as you will have no shortage of cash during the fight itself.
**You will have more time to let the passive base health regeneration fully regenerate your base health. 
***This is useful to give yourself the highest chance of surviving '''Mecha-claus'''' ''War on Christmas'' ability.
**Do note that this means you will have less passive income and passive base health regeneration for the rest of the game.
*Try to have as much base health as possible so that you have a higher chance of surviving '''Mecha-claus'''' ''War on Christmas''.  
**It may be helpful to leave one plot not purchased, letting the passive base health regeneration heal the base health back during Wave ???.
**Do note that even with full base health, there is still a fair chance ''War on Christmas'' will end up overwhelming you, as it has little to no cooldown and can be performed multiple times in quick succession, rapidly draining your base health. 
***As this is all down to chance, there is no true way to prevent this from occurring. The best you can do is try to defeat '''Mecha-claus''' as soon as possible.

==Gallery==
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XmasThumbnail.png|'''Mecha-claus''' on the game thumbnail.
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XmasIcon.png|'''Mecha-claus''' on the game icon.
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Tower Defense Simulator- 🎄 Christmas Trailer 🎄|'''Mecha-claus''' in the game trailer.
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DefeatMechaClauseBadge.png|'''Mecha-claus''' on the "[https://www.roblox.com/badges/2129985629/Defeat-Mecha-clause Defeat Mecha-clause!]" [[Badges/Event|badge]].
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==Trivia==
*'''Mecha-claus''' was built by the elves from the [[Violent Night Event]] after they have been turned against Santa by [[Lord Exo|an unknown source]]. It would later be used against the players.
*Due to a bug, [[Cold Ambush]] matches sometimes had more than four players, making it a [[MEGA Servers|MEGA Server]]. This would cause '''Mecha-claus's''' health to increase by 15,000 for each player.
*Interestingly enough, if you zoom inside '''Mecha-Claus's''' head, you will able to see a green figure with an elf hat controlling it from inside.
**In the [[Violent Night Event]] trailer, elves can be seen building '''Mecha-Claus''', likely intended to be controlled manually by an elf.

==Update History== 
*'''21 December 2022''' - [[v1.6.0]]
**'''Mecha-claus''' added.
*'''4 February 2023''' - [[v1.6.1]]
**'''Mecha-claus''' removed.

==Notes==
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{{ColdAmbush2|[[Papa Bread (Cold Ambush)|Papa Bread]]<br/><small>''Wave 23''</small>|[[Present2 (Cold Ambush)|Present2]] & [[Present (Cold Ambush)|Present]]<br/><small>''Wave ???''</small><br/>Mecha-claus, [[Present2 (Cold Ambush)|Present2]] & [[Present (Cold Ambush)|Present]]<br/><small>''Wave ❄️''</small>|End<br/><small>''N/A''</small>}}



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