July 2018 Patch

The July 2018 Patch is a balancing patch for Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 that was released on July 12th, 2018. The patch focused on Rose's crowd controlling abilities and Super Brainz' close ranged playstyle.

Dev Notes
Here are the details for the latest patch in Garden Warfare 2!

Rose is doing her job as a disruptor extremely well but with a little too much ease, making her a very punishing plant for the zombies to play against. Thus, Rose has undergone changes to give zombies a fighting chance against all the crowd control she dishes out. Time Snare had its duration reduced, meaning Rose and her allies need to react faster to take advantage of snared targets. When using Goatify and Psychedelic Goatify players will need to think ahead and place their shot because the projectile now travels slower, giving the zombies a fighting chance to dodge it. Additionally, Rose has had her hitbox adjusted to be more forgiving to play against.

On the zombie side: Super Brainz was always intended to be a high-mobility brawler. However, players generally snipe with him due to his Laser Beam’s effective ranged damage and accuracy. To address this, Super Brainz Laser Beam had its ranged damage reduced, among other changes, to better align him with his brawler playstyle. His Heroic Kick has an additional charge, which can be used in quick succession to cover larger distances. Finally, Turbo Twister grants a major burst of armor and move speed, enabling Super Brainz to survive in the most chaotic of situations.

There are still a few known issues with these characters that we aim to address in future content updates. Stay tuned for more info.

Balancing Notes
Tuning changes:


 * Rose
 * Nec’Rose
 * Rose Abilities
 * Time Snare:
 * Initial position of projectile raised
 * Arcane Lotus:
 * Goatify:
 * Initial position of projectile raised
 * Psychedelic Goatify:
 * Initial position of projectile raised
 * Goatified Player:
 * Psychadelic Goatified Player:
 * Psychadelic Goats are now faster and jump higher than regular Goats.
 * *New* Speed Multiplier: 1.5x
 * *New* Jump Multiplier: 1.5x
 * Rose Hitbox:
 * Initial position of projectile raised
 * Goatified Player:
 * Psychadelic Goatified Player:
 * Psychadelic Goats are now faster and jump higher than regular Goats.
 * *New* Speed Multiplier: 1.5x
 * *New* Jump Multiplier: 1.5x
 * Rose Hitbox:
 * Psychadelic Goats are now faster and jump higher than regular Goats.
 * *New* Speed Multiplier: 1.5x
 * *New* Jump Multiplier: 1.5x
 * Rose Hitbox:
 * Rose Hitbox:


 * Super Brainz:
 * Laser Beam
 * Cozmic Brainz:
 * Cosmic Fists
 * Cosmic Beam
 * Close Damage: 9.5 (Unchanged)
 * Electro Brainz
 * Electro Beam
 * Close Damage: 6 (Unchanged)
 * Electric Chain Damage:
 * Toxic Brainz
 * Toxic Beam
 * Close Damage: 3.5 (Unchanged)
 * Party Brainz
 * Party Beam
 * Breakfast Brainz
 * Break-Fists
 * Batter Spatter
 * Close Damage: 5 (Unchanged)
 * Super Brainz Abilities
 * Heroic Kick
 * Knockback removed.
 * Turbo Twister
 * Electric Chain Damage:
 * Toxic Brainz
 * Toxic Beam
 * Close Damage: 3.5 (Unchanged)
 * Party Brainz
 * Party Beam
 * Breakfast Brainz
 * Break-Fists
 * Batter Spatter
 * Close Damage: 5 (Unchanged)
 * Super Brainz Abilities
 * Heroic Kick
 * Knockback removed.
 * Turbo Twister
 * Breakfast Brainz
 * Break-Fists
 * Batter Spatter
 * Close Damage: 5 (Unchanged)
 * Super Brainz Abilities
 * Heroic Kick
 * Knockback removed.
 * Turbo Twister
 * Batter Spatter
 * Close Damage: 5 (Unchanged)
 * Super Brainz Abilities
 * Heroic Kick
 * Knockback removed.
 * Turbo Twister
 * Super Brainz Abilities
 * Heroic Kick
 * Knockback removed.
 * Turbo Twister
 * Heroic Kick
 * Knockback removed.
 * Turbo Twister
 * Knockback removed.
 * Turbo Twister
 * Turbo Twister