Dartichoke

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Dartichoke
Dartichokes fire high-damage darts down the lane, prioritizing especially dangerous zombies such as Wizards, Octo Zombies, and Healers
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	225
Recharge	8.5
Damage	75 damage per shot
Range	straight
Usage	has a limited supply of darts, then must recharge
Special	each shot has a chance to do critical damage
Family	Spear-mint
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(can block or deflect projectiles)
Unlocked	100 seed packets
Costumes
"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 is a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, that was first introduced in the 7.9.1 update of Plants vs. Zombies 2. It costs 225 sun and its ability allows it to fire artichoke spines at zombies in its lane, however it can only fire a limited amount and needs to recharge after firing the max amount of spines. It takes 8 seconds to reload its darts. Its 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

File:IrlSpineyArtichoke.jpg

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

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

Almanac entry

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

Dartichoke
	SUN COST 225 RECHARGE 8.50 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 75 Special Critical Damage Special 0.30 Spear-mint Plant Food: Shoots darts that deal with [sic] damage to a [sic] multiple zombies on the lawn. Dartichokes fire high-damage darts down the lane, prioritizing especially dangerous zombies such as Wizards, Octo Zombies and Healers.Has [sic] a limited supply of darts that can deal critical damage. 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 8.50 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 75 Special Critical Damage Special 0.30 Spear-mint Plant Food: Shoots darts that deal with [sic] damage to a [sic] multiple zombies on the lawn. Dartichokes fire high-damage darts down the lane, prioritizing especially dangerous zombies such as Wizards, Octo Zombies and Healers.Has [sic] a limited supply of darts that can deal critical damage. 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

File:Dartichoke Plant Food.jpg

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, it 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 its Critical Damage darts, its chance to fire a critical dart will also increase.

Level Upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Damage		Projectile Velocity		Plant Food Power Damage	Critical Chance	Max Shots	Cooldown Time*
							Normal	Critical	Normal	Critical
1	0	0	225	8.5 seconds	6 seconds	300 damage	75 damage	225 damage	Normal	Normal	225 damage	30%	6 shots	3.25 seconds
2	50			8 seconds	5.75 seconds	350 damage	90 damage	270 damage	+1.03x	+1.03x	270 damage	35%	7 shots	3 seconds
3	100			7.5 seconds	5.5 seconds	400 damage	105 damage	315 damage	+1.07x	+1.06x	315 damage	40%	8 shots	2.75 seconds
4	200			7 seconds	5.25 seconds	450 damage	120 damage	360 damage	+1.1x	+1.09x	360 damage	45%	9 shots	2.5 seconds
5	300		200	6.5 seconds	5 seconds	550 damage	135 damage	405 damage	+1.13x	+1.12x	405 damage	50%	9 shots	2.25 seconds
6	400			6 seconds	4.75 seconds	600 damage	150 damage	450 damage	+1.17x	+1.15x	450 damage	55%	10 shots	2 seconds
7	500			5.5 seconds	4.5 seconds	650 damage	165 damage	495 damage	+1.2x	+1.18x	495 damage	60%	10 shots	1.75 seconds
8	600		175	5 seconds	4.25 seconds	700 damage	180 damage	540 damage	+1.23x	+1.21x	540 damage	65%	11 shots	1.5 seconds
9	800			4.5 seconds	4 seconds	800 damage	195 damage	585 damage	+1.27x	+1.24x	585 damage	70%	11 shots	1.25 seconds
10	1000			4 seconds	3.75 seconds	900 damage	210 damage	630 damage	+1.3x	+1.26x	630 damage	75%	12 shots	1 second

*Time taken to reload her darts.

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Trivia

• Despite its Arena Season coming after Ultomato's, it is before Ultomato in the Almanac.
• It 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.

See also

• Homing Thistle

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