User:Ballistic Planet/Plants vs. Zombies 2 Viability Rankings

Viability Ranking
Based on Smogon's many viability rankings for it's tiers, I'm doing one for the plants in PVZ2. Based on level 1 plants.

S-tier

Reserved for the best of the best. These plants can win games with little support, can support themselves, and/or provide a massive amount of support to the rest of your load-out, for little opportunity cost.

S+

Cold Snapdragon

S

Bombard-mint

Explode-O-Nut

Gold Bloom

Winter Melon

A-tier

Reserved for plants that are exceptional and may be picked in many situations, however they aren't the end-all be-all and maybe unsuitable for certain situations.

A+

Conceal-mint

Dusk Lobber

Enlighten-mint

Grapeshot

Hurrikale

Iceberg Lettuce

Imitater

Power Lily

Primal Potato Mine

Primal Sunflower

Reinforce-mint

Shadow Peashooter

Shrinking Violet

Solar Tomato

Spear-mint

Winter-mint

A

Arma-mint

Chard Guard

Contain-mint

Enforce-mint

Holly Barrier

Infi-nut

Moonflower

Primal Wall-nut

Sling Pea

Sun-shroom

A-

Bombegranate

Cherry Bomb

Coconut Cannon

Fume-shroom

Electric Peashooter

Ghost Pepper

Kiwibeast

Laser Bean

Melon-pult

Missile Toe

Pepper-mint

Strawburst

Wasabi Whip

B-tier

Reserved for plants that are either very good in specific situations but struggle in others, or are outclassed by plants in higher tiers.

B+

Ail-mint

Apple Mortar

Guacodile

Hot Date

Lava Guava

Parsnip

Sap-fling

Snap Pea

Stallia

Stunion

Tile Turnip

B

Celery Stalker

Escape Root

Goo Peashooter

Jalapeno

Magnet-shroom

Magnifying Grass

Primal Peashooter

Snapdragon

Twin Sunflower

B-

Caulipower

Chili Bean

Enchant-mint

Intensive Carrot

Shadow-shroom

Squash

C-tier

Reserved gimmicky/unreliable plants, ones that require a ton of support to function, or ones that are outclassed.

C+

A.K.E.E.

Banana Launcher

Blover

Fila-mint

Grimrose

Jack O' Lantern

Phat Beet

Potato Mine

Puff-shroom

Red Stinger

Sweet Potato

Witch Hazel

Zoybean Pod

C

Cactus

Citron

Dandelion

Dazey Chain

Fire Peashooter

Snow Pea

Starfruit

C-

Aloe

Appease-mint

Electric Blueberry

Electric Currant

Endurian

Garlic

Homing Thistle

Kernel-pult

Lightning Reed

Nightshade

Pepper-pult

Repeater

Rotobaga

Spikerock

Threepeater

Toadstool

Torchwood

G-tier

Reserved for plants that are only usable in certain stages, and either banned, or should be banned in others.

E.M.Peach

Gold Leaf

Grave Buster

Hot Potato

Lily Pad

Perfume-shroom

Spring Bean

Tangle Kelp

Thyme Warp

D-tier

Reserved for plants that are completely unviable and outclassed. Do not use them.

Bloomerang

Blooming Heart

Bonk Choy

Bowling Bulb

Cabbage-pult

Chomper

Hypno-shroom

Pea-nut

Pea Pod

Peashooter

Spikeweed

Split Pea

Spore-shroom

Sun Bean

Sunflower

Tall-nut

Wall-nut

Changes from last update
Rises:

Gold Bloom A+ > S

Winter Melon A+ > S

Imitater A > A+

Power Lily A > A+

Moonflower B+ > A

Dusk Lobber A- > A+

Laser Bean, Electric Peashooter B+ > A-

Caulipower C+ > B-

Fire Peashooter C- > C

Grimrose C > C+

Homing Thistle D > C-

Iceberg Lettuce C+ > A+

Infi-nut C- > A

Drops:

Solar Tomato S > A+

Chard Guard A > A-

Coconut Cannon A > A-

Guacodile A- > B+

Parsnip A- > B+

Blover B+ > C+

Primal Peashooter B+ > B

Phat Beet B > C+

Sweet Potato, Banana Launcher, Red Stinger, A.K.E.E. B- > C+

Dandelion B- > C

Toadstool C+ > C-

Electric Currant C > C-

Torchwood C > C-

Spikeweed, Sun Bean C- > D

New inserts

Holly Barrier > A

Shadow Peashooter > A+

Goo Peashooter > B+

Sling Pea > A

Snap Pea > A-

Zoybean Pod > B+

Dazey Chain > B+

Fila-mint > C+

Reinforce-mint > A+

Pepper-mint > A

Winter-mint > A+

Enlighten-mint > A+

Bombard-mint > A

Ail-mint > B+

Enchant-mint > B+

Contain-mint > A

Arma-mint > A

Enforce-mint > A

Conceal-mint > A+

Spear-mint > C

Appease-mint > C

3/16 (3/17) update:
Bombard-mint A > S

Pepper-mint A > A-

Chard Guard A- > A

Snap Pea A- > B+

Enchant-mint B+ > B-

Goo Peashooter B+ > B

Zoybean Pod B+ > B-

Lava Guava B > B+

Shadow-shroom C+ > B-

Spear-mint C > A+

Threepeater D > C-

Appease-mint C > C-

Potato Mine/Puff-shroom B- > C+

3/19 and 3/20 updates:
Dazey Chain B+ > C

Zoybean Pod B- > C+

Kernel-pult C > C-

Apple Mortar B > B+