Lord Bamboo

Lord Bamboo (竹员外) is a plant in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time. It explodes the first zombie on contact, killing both itself and the zombie.

Almanac Entry
Sun cost : 100

DAMAGE: Massive

AREA: Touch

RECHARGE: Slow

Lord Bamboo explodes the first zombie on contact.

Lord Bamboo lives in a big house in the west of Fireworks Town lonely. He looks ill, but he is, in fact, a loving old man who likes children. He will bring firecrackers to the children in town on Spring Festival, expects them can spend a happy new year. And what he wishes mostly is, his grandson, Bamboo Shoot, who went for learning skills faraway, could knock the door stepping the scraps of firecrackers...

After the Advanced, Lord Bamboo splits after the first explosion, falling to the scene once again caused the explosion of random single-cell high damage.

Plant Food Upgrade
When fed with Plant Food, Lord Bamboo will release a "carpet" of firecrackers on its lane, which will detonate shortly, killing the zombies on it.

Level Upgrades
Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
 * Secondly Explode: Make Lord Bamboo be able to fall down to a single tile after exploding, causes massive damage and chars zombies.
 * Combat Training: Make Lord Bamboo increase a half of damage and toughness.
 * Multi-Explode: Make Lord Bamboo split while falling down, damages an extra tile.
 * Cell Activation: Make Lord Bamboo double increase its damage and toughness.
 * Activity Awaken: Make Lord Bamboo sometimes get a "First Strike" while planting.

Costumed
With its costume, after feeding with Plant Food, the zombies that are damaged by the carpet will be bounced, and they cannot move for a short time.

Trivia

 * Its resembles the Chinese firecrackers (爆竹, literally explosive bamboo).
 * It is the second plant in Chinese version that based on bamboos.
 * According to its Almanac Entry, Bamboo Shoot is its grandson.