Endurian


 * For the plant in Plants vs. Zombies Online, see Durian.

Endurian is the third plant obtained in Lost City in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He was first revealed in the Lost City Part 1 trailer, and then gameplay of it was shown in the Lost City Part 1 developer diary.

Endurian is a defensive plant that can withstand up to 60 bites from zombies, which is 75% the health of a Wall-nut. He can also damage zombies that are close by using the spikes he has, similar to Spikeweed.

Origins
Endurian is based on the Durian fruit, a term for a group of fruits of plants belonging to the genus Durio, characterized by their thorn-covered husk and distinctive flesh odour. Its name is portmanteau of "endure," reflecting its defensive ability to endure zombie attacks and "durian," the real-life plant this plant is based on.

Almanac entry
Sun cost: 100

TOUGHNESS: Elevated DAMAGE: Normal RECHARGE: Mediocre

Endurians are defensive plants that deal damage to zombies attacking it.

"When other plants talk about me, they say I'm too gruff. They say I'm difficult to approach, that I'm afraid to let others get too close to me. Also, I smell terrible," said Endurian. But deep down inside, he knows that he's so much more than that. He's also short-tempered.

Plant Food effect
When fed with Plant Food, Endurian gains metallic armor with bigger spikes, which gives it more health and allows it to do more damage. The armor can absorb up to 120 bites or one Gargantuar smash.

Costumed
Like Wall-nut and Tall-nut, Endurian gains a crystal armor that further increases its health damage output.

Strategies
Endurian is fairly unreliable by itself. Apart from various offensive plants, supporting plants like Spikeweed, Spikerock, and Lava Guava are all good options to increase its effectiveness, Stallia is also a good option for this, as it will decrease the zombie's eating speed allowing it to deal more damage to them. Iceberg Lettuce and Stunion can also be used as they can allow the zombie next to it to take damage from Endurian without losing more health by being bitten. Endurian can be used to counter Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels, especially when boosted.

In Wild West, Endurian can be used against Prospector Zombie, as it provides a good defense for the first column. Additionally, Endurians can be paired with Tall-nuts by placing Endurians in front of Tall-nuts to fend Zombie Bulls off. This will force them to throw their Zombie Bull Riders only for them to die due to being stuck between the two plants.

It is also a very useful defensive plant to use in all Endless Zones. Planting Endurians in the third column from the left is an effective way of stalling Imps thrown by Gargantuars while damaging them at the same time. Like any defensive plant, Endurian can recover its health using Wall-nut First Aid, but even just one Shovel Boost makes this action meaningless. When fighting Gargantuars themselves, slowing plants like Winter Melon or Sap-fling should be used.

While Endurian is attacking zombies, planting another defensive plant directly in front of it will make the zombies eat the plant for a long time while still being attacked by Endurian. Planting an Endurian in front of an attacking Endurian can make the zombies take twice the damage.

Spikerock is also a good choice to be paired with Endurian so that the amount of damage inflicted to zombies will be greater, especially when they come in hordes. However, this pair is not to be used if encountering Gargantuars.

A boosted Endurian is also a big help provided that the toughness and the damage dealt is increased substantially (matching the health of a Wall-nut and the damage of a Spikerock).

It is a very bad idea to leave Endurian alone because it has 25% less health than a Wall-nut which means that multiple zombies can damage it a lot. Like it is described above, Endurians almost always needs some other plants to provide support.

In the Chinese version, a leveled up Endurian has more health and attack, the stench ignores armor and hits zombies directly. It is recommended to use this as the defensive plant when it has leveled up.

General

 * Endurian (Level 2 in Chinese version) and Shadow-shroom are the only plants that ignore zombie armor when attacking.
 * Endurian is extremely similar to Durian, a plant in Plants vs. Zombies Online which is also defensive and damages zombies. They are also both durian plants, so he is possible that the earlier plant influenced the creation of Endurian.
 * However, their Plant Food effects are different.
 * In his second and third degrade, you can see large seeds inside of Endurian that resembles seeds of real-life durians.
 * Endurian is the third durian in the whole series, with the other ones being Durian from Plants vs. Zombies Online and Durian from Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2

 * The sound he makes when it attacks are similar to the ones of Power Snow's effects.
 * Endurian's spikes while attacking are much smaller than his spikes in the trailer. This is because the spikes in the trailer are part of its Zen Garden watering animation.

Specific to Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2

 * In his costume Puzzle Piece, he wears both his international costumes, even though he only wears his sumo belt costume in the Chinese version.

Endurian Терпящий дуриан Endurian