Power Vine

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Power Vine
Power Vines shoot rapid-fire, high-velocity laser bolts, and can increase their firepower by connecting up in a network.
Statistics
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	250 damage
Damage	10 damage
Plant Food Power	16.67%
Family	Fila-mint
Plant Food effect	Disable [sic] mechanical enemies and unleashes a wave of energy bolts. When he's linked with another Power Vine, unleashes 3 waves of energy bolts.
Special	Power Vines horizontally or vertically adjacent to other Power Vines form a network
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	20 damage
Attack Rate	0.5 seconds
Range	Whole Lane to the Right
Area	Single Target
Class	Ranged
Tags	Vine, damage, support, lightning
Plant features	Blue plant, thunderbolt
In-game statistics
Unlocked	250 seed packets
Code name	powervine
Power Vine's noodly antennae tremble in electric anticipation and he grins, imagining firing laser bolts at zombies in tandem with his brothers.

“	Plant Power Vines to fire laser bolts, or more if they're in a network.	”
—Penny

Power Vine is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 9.1.1 update. Being a vine plant, Power Vine is able to be planted over plants to occupy space in the same tile.

Power Vine attacks zombies by firing laser bolts at them which deals 10 damage every 1 second. Power Vine is able to connect to other Power Vines that are planted in an adjacent tile to him; connected Power Vines shoot three laser bolts instead of one, which deal a total of 30 damage. Each of the bolts are fired every 0.085 seconds.

Origins

Power Vine's name is a portmanteau of power line and vine.

The exact species of vine Power Vine is based on is never officially specified. Due to his turquoise color, berry-like head and antennae tips, leaf shape, and being a vine plant, he could possibly be based on the porcelain berry (Ampelopsis glandulosa brevipedunculata), a species of ornamental plant native to China, Japan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

Almanac entry

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

Power Vine
	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 250 DAMAGE 10 PLANT FOOD POWER 16.67% Fila-mint Plant Food: Disable [sic] mechanical enemies and unleashes a wave of energy bolts. When he's linked with another Power Vine, unleashes 3 waves of energy bolts. Power Vines shoot rapid-fire, high-velocity laser bolts, and can increase their firepower by connecting up in a network. Power Vine's noodly antennae tremble in electric anticipation and he grins, imagining firing laser bolts at zombies in tandem with his brothers.

Power Vine

SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 250 DAMAGE 10 PLANT FOOD POWER 16.67% Fila-mint Plant Food: Disable [sic] mechanical enemies and unleashes a wave of energy bolts. When he's linked with another Power Vine, unleashes 3 waves of energy bolts. Power Vines shoot rapid-fire, high-velocity laser bolts, and can increase their firepower by connecting up in a network. Power Vine's noodly antennae tremble in electric anticipation and he grins, imagining firing laser bolts at zombies in tandem with his brothers.

Chinese version  (China only)

电能藤蔓能够快速发射子弹攻击僵尸。 特殊：闪电伤害 植物特征：蓝色植物、十万伏特 电能藤蔓每天的早餐是牛奶加鸡蛋，他相信总有长高的一天。 In English: Power Vine quickly fires bolts to attack zombies. Special: Electric damage Plant feature: blue plant, 100,000 volts Power Vine's breakfast every day is milk and eggs, he believes that one day he will grow taller.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When fed Plant Food, Power Vine will explode and disable all mechanical enemies in a 5x5 area (without 4 vertex tiles) around him for 5 seconds, similar to E.M.Peach, and spray wide waves of eleven laser bolts, with each bolt dealing 55 damage. When he is networked with another Power Vine, he sprays wide waves of eleven laser bolts three times. Additionally, when a plant is planted on top of him when activating his Plant Food effect, the plant on top will also activate its Plant Food effect.

Plant Food ability (when not connected to any Power Vine)

Plant Food ability (when connected to other Power Vines)

Fila-mint effect

When boosted by Fila-mint, Power Vine will do an additional 55 damage, and his Plant Food effect will do an additional 80 damage.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Damage		Emp Burst Activation Radius
						Normal*	Plant Food*
1	0	0	150	5 seconds	250 damage	10 damage	55 damage	3.125 tiles
2	50				300 damage	15 damage		3.203125 tiles
3	100		125	4.5 seconds	350 damage	20 damage	60 damage	3.28125 tiles
4	200				400 damage	25 damage		3.359375 tiles
5	300			4 seconds	450 damage	30 damage	65 damage	3.4375 tiles
6	400		100		500 damage	35 damage		3.515625 tiles
7	500			3.5 seconds	550 damage	40 damage	70 damage	3.59375 tiles
8	600				600 damage	45 damage		3.671875 tiles
9	800		75	3 seconds	650 damage	50 damage	75 damage	3.75 tiles
10	1,000				700 damage	55 damage	80 damage	3.90625 tiles

*Per projectile

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Super Charge 超级充能	Chance to fire a special projectile while enhancing the next attack of any electrical plant within, causing them to fire twice.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Power Vine gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Enhanced Charging 强化充能	Increases the chances of firing its special projectile and enhancing any electrical plant.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Power Vine gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Power Vine may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Power Vine gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Paralyzing Projectiles 麻痹子弹	Every third attack fires a purple bolt that briefly stuns the target.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Power Vine gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

As stated by his Almanac entry, Power Vine shines most when linked up to other Power Vines, being capable of firing in 3-shot bursts that occur more frequently than a single projectile fired by a lone Power Vine. As such, it is recommended to have a full column of Power Vines to maximize the effect, as well as for sun efficiency. Additionally, if a Power Vine is transformed into a sheep or bound by an octopus, it does not interrupt the Power Vines' "networking," meaning that Power Vines are still useful in levels that contain Wizard Zombie or Octo Zombie.

Due to Power Vine's dependent nature, if there are many dangerous zombies that can destroy plants instantly or can move plants, such as Glitter Zombie, Mecha-Football Zombie, or Fisherman Zombie, they could easily disrupt the Power Vine's "network," meaning that the player shouldn't solely rely on them and use other hard-hitting plants to assist.

Power Vine's Plant Food effect allows him to disable all mechanical zombies next to him, similar to E.M.Peach. However, due to the more-limited range that this E.M.P. burst has, it should be used only as a last resort, since the maximum effect of Power Vine's Plant Food ability only occurs if there is at least one more Power Vine next to him, meaning that double the sun cost has to be used when attempting to use Power Vine's Plant Food effect far away from the left side of the lawn, compared to E.M.Peach's much cheaper cost and superior range.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Power Vine
Simplified Chinese	电能藤蔓	"Electric Energy Vine", pun is not retained
French	Électrivigne
German	Power-Ranke
Italian	Rampicante elettrico
Brazilian Portuguese	Trepadeira Elétrica
Spanish	Enredadera poderosa

Trivia

• In version 9.0 of the game, Power Vine was included on Fila-mint's list of family plants despite not being released yet.
• He is the only plant capable of firing in a 3-shot burst in a single lane in Plants vs. Zombies 2.
  • If one were to consider all of the games, he is the fifth plant capable of firing in a 3-shot burst, the first being Citrus Cactus, the second being Sun Pharaoh, the third being Pops Corn, the fourth being shared by the AI Wildflower and its two variants.
  • Out of the above plants, he is the only plant not to be in a third-person shooter game.
• Glitter Zombie can kill Power Mints on Power Vine. This is a glitch.
• He and E.M.Peach are the only plants to disable mechanical zombies.

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