Citron (PvZ: GW2)


 * For other versions, see Citron (disambiguation).

Citron is a playable plant class in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. He is a time-traveling, bounty-hunting orange from the future who traveled to the present to turn the tide of battle. He is the tank class of the plants team.

Website description
''The Citron is a time-travelling bounty hunter from the future… and also an orange. His one of a kind transformation ability allows him to get into the action faster than any other Plant, then instantly transform to attack mode for maximum effectiveness!''

Stickerbook description
''Citron is a time-travelling bounty hunter from the future, who also happens to be an orange. He's here to chew bubblegum and kick Z-Mech butt, and he's all out of bubblegum.''

In-game description
Use his ball form to roll right into the action before switching to attack mode, laying waste to Zombies with his Orange Beam!

Variants

 * Iron Citron
 * Electro Citron
 * Frozen Citron
 * Party Citron
 * Toxic Citron

Strategies

 * The EMPeach can both stun and damage all zombies affected by the attack. Its best use is against a group of zombies.
 * The Peel Shield only blocks attacks from the front, so avoid being flanked.
 * Do not overestimate your shield. It can be broken if it takes too much damage.
 * You can use your primary weapon while using the Peel Shield to improve your chances of success in a fight.
 * If you use Citron Ball while you are using Peel Shield, the shield will be lost.
 * Citron Ball is best used to advance up to tactical positions or for a quick escape.
 * Use the enhanced speed from Hyper Ball to distract zombie players while your teammates deal some damage.
 * Spin Dash will do great damage to any Imp; if they are giving you trouble, charge right into them.

Trivia

 * His name could reference three things; one being Citrus, the fruit, which is an orange-like fruit, the name could come from the word "Citrus" and the "tron" part would come from Citron being part-robot, or, the name could come from Citron, the lemon like fruit.
 * He seems to be the only plant class that originates from Plants vs. Zombies 2, although it is heavily redesigned.
 * He may be based on the Droideka from the Star Wars saga. Both can turn into a ball and roll around, deploy shields, and fire laser-like blasts from their appendages.
 * His Citron Ball skill could be a reference to Samus Aran's Morph Ball from the Metroid series.
 * His description also says "The Citron is a time-travelling bounty hunter," which may also refer to Samus Aran because she is a galactic bounty hunter.
 * The Spin Dash is probably based off of the similar named move of Sonic.
 * It being mentioned that he is from the future references Far Future.
 * The original Citron was from Far Future as well.
 * EMPeach, his ability, is based on the plant of (almost) the same name from Far Future.
 * Citron and Rose, along with their variants, are the only plants to wield an actual weapon. Citron is equipped with an orange laser blaster.
 * When firing the Orange Beam, the sound from the Sunflower's Sunbeam can be heard.
 * Coincidentallly, Citron's Orange Beam also looks like Sunflower's Sunbeam.
 * The sentence, "He's here to chew bubblegum and kick Z-Mech butt, and he's all out of bubblegum" is a reference to a scene from the 1988 dystopian sci-fi action movie They Live.
 * The original quote is: "It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum!"
 * When the player customizes Citron, they can transform Citron into Ball Mode.
 * The player can also customize the looks of Citron whilst in his Ball Mode.
 * In the January 2016 patch, Citron's weapon now overheats faster. In addition, his Peel Shield now absorbs 75 damage rather than 100.
 * According to Gary Clay, Citron and Future Cactus are best friends and bounty hunting rivals in the future.
 * In Assault Mode, he is the slowest base character in the game.
 * He and Citrus Cactus are the only plants based on oranges. Though Citrus Cactus doesn't return in Garden Warfare 2.
 * He is one of the two classes to have two Legendary variants, with the other being Super Brainz.
 * Coincidentally, both are also the only classes to not have a fire variant yet.
 * In trailers, he had 32 ammo, different ability icons and his weapon name was "Orange Laser" instead of "Orange Beam."
 * Electro Citron is the only variant that actually has 32 ammo in the final release. Though it was later changed to 24 ammo.

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