Phat Beet

For other uses, see Beet (disambiguation).

Phat Beet
Phat Beet thumps out damage every few seconds.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	150
Recharge	5 seconds
Damage	15 damage per shot Every 4th, 5th, or 6th attack does 45 damage per shot
Area	3x3
Family	Enforce-mint
In-game statistics
Rarity (China)	Rare
Unlocked	Beating Neon Mixtape Tour - Day 1
Unlocked (China)	Collect 10 Phat Beet Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Phat Beet has been known to drop sick rhymes, dope grooves, and highly satisfactory jams, often within seconds of each other.

Phat Beet is the first plant obtained in Neon Mixtape Tour in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It attacks zombies by sending out shockwaves every 1.5 seconds in a 3x3 area, each shockwave dealing 15 damage per shot.

From anywhere between its fourth and sixth attack, Phat Beet will deal a critical hit, which is worth 45 damage per shot.

Origins

Phat Beet's appearance is based on the beetroot, the taproot portion of the plant Beta vulgaris, simply known as the Beet in English.

This plant's name is a portmanteau of the expression "phat(excellent) beat" and "Beet," the type of real-life plant this plant is based on.

Almanac entry

Phat Beet	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 SUN COST: 150 RECHARGE: 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 15 TOUGHNESS: 300 DAMAGE: 15 RANGE 3x3 FAMILY Enforce-mint RANGE: 3x3 FAMILY: Enforce-mint Phat Beets thump out damage every second. Phat Beet has been known to drop sick rhymes, dope grooves, and highly satisfactory jams, often within seconds of each other.

Phat Beet

		SUN COST 150			RECHARGE 5

SUN COST: 150
RECHARGE: 5

		TOUGHNESS 300			DAMAGE 15

TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 15

		RANGE 3x3			FAMILY Enforce-mint

RANGE: 3x3
FAMILY: Enforce-mint

Phat Beets thump out damage every second.

Phat Beet has been known to drop sick rhymes, dope grooves, and highly satisfactory jams, often within seconds of each other.

Audio

Sound	Description
	Attacking
	Plant Food

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food stage 1

Plant Food stage 2

Plant Food animation

When fed Plant Food, Phat Beet stretches vertically and slams the ground with its body, dealing 400 damage per shot to every zombie surrounding it in a 3x3 area and 200 damage per shot to zombies within a 5x5 area but does not include the 3x3 area.

Enforce-mint effect

When boosted by Enforce-mint, Phat Beet's regular attack will do 90 DPS, its powerful attack will do 270 DPS, its plant food damage in the 3x3 area is increased to 1600 DPS, and its plant food damage in the 5x5 area is increased to 800 DPS. Both Phat Beet's regular and powerful attack will deal more damage if it is at Mastery.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Moderate)		Plant Food Power (Damage)		Range
						Normal	Critical	Inner range	Outer range
1	0	0	150	5 seconds	300 dps	15 dps	45 dps	400 dps	200 dps	3x3
2	25	1,000		4.5 seconds	350 dps	25 dps	75 dps	400 dps	200 dps
3	50	2,000		4.5 seconds	400 dps	25 dps	75 dps	400 dps	200 dps
4	100	4,000		4.5 seconds	450 dps	35 dps	105 dps	500 dps	250 dps
5	125	6,000	125	4.5 seconds	500 dps	35 dps	105 dps	500 dps	250 dps
6	175	8,000		4 seconds	550 dps	35 dps	105 dps	500 dps	250 dps
7	250	10,000		4 seconds	600 dps	40 dps	120 dps	500 dps	250 dps
8	350	15,000		4 seconds	650 dps	40 dps	120 dps	600 dps	300 dps
9	450	20,000	100	4 seconds	700 dps	40 dps	120 dps	600 dps	300 dps
10	800	60,000		3.5 seconds	750 dps	40 dps	120 dps	600 dps	300 dps
11	1,000	75,000		3.5 seconds	800 dps	45 dps	135 dps	600 dps	300 dps
12	1,250	100,000		3.5 seconds	825 dps	45 dps	135 dps	700 dps	350 dps
13	1,500	150,000	75	3.5 seconds	850 dps	45 dps	135 dps	700 dps	350 dps
14	1,750	200,000		3 seconds	875 dps	45 dps	135 dps	700 dps	350 dps
15	2,000	250,000		3 seconds	900 dps	45 dps	135 dps	800 dps	400 dps

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Phat Beat	Phat Beet has a better chance to critically hit.
	Combat Training	Phat Beet gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Resonance	Critical damage increased.
	Cell Activation	Phat Beet gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken	Phat Beet may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power	Phat Beet gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Violent Rock	Phat Beet can release rock waves, which remove zombies' armor and blast them into the air.
	Fighting Power	Phat Beet gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Costumed (China only)

Its shock wave knocks back any zombies it doesn't kill.

Strategies

Phat Beet shares its strengths and weaknesses with Gloom-shroom and Gloom Vine - namely, an extremely high damage potential hampered by a lack of range. It is very effective in the rightmost columns to keep the far end of the lawn tame.

A strategy with Gloom-shroom being replicated with Phat Beet.

Phat Beet can be fairly powerful with the help of Sweet Potato or Garlic, but if you use it in Frostbite Caves, Hot Date is also a good option. Phat Beets can be planted in the second and fourth lanes with a Sweet Potato or Hot Date on the remaining ones. That way, the zombies will be attracted to the Sweet Potatoes, and they will have to walk alongside Phat Beets dealing damage, which remain safe from being killed. Of course, Sweet Potatoes, Garlic, and Hot Date will require replacement eventually. For more damage, Spikeweed or Spikerock can be planted near the Sweet Potatoes.

Phat Beet is useful against the Imps thrown by Gargantuars, especially in Endless Zones in higher levels. It works well in numbers and against them, giving it utility. Sadly, Phat Beet is very vulnerable to the Gargantuars themselves, and players should be cautious when taking on Gargantuars with Phat Beet.

In Ancient Egypt and Dark Ages, Phat Beet can be useful for clearing out tombstones, if planted in the middle of a big group of them. In Wild West, Phat Beet is useful to put on minecarts. Combined with Sweet Potato, Phat Beet can cause great damage to the zombies, including Zombie Chickens or be placed at the back of the lawn to combat Prospector Zombies.

In Big Wave Beach, Phat Beet is useful against Octo Zombies, since a group of them can quickly kill his thrown octopus and free the trapped plant. In addition, Phat Beet is a good plant against low tides, especially if Magnet-shroom is used against Pompadour and Bikini Buckethead. Phat Beet's attacks can damage Snorkel Zombie, even when submerged. In Frostbite Caves, ice floes should be used to one's advantage to create an effective strategy with Phat Beet as long as there are no Weasel Hoarders or Dodo Rider Zombies. He cannot fully take down an Ice Weasel in one hit (unless it is leveled up or it is a critical hit).

Phat Beets can be used to quickly dispatch hordes of Ice Weasels, as they are area-of-effect plants and can kill multiple ones at once.

Both in normal levels and Endless Zone, Phat Beets work well with Winter Melon or Sap-fling because they can slow down the zombies as Phat Beet attacks. To increase the damage, Spikerock can be used.

Phat Beet's Plant Food effect should be used only in large waves near it or you will waste a Plant Food.

Phat Beet also has an immunity to Boombox Zombie's ability and should, therefore, be planted closer to the right side of the lawn for quick dispatchment. Also, keep in mind that the critical hits deal three times as much damage.

Phat Beet works great in combination with Homing Thistle in a checkered pattern and is effective in most worlds. The Homing Thistle can take out zombies from far range and Phat Beets will thump out damage from close range, covering all ranges. The only problem with this strategy is the fact that Homing Thistle will only shoot thistles to the zombie closest to your home so it's best to get Homing Thistle in large quantities for more efficiency.

Balance changes

Update 4.4.1

• ▼ Plant Food ability damage in inner radius reduced from 700 to 400.
• ▼ Plant Food ability damage in outer radius reduced from 400 to 200.
• ▼ Plant Food ability outer range radius reduced from whole board to 5x5.

Related achievement

	Beet It Complete a level using only Phat Beets to defeat zombies

Gallery

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Trivia

• In the official Plants vs. Zombies Facebook page, PopCap refers to it as "Phat Beat" in some of their posts.
• Its eyes are darker in-game than it is on its seed packet, the "Beet It" achievement icon, and his Endless Zone card.
• It is the only non-ground and non-instant-use plant that cannot be affected by the ballad jam.
• It, Dandelion in Plants vs. Zombies Online, Kiwibeast, Gloom Vine, and Gloom-shroom are the only non-instant-use attacking plants with a 3x3 range around themselves.
• In the Neon Mixtape Tour Side A trailer, it was referred to as 'Phat Beets.' This was probably an error or that the trailer was referring to more than one Phat Beet.
• When the level is over and there is a lawn obstacle (e.g. a tombstone) in its range, it will keep attacking it until it is destroyed.
• In the Neon Mixtape Tour Side A trailer, it is seen using its Zen Garden watering animation while sleeping.
• Its level upgrades in the Chinese version reuses Winter Melon's upgrade icons as its level 2 name is based on a word called "余音绕梁" which means "long and graceful music."
  • As of an unknown update, it now has its own upgrade icons.

See also

• Gloom-shroom
• Gloom Vine
• Kiwibeast
• Beet
• Beet It
• Dandelion

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