Levitater

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Levitater
Levitaters levitate random zombies.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	50
Recharge	20 seconds
Toughness	300 damage per shot
Special	levitated zombies cannot be Blovered.
Weakness
Family	Enchant-mint
In-game statistics
Unlocked	250 seed packets
"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 12 seconds, it causes the zombie closest to it to begin levitating for 5 seconds, with one-tile knockback and a chance to even toss them off the lawn. Zombies that are levitated cannot be blown away by plants such as Blover, Hurrikale, or Draftodil.

Origins

Levitater's name is a portmanteau of the words "levitate," 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 20 SUN COST: 50 RECHARGE: 20 TOUGHNESS 300 Time Between Levitations Time Between Levitations TOUGHNESS: 300 Time Between Levitations: Time Between Levitations Chance to Levitate Off Lawn 1 Chance to Plant Food Levitate Chance to Plant Food Levitate Chance to Levitate Off Lawn: 1 Chance to Plant Food Levitate: Chance to Plant Food Levitate FAMILY Enchant-mint FAMILY: Enchant-mint 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 20

SUN COST: 50
RECHARGE: 20

		TOUGHNESS 300			Time Between Levitations Time Between Levitations

TOUGHNESS: 300
Time Between Levitations: Time Between Levitations

		Chance to Levitate Off Lawn 1			Chance to Plant Food Levitate Chance to Plant Food Levitate

Chance to Levitate Off Lawn: 1
Chance to Plant Food Levitate: Chance to Plant Food Levitate

		FAMILY Enchant-mint

FAMILY: Enchant-mint

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

When given Plant Food, Levitater will cause multiple zombies in the lawn to begin levitating for 5 seconds, with one-tile knockback and a chance to even toss them off the lawn.

Enchant-mint effect

When boosted by Enchant-mint, Levitater's chance to levitate zombies off lawn is increased to 50% for both its normal and Plant Food states, but its chance to levitate zombies for its Plant Food effect is reduced to 25%.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Chance to Levitate Off Lawn*	Chance to Plant Food Levitate
1	0	0	50	20 seconds	10 seconds	300 dps	1%	32%
2	50				9.5 seconds	350 dps	2%	34%
3	100				9 seconds	400 dps	3%	36%
4	200				8.5 seconds	450 dps	4%	38%
5	300				8 seconds	550 dps	5%	40%
6	400				7.5 seconds	600 dps	6%	42%
7	500				7 seconds	650 dps	7%	44%
8	600				6.5 seconds	700 dps	8%	46%
9	800				6 seconds	750 dps	9%	48%
10	1,000				5 seconds	800 dps	10%	50%

*Applies to both normal and Plant Food states.

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. Though due to Levitater being a quarter of Hocus Crocus' cost, it may prove to be much more versatile in scenarios where sun is more restricted, such as Last Stand.

Due to having a 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. 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.

While this seems like a bad plant to pair with straight shooters such as Repeater at first, due to levitated zombies hovering over their projectiles, note that the zombies will still land a tile back from their initial point of levitation. In grouped situations where Levitater will not be able to hold back the entire horde, zombies will still be levitated out of play for a few seconds, preventing them from damaging defensive plants or using special abilities (such as Octo Zombie's ability to throw octopuses) during this time. Something important to note is that lobbing plants, such as Cabbage-pult, will be able to target and damage levitated zombies, allowing them to take even greater advantage of these zombies being stunned while levitated than their straight shooting counterparts.

A great combo for Levitater is with Blastberry Vine, this is due to many reasons. For one, Blastberry Vine being a vine gives you more room to build a large collection of Levitaters, letting them be more effective than with typical damage plants. Blastberry Vine also specializes in dealing with groups of zombies rather than single, strong targets. Levitater's strong stalling capabilities against single targets can help prevent these stronger zombies from becoming a large threat. Finally, Blastberry Vine is a lobbing plant, which allows it to take advantage of the levitation duration more than many other damage-dealing plants.

Gallery

Levitater's seed packet image

Full body

Levitater's seed packet

Levitating

Levitater's sprites

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In other languages

Language	Name	Description
English	Levitater
French	Lévi-patate
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.
• Zombies that are being levitated by it are immune to effects of straight-shooting projectiles.
• Airborne zombies levitated by it are permanently immune to the effects of getting blown away. This may be a glitch.
• 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.
• This is also a plant originally from a fan's idea, source.

See also

• Potato Mine
• Imitater