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The Spartans

The Spartans

When Xerxes, King of the Persian Empire, invades Greece, King Leonidas of Sparta and 300 of his countrymen hold off the massive enemy force at the narrow pass known as the Hot Gates, fighting in what would come to be known as the Battle of Thermopylae and inspiring all Greeks to fight against the foreign invaders.

King Leonidas Strength

  • Breaks the shafts of several arrows stuck in his shield using his spear (source)
  • Helps push over a bunch of corpses (source)
  • Matches an Immortal’s sword swing with his spear; Immortals can cut through chains (source)
  • Stabs through an Immortal’s armor with his spear (source)
  • Diverts sword swings from the Uber Immortal with his bracers; the Uber Immortal can launch a Spartan with a kick (source)
  • Decapitates the Uber Immortal with a sword (source)
  • Throws a spear a fair distance, piercing through Xerxes’ stage (source)

King Leonidas Durability

  • Gets thrown by the Uber Immortal (source)

King Leonidas Speed/Agility

  • Dodges several sword swings from the Uber Immortal (source)
  • Climbs to the top of a high peak (source)

King Leonidas Skill/Misc

  • Takes down several Persian soldiers in quick succession with spear and sword (source)
  • Defeats the Uber Immortal (source)
  • Comes up with a plan to mitigate Xerxes’ numbers advantage (source)
  • Trained in combat since he was a child (source)
  • As a child, outwitted and killed a large wolf (source)

Other Spartans Strength

  • A Spartan runs through a Persian soldier with a sword (source)
  • A Spartan throws a spear a fair distance, killing an armored Persian (source)
  • Spartans skewer armored Persians and split their shields with spears (source)
  • Spartans shove back the Persian soldiers attacking their phalanx (source)
  • A Spartan stabs a Persian, lifting him up and off his horse (source)
  • A Spartan throws his spear at a Persian, carrying him up and off his horse (source)
  • A Spartan seems to kill a horse with a spear stab (source)
  • Spartans push over a bunch of corpses (source)
  • Spartans stab through the Immortals’ armor with swords (source)

Other Spartans Durability

  • A Spartan takes a punch from an Immortal that knocks off his helmet (source)
  • A Spartan gets launched through the air by a kick from the Uber Immortal (source)

Other Spartans Speed/Agility

  • A Spartan pulls Leonidas out of the way of a thrown axe (source)
  • A Spartan leaps off of a rock to cut off a Persian’s arm (source)
  • A Spartan leaps over a row of Persian soldiers to reach bomb-throwers (source)

Other Spartans Skill/Misc

  • All Spartans are outfitted with shields and spears; the shields withstand a rain of Persian arrows (source)
  • The shields block sword swings from Immortals (source)
  • The shields block Persian bombs (source)
  • Spartans build a wall using stones and dead Persians in an unspecified but implied short amount of time (source)
  • Spartans drive war elephants off of a cliff (source)
  • A single Spartan takes down several Immortals in quick succession; the Immortals are Xerxes’ elite guard and are said to be the deadliest fighting force in Asia (source)
  • Two Spartans tear through a group of Persian soldiers (source)
  • A Spartan takes down several Persian soldiers in quick succession (source)
  • A Spartan kills a rhino with a thrown spear (source)
  • Spartan backup arrives to help the Athenians defeat the Persian navy (source) (^2)