Citron (PvZ: GW2)

For other versions, see Citron (disambiguation).

Citron
Health	200
Weapon	Orange Beam
Abilities	EMPeach Citron Ball Peel Shield Spin Dash Hyper Ball
Variants	Iron Citron Electro Citron Frozen Citron Party Citron Toxic Citron
Rarity	None

Citron is a playable plant class in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. He is a time-traveling, bounty-hunting orange from the future who traveled to the present to turn the tide of battle. He is the tank class of the plants team.

Descriptions

Website description

The Citron is a time-travelling bounty hunter from the future… and also an orange. His one of a kind transformation ability allows him to get into the action faster than any other Plant, then instantly transform to attack mode for maximum effectiveness!

Stickerbook description

Citron is a time-travelling bounty hunter from the future, who also happens to be an orange. He's here to chew bubblegum and kick Z-Mech butt, and he's all out of bubblegum.

In-game description

Use his ball form to roll right into the action before switching to attack mode, laying waste to Zombies with his Orange Beam!

Variants

• Iron Citron
• Electro Citron
• Frozen Citron
• Party Citron
• Toxic Citron

Abilities

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Strategies

• The EMPeach can both stun and damage all zombies affected by the attack. Its best use is against a group of zombies.
• The Peel Shield only blocks attacks from the front, so avoid being flanked.
• Do not overestimate your shield. It can be broken if it takes too much damage.
• You can use your primary weapon while using the Peel Shield to improve your chances of success in a fight.
• If you use Citron Ball while you are using Peel Shield, the shield will be lost.
• Citron Ball is best used to advance up to tactical positions or for a quick escape.
• Use the enhanced speed from Hyper Ball to distract zombie players while your teammates deal some damage.
• Spin Dash will do great damage to any Imp; if they are giving you trouble, charge right into them.

Gallery

Render of Citron

Icon of Citron

Citron vs. Imp in promotional artwork

Citron on a bus with a Weed, Rose, and Kernel Corn

An advertisement featuring Citron

Citron protecting itself from a Foot Soldier's ZPG using its Peel Shield

PopCap's SDCC comic with Citron on the right

Another photo of the Citron

Citron winking under its shades in the trailer

HD Citron with Rose and Kernel Corn

Citron standing with Rose and Kernel Corn

Citron in the Backyard Battleground

Citron's abilities in-game (old)

Citron with Rose, Kernel Corn, Scientist, and All-Star wearing emoji customizations

Citron attacking an AC Perry with a group of Weeds

Trivia

• Citron's name could reference two things; one being Citrus, the fruit, which is an orange-like fruit. Or, the name could come from the word "Citrus" and the "tron" part would come from Citron being part-robot.
• Citron seems to be the only plant class that originates from Plants vs. Zombies 2, although he is heavily redesigned.
• He may be based on the Droideka from the Star Wars saga. Both can turn into a ball and roll around, deploy shields, and fire laser-like blasts from their appendages.
  • Citron's Citron Ball skill could be a reference to Samus Aran's Morph Ball from the Metroid series.
  • His description also says "The Citron is a time-travelling bounty hunter," which may also refer to Samus Aran because she is a galactic bounty hunter.
• The Spin Dash is probably based off of the similar named move of Sonic.
• Him being mentioned that he is from the future references Far Future.
  • The original Citron was from Far Future as well.
  • EMPeach, his ability, is based on the plant of (almost) the same name from Far Future.
• Citron and Rose, along with their variants, are the only plants to wield an actual weapon. Citron is equipped with an orange laser blaster.
• When firing the Orange Beam, the sound from the Sunflower's Sunbeam can be heard.
  • Coincidentallly, Citron's Orange Beam also looks like Sunflower's Sunbeam.
• The sentence, "He's here to chew bubblegum and kick Z-Mech butt, and he's all out of bubblegum" is a reference to a scene from the 1988 dystopian sci-fi action movie They Live.
• When the player customizes Citron, they can transform Citron into Ball Mode.
  • The player can also customize the looks of Citron whilst in his Ball Mode.
• In the January 2016 patch, Citron's weapon now overheats faster. In addition, his Peel Shield now absorbs 75 damage rather than 100.
• According to Gary Clay, Citron and Future Cactus are best friends and bounty hunting rivals in the future.
• In Assault Mode, Citron is the slowest base character in the game.
• Citron and Citrus Cactus are the only plants based on oranges.
• Citron is the first character to have two Legendary variants, with the second being Super Brainz.
  • Both are also the only classes to not have a fire variant yet.
• In trailers, he had 32 ammo, different ability icons and its weapon name was "Orange Laser" instead of "Orange Beam".
  • Electro Citron is the only variant that actually has 32 ammo in the final release.

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