Arena

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Battlez

Battlez is a game mode in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that was introduced in the 6.6.1 update. This mode can be unlocked after getting the Map of Space-time-ness from Ancient Egypt - Day 1 and requires to get at least six plants to unlock.

To start a match, the player has to pay one gauntlet. Gauntlets can be bought with gems. However, every four hours, the player receives a free play. Two gauntlets per day can be obtained by watching ads.

When an opponent is found, the player needs to choose five plants, with the first slot reserved for the currently featured Weekly Premium Plant (This week, it is Wasabi Whip). Once you have chosen the plants, you are set in a Last Stand format, then after setting-up, the "battle" begins. The player gains points based on the distance the zombies are away from the house. 500 is the most for a single zombie and 100 being the least.

This mode is time-based, as the time decreases the zombies get stronger and stronger, to a point where they could be unkillable unless you either have some instant-kill plants or leveled up plants to take on this challenge. The faster you kill the harder the zombies will get.

Also, this mode also has several different leagues, the player gets promoted if they place top 5. If they get one of the last three spots, they will be demoted to the league before that one. Several gems and coins are rewarded in promotions.

It has been noted that this mode does appear to be lacking a "real" matchmaking feature that pairs you as the player fairly. There have been reports of people that had low-leveled plants to still be paired with a person with max-level plants or still high level plants. Of the players with max level plants, there has been speculation and proven facts that either a bot, a cheater from PopCap, or someone who took the effort of high-levelled plants ran that through.

There could be a fix coming soon though as per this Reddit post.

League	Gem Rewards (maximum)	Coin Rewards
Jade	450	15000
Gold	350	10000
Silver	275	9000
Bronze	220	8000
Iron	180	7000
Brick	150	6000
Wood	125	5000
Soil	100	4000

Gold Bloom's Garden Party Tournament

Zombies:

Special Plant:

Caulipower's Escalating Tournament

Zombies:

Special Plant:

Dandelion's Brainstorm Tournament

Zombies:

Special Plant:

Environmental modifier: Speed potions

Power Lily’s Garden Party Tournament

Zombies:

Special Plant:

Environmental modifier: Minecarts (occupies the first 3 columns)

Wasabi Whip's Blitz Tournament

Zombies:

Special Plant:

Dinosaurs: (note Perfume Shroom still can’t be used)

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Trivia

• When tapping on the Battlez icon, the Dark Ages Zomboss Battle intro plays, along with the boss music.
• The player gets five crowns for winning and one for losing.
• If the player gives up they will instantly lose the battle.
  • This will deduct the players score to 0.
    • This will also break the winning streak.
• If the player breaks a streak, they can pay ten gems to retain/fix it, with the cost increasing by ten per break.
• This is the only mode in the game where zombies cannot eat your brains. This is because when a lawn mower is activated, it is automatically regenerated. If a zombie somehow manages to reach your house, it will get instantly killed.
• All upgrades, except for Wall-nut First Aid, Instant Recharge and Mower Launch, are disabled on Battlez.
  • Also, plants that are boosted in the Zen Garden will not have the boost in this mode.
• The player does not get points for the zombies destroyed by lawn mowers.
  • However, it scores points when it destroys a Surfboard.
• World exclusive plants can’t be used in this mode.
• According to a PopCap community manager (referred to Haemophilus EA on Reddit), the player is not actually fighting against other players in real-time, rather, just "ghosts". The score progression seen in gameplay is just a replay of the "ghost" player's previous Battlez round.
  • Other affirmations that support this is:
    • One can spend infinite time on the pause menu, Choose Your Seeds screen, and Last Stand defense preparation stage.
    • The Turbo Button can be used.
    • There is no feature in which time must be synchronized with the other player due to lag, pausing the game, or the Turbo Button.
  • A list of over 9900 names for these "ghost" opponents may also be found here.
• In the textures for the trophies that identify for each league, there appears to be an unused crystal-like trophy.
• Potions from Dark Alchemy also appear in Dandelion's Brainstorm Tournament.
• The setting in this mode is the same as Player's House and Modern Day worlds, but in the style of Dark Ages.
• If a zombie in this mode eats a boosted Hypno-Shroom, it transforms into a hypnotized Dark Ages Gargantuar.
• Removing armor with Magnet-shroom can score you points.
• Although the player actually gets promoted to the next league upon reaching the top 5, in-game descriptions say it is necessary to be in the top 3. This appears to be an oversight.
  • This might be fixed in the near future though, as per this Reddit post.
  • This can be indicated by the player's current rank flag colour.
• Wasabi Whip’s Blitz Tournament is one of the four levels where dinosaurs appear outside of Jurassic Marsh. The others are Modern Day-Days 12, 26 and 29.
  • Perfume-shroom still can’t be used in those levels.