Dandelion


 * For the similar plant in the Chinese version, see Dandelion (Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time Chinese version) For the plant in Plants vs. Zombies Online, see Dandelion (Plants vs. Zombies Online).

Dandelion is a special-edition and a premium plant released in the 3.4.4 update of Plants vs. Zombies 2. It can attack in the rows above or below as well as having the ability to attack on the row it is planted on. Additionally, if Blover or Hurrikale is used, two Dandelions on screen in the case of Blover, or two in its lane if Hurrikale is used, will release multiple small bombs, and then have to recharge before they can start attacking again. Being a special-edition plant, it can only be obtained for a limited time, however once obtained it can be kept indefinitely.

Almanac Entry
DAMAGE: Heavy RANGE: Multi-Lane RECHARGE: Mediocre

Dandelions send explosive seeds down three different lanes, one lane at a time.

Range Details: can attack targets in the lane above or below

Special: may react to certain strong winds

"Look," says Dandelion, shaking his head, "I'm not a leprechaun and I'm not a genie. You can blow my seeds off all you want, but I can't make your wish come true. I don't even know how that rumor got started."

Plant Food
When fed Plant Food, it shoots eight big dandelion seeds into the air, which float down slowly to random zombies, inflicting damage.

Strategies
Concentrate Dandelions in certain areas where there is not a heavy weapon like Winter Melon or Banana Launcher. This is also a good alternative to the use of Threepeaters. Once enough sun is saved up for heavy weapons in each lane, dig the Dandelions up.

The use of Dandelion is drastically maximized in levels with great concentrations of high-flying zombies such as Dead Man's Booty and Terror from Tomorrow. Provided the use of wind generating plants like



Blover (a guaranteed wipe-out of all the flying zombies in the screen) and Hurrikale (pushing all the zombies in a lane 5 tiles back + one-hit KO to all flying zombies), Dandelions will inflict additional damage to high health zombies while stalling them at the same time. Dandelion's flying seed bombs also inflict splash damage, further increasing its usefulness with slowing plants like Winter Melon, Sap-fling, etc. Dandelions also works well in tandem with Spikeweed or Spikerock (preferred) if dealing with high zombie densities.

One of its downsides however is its mediocre recharge, high sun cost and a 15 second delay after being blown by the wind. It also has a very slow firing speed, so it must have sufficient support to stay alive.

Trivia

 * It is very similar to its Chinese counterpart. Notable differences include the following:
 * A green colored head instead of a yellow one.
 * Eyebrows.
 * Different face and body.
 * Its attack affects three rows as opposed to one.
 * Plant Food ability.
 * It is affected by wind-making plants.
 * Bombs launched by the Chinese one are dropped on zombies, while bombs launched by this one fly right into zombies.
 * It is the only plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time that costs 275 sun. However, if Oak Archer from the Chinese version of the game is included, this is the second plant.
 * It is the only plant affected by other plants, specifically Blover and Hurrikale, not including Torchwood.
 * Both of its costumes are references to its almanac entry.
 * In the order in which plants were released, Dandelion is the first plant since Tile Turnip to have a completely new sun cost.
 * Frostbite Caves' wind oddly does not affect it, despite being a powerful gust of wind.
 * The damage depends on which type of bomb it releases. 1 for the small bomb, 2.5 for the medium one and 10 for the big one.
 * For a very short time following the official release of the 3.4.4 update one could obtain this plant for 109 gems. Shortly after the gem cost was changed to 129 gems.
 * If this is counted, then Dandelion would be the second plant to have its price changed, the first being Hurrikale.
 * Despite being referred to as male in the almanac, the description for the 3.4.4 update in the App Store and Google Play, along with the Plants vs Zombies Facebook page and advertisements in game list it as female.
 * There is a glitch having to do with using it in a level in which the player cannot lose more than a number of plants. If he or she chooses Dandelion, it says that using it means losing a plant.
 * However, this probably refers to the use of Blover and Hurrikale on this plant, as both of these plants count as losing a plant.
 * When using, it will only count Blover or Hurrikale as losing a plant and not count the Dandelion.
 * Although, in a few devices, 2 plants are lost while using Blover or Hurrikale.
 * Dandelion's bomb explosion seems to be a mixture of the explosion created by blue spikes when Plant Food is used on Homing Thistle, and the explosion created by a flaming pepper from a Pepper-pult when it hits a zombie.