Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-25089892-20160831212144/@comment-29611741-20160908114311

Ballistic Planet wrote: Although Cold Snapdragon already fills this niche, Apple Mortar can be used as a setup/offensive support, much in the same vain as Cold Snapdragon. A few things to consider are that:

1) It works with Winter Melon, whereas Wasabi Whip and Snapdragon (two other good setup plants) don't.

2) Long-ranged, meaning you don't have to put them that close to zombies, unlike other great setup plants. Cold Snapdragon (though the slow circumvents this), Wasabi Whip, Kiwibeast, and Snapdragon can all be put in harms way (especially against zombies that don't eat), but Apple Mortar can sit in the back and do his thing. Fume-shroom is the exception as a level starting plant, as he has good-range.

Again, Cold Snapdragon is probably just better. But for those who either don't have it (which if you want to win the game, then this is the game winning button right here), or don't want to use it all the time (like myself, I've stopped picking Cold Snapdragon in most levels because he does make them a lot easier), then Apple Mortar is probably a good alternative. ... from what I can tell, he's basically a Threepeater of a Primal Peashooter that's lobbed and more powerful than either of them in every way, so he's not an alternative to using prems to make a level much easier.