Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time/@comment-24516318-20140328174145/@comment-976523-20140412132615

I prefer a set-up of Twin Sunflower (C1 & C2), Potato Mine (pre-flag), Lightning Reed (C5 & C6), Winter Melon (C3), Citron (C4) and Spikerock, with a switch at the last (either E.M. Peach for multiple bots, or Infi-Nut for its barrier property at C7). I find that it works wonders, though it can be a bit expensive (then again, because of Power Tiles, the amount of Sun you generate is often enough to get one WM before your first flag).

Magnifying Glass is great if you don't expect to waste too much Sun, because you can rapid-fire and clear just about anything with a few choice blows, but it doesn't work as well if you need too much Sun. It's not as good at early levels or, really, before Twin Sunflower because the cost of firing the shots is too much. However, once you generate enough Sun that you get to 5,000 easily, Magnifying Glass becomes a powerhouse.

I rarely use Tile Turnip, though. I tried it once or twice, and generally I die because of that, if only because the cost of setting two kinda ruins the careful preparation you need to have (particularly if you're trying to spare 1 spot for PT + Twin Sunflower and connect the rest with, say, Citrons or Lightning Reeds for their PF powers. Magnifying Glass does better to waste Sun than that.

Again, Potato Mine is one of the best plants on any Endless Zone. It stops being useful after you set up the rest of the plants, but the regen speed and the low cost are excellent for early defense. It's only worthless when you get more than one zombie before your first flag and you still lack enough Sun for a plant. It's particularly harmful on a WM/Citron/LR set-up (though it's no biggie if you have, say, Kernel-Pults or Laser Beans because they are pretty cheap).

Sometimes I find that replacing Citron or Lightning Reed with Laser Bean is good, but I find Laser Bean the best plant for Ancient Egypt (beats Bloomerang, if you tell me).

To finish: I prefer setting E.M. Peaches when the Disco-tron summons the Disco Jetpack Zombies, because it finishes them in one blow. Also: is it weird that I NEVER use Blovers? Even on Jetpack-heavy zones?