Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-27053902-20171126033950/@comment-25066951-20180110103708

IAmPlayer wrote: I'm still taking Winter Melon. It has Splash straight from level 1, sure it's expensive, but the PF is still good, and when combined, Winter Melons in a coulmn on a Power Tile and it's given Plant Food would cause a bigger chaos than Snow Pea's. Winter Melon never was dethroned from the first game of overall balance between damage output, splash capability, and added effects (i.e Chill). He is also the original hard hitter not hampered by a 'click to activate' feature. Sure, there are other plants capable of dealing more damage such as Cob Cannon or Citron, but they are all held back by varying limiting factors such as the necessity of player interaction, or lack of splash damage. This effectively puts Winter Melon in the center of being the most effective damage dealer when also considering splash damage and efficiency. The fact that in the second game the upgrade concept was scrapped just made him, alongside the other former upgrade plants more versatile.

Of course, there are reasons to not use Winter Melon. His massive sun cost in the second game is what keeps it balanced for what he's capable of. For that reason, it's up to the player's discretion for whether the large damage output is worth the high sun cost, or if they should settle for a plant with a lower sun cost, such as Melon Pult, Pepper Pult, or Dusk Lobber.