Pokra

When he sees zombies, he goes SPLAT!

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Pokra
Pokras deliver piercing, zombie-slowing jabs that add up to a powerful spike launch, then they rest momentarily before starting again.
Statistics
Sun Cost	175
Recharge	7 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	60 damage
Plant Food Power	10%
Stun	3 seconds
Projectile Volley	3
Family	Spear-mint
Plant Food effect	Launches several powerful spikes that both pierces and slows zombies.
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	7 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	60 damage
Attack Rate	1 second
Attack Rest	3 seconds
Range	2 Tiles to the Right
Area	AoE within Range
Class	Vanguard
Quality	Legendary
Tags	Damage, poison
Plant features	Green plant
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(reflects projectile)
Unlocked	100 seed packets
Unlocked (China)	Collect ten Pokra Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Code name	pokra
Pokra's scrappy, she's a fighter, she's not afraid to jab below the belt to get the job done. She won't, because that would be cheating, but she's not afraid to. "Just so we're clear," she says with a resolute glint in her eye.

“	Pokra will deliver rapid piercing, zombie slowing attacks to multiple zombies.	”
—Penny

Pokra is a plant featured in Plants vs. Zombies 2, that was first introduced in the 7.5.1 update. She is a seasonal plant, being the featured plant of Pokra's Party Season.

She is a melee plant like Bonk Choy who repeatedly hits all targets two tiles ahead of her (slows zombies for 2 seconds). After each attack, she stabs an additional time for future combos until the fourth, whereupon she launches a penetrating spike (slows zombies for 3 seconds) and rests for 3 more seconds before resuming her attack cycle.

She can do 10 attacks in total in a cycle. Each cycle takes 3.5 seconds to finish (it take 0.5 seconds for Pokra to launch a piercing projectile).

From September 9 to 26, 2019, she was available in "Pokra Early Access Bundle", which costed $14.99 and gave Pokra herself and 100 seed packets for other plants upon purchase.

Origins

Pokra is based on the okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), also known as lady's fingers (which contributes to her appearance), a flowering plant in the mallow family.

Pokra's name is a portmanteau of "poke", the method Pokra uses to attack zombies; and "okra", the plant she is based on.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Pokra
	SUN COST 175 RECHARGE 7 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 60 PLANT FOOD POWER 10% Special Stun PROJECTILE VOLLEY 3 Spear-mint Plant Food: Launches several powerful spikes that both pierces and slows zombies. Pokras deliver piercing, zombie-slowing jabs that speed up to a crescendo and a powerful spike launch, then they rest momentarily before starting again. Pokra's scrappy, she's a fighter, she's not afraid to jab below the belt to get job done. She won't, because that would be cheating, but she's not afraid to. "Just so we're clear," she says with a resolute glint in her eye.

Pokra

SUN COST 175 RECHARGE 7 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 60 PLANT FOOD POWER 10% Special Stun PROJECTILE VOLLEY 3 Spear-mint Plant Food: Launches several powerful spikes that both pierces and slows zombies. Pokras deliver piercing, zombie-slowing jabs that speed up to a crescendo and a powerful spike launch, then they rest momentarily before starting again. Pokra's scrappy, she's a fighter, she's not afraid to jab below the belt to get job done. She won't, because that would be cheating, but she's not afraid to. "Just so we're clear," she says with a resolute glint in her eye.

Chinese version  (China only)

尖刺秋葵越战越强，用毒刺减速并伤害僵尸 植物特征：绿色植物 要知道尖刺秋葵可是个暴脾气，虽然火柴花拳手可能不服，但她凭借“左右互搏”的技巧，可是获得过“蔬菜三大高手”菜问的认可的，只不过她靠了些小手段。 In English: Pokras get stronger as they attack, using jabs to slow down and damage zombies. Plant feature: green plant It is important to know that Pokra has a bit of a violent temper. Although Match Flower may disapprove of her, she has relied on her technique "Dual Directional Duel" to win the approval of Bonk Choy, who is one of the "Three Vegetable Masters". She had a few other tricks up her sleeves, though.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability

When fed Plant Food, Pokra will launch three projectiles. Each of them will inflict 500 damage and also slow zombies down for ten seconds.

Spear-mint effect

When boosted by Spear-mint, Pokra's melee attacks do an additional 480 damage, her ranged attack will do an additional 2600 damage, her Plant Food attacks will do an additional 2600 damage each, she will always fire 12 PF projectiles, and her projectile slow duration is increased to 6 seconds.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Damage*			Stall Duration		PF Projectile Count
							Melee	Projectile**	Plant Food	Normal^	Plant Food
1	0	0	175	7 seconds	7 seconds	300 damage	60 damage	150 damage	500 damage	3 seconds	10 seconds	3
2	50			6.5 seconds	6.5 seconds	350 damage	80 damage	200 damage	600 damage		11 seconds
3	100			6 seconds	6 seconds	400 damage	100 damage	250 damage	700 damage	4 seconds	12 seconds
4	200		150	5.5 seconds	5.5 seconds	450 damage	120 damage	300 damage	800 damage		13 seconds	4
5	300			5 seconds	5 seconds	500 damage	140 damage	350 damage	900 damage		14 seconds
6	400			4.5 seconds	4.5 seconds	550 damage	160 damage	400 damage	1000 damage	5 seconds	15 seconds
7	500		125	4 seconds	4 seconds	600 damage	180 damage	450 damage	1100 damage		16 seconds	5
8	600			3.5 seconds	3.5 seconds	650 damage	200 damage	500 damage	1200 damage		17 seconds
9	800			3 seconds	3 seconds	700 damage	220 damage	550 damage	1300 damage		18 seconds
10	1,000		100	2.5 seconds	2.5 seconds	750 damage	240 damage	600 damage	1400 damage	6 seconds	19 seconds	6

*Per hit. Pokra’s melee combos inflict up to ten hits in a single cycle.
**Denotes damage inflicted by Porka's ranged attack.
^Doesn't affect Pokra's melee attacks.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Spike Combo 尖刺连击	20% chance to produce a spike combo that does 5x damage twice. 攻击时有20%的概率挥动双刺进行高速穿刺连击，造成2次5倍攻击力的伤害。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Pokra gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Double Threat 双重威胁	40% chance to produce a spike combo that does 5x damage twice. 提升尖刺连击概率100%。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Pokra gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Pokra may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Pokra gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Wombo Combo 二指枪喉	There is a 15% chance after a normal attack, or 20% chance after a spike combo to fire a projectile that poisons targets on hit, after which Pokra resets her attack speed. 尖刺秋葵攻击后有15%概率或触发尖刺连击后有20%概率，立即发出毒刺子弹，并回到最初的攻击速度。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Pokra gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Generally speaking, Pokra is the second most powerful plant (after Headbutter Lettuce) and she makes an excellent choice in almost all Endless Zones with/without support from other plants. Compared to other close-range melee plants such as Bonk Choy, Wasabi Whip, and Parsnip, she is easily the most self-sufficient one available because she has an integrated slow ability and rapid area attacks, not to mention her low cost. Pokra is self-sufficient enough that using a Wall-nut isn't required, as Pokra generally kills most zombies before they even reach the Wall-nut or her.

Beware Jester Zombie, as the projectile, and the PF projectile can be reflected. Although, if placed close enough to the front of the Lawn, this can be circumvented.

Pokra synergizes quite well with Explode-o-Vine, Blastberry Vine and Pyre Vine, as the extra defenses and attacks that Blastberry Vine and Pyre Vine provide do not take up any extra space ahead of Pokra. Pyre Vine is especially useful with Pokra as its fire does not interfere with the slowing effect Pokra possesses.

Explode-o-Vine is probably the best vine to use with Pokra since, unlike the previously mentioned vine plants, Explode-o-Vine has higher health which means it will protect Pokra for longer compared to other vine plants. Explode-o-Vine also has explosive damage and knockback, such as zombies enduring the full burnt of her attacks will die when trying to eat her or be knocked back and take massive damage.

Because of Pokra's high damage, she also makes for a good choice at dealing with octopi from the Octo Zombie, as just one of her attack cycles can break through an entire octopus. Pokra is also exceptionally good whenever the player is not allowed to spend too much sun due to her low sun cost. Two Pokras deal enough damage to consistently kill infinite Jurassic or Gladiator Gargantuars when at level 4.

As Pokra's slow is the same effect as Stallia's, Pokra synergizes excellently with both fire-based plants such as Pepper-pult and Fire Peashooter, as well as ice-based plants such as Winter Melon, easily fitting into any strategy, and Sap-Fling can also be used to slow down zombies.

However, Pokra herself is not invincible. Like most other close-ranged plants, she cannot deal with being attacked from range, and thus zombies such as the Wizard Zombie (and to a lesser extent the Octo Zombie and Hunter Zombie, as other Pokra can counter their abilities), the Jester Zombie while she's reflecting projectiles, the Turquoise Skull Zombie if Pokra is placed out of range, and the Boombox Zombie can disable all Pokra and prevent them from attacking. Pokra can only attack zombies in front of her as well, making her weak to zombies that sneak up behind her, either through Pterodactyls, or Prospector Zombies. Dinosaurs in general can often move the zombies right on top of or behind Pokra, thus preventing her from spacing herself against the incoming zombie horde.

Pokra is a great pick against Chicken Wrangler Zombies or Weasel Hoarders, as the critters they release can quickly be dealt with because of how fast Pokra attacks. You can use Vine Plants like Pumpkin or Gloom Vine to neutralize their threat if you think Pokra might not stab them in time. Pokra is an excellent choice against Mecha-Football Zombies or Fisherman Zombies (except when placed out of range) as she can often comfortably deal high damage to them.

Pokra also makes a great option to deal with Imp Porter and Arcade Zombie, since the zombies that come out of the tents and arcade machines are no tougher than Bucketheads, which she can easily destroy. Even if the spawner isn't close enough for her melee to hit them, her ranged attack will eventually tear it down.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Pokra	From poke and okra.
Simplified Chinese	尖刺秋葵	From jiān cì and qiū kuí.
French	Gombobo	From gombo and bobo.
German	Pokra	Same as English.
Italian	Okra pugnace	From okra and pugnace.
Brazilian Portuguese	Quibrabo	From quiabo and brabo. Play on que brabo!.
Spanish	Pokra	Same as English.

Trivia

• There is a glitch which causes Pokra's PF projectile to deal the same damage as her normal one.
• There is also a glitch which causes Pokra's ranged attack additional damage when powered by a Power Mint to increase from 600 to 2600. This is due to the glitch mentioned above and the sub type in her actions wrongly writing as "1" instead of "2".

See also

• Passive attacking plants
• Cactus
• Bamboo Spartan
• Bonk Choy

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