Laser Bean


 * For the version in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, see Laser Bean (PvZ: GW).

Laser Bean is the first plant obtained in Far Future in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It shoots lasers that pierce every zombie in the lane, firing slightly faster than Cabbage-pult.

Almanac entry
Sun cost: 200

DAMAGE: Moderate

RANGE: Multi-Hit

RECHARGE: Fast

Laser Beans fire down a lane, hitting all zombies ahead of it.

Range: All zombies in a lane

After a laser eye surgery had gone horribly right, Laser Bean gained a sense of purpose and a new-found affinity for competitive staring contests.

Overview
It deals two normal damage shots per beam. Laser Bean shoots slightly faster than Cabbage-pult but a bit slower than Bloomerang.

Plant Food
When fed Plant Food, Laser Bean fires a powerful laser, dealing 90 normal damage shots to all zombies in the lane.

Level upgrade
 

Costumed
It shoots a red laser that deals 135 normal damage shots.

General
Because it can damage every enemy within its row with each shot and pierce any obstruction, Laser Bean can prove very useful in levels with high counts of weaker enemies. The beam can empty crowds of weaker zombies from across the lawn, freeing up plants such as Homing Thistle to concentrate on stronger enemies, as well as prove an effective counter against pack enemies such as Camel Zombies, Zombie Chickens, and Ice Weasels. It is also an excellent plant to use in worlds with tombstones, such as Ancient Egypt and Dark Ages. Laser Bean is best in later levels in Endless Zones with heavy zombie crowds, and in Last Stand where sun and planting options are limited.

Disadvantages
Laser Bean's main disadvantage is its lack of raw power and slow rate of fire, especially compared to other plants. Because of this, it cannot take out strong enemies alone, such as Buckethead Zombies, and is susceptible to ambushes, making it vulnerable in those situations without good pairings such as Winter Melons, Repeaters, or other plants.

Endless Zones
In Endless Zones, two columns of Winter Melons and two columns of Laser Beans will help you kill the zombies easily. Laser Bean can be an important plant in clearing the tombstones, as well as attacking the zombies, in Ancient Egypt and Dark Ages.

The Plant Food ability can simulate an ability identical to how Jalapeno chars the zombies. This gives it limited use against attacking multiple lanes, such as when a group of Gargantuars are nearing defenses. However, unlike Jalapeno, it can kill airbone Imps with its Plant Food ability and is very comparable to Citron's ability, except it is more ideal for crowd control as the ability does not stop at zombies which can take more than one instant kill's worth of damage while Citron's power ends when it meets machine zombies like the Robo-Cone Zombie, leaving a chance to the other zombies to charge forward.

In Dead Man's Booty, Laser Beans can be very useful in dealing with Barrel Roller Zombies in large numbers. Comparing to Melon-pults and Winter Melons, which can only deal with the front most Barrel Roller Zombies, Laser Beans can penetrate an entire row of them which is better but combining them with Melon-pults or Winter Melons can make a deadly tandem. Be quick in setting Laser Beans up in triple digit level though as Barrel Roller Zombies may come in squads after killing the first Pirate Zombie.

It is not advised to use this plant by itself against Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels due to the slow cooldown. However, upon coupling with appropriate defense, the ability to penetrate all zombies in a lane can make Laser Beans useful against them, especially as Zombies Chickens and Ice Weasels tend to come in numbers.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2

 * Laser Bean blinks three times before shooting a laser.
 * Laser Bean's name is a pun on laser beam.
 * In the Far Future Piñata Parties, Laser Bean shot faster and its Plant Food effect dealt 30 damage in the lane.
 * When watering it in the Zen Garden, Laser Bean looks like it only has a row of teeth in the upper part of its mouth. However, when the Plant Food upgrade is used, two rows of teeth can be seen.
 * Despite having red irises, Laser Bean shoots light blue lasers.
 * Its Plant Food ability is likely to be a parody to the Shoop Da Whoop meme and also resembles one of Dr. Zomboss's attacks in the Nintendo DS exclusive minigame Air Raid from the Plants vs. Zombies.
 * Laser Bean is the only hitscan plant in the entire Plants vs. Zombies series.
 * Laser Bean's costume is a reference to Superman, as they both shoot lasers out of their eyes.
 * It was originally going to cost 175 sun.
 * It is also the only bean plant that does not have a sun cost of 50, excluding Coffee Bean.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies Online

 * Its laser does 1.5 normal damage shots instead of 2.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies: Journey to the West

 * It looks almost identical to its Plants vs. Zombies 2 counterpart.
 * Its sun cost is 200.
 * Its recharge is slower than the second game.
 * Snapdragon, Bonk Choy, Ghost Pepper, Dandelion from the Chinese version, and Carrot Missile Truck also share this trait.