Dusk Lobber

“	The Dusk Lobber is yet another shadow plant, User Dave. On its own, it lobs exploding projectiles. In its powered state, however, it lobs down three lanes!	”
—Penny

Dusk Lobber
Dusk Lobbers are shadow plants that lob explosive buds down the lane.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	150 (200 in China)
Recharge	10 seconds
Damage	30 (60 in China) damage per shot, with 25 damage per shot splash damage in a 3x3 area
Area	3x3
Range	Lobbed
Family	Conceal-mint
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(Immune to projectiles)
Rarity (China)	Legendary
Unlocked	Modern Day - Day 17
Costumes
Lobbing comes easily for Dusk Lobber, but that's only because she's had extensive training and really enjoys parabolas.

Dusk Lobber is the fourth plant obtained in Modern Day in Plants vs. Zombies 2. She lobs explosive buds at zombies or tombstones in her lane every 2.85 - 3 seconds, dealing 30 direct damage and 25 splash damage in a 3x3 area.

When powered by Moonflower, Conceal-mint, Gloom Vine, or gas from Noctarine, she lobs buds into the lanes next to her in a manner similar to the Threepeater.

Origins

Dusk Lobber is based on Opuntia, or prickly pears, a genus in the cactus plant family, possibly the Beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris) due to the color of her flower.

The "Dusk" part of her name is a reference to her being a shadow plant, with "Lobber" referring to her method of attack.

Almanac entry

NOTE: Dusk Lobber costs 200 sun in the Chinese version.

Dusk Lobber		SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 10 SUN COST: 150 RECHARGE: 10 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 30 TOUGHNESS: 300 DAMAGE: 30 RANGE Lobbed AREA 3x3 RANGE: Lobbed AREA: 3x3 FAMILY Conceal-mint FAMILY: Conceal-mint Dusk Lobbers are shadow plants that lob explosive buds down the lane. Special: powered Dusk Lobbers lob buds down 3 lanes Lobbing comes easily for Dusk Lobber, but that's only because she's had extensive training and really enjoys parabolas.

Dusk Lobber

		SUN COST 150			RECHARGE 10

SUN COST: 150
RECHARGE: 10

		TOUGHNESS 300			DAMAGE 30

TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 30

		RANGE Lobbed			AREA 3x3

RANGE: Lobbed
AREA: 3x3

		FAMILY Conceal-mint

FAMILY: Conceal-mint

Dusk Lobbers are shadow plants that lob explosive buds down the lane.

Special: powered Dusk Lobbers lob buds down 3 lanes

Lobbing comes easily for Dusk Lobber, but that's only because she's had extensive training and really enjoys parabolas.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animation)

When given Plant Food, Dusk Lobber will fire four large explosive buds that land on four random tiles with zombies nearby on the lawn, with each explosive bud dealing 10 direct damage and 300 splash damage in a 3x3 area.

Conceal-mint effect

When boosted by Conceal-mint, Dusk Lobber will do an additional 90 DPS, with an additional 85 DPS added to her splash damage, and her Plant Food effect deals an additional 10 DPS, with an additional 900 DPS added to her Plant Food splash damage. She will be powered even if not adjacent to a Moonflower.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Mediocre)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Moderate)		Plant Food Power (Damage)		Projectile Velocity	Range	Area
						Direct	Splash	Direct	Splash
1	0	0	150	10 seconds	300 dps	30 dps	25 dps	10 dps	300 dps	Normal	Lobbed	3x3
2	10	1,000		10 seconds	350 dps	40 dps	35 dps		300 dps
3	75	5,000		9 seconds	400 dps	50 dps	45 dps		400 dps	+1.3x
4	200	10,000		9 seconds	450 dps	60 dps	55 dps		400 dps
5	400	20,000		9 seconds	550 dps	70 dps	65 dps		500 dps
6	750	30,000		8 seconds	600 dps	80 dps	75 dps		600 dps
7	1,000	40,000	125	8 seconds	650 dps	90 dps	85 dps		600 dps	+ 1.6x
8	1,250	50,000		7 seconds	700 dps				700 dps
9	1,500	60,000		6 seconds	800 dps				800 dps
10	2,000	75,000		5 seconds	900 dps				900 dps

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Stunning Thorns 荆棘晕眩	Dusk Lobber has 10% chance to lob red spherical buds, which disperses pollen when hitting an enemy, stunning them for 1.5 seconds. It does not stun zombies that are damaged via splash damage.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Dusk Lobber gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Thorny Crisis 荆棘危机	The chance to lob red spherical buds is doubled.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Dusk Lobber gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Dusk Lobber may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Dusk Lobber gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Ultimate Strangling 究极缠绕	The projectiles now may drops seeds, which grows into thorns, which temporary binds zombies and can absorb up to 1000 DPS.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Dusk Lobber gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Costumed (China only)

Dusk Lobber now fires five large explosive buds instead of four.

Strategies

Dusk Lobber can be considered to be one of the most potent lobber plants, as the plant under the right conditions is only second to Strawburst at level 1 in terms of splash damage per second while costing less than half the sun cost of a Melon-pult or a Strawburst. This makes Dusk Lobber an incredibly useful weapon in both normal levels and the Endless Zones, where in three-digit levels with extremely large numbers of weaker foes. The ability to attack multiple lanes also makes Dusk Lobber highly useful early on, as this allows the player to secure the lawn quickly against Imp rushes or enemies on multiple lanes. This is, however, balanced by the plant's reliance on Moonflower, coupled with a mildly slow recharge rate. This means that Imitater will help the player field a decent amount of Dusk Lobbers in later levels, though you will always need Moonflower. Also, due to Moonflower's extremely lackluster Plant Food effect, it is advised to also bring Gold Bloom along.

Compared to most lobber plants, Dusk Lobber is even more useful at dealing with groups of enemies that can shield or avoid straight-shooting projectiles such as Tomb Raiser Zombie, Barrel Roller Zombie, Snorkel Zombie, Troglobite, and Arcade Zombie, including endless zones where these zombies are a common threat.

Surprisingly, a powered Dusk Lobber can also target Prospector Zombies that appear on the left side of your lawn and zombies carried by a pterodactyl if she is placed on the first column, including the lanes next to her.

Due to the nature of Shadow Peashooter's stalling effect, which causes zombies to group together, it makes them significantly more vulnerable to Dusk Lobber's buds.

Dusk Lobber may seem more powerful compared to the straight-shot shadow plant, Nightshade, but each have their downsides - Nightshade does low single-target damage and hits things ahead of it only, while Dusk Lobber's higher sun cost and slower recharge makes it harder for the player to get many of them out, and she is also much weaker against isolated targets or targets that absorb a lot of damage, such as Knight Zombie. As such, it might be advisable to bring both if one has enough seed slots when Moonflower is used. This weakness can also be fixed by bringing instant-kills such as Primal Potato Mine or Bombard-mint, or plants which weaken the zombie health such as Shrinking Violet or Spear-mint.

Avoid using Dusk Lobber against Jester Zombie and Parasol Zombie, as they will deflect her buds. The only time that it cannot deflect its buds is during the plant food effect.

Related achievement

	The Shadow Family Complete a level with 20 powered Shadow Plants

Gallery

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In other languages

Language	Name	Description
English	Dusk Lobber
Simplified Chinese	幽暮投手	lit. "Twilight Lobber"
French	Bulbe à bombes
German	Schattenlupfer
Italian	Alzatrice crepuscolare
Brazilian Portuguese	Morteira
Spanish	Lanzadora oscura

Trivia

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2

• When her projectiles were reflected by Jester Zombies, they would harmlessly pass through the plants and go towards the player's house. This was fixed in the 4.7.1 update.
• If her projectile misses its target, it will not land on the lane it is lobbed on, but rather the lane directly below it. The same happens if she targets a zombie that is in the water in Big Wave Beach.

Specific to Chinese version (China only)

• Her projectile at level 2 - 3 looks same exact as her projectile at level 3 to level 6 in international version, while her projectile at level 5 looks same exact as her projectile at level 7 onwards in international version.

See also

• Shadow plants
• Apple Mortar