Missile Toe

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This item is only obtainable during certain events. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently not available.

“	Tap Missile Toe to arm her, then tap the target to fire.	”
—Penny

Missile Toe
Missile Toes launch cold blasts that damage, chill and slow zombies.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	500 400 (China)
Recharge	5 seconds
Damage	1200 damage per shot in a 1x3 area (Huge in China)
Area	Tile 3x3 (China)
Usage	Tap to arm, tap on target tile to fire
Family	Winter-mint
In-game statistics
Rarity (China)	Super-Rare
Unlocked	NA: $6.99 · EU: €5.49 · UK: £4.99
Costumes
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 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 the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2) but can't warm up other plants, similar to Cold Snapdragon, as they are all cold plants. After firing she will reload for 20 seconds.

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 5 SUN COST: 500 RECHARGE: 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 1200 TOUGHNESS: 300 DAMAGE: 1200 Special Chill FIRING RATE 20 Special: Chill FIRING RATE: 20 PLANT FOOD POWER Freeze Bursts AREA Tile PLANT FOOD POWER: Freeze Bursts AREA: Tile 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 5

SUN COST: 500
RECHARGE: 5

		TOUGHNESS 300			DAMAGE 1200

TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 1200

		Special Chill			FIRING RATE 20

Special: Chill
FIRING RATE: 20

		PLANT FOOD POWER Freeze Bursts			AREA Tile

PLANT FOOD POWER: Freeze Bursts
AREA: Tile

		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

Plant Food ability

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

Winter-mint effect

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

Level upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Massive)	Special (Chill)	Special (Freeze)*	Firing Rate (Slow)	Plant Food Power (Freeze Bursts)	Area
1	0	0	500	5 seconds	300 dps	1200 dps	10 seconds	N/A	20 seconds	Four	Tile
2	10	1,000	475		350 dps	1250 dps	10 seconds		19 seconds
3	25	2,500	475		400 dps	1300 dps	12 seconds		18 seconds
4	50	5,000	450		450 dps	1400 dps	15 seconds		18 seconds
5	100	10,000	450		500 dps	1500 dps	15 seconds	3 seconds	16 seconds	Five
6	200	20,000	425		550 dps	1600 dps	20 seconds	3 seconds	16 seconds
7	400	30,000	425		600 dps	1700 dps	20 seconds	5 seconds	14 seconds
8	800	50,000	400		700 dps	1800 dps	25 seconds	5 seconds	14 seconds
9	1,200	75,000	375		800 dps	1900 dps	25 seconds	7 seconds	14 seconds	Six
10	1,600	100,000	350		900 dps	2000 dps	30 seconds	7 seconds	12 seconds

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

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Costumed (China only)

Missile Toe now launch powerful cold blasts, which leave small ice trails and deal 210 damage at level 1 each.

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 generate icy timed 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 is a direct 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 noticeable when playing on smaller devices.

Note that in the 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 or 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 was actually fast in-game.
  • This error occurred with Banana Launcher's Almanac entry, too.

An example of the player controlling multiple Missile Toes

• 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.
• She and Cold Snapdragon are the only two plants that are resistant to freeze effects, yet are unable to provide heat to warm other plants.
• She has the greatest number of statistics that can be upgraded, at seven.
• Her costume in the Chinese version is a combination of both of her costumes in the international version.

See also

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

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