The Hot Rod Chomper is the fastest Chomper in Suburbia. Equipped with a heavy duty blower, port-and-polished heads, and a lightweight frame, he can race in on the unsuspecting Zombies.
In-game description
Hot Rod Chomper gets a temporary speed boost every time he eats a Zombie. Cool beans!
AI Health (GW2 only)
Easy: 75
Normal: 100
Hard: 125
CRAAAAZY: 150
Appearance
Hot Rod Chomper differs from the normal Chomper with his shiny new-looking black paint job accented with purple flames, a chrome mouth, and tongue. Upon jumping or chomping, the Hot Rod Chomper makes motor-like noises. His drool appears to be motor oil.
Variant perk
Being Hot Rod Chomper, speed is a definite benefit. Upon swallowing an enemy zombie, the Hot Rod Chomper gains a temporary speed boost of five seconds to help close in the space between him and another enemy zombie. He also quickly recharges the Goop ability to slow down zombies. The only major disadvantage about Hot Rod Chomper is that its health is only 100 (125 if upgraded), instead of the normal 150. Also, zombies can easily spot him because of the constant noises he makes.
Primary weapon
Hot Rod Chomp is the primary weapon of the Hot Rod Chomper. It deals 25 damage. Once a zombie has been eaten, he will gain a speed boost for five seconds.
The Cheesy Goop in the first in Crazy Dave's new line of gourmet marinades. It's scientifically formulated to slow Zombies down and make them taste great!
The Chomper's ultimate weapon. He has the ability to tunnel underground and ambush unsuspecting Zombies by emerging under their feet and swallowing them whole!
The Chesterweed attacks at an extremely fast speed, dealing up to 70 damage in 5 seconds. Chompers eating zombies trapped by the Chesterweed will swallow significantly faster, but the Chomper can only have two of them at a time, instead of three. It takes 60 seconds to recharge one Chesterweed.
If you're sick of being harassed by Zombies on rooftops, the Chomp Cannon is for you. Hock a loogie in their direction with this disgustingly explosive attack!
The Chomper's ultimate weapon. He has the ability to tunnel underground and ambush unsuspecting Zombies by emerging under their feet and swallowing them whole!
When a zombie stumbles into a Vampweed, you get a helpful health boost! The zombie isn't hurt, but he probably feels a bit silly falling into your trap.
Weapon upgrades
Description about the Hot Rod Chomper's weapon upgrades
Supercharged Turbo
Movement speed increased due to addition of a supercharged turbo.
Super Combustion Intestines
Digests Zombies in a very Hot-Roddy manner, allowing for faster digestion.
Reinforced Chassis
A reinforced chassis boosts the health of Hot Rod Chomper.
Strategies
With
You can use the extra speed to make a quick getaway to a Sunflower, quickly chase a player down without the use of Burrow, or make way to safety. Try to take advantage of speed such as dodging bullets side to side. However, do not try this while running from an Engineer, as his attacks, even if they miss, can deal splash damage. The speed also allows you to get almost as fast as Peashooter's Hyper.
Against
Try to use abilities that can help you go faster such as Scientist's Warp, Foot Soldier's Rocket Jump or Rocket Leap, Engineer's Turbo Jackhammer or Jackhammer, or the All-Star's Sprint Tackle or Ultra Tackle. However, Sprint Tackle is not recommendable as the Hot Rod Chomper can possibly live and end up getting knocked back to safety.
While attempting to flee from or vanquish the Hot Rod Chomper, don't forget about his abilities and speed boost. Goop can be a major problem when facing this Chomper, especially if he goops while he has his speed boost. To avoid this threat, try to counter it's abilities with your own abilities, such as the All Star's Dummy Shields, which will take the hit from the goop for you. Even better, instant-kill abilities make vanquishing this Chomper easy.
He appears in a promotional image as seen above. The "Need for Seed" in the image is a pun for Need for Speed, a racing game developed by Electronic Arts.
The origin of the pun was from a fan that wondered what was next for a plant-based pun on June 2013, and PopCap replied that it was a brilliant idea.
He is the only plant based on a car, and one of only two based on machines. The other is Future Cactus.
However, this is only the case in Garden Warfare, as in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, many Chomper variant's stem and leaves are different colors.
His speed boost makes him as fast as a Peashooter using Hyper, making him the fastest plant without using any abilities.
His Chomp has a special sound effect similar to Armor Chomper.
He is redesigned in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. His appearance is mostly the same except for his mouth. It now has a black chrome color with the teeth not being chrome but white instead.
He was given a new movement animation along with Disco Chomper, this animation can be seen when either of these Chompers achieve the condition that makes them move faster than normal. The player can also see this animation done by other Chompers by activating the Speed Boost Craziness option in a private match.
After Chomp Thing's health buff in the Trials of Gnomus DLC, he is the only Chomper variant with 125 health.
His in-game description is a reference to the movie Hot Rod, during the Cool Beans scene.
