Maypop Mechanic

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He prefers to call himself Optimus Prime.

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"He just doesn't understand how the zombies get up on the roof in the first place." ^[1]

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For the version of this plant in Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars, see Maypop line.

番莲工程师(literal translation: Passionflower Engineer)
Launches gears that attack the nearest zombies and causes continuous damage to zombies in its range.
Statistics
Sun Cost	125
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	30 damage
Attack Rate	5 seconds
Range	Three Lanes to the Right
Area	Area of Effect
Class	Ranged
Quality	Rare
Plant Food effect	Maypop Mechanic spits out a giant gear, launching it towards the right, it stops to continuously damage zombies in a 3×3 area after hitting a zombie.
Tags	Damage, control, area of effect
Plant features	Purple plant
In-game statistics
Unlocked	Collecting 10 Maypop Mechanic Puzzle Pieces
Other names	Passionflower
Code name	passionflower
Chinese English 番莲立志要成为一名工程师，但到现在它只会造齿轮。 Maypop is determined to become an engineer, but up until now it can still only build gears.

Maypop Mechanic (番莲工程师; pinyin: Fānlián Gōngchéngshī, also known as 番莲技师, lit. "Maypop Technician"; pinyin: Fānlián Jìshī) is a plant from Steam Age in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. It attacks the closest zombie in either its lane or the lanes above or below it by firing gears at it.

Once these gears hit a zombie, the gear will freeze in place, hitting zombies multiple times before disappearing, similar to Kiwifruit’s bar.

Origins

It is based on the passionflower, a fruit-bearing flower in the genus Passiflora. In particular, it resembles and is named after the maypop (Passiflora incarnata), one of the hardiest passionflower species.

Almanac entry

番莲工程师 Maypop Mechanic		DAMAGE Moderate RANGE Row RECHARGE Fast
		都[sic]可以对上下2行造成持续伤害。 特点：可以对攻击范围内的僵尸造成持续性伤害 植物特征：紫色植物 番莲立志要成为一名工程师，但到现在它只会造齿轮。

番莲工程师 (Maypop Mechanic)
Sun cost: 125

DAMAGE: Moderate
RANGE: Row
RECHARGE: Fast

都[sic]可以对上下2行造成持续伤害。

特点：可以对攻击范围内的僵尸造成持续性伤害
植物特征：紫色植物

番莲立志要成为一名工程师，但到现在它只会造齿轮。

In English: All can deal continuous damage to the lanes above and below. Special: can deal continuous damage to zombies within attack range Plant feature: purple plant Maypop is determined to become an engineer, but up until now it can still only build gears.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When fed Plant Food, Maypop Mechanic will produce a gigantic gear, before throwing it at the nearest zombie. This gear lasts longer than the normal gear, and does damage to zombies in a 3x3 radius.

Costumed

It now launches a massive fast rotating gear that can slow down zombies.

Level upgrade

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Mechanic Expert 机械专家	Maypop Mechanic has a 10% chance to launch a rapidly rotating gear when attacking, causing 67.5 damage and stun to the hit zombies. 番莲工程师攻击时有10%的概率发射出快速旋转的齿轮，对命中的僵尸造成67.5的伤害与眩晕。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Passionflower gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Mechanic Master 机械大师	The gear is upgraded to have a deceleration effect. The skill trigger probability of Mechanic Expert is increased to 20%, and the damage is increased to 90. 齿轮升级为附带减速效果。机械专家的技能触发概率提升至20%，伤害提升至90。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Passionflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Passionflower may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Passionflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Mechanical Ejection 机械弹射	When attacking, there is a 20% chance to launch a 125-damage gear set, and after hitting a zombie, it will launch a 75-damage pinion again. 攻击时有20%的概率发射一个125伤害的齿轮组，在命中僵尸后会再次发射一个75伤害的小齿轮。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Passionflower gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Maypop Mechanic and Kiwifruit share many similarities in terms of attacks. Except that Maypop Mechanic is able to attack both lanes above and below it. Its gears (same as Kiwifruit's bar) freeze in place when it hits a zombie or obstacle, and does continuous damage until it disappears. This makes Maypop Mechanic a good counter against Gargantuars.

When planted in vast numbers they can easily overpower a Gargantuar, this includes tough zombies such as Pharaoh Zombie, Machines, etc. It also does well with leveled up zombies, but only if the Maypop Mechanic are in vast numbers since they focus on one target, and the gears they fire do individual damage. But this also makes them vulnerable to speedy threats such as a charging all-star zombie, enraged newspaper zombie, and the like.

Since Maypop Mechanic's firing rate is also quite sluggish, it’s best to bring defensive plants such as Wall-nut, Tall-nut , etc. If the player's Maypop Mechanic is still level one, its best to bring stalling plants such as Kernel-pult Stunion, or Iceberg Lettuce, or slowing plants like Snow Pea, Winter Melon, and Stallia to maximize its full potential, because if the zombies are stunned or frozen, the gears do continuous damage to them while they can't do anything about it, this proves useful if the zombies are leveled up.

But if Maypop Mechanic reaches level 3, it may no longer need stunning/stalling plants, because it gains the ability to slow zombies with it's gear, and could even stun them with a fast rotating gear. Overall it is a very of useful plant if used correctly, but it also has a downside, first is that when a group of Maypop Mechanic defeats a zombie, they will still continue to attack the zombie despite it already being defeated, as long as that zombie is the closest.

Lastly is Maypop Mechanic's slow rate of firing, which leaves it vulnerable when there are a vast number of zombies around. But its downsides can be solved easily with the correct plant pairing, and a small price to pay for a plant that can attack on adjacent lanes, and could do continuous damage in a 1x1 area.

Treat Maypop Mechanic as a cheaper alternative of Kiwifruit that can attack on the lane above or below it. It also has a lackluster Plant Food effect since it's only guaranteed to kill at least 1 zombie if not timed correctly.

However, it is easier to obtain and level up via Plant Adventures, and can attack zombies in the lanes adjacent to it, not to mention it gains a chance to stun zombies when upgraded to level 2, in which Kiwifruit is not able to do and it's puzzle pieces are easier to obtain due to it being included in the plant adventure.

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Trivia

• Maypop Mechanic lacks an attacking sound, but when used in the Kongfu World, it reuses Torch Monk Zombie's spinning sound effect.
• Maypop Mechanic cannot shoot a fast rotating gear on the other lanes, and can only shoot it when the zombie it is attacking is on its lane. However, its level 3 gears can still slow down zombies on other lanes.

See also

• Kiwifruit
• Asparagus

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