The Chickening


 * For other uses, see Zombie Chicken (disambiguation).

The Chickening is a appearing in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, and a member of the  class. It costs 4 to play, and its ability does 2 damage to every plant on the field.

Statistics

 * Class: Crazy
 * Tribe: Pet Trick
 * Ability: Do 2 damage to each Plant.
 * Set - Rarity: Basic - Common

Card description
''So. Many. Feathers.''

Update 1.2.11

 * Icon change: three Zombie Chickens now appear instead of just one.

With
One of the few board wipe tools available for the zombie side alongside Weed Spray and Acid Rain, The Chickening is designed to fight aggro decks and their high attack, low health fighters. As the game progresses and the plants' overall health increases, The Chickening can continue to function as a powerful, but rather expensive trick to weaken plants in conjunction with Bungee Plumber and Zombot's Wrath.

Use it like you would use Sour Grapes, but as a trick and the fact it deals more damage. You could also use this to defeat plants in the way of your Anti-Hero zombies so they can get direct hits on the opposing hero (only applicable for Impfinity). If you combine this with the, you can wipe out all plants (except plants that cannot be damaged at all for that turn via certain means like ) in one turn, just by playing this trick while the Zombot Sharktronic Sub is alive. Note that this option is only possible if the player is Impfinity, or Professor Brainstorm (through Eureka). Another option is to simply use this to defend yourself from plants with low health and high strength, but you could also save it for a later use. Playing this trick can also boost pet zombies like Cat Lady and Zookeeper since it is a pet card, which can benefit them well.

Against
heroes should be especially careful of this trick, as The Chickening can wipe out their entire lineup. Increasing health with Grow-Shroom, Storm Front, Steel Magnolia and Bubble Up is a good way to reduce the potential destruction that The Chickening cause. It is best to pay attention when heroes save 4 or more brains, possibly hinting that the player should start protecting their plants.

Trivia

 * Its name may be a reference to the 2008 horror movie "The Happening," a horror film about plants attacking humanity by spraying a deadly mist.
 * However, the name is also possibly a reference to dialogue of a Wild West level, which was a Locked and Loaded before the 1.7 version. In the dialogue, Penny says that the day the level took place on will be remembered as "The Great Chickening of 1850."