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For other uses, see Peashooter (disambiguation).
The Peashooter is the Plants' frontline fighter. Zombies hate his explosively spicy Chili Bean bomb!

Installation introduction in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare'

Peashooter is a playable plant class in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 whose primary weapon is Pea Cannon. Peashooter serves as a front line assault, or a hit and run attacker, making him quite useful in many situations. Peashooters are easy to use, so they are recommended for beginner players, along with Sunflower.

Peashooter is armed with a Chili Bean Bomb, which allows the players to vanquish multiple zombies within the blast range. The alternate ability, Sombrero Bean Bomb, has a longer fuse, but deals more damage and has longer range. Peashooter also has the Hyper ability, which increases the speed and the height of his jumps, and is useful for getting on the rooftops. His alternate ability, Super Pea Jump, allows the Peashooter to jump very high (higher than Hyper) but remains the normal movement (without Hyper). Peashooter also can root himself down and transform into a Pea Gatling which can fire up to 100 peas, which deal a moderate amount of damage but has a high rate of fire. The alternate ability, Retro Gatling, can deal more damage but has a slower rate of fire and has half the ammo.

Every Peashooter has 125 health (except the Agent Pea, whose health was reduced to 100 in the Legends of the Lawn DLC and the Rock Pea, who has 150 health) and most deal splash damage, which each have their own unique abilities. Peashooters can deal more damage when aiming with critical hits, with a max of 37 damage by the upgraded standard version.

Descriptions[]

Stickerbook description[]

Peashooter is always in the front line fight against any Zombie invasion. He likes to play things fast, loose, and frantic adopting more of a run and gun mentality. When he sneezes he's a danger to both himself and others around him.

In-game description[]

Peashooter's generous splash damage makes him great for taking out hordes of Zombies. He also deals more damage on direct hits!

AI Health (Garden Warfare 2 only)[]

  • Easy: 75
  • Normal: 100
  • Hard: 125
  • CRAAAAZY: 150

Variants[]

Primary Weapon[]

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare[]

Pea Cannon is the primary weapon of the Peashooter. All info below is when fully upgraded.

  • The close range damage per hit base and critical is 37
  • The max DPS at close range is 65.8
  • The middle range damage per hit base and critical is 37
  • The max DPS at middle range is 65.8
  • The long range damage per hit base and critical is 27
  • The max DPS at long range is 46.2
  • The splash damage at all ranges is 10
  • The ammo in a clip is 12
  • The reload time is 1.5 seconds
  • The projectile speed is slow
  • The weapon is Semi-Auto
  • The bloom is low

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2[]

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The Peashooter's primary weapon is called the Pea Cannon. It deals 25 - 35 damage depending on range, with a rate of fire of 100 RPM. The weapon also deals splash damage, dealing 10 damage in a 2.5 meter radius.

Abilities[]

Left abilities
Chili Bean BombGW1
Chili Bean Bomb
The Zombies often confuse the Chili Bean with Brainz, racing to eat it. It has a short fuse and deals massive damage to all nearby Zombies.
Sombrero Bean BombGW1
Sombrero Bean Bomb
Nothing says "hot" like a Chili Bean wearing a sombrero! The fuse is quite long, but the damage is mighty impressive. Timing is the key with this fun friend.
Center abilities
Pea GatlingGW1
Pea Gatling
The Peashooter can dig into the ground and root himself in place, turning himself into a Pea Gatling. He can deal more damage, but is vulnerable to attack.
Retro GatlingGW1
Retro Gatling
Retro Pea Gatling uses the ancient Peashooter techniques of manually cranking out peas. Although it has a slower rate of fire, the peas are ancient and far more damaging.
Right abilities
HyperGW1
Hyper
When a Peashooter uses his Hyper ability, he will not only run incredibly fast, but can also jump extremely high.
Super Pea JumpGW1
Super Pea Jump
The Super Pea Jump allows the Peashooter to get atop places he was unable to reach before, but at the tradeoff of speed.

Left abilities
Chili Bean BombGW2
Chili Bean Bomb
The Zombies often confuse the Chili Bean with Brainz, racing to eat it. It has a short fuse and deals massive damage to all nearby Zombies.
Sombrero Bean BombGW2
Sombrero Bean Bomb
Nothing says "hot" like a Chili Bean wearing a sombrero! The fuse is quite long, but the damage is mighty impressive. Timing is the key with this fun friend.
Dark Bean BombGW2
Dark Bean Bomb
These Dark Bean Bombs come in pairs. Perfect when you toss out a Bean, and then immediately need to toss out another!
Center abilities
Pea GatlingGW2
Pea Gatling
The Peashooter can dig into the ground and root himself in place, turning himself into a Pea Gatling. He can deal more damage, but is vulnerable to attack.
Retro GatlingGW2
Retro Gatling
Retro Pea Gatling uses the ancient Peashooter techniques of manually cranking out peas. Although it has a slower rate of fire, the peas are ancient and far more damaging.
Bling GatlingGW2
Bling Gatling
Bling Gatling Pea spits out sparkly bling peas, and he looks great doing it!
Right abilities
HyperGW2
Hyper
When a Peashooter uses his Hyper ability, he will not only run incredibly fast, but can also jump extremely high.
Super Pea JumpGW2
Super Pea Jump
The Super Pea Jump allows the Peashooter to get atop places he was unable to reach before, but at the tradeoff of speed.

Upgrades[]

Garden Warfare[]

PeashooterUpgrades

Hyper Plant Food[]

Grown from only the finest plant food, the Peashooter's reload time has now decreased.

Extra Peas![]

A distant cousin sent more peas. What a nice cousin! Ammo capacity has increased.

Super Pea Ammo[]

These super peas are so super, they increase pea damage.

Garden Warfare 2[]

Health Regeneration Delay
Health Regeneration Delay Upgrade

This upgrade decreases the delay before health regeneration begins!

Zoom Upgrade
Zoom Upgrade

This upgrade increases the zoom distance of your primary weapon!

Health Regeneration
Health Regeneration Upgrade

This upgrade increases how quickly your health regenerates!

Speed Upgrade
Speed Upgrade

This upgrade allows you to move faster!

Reload
Reload Upgrade

This upgrade decreases your reload time!

Ammo Upgrade
Ammo Upgrade

This upgrade increases the number of times you can fire before reloading!

Damage Upgrade
Damage Upgrade

This upgrade increases your primary weapon damage!

Health Upgrade
Health Upgrade

This upgrade increases your maximum health!

Strategies[]

The Peashooter could be considered an all-around class, possessing no overwhelming strengths or weaknesses.

Perhaps his biggest gift is his splash damage, something very few plant classes have. This allows the Peashooter to effectively combat against groups of zombies. He also has a decent fire rate to help. His reloading time is also very fast, which makes him a good front-line assaulter. To further compliment this, his Chili Bean Bomb is very effective at catching players off-guard due to its radius and rather short fuse. This, combined with the Hyper ability makes him a dangerous attacker; while being already difficult to hit with the increased speed, the Peashooter can jump around and attack, taking advantage of the splash damage, making him near impossible to shoot down, while gradually draining his opponent's health, forcing them to either attempt to shoot at him, which is very hard to do, or retreat.

However, the Peashooter is also very good at chasing zombies with his Hyper. Furthermore, his splash damage allows him to hit running targets with little difficulty. If the Peashooter is losing, he can use Hyper to retreat safely or continue to attack the zombie while making himself a difficult target.

The Peashooter remains hazardous at long distances, either, for the Pea Cannon is an effective tool to hit snipers hiding behind cover due to the splash damage. His Pea Gatling does massive damage to zombies that are distracted. However, be wary of the Foot Soldier's ZPG, as you are incapable of moving while rooted. Lastly, Hyper gives the Peashooter a significantly boosted jump height to get to elevated areas with a good view as well as increased speed, something that not many plants can accomplish easily. Super Pea Jump allows the Peashooter to jump even higher, making it ideal for reaching high vantage points, but the ability must be unlocked before becoming usable and it grants no speed boost.

This often gets overlooked by both sides, but the Peashooter is the character with the smallest hitbox in the plant faction for both Garden Warfare games (he even beats the Sunflower in this aspect), making him a lot harder to hit when compared to other characters. The only character that has a smaller hitbox than the Peashooter is the Imp.

However, the Peashooter does have some detrimental flaws. His direct hit damage is, while still significant, is somewhat unimpressive. His peas make a lot of noise when fired and when the hit the ground (and they leave visible splash marks), drawing the zombies' attention, and the Peashooter overall is a very loud character. The Peashooter is very vulnerable when rooted, and just shooting one bullet makes the ability to enter cooldown, so great care must be taken when using it.

His Hyper, while granting it a great boost to its speed, it also significantly reduces its accuracy, and the splash damage, while still harmful, is low at just 10 damage, so try to use it only to finish off weakened foes or harass enemies behind cover. The Peashooter's ability to reach high ground is counterbalanced somewhat by its poor zoom and the somewhat slow travel time of its primary weapon's projectiles (which are very visible too), thus making him an ineffective sniper.

Overall, the Peashooter's pros and cons are very balanced, and due to his ease of use, he is very popular among new players but if put into the hands of a skilled player, he can easily tackle groups of zombies singlehandedly.

Garden Ops[]

In Garden Ops, Peashooters are important, due to their strong offense and abilities, which other classes do not have. Peashooter is capable of fighting waves of zombies highhandedly; but Peashooter still needs support from other classes, especially fighting bosses in the fifth and tenth wave. His Chili Beans are very powerful in Garden Ops, since it attracts multiple zombies near it before it explodes.

However, Zombie Heroes and Bosses are immune to Chili Bean Bomb attraction but still take major damage if they are near it. The Hyper ability enables Peashooter to move quickly, allowing him to flee battle when health is critical, or to reach certain locations quickly. It can also be used to jump on top of high places, where it will be a good view to attack the zombies. Gatling ability gives Peashooter extra firepower, allowing him to vanquish strong zombies or bosses, but restricts the Peashooter's movement until the player deactivates the ability.

Team Vanquish/Vanquish Confirmed![]

Peashooter's biggest advantage is the Hyper ability. Hyper makes Peashooter move faster and jump higher, making it difficult to hit him. Hyper also allows Peashooter to get to higher ground, or catch up with fleeing opponents or fleeing away from a losing battle. Hyper works extremely well with Pea Gatling and Chili Bean Bomb ability. Chili Bean Bomb with Hyper allows Peashooter to catch unexpected opponents. During Hyper, find a suitable location, and switch to Pea Gatling to dish out massive damage on your opponent. But, if you do use Pea Gatling, be on the lookout for Soldiers who can insta-kill you with a ZPG and is one of the only zombie classes that can reach you on height, along with Super Brainz.

Gardens & Graveyards[]

The Peashooter is the top priority to defending a Garden in Gardens & Graveyards. Peashooters can throw their Chili Bean Bomb into the Garden to blow up the bulk of the zombies whenever they try to group-rush the Garden. Using Hyper helps Peashooters get around the large map easily. Rooting and using the Pea Gatling can take down teleporters in a matter of seconds (but watch out for counterattacks), therefore evening the odds by denying the zombies from gaining any logistical advantage.

Peashooters should keep moving and never stop at all costs (unless they are on high ground or out of reach from zombies) and should watch out for the Engineer and its Sonic Grenade, as it can severely slow the Peashooter down, making him an easy target. During times of no fighting, Peashooters should focus on keeping Foot Soldiers off from rooftops or other sniping points, or on breaking up small groups of zombies.

Gnome Bomb[]

Peashooters can be important for this mini-game in many situations. First of all, the Chili Bean Bomb/Sombrero Bean Bomb can damage zombies defusing a bomb, or zombies planning to set a bomb. The Hyper ability can be useful for being the first to plant a bomb, however, you are restricted from using your secondary abilities when holding the bomb, so provide cover. Pea Gatling/Retro Gatling can be useful for the situations faced by Chili Bean Bombs above if Chili Bean Bomb is recharging or to use for fun.

Suburbination[]

Peashooters will be as important as in Gnome Bomb and the same strategies above for Gnome Bomb work for this mini-game too. Throw a Chili Bean Bomb or root in Pea Gatling to protect your garden from being captured by zombies. The Hyper ability is useful for getting to a garden quicker and capturing it.

Taco Bandits (Garden Warfare only)[]

Chili Bean Bombs can be useful for taking down zombies stealing Dave's tacos. They can't use their abilities while holding the Taco so they are significantly easier to take down. Peashooters can root in Pea Gatling in front of or near Dave's tacos to protect it from the zombies trying to steal them.

Herbal Assault (Garden Warfare 2 only)[]

The Peashooter's high offensive power now makes him the best assault class on the plant team (along with Kernel Corn and to some extent Citron). Out of these three, the Peashooter is the most fragile but also the most agile, making him ideal for attacking zombies head-on with the Kernel Corn or Citron providing fire support. If the Citron or Kernel Corn is the one that starts the fight, then the Peashooter can do a total of three things to help his ally.

One, he can use his Hyper to run and jump around the targeted zombie while providing support by shooting peas at his target, two, he can use Hyper (or Super Pea Jump) to jump up to a high vantage point and provide support from there or three, he can root himself with Pea Gatling and turn himself into a stationary Sentry Gun and mow down the zombie his ally is fighting. If you find that you reach the objective before your teammates, try to lure in as many zombies as you can, then drop a bean bomb (Sombrero Bean Bomb is the most effective). This also works if you are in a group.

The Peashooter can also be useful for helping the Rose in setting up teleporters since the Peashooter's high offensive power, coupled with Rose's magic tricks, becomes a great combo for clearing out any zombies guarding the teleporter.

Related achievements[]

Split Pea Zombie Soup PSN
Split Pea Zombie Soup
As a Peashooter, vanquish 10 Players with the Pea Gatling in a session
Weed Whacker PSN
Weed Whacker
Vanquish 100 Peashooters, 100 Sunflowers, 100 Chompers and 100 Cacti

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In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Peashooter
France French Pisto-pois
Germany German Erbsenkanone
Italy Italian Sparasemi
Japan Japanese ピーシューター English name transliterated into Japanese
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Disparervilha
Spain Spanish Lanzaguisantes


Trivia[]

  • His appearance resembles a Repeater more than a Peashooter, due to the eyebrows and extra leaves.
  • He has pea pods for "hands" unless customized.
  • He shares the name of his primary weapon with a potted plant, the Pea Cannon.
  • He always has his arms folded unless he is reloading, taunting, or using the Pea Gatling.
  • He has the same amount of variants as Cactus and Chomper.
  • When reloading, he puts his hands forward and makes a pumping motion after which he folds them back.
  • His skin color has a slightly different tone of green in Garden Warfare 2, with the inside of his mouth being yellowish. His eyes have also changed color from brown to dark green.
  • As of November 1st, 2015, Peashooters were the #1 most used plant class in Garden Warfare.
  • So far, the basic Peashooter variant is one of the few characters not to have received any buffs or nerfs for the longest duration other than between games, from the entire duration of Garden Warfare to the Frontline Fighters update in Garden Warfare 2.
  • Peashooter and Chomper are the only plant classes to have a variant of all elements (Fire, Toxic, Electric, and Ice).
  • Peashooter has little roots if you look under his leaves, which is a semi-common trait shared with all Sunflowers and Chompers

See also[]

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Plants (Shooter games)
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare plants
Playable Classes
Peashooters Peashooter · Fire Pea · Ice Pea · Toxic Pea · Commando Pea · Agent Pea · Law Pea · Berry Shooter · Plasma Pea


Sunflowers Sunflower · Mystic Flower · Power Flower · Fire Flower · Shadow Flower · Metal Petal · Sun Pharaoh · Alien Flower


Chompers Chomper · Hot Rod Chomper · Toxic Chomper · Fire Chomper · Power Chomper · Count Chompula · Armor Chomper · Chester Chomper · Chomp Thing


Cacti Cactus · Camo Cactus · Fire Cactus · Ice Cactus · Power Cactus · Future Cactus · Bandit Cactus · Citrus Cactus · Jade Cactus
Boss Mode Crazy Dave
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb · Pea Gatling · Hyper · Sombrero Bean Bomb · Retro Gatling · Super Pea Jump


Sunflower Heal Beam · Sunbeam · Heal Flower · Rainbow Heal Beam · Solar Flare Beam · Dark Flower


Chomper Goop · Burrow · Spikeweed · Super Sticky Goop · Sprint Burrow · Spiky Spikeweed · Cheesy Goop · Chesterweed


Cactus Potato Mine · Garlic Drone · Tallnut Battlement · Potato Nugget Mine · Artichoke Drone · Iron Maiden


Boss Mode Coconut Spotting Station · Twin Heal Flower · Cherry Strike · Revive Rainbow
Spawnable Plants Pea Cannon · Pea Repeater · Gatling Pea · Bonk Choy · Scaredy-shroom · Heal Flower · Fume-shroom · Goop-shroom · Snap Dragon · Ice-shroom · Doom-shroom · Ice Peashooter · Fire Peashooter · Bamboo Shoot · Laser Bean
Others Corn Mortar · Flax Cannon · Tallnut · Mega Flower · Tactical Cuke · Tallnut Cannon
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 plants
Playable Classes
Peashooters Peashooter · Fire Pea · Ice Pea · Toxic Pea · Commando Pea · Agent Pea · Law Pea · Plasma Pea · Rock Pea · Electro Pea


Sunflowers Sunflower · Mystic Flower · Power Flower · Fire Flower · Shadow Flower · Metal Petal · Sun Pharaoh · Alien Flower · Vampire Flower · Stuffy Flower


Chompers Chomper · Hot Rod Chomper · Toxic Chomper · Fire Chomper · Power Chomper · Count Chompula · Armor Chomper · Chomp Thing · Yeti Chomper · Disco Chomper · Unicorn Chomper · Twilight Chomper


Cacti Cactus · Camo Cactus · Fire Cactus · Ice Cactus · Power Cactus · Future Cactus · Bandit Cactus · Jade Cactus · Zen Cactus · Petrified Cactus


Citrons Citron · Frozen Citron · Electro Citron · Iron Citron · Party Citron · Toxic Citron


Roses Rose · Druid Rose · Fire Rose · Frost Rose · Party Rose · Nec'Rose


Corns Kernel Corn · BBQ Corn · Mob Cob · Pops Corn · Party Corn · Commando Corn


Others Torchwood · Junkasaurus
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb · Pea Gatling · Hyper · Sombrero Bean Bomb · Retro Gatling · Super Pea Jump · Dark Bean Bomb · Bling Gatling


Sunflower Heal Beam · Sunbeam · Heal Flower · Rainbow Heal Beam · Solar Flare Beam · Dark Flower · Rainbow Flower


Chomper Goop · Burrow · Spikeweed · Super Sticky Goop · Sprint Burrow · Spiky Spikeweed · Chomp Cannon · Vampweed · Rainbow Warp · Twilight Warp


Cactus Potato Mine · Garlic Drone · Tallnut Battlement · Potato Nugget Mine · Artichoke Drone · Iron Maiden · Pizzazzling Potato Mine · Red Artichoke · Bling Maiden · Dark Garlic Drone


Citron
Assault Mode EMPeach · Citron Ball · Peel Shield · Party Citron Ball · Mood Shield


Citron Ball Hyper Ball · Assault Mode · Spin Dash


Rose Time Snare · Arcane Enigma · Goatify · Arcane Lotus · Psychedelic Goat


Kernel Corn Butter Barrage · Husk Hop · Shuck Shot · Bigger Better Butter · Multi-Shuck


Torchwood Blazin' Blast · Smoldering Madness · Leaf Shield


Junkasaurus Charge of Insanity · Epic Mega Blast · Spin Override · Super Heavy Hornblast
Spawnable Plants
Soil of Summoning Weed · Pumpkin Weed · Terracotta Weed · Leaf Shield Weed · Wood Shield Weed · Vase Weed · Porcelain Vase Weed · Heal Weed · Flag Weed · Dandelion Weed · Hypno-shroom


Grow-a-Pot Bonk Choy · Pea Cannon · Gatling Pea · Lightning Reed · Scaredy-shroom · Fume-shroom · Goop-shroom · Doom-shroom · Ice-shroom · Toxic Gloom-shroom · Bamboo Shoot · Snap Dragon · Heal Flower
Bosses Giga Torchwood · Super Bean · Sunflower Queen · Big Stump · Marigold · Squash · Royal Hypno-Flower · Spooky Squash
L.E.A.F. Agent Citron · Agent Rose · Agent Corn · Grumpy Stumpy · Ironball
Others Assistant Manager Bitey · Crystal Guardian · Tallnut · Tallnut Cannon
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville plants
Playable Classes
PvZ BfN Attack Class Icon Attack Peashooter · Chomper · Kernel Corn · Night Cap · Snapdragon


PvZ BfN Defend Class Icon Defend Cactus · Citron · Acorn (Oak)


PvZ BfN Support Class Icon Support Sunflower · Rose


Swarm Wildflower
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb · Pea Gatling · Pea Suped


Chomper Spikeweed · Burrow · Grody Goop


Kernel Corn Butter Beacon · Husk Hop · Shuck Shot


Night Cap Casting Shadows · Fung Fu · Shadow Sneak


Snapdragon Swoop Slam · Blue Blazes · Blazing Trail


Cactus Potato Mine · Garlic Drone · Petal Propeller


Citron E.M.Peach · Spin Dash · Navel Laser


Acorn & Oak
Acorn
Solo Sap Trap · Invoke Oak · Acorn Dash


Passenger Sap Trap · Treeject · Lumber Support


Oak Super Sap Trap · Treeject · Roll for Damage



Sunflower Sunny Side Up · Sunbeam · Heal Beam


Rose Jinx · Arcane Enigma · Goatify


Wildflower Wild Life · Weed Out · Bloom Boom
Spawnable Plants
Grow-a-Pot
Range Pea Cannon · Gatling Pea · Scaredy-Shroom · Lightning Reed


Support Heal Flower · Goop-Shroom


Melee Bonk Choy · Doom-Shroom · Fume-Shroom


Soil of Summoning
Melee Terracotta Weed · Vase Weed · Dandelion


Range Wildflower · Terracotta Wildflower


Support Heal Weed · Hypno-Shroom
Battle Leaders Bam-Bam-Boo · Bluehorn Corn · Flotsamuel · Lucy · No-Neck Raffi · Pinky Rain · Pollen Kate · Pound Cake · Queen Capra · Sherman · Sproutrage · Teddy
Bounty Hunt
Weirding Woods Queenigma · Solar Sisters · Wild Bunch


Town Center Bitey Brothers · Mirror-Shroom · Tiger Klaus
Elusive Foes
Weirding Woods Amber Gemma · Pops Cyclops · Sleepy


Town Center Big Hurtle · Kitty Sparkles · Mrs. Veilbiter
Bosses Dreadroot · Giga Torchwood · Sunflower Queen · Super Bean · Marigold · Hypno Sunflower Queen · Spooky Squash · Bitter Dill · Dreadwood · Blight Cap
Quest NPCs Air Ron · Best Fishing Friend™️ · Bingo-Bongo · Brian · Corny Corn · Dandelion · Exposition Al · Gilly the Kid · Harmela · Land Phil · Major Sweetie · Mark · Mike · Sergeant Peel · Sir Crustworthy · Sir Victor-Ian · Tenderleaf · Tumbleweed Ted · Vivian
Others Weed · Pumpkin Weed · Leaf Shield Weed · Pumpkin Wildflower · Mindblower
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