Blockoli

When he sees zombies, he goes SPLAT!

This item is only obtainable during certain events. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently not available.

Blockoli
Blockoli dual-wields two sturdy floret shields, slamming them down to stun and block approaching zombies.
Statistics
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	15 seconds
Toughness	6000 damage
Damage	95 damage
Stun	3 seconds
Family	Reinforce-mint
Plant Food effect	Swings his florets around dealing damage and stunning Zombies in the surrounding area. Gain [sic] two iron shields that can absorb a large amount of damage.
In-game statistics
Unlocked	250 seed packets
Costumes
Code name	blockoli
"Hey, guys! Blockoli here! What's goin' on? Here comes a zombie! I'm gonna SLAM 'IM! With FISTS!" says Blockoli. And he really means it!

“	Plant Blockoli to smash and stun with blocking shields.	”
—Penny

Blockoli is a stunning wall plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 9.5.1 update for the Blockoli Bash Arena season. He is a defensive plant who is also able to slam his floret shields in order to stun any nearby zombies. Once he slams his shields he will need to recharge before he is able to slam them again; while recharging, he will use his slammed florets to block off any oncoming zombies.

Blockoli is also immune to the special abilities of the Fisherman Zombie and Excavator Zombie.

Origins

Blockoli is is based on broccoli (Brassica oleracea italica), an edible green plant in the cabbage family (family Brassicaceae, genus Brassica) whose large flowering head and stalk is eaten as a vegetable. His name derives from "block", referring to his ability to block Zombies; and "broccoli", the plant he is based on.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Blockoli
	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 15 TOUGHNESS 6000 DAMAGE 95 Special Stun Reinforce-mint Plant Food: Swings his florets around dealing damage and stunning Zombies in the surrounding area. Gain [sic] two iron shields that can absorb a large amount of damage. Blockoli dual-wields two sturdy floret shields, slamming them down to stun and block approaching zombies. "Hey, guys! Blockoli here! What's goin' on? Here comes a zombie! I'm gonna SLAM 'IM! With FISTS!" says Blockoli. And he really means it!

Blockoli

SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 15 TOUGHNESS 6000 DAMAGE 95 Special Stun Reinforce-mint Plant Food: Swings his florets around dealing damage and stunning Zombies in the surrounding area. Gain [sic] two iron shields that can absorb a large amount of damage. Blockoli dual-wields two sturdy floret shields, slamming them down to stun and block approaching zombies. "Hey, guys! Blockoli here! What's goin' on? Here comes a zombie! I'm gonna SLAM 'IM! With FISTS!" says Blockoli. And he really means it!

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food animation

When given Plant Food, Blockoli swings his florets around, dealing 285 damage and stunning Zombies in a 3x3 area around him. He also gains two iron shields, absorbing 8000 damage in total. Its appearance changes upon at 4000 damage before being eaten at 8000 damage.

Reinforce-mint effect

When boosted by Reinforce-mint, Blockoli can absorb an additional 16000 damage, he will deal an additional 325 damage with his normal attack, an additional 975 damage with his Plant Food attack, and his stun duration is increased by 7 seconds. He will also have his Plant Food effect activated.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Damage		Stun Duration*	Smash Cooldown	Plant Food Power (Armor)^
							Normal	Plant Food
1	0	0	150	15 seconds	12 seconds	6000 damage	95 damage	285 damage	3 seconds	13 seconds	8000 damage
2	50		125	14 seconds		7000 damage	105 damage	315 damage	4 seconds		12000 damage
3	100			13 seconds	11 seconds	8000 damage	115 damage	345 damage		12 seconds
4	200			12 seconds		9000 damage	135 damage	405 damage	5 seconds		16000 damage
5	300		100	11 seconds	10 seconds	10000 damage	155 damage	465 damage		11 seconds
6	400			10 seconds	9 seconds	11000 damage	175 damage	525 damage			20000 damage
7	500			9 seconds		12000 damage	205 damage	615 damage	6 seconds
8	600			8 seconds	8 seconds	13000 damage	235 damage	705 damage			24000 damage
9	800			7 seconds		14500 damage	265 damage	795 damage		10 seconds
10	1,000		75		7 seconds	16000 damage	325 damage	975 damage	7 seconds		28000 damage

*Applies to both normal and Plant Food states.
^Column shows armor's hitpoints separately.

Mastery upgrades

• Toughness Bonus
• Chance to Boost

Strategies

As a defensive plant with offensive ability, Blockoli has more attack range than other damage-dealing defensive plants, which means that he is fully capable of preventing himself from being hurt at all. When facing a large group of zombies, he is also very effective, because his attack is AoE (Area of effect), which is much stronger than Pea-nut which can only attack single target at one time.

At level 1, his damage is enough to kill basic zombies in two shots, and his health is second only to Tall-nut. However, this does not mean that Blockoli has no weaknesses. Every time he smash zombies with shields, he will enter the cooling state, making him vulnerable to the attacks of zombies. When there are no zombies in his attack range, he will immediately recover, so that he can smash again.

Therefore, it is better to match Blockoli with stun plants/knockback plants/Hocus Crocus. Primal Peashooter is an example that can be matched with him. Stun plants can help him recover and reduce the damage he takes, while the knockback plants/Hocus Crocus can keep the zombie away from his attack range and directly reset his cooldown. Weed plants (Spikeweed, Spikerock, Iceweed) that are planted in front of him and melee plants (such as Bonk Choy) that are planted behind him are also very useful.

Blockoli's function is also similar to Buttercup's. Both of them can stall zombies, helping you have more time to plant more powerful plants. The difference is that the other one is passive attack, while he is active attack (no need for zombies to bite him to trigger), and the range is much larger. What Blockoli can't compare with Buttercup are damage and stun duration; however, his high health also helps him delay zombies. It is worth noting that like most defensive plants, he is still vulnerable to instant-kill attacks, which makes his high HP completely useless.

Where Blockoli truly shines is in his ability to counter Fisherman Zombie and Excavator Zombie, making him a must-have for later levels of both Temple of Bloom and Tiki Torch-er where they come in swarms. Blockoli can still be forced to move his position in some ways, such as Mecha-Football Zombie, Punk Zombie and zombies launched forwards by Ankylosaurs.

Gallery

Blockoli has a gallery!

Visit this page to see it.

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Blockoli
French	Blocoli
German	Blockoli
Italian	Bloccolo
Japanese	ブロックリ
Brazilian Portuguese	Blócoli
Russian	Блокколи
Spanish	Blóqueoli

Trivia

• Blockoli has the similar attack range to Snapdragon and Cold Snapdragon.
• Blockoli is the third plant that has his idling animation similar to the watered or ready to level up animation, the first being Hocus Crocus, the second being Pea Vine, and the fourth being Buttercup.
• When given Plant Food, his attack sound makes a metal clang instead of no sound at all until his metal shield is either eaten or taken off. He also bears a slight resemblance to Sportacus.
• Unlike most defensive plants, he does not have any kind of visual degrades upon taking damage. However, his PF shields do change when taking damage.
• Unlike other stun plants, Blockoli's stun has a halo that surrounds the zombie's head, similar to that of Zombot when he was dizzy.
• Blockoli shares many traits with Strong Broccoli from Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2:
  • They are both broccoli-based offensive and defensive plants.
  • They both cost 150 sun at level 1.
  • Both of them use their broccoli florets to attack zombies.
  • Their Plant Food abilities are similar to each other in a way, as they both swing their florets around, damaging zombies in 3x3 area around themselves.
• Blockoli is the first Broccoli plant to be added to the main line international tower defense games.
• Blockoli has the second highest health out of any plant in the whole game, only being lower than Tall-Nut.

See also

• Infi-nut
• Strong Broccoli

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