Levitater

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 available.

Levitater
Levitaters levitate random zombies.
Short description
Randomly levitates zombies
Statistics
Sun Cost	50
Recharge	15 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Time Between Levitations	10 seconds
Chance to Levitate Off Lawn	50%
Chance to Plant Food Levitate	35%
Family	Enchant-mint
Plant Food effect	Knock [sic] back multiple zombies through levitation. Zombies knocked back have a chance of being tossed off the lawn.
Special	Levitated zombies cannot be Blovered
In-game statistics
Other weakness
Unlocked	250 seed packets
Code name	levitater
Rarity	Uncommon
"I'm a bit different from my other tater cousins," explains Levitater. "Chief among those differences, I'd say, is that I don't explode on contact, or at all. I stick around!"

“	Plant Levitater to randomly levitate zombies.	”
—Penny

Levitater is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 9.8.1 update for the Levitater's Lively Arena season. Every 10 seconds, it causes the zombie closest to it to begin levitating for 5 seconds, with a 50% chance to toss them off the lawn. Zombies that are levitated cannot be blown away by plants such as Blover, Hurrikale, or Draftodil.

Levitater cannot target the following zombies: Imp Cannon, Dr. Zomboss, Cardio Zombie, Z-Mech, Roman Caesar Zombie, #caketank, Treasure Yeti, Zcorpion Zombie, Zombie King, Zombie Medusa, Fisherman Zombie, Catapult Zombie, Zombie Bobsled Team, and Zomboni. Its Plant Food effect can instantly destroy the following zombies: Zombie Chicken, Ice Weasel, and Zombie Parrot.

Origins

Levitater's name is a portmanteau of the words "levitator," referring to the fact that it can "levitate" zombies and "tater," a slang word for potato, the real-life plant on which this plant is based.

Almanac entry

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

Levitater
	SUN COST 50 RECHARGE 15 TOUGHNESS 300 Time Between Levitations 10 Chance to Levitate Off Lawn 50 Chance to Plant Food Levitate 35 Enchant-mint Plant Food: Knock [sic] back multiple zombies through levitation. Zombies knocked back have a chance of being tossed off the lawn. Levitaters levitate random zombies. Special: levitated zombies cannot be Blovered "I'm a bit different from my other tater cousins," explains Levitater. "Chief among those differences, I'd say, is that I don't explode on contact, or at all. I stick around!"

Levitater

SUN COST 50 RECHARGE 15 TOUGHNESS 300 Time Between Levitations 10 Chance to Levitate Off Lawn 50 Chance to Plant Food Levitate 35 Enchant-mint Plant Food: Knock [sic] back multiple zombies through levitation. Zombies knocked back have a chance of being tossed off the lawn. Levitaters levitate random zombies. Special: levitated zombies cannot be Blovered "I'm a bit different from my other tater cousins," explains Levitater. "Chief among those differences, I'd say, is that I don't explode on contact, or at all. I stick around!"

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food animation

When given Plant Food, Levitater will cause multiple zombies in the lawn to begin levitating for 5 seconds, with a 25% chance to toss them off the lawn.

Enchant-mint effect

When boosted by Enchant-mint, Levitater's chance to levitate zombies off lawn is increased to 75% for its normal attack, 50% for its Plant Food attack, and its chance to levitate zombies for its Plant Food effect is increased to 100%.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Attack Cooldown	Chance to Levitate Off Lawn		Chance to Plant Food Levitate
								Normal	Plant Food
1	0	0	50	15 seconds	10 seconds	300 damage	10 seconds	50%	25%	35%
2	50					350 damage	9 seconds			40%
3	100					400 damage	8 seconds			45%
4	200					450 damage	7 seconds			50%
5	300					550 damage	6 seconds			55%
6	400					600 damage				60%
7	500					650 damage				65%
8	600					700 damage	5 seconds			70%
9	800					750 damage				75%
10	1,000					800 damage				80%

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Strategies

Levitater shares many traits with Hocus Crocus. They are both Enchant-mint family plants that stall a single zombie at a time by pushing them back. However, Hocus Crocus is much more powerful, as it can warp zombies back across the full lawn instead of just a single tile. However, planting several Levitators does not target the same zombies unlike Hocus Crocus. Also, Levitater's sun cost is considerably cheaper than Hocus Crocus, which can be much more versatile in scenarios where the sun is more restricted, such as Last Stand or levels with "Spent no more than X amount of sun" challenge.

Due to its heavier emphasis on single-target stalling, it's much more useful against large zombies with lots of health, such as Gargantuars or Robo-Cones. This also lets it perform well in Penny's Pursuit, as the game mode often prefers to have a lower density of stronger zombies rather than a higher density of weaker zombies that you may find in Endless Zones. Due to its strength towards single-target zombies, it can be paired with plants that excel at dealing with groups of zombies (such as Fume-shroom), allowing the latter to better deal with the high-health zombies.

Zombies in the levitated state are stunned during this time, preventing them from damaging plants or using special abilities (such as Octo Zombie's ability to throw octopuses). This essentially means its levitation will pick a zombie out-of-play for a short while before they're set back a tile. This can even be seen with similar plants (such as the aforementioned Hocus Crocus), but their analogous effects are usually too short to have the same impact as Levitater's.

Keep in mind that zombies during the levitated state can still get hit normally by any plants such as Cabbage-pult or Repeater, allowing this unconventional out-of-play uptime to instead function as a conventional stun uptime. Additionally, Levitator is much more powerful when spammed in large numbers, as they also have a 50% chance of levitating the zombies off the lawn (killing them instantly) and it is incredibly effective against high-health zombies such as Gargantuars. When utilizing Levitator's instant-kill levitation ability to kill zombies alone, it is highly recommended to bring stallers such as Stallia to mitigate the pressure for Levitator's short cooldown before levitating again or use support plants like Winter Melon to deal with weaker zombies while taking advantage of levitated ability against stronger zombies.

Balance changes

Update 10.8.1

• ▲ Cooldown is reduced from 20 to 15 seconds.
• ▼ Starting Cooldown is increased from 10-5 to 10 seconds.
• ▲ Attack Cooldown is reduced from 12 to 10-5 seconds.
• ▲ Chance to Levitate Off Lawn for normal attack is increased from 1-10% to 50%.
• ▲ Chance to Levitate Off Lawn for Plant Food attack is increased from 1-10% to 25%.
• ▲ Chance to Levitate for Plant Food attack is increased from 32-50% to 35-80%.
• ▲ Zombies that are being levitated by Levitaters can now be damaged by straight-shooting projectiles.
• ▲ Knockback distance is increased from 1 tile to 1.2 tiles.
• ▲ Plant Food duration is increased from 2 to 4 seconds.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Levitater
French	Lévi-patate	"Levi-tater"
German	Schwebekartoffel
Italian	Levitata
Brazilian Portuguese	Levatata
Russian	Левитатор	Transliteration of English name
Spanish	Levitadora

Trivia

• Levitater's Almanac entry uses the noun "Blover" as a verb.
• It is the sixth potato plant to appear in Plants vs. Zombies 2, the first being Potato Mine, the second being Imitater, the third being Hot Potato, the fourth being Primal Potato Mine, and the fifth being Teleportato Mine.
  • Despite being a potato, it did not appear in the promotional image for National Potato Day 2022, even after its debut in Arena.
• Like Teleportato Mine, Levitater cannot be planted on a Lily Pad, but it can still be planted on wooden planks in Pirate Seas.
• The eyes of Levitater bears a great resemblance to the eyes of most of the plants in the recent Plants vs. Zombies 3 beta.

See also

• Potato Mine
• Imitater

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