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Lil' Buddy is a triassic uncommon plant card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the PvZH Solar IconSolar class. It can also be made by Poppin' Poppies.

It costs 0SunPvZH to play and has 1HeartPvZH. It has the Team-Up trait, and its ability heals the plant hero for up to 2HeartPvZH when it is played.

Origins[]

800px-Poppy seeds

It is based on a poppy seed pod, despite it being called Lil' Buddy.

Its name is a combination of "lil'," possibly referring to its low stats (as a fighter's implied size is related to its stats) and "buddy," referring to its appearance (although, as mentioned, Lil' Buddy resembles more of a seed pod than a bud), as well as alluding to Poppin' Poppies' description, as playing her was the only way to properly obtain it before being made into a playable card by itself. The term "li'l buddy" is also a term you give to a close friend.

Its description is a reference to how Lil' Buddy is usually played in front of a plant to protect it.

Statistics[]

  • Class: Solar
  • Tribes: Flower Seed Plant
  • Trait: Team-Up
  • Ability: When played: Heal your Hero for 2.
  • Set - Rarity: Triassic - Uncommon

Card description[]

Wait, you want me to go in *front*?!?

Update history[]

Update 1.4.14[]

  • Tribe added: Seed

Update 1.16.10[]

  • Ability added: When played: Heal your Hero for 2.
  • Class change: PvZH Guardian IconGuardianPvZH Solar IconSolar

Update 1.24.6[]

  • Set - Rarity change: Token → Triassic - Uncommon
  • Sun cost change: 1SunPvZH → 0SunPvZH

Strategies[]

With[]

Despite it having only one health and no strength, Lil' Buddy has a great number of uses, primarily due to the fact it is free. It can act as a weak shield against zombies with its Team-Up trait, which could save an expensive or valuable plant as long as said zombies lack the Strikethrough trait. Its healing ability is always good to have in any case, and can be used to boost Pepper M.D., within or outside of Heal decks. It is also an excellent choice to play Evolution cards with, as it does not require prior setup and is free. Doing so can convert an otherwise useless plant into something much better, and since it has Team-Up, you can potentially put two powerful threats in one lane, even if said Evolution plant lacks the Team-Up trait itself. Notable examples include Cob Cannon (who specifically requires a Team-Up plant) and Elderberry.

Since it is a flower plant, it can be used to activate Briar Rose's ability, and give Power Flower some extra healing, if it survives. However, despite being a free plant, these are not the best uses for Lil' Buddy.

Lil' Buddy has few significant issues, with Vimpire/Ancient Vimpire not withstanding. As mentioned before it can't block Strikethrough attacks, and is also useless if a Zombie with Frenzy can break through it. Sneezing Zombie can deny healing, and Total Eclipse will restrict its placement.

Each hero has their own way of using Lil' Buddy:

  • Chompzilla has access to Onion Rings, a card that's intended to make usually weak plants much more useful by essentially turning it into a free 4HeartPvZH/4StrengthPvZH plant for her to take the game back by force.
  • Rose can use Go-Nuts to boost its strength. However, the Smarty Class often has better Team-Up plants, and Lil' Buddy will only serve as a healing card at best. It can, however, be used with Tricorn to put a big threat on board as soon as you have 6 sun.
  • Wall-Knight, with his access to Poppin' Poppies, can easily make huge numbers of Lil' Buddies and achieve incredible amounts of healing. As Lil Buddy has no base strength, he can make it more threatening with Spineapple and Loco Coco, although he too has better plants to work with.
  • Solar Flare has few means of using Lil' Buddy beyond healing, as the Kabloom class also has fragile plants, and Lil Buddy needs a strength boost to be viable. Since Lil' buddy cannot synergize with Kabloom plants, she is better off using others like Puff-Shroom.


Against[]

This plant will mainly take attacks from your zombies, and combined with its low health, Lil' Buddy is nothing serious; as long as it isn't boosted, any attack can destroy it. Zombies with the PvZH Frenzy IconFrenzy or the PvZH Strikethrough IconStrikethrough trait can destroy Lil' Buddy and attack your opponent at the same time.

However, if Briar Rose is on the field, then this may cause a problem and spell disaster for both you and your zombies, as Lil' Buddy is also a flower. So if there is one, then it is recommended to destroy it with other cards before your zombies attack the Lil' Buddies. Alternatively, you could also play Weed Spray or The Chickening to get rid of all the Lil' Buddies without worrying about Briar Rose's ability.

If you see Pepper M.D., your opponent can play Lil' Buddy and boost Pepper M.D. greatly. Since your opponent will most likely play it on an empty lane, you will take a lot of damage. Fortunately, you can play either a PvZH Deadly IconDeadly zombie or Rocket Science on turn 3.

Gallery[]

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In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Lil' Buddy
China Simplified Chinese 小伙伴
Taiwan Traditional Chinese 小傢伙 meaning "youngster"
France French P'tit bourgeon
Germany German Kleiner Kumpel
Italy Italian Amichetto
South Korea Korean 작은 친구
Russia Russian Малыш


Trivia[]

  • Its description is grammatically incorrect, as the description is a quote from Lil' Buddy, but has no quotation marks.
  • The attack it does is similar to the attack from Pair of Pears, which involves it firing seeds.

See also[]

V · E Plants in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes
PvZH Guardian Icon Guardian
Heroes Citron · Grass Knuckles · Spudow · Wall-Knight · Beta-Carrotina
Common Small-Nut · Sting Bean · Wall-Nut · Pismashio · Spineapple
Uncommon
Premium Potato Mine · Cactus · Gardening Gloves · Sea-Shroom · Water Chestnut · Pea-Nut · Steel Magnolia
Galactic Photosynthesizer · Spikeweed Sector · Plantern
Colossal Grape Responsibility · Primal Potato Mine
Triassic Grizzly Pear
Rare
Premium Grave Buster · Hibernating Beary · Prickly Pear · Smackadamia · Tough Beets
Galactic Cosmic Nut · Starch-Lord
Colossal Blockbuster
Triassic Pumpkin Shell
Super-Rare
Premium Jugger-Nut · Mirror-Nut · Guacodile · Doom-Shroom
Galactic Galacta-Cactus · Force Field · Gravitree
Colossal Three-Nut
Triassic Marine Bean · Primal Wall-Nut
Legendary
Premium Poppin' Poppies · Soul Patch · Wall-Nut Bowling
Galactic Body-Gourd · Pecanolith
Colossal Tricarrotops
Triassic Loco Coco
Event Cards Forget-Me-Nuts · Garlic · Corn Dog · Hot Date · Health-Nut · Pear Cub · Shamrocket · Red Stinger
Token Cards Hothead
Superpowers Peel Shield · Power Pummel · Tater Toss · Uncrackable · Genetic Amplification · Bubble Up · Nut Signal · Root Wall · Ensign Uproot
PvZH Kabloom Icon Kabloom
Heroes Nightcap · Captain Combustible · Solar Flare · Spudow
Common Button Mushroom · Berry Blast · Buff-Shroom · Seedling · Zapricot
Uncommon
Premium Poison Mushroom · Berry Angry · Mushroom Ringleader · Poison Ivy · Pair of Pears · Bluesberry · Sizzle
Galactic Banana Bomb · Mushroom Grotto · Invasive Species
Colossal Puff-Shroom
Triassic Veloci-Radish Hatchling · Hot Lava
Rare
Premium Shroom for Two · Wild Berry · Petal-Morphosis · Sour Grapes · Poison Oak
Galactic Cosmic Mushroom · Lava Guava
Colossal Cro-Magnolia
Triassic Shelf Mushroom
Super-Rare
Premium Punish-Shroom · Sergeant Strongberry · Cherry Bomb · Grapes of Wrath
Galactic Astro-Shroom · Banana Launcher · Pair Pearadise
Colossal Fireweed · Imitater
Triassic Strawberrian
Legendary
Premium Pineclone · Dandy Lion King · Kernel Corn
Galactic Reincarnation · Molekale
Colossal Gloom-Shroom
Triassic Veloci-Radish Hunter
Event Cards Blooming Heart · High-Voltage Currant · Sonic Bloom · Transfiguration · Atomic Bombegranate · Electric Blueberry
Token Cards Hothead
Superpowers Mush-Boom · Blazing Bark · Tater Toss · Sunburn · Meteor Strike · More Spore · Storm Front
PvZH Mega-Grow Icon Mega-Grow
Heroes Chompzilla · Grass Knuckles · Green Shadow · Captain Combustible
Common Peashooter · Torchwood · Cabbage-Pult · Fertilize · Flourish · Grow-Shroom · Repeater
Uncommon
Premium Bonk Choy · Pea Pod · Sweet Potato · Fire Peashooter · Skyshooter
Galactic Coffee Grounds · Sweet Pea · Vegetation Mutation
Colossal Umbrella Leaf
Triassic Half-Banana · Typical Beanstalk
Rare
Premium The Podfather · Plant Food · Re-Peat Moss · Whipvine · Super-Phat Beets
Galactic Banana Peel · Cosmic Pea
Colossal Bamboozle
Triassic Pea Patch
Super-Rare
Premium Party Thyme · Black-Eyed Pea · Potted Powerhouse · Espresso Fiesta
Galactic Moonbean · Pod Fighter · The Red Plant-It
Colossal Split Pea · Grape Power
Triassic Savage Spinach
Legendary
Premium Doubled Mint · Muscle Sprout · Bananasaurus Rex
Galactic Captain Cucumber · Onion Rings
Colossal Gatling Pea
Triassic Apotatosaurus
Event Cards Clique Peas · Lily of the Valley · Banana Split · Plucky Clover
Superpowers Devour · Power Pummel · Precision Blast · Blazing Bark · Embiggen · Holo-Flora · Time to Shine
PvZH Smarty Icon Smarty
Heroes Citron · Nightcap · Green Shadow · Rose · Beta-Carrotina
Common Snowdrop · Weenie Beanie · Snow Pea · Cattail · Smoosh-Shroom · Threepeater
Uncommon
Premium Iceberg Lettuce · Shellery · Rescue Radish · Spring Bean · Vanilla · Carrotillery
Galactic Mars Flytrap · Planet of the Grapes · Leaf Blower
Colossal Grave Mistake · Pear Pal
Triassic Primal Peashooter
Rare
Premium Admiral Navy Bean · Lightning Reed · Chilly Pepper · Navy Bean · Jumping Bean
Galactic Cosmic Bean · Melon-Pult
Colossal Tricorn
Triassic Lily Pad
Super-Rare
Premium Sow Magic Beans · Bean Counter · Snapdragon · Winter Squash
Galactic Laser Cattail · Bog of Enlightenment · Cool Bean
Colossal Jelly Bean
Triassic Rotobaga · Shrinking Violet
Legendary
Premium Brainana · Winter Melon · The Great Zucchini
Galactic Shooting Starfruit · Dark Matter Dragonfruit
Colossal Lima-Pleurodon
Triassic Bird of Paradise
Event Cards Spyris · Go-Nuts · Mayflower · Sportacus · Snake Grass · Witch Hazel · Jolly Holly · Sap-Fling
Token Cards Magic Beanstalk · Sappy Place
Superpowers Peel Shield · Mush-Boom · Precision Blast · Goatify · Genetic Amplification · Big Chill · Transmogrify · Whirlwind · Lieutenant Carrotron · Lightspeed Seed
PvZH Solar Icon Solar
Heroes Chompzilla · Rose · Solar Flare · Wall-Knight
Common Bellflower · Sunflower · Mixed Nuts · Squash · Smashing Pumpkin
Uncommon
Premium Morning Glory · Fume-Shroom · Pepper M.D. · Water Balloons · Venus Flytrap · Bloomerang · Metal Petal Sunflower
Galactic Cosmoss · Apple-Saucer · Venus Flytraplanet
Colossal Kernel-Pult
Triassic Lil' Buddy · Sunnier-Shroom
Rare
Premium Sage Sage · Magnifying Grass · Whack-a-Zombie · Lawnmower · Power Flower
Galactic Cosmic Flower · Heartichoke
Colossal Elderberry
Triassic Eyespore
Super-Rare
Premium Twin Sunflower · 2nd-Best Taco of All Time · Chomper · Laser Bean
Galactic Solar Winds · Wing-Nut · Tactical Cuke
Colossal Primal Sunflower · Sunflower Seed
Triassic Sun Strike
Legendary
Premium Briar Rose · Three-Headed Chomper · Cornucopia
Galactic Astrocado · Astro Vera
Colossal Cob Cannon
Triassic Aloesaurus
Event Cards Haunted Pumpking · Sun-Shroom · Jack O' Lantern · Ketchup Mechanic · Toadstool
Token Cards Astrocado Pit
Superpowers Devour · Goatify · Sunburn · Uncrackable · Geyser · Scorched Earth · Weed Whack
Unobtainable
Superpowers Flick-a-Zombie · Inspire · Rejuvenate
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