Ice Bloom is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, that was first introduced in the 7.7.1 update. She is a seasonal plant, tied to Ice Bloom's Year End Season in Arena. When planted, Ice Bloom freeze and damage every zombie on screen, like Ice-shroom from the first game, then despawn. Also like Ice-shroom, zombies will be chilled once they've thawed. Ice Bloom freezes/chills for longer and does more damage to zombies in a 3x3 area around it, compared to zombies elsewhere on the lawn.
Zombies defeated by Ice Bloom in a 3x3 area around her will be frozen solid, creating an ice block that acts as an obstacle for zombies. At level 1, these obstacles have 200 damage per shot, which increases with upgrades. Unlike ice blocks in Frostbite Caves, ice blocks created by Ice Bloom can be planted on normally, and zombies must destroy them to get through.
Frostbite Caves zombies, Zomboni, Zombie Bobsled Team, and Zombie Bobsled Crew will not be encased in a block if they are defeated by her. All flying zombies and Snorkel Zombies (while underwater) are completely immune to her effects and damage. She also cannot damage the octopus thrown from Octo Zombie and any grid items such as tombstones or surfboards.
From December 10, 2019, to January 8, 2020, she could be unlocked in Arena for 100 seed packets.
Origins[]
Ice Bloom is based on Gold Bloom, which in turn is based on the Chrysogonum virginianum, also known as the Golden Star. Ice Bloom is an icy version of it.
Almanac entry[]
Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.
Ice Bloom
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Ice Bloom |
Ice Blooms freeze, chill, and damage all zombies on the board, and more so in a 3x3 area around where they're planted [sic] Special: weak zombies in 3x3 area are iceblocked when defeated |
Upgrades[]
Winter-mint effect[]
When boosted by Winter-mint, Ice Bloom will have 14 seconds added to its chill duration across the lawn, an additional 6 seconds added to its chill in its immediate 3x3 area, an extra 12 seconds added to its freeze duration across the board, an additional 14 seconds added to its freeze duration in its immediate 3x3 area, it'll do an extra 500 damage to zombies across the board, and an additional 700 damage to zombies in its immediate 3x3 area.
Level upgrades[]
Level | Seed Packets | Coins | Upgrades | |||||||||
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Sun Cost | Recharge (Sluggish) |
Starting Recharge |
Freeze Duration* |
Chill Duration* |
Damage* | Iceblock Health | ||||||
Close | Far | Close | Far | Close | Far | |||||||
1 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 25 seconds | 15 seconds | 7 seconds | 5 seconds | 8 seconds | 6 seconds | 200 damage | 50 damage | 200 damage |
2 | 50 | 24 seconds | 14 seconds | 11 seconds | 7 seconds | 250 damage | 75 damage | 250 damage | ||||
3 | 100 | 175 | 8 seconds | 6 seconds | 12 seconds | 300 damage | 100 damage | 300 damage | ||||
4 | 200 | 23 seconds | 13 seconds | 15 seconds | 8 seconds | 350 damage | 125 damage | 350 damage | ||||
5 | 300 | 9 seconds | 7 seconds | 17 seconds | 9 seconds | 400 damage | 150 damage | 400 damage | ||||
6 | 400 | 150 | 22 seconds | 12 seconds | 18 seconds | 10 seconds | 450 damage | 175 damage | 450 damage | |||
7 | 500 | 10 seconds | 8 seconds | 19 seconds | 11 seconds | 500 damage | 200 damage | 500 damage | ||||
8 | 600 | 21 seconds | 11 seconds | 11 seconds | 9 seconds | 20 seconds | 12 seconds | 550 damage | 225 damage | 550 damage | ||
9 | 800 | 125 | 12 seconds | 10 seconds | 21 seconds | 13 seconds | 600 damage | 250 damage | 600 damage | |||
10 | 1,000 | 20 seconds | 10 seconds | 14 seconds | 12 seconds | 22 seconds | 14 seconds | 700 damage | 275 damage | 700 damage |
*Varies based on where Ice Bloom is planted in relation to the zombies, either in a 3x3 area (Close), or elsewhere on the lawn (Far).
Mastery upgrade[]
- Damage Pierce
Strategies[]
Like Ice-shroom from the first game, Ice Bloom is a useful plant that can help the user in delaying the horde and maximizing the plants' efficiency. Ice bloom is very helpful when there are hordes of: Chickens, Imps, or Basic Zombies, as they will immediately get turn into Ice blocks. She isn't very useful against themed zombies in Frostbite Caves, as these zombies can't be iceblocked due to being freeze immune.
You can use Ice Bloom in Neon Mixtape Tour as most of the zombies with special abilities have low health, and this means that Ice Bloom can convert lots of dangerous zombies compared to some other worlds. However, she cannot affect zombies in Glitter Zombie's trail, so it's best for them to be taken out beforehand.
Winter-mint is a very big help with Ice Bloom because now Ice Bloom can turn stronger zombies such as: Conehead Zombies and Buckethead Zombies into Ice Blocks. Ice Bloom is also good against Explorer Zombies or Torchlight Zombies, as they have generally low enough health to be iceblocked, and should they survive, the chilling effect will extinguish their torches, preventing them from burning plants.
The player should not use Ice Bloom in levels where one can't lose plants, due to it being an instant-use plant.
Ice Bloom's stalling abilities can make it a viable choice in many Endless Zones (except for Icebound Battleground). Its ability to turn weaker zombies into Ice blocks can help you stall stronger zombies, buying you time to set up your offensive plants. But its slow recharge time means that it shouldn't be relied upon as a consistent means of holding back hordes.
Gallery[]
Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Ice Bloom.
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In other languages[]
Please note that only official translations are used.
Language | Name | Description |
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English | Ice Bloom | |
French | Froidescence | |
German | Eisblüte | |
Italian | Fioritura glaciale | |
Brazilian Portuguese | Broto Gelado | |
Spanish | Florecimiento helado |
Trivia[]
- Ice Bloom's ability heavily resembles the Ice-shroom from the original Plants vs. Zombies. Their names also sound similar: (Bloom, Shroom).
- In fact, Ice Bloom is the reason why Ice-shroom received a heavy rework upon the latter's returning to the sequel four years later.
- She bears a striking resemblance to Oxygen Algae in Plants vs. Zombies Online.
- If a Gargantuar is defeated by Ice Bloom, only his smashing weapon (or his leg) will get frozen, due to the size of the ice blocks being too small for Gargantuars.
- Zombie King can turn the peasant zombies in the ice blocks into Knight Zombies. The other zombies must eat the helmet before they can get through.
- If a Surfer Zombie is covered in Ice Bloom's ice block while holding the surf-board, when the other zombies eat the ice blocks, the surfboard drops normally. It will still destroy the player's plants, if possible, and will not kill a zombie (Unlike with Caulipower). However, Zombies will still have to eat the surf board, whereas plants can't damage it at all.
- If he was shrunken by Enforce-Mint/Shrinking Violet, the surfboard will vanish when the ice block is broken..
- Ice Bloom is also the only plant that can make Zombie King, Fisherman Zombie and Imp Cannon turn around.
- The size of the ice block is equal with the size of the normal zombie being frozen:
- If Ice Bloom freezes a shrunk Basic Zombie, the ice block will also be tiny.
- If Ice Bloom freezes a zombie that is boosted by evil potions, the ice block will also be bigger as well.
- Both MC Zom-B and Punk Zombie, during their jams, will not interact with the ice blocks at all.
- If an Excavator Zombie is frozen in an ice block, other Excavator Zombies will ignore it. An Excavator Zombie that runs into other ice blocks will hit them with his shovel for direct damage instead of trying to uproot them.
- If the Explorer Zombie or the Torchlight Zombie is fronted by an ice block, they will still eat it instead of scorching it.
- Glitter Zombie, during her jam, can push the ice blocks upwards as well as destroying it.
- If Jester Zombie reflects Spore-shroom's spores on the zombies in the ice blocks, when the ice blocks is destroyed, it will turn into a new Spore-shroom, as if Spore-shroom killed the frozen zombie.
- There is a glitch which causes Ice Bloom's chill time to be much shorter. It is caused by its freeze and chill times superposing.
- Ice Bloom can not iceblock nor freeze Frostbite Caves zombies, Zomboni, and Zombie Bobsled Team. It can actually freeze Zombie Bobsled Crew, since it is not immune to common freeze effects.
See also[]
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