Iceweed

When he sees zombies, he goes SPLAT!

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.

For the version in Plants vs. Zombies: Original Edition, see Iceweed (PvZ: OE).

Iceweed
Iceweeds damage and chill zombies that walk over them.
Statistics
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	5 seconds
Damage	10 damage
Chill	3 seconds
Plant Food Power	10%
Family	Winter-mint
Class	Special
Quality	Legendary
Plant Food effect	Summons a sawblade that knockbacks [sic] and freezes all zombies in the column [sic]. Permanently increases damage.
Special	Can't be eaten by zombies
Special	Immune to freezing winds
In-game statistics
Unlocked	250 seed packets
Costumes
Code name	iceweed
Iceweed is excited to get the call-up to the big leagues and can't wait to start refrigerating zombies whilst inflicting damage on them. He insisted we say "whilst."

“	Plant Iceweed to damage and chill zombies! Iceweed can destroy Push Zombies, like Piano, and put out the flames of fire zombies, like the Explorer.	”
—Penny

Iceweed is an ice plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, introduced in the 9.3.1 update. He is an ice variant of Spikeweed, damaging and slowing down zombies from below and immune to being eaten, with the added benefit of being immune to Frostbite Caves' freezing winds, in a similar matter to Cold Snapdragon and Missile Toe.

Origins

Iceweed could possibly be based on the Verbesina virginica. whose common names include the Frostweed, the White Crownbeard, and the Iceweed.

Almanac entry

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

Iceweed
	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 DAMAGE 10 Chill Chill PLANT FOOD POWER 10% Winter-mint Plant Food: Summons a sawblade that knockbacks [sic] and freezes all zombies in the column [sic]. Permanently increases damage. Iceweeds damage and chill zombies that walk over them. Iceweed is excited to get the call-up to the big leagues and can't wait to start refrigerating zombies whilst inflicting damage on them. He insisted we say "whilst."

Iceweed

SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 DAMAGE 10 Chill Chill PLANT FOOD POWER 10% Winter-mint Plant Food: Summons a sawblade that knockbacks [sic] and freezes all zombies in the column [sic]. Permanently increases damage. Iceweeds damage and chill zombies that walk over them. Iceweed is excited to get the call-up to the big leagues and can't wait to start refrigerating zombies whilst inflicting damage on them. He insisted we say "whilst."

Upgrades

Plant Food Effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When fed Plant Food, Iceweed summons a sawblade that is then fired down the lane, freezing all zombies it reaches and moving them to the back of the lane. The sawblade cannot knock back Zomboni or Zombie Bobsled Team.

Iceweed will also be empowered for as long as he is not destroyed, dealing more damage to zombies that walk on him and having more toughness. Also, he will have the ability to resist several rolling objects and Gargantuar smashes, similarly to Spikerock.

Winter-mint Effect

When boosted by Winter-mint, Iceweed deals an additional 55 damage on his normal attack, an additional 110 damage on his powered attack, and his PF blade will deal an additional 1300 damage.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness		Damage		Chill Duration	PF Blade Damage	PF Blade Distance	PF Blade Knockback	PF Freeze Duration
						Normal	Powered	Normal	Powered
1	0	0	150	5 seconds	5 seconds	300 damage	900 damage	10 damage	20 damage	3 seconds	190 damage	9 tiles	9 tiles	4 seconds
2	50			4.5 seconds		350 damage	950 damage	15 damage	30 damage	4 seconds	315 damage			5 seconds
3	100		125			400 damage	1000 damage	20 damage	40 damage		435 damage
4	200					450 damage	1050 damage	25 damage	50 damage		560 damage	9.5 tiles	9.5 tiles
5	300			4 seconds		550 damage	1100 damage	30 damage	60 damage	5 seconds	685 damage			6 seconds
6	400					600 damage	1150 damage	35 damage	70 damage		805 damage
7	500		100	3.5 seconds		650 damage	1200 damage	40 damage	80 damage		930 damage	10 tiles	10 tiles
8	600					700 damage	1250 damage	45 damage	90 damage	6 seconds	1055 damage			7 seconds
9	800			3 seconds		800 damage	1300 damage	50 damage	100 damage		1175 damage
10	1,000		75			900 damage	1350 damage	55 damage	110 damage		1300 damage	10.5 tiles	10.5 tiles

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Strategies

Iceweed is a great plant in it of itself, since two columns full of Iceweeds can defeat a Conehead Zombie. His powerful chilling effect stops zombies from advancing, as they will be frozen until several seconds after stepping off Iceweed. Dangerous zombies such as Newspaper Zombie, All-Star Zombie and Sunday Edition Zombie can be slowed down when the zombie is running at full speed or their respective newspaper is being destroyed. This can buy time for offensive plants like Bonk Choy or Headbutter Lettuce to kill them.

Explorer Zombie, Torchlight Zombie and Prospector Zombie's torches and dynamites respectively will be extinguished when touching Iceweed meaning a full column of Iceweeds at the front can fully nullify their effects. Imp Dragon Zombie also isn't immune to ice damage, making it weak to Iceweed as well. He is an effective choice in Dark Ages, but beware of Wizard Zombie because he can transform Iceweed into passive sheep.

While in Pirate Seas, he can destroy barrels from Barrel Roller Zombie and damage Imp Cannon. Jurassic Marsh zombies with speed boosts from T.Rexes can also be effectively shut down due to his slowing effect. Planting Iceweed at the leftmost row when a Pterodactyl brings zombies with it lets Iceweed fire his buzzsaw, repelling and chilling them. However, this is not recommended, due to the existence of Spikeweed and Spikerock's plant food, as well as Chard Guard, a cheaper and less permanent solution.

Boingsetta, Hurrikale, Primal Peashooter, Chard Guard or Spring Bean all synergise well with Iceweed. Iceweed needs to be planted on as many tiles as possible, and planting the aforementioned plants at the leftmost row will push or knock back the zombies to take more damage. Like with Spikeweed and Spikerock, any stallers will perform very well alongside Iceweed. Locking a zombie on top of Iceweed allows for maximum damage, and when paired with the fact that Chill reduces zombie attack speed, Iceweed's area chill will prevent his staller from dying.

Iceweed can't shine well in Lost City due to the appearance of Excavator Zombie, which can dig Iceweed and throw it backward or off the lawn. Excavator is also the only zombie who can eat him. It is also problematic to use this plant in Neon Mixtape Tour with the appearance of Arcade Zombie and Trologbite in Frostbite Caves. Their respective arcade machine and ice blocks can immediately destroy Iceweed. Lastly, avoid combining Iceweed in a level with plants from Pepper-mint's Family, Wasabi Whip or Torchwood as they can nullify his chilling effect.

Gallery

Iceweed has a gallery!

Visit this page to see it.

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Iceweed
Simplified Chinese	寒冰地刺
French	Ortie polaire	"Polar Spikeweed"
German	Eiskraut
Italian	Erbaghiaccia
Brazilian Portuguese	Hera do Gelo	Portuguese for "ice ivy". It is a pun on "era do gelo" (ice age)
Spanish	Hierbahelada

Trivia

• His design is somewhat similar to Diamond Spikeweed's old design from Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars.
• The sawblade projectile that Iceweed summons for his Plant Food attack is based on a similar projectile that was planned to be used for Spikeweed's Plant Food attack.
• In the official 9.3 announcement post, he is once incorrectly referred to as "Ice Weed."
• Like Spikeweed and Spikerock, he can be planted on Lily Pad unlike most other underground plants in the Big Wave Beach, but only function properly if there is no water under its tile. Zombies can otherwise attack Iceweed and then Lily Pad.
• Strangely, despite being a ground plant, he can somehow be charmed by Boombox Zombie.
  • This is most likely a glitch.

See also

• Spikeweed
• Spikerock

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