Citron (Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville)

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Citron is a playable plant class in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. He is a Defend class who specializes in providing mobile defense.

Description

In-game description

Citrons are the mobile team defender. The Peel Shield provides cover for allies. Best to hold strategic locations or help the team break through tough chokepoints.

Weapons

Primary Weapon

“	Rapid-fire, triple-barrel cannon.	”
—In-game description

Citron's primary weapon is the Juice Cannon, which fires 3 projectiles at once. It deals 3 damage per projectile (4 critical) and fires at a medium rate of fire with a high amount of bloom. Additionally, the cannon's muzzle flash also deals 3 damage provided enemies are close enough.

Secondary Weapon

“	Raise a shield by holding [Zoom] and gain ammo by blocking damage.	”
—In-game description

The Peel Shield makes a return as Citron's secondary weapon. Instead of zooming in, Citron instead puts up his Peel Shield in front of him. The shield boasts 450 health, and it regenerates its health when not in use. Citron moves slower while the shield is out. Additionally, Citron also gains ammo when blocking damage.

Abilities

Left ability
E.M.Peach	Shoots an E.M.Peach that stuns enemies and depletes Z-Mech fuel.
Center ability
Spin Dash	Ball dash forward to hurt enemies and knock them back.
Right ability
Navel Laser	A precision beam that grows in power.

Upgrades

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	Emergency Exit		● 1
	Move faster for a short time after exiting Spin Dash.

	Refreshing Revive		● 1
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by reviving an ally. Reduces ability cooldown by 30% 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 over-health for the currently used class after respawning or being revived.

	Quenching Cover		● 2
	Gain ammo for Juice Cannon when blocking damage with Peel Shield.

	Best Defense		● 2
	Briefly reduce incoming damage by earning a critical vanquish. Can stack 3 times. Reduces incoming damage by 15% for 5 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy. Stacks up to 2 times for a total of 30% damage resistance.

	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.

	Freshly Squeezed		● 2
	Momentarily increase sprint speed after vanquishing an enemy.

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

	Kinetic Energy		● 3
	Gain Peel Shield health by dealing damage.

	Peel Out		● 3
	Move Faster when Peel Shield is deployed.

	Peached		● 3
	Longer stun duration by hitting enemy directly with E.M.Peach.

	Juiced		● 3
	Navel Laser has larger width and always deals critical damage.

	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. Earn 10% more XP.

	Bowling		● 4
	Knock enemies farther away with Spin Dash.

	Pulp Powered		● 4
	Extended Naval Laser duration by earning a Vanquish with Naval Laser.

	Peachy		● 4
	Gain Peel Shield health by stunning enemies with E.M.Peach.

	Adrenaline Rush		● 4
	Move faster for a short time by earning a vanquish. Increases movement speed by 55% for 3 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy.

Related Achievement

	Zest of the Best Block 1,000 damage with Peel Shield as a Citron.

Strategies

With

Citron can use his Peel Shield to protect Peashooters and Sunflowers using Pea Gatling and Sun Beam.

Against

Tips & Tricks

Balancing changes

October 2019 Patch

▲ Increased the Juice Cannon's damage from 2 to 2.55
▲ Removed the Peel Shield's 0.2 second deploy delay
▲ Reduced the Peel Shield's reactivate deploy time from 0.5 to 0.3 seconds
▼ Reduced the Peel Shield's XP earn rate to 10 XP per 25 damage points blocked
Removed the Peel Shield's backpedal speed modifier

November 2019 Patch

▲ Increase base ammo gain from blocking with shield 7->10
▲ Sprint can now cancel shield
▲ Movement speed modifier with shield up reduced 0.7->0.8
▲ Bringing up the shield can interrupt reloading
▲ Add muzzle flash damage to Juice Cannon 0->2.55
▲ Spin Dash no longer cancels sprint

November 27 2019 Update (Pre-TTK)

▼ Reduced additional time earned for earning a vanquish with the Pulp Powered upgrade from 2.7->2.0
▼ Reduced Naval Laser damage __ to __->5 to 10
▲ Movement speed reduction while using Naval Laser with the Juiced upgrade removed
▼ Juiced upgrade no longer lets Citron ADS while using Naval Laser