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Bandit Cactus is a Rare variant of the Cactus in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. She was released in the Zomboss Down DLC pack.

Descriptions[]

Stickerbook description[]

After robbing the Zomboss Express the bandit Cactus retired investing her loot in a fix-er-up resort hotel where she spends the majority of time greeting guests and apologizing about the shoddy accommodations.

In-game description[]

Her fully automatic Gatling Needle trades accuracy for speed.

AI health (Garden Warfare 2 only)[]

  • Easy: 75
  • Normal: 100
  • Hard: 125
  • CRAAAAZY: 150

Primary weapon[]

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare[]

The primary weapon of Bandit Cactus is the Gatling Needle; all facts below apply to a fully upgraded weapon.

  • The base damage per hit at all ranges is 9 and the critical is 11.
  • The max DPS at all ranges is about 11.
  • The min DPS at all ranges is about 90.
  • The ammo in a clip is 20.
  • The reload time is 2.1 seconds.
  • The projectile speed is fast.
  • The weapon is full auto.
  • The bloom is medium.

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2[]

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The Bandit Cactus' primary weapon is the Gatling Needle. It deals less damage than the standard Spike Shot at 9 impact damage and 10 critical damage. It compensates for this by being a fully automatic weapon.

Abilities[]

Left abilities
Potato MineGW1
Potato Mine
Potato Mines force Zombies to look down. If a Zombie sets foot on a Potato Mine, it will explode and they will experience the full force of a "SPUDOW!"
Potato Nugget MineGW1
Potato Nugget Mine
These little nuggets are small, have a great sense of humor and enjoy sitting around waiting to blow Zombies sky high. While not as damaging as their potato cousins, these little nuggets still pack a spudow!
Center abilities
Garlic DroneGW1
Garlic Drone
By launching her Garlic Drone companion, she can monitor Zombies from the skies, attack them from the air, and call in devastating Corn Strikes.
Artichoke DroneGW1
Artichoke Drone
The Artichoke Drone has a really thick skin. This gives it more health and helps it last longer in a fight. However, it does not have the same firepower as its Garlic counterpart.
Right abilities
Tallnut BattlementGW1
Tallnut Battlement
Tallnut Battlements have many uses. They can be shields and they can block paths to stop the Zombies in their tracks. They're terrible card players, though.
Iron MaidenGW1
Iron Maiden
Encased in iron armor, these Iron Maiden Tallnuts will stare at Zombies with an unmatched intensity. They are very hard to destroy and enjoy getting in the way.

Left abilities
Potato MineGW2
Potato Mine
Potato Mines force Zombies to look down. If a Zombie sets foot on a Potato Mine, it will explode and they will experience the full force of a "SPUDOW!"
Potato Nugget MineGW2
Potato Nugget Mine
These little nuggets are small, have a great sense of humor and enjoy sitting around waiting to blow Zombies sky high. While not as damaging as their potato cousins, these little nuggets still pack a spudow!
Pizzazzling Potato MineGW2
Pizzazzling
Potato Mine
Need some more shine in your life? These potatoes love to pizzazle zombies, and will leave a cloud of glitter after a whopping sparkling spudow!
Center abilities
Garlic DroneGW2
Garlic Drone
By launching her Garlic Drone companion, she can monitor Zombies from the skies, attack them from the air, and call in devastating Corn Strikes.
Artichoke DroneGW2
Artichoke Drone
The Artichoke Drone has a really thick skin. This gives it more health and helps it last longer in a fight. However, it does not have the same firepower as its Garlic counterpart.
Red ArtichokeGW2
Red Artichoke
This agile Artichoke shouldn't be messed with. It's as fast as a clam and quick like a cucumber!
Dark Garlic DroneGW2
Dark Garlic Drone
The Dark Garlic Drone is infused with mystical dark energy. It has cool magical weapons and cool magical look.
Right abilities
Tallnut BattlementGW2
Tallnut Battlement
Tallnut Battlements have many uses. They can be shields and they can block paths to stop the Zombies in their tracks. They're terrible card players, though.
Iron MaidenGW2
Iron Maiden
Encased in iron armor, these Iron Maiden Tallnuts will stare at Zombies with an unmatched intensity. They are very hard to destroy and enjoy getting in the way.
Bling MaidenGW2
Bling Maiden
This Tallnut is encased in solid bling gold armor! How did a Tallnut even afford such expensive armor though?

Weapon upgrades[]

BanditCactusUpgrade

Steely Gaze[]

Staring down Zombies in an even more fierce fashion improves her reload time.

Fancier Bandolier[]

Stitched some extra slots in her bandolier, increasing ammo capacity.

Sharpened Needles[]

Sharpening her needles has increased their damage. She can't believe she didn't think of that earlier.

Strategies[]

The Bandit Cactus is well-suited for close-range combat with the ability to fire automatically with each needle dealing about 9 to 11 damage, allowing her to deal a relatively large amount of damage to opposing zombies. This makes it capable of defending the garden in Gardens & Graveyards at a much closer distance than usual and with her above-average projectile damage, if given proper support, she can even take down an All-Star without too much trouble.

Be advised though, that the automatic firing only moves the Bandit Cactus from being a support class to being a defensive class, not an offensive class. The needles deal a large amount of damage at close and mid range but are sub-par at dealing with long range targets compared to other Cactus variants. The Bandit Cactus excels at ambushing but it also retains the Cactus' below-average foot speed so this further discourages players from actively attacking and instead encourages the player to stay near the objective and attacking any approaching zombies. If you want to go long range, it is advised to get the zoom upgrade.

If the player favors more offensive gameplay, the Peashooter is a much better choice for this task. This is because of his faster movement speed, and his powerful abilities. Bandit Cactus is a more passive attacker.

Interestingly, the Bandit Cactus is very similar in behavior to the Mechanic, which translates to the fact that if the player is skilled with the Mechanic, they should have good thoughts about the Bandit Cactus but remember that due to the plants being on the defense (GW), the Bandit Cactus is best used as a defensive "carpenter" due to its ability to place down Practical cover and mines as well as its ability to fly drones.

Balancing changes[]

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 release[]

  • โ–ฒ Ammo capacity was increased from 15 to 20.

Related achievements[]

Making Popcorn PSN
Making Popcorn
As a Cactus, Vanquish 10 Players with the Drone's Corn Strike
Weed Whacker PSN
Weed Whacker
Vanquish 100 Peashooters, 100 Sunflowers, 100 Chompers and 100 Cacti

Gallery[]

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare[]

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2[]

Video[]

In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Bandit Cactus
France French Cactus bandit "Bandit Cactus"
Germany German Banditenkaktee
Italy Italian Cactus fuorilegge "Outlaw Cactus"
Japan Japanese ใƒใƒณใƒ‡ใ‚ฃใƒƒใƒˆใ‚ตใƒœใƒ†ใƒณ "Bandit Cactus", "Bandit" is transliterated, while the Japanese word for "Cactus" is used
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Cacto Bandido "Bandit Cactus"
Spain Spanish Cactus bandido "Bandit Cactus"


Trivia[]

  • She is the only plant that carries anything to hold ammo, in which it used a bandolier.
  • In the Stickerbook, it says that she has long range, but in fact she is meant to be a mid to short ranged variant.
  • While it can be hard to notice, it turns out that she has spikes on her lower body that clip through her poncho.
  • In the Backyard Battleground, Bandit Cactus appears on a poster that is a parody of the movie The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
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Plants (Shooter games)
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare plants
Playable Classes
Peashooters Peashooter ยท Fire Pea ยท Ice Pea ยท Toxic Pea ยท Commando Pea ยท Agent Pea ยท Law Pea ยท Berry Shooter ยท Plasma Pea


Sunflowers Sunflower ยท Mystic Flower ยท Power Flower ยท Fire Flower ยท Shadow Flower ยท Metal Petal ยท Sun Pharaoh ยท Alien Flower


Chompers Chomper ยท Hot Rod Chomper ยท Toxic Chomper ยท Fire Chomper ยท Power Chomper ยท Count Chompula ยท Armor Chomper ยท Chester Chomper ยท Chomp Thing


Cacti Cactus ยท Camo Cactus ยท Fire Cactus ยท Ice Cactus ยท Power Cactus ยท Future Cactus ยท Bandit Cactus ยท Citrus Cactus ยท Jade Cactus
Boss Mode Crazy Dave
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb ยท Pea Gatling ยท Hyper ยท Sombrero Bean Bomb ยท Retro Gatling ยท Super Pea Jump


Sunflower Heal Beam ยท Sunbeam ยท Heal Flower ยท Rainbow Heal Beam ยท Solar Flare Beam ยท Dark Flower


Chomper Goop ยท Burrow ยท Spikeweed ยท Super Sticky Goop ยท Sprint Burrow ยท Spiky Spikeweed ยท Cheesy Goop ยท Chesterweed


Cactus Potato Mine ยท Garlic Drone ยท Tallnut Battlement ยท Potato Nugget Mine ยท Artichoke Drone ยท Iron Maiden


Boss Mode Coconut Spotting Station ยท Twin Heal Flower ยท Cherry Strike ยท Revive Rainbow
Spawnable Plants Pea Cannon ยท Pea Repeater ยท Gatling Pea ยท Bonk Choy ยท Scaredy-shroom ยท Heal Flower ยท Fume-shroom ยท Goop-shroom ยท Snap Dragon ยท Ice-shroom ยท Doom-shroom ยท Ice Peashooter ยท Fire Peashooter ยท Bamboo Shoot ยท Laser Bean
Others Corn Mortar ยท Flax Cannon ยท Tallnut ยท Mega Flower ยท Tactical Cuke ยท Tallnut Cannon
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 plants
Playable Classes
Peashooters Peashooter ยท Fire Pea ยท Ice Pea ยท Toxic Pea ยท Commando Pea ยท Agent Pea ยท Law Pea ยท Plasma Pea ยท Rock Pea ยท Electro Pea


Sunflowers Sunflower ยท Mystic Flower ยท Power Flower ยท Fire Flower ยท Shadow Flower ยท Metal Petal ยท Sun Pharaoh ยท Alien Flower ยท Vampire Flower ยท Stuffy Flower


Chompers Chomper ยท Hot Rod Chomper ยท Toxic Chomper ยท Fire Chomper ยท Power Chomper ยท Count Chompula ยท Armor Chomper ยท Chomp Thing ยท Yeti Chomper ยท Disco Chomper ยท Unicorn Chomper ยท Twilight Chomper


Cacti Cactus ยท Camo Cactus ยท Fire Cactus ยท Ice Cactus ยท Power Cactus ยท Future Cactus ยท Bandit Cactus ยท Jade Cactus ยท Zen Cactus ยท Petrified Cactus


Citrons Citron ยท Frozen Citron ยท Electro Citron ยท Iron Citron ยท Party Citron ยท Toxic Citron


Roses Rose ยท Druid Rose ยท Fire Rose ยท Frost Rose ยท Party Rose ยท Nec'Rose


Corns Kernel Corn ยท BBQ Corn ยท Mob Cob ยท Pops Corn ยท Party Corn ยท Commando Corn


Others Torchwood ยท Junkasaurus
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb ยท Pea Gatling ยท Hyper ยท Sombrero Bean Bomb ยท Retro Gatling ยท Super Pea Jump ยท Dark Bean Bomb ยท Bling Gatling


Sunflower Heal Beam ยท Sunbeam ยท Heal Flower ยท Rainbow Heal Beam ยท Solar Flare Beam ยท Dark Flower ยท Rainbow Flower


Chomper Goop ยท Burrow ยท Spikeweed ยท Super Sticky Goop ยท Sprint Burrow ยท Spiky Spikeweed ยท Chomp Cannon ยท Vampweed ยท Rainbow Warp ยท Twilight Warp


Cactus Potato Mine ยท Garlic Drone ยท Tallnut Battlement ยท Potato Nugget Mine ยท Artichoke Drone ยท Iron Maiden ยท Pizzazzling Potato Mine ยท Red Artichoke ยท Bling Maiden ยท Dark Garlic Drone


Citron
Assault Mode EMPeach ยท Citron Ball ยท Peel Shield ยท Party Citron Ball ยท Mood Shield


Citron Ball Hyper Ball ยท Assault Mode ยท Spin Dash


Rose Time Snare ยท Arcane Enigma ยท Goatify ยท Arcane Lotus ยท Psychedelic Goat


Kernel Corn Butter Barrage ยท Husk Hop ยท Shuck Shot ยท Bigger Better Butter ยท Multi-Shuck


Torchwood Blazin' Blast ยท Smoldering Madness ยท Leaf Shield


Junkasaurus Charge of Insanity ยท Epic Mega Blast ยท Spin Override ยท Super Heavy Hornblast
Spawnable Plants
Soil of Summoning Weed ยท Pumpkin Weed ยท Terracotta Weed ยท Leaf Shield Weed ยท Wood Shield Weed ยท Vase Weed ยท Porcelain Vase Weed ยท Heal Weed ยท Flag Weed ยท Dandelion Weed ยท Hypno-shroom


Grow-a-Pot Bonk Choy ยท Pea Cannon ยท Gatling Pea ยท Lightning Reed ยท Scaredy-shroom ยท Fume-shroom ยท Goop-shroom ยท Doom-shroom ยท Ice-shroom ยท Toxic Gloom-shroom ยท Bamboo Shoot ยท Snap Dragon ยท Heal Flower
Bosses Giga Torchwood ยท Super Bean ยท Sunflower Queen ยท Big Stump ยท Marigold ยท Squash ยท Royal Hypno-Flower ยท Spooky Squash
L.E.A.F. Agent Citron ยท Agent Rose ยท Agent Corn ยท Grumpy Stumpy ยท Ironball
Others Assistant Manager Bitey ยท Crystal Guardian ยท Tallnut ยท Tallnut Cannon
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville plants
Playable Classes
PvZ BfN Attack Class Icon Attack Peashooter ยท Chomper ยท Kernel Corn ยท Night Cap ยท Snapdragon


PvZ BfN Defend Class Icon Defend Cactus ยท Citron ยท Acorn (Oak)


PvZ BfN Support Class Icon Support Sunflower ยท Rose


Swarm Wildflower
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb ยท Pea Gatling ยท Pea Suped


Chomper Spikeweed ยท Burrow ยท Grody Goop


Kernel Corn Butter Beacon ยท Husk Hop ยท Shuck Shot


Night Cap Casting Shadows ยท Fung Fu ยท Shadow Sneak


Snapdragon Swoop Slam ยท Blue Blazes ยท Blazing Trail


Cactus Potato Mine ยท Garlic Drone ยท Petal Propeller


Citron E.M.Peach ยท Spin Dash ยท Navel Laser


Acorn & Oak
Acorn
Solo Sap Trap ยท Invoke Oak ยท Acorn Dash


Passenger Sap Trap ยท Treeject ยท Lumber Support


Oak Super Sap Trap ยท Treeject ยท Roll for Damage



Sunflower Sunny Side Up ยท Sunbeam ยท Heal Beam


Rose Jinx ยท Arcane Enigma ยท Goatify


Wildflower Wild Life ยท Weed Out ยท Bloom Boom
Spawnable Plants
Grow-a-Pot
Range Pea Cannon ยท Gatling Pea ยท Scaredy-Shroom ยท Lightning Reed


Support Heal Flower ยท Goop-Shroom


Melee Bonk Choy ยท Doom-Shroom ยท Fume-Shroom


Soil of Summoning
Melee Terracotta Weed ยท Vase Weed ยท Dandelion


Range Wildflower ยท Terracotta Wildflower


Support Heal Weed ยท Hypno-Shroom
Battle Leaders Bam-Bam-Boo ยท Bluehorn Corn ยท Flotsamuel ยท Lucy ยท No-Neck Raffi ยท Pinky Rain ยท Pollen Kate ยท Pound Cake ยท Queen Capra ยท Sherman ยท Sproutrage ยท Teddy
Bounty Hunt
Weirding Woods Queenigma ยท Solar Sisters ยท Wild Bunch


Town Center Bitey Brothers ยท Mirror-Shroom ยท Tiger Klaus
Elusive Foes
Weirding Woods Amber Gemma ยท Pops Cyclops ยท Sleepy


Town Center Big Hurtle ยท Kitty Sparkles ยท Mrs. Veilbiter
Bosses Dreadroot ยท Giga Torchwood ยท Sunflower Queen ยท Super Bean ยท Marigold ยท Hypno Sunflower Queen ยท Spooky Squash ยท Bitter Dill ยท Dreadwood ยท Blight Cap
Quest NPCs Air Ron ยท Best Fishing Friendโ„ข๏ธ ยท Bingo-Bongo ยท Brian ยท Corny Corn ยท Dandelion ยท Exposition Al ยท Gilly the Kid ยท Harmela ยท Land Phil ยท Major Sweetie ยท Mark ยท Mike ยท Sergeant Peel ยท Sir Crustworthy ยท Sir Victor-Ian ยท Tenderleaf ยท Tumbleweed Ted ยท Vivian
Others Weed ยท Pumpkin Weed ยท Leaf Shield Weed ยท Pumpkin Wildflower ยท Mindblower
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