Melon-pult (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

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

Melon-pult
Melon-pults do heavy damage to groups of zombies.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	325
Recharge	5 seconds
Damage	80 damage per shot every 3 seconds, with 40 damage per shot splash damage in a 3x3 area.
Range	Lobbed
Weakness	(Can deflect Melon-pult projectiles)
Family	Arma-mint
In-game statistics
Rarity (China)	Uncommon
Unlocked	Beat Wild West - Day 12
Unlocked (China)	Collect 10 Melon-pult Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
"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.

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	SUN COST 325 RECHARGE 5 SUN COST: 325 RECHARGE: 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 80 TOUGHNESS: 300 DAMAGE: 80 RANGE Lobbed AREA 3x3 RANGE: Lobbed AREA: 3x3 FAMILY Arma-mint FAMILY: Arma-mint Melon-pults do heavy damage to groups of zombies. Firing Speed: 1/2x "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.

Melon-pult

		SUN COST 325			RECHARGE 5

SUN COST: 325
RECHARGE: 5

		TOUGHNESS 300			DAMAGE 80

TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 80

		RANGE Lobbed			AREA 3x3

RANGE: Lobbed
AREA: 3x3

		FAMILY Arma-mint

FAMILY: Arma-mint

Melon-pults do heavy damage to groups of zombies.

Firing Speed: 1/2x

"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.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

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 DPS, (with an additional 80 DPS added to his splash damage), and he'll do an additional 400 DPS with his plant food effect (with an additional 40 DPS being added to the splash damage).

Level upgrade

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

Level upgrade  (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Double Throw	Melon-pult has a 25% chance of lobbing two melons at two zombies each.
	Combat Training	Melon-pult gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Proficient Throw	Melon-pult has a 50% chance of lobbing two melons at two zombies each.
	Cell Activation	Melon-pult gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken	Melon-pult may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power	Melon-pult gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Melon Slices	There is a 25% chance to throw 3 melon slices that does damage to zombies in its lane in a 3x3 area.
	Fighting Power	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.

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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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 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.

See also

• Winter Melon
• Lobbed shots
• Lobbed-shot plants

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