Fume-shroom (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other uses, see Fume-shroom (disambiguation).

Fume-shroom
Fume-shrooms shoot fumes that damage all zombies in an area
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	125
Recharge	5 seconds
Damage	40 damage per shot
Area	1x4
Family	Ail-mint
In-game statistics
Rarity (China)	Common
Unlocked	Beating Dark Ages - Night 4
Unlocked (China)	Beating Dark Ages - Night 4
Costumes
"I think of myself as a pretty confident shroom and an all-around fungi," says Fume-shroom. "But sometimes, when I'm eating Plant Food, I hear them chuckling. I hear them calling me 'Balloon-shroom'. I don't think they know how much that hurts."

Fume-shroom is a Mushroom appearing in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He is capable of spraying fumes doing 40 damage per shot which hits every zombie four tiles ahead of him. Fume-shroom suffers from limited range, his attack only being triggered by and having effect on a zombie or tombstone appearing 4 spaces in front of him.

About

For more information about this character, see Fume-shroom.

Fume-shroom is unlocked after completing Dark Ages - Night 4. He has received a significant amount of changes compared to the first games: He attacks every two seconds, dealing 40 damage per shot to every zombie for each attack. His effective range has also been raised to five tiles, and he can now be used in other worlds without any penalty, due to the absence of the sleeping mechanic and Coffee Bean.

Almanac entry

Fume-shroom	SUN COST 125 RECHARGE 5 SUN COST: 125 RECHARGE: 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 40 TOUGHNESS: 300 DAMAGE: 40 RANGE 1x4 PLANT FOOD POWER Damage RANGE: 1x4 PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage Fume-shrooms shoot fumes that damage all zombies in an area. "I think of myself as a pretty confident shroom and an all-around fungi," says Fume-shroom. "But sometimes, when I'm eating Plant Food, I hear them chuckling. I hear them calling me 'Balloon-shroom'. I don't think they know how much that hurts."

Fume-shroom

		SUN COST 125			RECHARGE 5

SUN COST: 125
RECHARGE: 5

		TOUGHNESS 300			DAMAGE 40

TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 40

		RANGE 1x4			PLANT FOOD POWER Damage

RANGE: 1x4
PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage

Fume-shrooms shoot fumes that damage all zombies in an area.

"I think of myself as a pretty confident shroom and an all-around fungi," says Fume-shroom. "But sometimes, when I'm eating Plant Food, I hear them chuckling. I hear them calling me 'Balloon-shroom'. I don't think they know how much that hurts."

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

Fume-shroom will expand as if he is gathering air, before unleashing a large amount of fumes that push zombies backward. The fume burst deals a total of 1500 damage per shot for 3 seconds.

Costumed (China only)

Fume-shroom sucks all zombies in 3x2 area in front of him and then does his normal Plant Food effect.

Ail-mint effect

When boosted by Ail-mint, Fume-shroom does an additional 120 DPS per attack, and his plant effect does an additional 2900 DPS.

Level Upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Normal)	Plant Food Power (Damage*)	Area
1	0	0	125	5 seconds	300 dps	40 dps	1500 dps	1x4
2	10	1,000		4.5 seconds	325 dps	45 dps	1600 dps
3	50	2,000		4.5 seconds	350 dps	50 dps	1700 dps
4	100	4,000		4.5 seconds	375 dps	55 dps	1800 dps
5	125	6,000	100	4.5 seconds	400 dps	60 dps	1900 dps
6	175	8,000		4 seconds	450 dps	65 dps	2000 dps
7	250	10,000		4 seconds	500 dps	70 dps	2100 dps
8	350	15,000		4 seconds	550 dps	75 dps	2200 dps
9	450	20,000		4 seconds	600 dps	80 dps	2300 dps
10	800	60,000		3.5 seconds	650 dps	85 dps	2400 dps
11	1,000	75,000		3.5 seconds	700 dps	90 dps	2500 dps
12	1,250	100,000		3.5 seconds	750 dps	95 dps	2600 dps
13	1,500	150,000	75	3.5 seconds	800 dps	100 dps	2700 dps
14	1,750	200,000		3 seconds	850 dps	110 dps	2800 dps
15	2,000	250,000		3 seconds	900 dps	120 dps	2900 dps

*Total damage dealt during its Plant Food effect.

Level Upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Poison Injection	Fume-shroom gains 7% chance to attack with poison fume that stop zombies for a short while.
	Combat Training	Fume-shroom gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Improved Formula	Fume-shroom gains 14% chance to attack with poison fume.
	Cell Activation	Fume-shroom gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken	Fume-shroom may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power	Fume-shroom gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Strategies

Fume-shroom fills in the middle ground between Snapdragon and Laser Bean: His effective range, while greater than Snapdragon's, is not infinite like Laser Bean's. A Fume-shroom deals more damage per second than a Laser Bean and as much damage as a Snapdragon, but does not enjoy Snapdragon's attack stacking capability and therefore will do less damage per second when planted in a column. Regardless, all three plants are excellent at crowd controlling, and they will prove to be useful in both normal levels and Endless Zones due to the constantly escalating amount of zombies compared to that of the first game.

Like in the first game, Fume-shroom is effective against zombies that attempt to shield themselves from normal projectiles, such as Barrel Roller Zombie, Shield Zombie and Excavator Zombie. He is also useful in cleaning up tombstones, as it can hit up to five tombstones at once while still being able to damage zombies.

Fume-shrooms are a great choice against Zombie Chicken in Wild West and Ice Weasels in Frostbite Caves. While he is slightly worse than Lightning Reed in combating Zombie Chickens because of the lower attack speed and decreased range, Fume-shroom does a much better job against Ice Weasels as he can kill them in one hit while Lightning Reed will require eight hits to achieve the same result.

Fume-shroom is especially effective in his home world, the Dark Ages, because he is cheap, and his attack can't be blocked by any of the zombies there (Jester Zombie blocks all projectiles, while Imp Dragon is immune to fire, making plants like Jack O' Lantern and Snapdragon less effective).

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Trivia

• His cap is slightly transparent, most noticeably when Fume-shroom is given Plant Food.
• His attack was glitched in the 3.4.4 update, being able to deal splash damage on adjacent lanes like Snapdragon, and could reach 5.5 tiles in front of it instead of five. This was fixed in the 3.5.1 update.
• He's is nicknamed as "Balloon-shroom" in Almanac, which refers to his Plant Food upgrade.
• Although one of his costumes references Nightcap from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, Nightcap cannot use Fume-shroom under normal circumstances.
• In the Chinese version, if Fume-shroom is level 4 and costumed, and is spawned by a Spore-shroom that is level 2 or up, it can also activate his Plant Food effect, unlike most other mushrooms. However, this effect will be glitched.

See also

• Laser Bean
• Fumes
• Mushrooms

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