Laser Bean (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other versions, see Laser Bean (disambiguation).

For other usages of beans, see bean.

Laser Bean
Laser Beans fire down a lane, hitting all zombies ahead of it.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	200
Recharge	5 seconds
Damage	40 damage per shot
Area	Lane
Range	Multi-Hit, all zombies in a lane
Family	Spear-mint
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(hides underwater from attack) (while jam is playing) (zombies in her lane are immune to damage) (must destroy his newspaper first)
Rarity (China)	Rare
Unlocked	Beating Far Future - Day 1
Unlocked (China)	Collecting 10 Laser Bean Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
After a laser eye surgery had gone horribly right, Laser Bean gained a sense of purpose and a new-found affinity for competitive staring contests.

Laser Bean is the first plant obtained in Far Future in Plants vs. Zombies 2 obtained after beating Day 1. Every 2.85 - 3 seconds, he will fire a laser beam down the entire lane he is in, dealing 40 damage per shot to every zombie. The beam cannot be blocked, reflected or resisted in any way, but does not hurt zombies protected by Glitter Zombie's rainbow, just like all projectiles.

Almanac entry

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

Laser Bean	SUN COST 200 RECHARGE 5 SUN COST: 200 RECHARGE: 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 40 TOUGHNESS: 300 DAMAGE: 40 RANGE Multi-Hit PLANT FOOD POWER Damage RANGE: Multi-Hit PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage FAMILY Spear-mint FAMILY: Spear-mint Laser Beans fire down a lane, hitting all zombies ahead of it. Range: All zombies in a lane After a laser eye surgery had gone horribly right, Laser Bean gained a sense of purpose and a new-found affinity for competitive staring contests.

Laser Bean

		SUN COST 200			RECHARGE 5

SUN COST: 200
RECHARGE: 5

		TOUGHNESS 300			DAMAGE 40

TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 40

		RANGE Multi-Hit			PLANT FOOD POWER Damage

RANGE: Multi-Hit
PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage

		FAMILY Spear-mint

FAMILY: Spear-mint

Laser Beans fire down a lane, hitting all zombies ahead of it.

Range: All zombies in a lane

After a laser eye surgery had gone horribly right, Laser Bean gained a sense of purpose and a new-found affinity for competitive staring contests.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When fed with Plant Food, Laser Bean fires a powerful laser blast from his mouth, dealing 1800 damage per shot to all zombies in front of him.

Costumed (China only)

He shoots a red laser that deals 2700 damage per shot.

Spear-mint effect

When boosted by Spear-mint, Laser Bean's damage is increased by 180 DPS, and its plant food effect damage will increase by 3200 DPS.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Moderate)	Plant Food Power (Damage)	Range
1	0	0	200	5 seconds	300 dps	40 dps	1800 dps	Multi-Hit
2	10	1,000	200	4.5 seconds	325 dps	50 dps	1900 dps
3	50	2,000	175	4.5 seconds	350 dps	60 dps	2000 dps
4	100	4,000	175	4.5 seconds	375 dps	70 dps	2100 dps
5	125	6,000	175	4.5 seconds	400 dps	80 dps	2200 dps
6	175	8,000	175	4 seconds	450 dps	90 dps	2300 dps
7	250	10,000	150	4 seconds	500 dps	100 dps	2400 dps
8	350	15,000	150	4 seconds	550 dps	110 dps	2500 dps
9	450	20,000	150	4 seconds	600 dps	120 dps	2600 dps
10	800	60,000	150	3.5 seconds	650 dps	130 dps	2700 dps
11	1,000	75,000	125	3.5 seconds	700 dps	140 dps	2800 dps
12	1,250	100,000	125	3.5 seconds	750 dps	150 dps	2900 dps
13	1,500	150,000	125	3.5 seconds	800 dps	160 dps	3000 dps
14	1,750	200,000	125	3 seconds	850 dps	170 dps	3100 dps
15	2,000	250,000	100	3 seconds	900 dps	180 dps	3200 dps

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Faster Recharge	Laser Bean can shoot two consecutive lasers. As a result, its damage per second increases by 35%.
	Combat Training	Laser Bean gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Higher Power	Laser Bean shoots laser beams consecutively without delay. As a result, its damage per second increases by another 35%.
	Cell Activation	Laser Bean gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken	Laser Bean may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power	Laser Bean gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Plants vs. Zombies Online (China only) (Archived content)

In Adventure Mode

Fires a laser that deals damage to all enemies on target's row with a chance to stun them.

Strategies

Most useful in Endless Zones, Laser Bean causes damage to all zombies in an entire lane, meaning that a single Laser Bean could take care of the whole lane, specializing in cleaning up large clusters of weaker enemies such as Camel Zombies, Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels. Compared to other area-of-effect plants, Laser Bean trades a noticeable amount of firepower for increased reliability - while it only deals as much damage as a Peashooter per unit time, his attack has unlimited range unlike Fume-shroom, does not interfere with ice-based plants unlike Snapdragon, and cannot be deflected by Jester Zombies and Parasol Zombies. The low firepower output for a plant that costs 200 sun also means that Laser Bean will have trouble against more powerful enemies, as well as ambushes that can spawn zombies close to the player's defense line, so using him as a support plant is recommended. Against Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels, you will likely need more than one column of Laser Beans to destroy all of them effectively.

Laser Bean is effective against zombies that can shield themselves by blocking or reflecting projectiles, such as Barrel Roller Zombies, Jester Zombies and Excavator Zombies. They are also effective against zombies that can use obstacles to spawn threats in endless numbers such as Imp Porters, and Arcade Zombies. He is also a useful plant in clearing tombstones as well as neutralize Troglobites and Arcade Zombies attempting to push them with their ice blocks and arcade machines respectively.

In Endless Zones, Laser Bean can be used to deter zombies at lower levels, as it might take up to a few dozen levels before the player can obtain a more powerful offensive option. However, Laser Bean should be replaced if the player wishes to go to higher levels, as even Buckethead Zombies can pose serious threats to Laser Bean. To reduce this threat, however, levelling-up Laser Bean is encouraged.

Laser Bean's Plant Food ability can simulate an ability almost identical to how Jalapeno chars the zombies. This gives him limited use against attacking multiple lanes, such as when a group of Gargantuars are nearing defenses. However, unlike Jalapeno, he can kill airborne Imps with his Plant Food ability and is very comparable to Citron's ability, except his, is more ideal for crowd control as the ability does not stop at zombies which can take more than one instant kill's worth of damage while Citron's power ends when he meets machine zombies like the Robo-Cone Zombie, or Gargantuars, leaving a chance for the other zombies to charge forward.

Laser Bean and Primal Peashooter make a very effective combo because they cover each other's weaknesses. While Laser Bean is weak to high hitpoint zombies, Primal Peashooter is weak to swarms. While the Laser Bean vanquishes the weaker zombies in the horde, the Primal Peashooter has a chance to push the horde back and destroy stronger units.

Balance changes

Update 2.1.1

• ▲ Damage increased from 20 DPS to 40 DPS
• ▲ Plant Food effect damage increased from 600 DPS to 1800 DPS
• ▼ Firing rate decreased from 1.35-1.5 seconds to 2.85-3 seconds

Gallery

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Trivia

• His Plant Food ability is likely a parody to the Shoop Da Whoop meme and also resembles one of Dr. Zomboss' attacks in the Nintendo DS exclusive mini-game Air Raid from Plants vs. Zombies.
• In the Far Future teaser Piñata Parties, he attacked more frequently, but his main attack only dealt 20 damage per shot, and his Plant Food effect dealt only 600 damage per shot in his lane.
• When watered in the Zen Garden, he looks like he only has a row of teeth in the upper part of his mouth. However, when the Plant Food upgrade is used, two rows of teeth can be seen.
• In August 2013 there was a teaser Behind the Brainz - New Plants and 18 seconds into the video, one of the developers mentioned Laser Bean, which was teasing him before Far Future was even released.
• Although he does not attack zombies using electricity, his seed packets were still in the Electric Piñatas. As of the 6.7.1 update, however, his seed packets cannot be obtained in this way.
  • They have instead been replaced by Magnifying Grass' seed packets.
  • Shortly after the 6.7.1 update, ads promoting Electric Piñata no longer feature him, instead featuring Magnifying Grass.
• In Plants vs. Zombies Online, Laser Bean dealt 30 DPS per laser.

See also

• Fume-shroom
• Bloomerang
• A.K.E.E.
• Cactus
• Electric Peashooter

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