Imp (Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville)

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Imp is a playable Zombie class in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. He is an Attack class.

Description

In-game description

Imps are close range attackers that can be hard to hit and excel in chaos. When riding a Z-Mech, they gain more explosive weapons and better ways to deal damage.

Primary Weapon

“	Dual short-range automatic blasters	”
—In-game description

Imp's primary weapons are the Imp Blasters, which fires lasers that deal 4 damage each (5 critical) and fire at a rate of 800 RPM (rounds per minute). They can fire 56 projectiles before needing to reload.

Abilities

Left abilities
Gravity Grenade	Pull and hold enemies in a location.
Center abilities
Robo Call	Call in a powerful mech to control for a limited time.
Right abilities
Impkata	Spin and fire blasters in all directions.

Upgrades

	Combo		● 1
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by earning multiple vanquishes rapidly. Reduces ability cooldown by 50% for earning multiple vanquishes.

	Refreshing Revive		● 1
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by reviving an ally. Reduces ability cooldown by 30% when a teammate is revived.

	Rough Patch		● 1
	Spawn with more health after suffering multiple vanquishes in a row. After dying three times in a row, spawn with the maximum amount of overhealth for the currently used class after respawning or being revived.

	Low Life		● 1
	Gain health by earning a vanquish when at low health. Grants 30 health upon vanquishing an enemy at low HP.

	Butt Booster Booster		● 1
	Second Jump hovers longer. Extends the duration of the second jump by 2 seconds.

	Aftershock		● 2
	Enemies are knocked into the air by Bionic Bash. Enemies are knocked 5m (16.4 ft) upward and 7m (22.97 ft) backward when hit by Bionic Bash.

	Multiplying Madness		● 2
	Missile Madness duration extended by earning a vanquish. Extends Missile Madness duration by 2 seconds upon earning a vanquish.

	Pod Powered		● 2
	Move faster for a short time after ejecting from Explosive Escape. Increases movement speed by 25% for 5 seconds after using Explosive Escape.

	Fearless		● 2
	Regenerate health when near multiple enemies. When near two enemies within a 10m radius, regenerate 4 HP every 0.5 seconds.

	Ripcord		● 2
	Increased rate of fire while using Impkata. Increases Impkata's rate of fire by 25% (to 1750 RPM).

	Critical Blow		● 3
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by earning a critical vanquish. Reduces ability cooldown by 3 seconds upon critically vanquishing an enemy.

	Arm Day		● 3
	Reduced recoil of Imp Blasters. Reduces Imp Blasters' recoil by 25%.

	Supermassive		● 3
	Increased size of Gravity Grenade.

	Speedy		● 3
	Move faster, except when sprinting. Increases walking speed by 12.9032%

	Vampiric		● 3
	Gain health by earning a vanquish. Grants 10 health upon vanquishing an enemy.

	Leveling Up		● 2
	Earn XP faster. Earn 10% more XP.

	Ready Up		● 3
	Use weapons and abilities faster just after sprinting. Reduces sprint exit delay by 25%

	Energize		● 3
	Gain Mech fuel by damaging enemies with Bionic Bash.

	Mech Hunter		● 4
	Faster refresh time of Robo Call when dealing damage. Dealing damage decreases Robo Call's cooldown time by up to 5.5 seconds.

	Centripetal Force		● 4
	Move faster when enemies are near while using Impkata. Increases movement speed by 100% when using Impkata within a 10m (32.81 ft) radius of an enemy.

Related achievement

	Impossibly Impressive Earn 200 vanquishes as an Imp.

Strategies

With

Against

Tips & Tricks

-Explosive Escape (Z-Mech) and Gravity Grenade combo. This is an extremely deadly trick because it traps plants near the explosion, giving them no possible escape.

Bugs

As of the May 2020 patch, there is a glitch where you can speed up the primary weapon's rate of fire if you rapidly mash the aim button while firing it. This allows you to reach higher DPS and compensate for the damage nerf in this update, at the cost of losing accuracy.

Video

Imp Rate of Fire Glitch! And Almost Losing in Turf Takeover?! - PvZ Battle for Neighborville

Balancing changes

October 2019 Patch

▲ Fix issue with Mech Robo Laser projectile not maintaining damage at distance
▲ Fix issue with Explosive Escape projectile being visible for a few frames

November 2019 Patch

▲ Initial refresh of Robo Call reduced to 60 seconds
▲ Subsequent refresh of Robo Call reduced to 90 seconds

December 2019 Patch

▲ Increase Imp Blasters damage 3.5 - 4.95
▲ Increase Imp Blasters ammo capacity 50 - 56
▲ Decrease Imp Blasters projectile final speed post drag 350 - 300
▲ Decrease Imp Blasters camera recoil
▲ Decrease Imp Blasters camera shake
▲ Increase Impkata damage 1 - 1.2
▲ Decrease time until Impkata damage increase 3.0 - 1.75
▲ Decrease time until damage increases with the Ripcord upgrade 2.25 - 1.5

January 2020 patch

▼ Decreased velocity and drag distance of Imp Blasters
- Decreased projectile speed from 550 m/s (1804.46 ft/s) to 500 m/s (1640.42 ft/s)
▼ Increased recoil of Imp Blasters
- ▼ Increased spread increase per shot from 0.9 to 1
- ▼ Increased maximum spread angle from 1.8 to 3
- ▼ Increased maximum vertical recoil while unzoomed from 1.5 to 7
- ▼ Increased vertical recoil increase per shot while unzoomed from 0.08 to 0.155
- ▲ Increased recoil decrease factor while unzoomed from 15 to 16
- ▼ Increased maximum vertical recoil while zoomed from 1.5 to 4.75
- ▼ Increased vertical recoil increase per shot while zoomed from 0.08 to 0.18
- ▲ Increased recoil decrease factor while zoomed from 15 to 16
- ▼ Increased spread multiplier while zoomed from 0.25 to 0.5