Monday, December 8, 2014

Unlockable Chompers

      Just like every other character, the Chomper has a variety of unique characters that you are able to unlock. The Chompers are especially cool. Because the Chomper has the most health of the plants, it can do many more things than the others can. By that I mean it can survive longer, have more attack strategies, etc. The Chompers will always be the toughest to vanquish, so if you take one on you will want to be very careful and strategic about it. It is best to take on a Chomper from an elevated position because chompers don't have any ability that lets them jump high or get to you in any way. Anyway, back to the topic.
      For the Chompers there is the Fire Chomper, the Hot Rod Chomper, the Power Chomper, the Toxic Chomper, Count Chompula, the Armor Chomper, Chester Chomper, and lastly, the Chomp Thing. The Chomper has the most unique set of unlockable characters. Starting off is my personal favorite, the Fire Chomper. I have mentioned this in my post about the ordinary Chomper and what not, but for those who forgot the Fire Chomper looks like a Chomper with fire surrounding its whole head and spiky hair. What the Fire Chomper does is instead of chomping the enemy, it will spew flames from its mouth, covering a short area. The flames don't have much range, so you will have to get up close and personal to the enemy. The fire itself will do damage, but it will also set the enemy on fire, doing small amounts of damage for only a few seconds. However, you can't spray the flames forever, if you keep holding down the trigger button for a while the flames will eventually stop, and the Fire Chomper will then have to "reload". The Hot Rod Chomper is one of the more interesting characters. The Hot Rod Chomper will still chomp the enemies, but when you finish eating an enemy it will get a speed boost similar to the Peashooter's hyper ability. The Power Chomper is similar to the Fire Chomper except for the fact that it spews electricity instead of fire. The Power Chomper also has the electric elemental effect. For those who forgot, if multiple enemies are next to each other and a character with the electric elemental effect hits them with their attack, it will link those enemies together, doing smaller amounts of damage to those who are linked together. The Toxic Chomper has the same effects as the Toxic Pea. The Toxic Chomper will spray green, liquid toxic at enemies in front of it, giving them the toxic elemental effect.
      The Toxic Elemental effect works the same way as fire. The only difference is that the toxic damage does less than fire damage does, but the toxic effect lasts longer. The Toxic Chomper also has what is called a toxic aura. The Toxic Pea also has this same effect. Simply standing near the Toxic Chomper will give you the toxic elemental effect. However, this can also give away your position if you are sneaking behind an enemy. Next on the list is Count Chompula. Count Chompula is also a unique variant of the chompers. It works the same way as the Hot Rod Chomper too. It still chomps enemies like a regular Chomper, but when you finish eating an enemy you will regain 50 health; which is A LOT! Some spooky music plays at the same time too. Next is the Armor Chomper. The Armor Chomper is a part of the fairly old Zomboss Down DLC. (downloadable content) The Armor Chomper doesn't really have any special effects in it. It has the same attack as the regular Chomper. The only difference is that it has the most health out of every single character in the entire game. (225 to be exact) The Armor Chomper should always be at the front line when attacking. The Chester Chomper is one I have also mentioned earlier too. The Chester Chomper was created because Cheetos helped sponsor PopCap. (the creators of Plants vs Zombies) The Chester Chomper doesn't have any special effects either. The only difference is that it eats zombies the fastest of all the Chompers. Lastly, but certainly not least, is the Chomp Thing. The Chomp thing is a part of the Legends of the Lawn DLC. It is another unique variant of the Chompers. The Chomp Thing will spew out mud, murky water, and bugs. Sounds strange right? The Chomp Thing has the least amount of health of the Chompers, but also covers a wider area than normal when spewing its contents. That is all for this time, next time (as you probably predicted) I will be covering the characters of the Cactus. Until then!!!

Friday, December 5, 2014

Unlockable Sunflowers

      Just like the peashooter, the sunflower has her fair share of unlockable characters. As you know, the sunflower has the lowest amount of health, but their is one particular sunflower that has a little bit more than usual. Some sunflowers do more damage than others, and some also have some elemental effects, and even some special abilities that others don't. Some might do more damage, some might hold more ammo, some might shoot faster, and some have more range than others. However, this does not only apply for the sunflower, it also applies for the other plants and zombies too! The great think about these character is that they eventually add more and more.
      For the sunflowers there is the Mystic Flower, the Power Flower, the Shadow Flower, the Fire Flower, the Metal Petal, the Sun Pharaoh, and lastly, the Alien Flower. So starting off, the Mystic Flower is one of my personal favorites. The Mystic Flower fires almost as fast as you can pull the trigger button, implying that it is semi-automatic. Because she is semi-automatic, she has less ammo in each round, but each sun pulse does a lot more damage than the fully automatic sunflowers. Another awesome thing about the Mystic Flower is that she can charge up shots that will deal massive direct damage and a small amount of splash damage. The Power Flower has an elemental effect that I have not yet mentioned. If you have a character that has some form of attack that involves electricity, than it will have that electric elemental effect. If you hit an enemy and another enemy is near, it will link them together with electricity, doing a little bit smaller damage to the enemies that are linked to the main one getting hit. You could link the entire team with electricity if they were all together; there are no limits! The Shadow Flower actually looks pretty cool. Her petals are now all black with a blue outline, and her face is also blue. The special thing about the Shadow Flower is that she shoots faster than any of the other sunflowers, but because of that she has a shorter range.
The Fire Flower is like a regular sunflower, but instead she shoots fire sun pulses. The Fire Flower has the fire elemental effect that will set enemies on fire for a very short amount of time, and also doing a small amount of damage. Because of this, the Fire Flower can only shoot 30 shots per round. The Metal Petal is the sunflower that you get by leveling up. For those of you who remember, at level 10 you will unlock a particularly strong character. One thing I forgot to mention. Each character levels up separately, and not all at the same time. Each time you level up a character, you will also level up your player level. Anyway, the Metal Petal has the most health of all the sunflowers, which adds up to 150 health. A normal sunflower has 100 health, so that is a big increase. The Metal Petal also does a little more damage than an ordinary sunflower. However, because the Metal Petal is made of metal, she moves slightly slower than the other sunflower variants.
      The Sun Pharaoh is a unique sunflower that you can get from the Zomboss Down DLC. (Downloadable Content) The Sun Pharaoh is a three-round-burst sunflower, meaning that it will shoot three rounds extremely fast. Because of this reason, the Sun Pharaoh will do more damage than normal. Another thing, because the Sun Pharaoh is a three-round-burst, it has a slower rate of fire. A little fun fact about the Sun Pharaoh is that there used to be a glitch (that they later fixed) that would allow the player to spam the trigger button, and after doing that the Sun Pharaoh would shoot all of her bullets at once, doing an insane amount of damage. Lastly, but most certainly not least, is one of my favorites, the Alien Flower. The Alien Flower is pretty interesting. She is also a semi-automatic sunflower that has a very low ammo capacity, but because of this she does high amounts of damage. After you shoot with the Alien Flower, wherever that bullet goes, it will leave what's called spore mist around. If an enemy stands in or around the spore mist, they will start to receive small amounts of damage at a very fast pace. It helps if you shoot the enemy because the spore mist will stick around where the bullet went. That is all for the sunflowers, next time you will hear about the chompers. Until then!