BBQ Corn

BBQ Corn is the Rare fire variant of Kernel Corn in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. The BBQ Corn looks like the original Kernel Corn, except his corn cobs are more orange in color and they have visible flames emanating from them like all fire-based plants. A large portion of his body is covered in aluminum foil stained with barbecue sauce. The BBQ Corn also wears a checkered bandanna and he has pastry brushes for feet which are also stained with barbecue sauce. He was first revealed in the gameplay of the September 2015 developer diary, and later previewed in a short gameplay of the Backyard Battleground.

Descriptions[]

Stickerbook description[]

"BBQ Corn is one spicy customer. The only thing he takes more seriously than grilling is protecting his fellow Plants. Good thing then, that the sound of crinkling aluminium foil drives Zombies crazy."

In-game description[]

His fully automatic Spicy Hot Shot ignites Zombies, dealing fire damage over time.

AI health[]

Easy: 90
Normal: 120
Hard: 150
CRAAAAZY: 180

Abilities[]

Left abilities
Butter Barrage	Mark the danger zone with a steaming hot baked potato, then stand back as explosive butter rains from the sky!
Bigger Better Butter	That's right, folks! Better Butter! Instead of lots of tiny buttery explosions, how about one massively huge one?
Center abilities
Husk Hop	Unleash this surprisingly acrobatic maneuver as you leap over your problems, and rain down corn kernels on everything below.
Right abilities
Shuck Shot	Charge your corn cobs until they're positively steaming, point at your target, and then ka-blam! Explosive corn fury.
Multi-Shuck	More is usually better, so why not pelt your enemies with a full barrage of rapid fire explosive cobs.

Upgrades[]

	Health Regeneration Delay Upgrade
	This upgrade decreases the delay before health regeneration begins!

	Zoom Upgrade
	This upgrade increases the zoom distance of your primary weapon!

	Health Regeneration Upgrade
	This upgrade increases how quickly your health regenerates!

	Speed Upgrade
	This upgrade allows you to move faster!

	Reload Upgrade
	This upgrade decreases your reload time!

	Ammo Upgrade
	This upgrade increases the number of times you can fire before reloading!

	Fire Upgrade
	This upgrade causes your shots to burn enemies for more damage!

	Health Upgrade
	This upgrade increases your maximum health!

Strategies[]

With[]

The BBQ Corn's primary weapon is comparable to the Fire Flower's Flame Pulse, possessing identical clip size and damage. The only thing that is different between the two plants is that the BBQ Corn is not as agile as the Fire Flower (in exchange for slightly higher health) and he does not possess the Fire Flower's self-healing power (in exchange for having more damaging abilities). As such, the BBQ Corn is ideal for attacking large hordes of zombies. A player using the BBQ Corn can keep switching between multiple targets to keep them on fire and let the fire effect chip away at their health while steadily wearing them down. As such, the BBQ Corn is also useful in Herbal Assault for harassing the zombies defending the objective and overall weakening their defense.

Get to a vantage point or an otherwise good position, take potshots and jump in and out of cover to repeatedly ignite the zombies and let the fire damage wear them down. The BBQ Corn can be useful for putting up pressure on Scientists that are trying to heal their allies since if you keep on igniting the zombies and spread out your damage to the entire zombie team, the Scientists might end up with more injured zombies than what they can heal. To maximize the effect, destroy all sources of healing (Zombie Heal Station and Dr. Heals) from a range. If you can do this, the zombies will eventually fall to the fire damage, or at the very least, you will get numerous assists for your efforts.

Don't focus your efforts on one strong zombie as BBQ Corn's main weapon will take longer to kill the zombie than most other variants.

Against[]

This character can become a nuisance if left unattended thanks to the fire effect that he inflicts. As a Scientist, heal allies that are set ablaze as it cancels the fire effect. His single-target damage is lower compared to other variants, so you will be more likely to come out on top in 1 on 1 matchups. As mentioned above, zombies with more health like All-Stars and Super Brainz are difficult for a BBQ Corn to vanquish on his own. Scientists should focus on healing these allies. Alternatively, you can take cover and maintain using your Heal Beam of Science on an Imp in his Z-Mech since it will take a BBQ Corn a very long time to vanquish the Z-Mech in this state (If he can at all). A Camo Ranger can contest BBQ Corn's long reach with his own main weapon, and can get to the same vantage points that a Corn can reach thanks to his Rocket Jump.

Balancing changes[]

Graveyard Variety Pack DLC[]

▲ Health increased from 125 to 150

Trouble in Zombopolis: Part One DLC[]

▼ Magazine decreased by 5

July 2016 Patch[]

▼ Decreased close range damage from 6 to 5.5
▼ Decreased damage falloff start/end distance from 15/30 to 10/25

November 2016 Patch[]

▼ Decreased near/far damage from 5.5/4.5 to 4.5/3.5

Related achievement[]

	Aww Shucks! As Kernel Corn, vanquish 25 Zombies with Shuck Shot.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

His legs are actually sauce brushes, which are used when grilling to apply sauce to a food.
- You can even hear the sauce squishing as he walks.
He is the only fire plant variant to not have the word "fire" in his name.