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Damage per shot (often shortened to DPS) is used officially in every game of the main Plants vs. Zombies series to express the damage plants / zombies deal and the amount of health zombies / plants have. It is not to be confused with the term "Damage per Second", which is used in many games and is used to calculate how much damage is done to a single target every second.
Explanation
Damage per shot is the basic measurement of damage in the Tower defense games. A pea deals 20 damage per shot, while each bite from most zombies (the damage counted by each second the zombie attacks, except for Plants vs. Zombies 3) deals 100 damage per shot.
Some projectiles from plants can do more than just 20 DPS, and can do up to about 80 DPS, such as Cabbage-pult, Melon-pult, and peas ignited by a Torchwood. The projectile with the most damage output is Citron's charged plasma ball created during its Plant Food effect, dealing up to 4000 DPS (at level 10).
Instant kills deal a heavy amount of damage, most dealing about 1800 DPS except for Primal Potato Mine, which deals 2400 DPS. However, in ZomBotany 2, a full-health Tall-nut Zombie can be killed by a corn cob, Cherry Bomb, Jalapeno or Doom-shroom, even though Tall-nut Zombies have 2400 health. A single Potato Mine or Squash cannot kill a full-health Tall-nut Zombie, despite dealing the same damage as the aforementioned explosive plants. Chompers deal 40 DPS (200 in the sequel) to any zombie it cannot devour. Likewise, Grimroses do 600 DPS to any zombie they cannot kill.
Plant Health
Most plants can take 300 damage per shot before being eaten. The followings are exceptions:
Plants vs. Zombies
| Plant | Health | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Wall-nut | 4000 | |
| Tall-nut | 8000 | |
| Pumpkin | 4000 | |
| Garlic | 400 | |
| Spikerock | 450 | Can take nine smashes |
| Explode-o-nut | 4000 | |
| Giant Wall-nut | 4000 | 8000 in Big Time |
| Giant Sunflower | 600 | |
| Giant Marigold | 600 |
Plants vs. Zombies 2
| Plant | Health (Level 1) | Health (Level Max) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wall-nut | 4000 | 8000 | |
| Tall-nut | 8000 | 32000 | |
| Chard Guard | 1500 | 3000 | |
| Red Stinger | 300/900/1500 | 900/1500/2500 | Depend on the plant's position |
| Endurian | 3000 | 5000 | |
| Infi-nut | 2000 | 4500 | Can self-regenerate |
| Puff-shroom | 150 | 700 | |
| Sun Bean | 50 | ||
| Celery Stalker | 1200 | 2200 | |
| Garlic | 600 | 1200 | |
| Primal Wall-nut | 4000 | 11000 | Withstand instant kills |
| Shadow-shroom | 50 | ||
| Holly Barrier | 3000 | 5000 | |
| Holly Barrier Berry | 1500 | 3000 | |
| PF Holly Barrier Berry | 3000 | 5000 | |
| Pea-nut | 4000 | 12000 | |
| Electric Currant | 200 | 800 | |
| Sweet Potato | 4000 | 8500 | |
| Kiwibeast | 2000 | 4500 | |
| Torchwood | 2000 | 3350 | |
| Explode-O-Nut | 3000 | ||
| Hot Date | 2000 | 5000 | |
| Blastberry Vine | 200 | 650 | |
| Pumpkin | 4000 | 8000 | |
| Ultomato | 300/400/500 | 525/850/1175 | |
| Gumnut Gum | 8000 | 20000 | Stronger zombies form stronger barriers Withstand instant kills |
| Explode-o-Vine | 1500 | 3000 | |
| Murkadamia Nut | 2500 | 4750 | |
| Headbutter Lettuce | 900 | 1800 | |
| Gloom Vine | 250 | 700 | |
| Power Vine | 250 | 700 | |
| Iceweed | 300/900 | 900/1350 | |
| Tiger Grass | 300/525 | 900/1575 | |
| Blockoli | 6000 | 16000 | |
| Buttercup | 900 | 2500 | |
| Bramble Bush | 1500 | 2100 | |
| Rhubarbarian | 900 | ||
Armor
Some plants get a armor when given Plant Food. Armors cannot be healed by Aloe.
| Plant | Health (Level 1) | Health (Level Max) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wall-nut | 8000 | 16000 | |
| Tall-nut | 12000 | 24000 | |
| Endurian | 6000 | Make it deal higher damage | |
| Primal Wall-nut | 8000 | 20000 | Does not withstand instant kills |
| Pea-nut | 4000 | ||
| Explode-O-Nut | 3000 | 8000 | Explodes when eaten or destroyed |
| Pumpkin | 8000 | 16000 | |
| Explode-o-Vine | 1500 | 3000 | Explodes when eaten or destroyed |
| Murkadamia Nut | 2000 | 8000 | |
| Blockoli | 8000 | 28000 | |
Gallery
Plants vs. Zombies
Peas deal 20 damage per shot
Frozen peas deal 20 damage per shot and slow down hit zombies
Fire peas deal 40 damage per shot along with no more than 13 splash damage (excluding Plants vs. Zombies 2)
Spores deal 20 damage per shot
Stars deal 20 damage per shot
Cabbages deal 40 damage per shot
Kernels deal 20 damage per shot
Butter deals 40 damage per shot and temporarily paralyzes hit zombies
Melons deal 80 damage per shot along with no more than 26 splash damage
Frozen melons deal 80 damage per shot and slow down hit zombies along with no more than 26 splash damage
Corn cobs deal 1800 damage per shot in a 3x3 area
Plants vs. Zombies 2
Note: The stats below only apply to Level 1 plants.
Peas deal 20 damage per shot
Bloomerangs deal 20 damage per shot
Cabbages deal 40 damage per shot
Big cabbages deal 200 damage per shot
Bonk Choys deal 15 damage per shot
Frozen peas deal 20 damage per shot and slow down hit zombies
Big peas deal 600 damage per shot
Kernels deal 30 damage per shot
Butter does 60 damage per shot and temporarily paralyzes zombies hit
Fire deals 30 damage per shot
Spikeweeds deal 10 damage per shot
Coconuts deal 900 damage per shot
Giant coconuts deal 1200 damage per shot
Spikerocks deal 20 damage per shot
Giant peas deal 400 damage per shot
Lightning Reeds deal 10 damage per shot with 10 damage per shot splash damage
Melons deal 80 damage per shot with 40 damage per shot of splash damage
Frozen melons deal 80 damage per shot and slow down hit zombies with bonus 40 splash damage
Lasers deal 40 damage per shot
Big lasers deal 1800 damage per shot
Plasma deals 800 damage per shot
Big plasma does 2500 damage per shot to zombies it can't kill
Magnifying Grass deals 550 damage per shot when being tapped by the player
Stars deal 20 damage per shot
Big stars deal 400 damage per shot
Spores deal 20 damage per shot
Fume-shrooms deal 40 damage per shot
An Aquamarine bulb deal 40 damage per shot
A blue bulb deals 120 damage per shot
An orange bulb deals 180 damage per shot
An exploding bulb deals 600 damage per shot, with bonus 30 splash damage
Prickles deal 40 damage per shot
Power prickles deal 240 damage per shot
Pits deal 20 damage per shot
Bananas deal 1200 damage per shot in a 1x3 area
Flaming peppers deal 50 damage per shot and additional 10 splash damage in 3x3 area
Rutabagas deal 10 damage per shot
Big rutabagas deal 70 damage per shot
Explosive seeds deal 50 damage per shot in a 1x1 square
Akee seeds deal 60 damage per shot to the first zombie it hits, then decreases 10 damage per shot each time
Endurians deal 20 damage per shot per 1 second
Stingers deal 15/30x2 damage per shot
A small berry deals 200 damage per shot
A medium strawberry deals 400 damage per shot
A giant strawberry deals 900 damage per shot
Phat Beets do 15 damage
Celery Stalkers do 100 damage
Spikes deal 30 damage per shot
Power spikes deal 60 damage per shot
Spores from Spore-shrooms deal 50 damage per shot
Pea boulders deal 50 damage per shot
Leaves deal 100 damage per shot (long range) or 200 damage per shot (close range)
Powered leaves deal 600 damage per shot
Explosive buds deal 30 direct damage per shot and 25 splash damage per shot
Hearts deal 40 damage per shot per hit and stack up to 90
Electric peas deal 5 direct damage per shot and 20 splash damage per shot
Voltaic arcs deal 40 damage per shot
Electric Currants deal 80 contact damage
Apple Mortar's projectiles deal 30 damage per shot and stuns zombie
Apple Mortar's Plant Food projectiles deal 50-100 damage per shot and stuns zombie
Wasabi Whips do 40 damage per shot
Bombegranate seeds do 200 damage per shot
Parsnip does 80 damage per shot
Fila-mint does 150 damage per shot
Arma-mint projectiles do 1200 damage per shot
Pepper-mint flames deal 100 damage per shot per hit
Appease-mint does 300 damage per shot per pea
Shadow peas do 30 damage per shot
Shadow Peashooter lasers do 70 damage per shot
Spirit Bombs do 500 damage per shot
Blastberry Vines do 15 damage per shot
Pokras do 60 damage per shot
Pyre Vine flames do 30 damage per shot
Ice Blooms do 50 damage per shot, 200 damage per shot in 3x3 area
Big Ultomatoes do 1600 damage per shot
darts do 75 damage per shot, critical darts do 225 damage per shot
Shine Vine does 5 damage per shot
Tumbleweed does 15 damage per shot
Tofu turkey does 10 landing damage per shot and 65 damage per shot, pumpkin turkey does 20 landing damage per shot and 85 damage per shot
Boingsetta does 1000 damage per shot to gird items
Rice does 40 damage per shot
Hocus Crocus does 100 damage per shot
Headbutter Lettuce does 100 damage per shot
Gloom Vine does 45 damage per shot
Air cannon does 15 damage per shot
Balloon does 575 damage per shot
Doom balloon does 875 damage per shot
Boosted pea does 30 damage per shot
Fire tornados does 22 damage per shot
Laser bolt does 10 damage per shot
Normal gas does 20 damage per shot, powered gas does 40 damage per shot
Dart does 560 damage per shot
Icy spikes do 10 damage per shot and slow down zombies
Blockoli's shield do 95 damage per shot and stun zombies
Buttercup's butter do 100 damage per shot and temporarily paralyzes zombies hit
Bramble spikes do 30 damage per shot
Rhubarbarian do 190 damage per shot when planted, 50 damage per shot with punches.
See also
| V · T · E |
| Plants | Pea · Spore · Fumes · Spike · Star · Lobbed shots · Butter · Melon · Corn cob · Boomerang · Coconut · Plasma ball · Bolt · Arrow · Iceball · Fireball · Bulb · Pit · Banana · Droplet · Lotus seed · Rutabaga · Stinger · Explosive seed · Pomegranate seed |
| Zombies | Basketball · Bullet · Fireball · Iceball · Imp · Snowball |
