Peashooter (Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville)

For other uses, see Peashooter (disambiguation).

Peashooter is a playable plant class in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. He is is an Attack class who specializes in combat versatility and explosive damage, via either his primary weapon, or his Chili Bean Bomb.

Description

In-game description

Peashooters are highly versatile plant combatants. They provide plenty of explosive damage and effective against smaller targets.

Primary Weapon

“	Explosive pea projectile weapon. Special: Explosive peas deal splash damage	”
—In-game description

Peashooter's primary weapon is the Pea Cannon, an explosive projectile that deals 34 impact damage and 14 splash damage, fires at a rate of 100 RPM (rounds per minute) and has a slow projectile speed. Peashooter can fire 10 times before needing to reload.

Abilities

Left abilities
Chili Bean Bomb	Spit an explosive bean that detonates after a delay.
Center abilities
Pea Gatling	Switch to a high powered turret in a rooted position.
Right abilities
Pea Suped	Jump higher, fire faster, and move faster.

Upgrades

	Refreshing Revive		● 1
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by reviving an ally. Reduces ability cooldown by 30% 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.

	Pro Spitter		● 1
	Chili Bean Bomb travels further. Chili Bean Bomb travels 50% further.

	Combo		● 2
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by earning multiple vanquishes rapidly. Reduces ability cooldown by 50% for earning multiple vanquishes.

	Fearless		● 2
	Regenerate health when near multiple enemies. When near one-four enemies within a 10m radius, regenerate 1-4 HP every 0.5 seconds.

	Leveling Up		● 2
	Earn XP faster. Earn 10% more XP.

	Low Life		● 2
	Gain health by earning a vanquish when at low health. Grants 11 health over 3 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy at 20% HP or lower.

	Ready Up		● 2
	Use weapons and abilities faster just after sprinting. Reduces sprint exit delay by 41.6875%

	Reload Gatling		● 2
	Gain ammo when dealing critical damage with Pea Gatling.

	Bean Party		● 3
	Faster refresh time on Chili Bean Bomb when earning a vanquish with it. Vanquishing an enemy with the Chili Bean Bomb speeds up its cooldown time by 3 seconds.

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

	Escape Roots		● 3
	Move faster for a short time after vanquishing an enemy. Move 20% faster for 3 seconds after vanquishing an enemy.

	Explosive Gatling		● 3
	Enemies explode when vanquished by Pea Gatling.

	Feed the Beast		● 3
	Faster refresh time on all abilities when dealing damage while Pea Suped is active.

	Last Ditch		● 3
	Deal additional damage with last pea in Pea Cannon. Pea Cannon's last pea deals 30% more damage.

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

	Vampiric		● 3
	Gain health by earning a vanquish. Grants 14 health over 3 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy.

	Combat Adrenaline		● 4
	Pea Suped duration is extended by earning a vanquish while Pea Suped is active.

	Homing Pea		● 4
	Pea Cannon peas home towards targeted enemy. Homing stats: (1.) Maximum lock-on distance: 43m (82.02 ft); (2.) Lock-on proximity radius: 10m (32.81 ft); (3.) Target acquire angle: 0.5; (4.) Time to Lock-on: 0.75 seconds; (5.) Time to lose Lock-on: 0.33 seconds.

	Party Time		● 5
	Move faster and deal additional damage for a short time after earning a vanquish streak. Move 10% faster and deal 20% more damage for 15 seconds upon earning a vanquish streak.

Strategies

With

One can utilize Peashooter's fast moving speed by making themself a hard target for the opponent to hit, moving side to side or by jumping a lot (Bunny Hoping) until the target is vanquished. Using Pea Suped will accomplish this task much more easily.

Against

One needs to be careful when encountering a Peashooter as his primary weapon does a hefty 34 damage and has high splash damage which poses a risk even if you manage to avoid a direct hit. Try and keep your distance and take him out from afar, Peashooter's health is mediocre so it is only required to land a few hits to vanquish him. Stay away from tight spaces as Peashooter can deal quite a large amount of damage in a large area. The character you will need to be careful the most is the Imp with a measly health of 75 HP he can be easily vanquished by Peashooter.

Tips & Tricks

• Since Peashooter has high splash damage, one doesn't need to worry too much about accuracy, as merely firing at the opponents feet will deal them damage.
• It is possible use Pea Gatling in mid-air, combine this with Pea Suped and one can surprise the zombies with a Pea Gatling behind them.
• It’s more effective to use Chili Bean Bomb while under the effects of Pea Suped to launch it farther.

Balancing changes

October 2019 Patch

• ▲ Fixed camera not aiming properly when on the ground while Pea Suped
• ▼ New VFX to communicate Pea Gatling to enemies

December 2019 Patch

• ▲ Pea Cannon direct damage increased 12.5->20.0
• ▲ Pea Cannon splash damage increased 12->14
• ▲ Reduce Pea Cannon camera recoil

January 2020 patch

• ▼ Homing Pea Upgrade has a shorter range on target acquisition
  • Decreased maximum lock-on range from 50m (146.04 ft) to 25m (82.02 ft)

March 2020 Patch

• Chili Bean Bomb
  • ▲ Decrease refresh time 18->14.85 sec
  • ▼ Refresh timer doesn’t start until explosion
• Upgrade Bean Party
  • ▲ Increase refresh reduction 1->4.5 sec

May 2020 patch

• Pea Cannon
  • Switch to automatic fire
  • ▲ Increase blast radius 3->3.25 m
  • ▲ Increase shockwave radius 3->3.25 m
• Chili Bean Bomb
  • ▲ Increase blast radius 5.5->8 m
  • ▼ Decrease shockwave radius 10->8.25 m
• Pea Gatling
  • Allow camera manipulation during rooting animation
  • ▲ Increase blast radius 2.75->4.75 m
• Pea Suped
  • ▲ Fix speed multiplier not getting applied, increase speed multiplier 1->1.1x
• Upgrade Last Ditch
  • Fix the issue with damage multiplier only being applied to direct damage
  • ▲ Increase damage multiplier 1.3->2.76x
  • ▲ Decrease equip cost 3->2
• Upgrade Homing Pea
  • ▲ Increase lock distance 25->35 m
  • ▲ Increase starting turn angle 15->35°
  • ▼ Decrease lock angle 0.5->0.45°
  • ▼ Increase time to establish lock 0->1 sec
  • ▼ Increase release time 0.1->0.25 sec
  • ▼ Increase equip cost 2->3
• Upgrade Explosive Gatling
  • ▲ Increase blast radius 2.75->4.75 m
• Upgrade Escape Roots
  • ▼ Now triggers only for hero vanquishes (Foot Soldier, All-Star, Scientist, etc)
  • ▲ Removed downtime between reapplications
  • ▲ Increase speed multiplier 1.3->1.5x

Related achievement

	Peaskeeper Earn 200 vanquishes as a Peashooter

Gallery

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See also

• Peashooter (Garden Warfare)