Missile Toe

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This item is available only during certain events, and cannot always be obtained/played in-game. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently not available.

Missile Toe is a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, tied to the 2016 Feastivus event. She acts like a Banana Launcher but she can slow down Zombies in a 3x3 radius as an added effect. She is also immune to the chilling effect in Frostbite Caves (except in Plants Vs. Zombies 2: Chinese version but can't warm up other plants, similar to Cold Snapdragon, as they are all cold plants. After firing, Missile Toe will be disabled for 20 seconds before she can fire again.

Origins

Her name is a portmanteau of the words "missile," a self-propelled self-guided munition system and "mistletoe," the common name for most obligate hemiparasitic plants in the order Santalales. Her binomial name is Atkinsonia ligustrina - Australia's Christmas tree, a rare bush in the Blue Mountains of Australia.

Almanac entry

NOTE: Missile Toe costs 400 sun and has her ability affects a 3x3 area in the Chinese version.

Missile Toe	SUN COST 500 RECHARGE Fast SUN COST: 500 RECHARGE: Fast TOUGHNESS Typical DAMAGE Massive TOUGHNESS: Typical DAMAGE: Massive SPECIAL Chill SPECIAL Freeze SPECIAL: Chill SPECIAL: Freeze FIRING RATE Slow PLANT FOOD POWER Freeze Bursts FIRING RATE: Slow PLANT FOOD POWER: Freeze Bursts FAMILY Winter-mint FAMILY: Winter-mint Missile Toes launch cold blasts that damage, chill and slow zombies. Usage: tap to arm, tap on target tile to fire While she is called Missile Toe, Missile Toe has no toes and, properly speaking, lacks missiles. How'd she get her name? Nepotism! Pure favoritism!

Missile Toe

		SUN COST 500			RECHARGE Fast

SUN COST: 500
RECHARGE: Fast

		TOUGHNESS Typical			DAMAGE Massive

TOUGHNESS: Typical
DAMAGE: Massive

		SPECIAL Chill			SPECIAL Freeze

SPECIAL: Chill
SPECIAL: Freeze

		FIRING RATE Slow			PLANT FOOD POWER Freeze Bursts

FIRING RATE: Slow
PLANT FOOD POWER: Freeze Bursts

		FAMILY Winter-mint

FAMILY: Winter-mint

Missile Toes launch cold blasts that damage, chill and slow zombies.

Usage: tap to arm, tap on target tile to fire

While she is called Missile Toe, Missile Toe has no toes and, properly speaking, lacks missiles. How'd she get her name? Nepotism! Pure favoritism!

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, she will launch four cold blasts at random targets on the lawn.

Winter-mint effect

When boosted by Winter-mint, Missile Toe will deal an additional 2000 DPS per missile, its missiles will freeze zombies for seven seconds on impact, its chill duration will increase to 30 seconds, and its reload rate will decrease to twelve seconds.

Level upgrade

*After reaching level 5, Missile Toe will gain an ability to freeze zombies it attacks. This column shows freeze duration.

Costumed (China only)

Missile Toe now launch powerful cold blasts, which leave small ice trails.

Level Upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Ice Source Savings	Missile Toe recharges 15% faster.
	Combat Training	Missile Toe gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Quick Source Supplies	Missile Toe gains 15% more faster recharge (30% initial).
	Cell Activation	Missile Toe gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken	Missile Toe may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power	Missile Toe gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Ice Fairy's Bomb	Missile Toe has a chance to regenerate icy timing missiles that will be inserted into the ground after hitting the zombie and explode after an amount of time (similar to Banana Launcher's level 5 ability).
	Fighting Power	Missile Toe gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

The Missile Toe can be seen as an upgrade to the Banana Launcher since her projectiles chill zombies in a 3x3 area in addition to causing high damage to any zombie that they hit directly. However, this plant's ability to slow zombies down with each shot also applies to the Snow Pea, Winter Melon, and Cold Snapdragon, making this plant somewhat redundant, unless she is the only ice-based plant that the player brings. She can also work well in Frostbite Caves since she is immune to the freezing effect.

Her massive 500 sun cost and 20 seconds recharge time are notable weaknesses, however, the high damage per shot and additional chill effect make her effective at dealing with single targets while crowd-controlling all other zombies in range through the slow effect. Her biggest weakness is that it is hard to know whether if she is recharging or not, as the only way to see is by looking her icy missile in her "hands", as it is smaller when recharging, but with no change in animation. This is especially seen if you play on smaller devices.

Note that in Plants vs. Zombies 2: Chinese version, she is not immune to the freezing winds and snowballs of the Hunter Zombies. therefore, it is advised to pair her with a thawing plant such as Lava Guava and Hot Potato.

Gallery

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Trivia

• Her recharge is 20 seconds like Banana Launcher, but the animation is slightly longer as you can fire Missile Toe's blast when the animation that shows it is ready (a short column of snow) happens.
• The head-wear on her head resembles a Christmas tree.
• Her Almanac description jokes on how her name does not correlate to her appearance (specifically, she lacks missiles and toes).
• The projectiles affect a 3x3 area, despite their size.
  • This trait is not shared with Banana Launcher, as his only cover an area slightly smaller than 1x3.
  • However, that extra area does no damage to zombies, it only chills (and, when upgraded, freezes) them.
• She is the second premium plant released alongside the Feastivus event, with the first being Sap-fling, and the 3rd being Holly Barrier.
• In previous versions, the recharge was said to be sluggish but it is actually fast in-game.
  • This error occurred with Banana Launcher's Almanac entry too.

• Unlike Banana Launcher, the player cannot control multiple Missile Toes at once. If the player tries this, the Missile Toes they tapped while controlling the original Missile Toe will become stuck and unusable.
  • This can be fixed by either digging up the Missile Toe or by using Plant Food on her.
• Like Banana Launcher, she cannot be planted on minecarts. If the player tries this, the message will appear: "Missile Toes are too icy for mine carts."
• When she releases her snowball, the sounds of Christmas bells can be heard.

See also

• Banana Launcher
• Cold Snapdragon
• Winter Melon
• Cob Cannon