Orchid Chef

歪比巴卜！

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厨师杓兰(translation: Chef Cypripedium)
Orchid Chef's soup will make zombies change routes.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	150
Recharge	Fast
Damage	Normal
Range	Lobbed
In-game statistics
Other special	Zombies hit by Orchid Chef's soup will not be drawn to sushi
Rarity (China)	Legendary
Unlocked	Collecting 10 Orchid Chef Puzzle Pieces
Chinese English 厨师杓兰曾经是首屈一指的顶级大厨，做出来的汤羹美味至极，直到有一天他接触到了一本新食谱《哞哞城厨艺精粹》，并奉若圣典，他的料理就开始产生了令人意外的效果。 Orchid Chef was once the number one plant in the kitchen, whose soup was extremely delicious, until he stumbled upon a new cookbook "The Essence of Offal Cooking", which he now treats as gospel. And recently his cuisine began to produce some unexpected results.

Orchid Chef (厨师杓兰; pinyin: chúshī sháolán) is a plant in Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 2.6.0. update as an unlockable plant for the Heian Age world.

Orchid Chef attacks by lobbing soup at zombies, damaging them and making them smell bad. Zombies one tile behind smelly zombies will be driven away by the odor, smelly zombies' odor will dissipate after 3 seconds.

If attacked continuously, smelly zombies will no longer drive away other zombies. Instead, they will not be drawn to sushi, but will still be affected by it.

Origins

Orchid Chef is based on the slipper orchid, orchids in the genus Cypripedium that are widespread across the northern hemisphere. His appearance most likely based off of the yellow lady's slipper (Cypripedium calceolus).

His chef-like appearance and ability to throw soup is a play on the Chinese name for the slipper orchid, which translates literally to "ladle orchid".

Almanac entry

厨师杓兰 Orchid Chef	DAMAGE Normal RANGE Lobbed RECHARGE Fast
File:OrchidChefAlmanac.png	厨师杓兰的汤汁会使僵尸绕道而行。 植物特征：红色植物 厨师杓兰曾经是首屈一指的顶级大厨，做出来的汤羹美味至极，直到有一天他接触到了一本新食谱《哞哞城厨艺精粹》，并奉若圣典，他的料理就开始产生了令人意外的效果。

厨师杓兰 (Orchid Chef)
Sun cost: 150

DAMAGE: Normal
RANGE: Lobbed
RECHARGE: Fast

厨师杓兰的汤汁会使僵尸绕道而行。

植物特征：红色植物
厨师杓兰曾经是首屈一指的顶级大厨，做出来的汤羹美味至极，直到有一天他接触到了一本新食谱《哞哞城厨艺精粹》，并奉若圣典，他的料理就开始产生了令人意外的效果。

In English: Orchid Chef's soup will make zombies change routes. Plant characteristics: Red plant Orchid Chef was once the number one plant in the kitchen, whose soup was extremely delicious, until he stumbled upon a new cookbook "The Essence of Offal Cooking", which he now treats as gospel. And recently his cuisine began to produce some unexpected results.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Orchid Chef will target the 5 closest zombies and throw 5 large balls of soup at them, these large globs of soup will damage and odorize in a 3x3 area.

Costume

Orchid Chef's costumed effect will make the large globs of soup lobbed deal more damage and stun zombies.

Level Upgrade

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Concentrated Cuisines 浓缩料理	Has a chance to increase the zombie repellent range to one tile.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Orchid Chef gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Steady Progress 工序稳定	The chance of activating Concentrated Cuisines is increased to 100%.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Orchid Chef gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Orchid Chef may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Orchid Chef gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	New Cuisine 新式料理	Soup will now deal poisonous damage.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Orchid Chef gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Orchid Chef is a good plant to defend yourself against stronger zombies. You must plant two or three of him in two or three lanes. Occupy a few of the lanes with a single Orchid Chef, while other lanes that don't have any Orchid Chefs planted on them can be set as a trap for the zombies. Planting Celery Stalkers on each unoccupied lane might be a good defense to defeat any zombies diverting to other lanes.

When it comes to Sushi Chef Zombie, sometimes you must be careful since he can throw sushi on random unoccupied tiles, even on a lane between two Orchid Chefs planted on two lanes after it. Unless you plant ice-based plants like Snow Pea on unoccupied lanes between Orchid Chefs, if there's sushi in front of it, he will slow the zombies down if they're in-front of the sushi.

Chicken Wrangler Zombies and Weasel Hoarders are the only zombie that the player has to be aware of, since they are able to unleash a swarm of Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels down through three lanes at once. Also, Jester Zombie is another zombie that the player must be aware of, since he able to deflect his projectile back to the plants. To defend yourself from Chicken Wrangler and Weasel Hoarder, try to use Lightning Reed to kill their pets quickly. For Jester Zombie, try to wait any kind of zombies that bypass him as a backup, and then fire up on that backup zombie. After that, try to plant Fume-shrooms on unoccupied lanes to trick the Jester Zombies.

Gallery

HD Orchid Chef

HD Costumed Orchid Chef

Seed packet

Seed packet sprite

Puzzle Piece

Puzzle Piece sprite

Costume Puzzle Piece

Sprites

Orchid Chef's appearance and costume reveal image

Silhouette teaser

Plants vs. Zombies 2 China Version New Upcoming Plant Orchid Chef Heian Era 16th World Demo

Orchid Chef gameplay demo

Orchid Chef on a News Banner

Orchid Chef on a second News Banner

Trivia

• Orchid Chef bears somewhat of a resemblance to Tiger Claw, they have similar color palettes, head and arm shapes, and both of them are Chinese-exclusives.