Lightning Reed (Plants vs. Zombies 3)

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Lightning Reed
Shoots chain lightning at zombies in his lane and adjacent lanes. Can hit flying zombies. Shocking!
Sun cost	6
Rarity	Common
Type	Electric
Health	300
Attack Damage	9
Targets Zapped	3
Attack Speed	1.5s
Damage per Second	6
Cooldown	10s
Ham radio, pottery, competitive face painting—Lightning Reed jumps from hobby to hobby. Lately he's big into snorkeling, where he's met a lot of electric eels and antisocial fish that just float upside down.
Plant Food
Power Surge
Shoots sustained lightning!
Bolts Fired	30
Discharges sustained lightning for several seconds, doing heavy damage.
Tacobility
Forked Lightning
Shoots more lightning bolts!
Peas Fired	+0%
Bolts Fired	2
Shoots more lightning bolts with each attack.

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Conductor of the Pain Train!

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Lightning Reed is a Common Shooter plant in Plants vs. Zombies 3. He fires lighting bolts in his lane and in lanes above and below him.

About

For more information about this character, see Lightning Reed

Lightning Reed is a Shooter plant unlocked after the player after beating Floor 11 of Devour Tower. His seed packets are more likely to be dropped in Jubilee Nightclub breakout battles.

He costs 6 sun and he attacks zombies by firing lightning bolts in the lane he is planted in, as well as lanes both above and below him. Lightning bolts fired by at can also chain to attack multiple nearby zombies.

Lightning Reed is also able to attack flying zombies, being able to attack them as though they were on the ground.

Origins

He is based on the plant of the same name from Plants vs. Zombies 2, though its coloration is more reminiscent of his appearance in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.

His Plant Food is named after Power surges, a fast occurring and short lasting increases of electrical energy.

His Tacobility is named after forked lightning, a phenomena in which a lightning bolt splits off into two separate branches.

Almanac entry

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

Lightning Reed
Electric Common
Air-Guard Chain Shot Multi-Direction
Shoots chain lightning at zombies in his lane and adjacent lanes. Can hit flying zombies. Shocking! 6 Health 300 Attack Damage 9 Targets Zapped 3 Attack Speed 1.5 Damage per Second 6 Cooldown 10 s Effective against:
Ham radio, pottery, competitive face painting—Lightning Reed jumps from hobby to hobby. Lately he's big into snorkeling, where he's met a lot of electric eels and antisocial fish that just float upside down.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Lightning Reed's Plant Food ability is named Power Surge. Lightning Reed will discharge a large amount of lightning bolts, dealing continuous damage to any zombie that is targeted, as well as any zombies that the lighting chains to.

Tacobility

Lightning Reed's Tacobility is the Forked Lightning, which allows it to fire an additional arc of lightning when it attacks, targeting the second closest zombie in any lane it can attack in.

Strategy

Lightning Reed works as a fantastic counter to large groups of incredibly weak zombies such as Imps or Zombie Chickens. Due to his ability to target and damage flying zombies, Lightning Reed may prove an effective counter to Zombie Pigeons and Batty Vimpires. Otherwise, Lightning Reed is not very powerful or useful, especially for 6 Sun. So, he is suggested that you only use Lightning Reed for swarms of zombies, Chickens, or weak flying zombies.

Gallery

Seed packet

Lightning Reed's introduction

Trivia

• Lightning Reed is the only non-lobber plant that can naturally target flying zombies.