Bramble Bush

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Bramble Bush
Bramble Bush traps and damages a zombie.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	125
Recharge	5 seconds
Damage	30 damage per shot every 0.5 seconds
Toughness	1500 damage per shot
Range	Touch
Usage	berry clusters show traps remaining
Family	Spear-mint
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(pushed obstacles can't be destroyed and only destroy Bramble Bush) (ignores Bramble Bush while in the air)
Unlocked	250 seed packets
Costumes
Bramble Bush is a prickly sort. In fact, let's not beat around the Bramble Bush here; he's covered in extraordinarily dangerous spikes.

“	Plant Bramble Bush to trap and damage zombies.	”
—Penny

Bramble Bush is a Trap plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 9.6.1 update for the Bramble Bush's Barbed Arena season. He traps a zombie close to him and will continuously damage it. While Bramble Bush traps a zombie, he will also damage zombies that attack him. Additionally, he can remove armor from zombies that are dragged.

Trapped zombies are knocked back when Bramble Bush is eaten, destroyed, or dug up. This can be blown away by a Blover.

Origins

Bramble Bush is based on the bramble plant, a thorny vine plant with berries in the genus Rubus.

Almanac entry

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

Bramble Bush		SUN COST 125 RECHARGE 5 SUN COST: 125 RECHARGE: 5 TOUGHNESS 1500 DAMAGE 30 TOUGHNESS: 1500 DAMAGE: 30 Traps Traps FAMILY Spear-mint Traps: Traps FAMILY: Spear-mint Bramble Bush traps and damages a zombie. Usage: berry clusters show traps remaining Bramble Bush is a prickly sort. In fact, let's not beat around the Bramble Bush here; he's covered in extraordinarily dangerous spikes.

Bramble Bush

		SUN COST 125			RECHARGE 5

SUN COST: 125
RECHARGE: 5

		TOUGHNESS 1500			DAMAGE 30

TOUGHNESS: 1500
DAMAGE: 30

		Traps Traps			FAMILY Spear-mint

Traps: Traps
FAMILY: Spear-mint

Bramble Bush traps and damages a zombie.

Usage: berry clusters show traps remaining

Bramble Bush is a prickly sort. In fact, let's not beat around the Bramble Bush here; he's covered in extraordinarily dangerous spikes.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food animation

When given Plant Food, Bramble Bush will regenerate all of his berry traps and trap the leftmost zombie in his lane, doing double his usual damage for 4 seconds.

Spear-mint effect

When boosted by Spear-mint, Bramble Bush will deal an additional 165 DPS with his normal attack, and an additional 330 DPS with his Plant Food attack.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Damage		Special (Traps)	Plant Food Power (Duration)
						Normal	Plant Food
1	0	0	125	5 seconds	1500 dps	30 dps	60 dps	3	4 seconds
2	50			4.5 seconds	1550 dps	45 dps	90 dps
3	100		100		1600 dps	60 dps	120 dps	4
4	200				1650 dps	75 dps	150 dps
5	300			4 seconds	1700 dps	90 dps	180 dps
6	400		75		1750 dps	105 dps	210 dps		5 seconds
7	500			3.5 seconds	1800 dps	120 dps	240 dps	5
8	600		50		1850 dps	135 dps	270 dps
9	800			3 seconds	1950 dps	150 dps	300 dps
10	1,000				2100 dps	175 dps	350 dps

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Strategies

Bramble Bush is a good plant for delaying. His ability allows a zombie to be stunned until death. This makes it more effective than Spikeweed, Spikerock and Iceweed. The first two do nothing but dealing damage, while the latter can only slow down zombies. At level 1, Bramble Bush's damage is 3 times that of Spikeweed/Iceweed, 1.5 times that of Spikerock. Each level upgrades also increases damage more than they do. It's best to place a defensive plant such as Buttercup in front of Bramble Bush or Pumpkin on top of Bramble Bush as long as there is a zombies trapped by him. His fast recharge time and low sun cost allow you to plant Bramble Bush frequently, overcoming the problem that he can only use a certain number of times.

Bramble Bush is also a good hand at killing Zombie Chickens, Ice Weasels and other critters, as they won't consume his berries when trapping these things, and his high health and fast attack speed allows him to do this with almost no risk. He can also consume his berries to destroy Barrels from Barrel Roller Zombies, which makes him more effective than Spikerock because he costs less sun.

Bramble Bush's ability to remove armor directly is extremely good against zombies such as Brickheads, Knights and especially Excavator Zombies. It can be used to stop All-Star Zombies and ZCorp Chair Racers from tackling plants as Bramble Bush will immediatly stop the zombie when charging.

Bramble Bush is quite useful for taking down stronger zombies like Robo-Cone Zombie, as it won’t let go until the zombie is killed. However, this may be difficult when zombies are in large quantities, as it may get overwhelmed and eaten, especially considering the time it would take to kill such an armored zombie. Another strong zombie it can kill is a Gargantuar, as if planted on top of a Gargantuar, it will become defenseless and trapped in the Bramble Bush. This is also a good way to beat some levels, as the Gargantuar’s high health usually makes it one of the last zombies left, potentially overcoming the issue of being overwhelmed.

Bramble Bush is a nice choice against Mecha-Football Zombie, as it cannot be pushed back by it. However, like all robots, it will take a long time to kill, allowing it to be eaten by other zombies.

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In other languages

Language	Name	Description
English	Bramble Bush
French	Buisson piquiant
German	Brombeerbusch
Italian	Mora spinosa
Brazilian Portuguese	Armora
Spanish	Zarza Mora

Trivia

• Bramble Bush is the second Rubus plant that appears in Plants vs. Zombies 2, the first being Blastberry Vine.
• When attacking, his appearance is somewhat similar to Tangle Kelp's design from the first game.
• Bramble Bush can be planted on minecarts, but cannot be moved when he is trapping a zombie.
• Some of his animations (such as the end of attack) are missing in-game.
• In the beta version his description was "Bramble Bush traps and damages a zombie until another zombie comes along and frees it."

See also

• Spikeweed
• Venus Flytrap