Fire Peashooter


 * For other uses, see Fire Pea.

Fire Peashooter is the second gem premium and peashooting plant that was first added in the 3.2.1 update of Plants vs. Zombies 2. It was officially released on February 18, 2015 for 109 gems. It shoots one fire pea every 1.5 seconds. It was first confirmed in the Frostbite Caves Part 1 Dev Diary and became available in stores along with the first Frostbite Caves Part 2 teaser Piñata Parties. It releases a red pulse which gradually defrosts plants, similarly to Pepper-pult, Torchwood, and Lava Guava.

Almanac entry
Sun cost: 175

DAMAGE: Normal RANGE: Straight RECHARGE: Fast

Fire Peashooters shoot flaming peas down the lane.

Special: immune to frost

Special: warms nearby plants

Fire Peashooter knows that what she does looks exciting. But working with an open flame is serious and, more importantly, dangerous business. That's why, in her spare time, she talks to children about the importance of fire safety. "I'm a trained professional." she explains. "Don't try this at home, kids."

Plant Food upgrade
When given Plant Food, it spits a fire trail for three seconds that can burn all tiles ahead of the Fire Peashooter, unfreezing plants and dealing 90 damage to every zombie that steps on the trail. Prior to the Frostbite Caves Part 2 update, it dealt 175 damage total and burned only five tiles in front of the Fire Peashooter.

Costumed
Its Plant Food ability summons pillars of fire on each tile, burning any zombie in its path.

Strategies
Because this plant does similar damage to the Repeater (Repeater shoots two peas that each deal one damage shot, but Fire Peashooter shoots one pea that does two damage shots), it is a good all-around use plant (it even costs 25 less sun). However, because this plant uses fire-based projectiles, any zombies hit with fire peas are instantly defrosted, and it can re-ignite Explorer Zombie's torch and Prospector Zombie's dynamite.

This plant is a good choice in Frostbite Caves, along with Pepper-pult. Plant it in the center of your defenses, as frost winds can hinder your efforts otherwise. It is best not to use this plant as your primary defenses though, as it shoots only one flaming pea. Placing this as the front row of your defense prevents Hunter Zombies from being able to do anything and will make quick work of them.

Trivia

 * Fire Peashooter is the only peashooting plant with eyes that are not black. Instead, they are yellow.
 * However, when watered in the Zen Garden, it shows black eyes.
 * In earlier unreleased versions, it used the helmet worn by Peashooter during its Plant Food effect.
 * It is similar to Flaming Pea from Plants vs. Zombies Adventures, but unlike Flaming Pea, it has yellow eyes instead of black eyes and the stem is all red instead of green.
 * The beta seed packet had its bottom leaves shown, unlike the other peashooting plants.
 * Its beta Halloween costume was Peashooter's Halloween costume from 2013.
 * When Fire Peashooter is watered, its fire is extinguished, turning it into a normal Peashooter.
 * It is the only plant to become another plant when watered.
 * If it has its costume on, the red spot on the stick will appear before turning back into Fire Peashooter.
 * It is the only peashooting plant that does not shoot peas when fed with Plant Food.
 * Its cost was originally 139 gems.
 * Fire Peashooter is the only gem premium plant to have a Fast recharge.
 * Fire Peashooter is the third gem premium plant to not be available for a limited amount of time, the previous plants being Homing Thistle and Hurrikale.
 * If the player watches closely, he or she will notice that when a Fire Peashooter is fed Plant Food, its fire burns zombies before it can even get to them.
 * Despite the fact it is listed as female in the Almanac, notifications for the Frostbite Caves Part 2 Piñata Parties referred to it as male.
 * When the player uses Plant Food on it, he or she will see it lighting fire in its lane. However, if zombies enter this lane from slider tiles while it is using Plant Food, he or she will see that the zombies get burnt in the middle of the lanes.
 * If Plant Food is used on it as a Piñata Party ends, even though Fire Peashooter is gone, the fire will stay on the lawn until the event is exited.
 * Fire Peashooter, Laser Bean, and Bowling Bulb are the only plants to have their damage output changed in a subsequent update.
 * It has the lowest gem price, with it costing only 80 gems on sale.
 * So far, Fire Peashooter, Dandelion, Hurrikale, and Lava Guava are the only gem premium plants that had their costs reduced.
 * In a teaser for the Chinese version, there is a frozen Fire Peashooter when it should be impossible for a Fire Peashooter to be frozen since it produces fire.