Bonk Choy


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

Bonk Choy is a plant obtained after completing Ancient Egypt - Day 13 in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It also appears in Plants vs. Zombies Online and Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars. It rapidly punches zombies ahead or behind it, one zombie at a time. A single punch deals 0.75 normal damage shots.

Almanac entry
Sun cost: 150

DAMAGE: Heavy

RANGE: Close

RECHARGE: Fast

Bonk Choys rapidly punch nearby enemies that are ahead or behind them.

Special:  can attack ahead or behind

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Plant Food
When given Plant Food, Bonk Choy rapidly punches in a 3x3 area around it, dealing 75 normal damage shots.

Costumed
Along with its regular effect, Bonk Choy can also attract nearby zombies.

Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars
Rapid mad-punch: Punch the first enemy in its lane and the surrounding eight spaces. It needs Tenacious Plant Food to activate.

Strategies
Bonk Choys should be planted behind Wall-nuts or other defensive plants at all times. They should also be used with other offensive plants. That way, they can survive longer without being eaten and can deal more damage to the zombie on the receiving end.

They are good against Zombie Chickens, Pharaoh Zombies, Seagull Zombies, and Swashbuckler Zombies. Its Plant Food effect can be a life saver in many tight situations, especially in Frostbite Caves.

Bonk Choys can also punch behind which makes it useful to kill Prospector Zombies and Barrel Roller Zombies. If planted at the right time and the right place, Bonk Choy can kill an Explorer Zombie without getting killed itself.

When compared to the other melee plants in the Plants vs. Zombies series, Bonk Choy seems to be among the better of them. Unlike Chomper in Plants vs. Zombies, it has a massively higher attack rate, but lower damage. Bonk Choy, unlike Chomper, can attack behind itself and therefore conjugates with ice floes and counters zombies like Prospector Zombie. The main advantage Chomper has is its ability to instantly eat almost any zombie, allowing it to be much more effective against tougher zombies like Buckethead Zombies which would otherwise kill Bonk Choy. Compared to Beet from Plants vs. Zombies Adventures, Bonk Choy can be considered as a slight upgrade. Bonk Choy, again, has a significantly higher attack rate and damage-per-second compared to Beet, making it better than the Beet for attacking tough zombies. However, Beets kill zombies in less hits, mostly because the health of all zombies is lower in Plants vs. Zombies Adventures than in Plants vs. Zombies 2, and can attack groups of zombies.

Bonk Choys are also good if combined with Kernel-pult or Stunion as they allow them to deal more damage without getting hurt. They are also highly effective when combined with Snapdragon.

General

 * Its name derives from the Chinese cabbage Bok Choy and "bonk", one of the onomatopoeic words used when something is punched.
 * The official Chinese translation for it is 菜问, which is probably based on Yip Man (叶问), Bruce Lee's teacher.
 * Bonk Choy is the first plant to actually punch zombies.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2

 * Bonk Choy is one of the six plants seen in the June 2013 trailer of Plants vs. Zombies 2 while fighting the zombies, the other five are Pea Pod, Bloomerang, Peashooter, Wall-nut, and Sunflower.
 * Bonk Choy, Squash, Split Pea, Ghost Pepper, Homing Thistle, and Magic Mushroom are the only plants that can attack in both the front and the back.
 * It does an uppercut as a final blow.
 * Sometimes, if an ambush zombie comes close to Bonk Choy, it will keep uppercutting it until it dies.
 * Since a Zombie Chicken absorbs 0.25 normal damage shots and needs one hit to die, Bonk Choy just makes a normal punch and not an uppercut. However, the player can still hear the uppercut sound.
 * When a Bonk Choy is planted between zombies behind or ahead from it, it will always aim for the zombies ahead of it.
 * If a Bonk Choy is punching a tombstone, and then a nearby zombie walks through the tombstone, it will punch the zombie instead until it dies.
 * When the player's finger is behind the Bonk Choy (e.g. when collecting sun), it will glance behind itself briefly.
 * According to the beta version of the seed packets, Bonk Choy was originally going to cost 175 sun.
 * It normally takes 12 punches to eliminate a Basic Zombie, but it does the uppercut for every final hit so technically it takes 13⅓ regular punches.
 * The almanac says that its damage is heavy, even though it deals 0.75 normal damage shots which is less than a pea's damage (1 normal damage shot). The reason might be the attack speed of it, as a normal zombie can be killed within one tile.
 * The player can use Bonk Choy before Ancient Egypt - Day 13 in Vasebreaker.
 * As of the 3.1.1 update, when Bonk Choy delivers an uppercut, the zombie's head will be thrown from a very far distance in the direction it was hit. The distance was increased even further in the 3.2 update.
 * However, in the Chinese version, the zombie's head will not be thrown far away.
 * Bonk Choys can kill a Basic Zombie before it can even get on Bonk Choy's tile.
 * In a trailer, Bonk Choy uses the sounds of Squash.
 * Bonk Choy will make an attempt to attack an incoming octopus launched by Octo Zombie.
 * It takes three Plant Food attacks for a Bonk Choy to defeat a Gargantuar. However, only a small amount of damage is needed to kill a Gargantuar after two attacks.
 * Bonk Choy, Grave Buster and Jalapeno are the only plants whose teeth are always visible.
 * Bonk Choy and Toadstool both prioritize dealing zombies ahead of them.
 * In very rare cases, Bonk Choy may attempt to uppercut an electrocuted zombie.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies Online

 * Bonk Choy was formerly unlocked after beating Ancient Egypt - Day 7-1.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars

 * Bonk Choy punches zombies twice at a time.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies: Journey to the West

 * In contrast to other Plants vs. Zombies 2 plants, its appearance is identical, but only with black outlines.
 * Its seed packet picture is taken straight from Plants vs. Zombies 2.
 * While its appearance is the same, its punching sounds are different.
 * Its sun cost is 200.

Bonk choi Бонк Чой