Druid Rose

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Druid Rose is the Super Rare toxic variant of Rose in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. She was first revealed in gameplay of Solo Ops, but was later showcased in a variant trailer on Facebook and Twitter on New Year's Eve, 2015, making her the last variant to be revealed in 2015.

Unlike other Toxic variants, Druid Rose does not have a Toxic aura. This is made up for by her fast rate of fire, a bigger clip size and having Damage Upgrade instead of the Toxic Upgrade.

She was the only Rose variant available in the beta.

Origins[]

Druid Rose is based off of a druid, a member of the high-ranking class in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids were concerned with the natural world and found trees to be sacred, likely explaining Druid Rose's wooden mask. Druids have also evolved into an archetype in fiction for a nature based magic user.

Descriptions[]

Stickerbook description[]

Druid Rose's mask isn't so scary. It's actually designed to fool Zombies into thinking she's a harmless tree.

In-game description[]

Her Toxic Volley seeks out Zombie targets before exploding. It also deals toxic damage over time!

AI health[]

Easy: 60
Normal: 80
Hard: 100
CRAAAAZY: 120

Primary weapon[]

The primary weapon of the Druid Rose is Toxic Volley. Like the Magic Thistles of the default Rose, it is an automatic weapon that fires projectiles that travel slowly and home in on targets. Each shot deals a consistent but rather puny 5 damage, as well as poisoning the zombie, dealing 2 toxic damage once every second for 3 seconds, dealing up to 6 extra damage. The shots also have very minor splash damage, which is not really effective for poisoning groups of zombies. The ammo clip is 30. The Toxic Volley has the highest rate of fire out of all Rose primary weapons, firing at 360 rpm (Or 6 shots per second). This Rose is actually quite different to others because of her extremely slow projectile movement. It sacrifices a lot of damage (Her DPS is only 32, one of the lowest in the entire game) in exchange of the poisoning effect and a more reactive homing.

Abilities[]

Left abilities
Time Snare	This tricky spell disrupts the flow and space and time, temporary trapping helpless Zombies within!
Center abilities
Arcane Enigma	Only Rose could make transforming into a being of pure, invulnerable, damage-dealing energy seem so easy.
Arcane Lotus	Rose alters her magic slightly, allowing her to transform into a being of pure healing.
Right abilities
Goatify	The rudest and weirdest of Rose's ancient spells transforms Zombie foes into stinky old goats!
Psychedelic Goat	Psychedelic Goats don't last quite as long as their normal counterparts, but they are much harder to control.

Upgrades[]

	Health Regeneration Delay Upgrade
	This upgrade decreases the delay before health regeneration begins!

	Zoom Upgrade
	This upgrade increases the zoom distance of your primary weapon!

	Health Regeneration Upgrade
	This upgrade increases how quickly your health regenerates!

	Speed Upgrade
	This upgrade allows you to move faster!

	Reload Upgrade
	This upgrade decreases your reload time!

	Homing Upgrade
	This upgrade improves the homing functionality of your primary weapon!

	Damage Upgrade
	This upgrade increases your primary weapon damage!

	Health Upgrade
	This upgrade increases your maximum health!

Strategies[]

With[]

Given her slow projectile speed, it is not advised to take on zombies without some help from a teammate or two. However you will be great at assisting your allies in vanquishing thanks to her toxic damage. Take the projectile speed into account as if your target sees them coming, they can simply move out of their way. For maximum optimization, use the Health Upgrade, Homing Upgrade and Damage Upgrade.

Against[]

Like other roses, she is not much of a threat alone, but can become an annoyance when supported. Dodging her projectiles shouldn't be much of a challenge. They move so slowly that if you see them coming, you can simply move out of their way.