Chef Cypripedium

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厨师杓兰(literal translation: Chef Cypripedium)
Chef Cypripedium's soup will make zombies change routes.
Statistics
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	10 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	120 damage
Attack Rate	2.4 seconds
Range	Whole Lane to the Right
Area	Single Target
Class	Ranged
Quality	Legendary
Plant Food effect	Chef Cypripedium squeezes the pot, lobbing a large glob of soup towards the closest zombie in the lane to the right, damaging all zombies in a 5×5 area and giving them bad scent.
Tags	Damage, debuff, catapult
Plant features	Red plant
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(blocks projectiles)
Unlocked	Collecting 10 Chef Cypripedium Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Chinese English 厨师杓兰曾经是首屈一指的顶级大厨，做出来的汤羹美味至极，直到有一天他接触到了一本新食谱《哞哞城厨艺精粹》，并奉若圣典，他的料理就开始产生了令人意外的效果。 Chef Cypripedium was once the number one plant in the kitchen, whose soup was extremely delicious, until he stumbled upon a new cookbook "The Essence of Offal Cooking", which he now treats as gospel. And recently his cuisine began to produce some unexpected results.

Chef Cypripedium (厨师杓兰; pinyin: chúshī sháolán) is a plant in Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 2.6.0. update as an unlockable plant for the Heian Age world.

Chef Cypripedium attacks by lobbing soup at zombies, damaging them and making them smell bad. Zombies one tile behind smelly zombies will be driven away by the odor, smelly zombies' odor will dissipate after 3 seconds.

If attacked continuously, smelly zombies will no longer drive away other zombies. Instead, they will not be drawn to sushi, but will still be affected by it.

Origins

Chef Cypripedium is based on the slipper orchid, orchids in the genus Cypripedium that are widespread across the northern hemisphere. His appearance most likely based off of the yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium calceolus). And another Cypripedium that goes by the same name (Cypripedium parviflorum)

His chef-like appearance and ability to throw soup is a play on the Chinese name for the slipper orchid, which translates literally to "ladle orchid".

Almanac entry

厨师杓兰 Chef Cypripedium		DAMAGE Normal RANGE Lobbed RECHARGE Fast
		厨师杓兰的汤汁会使僵尸绕道而行。 植物特征：红色植物 厨师杓兰曾经是首屈一指的顶级大厨，做出来的汤羹美味至极，直到有一天他接触到了一本新食谱《哞哞城厨艺精粹》，并奉若圣典，他的料理就开始产生了令人意外的效果。

厨师杓兰 (Chef Cypripedium)
Sun cost: 150

DAMAGE: Normal
RANGE: Lobbed
RECHARGE: Fast

厨师杓兰的汤汁会使僵尸绕道而行。

植物特征：红色植物
厨师杓兰曾经是首屈一指的顶级大厨，做出来的汤羹美味至极，直到有一天他接触到了一本新食谱《哞哞城厨艺精粹》，并奉若圣典，他的料理就开始产生了令人意外的效果。

In English: Chef Cypripedium's soup will make zombies change routes. Plant characteristics: Red plant Chef Cypripedium was once the number one plant in the kitchen, whose soup was extremely delicious, until he stumbled upon a new cookbook "The Essence of Offal Cooking", which he now treats as gospel. And recently his cuisine began to produce some unexpected results.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Chef Cypripedium will target the 5 closest zombies and throw 5 large balls of soup at them, these large globs of soup will damage and odorize in a 3x3 area.

Costume

Chef Cypripedium's costumed effect will make the large globs of soup lobbed deal more damage and stun zombies.

Level Upgrade

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Concentrated Cuisines 浓缩料理	Chef Cypripedium has a 50% chance to throw concentrated soup, causing damage to zombies within a single cell and entering a stench state. 厨师杓兰有50%的概率投掷出浓缩汤汁，对单格范围的僵尸造成伤害并进入恶臭状态。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Chef Cypripedium gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Steady Progress 工序稳定	The skill trigger probability of Concentrated Cuisines is increased by 100%, and there is a 100% probability of throwing Concentrated Soup. 浓缩料理的技能触发概率提升100%，有100%的概率投掷出浓缩汤汁。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Chef Cypripedium gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Chef Cypripedium may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Chef Cypripedium gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Novel Cuisine 新式料理	Chef Cypripedium changed the style of the soup, the soup turns purple and can make the zombies in the stench state suffer 200 points of damage per second. 厨师杓兰更换了汤汁的款式，汤汁变为紫色并能使恶臭状态下的僵尸每秒受到200点伤害。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Chef Cypripedium gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Chef Cypripedium is a good plant to defend yourself against stronger zombies. You must plant two or three of him in two or three lanes. Occupy a few of the lanes with a single Chef Cypripedium, while other lanes that don't have any Chef Cypripediums planted on them can be set as a trap for the zombies. Planting Celery Stalkers on each unoccupied lane might be a good defense to defeat any zombies diverting to other lanes.

When it comes to Sushi Chef Zombie, sometimes you must be careful since he can throw sushi on random unoccupied tiles, even on a lane between two Chef Cypripediums planted on two lanes after it. Unless you plant ice-based plants like Snow Pea on unoccupied lanes between Chef Cypripediums, if there's sushi in front of it, he will slow the zombies down if they're in-front of the sushi.

Chicken Wrangler Zombies and Weasel Hoarders are the only zombie that the player has to be aware of, since they are able to unleash a swarm of Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels down through three lanes at once. Also, Parasol Zombie is another zombie that the player must be aware of, since she's able to block his projectiles (albeit it’s impossible for her to block the projectile that comes from his plant food effect). To defend yourself from Chicken Wrangler and Weasel Hoarder, try to use Lightning Reed to kill their pets quickly. For, Parasol Zombie, try to wait any kind of zombies that bypass him as a backup, and then fire up on that backup zombie. After that, try to plant Fume-shrooms or straight-shooting plants on unoccupied lanes to trick the Parasol Zombies.

Gallery

HD Chef Cypripedium

HD Costumed Chef Cypripedium

Almanac entry

Seed packet

Seed packet sprite

Puzzle Piece

Puzzle Piece sprite

Costume Puzzle Piece

Sprites

Chef Cypripedium's appearance and costume reveal image

Silhouette teaser

Plants vs. Zombies 2 China Version New Upcoming Plant Orchid Chef Heian Era 16th World Demo

Chef Cypripedium gameplay demo

Chef Cypripedium on a News Banner

Chef Cypripedium on a second News Banner

Dripphylleia and Chef Cypripedium in a poster

Trivia

• Chef Cypripedium bears somewhat of a resemblance to Claw Gloriosa, they have similar color palettes, head and arm shapes, and both of them are Chinese-exclusives.
• Even though Parasol Zombie and Mino Zombie can block his projectiles, it’s impossible for Jester Zombie to deflect them.
• He’s mentioned in Sunshine Leek’s Almanac entry.
  • Coincidentally, they’re both Chinese-exclusive.

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