Power Vine

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Power Vine
Power Vines shoot rapid-fire, high-velocity laser bolts, and can increase their firepower by connecting up in a network.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	150
Recharge	5 seconds
Damage	10 DPS per laser bolt
Special	Power Vines horizontally or vertically adjacent to other Power Vines form a network
Family	Fila-mint
In-game statistics
Unlocked	250 seed packets
Power Vine's noodly antennae tremble in electric anticipation and he grins, imagining firing laser bolts at zombies in tandem with his brothers.

“	Plant Power Vines to fire laser bolts, or more if they're in a network.	”
—Penny

Power Vine is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 9.1.1 update. Being a vine plant, Power Vine is able to be planted over plants to occupy space in the same tile.

Power Vine attacks zombies by firing laser bolts at them with deals 10 DPS every 1 second. Power Vine also is able to connect to other Power Vines that are planted in an adjacent tile to him, connected Power Vines shoot three laser bolts instead of one, which deal a total of 30 DPS every 0.085 seconds.

Origins

Power Vine's name is a portmanteau of power line and vine.

The exact species of vine Power Vine is based on is never officially specified. Due to his turquoise color, berry-like head and antennae tips, leaf shape, and being a vine plant, he could possibly be based on the porcelain berry (Ampelopsis glandulosa brevipedunculata), a species of ornamental plant native to China, Japan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

Almanac entry

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

Power Vine	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 SUN COST: 150 RECHARGE: 5 TOUGHNESS 250 DAMAGE 10 TOUGHNESS: 250 DAMAGE: 10 PLANT FOOD POWER Damage FAMILY Fila-mint PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage FAMILY: Fila-mint Power Vines shoot rapid-fire, high-velocity laser bolts, and can increase their firepower by connecting up in a network. Special: Power Vines horizontally or vertically adjacent to other Power Vines form a network Power Vine's noodly antennae tremble in electric anticipation and he grins, imagining firing laser bolts at zombies in tandem with his brothers.

Power Vine

		SUN COST 150			RECHARGE 5

SUN COST: 150
RECHARGE: 5

		TOUGHNESS 250			DAMAGE 10

TOUGHNESS: 250
DAMAGE: 10

		PLANT FOOD POWER Damage			FAMILY Fila-mint

PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage
FAMILY: Fila-mint

Power Vines shoot rapid-fire, high-velocity laser bolts, and can increase their firepower by connecting up in a network.

Special: Power Vines horizontally or vertically adjacent to other Power Vines form a network

Power Vine's noodly antennae tremble in electric anticipation and he grins, imagining firing laser bolts at zombies in tandem with his brothers.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When fed Plant Food, Power Vine will explode and disable all mechanical enemies in a 5x5 area (without 4 vertex tiles) around him for 5 seconds, similar to E.M.Peach, and spray wide waves of eleven laser bolts, with each bolt dealing 55 DPS. When he is networked with another Power Vine, he sprays wide waves of eleven laser bolts three times. Additionally, when a plant is planted on top of him when activating his Plant Food effect, the plant on top will also activate its Plant Food effect.

Plant Food ability (when not connected to any Power Vine)

Plant Food ability (when connected to other Power Vines)

Fila-mint effect

When boosted by Fila-mint, Power Vine will do an additional 55 DPS, and his Plant Food effect will do an additional 80 DPS.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Damage		Emp Burst Activation Radius
						Normal*	Plant Food*
1	0	0	150	5 seconds	250 dps	10 dps	55 dps	3.125 tiles
2	50				300 dps	15 dps		3.203125 tiles
3	100		125	4.5 seconds	350 dps	20 dps	60 dps	3.28125 tiles
4	200				400 dps	25 dps		3.359375 tiles
5	300			4 seconds	450 dps	30 dps	65 dps	3.4375 tiles
6	400		100		500 dps	35 dps		3.515625 tiles
7	500			3.5 seconds	550 dps	40 dps	70 dps	3.59375 tiles
8	600				600 dps	45 dps		3.671875 tiles
9	800		75	3 seconds	650 dps	50 dps	75 dps	3.75 tiles
10	1,000				700 dps	55 dps	80 dps	3.90625 tiles

*Per projectile

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Strategies

As stated by his Almanac entry, Power Vine shines most when linked up to other Power Vines, being capable of firing in 3-shot bursts that occur more frequently than a single projectile fired by a lone Power Vine. As such, it is recommended to have a full column of Power Vines to maximize the effect, as well as for sun efficiency. Additionally, if a Power Vine is transformed into a sheep or bound by an octopus, it does not interrupt the Power Vines' "networking," meaning that Power Vines are still useful in levels that contain Wizard Zombie or Octo Zombie.

Due to Power Vine's dependent nature, if there are many dangerous zombies that can destroy plants instantly or can move plants, such as Glitter Zombie, Mecha-Football Zombie, or Fisherman Zombie, they could easily disrupt the Power Vine's "network," meaning that the player shouldn't solely rely on them and use other hard-hitting plants to assist.

Power Vine's Plant Food effect allows him to disable all mechanical zombies next to him, similar to E.M.Peach. However, due to the more-limited range that this E.M.P. burst has, it should be used only as a last resort, since the maximum effect of Power Vine's Plant Food ability only occurs if there is at least one more Power Vine next to him, meaning that double the sun cost has to be used when attempting to use Power Vine's Plant Food effect far away from the left side of the lawn, compared to E.M.Peach's much cheaper cost and superior range.

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Trivia

• In version 9.0 of the game, Power Vine was included on Fila-mint's list of family plants despite not being released yet.
• He is the only plant capable of firing in a 3-shot burst in a single lane in Plants vs. Zombies 2.
  • If one were to consider all of the games, he is the fifth plant capable of firing in a 3-shot burst, the first being Citrus Cactus, the second being Sun Pharaoh, the third being Pops Corn, the fourth being shared by the AI Wildflower and its two variants.
  • Out of the above plants, he is the only plant not to be in a third-person shooter game.

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