Scorched Earth

Scorched Earth
Statistics
Strength	-
Health	-
Cost	1
Rarity	Super-Rare
Class
Tribe	Superpower Trick
Abilities	All Zombies on the Ground get -1/-1.
Unfortunately the Zombies were all out of SPF 9000.

Scorched Earth is a super-rare plant superpower trick card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Solar class. It costs 1 to play, and its ability gives all zombies on ground lanes -1/-1. Its zombie counterpart is Acid Rain.

Origins

Its ability to affect multiple zombies at once may be a reference to the Scorched earth policy: razing a large area with weapons of mass destruction in order to either flush out/destroy some unreachable targets, or to destroy anything that might be useful to the enemy.

Its description mentions SPF, which is a relative measure of how long a sunscreen can protect you from ultraviolet rays.

Statistics

• Class: Solar
• Tribe: Superpower Trick
• Ability: All Zombies on the Ground get -1/-1.
• Rarity: Super-Rare

Card description

Unfortunately the Zombies were all out of SPF 9000.

Update history

Update 1.2.11

• Restricted to Solar Flare and Chompzilla.

Strategies

With

This trick is similar to Weed Whack, but Scorched Earth can affect more than one zombie at the cost of the stat reduction being weaker. It is best used during the early game to destroy weak threats with 1 like Disco Zombie or Cuckoo Zombie easily. Scorched Earth can also be combined with Chomper, Toadstool, or Whack-a-Zombie due to the fact that this superpower can lower the strength of zombies. However, Scorched Earth only affects zombies on ground lanes, rendering this superpower useless against zombies on aquatic lanes or the heights.

If you get this as your first superpower in the boss fight of Haunting at Morbid Manor, this can destroy the Haunting Zombies at the start of the mission, making the rest of the fight relatively straightforward.

Against

If you want to send out a threat with 1 health like Mini-Ninja or Tennis Champ and you suspect your enemy might use this, play it on the heights to prevent it from being destroyed by Scorched Earth. Having your strategy focus on stronger zombies is also a perfect way of countering this trick, as Scorched Earth is only powerful it if is able to immediately destroy many zombies.

Gallery

Scorched Earth's statistics

Scorched Earth's card

Scorched Earth costing 3 sun due to Defensive End's ability

Scorched Earth's card image

Scorched Earth being played (1)

Scorched Earth being played (2)

Being played (animated)

Old

Scorched Earth's statistics

Scorched Earth's silhouette

The player receiving Scorched Earth from a Premium Pack

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Scorched Earth
Simplified Chinese	焦土	lit. "Scorched Earth"
Traditional Chinese	焦土
German	Verbrannte Erde
Brazilian Portuguese	Terra Arrasada

See also

• Acid Rain

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