Snow Pea

The Snow Pea is the second offensive plant that you get in the game which is not Instant. It is also one of the three plants that can slow down zombies by freezing them. It does the same amount of damage as the Peashooter, but with its slowing effect, makes it a valuable asset in your arsenal of plants.

Usage


Plant Snow Peas anywhere you would plant Peashooters. They have the same damage and rate of fire as a Peashooter, but since they slow zombies down, they can actually do more damage to a zombie before it can reach the Snow Pea. Slowed zombies move and attack about half as fast as regular zombies of their type. It can also slow down fast zombies but cannot slow down the Zomboni. The slowing effect lasts even after the Snow Pea has been eaten.

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Snow Pea (Frozen Peashooter)

Snow Peas shoot frozen peas that damage and slow the enemy.

Damage: normal, slows zombies

Folks often tell Snow Pea how "cool" he is, or exhort him to "chill out." They tell him to "stay frosty." Snow Pea just rolls his eyes. He's heard 'em all.

Cost: 175

Recharge: fast



Standard levels
A single column of Snow Peas will slow the the incoming horde. Multiple Snow Peas in a single lane don't perform much better, not providing additional slowing effects, so unless you're getting them for free, there's probably no need to plant more than one per lane as they are useless and cost Sun. Of course, having multiple is helpful when zombies eat one, as they will remain slowed. On the roof levels, Snow Peas cannot shoot over the roof's edge unless they are in the first sloped column, so they are not too helpful.

Snow Peas work well in conjunction with Wall-nuts/Tall-nuts and Spikeweed/Spikerock. Slowing the zombies down allows more time for the spikes to do damage to the zombies.

Note that if a frozen pea passes through the flame of a Torchwood, it will thaw into a regular pea. Furthermore a slowed zombie hit with a flaming pea will thaw, so it is generally unwise to use Snow Peas in the same lanes as Torchwoods. But if two Torchwoods are placed in the same row where a Snow Pea is planted, the frozen pea will turn into a flaming pea. Also, Screen Door Zombies are immune to the Snow Pea's slowing effect as long as they still have their screen door; the same applies with Ladder Zombies and their ladders, as well as Newspaper Zombies and their newspapers.

If you still wish to use a Snow Pea with a Torchwood, you could place the Snow Pea in front of the torchwood. However, the normal flaming peas will still thaw its target, making it relatively useless in this situation. Also, once Winter Melons become available, it may be a good idea to replace Snow Peas in favor of the damage and splash slowing effect.it is also a good combination with the Kernel-pult.

Slot Machine Mini-game
You can't really control when you get Snow Peas, but try to spread them out, one per lane, until you have at least one in each lane. It depends on your luck when you get them or not.



`Trivia

 * Its name is a reference to the snow pea, a pea that grows at the end of winter.
 * Its color and peas, not green, but it is slower than a regular pea.
 * This is one of the three Plants that have ice crystals and freeze Zombies that approach Your House, the other two being the Ice-shroom and the Winter Melon.
 * All three of these freezing plants will cause a killed zombie to fall over at a slower rate.
 * Snow Peas are effectively the same as a Repeater, because they do the same amount of damage for the same length the zombie walks. However, the Snow Pea cannot be stacked on a single lane, as the freezing affects only the first zombie in the row.
 * If there is a Peashooter (or a Repeater, Threepeater, etc.) shooting in the same row with a Torchwood before the Snow Pea (the Peashooter using the Torchwood and the Snow Pea put in front of the Torchwood), the flaming pea will cancel the effect of the Snow Pea or vice-versa, so it is not advisable to put a Peashooter with a Torchwood on the same lane as the Snow Pea. It is also not advisable to put a Snow Pea in front of a Torchwood, as it will turn the frozen pea into a normal pea otherwise.
 * Snow Pea is a male plant.
 * In the cover art for the Plants vs. Zombies Original Soundtrack, the Snow Pea uses its mouth as a trumpet.
 * If a pea-shooting ZomBotany Zombie is frozen, it will be slowed, but it still fires peas at the same rate.
 * It is unknown if it has a mouth or not.
 * It is the 2nd shooter in the game.
 * It is also the first freezing plant in the game.
 * When the Snow Pea shoots a frozen pea, a small glittering sound is heard.
 * It is the first plant you recieve with ice crystals on its body.
 * It is also the only Peashooting Plant that does not have a green head.
 * While the actual Snow Pea is blue and resembles an icy color, an Imitater Snow Pea is actually very white and looks more official to be named a "Snow Pea."
 * If you have two Torchwoods in one lane, all snow peas before the Torchwoods shot will be flaming peas.