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

	Combo		● 1
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by earning multiple vanquishes rapidly. Reduces ability cooldown by 50% for earning multiple vanquishes.

	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.

	Low Life		● 1
	Gain health by earning a vanquish when at low health. Grants 30 health upon vanquishing an enemy at low HP.

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

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

	Homing Pea		● 2
	Pea Cannon peas home towards targeted enemy. Homing stats: (1.) Maximum lock-on distance: 25m (82.02 ft); (2.) Lock-on proximity radius: 10m (32.81 ft); (3.) Target acquire angle: 0.5

	Fearless		● 2
	Regenerate health when near multiple enemies. When near two enemies within a 10m radius, regenerate 4 HP every 0.5 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.

	Combat Adrenaline		● 3
	Pea Suped duration is extended by earning a vanquish while Pea Suped is active.

	Explosive Gatling		● 3
	Enemies explode when vanquished by 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.

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

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

	Vampiric		● 3
	Gain health by earning a vanquish. Grants 10 health upon vanquishing an enemy.

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

	Ready Up		● 3
	Use weapons and abilities faster just after sprinting. Reduces sprint exit delay by 25%

	Escape Roots		● 3
	Move faster for a short time after vanquishing an enemy. Move 55% faster for 3 seconds after vanquishing an enemy.

	Feed the Beast		● 4
	Faster refresh time on all abilities when dealing damage while Pea Suped is active.

	Party Time		● 5
	Move faster and deal additional damage for a short time after earning a vanquish streak. Move 55% faster and deal 20% more damage for 5 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

Related achievement

	Peaskeeper Earn 200 vanquishes as a Peashooter

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