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For other uses, see Melon-pult (disambiguation).

Melon-pult is a lobbed-shot plant available in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He is the fifth plant unlocked in Wild West, upon completing Day 12.

He attacks zombies by lobbing melons at the incoming horde at half the rate of a normal Peashooter (2.85-3 seconds), each dealing high damage to the initial target as well as splash damage in an area around it. Though, as with Threepeater, his area of effect covers three lanes.

However, unlike Threepeater, Melon-pult's attack is triggered only when a zombie or a lawn obstacle appears in the lane in which he is planted.

Like with the projectiles from other lobbed-shot plants, the catapulted melons can bypass most shields that can otherwise block straight-firing projectiles such as Barrel Roller Zombie's barrel and Troglobite's frozen block, as well as being capable of targeting submerged Snorkel Zombies in water.

About[]

For more information about this character, see Melon-pult.

Melon-pult is unlocked by finishing Wild West - Day 12, and he has been significantly changed since the version in the first game: His sun cost has been slightly raised to 325 sun, he can no longer be upgraded into Winter Melon, and the melons' splash damage is slightly stronger, doing 40 damage to all zombies in a 3x3 area.


Almanac entry[]

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

Melon-pult

Melon-pults do heavy damage to groups of zombies.

"Everyone says my head looks like a melon," said the middle child of the Pult family, "And they would be right." Don't ask him if he's seedless or not though, it offends him and frankly it's none of your business.


Chinese version  (China only)[]

    西瓜投手能对成群的僵尸造成巨大伤害。
    发射速度:1/2倍速
    范围:抛掷
    植物特征:绿色植物
    “人人都说我的头长得像个西瓜”,投手家族的二把手说。“可能是真的吧。”千万别问它是不是无籽西瓜,它一听就翻脸。

    In English:
    Melon-pult can deal massive damage to grouped zombies.
    Firing speed: 1/2x
    Range: lobbed
    Plant feature: green plant

    "Everyone says my head looks like a watermelon," says the second chief in command of the Pult family. "I guess so." Don't ask it if it's a seedless melon though, it gets angry immediately whenever he hears that.

Upgrades[]

Plant Food effect[]

Melon-pultPF

Plant Food ability (animated)

When given Plant Food, Melon-pult will turn into a mortar cannon, before unleashing a barrage of giant melons separated into four waves to all zombies on the field; if there is no valid target, a single melon per volley will be fired on a random tile. Each giant melon deals 200 damage to the initial target, but only 20 splash damage in a 3x3 area.

Arma-mint effect[]

When boosted by Arma-mint, Melon-pult will do an additional 160 damage, (with an additional 80 damage added to his splash damage), and he'll do an additional 400 damage with his Plant Food effect (with an additional 40 damage being added to the splash damage).

Level upgrades[]

Level Seed Packets Coins Upgrades
Sun Cost Recharge
(Fast)
Toughness
(Typical)
Damage
(Heavy)
Projectile
Velocity
Plant Food Power
(Damage)
Range Area
Direct Splash Direct Splash
1 0 0 325 5 seconds 300 damage 80 damage 40 damage Normal 200 damage 20 damage Lobbed 3x3
2 10 1,000 325 4.5 seconds 325 damage 85 damage 45 damage 210 damage 20 damage
3 50 2,000 300 4.5 seconds 350 damage 90 damage 50 damage 220 damage 20 damage
4 100 4,000 300 4.5 seconds 375 damage 95 damage 55 damage + 1.3x 230 damage 20 damage
5 125 6,000 300 4.5 seconds 400 damage 105 damage 60 damage 240 damage 20 damage
6 175 8,000 300 4 seconds 450 damage 110 damage 65 damage 250 damage 25 damage
7 250 10,000 275 4 seconds 500 damage 115 damage 70 damage 260 damage 25 damage
8 350 15,000 275 4 seconds 550 damage 120 damage 75 damage 270 damage 25 damage
9 450 20,000 275 4 seconds 600 damage 125 damage 80 damage 280 damage 25 damage
10 800 60,000 275 3.5 seconds 650 damage 135 damage + 1.6x 300 damage 30 damage
11 1,000 75,000 250 3.5 seconds 700 damage 140 damage 320 damage 30 damage
12 1,250 100,000 250 3.5 seconds 750 damage 145 damage 340 damage 30 damage
13 1,500 150,000 250 3.5 seconds 800 damage 150 damage 360 damage 35 damage
14 1,750 200,000 250 3 seconds 850 damage 155 damage 380 damage 35 damage
15 2,000 250,000 200 3 seconds 900 damage 160 damage 400 damage 40 damage

Mastery upgrades[]

  • Chance to Boost
  • Damage Pierce

Level upgrades (China only)[]

Level Upgrades Description
LevelIcon2New Melon-pult Upgrade 1
Double Throw
双重投掷
When there are 2 or more zombies in the attack range, Melon-pult has a 25% chance to launch two watermelons.
当攻击范围内有2个及以上僵尸时,西瓜投手有25%的概率发射两个西瓜。
CombatTrainingIcon
Combat Training
战斗训练
Melon-pult gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
LevelIcon3New Melon-pult Upgrade 2
Proficient Throw
投掷精通
When there are 2 or more zombies in the attack range, Melon-pult has a 50% chance to launch two watermelons.
当攻击范围内有2个及以上僵尸时,西瓜投手有50%的概率发射两个西瓜。
CellActivationIcon
Cell Activation
细胞活化
Melon-pult gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
LevelIcon4New AbilityAwakendIcon
Ability Awaken
能力觉醒
Melon-pult may be boosted when planted.
FightingPowerIcon
Fighting Power
战斗能力
Melon-pult gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
LevelIcon5New Melon-pult Upgrade 3
Melon Slices
西瓜片
There is a 25% chance to throw 3 melon slices that does damage to zombies in its lane in a 3x3 area.
有概率投掷出3片西瓜片,对一条直线上的僵尸造成伤害。
FightingPowerIcon
Fighting Power
战斗能力
Melon-pult gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).


Costumed  (China only)[]

It can launch fire melons that deal quadruple the damage of normal melons.

Strategies[]

Melon-pult retains his role as a well-rounded and reliable offensive choice, useful both in normal levels and in the Endless Zones. This is further cemented by improvements in both splash damage and radius, greatly increasing Melon-pult's crowd control capability in the progress.

On the other hand, Melon-pult's reliability has taken a noticeable hit, as certain zombies can now block or reflect lobbed shots, such as Shield Zombie, Jester Zombie and Parasol Zombie.

Melon-pult can be used in conjunction with Cold Snapdragon, as the latter's chilling effect and high damage makes this combination similar to planting Winter Melons, with a cheaper price of 25 sun. In addition, Cold Snapdragon helps Melon-pult to take out the zombies that he normally can't, such as Jester Zombies, Shield Zombies and Parasol Zombies.

It can be used instead of the Winter Melon on Frostbite Caves, since Ice plants aren't the best option in that world, can be used as a replacement in such world and if you want to use it as if it were a Winter Melon (PvZ2), use Stallia or Sap-fling.

Balance changes[]

Version 2.5.6  (China only)[]

  • Melon slices damage area increased from 1x1 to 3x3 area.
  • Melon Slices chance of occurence decreased from 40% to 25%.

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In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Melon-pult
China Simplified Chinese 西瓜投手
France French Cata-melon
Germany German Melonapult
Italy Italian Cocopulta
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Melancipulta Portmanteau of melancia and catapulta
Spain Spanish Melonpulta


Trivia[]

  • If a zombie is in front of him, the zombie will not instantly be hit by the melon, unlike in Plants vs. Zombies. The only time it will be hit by a melon instantly is if he was a zombie taller than the Melon-pult himself.
  • His description mentions that he is the middle child of the Pult family. This would make Cabbage-pult the youngest and Kernel-pult the oldest.
  • He and Winter Melon both have the same watering animation.
  • After he defeats a zombie, the "brick-breaking" sound will not play if his melon hits another zombie.
  • In some Last Stand levels, Melon-pult cannot be selected as one of the plants for the level. This is most likely because he could take out hordes of zombies with ease, and the player could afford plenty of them. However, Winter Melon can be used, but he is much more expensive than Melon-pult.
  • He and Threepeater were originally going to cost the same amount of sun that is used to plant them in the original game, according to pre-release gameplay footage. In Melon-pult's case, he would have costed 300 sun. However, when the game released, they swapped sun costs.

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