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.
Statistics
Sun Cost	200
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	40 damage
Range	Multi-Hit
Plant Food Power	6.67%
Family	Spear-mint
Plant Food effect	Fires a huge laser beam at all zombies in the row, dealing huge damage to each zombie.
Range	All zombies in a lane
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	200
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	40 damage
Attack Rate	2.9 seconds
Range	Whole Lane to the Right
Area	AoE within Range
Class	Ranged
Quality	Rare
Tags	Damage, lightning, area of effect
Plant features	Green plant
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)
Unlocked	Beating Far Future - Day 1
Unlocked (China)	Collecting 10 Laser Bean Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Costumes (China)
Code name	laser_bean
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 fires a beam of laser down its lane, hitting all Zombies.	”
—Penny

Laser Bean is the first plant obtained in Far Future in Plants vs. Zombies 2 obtained after beating Day 1. Every 2.7 - 3 seconds, he will fire a laser beam down the entire lane he is in, dealing 40 damage 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 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 40 RANGE Multi-Hit PLANT FOOD POWER 6.67% Spear-mint Plant Food: Fires a huge laser beam at all zombies in the row, dealing huge damage to each zombie. Laser Beans fire down a lane, hitting all zombies ahead of it. 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 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 40 RANGE Multi-Hit PLANT FOOD POWER 6.67% Spear-mint Plant Food: Fires a huge laser beam at all zombies in the row, dealing huge damage to each zombie. Laser Beans fire down a lane, hitting all zombies ahead of it. 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.

Chinese version (China only)

激光豆向整条路线开火，击溃他前面的所有僵尸。 范围：整条线上的僵尸 植物特征：绿色植物 经过了激光眼科手术后，他获得了不可思议的能力。现在激光豆拥有了强大的能量，以及不眨眼游戏中的压倒性实力。 In English: Laser Bean fires toward the entire lane and defeats all zombies ahead of him. Range: all zombies in a lane Plant feature: green plant After having a laser eye surgery, he obtained an incredible power. Now Laser Bean has gained a strong ability and overwhelming competitiveness in staring contests.

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

	激光豆子 能够施放激光杀敌 一次杀伤整行敌人 塔防: 在塔防关卡中，激光豆是非常强大的存在，他的激光光束具有难得的穿透能力， 因而在对付许多重甲僵尸的时候非常有用，特别是面对电磁盾僵尸时。 技能: 运用激光光束攻击整行敌人 消耗阳光: 200 伤害 轻微 冷却时间 较短 卡牌能力: 特性1： 愤怒 - 暴击增加 特性2： 技能上升 - 增加一定比例造成的技能伤害 技能： 激光攻击 - 对前方直线的所有目标造成伤害，并且一定概率造成麻痹状态，目标无法发动技能两回合 队长技：一触即发 - 全体暴击率上升

激光豆子

能够施放激光杀敌
一次杀伤整行敌人

塔防:
在塔防关卡中，激光豆是非常强大的存在，他的激光光束具有难得的穿透能力， 因而在对付许多重甲僵尸的时候非常有用，特别是面对电磁盾僵尸时。

技能: 运用激光光束攻击整行敌人
消耗阳光: 200
伤害: 轻微
冷却时间: 较短
卡牌能力:
特性1： 愤怒 - 暴击增加
特性2： 技能上升 - 增加一定比例造成的技能伤害
技能： 激光攻击 - 对前方直线的所有目标造成伤害，并且一定概率造成麻痹状态，目标无法发动技能两回合
队长技：一触即发 - 全体暴击率上升

In English: Laser Bean Capable of firing lasers to kill enemies. Eliminates all enemies in a row at once. Tower Defense: In tower defense levels, the Laser Bean is a very powerful unit. Its laser beam has rare penetrating abilities, making it especially useful against heavily armored zombies, particularly those with electromagnetic shields. Skill: Uses a laser beam to attack all enemies in a row. Sun Cost: 200 Damage: Minor Recharge: Short Card abilities: Trait 1: Rage – Increases critical hit chance. Trait 2: Skill Boost – Increases a certain percentage of skill damage. Skill: Laser Attack – Deals damage to all targets in a straight line ahead, with a chance to cause paralysis, preventing the target from using skills for two turns. Captain Skill: All Systems Go – Increases the critical hit rate of the entire team.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

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

Costumed (China only)

His Plant Food ability now deals 2700 damage.

Spear-mint effect

When boosted by Spear-mint, Laser Bean's lasers will do an additional 180 damage, and his Plant Food ability will do an additional 3200 damage.

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 damage	40 damage	1800 damage	Multi-Hit
2	10	1,000		4.5 seconds	325 damage	50 damage	1900 damage
3	50	2,000	175		350 damage	60 damage	2000 damage
4	100	4,000			375 damage	70 damage	2100 damage
5	125	6,000			400 damage	80 damage	2200 damage
6	175	8,000		4 seconds	450 damage	90 damage	2300 damage
7	250	10,000	150		500 damage	100 damage	2400 damage
8	350	15,000			550 damage	110 damage	2500 damage
9	450	20,000			600 damage	120 damage	2600 damage
10	800	60,000		3.5 seconds	650 damage	130 damage	2700 damage
11	1,000	75,000	125		700 damage	140 damage	2800 damage
12	1,250	100,000			750 damage	150 damage	2900 damage
13	1,500	150,000			800 damage	160 damage	3000 damage
14	1,750	200,000		3 seconds	850 damage	170 damage	3100 damage
15	2,000	250,000	100		900 damage	180 damage	3200 damage

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Faster Recharge 快速充能	Laser Bean can shoot two consecutive lasers. As a result, its damage per second increases by 35%. 使激光豆每次攻击发射两道激光，总伤害提升35%。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Laser Bean gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Higher Power 功率提升	Laser Bean shoots laser beams consecutively without delay. As a result, its damage per second increases by another 35%. 强化快速充能，使激光豆持续发射激光，总伤害再次提升35%。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Laser Bean gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Laser Bean may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	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 he 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 blocked or deflected by Excavator Zombies, 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 Shield Zombies, 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, the Mecha Football 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 damage to 40 damage
• ▲ Plant Food effect damage increased from 600 damage to 1800 damage
• ▼ Firing rate decreased from 1.35-1.5 seconds to 2.7-3 seconds

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Laser Bean
Simplified Chinese	激光豆	"Laser Bean"
French	Fayot laser	"Laser Bean"
German	Laserbohne
Italian	Fagiolo laser	"Laser Bean"
Brazilian Portuguese	Feijão Laser	From feijão and laser
Spanish	Frijol láser	"Laser Bean"

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, and his Plant Food effect dealt only 600 damage 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 damage per laser.
• Laser Bean and Cherry Bomb are the only plants which have internal names with an underscore (laser_bean and cherry_bomb).

See also

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

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