Night Cap (Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville)

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For the version in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, see Nightcap.

Night Cap
Stick to the shadows with Night Cap and sneak more sneakily than you’ve ever snuck before. Then unleash the mushroom martial art, Fung Fu.
Health	75
Weapon	Spore Strike
Ammo	20
Damage	Piercing
Special	Can double jump
Role	Attack
Specialty	Stealth Attacks High Mobility
Abilities
Excels at stealth and mobility. Use Shadow Sneak to get in and out of combat, or setup a knockout blow with Fung Fu.

Night Cap is a playable plant class in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. She is an Attack class and specializes in stealth attacks.

Descriptions

In-game description

Excels at stealth and mobility. Use Shadow Sneak to get in and out of combat, or setup a knockout blow with Fung Fu.

Primary weapon

“	Wide piercing blades that can hit multiple enemies	”
—In-game description

Night Cap's primary weapon is the Spore Strike, Night Cap throws piercing blades that deal 17 damage each at a rate of 200 RPM (rounds per minute). She can throw 20 before having to reload.

Statistics

Spore Strike

Basic stats
Damage	Rate of fire	Projectile speed	Projectile gravity
17	200 RPM	225 m/s (738.19 ft/s)	10 m/s (32.8 ft/s)

Abilities

Left ability
Casting Shadows	Hide allies and restrict enemy movement in the shadow dome.
Center ability
Fung Fu	Repeatedly strike nearby enemies for massive damage.
Right ability
Shadow Sneak	Disappear and move swiftly.

Upgrades

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	Combo		● 2
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by earning multiple vanquishes rapidly. Reduces ability cooldown by 5x for 2 seconds (10 seconds total) for earning multiple vanquishes.

	Refreshing Revive		● 1
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by reviving an ally. Reduces ability cooldown by 5x for 2 seconds (10 seconds total) when a teammate is revived.

	Rough Patch		● 1
	Spawn with more health after suffering multiple vanquishes in a row. After dying three times in a row, spawn with the maximum amount of overhealth for the currently used class after respawning or being revived.

	Low Life		● 2
	Gain health by earning a vanquish when at low health. Grants 1.666667 health every 0.2 seconds for 3 seconds (25 total health) upon vanquishing an enemy at 20% HP or lower.

	Incubate		● 2
	Allies revive faster while within Casting Shadows. Reduces the time to revive an ally by half when inside Casting Shadows.

	Shadow Sling		● 4
	Teleport for a short distance when activating Shadow Sneak. Teleport 7m (22.97 ft) when entering Shadow Sneak.

	Piercing Power		● 2
	Gain Spore Strike ammo by dealing damage to multiple enemies with a single attack. Increases ammo capacity by 10 upon hitting at least two enemies with a single attack, can stack upto a max of 60.

	Fearless		● 2
	Regenerate health when near multiple enemies. When near one-four enemies within a 10m radius, regenerate 2 HP every 0.2 seconds. Can grant overhealth if no health is lost. Bug: On zombies, this upgrade only gives 0.2 HP every 0.2 seconds.

	Critical Blow		● 3
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by earning a critical vanquish. Reduces ability cooldown by 5.5 seconds upon critically vanquishing an enemy.

	Parkour		● 3
	Faster movement speed during second air jump. Move backwards 20% faster or sideways 40% faster during second jump. This upgrade does not affect the forward movement speed.

	Shadow Tribute		● 3
	Longer Shadow Sneak duration for a short time by earning a Vanquish. Gain a charge of Shadow Sneak upon vanquishing an enemy.

	Fleet Footed		● 3
	Move faster and gain ability to jump while Fung Fu is active. Increases movement speed by 42.8571% and gain ability to jump while using Fung Fu.

	Spore-ratic		● 3
	Spore Strikes move faster. Increases Spore Strike's projectile speed by 100%.

	Speedy		● 3
	Move faster, except when sprinting. Increases walking speed by 12.9032%.

	Vampiric		● 3
	Gain health by earning a vanquish. Grants 1.666667 health every 0.2 seconds for 3 seconds (25 total health) upon vanquishing an enemy hero. Can grant overhealth if no health is lost.

	Leveling Up		● 2
	Earn XP faster. Increases the amount of XP earned by 10%. Does not affect the XP Machine in Giddy Park.

	Ready Up		● 2
	Use weapons and abilities faster just after sprinting. Reduces sprint exit delay by 6.67x.

	Clear Coating		● 3
	Takes reduced damage when invisible. Gain 50% armor while invisible. Does not have to be from Night Cap's own abilities.

	Corrode		● 3
	Drain ammo, increase weapon heat, and slow ability refresh time of enemy hit by Casting Shadows. Enemies caught in Casting Shadows suffer from the following penalties: (1.) 5-7 rounds are taken out from their weapon; (2.) For the 80s Action Hero, Bow Blaster's charge time is increased by 50%; (3.) For Super Brainz, Heroic Fists' attack speed is decreased by 50%; (4.) For All-Star and Z-Mech's primary weapon, overheat rate is increased by 0.1 percentage points; (5.) Refresh times of all abilities decreased by 0 seconds;

	Uppercut		● 3
	Enemies get knocked up into the air during Fung Fu. Fung Fu knocks enemies 0.65m (2.13 ft) upward.

Related Achievement

	Mind the Cap Earn 200 vanquishes as a Night Cap.

Balancing changes

October 2019 Patch

• ▼ Add delay on all ability activations after exiting Shadow Sneak 0->0.6s
• ▼ Reactivate delay for Shadow Sneak increased 1.5->2.0s
• ▼ Refresh time for Shadow Sneak 12->14s
• ▼ Total damage of Fung Fu reduced from 210->150
• ▼ Reduce number of times damage is applied with Fung Fu 7 crit and 19 regular->6 crit and 15 regular
• ▼ Final blow damage for Fung Fu reduced from 40->24
• ▼ Final blow area for Fung Fu reduced 5->3m
• ▼ Jump disabled during windup phase of Fung Fu
• ▼ Follow through time before other abilities can be activated after using Fung Fu extended 0.4->1.1s
• ▲ Removed delay after button input of Fung Fu

November 2019 Patch

• ▲ Fixed issue with not being able to jump during Fung Fu with the Fleet Footed upgrade

Early December 2019 TTK Changelist

• ▲ Spore Strike damage increased 12.24->17
• ▲ Spore Strike ammo capacity increased 16->20

Gallery

Night Cap in-game

Night Cap's Icon

Background for PC

Background for mobile

Night Cap on the official website

Night Cap's Legendary Kitty Cap costume for Fall Food Fight

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