- For other versions, see Chomper (disambiguation).
Chomper is a multi-use instant-kill plant appearing in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He can eat zombies whole, killing them instantly, but is vulnerable to attacks when chewing.
About[]
- For more information about this character, see Chomper.
Chomper was released on October 7th, 2014 along with the Big Wave Beach Part 1 teaser Piñata Parties, and was available for purchase at $4.99, but was reduced to $0.99 in 8.3.1 due to lack of use/power.
Chomper can devour most types of zombies, instantly killing them in the process. However, after eating an enemy, Chomper will require a large amount of time to devour the victim, making him vulnerable, exposing itself to other zombies' attacks in the process. When faced with inedible targets such as tombstones, mechanical threats, and Gargantuars, Chomper will instead attempt to damage them with his bites.
Its digest time was reduced to 17 seconds from the original game, and he can now bite certain targets to deal damage, dealing 200 damage per shot worth of damage each. It can also eat two zombies now.
It is featured for free in Big Wave Beach - Days 3, 14, 16, and Modern Day - Day 44.
Chomper cannot devour, but can damage the following zombies:
- Gargantuar variants
- Barrel Roller Zombie's barrel.
- Imp Cannon
- Zombie Bull and Rodeo Legend Zombie
- Pianist Zombie
- Mecha-Football Zombie
- Robo-Cone Zombie
- Disco-tron 3000
- Zombie King
- Fisherman Zombie
- Zombie Chicken and Ice Weasel
- Treasure Yeti
- Cardio Zombie
- Z-Mech
- #caketank
- Zcorpion Zombie
- Roman Caesar Zombie
- Dr. Zomboss
- Catapult Zombie
- Cavalry Zombie (China only)
- Solar Car Zombie (China only)
Almanac entry[]
Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.
Chomper
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Chompers can devour a zombie whole, but they are vulnerable while chewing. Everyone appreciates what Chomper does. His appetite has saved them on numerous occasions. But truth be told, Chomper's friends think that eating zombies is gross. And his breath! No one has the heart to tell him, and he never gets the hint when you offer him a mint. |
Upgrades[]
Plant Food effect[]
When fed with Plant Food, Chomper will unleash a high intensity wind that will drag the three nearest zombies to it and then push any surviving zombies on the same lane away by releasing a burp.
If it pulls in any inedible zombies, it will deal 1000 damage per shot to those zombies. In the Chinese version, it will pull in only two zombies instead of three.
Costumed (China only)[]
Chomper now does a longer burp.
Enforce-mint effect[]
When boosted by Enforce-mint, Chomper's chew time is reduced to 1.5 seconds, and it can devour an additional 6 zombies before chewing.
Level upgrades[]
Level | Seed packets | Coins | Upgrades | |||||
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Sun Cost | Recharge (Fast) |
Toughness (Typical) |
Special (Chew Speed) |
Special (Gobble Capacity) |
Range | |||
1 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 5 seconds | 300 damage | 17 seconds | 2 | Close |
2 | 10 | 1,000 | 150 | 5 seconds | 350 damage | 16 seconds | ||
3 | 25 | 2,500 | 150 | 4.5 seconds | 400 damage | 15 seconds | ||
4 | 50 | 5,000 | 125 | 4.5 seconds | 450 damage | 14 seconds | 3 | |
5 | 100 | 10,000 | 125 | 4.5 seconds | 550 damage | 10 seconds | ||
6 | 200 | 20,000 | 125 | 4 seconds | 600 damage | |||
7 | 400 | 30,000 | 100 | 4 seconds | 650 damage | |||
8 | 800 | 50,000 | 100 | 3.5 seconds | 700 damage | |||
9 | 1,200 | 75,000 | 100 | 3.5 seconds | 800 damage | 9 seconds | ||
10 | 1,600 | 100,000 | 75 | 3 seconds | 900 damage | 7 seconds | 4 |
Mastery upgrades[]
- Chance to Boost
- Damage Pierce
Level upgrades (China only)[]
Strategies[]
Chomper has received a few buffs, namely its reduced digest time and increased bite damage, which makes it more effective when faced with inedible targets, particularly Zombie Bull and mechanical threats in Far Future. However, poor performance against groups of enemies still remains a problem to Chomper. In addition, Chomper is also generally inferior to Toadstool, which has a greatly increased range and can generate sun after digesting zombies as well as having the ability to devour Rodeo Legend Zombies whereas Chomper does not.
The player can use disabling plants like Stunion, E.M.Peach, and Stallia against inedible targets first to allow Chomper to deal more damage. Tombstones, surfboards, frozen blocks and arcade machines also count as inedible targets, causing the Chomper to bite them, destroying them in a few bites as long as it is not busy devouring zombies. With mechanical zombies or Gargantuars, you could freeze them right in front of the Chomper, will it can repeatedly bite them, doing heavy damage.
In Ancient Egypt, Chomper is useful against Pharaoh Zombies, as it can devour both the zombie and the sarcophagus in one bite. In Wild West and Frostbite Caves, Chomper is useful for stopping Chicken Wrangler Zombies and Weasel Hoarders from releasing their chickens or weasels. It is also useful in Dark Ages since it can eat Knight Zombies easily as well as boosted zombies from Dark Alchemy.
In Big Wave Beach, it is useful against Surfer Zombie as they can devour both the zombie and the surfboard. It is also useful against Octo Zombies as they can destroy the octopi within 3 bites. In Lost City, Chompers are good choices against Imp Porters as they can devour both the imp and the backpack. In Modern Day, it is useful against Newspaper Zombie as they can devour the zombie, ignoring the newspaper.
Avoid using Chomper against Explorer Zombies and Torchlight Zombies as they can easily destroy it without being devoured. The same thing applies to MC Zom-B while his jam is playing. Also, zombies kicked by Breakdancer Zombies or raptors can highly overwhelm Chomper.
Although, Chomper can now eat 2 zombies before chewing in the 9.2 update. It can easily be overwhelmed by groups of zombies, Try stalling the zombies, to allow Chomper to chew up and eat more zombies.
There is a way to get over Chomper's weakness of its long chew time. You may simply dig it up while it is chewing and replace it with a new one due to Chomper's relatively fast recharge time compared to it's slow chewing time. This strategy is great if the player has one to three of the Shovel Boost Upgrades since the player can refund more sun. However, due to the 9.2 update, Chomper can easily chew up zombies faster and eat more zombies.
Balance changes[]
Update 9.1.1[]
- ▲ Devours 2-4 zombies before chewing instead of 1.
- ▲ Digest time is reduced from 30-10 seconds to 17-7 seconds.
Gallery[]
Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Chomper.
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In other languages[]
Please note that only official translations are used.
Language | Name | Description |
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English | Chomper | |
Simplified Chinese | 大嘴花 | lit. "Big Mouth Flower" |
French | Mordeur | |
German | Schnapper | |
Italian | Masticazombi | |
Brazilian Portuguese | Carnívora | "Carnivorous" in portuguese |
Spanish | Planta carnívora |
Trivia[]
- No matter what type of zombie it eats, the arm hanging out of its mouth does not wear any shirt sleeve and look identical to a regular zombie, as with the first game.
- The code for it was in the game until the 1.4 update, but was re-added in the 2.5.1 update as a fully functional plant.
- It was mentioned in Dark Ages - Night 20 dialogue by Crazy Dave. He said: "Phew! Plants shouldn't eat zombies who eat plants. Except Chomper. He has to. Dude needs the fiber." so as to tease Big Wave Beach and its return.
- It sometimes mimics dog-like behavior by scratching its head with its leaves.
- Impfinity also does this in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.
- This is also one of the two Chomper idle animations, the other being Chomper licking his lips.
- It can swallow Chicken Wrangler Zombies without them releasing Zombie Chickens. The same thing happens with Weasel Hoarders.
- It is one of the five plants that make noises in the Almanac, the others being Electric Blueberry, Sweet Potato, Sap-fling, and Chard Guard.
- When it swallows a zombie, it will spew out an eyeball while burping.
- This is strikingly similar to Pac-Man.
- Its Plant Food effect resembles a vacuum cleaner as it makes the same sounds and its stalk does a pumping animation.
- When fed Plant Food, if a Pianist Zombie is in the draw zone, the zombie is instantly defeated.
- If Chomper finishes off the final zombie in a level, it will stop moving entirely. This is probably a visual bug.
See also[]
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