Beta-Carrotina

Beta-Carrotina is a plant hero in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a leader of the Guardian and Smarty classes, alongside Citron. Her signature superpower is Genetic Amplification, which Conjures a 2 plant, then gives it +2/+1 and the Amphibious and Team-Up traits. She was added on July 11th, 2017 along with Huge-Gigantacus as part of Season 3 of the Galactic Gardens update. She is only available in Beta-Carrotina events.

It is currently unknown what plant she is a hero version of. She may be based off Intensive Carrot.

Origins[]

Beta-Carrotina is based on the Daucus carota, commonly known as the carrot. She is based on the general concept of cosmic superheroes, with the Plant-etary Guard being based on cosmic organizations such as Detective Comics' Green Lantern Corps and Marvel Comics' Nova Corps.

Her name is a portmanteau of "beta-carotene," a provitamin A carotenoid, which the carrot is known for containing, "carrot," the real-life plant she is based on, and "Tina," a common female name, derived from the name "Christina."

Her "Wombo Combos" deck is a reference to the Super Smash Bros. meme of the same name, her "Starch Wars" deck is a reference to the Star Wars franchise, and her "Amphi-bean Assault" deck is a pun of "Amphibian Assault", which are ships that support marines during landing operations against defended positions ashore.

Statistics[]

Classes: Guardian, Smarty
Superpowers:
- Signature: Genetic Amplification - Conjure a 2-cost Plant. It gets +2/+1, Amphibious, and Team-Up.
- Other:
  - Ensign Uproot - 2/1. Amphibious. When played: Move another Plant or Zombie.
  - Lieutenant Carrotron - 2/1. Team-Up. When played: Conjure a Root.
  - Lightspeed Seed - Conjure two Tricks.

Hero description[]

As leader of the Plant-etary Guard, she's ready to root out Zombies wherever they crop up.

Strategies[]

With[]

Leading the Guardian and the Smarty classes, Beta-Carrotina is similar to Citron. As such, most of her play style will be very similar to him. However, what sets her apart from him are her superpowers. Genetic Amplification will allow her to obtain any 2 plant within the game and allow her to play it anywhere she wants to, including the aquatic lane.

Her other superpowers are all about outsmarting her opponent; Ensign Uproot allows her to manipulate the field on either her side or the opponent's with a 2/2 plant on the field, Lieutenant Carrotron allows her to obtain any root plant in the game as well as leaving a 2/1 plant with Team-Up, while Lightspeed Seed will Conjure tricks, even ones she cannot normally play such as Squash and Berry Blast. Overall, most of her superpowers involve Conjuring, however, this does not mean that this hero will be good with the Conjuring deck, because she does not have any synergies with conjure cards like Captain Cucumber, and therefore will not be able to benefit from her abilities in this way. Not only that, unlike Citron, Betta-Carrotina lacks the ability to shield her plants with exception of Force Field, making her less defensive-minded and more reliant on tactics compared to him.

Since almost all her abilities can conjure cards, it is useful to use cards with Dino-Roar like Tricarrotops and Lima-Pleurodon. You can also synergize her superpowers which Rescue Radish and Starch-Lord, as you can activate Ensign Uproot and Lieutenant Carrotron's ability again or buff them with Starch-Lord. Additionally, even though her super powers are generally worse than Citron's, they become more useful in control decks since you have time to use Genetic Amplification and Lightspeed Seed, while Ensign Uproot and Lieutenant Carrotron helps control opponent. Additionally, the tricks you get from Lightspeed Seed will most likely be useful for controlling your opponent, as you can get tricks like Berry Blast, Shamrocket or Cherry Bomb.

Her biggest weakness would be rush decks, as most of her cards require setup.

Against[]

Mostly similar to Citron, Beta-Carrotina will prove to be a hard opponent to hit since she can swarm the field with plants that are hard to hit. Fortunately, she only has Force Field to shield her plants, meaning in terms of stalling powerful attacks, she is more likely to be defeated first than Citron. Also, her superpowers are mostly based on Conjuring, so Quickdraw Con Man will be more useful against her than Citron.

Strategy decks[]

Main article: Community-built decks/Beta-Carrotina

**Time to get back to your roots! Starch-Lord buffs your tubular tubers, while fetching a fist full of radical rhizomes. Lock the game down by placing a Soul Patch in a Force Field.**

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**Take to the high seas with this naughty nautical deck. Flood the lanes with ample amphibious cards, then buff them to high waters with Navy Beans.**

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**Beta-Carrotina builds an unbeatable blockade in this cosmic control deck. Crush the enemy's resistance, then swoop in with a Dark Matter Dragonfruit for a decisive victory.**

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**Playing Evolutions like Tricorn and Blockbuster on Fusion Plants like Lily Pad and Pumpkin Shell gives you both the Evolution ability and the Fusion ability - a truly Wombo Combo!**

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Jelly Bean gets bigger whenever you Bounce something. Push that to the max by bouncing everything in sight: Plants, Zombies, and even Gravestones. Meanwhile, your dinosaur Plants roar larger and larger!

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Gallery[]

Beta-Carrotina has a gallery!

Visit this page to see it.

In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Beta-Carrotina
Simplified Chinese	贝塔胡萝卜蒂娜
Traditional Chinese	貝塔紅蘿蔔
French	Bêta Carottine
German	Beta-Karottina
Italian	Beta carotina
Japanese	ベータキャロチナ	English name transliterated into Japanese
Korean	베타 카로티나	English name transliterated into Korean
Brazilian Portuguese	Beta-Carotina
Russian	Бета-каротина
Spanish	Betazanahorina

Trivia[]

Her in-game music is a galactically remixed version of the main menu music used for the Galactic Gardens and Colossal Fossils updates.
She has the same sound as Chompzilla on the versus screen if you are playing as a zombie hero.
Beta-Carrotina has access to the most Team-Up plants and is tied with Citron to have access to the most Amphibious plants.
She is one of the two heroes (along with Huge-Gigantacus) capable of summoning a specific fighter, which would be Ensign Uproot and Lieutenant Carrotron.
She is one of the only heroes to wear accessories, yet can be seen having a bald head, the others being Nightcap and Neptuna.