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
Rarity (China)	Legendary
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(can block or deflect projectiles)
Unlocked	250 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?"

“	Dartichokes aim first at high-priority targets like Wizards and Octo Zombies.	”
—Penny

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

Dartichoke 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. He also has a chance to fire a critical dart which deals more damage.

It takes 3.25 seconds to reload his darts without leveling up. 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

Dartichoke also prioritizes some zombies that aren't listed on his almanac entry, these zombies are:

• Arcade Zombie
• Balloon Zombie
• Blastronaut Zombie
• Bug Zombie
• Disco Jetpack Zombie
• Dodo Rider Zombie
• Glitter Zombie
• Imp Cannon
• Jetpack Zombie
• Jurassic Rockpuncher
• Mecha-Football Zombie
• Newspaper Zombie
• Punk Zombie
• Seagull Zombie
• Surfer Zombie
• Troglobite
• Tomb Raiser Zombie
• Turquoise Skull Zombie
• Zcorpion Zombie
• Zombie Bull
• Zombie Medusa
• Zombie Parrot

Origins

File:IrlSpineyArtichoke.jpg

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

Spear-mint effect

When boosted by Spear-mint, Dartichoke will receive an additional 210 DPS to his main attack along with his critical darts, and the 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.

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Quick Recuperation	Cooldown reduced by 25%
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Dartichoke gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Rapid Recuperation	Cooldown reduced by 50%
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Dartichoke gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Dartichoke may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Dartichoke gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	THunderstorm	Dartichoke's normal attack now has a chance to fire a thunderstorm dart. Thunderstorm darts will prioritize attacking the strongest zombie, damaging all zombies pierced by it. It also kills all weaker zombies in a 1x1 area.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Dartichoke gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Stategies

Dartichoke is a very interesting plant to use. At level 1, he is very powerful, being able to defeat a basic zombie in 3 hits. Although he is strong, he has a limited number of darts and needs to recharge, so he should not be the main attacking plant to use in a level. As a support plant, Dartichoke can defeat tougher zombies while other plants defeat weaker zombies. He can be used with Electric Peashooter to defeat tough zombies while the latter can defeat groups of weak zombies. Plants that can slow zombies such as Winter Melon, Cold Snapdragon, and Snow Pea can stall zombies while Dartichoke defeats them effectively. Piercing plants such as Laser Bean, Cactus, and Bloomerang can damage all zombies in a lane to weaken the zombies Dartichoke can attack or prevent weaker zombies from eating it. This plant works fairly well with shadow plants, especially Dusk Lobber and Shadow Peashooter. These two plants can damage lots of zombies at a time (or slow them in the case of Shadow Peashooter), allowing Dartichoke to do as much damage as possible.

He is also good in Pirate Seas, Lost City, Far Future, Dark Ages, Jurassic Marsh, Big Wave Beach and Modern Day because he can target dangerous zombies that appear in those worlds.

One weakness of Dartichoke is that he can't target zombies that may eat him due to him targeting other zombies. He also needs time to recharge his darts so it is recommended to use defensive plants to protect him.

He is not a good choice in Last Stand levels because he gets overwhelmed by zombies in levels such a Pirate Seas - Day 22.

In Lost City, Excavator Zombies can block Dartichoke's darts and in Dark Ages, Jester Zombies can deflect them.

In Pirate Seas, he can target Imp Cannons but cannot target the Imp Pirate Zombies themselves, allowing them to eat Dartichoke.

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, and Cactus and Cattail (from Plants vs. Zombies) which prioritize Balloon Zombies (only when flying).
• Dartichoke and 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.
• Dartichoke got buffed in 8.1.1 update, in which his crit chance was increased and the cooldown period was reduced.

See also

• Homing Thistle
• Witch Hazel

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