Snow Pea (PvZH)


 * For other versions of this plant see Ice Pea (disambiguation)

Snow Pea is a in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the  class. It costs 2 to play, and has 2/2. It has no traits, and its ability gives the Freeze effect to any zombie this does damage to immediately after.

Origins
It is based on the plant from Plants vs. Zombies with the same name.

Statistics

 * Class: Smarty
 * Tribe: Pea Plant
 * Traits: None
 * Ability: When this hurts a Zombie, Freeze that Zombie.
 * Set - Rarity: Basic - Common

Card description
Learned everything he knows during the Great Freeze Tag Wars of '08.

Update 1.2.11

 * Set - Rarity change: Premium - Uncommon → Basic - Common
 * Replaced by Chilly Pepper in the Green Shadow Ally Pack.

With
This plant can be extremely potent if used correctly. First of all, its has average stats, meaning that it can live a weak hit while hitting for quite a lot. However, its main strength is its ability to Freeze zombies. Even if Snow Pea is destroyed, you can get a free hit on the zombie the next turn because of the Freeze effect. Your opponent also does not have a good way of countering the Freeze effect afterward, except for making the frozen zombie do a bonus attack, but even then, it only unfreezes the zombie.

Unfortunately, since zombies attack first, Snow Pea is destroyed in combat in most situations, since there are many zombies with 2 strength. This wastes the full potential of its ability. In order to avoid a situation like that, you can make it do a bonus attack as Green Shadow to let it attack first before the zombie in front of it does, continuously freezing and disabling it until it is destroyed, of until the Freeze effect is removed. Another way of creating the freezing chain is to play Iceberg Lettuce to freeze the zombie.

Using this with Snowdrop is an ideal way to use this, or with Torchwood. With Snowdrop, this will act as a cheap tool to power Snowdrop up. Using this with Torchwood somehow doesn't get rid of its ability, so using this in tandem is a great idea.

Against
This plant is very hard to deal with in the early-game. If it survives after combat, it can continuously whittle down on a zombie without it being hurt, due to its ability. This is very dangerous if used with Snowdrop.

Using a trick or any damaging ability is the best way to deal with this plant. You can also make the zombie facing Snow Pea do a bonus attack to get rid of the Freeze effect, or to attack it first before it attacks the zombie. However, if you have neither, it is best to use a zombie with 2 strength or more to minimize the damage since it destroys Snow Pea in one attack, even if it is frozen in the process.

Trivia

 * In this game, it has a blue stem and leaves similar for Snow Pea's Plant Food effect from Plants vs. Zombies 2 and Ice Queen Pea.
 * Unlike the other games, Torchwood does not cancel out its ability to Freeze zombies.