Hocus Crocus

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This item is only obtainable during certain events. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently not available.

Hocus Crocus
Hocus Crocuses use slick sleight-of-petal chicanery to magic zombies close to your home all the way back to the rightmost part of the lawn.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	200
Recharge	20 seconds
Damage	100 damage per shot
Special	Each teleportation also does damage
Family	Enchant-mint
In-game statistics
Unlocked	250 seed packets
Costumes
"Observe," says Hocus Crocus. "Have I got anything up my sleeve? Do I even have sleeves? No? Prepare, then, to have your quaint and old-fashioned notions of spatial location SHATTERED FOREVER!!!"

“	Plant Hocus Crocus to magic close zombies to the back of the lawn.	”
—Penny

Hocus Crocus is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 8.6.1 update. Hocus Crocus is able to teleport leftmost zombies back to the beginning of the lawn in a similar manner to Thyme Warp, with each teleportation also dealing damage to zombies.

Origins

Hocus Crocus is based on the Crocus genus of Iris flowers cultivated for their stamens, from which the spice saffron originates.

Her name is a portmanteau on the phrase "Hocus Pocus," a phrase typically associated with stage magicians, and Crocus, the plant Hocus Crocus is based on.

Almanac entry

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

Hocus Crocus	SUN COST 200 RECHARGE 20 SUN COST: 200 RECHARGE: 20 TOUGHNESS 300 MAGIC RECHARGE 15 TOUGHNESS: 300 MAGIC RECHARGE: 15 DAMAGE 100 PLANT FOOD POWER Zombies Magicked DAMAGE: 100 PLANT FOOD POWER: Zombies Magicked FAMILY Enchant-mint FAMILY: Enchant-mint Hocus Crocuses use slick sleight-of-petal chicanery to magic zombies close to your home all the way back to the rightmost part of the lawn. Special:each teleportation also does damage "Observe," says Hocus Crocus. "Have I got anything up my sleeve? Do I even have sleeves? No? Prepare, then, to have your quaint and old-fashioned notions of spatial location SHATTERED FOREVER!!!"

Hocus Crocus

		SUN COST 200			RECHARGE 20

SUN COST: 200
RECHARGE: 20

		TOUGHNESS 300			MAGIC RECHARGE 15

TOUGHNESS: 300
MAGIC RECHARGE: 15

		DAMAGE 100			PLANT FOOD POWER Zombies Magicked

DAMAGE: 100
PLANT FOOD POWER: Zombies Magicked

		FAMILY Enchant-mint

FAMILY: Enchant-mint

Hocus Crocuses use slick sleight-of-petal chicanery to magic zombies close to your home all the way back to the rightmost part of the lawn.

Special:each teleportation also does damage
"Observe," says Hocus Crocus. "Have I got anything up my sleeve? Do I even have sleeves? No? Prepare, then, to have your quaint and old-fashioned notions of spatial location SHATTERED FOREVER!!!"

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food animation

When given Plant Food, Hocus Crocus will teleport three leftmost zombies back to the beginning of the lawn.

Enchant-mint effect

When boosted by Enchant-mint, Hocus Crocus will deal an additional 350 damage per shot per teleport, her firing rate is reduced to 3 seconds, and her Plant Food effect will teleport 12 zombies regardless of level.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Damage	Firing Rate	Plant Food Power (Zombies Magicked)
1	0	0	200	20 seconds	10 seconds	300 dps	100 dps	15 seconds	3
2	50		175	19 seconds	9 seconds		125 dps	14 seconds	4
3	100			18 seconds	8 seconds	400 dps	150 dps	13 seconds	5
4	200		150	17 seconds			175 dps	12 seconds	6
5	300			16 seconds	7 seconds	500 dps	200 dps	11 seconds	7
6	400			15 seconds			225 dps	10 seconds	8
7	500		125	14 seconds	6 seconds	600 dps	250 dps	9 seconds	9
8	600			13 seconds			275 dps	8 seconds	10
9	800			12 seconds		900 dps	300 dps	7 seconds	11
10	1,000		100	10 seconds	5 seconds		350 dps	5 seconds	12

Strategies

The ability to teleport zombies to the rightmost column makes Hocus Crocus a decent staller, as she is not only effective in bringing a dangerous zombie to the back (for example, a Glitter Zombie during the pop jam, a Gargantuar, a Relic Hunter Zombie that has swung right into your defenses, or any zombie that is about to trigger a lawn mower), but she can also deal damage to it, meaning that a single zombie will be teleported over and over again, until death. However, a single Hocus Crocus is helpless against hordes of zombies, so it is advisable to plant multiple of them.

Timing is important when using Hocus Crocus, for instance, she can stop Octo Zombie's octopi-throwing animation immediately, she can prevent Boombox Zombie from playing ballad jam, but she can make a Citron or a Coconut Cannon misfire, or a turkey from Turkey-pult run off the lawn.

Like Witch Hazel, this plant only targets a single zombie and has a cooldown between each teleportation, so other plants are needed to support Hocus Crocus. And similar to Thyme Warp, some strategies applied to that plant can also be applied to Hocus Crocus.

Do not plant more than two Hocus Crocus in Last Stand setups, as she will end up targeting one same Zombie at a time.

Gallery

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Trivia

• It cannot target nor damage Healer Zombies and Medusa Zombies, while Witch Hazel can deal damage to them albeit cannot transform them into Puff-shrooms/Fume-shrooms/Toadstools.

See also

• Thyme Warp
• Witch Hazel
• Chard Guard

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