Acidic Citrus

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The official name of this plant is Acidic Citrus. However, a literal translation can be found in its infobox. The official name is to be used on all pages that refer to this plant.

强酸柠檬(translation: Acid Lemon)
Acidic Citrus causes extra damage to metal armor.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	125
Recharge	Fast
Damage	Moderate
In-game statistics
Direct damage	50 damage
Other weakness	(deflects projectiles) (blocks projectiles)
Rarity (China)	Legendary
Unlocked	Collect 10 Acidic Citrus Puzzle Pieces Exchange Store in PvP Mode
Costumes
Chinese English 别看柠檬喜欢玩水，他其实是个旱鸭子。虽然他跟人讲起小时候下水捉鱼的故事时总是一副信誓旦旦的样子，但是配合他现在的形象和身下那个萌萌的游泳圈一起看的话，这实在不是一件有说服力的事情。 Don't be fooled by Acidic Citrus' love of the sea, he's actually a landlubber. Although he'll always swear up and down on his stories of going out to sea to catch fish in his youth, his current physique, combined with his cute swim ring, aren't fooling anyone.

Acidic Citrus (强酸柠檬; pinyin: qiángsuān níngméng) is a plant in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. He shoots acidic lemonade droplets at zombies that do 50 damage, and any metal objects or shields on the zombies will be corroded, dealing 100 damage per shot. The damage can be increased by upgrading.

Origins

He is based on the genus Citrus limon, commonly known as a lemon. His name may refer to how lemon juice is about 5% to 6% citric acid. His ability references how acid can usually corrode metal.

The straw on his head references to lemonade, the drink that uses lemon as its ingredient.

Almanac entry

强酸柠檬 Acidic Citrus	TOUGHNESS Typical DAMAGE Moderate RECHARGE Fast
	强酸柠檬可以对铁制护甲造成额外的伤害。 植物特征：黄色植物 别看柠檬喜欢玩水，他其实是个旱鸭子。虽然他跟人讲起小时候下水捉鱼的故事时总是一副信誓旦旦的样子，但是配合他现在的形象和身下那个萌萌的游泳圈一起看的话，这实在不是一件有说服力的事情。

强酸柠檬 (Acidic Citrus)
Sun cost: 125

DAMAGE: Moderate
TOUGHNESS: Typical
RECHARGE: Fast

强酸柠檬可以对铁制护甲造成额外的伤害。

植物特征：黄色植物
别看柠檬喜欢玩水，他其实是个旱鸭子。虽然他跟人讲起小时候下水捉鱼的故事时总是一副信誓旦旦的样子，但是配合他现在的形象和身下那个萌萌的游泳圈一起看的话，这实在不是一件有说服力的事情。

In English: Acidic Citrus causes extra damage to metal armor. Plant feature: yellow plant Don't be fooled by Acidic Citrus' love of the sea, he's actually a landlubber. Although he'll always swear up and down on his stories of going out to sea to catch fish in his youth, his current physique, combined with his cute swim ring, aren't fooling anyone.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When fed Plant Food, he will rain lemonade droplets on the zombies three times, that does about 300 damage to all non-metalized zombies and 600 damage to all metalized zombies on the screen. It also follows the level upgrades' special abilities, that it also do 600 damage to Conehead Zombie and its variants when it is level 2 and 600 damage to other non-metalized zombies when it is level 3.

Costumed

He will still do the same effect when plant food is placed on him, but will also acidify the water and turn the water tiles on the lawn yellow in Big Wave Beach, causing 25 damage to zombies every second. The yellow water fades after a while (10 seconds).

Level upgrade

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Strengthened Acid 酸性强化	Acidic Citrus now shoots two droplets instead of one, as well as corroding Conehead Zombies' cones in addition to metal.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Acidic Citrus gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Evolved Strong Acid 强酸进化	Acidic Citrus can now shoot three droplets in one shot, as well as slightly corroding every zombie to do 30% more damage.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Acidic Citrus gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Acidic Citrus may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Acidic Citrus gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Lemon Slices 柠檬片	Acidic Citrus has a chance to throw a lemon slice that pushes zombies back and damages them.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Acidic Citrus gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

It is good to upgrade him to Level 4 to corrode everything, as he is one of the best plants in the game. This is due to a combination of factors, such as low sun cost, fast recharge, and it being one of few plants that are recharged at the start so he works as early defense for powerful plants like Winter Melon. When fully leveled up, however, the player needs no more plants other than Acidic Citrus for an adequate defense against zombies of any level in almost any level, as it is very powerful by itself against any zombie, even Gargantuars. In addition, the plant's sun cost can be reduced to just 100 sun, he can be planted on water, or his recharge time reduced by 30% by equipping the plant with a pendant.

Balance changes

Update 1.8.2

• ▼ Plant Food ability damage reduced from 600 to 300.

Gallery

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Trivia

• Although his costume is an inflatable inner tube, it does not allow the Acidic Citrus to be planted on water without the aid of a Lily Pad. This trait is shared with Pea-nut, Homing Thistle, and Banana Launcher, who all have water-related costumes but cannot be planted on water.
• He cannot turn water in Pirate Seas yellow.
• He is the only plant that is able to change the color of the water in Big Wave Beach, making him an environment modifier. 
• Lemonade droplets cannot extinguish Explorer Zombie's torch or Prospector Zombie's dynamite, because Acidic Citrus was not designed for those uses.
• After the 1.4.2 update, his projectiles now deal more damage, as he now deals 50 damage to normal zombies. This means that judged by the damage difference they had before the 1.4.2 update, it should now deal 100 damage to zombies with metal armor.
  • Pre-1.4.2, his attack dealt 20 damage per shot to most zombies and 60 damage per shots to zombies with metal objects on them.
• He appears to have a lemon slice lodged into the corner of its head, representing lemonade, a drink made with lemon, along with the straw.
• His appearance has some features in common with the Coconut Sniper.
  • They're both open at the top.
  • They both have a straw from the opening of the top.
  • They have a decoration at the opening at the top (Acidic Citrus has a lemon wedge, while Coconut Sniper has an umbrella)
• Acidic Citrus can damage Excavator Zombie even with its shovel on, as it corrodes metal items, but since Excavator Zombie's shovel cannot be destroyed, it only damages the zombie instead.
• He will attempt to attack Snorkel Zombies even when they are submerged, but he cannot hit them. The same applies to some straight shooting plants.
• He and Lotuspot are the only Chinese-exclusive plants in Big Wave Beach.
• His almanac entry references his costume.