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(Future Blog) Ballistic Planet's Top 20's: The August Update
It's that time of the... I don't know, quarter I guess? Anyways, the 5.1 update has been released, and since my last blog, we've gotten four more plants. Let's see how they stack up against the rest!

Rules and Format
There's going to be some new rules this time around.


 * As standard, the list order will go Least Favorite > Most Favorite > Worst > Best.
 * For my Best and Worst list, the following world exclusive plants will not be allowed on them.
 * Grave Buster
 * E.M.Peach
 * Lily Pad
 * Tangle Kelp
 * Hot Potato
 * Gold Leaf
 * Thyme Warp
 * Perfume-shroom
 * These plants, though considered World Exclusive by many, are not by me, and will be allowed.
 * Blover
 * Spring Bean
 * NEW: I have introduced a new rule regarding plant food for the Best and Worst lists.
 * Plant food is now taken into account.
 * A plant can be saved from the Worst list due to this rule, but cannot make the Best list just because they have a good plant food effect.
 * Conjoined entries (or having multiple plants in the same entry) are allowed.

That's it for rules, now for format.


 * Each list contains 20 entries. (This should be obvious, but last time my Least Favorite list was a Top 15)
 * Each list is allowed to have anywhere from 0-10 honorable/dishonorable mentions. (from 0-6)
 * Entry formatting:
 * Each entry will have a "witty/humorous" (at least I think so) title, referencing the plant in some way.
 * Each entry will have a picture of the plant in that entry, as well as a description explaining why I put the plant where it is.
 * Unlike my last blog, I will NOT be summarizing my opinions from my previous blogs. I will rewrite them as well as update them.
 * Finally, each entry will have a table, showing where the entry has been in the past.
 * Honorable/Dishonorable Mentions now have tables to go along with them, too.
 * After all of my lists, there'll be a statistics table, showing my favorite plant from each world, as well as my favorite "type" (Sun Producer, Defensive, Offensive etc.)

Now that you know every excruciating detail of what you're getting yourself into, let's begin with my personal Least Favorites.

Least Favorite
As stated before, this list is back to being a Top 20 again. I've had quite the opinion change on some of the plants, and because of that, I've been able to expand this list again.

Dishonorable Mentions


Unlike all of my previous Least Favorite lists, we actually have a DHM this time! Here, we have Jalapeno. I mostly dislike this plant due to his very ugly design, and his mediocre power in game. While he's certainly not the worst in either of those categories, I figured he's bad enough that I should give him a spot here.

#20 Coding Mess


If you were here back in December 2015, you'd get the joke. Anyway, Nightshade makes this list because of a few factors. Firstly, I personally hyped up Nightshade due to how insane and messy his code was. It looked like Nightshade was supposed to do a lot of things. However, while he still does a lot of things, he doesn't do them very well. He has very low DPS, and without Moonflower, Nightshade is bad since it can only attack three times before becoming useless. Not to mention the fact that I dislike the design of this plant by quite a bit, and it's costume is glitchy, you have yourself a pretty bad plant.

#19 Magic Infection


Look below, and you'll be very confused, as Sun Bean has both "arrows" on it. This is because Sun Bean was on my list last time as a DHM, and that list only had 17 plants total. Anyways, Sun Bean is here pretty much only because of his uselessness. However, sucking is only a part of the way I rate my Least Favorites, and because I find him to be pretty cute, I'll keep him low on this list.

#18 Purple People Eater


This should come as a surprise to nobody. While Chomper does have a cool design, and his costume is pretty good, when you're one of the worst plants in the game, you're going to be hated by many. And while I don't hate this thing, his terrible in game effect and bad experiences with him bring him to #18 on this list.

#17 Currantly terrible


Up next, we have one of the newest plant, Electric Currant. Firstly, his design is interesting, and I kind of like it. And his costumes make sense, even I think they don't look very good on him. I even really like some of his animations. What puts this plant on this list is his facial expression, and his effect in game. His facial expression is like some half-hearted smile, like the developers "told" him, "Hey, we want you to be smiling at all times in the game", and Currant didn't want to, but he was forced to, so he just put on a fake one. And his effect in game, while not entirely bad, has so much potential that can't be utilized. It's very unqiue, but too hard to use with the way the game works, and because of that he's on this list.

#16 Legos


Spikeweed as a plant is just terrible, hardly doing any damage to zombies, mostly just there as a way to stop smaller critters (like Imps or Chickens). Besides that, I have a hard time "attaching" myself to this plant. This plant is so 1-Dimensional and bland that I forget it's there most of the time. Also, the default costume for it is ugly as crap. What's saving this thing from being lower is his design (which I somewhat like), and his unused 3D glasses costume.

#15 China Reject


Pepper-pult returns for another round of mediocrity. While I somewhat like his design, this plant is useless outside of Frostbite Caves due to his long recharge, and PopCap removed one of the costumes for him that I quite liked. While I still somewhat like his design, the fact that PopCap has made this plant A LOT worse than it had to be is just maddening.

#14 RNG the Game


Ever since she received her bug fix, Electric Blueberry has just been a disappointment for me. Before, she could kill any zombie on the screen at will, making her a dangerous but really fun plant. But now, the game rigged her so that she focuses the zombies that you don't want it to. This, coupled with her ugly design and the weird vibe she gives off (it feels like she gives off an "Overly attached girlfriend" vibe), put hers on this list.

#13 PopCap's Punching Bag


Bowling Bulb is a plant that has fallen from grace for me since his inception. Firstly his concept is unique and interesting, and his costume fits him all to well. Plus, I kind of like his design. So, why do I hate this plant? Well, it got nerfed three (count em!), three times, making his effect not only bad after one rotation, but extremely clunky and slow. This plant just feels so awful to use, and it has so much potential. And because of that, it makes this list.

#12 Sea-Bound Grimrose


Tangle Kelp is a plant that I liked a lot in PVZ1, that PVZ2 ruined. Firstly, his design in PVZ1 was really cool, and looked totally bad***. In PVZ2, they made it a lot more awkward, and the costume they give him is confusing and it doesn't look good on him. In PVZ1 Tangle Kelp was a good instant because there were only two water lanes you had to worry about, and not many zombies came there, so when you needed to use Tangle Kelp, he'd always be there for you. In PVZ2, there are 5 lanes of water you have to worry about, and because PVZ2 has a higher quantity of zombies then PVZ1, Tangle Kelp is just generally not as helpful. And you can't place Tangle Kelps preemptively in PVZ2 because of the Low Tide mechanic, making all of your progress on building Tangle Kelps worthless.

#11 Ruined again


This may come as a surprise to many of you, but Tall-nut for a time was my favorite plant in PVZ1. And he still is one of my favorite plants in that game. I loved his design there, and his effect was actually very useful because almost every single zombie actually ate the plants. In PVZ2, like with Tangle Kelp, they ruined him. They made his design look awkward, they gave him some absolutely terrible costumes (I hate all of his facial hair costumes), and because not too many of the zombies eat in PVZ2, plus the quantity is larger, trying to keep these guys on the field is tough. Tall-nut is higher on this list than Tangle Kelp though because I like him more in the original, and because of that they ruined him that much harder for me.

(Future Blog) Ballistic Planet rambles on about something that isn't PVZ related
My sandbox has a hint as to what this could be.

(Blog put on hold) Ballistic Planet ranks worlds based on plant quality
So, you guys should know by now that I'm one of the most elitist PVZ2 players out there. In between my tier list and my countless top lists, it's clear that I'm a very opinionated player. So, instead of doing another tier list blog or top list blog, (those will come soon), I figured today that I would do something that could help out newer players. I will rank each world in Plants vs. Zombies 2, from worst to best, based on the quality of plants from the world, so that you know what (in my opinion) is the best way to spend your world keys (right now, anyway).

Scoring system

 * I assign each plant a point value based on which tier they're in on my tier list. I will be using my no plant food tier list for this.
 * S+-tier plants earn 5 points for their world.
 * S-tier plants earn 4 points.
 * A-tier plants earn 3 points.
 * B-tier and C-tier plants earn 2 points.
 * D-tier and E-tier plants earn 1 point.
 * F-tier and F--tier plants earn 0 points, because they suck.
 * G-tier plants also earn 0 points, because they aren't judged by my tier list.

The average score of a world is 1.726 using this method, so scores will be very close. Additionally, I will be listing all plants in a world along with their score under the world they represent. Here are the Ancient Egypt plants as an example.

And without any further ado, let's begin.

#11
Score:0.858

Wow, that was quick! But yes, the first world you unlock is ofcourse the worst one, and it's no surprise why. Firstly, you only really get two worth-while plants here; Twin Sunflower and Iceberg Lettuce (and only for his great Plant Food Effect). After that, the plants range from mediocre to utter garbage. While Repeater and Bloomerang are certainly usable this early on, as you progress more you'll forget about these.

#10
Score:1

\ #10 and #9 are a tie, so I'll list them in order of release date. Starting off with Big Wave Beach. Firstly, you could make an argument that all Big Wave Beach plants are trash, and should earn 0 points each. While this is definitely a good point of view, I'm a bit more generous. However, that's still 3 plants that earn 0 points, and the other 2 plants aren't top point earners higher. Combined with how difficult Big Wave Beach is, I'd definitely go for this world last.

#9
Score:1

And the other world is Neon Mixtape Tour! And really it's also not hard to see why. Like Big Wave Beach, an argument can be for all of the Neon Mixtape Tour plants being garbage and worth 0 points. While I don't have this mentality, I do think that all of the Neon Mixtape Tour plants are incredibly niche in use, and they don't earn very many (or any) points because of that. If you're trying to collect good plants in this game, then I'd say wait a while before doing Neon Mixtape Tour.

#8
Score:1.6

I'm going to be honest here, any world from here on out I'd say is completely fine to unlock first if you're going for good plants. And even though Lost City is at #8, it's completely worth it to unlock Red Stinger, A.K.E.E., and Stallia, because they will help you beat levels much more easily. The reason why this world is so low though is because both the other two plants drag down this worlds quality by quite a bit. But even at #8, Lost City is worth it.

#7
Score: 1.625

Pirate Seas is a great world for new players. The first two plants you get, Kernel-pult and Snapdragon, are great at clearing out these levels, and can be taken into other worlds to good effect. And if you keep playing, you get two more great plants in Coconut Cannon and Cherry Bomb. And even though Cherry Bomb is very much outclassed at this point, he's still a good enough plant to use, especially if you don't plan on buying any premiums.

What keeps this world so low though is that the other half of the world is filled with plants that are far less desirable then the rest (Spikeweed, Spring Bean without plant food, Threepeater, and Spikerock). And because these plants earn almost no points, this world is low. Still though, if you're a new player, I recommend you go for this world first.

#6
Score: 1.714

The only reason why Wild West is halfway up this list because it has two incredibly good offensive plants. Melon-pult, and Winter Melon. And you get these plants towards the end of the world. Outside of that, the rest of the plants are pretty terrible. I do not recommend going into this one until you have some nice early game, because all this world gives you is fire power.

#5
Score: 1.8

Like BWB and NMT, #5 and #4 are a tie. The Dark Ages brings you two great plants in Fume-shroom and Sun-shroom, while the other plants aren't great. However, since you get these two good plants very early on in the world, it's worth it. While the other plants you get are pretty bad, the sheer quality of the good plants bring this world up.

#4
Score: 1.8

Frostbite Caves ties with Dark Ages for 4th. However instead of the frontloadedness of Dark Ages, Frostbite Caves' quality is a tiny bit more spread out. Almost all of the plants you obtain from here are decent enough, and can get you through levels. Chard Guard and Stunion are the highlights of this world, as their stalling capabilities are really good.

#3
Score: 2

Remember when I said that Far Future has dome of the worst quality plants in the game? Yeah, I don't know what I was on then, because Far Future has a lot of good plants. Literally all but two (3 if you count Magnifying Grass) plants here are very useful, and can help in many situations (Remember, Infi-nut has a low rating because he's bad without plant food. But with plant food, it's great). I highly recommend that if you're new to go here after Pirate Seas, as these plants will help you out a lot.