Potato Mine (Ability)


 * For the Potato Mine in other games, see Potato Mine.

Potato Mine is an ability of the Cactus in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare. It has the same ability as it has in the main series of the games it appears in. When one or more zombies get close to it, it explodes and deals 175 damage. The Potato Mine's weakness is that it can also be destroyed by the zombies' weapons.

Description
''Potato Mines force Zombies to look down. If a Zombie sets foot on a Potato Mine, it will explode and they will experience the full force of a "SPUDOW!"''

Health
A Potato Mine has less than or equal to 15 health.

Strategies
A good strategy is to hide it in a place that cannot be noticed, or to put it near a narrow passage with Tallnut Battlements covering up the rest of the space.

Another strategy is to deploy a Potato Mine in the center of a zombie summon point. The Potato Mine will be camouflaged, making it hard to see it. When a zombie walks near the summon point, the Potato Mine will detonate.

Trivia

 * The Potato Mine represents a M18 Claymore.
 * Potato Mines do not need to arm before rising from the ground.
 * However, shortly (1.5 seconds) after they are deployed, the mines are invulnerable to attacks, but cannot detonate as well.This prevent the cactus from using it as an overpowered close range instant-kill attack.
 * Destroying a Potato Mine rewards the attacker with 10 coins.
 * Getting blown up by one also counts as it getting destroyed, thus you still receive the 10 coins.
 * When deploying a Potato Mine, it makes smooching sounds, but in the other games it does not, it is currently unknown why.
 * The Potato Mine's light no longer flashes, possibly because it would be too easy the zombies to notice it, especially in nightime levels.
 * As the zombies, it is possible to vanquish the player's teammates by destroying a Potato Mine when they are close to it. This can often be done on accident.
 * The same can also happen if the player stays too close to the mine while destroying it.
 * In the Operation Yukon trailer, Potato Mine says 'Brains' before blowing up. This now creates a confusion as to whether the Potato Mine was actually a zombie in that video.