Hurrikale

Hurrikale
Hurrikales push back all zombies in their lane with a chilling wind.
Statistics
Sun Cost	100 sun
Recharge	15 seconds
Blow Duration	3 seconds
Chill	8 seconds
Area	Lane
Usage	Single, Instant
Family	Contain-mint
Usage	Single use, instant
Special	Chills affected zombies
Special	Blows away flying zombies in lane
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	100
Recharge	15 seconds
Toughness	1000 damage
Range	Whole Lane
Area	AoE within Range
Class	Special
Quality	Rare
Tags	Insta, slowing, displace
Plant features	Green plant
In-game statistics
Strengths
Other weakness	(cannot be pushed back while on stilts) (cannot be pushed back but only chills him)
Unlocked	Buying with 100 gems
Unlocked (China)	Collect 10 Hurrikale Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Code name	hurrikale
You could say Hurrikale is a "blow hard" in the truest sense of the phrase. He is the first chair trombonist in the Biennial Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also proficient in the trumpet, saxophone and the tuba. But man o' man, you should really see him on the flugelhorn. Dude absolutely kills it.

Hurrikale is a single-use gemium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He has been available for purchase since January 5, 2015. This plant is tied to the release of Frostbite Caves Part 1 teaser Piñata Parties.

Hurrikale chills and pushes all zombies in his lane back up to approximately 5 tiles, but like Blover he can only blow away airborne zombies off the lawn. Hurrikale's winds can also cause two Dandelions in his lane to release multiple bombs at once, but the Dandelions will be disabled for 10 seconds afterward. He cannot blow away zombies that are not permanently airborne, such as imps thrown from a Gargantuar, but can still push them back.

Origins

Hurrikale's name is a portmanteau of "hurricane," a strong tropical cyclone often seen as a natural disaster, and "kale", a vegetable of the Brassica oleracea species.

Hurrikale's ability is inspired by hurricanes, as he uses the power of a strong and cold wind to push back zombies and chill them for a short time.

Almanac entry

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

Hurrikale
	SUN COST 100 RECHARGE 15 Special Blow Duration SPECIAL Chill AREA Lane Usage Single, Instant Contain-mint Plant Food: No Plant Food effect. Hurrikales push back all zombies in their lane with a chilling wind. You could say Hurrikale is a "blow hard" in the truest sense of the phrase. He is the first chair trombonist in the Biennial Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also proficient in the trumpet, saxophone and the tuba. But man o' man, you should really see him on the flugelhorn. Dude absolutely kills it.

Hurrikale

SUN COST 100 RECHARGE 15 Special Blow Duration SPECIAL Chill AREA Lane Usage Single, Instant Contain-mint Plant Food: No Plant Food effect. Hurrikales push back all zombies in their lane with a chilling wind. You could say Hurrikale is a "blow hard" in the truest sense of the phrase. He is the first chair trombonist in the Biennial Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also proficient in the trumpet, saxophone and the tuba. But man o' man, you should really see him on the flugelhorn. Dude absolutely kills it.

Chinese version  (China only)

飓风甘蓝吹出飓风将所有僵尸推出场外。 用法：一次性使用，立刻生效 特点：向僵尸吹出飓风 植物特征：绿色植物 可以说用“金刚无敌吹奏手”来形容飓风甘蓝真是一语中的。他是双年展爱乐乐团首席长号手。同时还精通小号，萨克斯和大号。但是，老兄，你应该看看他使用富鲁格号的演奏。哥们绝对是一绝~！ In English: Hurrikales blow hurricanes to push back all zombies in their lane. Usage: single use, instant Special: blows hurricanes towards zombies Plant feature: green plant Say Hurrikale is a "super blow hard" is the truest sense of the phrase. He is the first chair trombonist in the Biennial Philharmonic Orchestra. While also being proficient in the trumpet, saxophone and the tuba. But man o' man, you should really see him on the flugelhorn. Dude absolutely kills it~!

Upgrades

Contain-mint effect

When boosted by Contain-mint, Hurrikale will have his blowing duration extended to six seconds, and the chill duration afterward will be extended to sixteen seconds. If Hurrikale is at level 9 or higher, Contain-mint will do nothing.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Mediocre)	Special (Blow Duration)	Special (Chill)	Area
1	0	0	100	15 seconds	3 seconds	8 seconds	Lane
2	10	1,000		14 seconds	3.5 seconds	9 seconds
3	25	2,500	75		4 seconds	10 seconds
4	50	5,000		13 seconds	4.5 seconds	11 seconds
5	100	10,000		12 seconds	5 seconds	12 seconds
6	200	20,000		11 seconds	5.5 seconds	13 seconds
7	400	30,000	50		6 seconds	14 seconds
8	800	50,000		10 seconds		15 seconds
9	1,200	75,000		9 seconds		16 seconds
10	1,600	100,000	25

Mastery upgrade

• Damage Pierce

Costumed (China only)

Sun cost reduction 25.

Strategies

Hurrikale allows the player to fend off the incoming threats and buy time by pushing zombies back and slowing them down. As Hurrikale's effect is not diminished by the amount or strength of the zombies, Hurrikale can prove to be valuable in higher levels of the Endless Zones when large amounts of high health zombies such as Gargantuars will appear, especially in conjunction with choke points in Frostbite Caves or generated by Sweet Potato and Garlic.

Because Hurrikale can instantly kill any zombie on the plankless lanes in Pirate Seas, using Sweet Potato or Garlic to force them onto those lanes and then using Hurrikale can kill large groups of zombies, even Gargantuars. This can be very helpful in the Endless Zone, Dead Man's Booty. However, he faces competition from Primal Peashooter and Chard Guard, the former being permanent but single-target, and the latter being area splash but only reusable for a few times.

When using Hurrikale in conjunction with fire-based plants, be aware that fire attacks will thaw pushed zombies, but not affect Hurrikale's pushing capability. While the pushing aspect is usually more important than the chilling aspect, fire plants can still be detrimental to Hurrikale's effectiveness, as they will reduce the time for the zombies to return to their original position after being pushed.

Hurrikale can also be used as an emergency weapon against airborne zombies in its lane (including zombies launched by Chard Guard and Power Toss), although Blover is more suitable for the job as he covers the entire screen at half the cost and a faster recharge time, not to mention affecting even those are temporarily airborne. Hurrikale can also be used in conjunction with up to two Dandelions in a lane to cause them to release several bombs at once. However, be aware that this leaves the Dandelions open to threats as they must recharge afterwards.

Hurrikale is useful in Jurassic Marsh levels in order to counter the dinosaurs' interactions with the zombies. Zombies brought forwards by dinosaurs can be pushed back easily.

Hurrikale can also be used as a stall-lock plant, if multiple are used repeatedly in the same lane. The player can confine normal speed zombies in that lane to the first three tiles, making him useful for levels that require the player to make a certain amount of sun or to whittle down on a high priority zombie such as a Gargantuar.

Notably, Hurrikale works incredibly well with Squash, as Hurrikale pushes all zombies in one lane together and Squash will destroy them when they are close enough. Lava Guava, Ghost Pepper, and Potato Mine/Primal Potato Mine work well with him as well, as they require a small area for the zombies to be in. Additionally, Grapeshot, Cherry Bomb and Bombegranate also work. However, bear in mind that Lava Guava, Grapeshot, and Bombegranate will undo his chill effects.

Hurrikale is useful in Modern Day when stalling zombies early game. They can be used to stall All-Star Zombies to stop them from tackling plants and destroying them. Hurrikale can still take out flames, such as Explorer Zombie and Prospector Zombie and that can stop them from using their special abilities. It should also be used when your defenses are overwhelmed and are about to get to the lawnmower.

In Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version), be careful, as Seagull Zombies and Lost Pilot Zombies are immune to the pushing aspect of Hurrikale. Zombies bounced by costumed Phat Beet's plant food can be blown away by Hurrikale.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Hurrikale
Simplified Chinese	飓风甘蓝	lit. "Hurricane Kale". "甘蓝" is the abbreviation of "羽衣甘蓝".
French	Chouragan	From Chou and Ouragan
German	Hurrikohl
Italian	Uracavolo
Brazilian Portuguese	Furacouve	Portmanteau of furacão and couve
Spanish	Huracol	Portmanteau of huracán and col

Trivia

• He can kill most zombies in plankless lanes in Pirate Seas. However, Imp Cannons will not be killed since they are not considered to have fully entered the lawn.
• His gem price has been changed six times:
  • When Fire Peashooter appeared in stores on February 17, 2015, Hurrikale's price was changed from 129 gems to 99 gems, and finally to 79 gems.
  • When Dandelion was released, his price was changed to 109 gems.
  • His price was changed back to 129 gems in the Frostbite Caves Part 2 update. The price was once again changed to 79 gems.
  • In the 3.4.4 update, the price was changed back to 99 gems.
  • In the 5.9.1 update, the price was finally changed to 100 gems.
• If timed correctly, he can end Turquoise Skull Zombie's burning attack.

Hurrikale before the 3.1 update. Note that the back leaves were slightly darker in colour.

• In the 3.1 update, his blowing sound was changed and his leaves behind the rotors became lighter in color. This makes him, along with Lava Guava, who received changes on the seed packet, the only plants who had their textures changed during an update.
  • Both plants were Premium Plants released as a teaser of a New World, which may explain how their textures were not finalized. However, it is somehow comparable with Laser Bean, whose Plant Food damage was less powerful in the Far Future teaser parties.
• He appears to take a deep breath before blowing, similar to Hot Potato.
  • Coincidentally, both are released with Frostbite Caves Part 1, are instant-use plants and seen to be frozen in the Frostbite Caves Part 1 trailer (although it is impossible in the game, as they are instant plants)
• If you plant both Hurrikale and his Imitater on a lane where the zombies are, the zombies will be pushed twice as fast.
• Despite his freezing abilities, he is in the Contain-mint family rather than the Winter-mint family, as he is more used to slow the zombies and hamper their progress greatly with his push ability.
• He, Cabbage Pult, Caulipower and Blockoli are the exact same species. Being the Brassica oleracea species

See also

• Blockoli
• Blover
• Cabbage Pult
• Caulipower
• Dandelion

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