Dartichoke

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Dartichoke is a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, that was first introduced in the 7.9.1 update. He fires high damaging spines at high priority targets.

About

He^[1] costs 225 sun and his ability allows him to fire artichoke spines at zombies in his lane, however he can only fire a limited amount and needs to recharge after firing the max amount of spines. It takes 8 seconds to reload his darts. His darts do not target grid items such as tombstones. Dartichoke can be unlocked for 250 seed packets.

Dartichoke's spines prioritizes certain zombies in a similar manner to Witch Hazel prioritizing Wizard Zombies, these zombies are:

• All-Star Zombie
• Explorer Zombie
• Fisherman Zombie
• Octo Zombie
• Pirate Captain Zombie
• Prospector Zombie
• Roman Healer Zombie
• Treasure Yeti
• Wizard Zombie

Origins

He is based on a spiny artichoke, more commonly known as an artichoke, a variety of a species of thistle cultivated as a food.

His name is a portmanteau of "dart," referring to the projectiles that he fires, and "artichoke," the real-life plant he is based on.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Dartichoke	SUN COST 225 RECHARGE 8.5 SUN COST: 225 RECHARGE: 8.5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 75 TOUGHNESS: 300 DAMAGE: 75 Special Critical Damage Special Critical Damage Chance Special: Critical Damage Special: Critical Damage Chance FAMILY Spear-mint FAMILY: Spear-mint Dartichokes fire high-damage darts down the lane, prioritizing especially dangerous zombies such as Wizards, Octo Zombies and Healers. Special: each shot has a chance to do critical damage Usage: has a limited supply of darts, then must recharge Dartichoke Priority Targets: All-Star Zombie Explorer Zombie Fisherman Zombie Octo Zombie Pirate Captain Zombie Prospector Zombie Roman Healer Zombie Treasure Yeti Wizard Zombie Why waste shots on foot soldiers when you can win the battle with one well-chosen dart to the dome?" wonders Dartichoke. "Why would you do it? Why would ANYONE do it?

Dartichoke

		SUN COST 225			RECHARGE 8.5

SUN COST: 225
RECHARGE: 8.5

		TOUGHNESS 300			DAMAGE 75

TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 75

		Special Critical Damage			Special Critical Damage Chance

Special: Critical Damage
Special: Critical Damage Chance

		FAMILY Spear-mint

FAMILY: Spear-mint

Dartichokes fire high-damage darts down the lane, prioritizing especially dangerous zombies such as Wizards, Octo Zombies and Healers.

Special: each shot has a chance to do critical damage
Usage: has a limited supply of darts, then must recharge
Dartichoke Priority Targets:
All-Star Zombie
Explorer Zombie
Fisherman Zombie
Octo Zombie
Pirate Captain Zombie
Prospector Zombie
Roman Healer Zombie
Treasure Yeti
Wizard Zombie

Why waste shots on foot soldiers when you can win the battle with one well-chosen dart to the dome?" wonders Dartichoke. "Why would you do it? Why would ANYONE do it?

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, he spins and shoots blue darts that deal with critical damage to a multitude of zombies on the lawn, in a similar matter to Homing Thistle's PF effect.

Spear-mint effect

When boosted by Spear-mint, Dartichoke will receive an additional 210 DPS to its main attack along with his Critical Damage darts, and his chance to fire a critical dart will also increase.

Level Upgrades

Gallery

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Trivia

• Despite his Arena Season coming after Ultomato's, he is before Ultomato in the Almanac.
• He and Witch Hazel are the only plants in Plants vs. Zombies 2 to be able to target a specific kind of zombie.
  • The other plants are Carrot Rocket (from Plants vs. Zombies Online), which prioritizes Archer Zombie, Cactus and Cattail (from Plants vs. Zombies) which prioritize Balloon Zombies (only when flying).
• So far, this along with Jack O' Lantern, are the only two plants in Plants vs. Zombies 2 to have a sun cost of 225 at Level 1.
• He and Ultomato are the only 2 Straight-shooting plants that can attack through objects.

References

See also

• Homing Thistle
• Witch Hazel