Cactus (PvZ: BfN)

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For other uses, see Cactus (disambiguation).

Cactus
Rarely tempted into the chaotic fray, coolheaded Cacti hang around the field perimeter, picking off zombies with relish.
Health	100
Weapon	Spike Strike (Primary) Needle Shot (Secondary)
Ammo	32
Damage	Rapid-fire (Primary) Precision (Secondary)
Special	Hold [Zoom] for long-range mode. Charged shots deal additional damage.
Role	Defend
Specialty	Long range attacks
Abilities
Long range specialists. Use Petal Propeller to get to high ground or take to the air with your flying garlic to attack from above.

Cactus is a playable plant class in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. She is a Defend class who specializes in long range attacks.

Description

Long range specialists. Use Petal Propeller to get to high ground or take to the air with your flying garlic to attack from above.

Weapons

Primary Weapon

“	Short-range, rapid-fire needles.	”
—In-game description

Cactus' primary weapon is the Spike Strike, which functions similar to the Bandit Cactus's Gatling Needle, firing needles rapidly. It deals 6 damage (7 critical) and fires at a rate of approximately 400 RPM (rounds per minute).

Secondary Weapon

“	Hold [Zoom] for long-range mode. Charged shots deal additional damage.	”
—In-game description

Cactus' secondary weapon is the Needle Shot. While aiming, Cactus's vision is impaired slightly, but can see enemies from further away. There are 3 charges of Needle Shot. An uncharged shot hits 5 damage (7 critical). 1st charge deals 15 damage (23 critical). 2nd Charge deals 34 damage (55 critical). A fully charged shot deals 62 damage (98 critical). Ammo consumption varies depending on the charge level of the Needle shot fired. Uncharged shots cost 1 ammo, while fully charged shots consume 4.

Abilities

Left ability
Potato Mine	Plant a highly explosive mine.
Center ability
Garlic Drone	Control a flying Garlic Drone.
Right ability
Petal Propeller	Get to high ground by flying upwards.

Upgrades

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	Refreshing Revive		● 1
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by reviving an ally. Reduces ability cooldown by 5x for 2 seconds (10 seconds total) when a teammate is revived.

	Rough Patch		● 1
	Spawn with more health after suffering multiple vanquishes in a row. After dying three times in a row, spawn with the maximum amount of overhealth for the currently used class after respawning or being revived.

	Spud Spotting		● 2
	Potato Mine displays health bar of nearby enemies to all allies.

	Best Defense		● 3
	Briefly reduce incoming damage by earning a critical vanquish. Can stack 3 times. Reduces incoming damage by 10% for 10 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy. Stacks up to 3 times for a total of 27.1% damage resistance.

	Spotlight		● 2
	Display health bar of enemy to team by dealing damage with Needle Shot.

	Health Regeneration		● 2
	Faster health regeneration. Doubles health regeneration rate.

	Health Regeneration Delay		● 2
	Reduced time between taking damage and when health regeneration activates. Reduces the time required to start health regeneration by half (4 seconds).

	Pressure Point		● 2
	Enemies randomly explode when earning a critical vanquish. Enemies have 75% chance to explode upon critically vanquishing them. The explosion has a 5m (16.4 ft) blast radius and deals 35 damage.

	Critical Blow		● 3
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by earning a critical vanquish. Reduces ability cooldown by 5.5 seconds upon critically vanquishing an enemy.

	Mirage		● 2
	Improved view on Spike Shot lens when zoomed. Decreases tunnel vision effect by 50%.

	Fallback		● 3
	Move faster when at low health. Increases movement speed by 20% upon reaching 20% HP or below.

	Speedy		● 3
	Move faster, except when sprinting. Increases walking speed by 12.9032%.

	Leveling Up		● 2
	Earn XP faster. Increases the amount of XP earned by 10%. Does not affect the XP Machine in Giddy Park.

	Bon Voyage		● 3
	Create additional Potato Mine at Petal Propeller takeoff location. Spawns a Potato Mine after using Petal Propeller that lasts for 30 seconds.

	Alacrity		● 2
	Gain instant max charge for Needle Shot shortly after landing from Petal Propeller. Gain an instant full charge on Spike Shot after using Petal Propeller.

	Looting		● 3
	Gain ammo by dealing critical damage several times in a row.

	Calibrated		● 4
	Faster zoom damage charge by dealing damage with Spike Shot.

	Popcorn		● 4
	Randomly creates Potato Mine near enemy if vanquished by max charge Spike Shot. Has 75% chance to spawn Potato Mine near the enemy.

	Adrenaline Rush		● 3
	Move faster for a short time by earning a vanquish. Increases movement speed by 40% for 3 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy.

	Sustenance		● 4
	Gain flight fuel by earning a vanquish with Garlic Drone.

Related Achievement

	Cactus Makes Perfect Earn 200 vanquishes as a Cactus.

Strategies

With

In case you haven’t noticed based on the the rest of the article, Cactus is the plant team sniper, so stay away from close quarters. Instead, get on an elevated position far away from the fight, and start sniping

Balancing changes

November 2019 Patch

• ▼ Reduced cost of Alacrity Upgrade 3->2
• ▼ Duration of Alacrity bonus reduced 5->2
• ▼ Alacrity Charge multiplier reduced from 10x->3x
• ▲ Fixed issue with not checking that Garlic drone was alive to apply the Sustenance upgrade
• ▼ Fixed the issue with the upgrade Spud Spotting's spotting not being removed properly

Gallery

Cactus' full body

Background for PC

Background for mobile

Cactus on the official website

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