Cob Cannon (Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2)

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玉米加农炮(literal translation: Cob Cannon)
Can fire a corn cob onto anywhere on lawn.
Statistics
Sun Cost	500
Recharge	10 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	1200 damage
Attack Rest	50 seconds
Range	Whole Screen
Area	3×3 AoE
Class	Ranged
Quality	Legendary
Plant Food effect	Cob Cannon rests after firing a floating cob. Said cob will fire kernels to attack zombies.
Usage	Tap and hold on the Cob Cannon and drag to the target to fire
Range	Anywhere on lawn
Special	On impact, explodes in an area of 9 tiles
Tags	Damage, manual, area-of-effect, explosive
Plant features	Yellow plant, armed family
In-game statistics
Unlocked	Collect 10 Cob Cannon Puzzle Pieces, 2017 New Year event
Costumes
Chinese English 自称德州上校的玉米加农炮到底是怎样？嗯-他曾经在哈佛深造，并就职于纽约一家著名的律师事务所，所以不要问我为什么一名律师最后会跑到51区这么不着调的问题，毕竟这是一个瞎子也能做律师的时代...... Just how did the Cob Cannon the Colonel of Texas come by? Well, he once studied at Harvard and worked at a New York-based law firm, but don't ask me why a lawyer would eventually go to Area 51, after all, this is an era when blind men can be lawyers…

Cob Cannon (玉米加农炮; yùmǐ jiānóngpào) is a monthly special plant in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. He was first introduced in the 2017 New Year event.

He works like how he did in the original Plants vs. Zombies, to the point where he is an upgrade plant rather than his own individual plant and can be tapped to fire huge cobs that deal massive damage in a 3x3 area before needing to recharge.

However, compared to the first game, at level 1, his damage is reduced to 1200 damage, and his firing rate is increased to 50 seconds.

He requires being planted on two side-by-side Kernel-pults in order to be planted on the lawn.

Almanac Entry

Note: Cob Cannon’s recharge is Mediocre in-game

玉米加农炮 Cob Cannon		DAMAGE Massive AREA 3x3 RECHARGE Sluggish
		玉米加农炮可以发射玉米导弹到草坪任意格子上。 用法 : 按住玉米加农炮拖动到轰炸目标上 范围 : 草坪全范围 特点 : 以轰炸目标为中心，产生 9 格范围爆炸 植物特征 : 黄色植物、武器家族 自称德州上校的玉米加农炮到底是怎样 ? 嗯——他曾经在哈佛深造，并就职于纽约一家著名的律师事务所，所以不要问我为什么一名律师最后会跑到 51 区这么不着调的问题，毕竟这是一个瞎子也能做律师的时代 ......

玉米加农炮 (Cob Cannon)
Sun cost: 500

DAMAGE: Massive
AREA: 3x3
RECHARGE: Sluggish

玉米加农炮可以发射玉米导弹到草坪任意格子上。

用法 : 按住玉米加农炮拖动到轰炸目标上
范围 : 草坪全范围
特点 : 以轰炸目标为中心，产生 9 格范围爆炸
植物特征 : 黄色植物、武器家族

自称德州上校的玉米加农炮到底是怎样 ? 嗯——他曾经在哈佛深造，并就职于纽约一家著名的律师事务所，所以不要问我为什么一名律师最后会跑到 51 区这么不着调的问题，毕竟这是一个瞎子也能做律师的时代 ......

In English: Cob Cannon can fire a corn cob onto anywhere on lawn. Usage: Tap and hold on the Cob Cannon and drag to the target to fire Range: Anywhere on lawn Special: On impact, explodes in an area of 9 tiles Plant Family: Yellow plant, armed family Just how did the Cob Cannon the Colonel of Texas come by? Well, he once worked at Harvard and worked at a New York-based law firm, but don't ask me why a lawyer would eventually go to Area 51, after all, this is an era when blind men can be lawyers…

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Cob Cannon launches a corn cob that scatters explosive corn kernels for 6 seconds.

Costumed

In addition to launching a corn cob, the corn's husk will turn into a missile that homes into the zombies after all kernels are scattered.

Level upgrades

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Reduce by One Second 减一秒	Cob Cannon recharge time reduced to 42s. 玉米加农炮的休息时间减少到42s。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Cob Cannon gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Reduce by One Second Again 再减一秒	Cob Cannon recharge time reduced to 35s. 玉米加农炮的休息时间减少到35s。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Cob Cannon gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Cob Cannon may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Cob Cannon gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Homing Missiles 追踪导弹	Cob Cannon is equipped with an automatic missile system to launch two homing missiles with a damage of 210 every 4s. 玉米加农炮加装自动导弹系统每隔4s发射两枚伤害为210的追踪导弹。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Cob Cannon gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

His usage has remained unchanged since his introduction into the game. Hence, the same strategy from the first game will also apply here.

Use Plant Food on the Cob Cannon if the zombies are getting close to the Cob Cannon while he is still recharging but be careful not to use it in obstructive environments such as Kongfu World (Weapon Stands) and Ancient Egypt (Tombstones) as the obstructions can block the kernels and can prevent the effectiveness of all the kernels. A Heath Seeker (especially a leveled-up one) or an Angel Starfruit's Plant Food effect can dispose of most if not all of them.

Just remember that his Plant Food effect can only activate via Power Tiles if the tile is on the back square, otherwise, he will not be affected.

However, he is outclassed by Missile Toe. She has received buffs in this game, as her missiles affect a 3x3 are as well, as well as chilling zombies, costing less sun, only taking up 1 tile, not requiring Kernel-pult and having a shorter cooldown time, making her more worthwhile to bring her along over Cob Cannon.

Gallery

Cob Cannon has a gallery!

Visit this page to see it.

Trivia

• He is the only upgrade from the first game that is planted like he did in the first game (Planted on two side-by-side Kernel-pults).
• Unlike the first game, after launching the corn cob, Cob Cannon gives out the new cob then cools down despite Cob Cannon giving out the new cob early after launching.
• He, Plantern, Coffee Bean and Cattail are the only plants in the first game to appear in the Chinese version without appearing in the international version.
• Unlike his original appearence, he doesn't actually take up two tiles, only the back tile counts as a plant.
• Despite his first upgrade being called "One-second Reduction" (减一秒), the upgrade reduces more than one second off his recharge time (7.5 seconds).
  • This is because the names are actually a parody on China's ex-president Jiang Zemin known as "moha", based on a rumor that a hanged boy sacrificed himself to save Jiang from severe illness. The meme is about extending his life through sacrificing others by "1 second" (though not necessarily needs to be one second). It can be seen as this pairs with Perfume-shroom's upgrade abilities.
• Even though his almanac entry says that his recharge is Sluggish, it’s actually Mediocre in game, since his in game recharge is 10 seconds.
• He has some weird interactions with certain zombies:
  • Tomb Raiser Zombie will put a grave inside him.
  • `Wizard Zombie and Octo Zombie will turn him into a sheep/octopus but you still can plant on both tiles.
  • If frozen only the left part will have the ice block.
  • Arcade Zombie can push an arcade inside him.
• He, along with Egret Flower Plane are the only plants that cannot be revived by Intensive Carrot when defeated.
  • Unlike Egret Flower Plane, Cob Cannon is always unrevivable no matter the way he gets destroyed.
  • It’s unknown whether this is intentional or unintentional.
• Despite the fact that he’s a lobbed-shot plant, it’s impossible for Jester Zombie and Parasol Zombie to eschew being damaged by any of his projectiles.

See also

• Upgrade plants
• Holly Barrier
• Kernel-pult
• Banana Launcher
• Missile Toe
• Lobbed shots
• Corn cob

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