User blog comment:Rex700/The most useless plant ever?/@comment-1835757-20110724063819/@comment-99.45.168.16-20110726151717

You're right, RG3000. Every plant has it's own abilities and advantages but each one also has flaws. Examples: Take the weak Puff Shroom. All it can do is destroy one mere regular zombie, but it's free so it is useful in nighttime when sun is scarce. Even powerful plants like the Gatling Pea and Gloom Shroom have flaws. Gatling Pea doesn't have a AoE unless you pair it up with a Torchwood, so it will have trouble with huge waves, but it is very powerful if it is in a group of many Gatling Peas. Gloom Shrooms have been tested to have the most DPS (Damage per Second) out of all the non-instant plants, but it's short range is a flaw and the only way to protect is from zombies in it's lane is to use Garlics or Pumpkins (keep in mind they need to be replaced often, and Spikerock are needed to delay gargantuars and kill zombonis. The god of the plants, the Cob Cannon, is still not always good. First, its massive sun cost makes sure that you can only have 1 Cob Cannon in a single level. Second, it takes up 2 spaces. Third, in Survival Endless, there is only 4 safe places to place cobs. Fourth, it cannot be protected by pumpkins. Fifth, it takes 40 seconds to reload (20 sec. for the first one) However, let's look at it's advantage and abilities. First, it is one of the 2 plants that can't be stolen by Bungees (the other is the Umbrella Leaf) Second, since you will need alot of Cherry Bombs or other instants in Survival Endless, the Cob Cannon serves as a reusable Cherry Bomb. Third, even though the cob has a 3x3 area of effect, it can be made to 3x4, 4x3, or 4x4 by firing the cob between spaces, something the Cherry Bomb can only wish to do. Fourth, in the roof levels or the pool, if you want to blow up a group of zombies, you need to plant a Flower Pot or a Lily Pad, so if the group is too massive, they will eat the pot or pad in a second, before you even have time to click the cherry bomb. This is why you need Jalapenos (other then melting ice, but it is very unlikely that all of the zombies will be in the same lane (unless you used garlics in the other lanes or you left a lane undefended with only a Tall/wallnut.) The Cob Cannon can fire on the roof and the pool and even slightly off screen. As you can see from my explanations, no plant is useless or not useful, they just need to be used properly and be studied before using.