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THE SUBURBAN ALMANAC: The very first Plants.
Intro: The very first plants to do battle, simple and reliable, they can and will hold the line no matter the threat, be it against the Zombies or the Grimm!
Peashooter: Peashooters are your first line of defense and shoot one pea at a time at attackers.
Family/Tribe: Appease-mint/Pea plants
Sun cost: 100
Toughness: 300
Recharge: 7.5
Damage: 20
Attack speed: 1.5
Plant food: shoots a barrage of 60 peas at the enemy.
Bio: Peashooter has been fighting since 2009, and hasn't stopped then, and won't stop now, though he must say, it's refreshing to be fighting something that isn't the usual brain-hungry corpse.
Sunflower: Sunflowers are super important! Try to plant as many as you can!
Family/tribe: Enlighten-mint/flower plants.
Sun cost: 50
Toughness: 300
Recharge: 7.5
Sun production: 25 sun every 15-22 seconds, 10-13 seconds when first planted.
Plant food: releases a burst of 200 suns.
Diurnal: sleeps during the night.
Bio: Even in a different dimension, sunflowers are the ever-happy-go-lucky plants, always willing to lend a leaf and a smile to any problem. It's little wonder why the Grimm hates them and their cousins so much!
Cherry Bomb: Cherry bombs are explosive plants that deal massive damage in a 3x3 radius.
Family/Tribe: Bombard-mint/berry plants.
Sun cost: 150
Toughness: X
Recharge: 60
Damage: 1800
Bio: It's always nice to visit new places, tour the countryside, meet the locals, explodonate the locals, and all the fun stuff!
Wall-nut: Wall-nuts are defensive plants that protect their friends by blocking approaching foes.
Family/Tribe: Reinforce-mint/Nut plants.
Sun cost: 50
Toughness: 4000
Recharge: 30
Plant food: Gets a suit of armor (+4000)
Bio: One must wonder what it is like for Wall-nut when being clawed at by the Grimm, yet despite how it looks, it's not any worse than being chewed on by zombies , it's just a little faster than normal .
Potato-mine: Potato-mines are cheap explosive plants that deal massive damage on a single tile, but they take time to arm, so plant them ahead of enemies.
Family/Tribe: Bombard-mint/Root plants.
Sun cost: 25
Toughness: 300
Recharge: 30
Damage: 1800
Radius: 1x3 (Survivors are stunned for 1s)
Arm time: 14
Plant food: instantly arms, shoots 3 armed potato-mines at random spots on the lawn.
Bio: Potato-mines, bless their spuds, always want to get all cuddly-like and starchy , it's hard to get cuddly when you're a living landmine, but that doesn't stop them from trying, not in the slightest.
Snow Pea: Snow peas are chilly plants that shoot iced peas at the foe, slowing them and extinguishing fires.
Family/Tribe: Winter-mint/Pea plants.
Sun cost: 175
Toughness: 300
Recharge: 7.5
Damage: 20
attack speed: 1.5
Effect duration: 10
Plant food: creates an ice trail, chilling all targets in the lane, then shoots a barrage of 60 peas
Bio: Sadly, it seems Snow Pea's woes of ice puns have increased tenfold. Thankfully, she has fellow ice plants to share the burden with, except iceberg lettuce, who's too busy being fawned over. Lucky little bugger...
Chomper: Chompers are devouring plants that can eat enemies in a single bite and sometimes spit corrosive, slowing goop. They are vulnerable when chewing.
Family/Tribe: Enforce-mint/Flytrap plants.
Sun cost: 150
toughness: 450
Recharge: 15
Attack speed (bite): 3
Attack speed (goop): random, has a higher chance of spitting after consuming an enemy.
Damage (bite, inedible targets): 120
Damage (goop): 15 (impact), 3 (overtime)
Chew time: 8 (small), 12 (medium), 18 (large)
Effect duration: 8
Plant food: Inhales up to 5-10 enemies, then unleashes a mighty belch, pushing foes back.
Weakness: Is vulnerable when chewing.
Bio: One would think the creatures of darkness would make an unappetizing meal, with them vanishing upon death. But somehow the Chompers and their cousins can eat them just fine, according to the plants themselves, the Grimm tastes like chicken, except for Griffens, they taste like beef.
Repeater: Repeaters are peashooter plants that fire two peas at a time.
Family/tribe: Appease-mint/ Pea plants.
Sun cost: 200
toughness: 450
Recharge: 7.5
Damage: 20 (per pea)
Attack speed: 1.5
Plant food: shoots a barrage of 90 peas at the foe, then fires one massive pea at the end, dealing heavy damage.
Bio: Repeaters love a good fight, and they love fights even more when Torchwood gets involved, turning the brawl into a blazing hot party!
CRAAAAAZY Trivia and practical gardening advice!
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(P) Plant fact 1: Never give peashooters, or pea plants in general, access to a scroll unsupervised, they'll spend all day ordering take-out ice cream.
(N) Plant fact 2: Sun is edible! Use it to make a Pizza you'll never forget!
(P) Plant fact 3: Don't give sunflowers a camera, they'll fill your social media with selfies.
(N) Plant fact 4: Chompers love a good scratch under the jaw! Just watch out for their grody breath, as they don't understand when you give them a mint.
(P) Plant fact 5: Brush your Chompers mouth daily, wear a pair of gloves as their teeth are razor sharp, and to pull out whatever didn't get swallowed/digested.
(P) Plant fact 6: Repeaters love fighting, they'll fight anything when bored, they'll fight the couch, they'll fight the neighbor's dog, and they'll fight the mirror if given the chance, so make sure you have a dummy or two for them to shoot at, a bored Repeater is as dangerous as a bored child.