Solar Tomato

“	Solar Tomato stuns zombies in a 3x3 area, which each stunned zombie giving 50 sun. Use it to stun large crowds of zombies!	”
—Penny

Solar Tomato
Solar Tomatoes stun zombies in a 3x3 area, causing each zombie to drop 50 sun.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	100
Recharge	25 seconds
Toughness	Typical
Area	3x3
Special	Stun
Family	Enlighten-mint
In-game statistics
Unlocked	150 seed packets
Costumes
Solar Tomato wishes folks would just stop and enjoy the sunshine sometimes. "Stop," she says. "Enjoy the sunshine. I said stop! Hold it right there! Don't move! I MEAN IT!!!"

Solar Tomato is a premium instant-use plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, unlocked by obtaining 150 seed packets. When played, she stuns zombies in a 3x3 area for 8 seconds, causing each stunned zombie to drop 50 sun. Once she is leveled up to level 3, she can lightly damage the zombies she stuns.

Origins

She is based on the tomato, the edible fruit of the tomato plant. The "solar" part of her name comes from her ability to produce sun, and may reference the genus of tomato, Solanum. Her name might also be a reference to a solar tornado, which is basically a tornado that occurs on the sun.

Audio

Sound	Description
	Ability

Almanac entry

Solar Tomato	SUN COST 100 RECHARGE 25 SUN COST: 100 RECHARGE: 25 TOUGHNESS 3000 Special Stun TOUGHNESS: 3000 Special: Stun SUN PRODUCTION Variable AREA 3 SUN PRODUCTION: Variable AREA: 3 Solar Tomatoes stun zombies in a 3x3 area, causing each zombie to drop 50 sun. Solar Tomato wishes folks would just stop and enjoy the sunshine sometimes. "Stop," she says. "Enjoy the sunshine. I said stop! Hold it right there! Don't move! I MEAN IT!!!"

Solar Tomato

		SUN COST 100			RECHARGE 25

SUN COST: 100
RECHARGE: 25

		TOUGHNESS 3000			Special Stun

TOUGHNESS: 3000
Special: Stun

		SUN PRODUCTION Variable			AREA 3

SUN PRODUCTION: Variable
AREA: 3

Solar Tomatoes stun zombies in a 3x3 area, causing each zombie to drop 50 sun.

Solar Tomato wishes folks would just stop and enjoy the sunshine sometimes.

"Stop," she says. "Enjoy the sunshine. I said stop! Hold it right there! Don't move! I MEAN IT!!!"

Upgrades

Enlighten-mint effect

When boosted by Enlighten-mint, Solar Tomato's stun duration will be increased by 12 seconds, she'll do 200 DPS (or do 100 DPS if it is not at level 3+) to every zombie it stuns, and she will produce 100 sun for every zombie stunned.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Sluggish)	Starting Recharge	Toughness (Typical)	Special (Stun)	Damage*	Area
1	0	0	100	25 seconds	20 seconds	3000 dps	8 seconds	0 dps	3x3
2	10	1,000		24 seconds			9 seconds
3	25	2,500		23 seconds			9 seconds	100 dps
4	50	5,000		22 seconds			10 seconds
5	100	10,000		21 seconds	15 seconds		10 seconds
6	200	20,000		20 seconds			11 seconds
7	400	30,000		19 seconds			11 seconds
8	800	50,000		18 seconds			11 seconds
9	1,200	75,000		17 seconds			12 seconds
10	1,600	100,000		16 seconds			12 seconds

*Once she is leveled up to level 3, she can lightly damage the zombies she stuns with solar flare.

Mastery upgrade

• Damage Pierce

Strategies

Solar Tomato is a plant that should be used on levels where there are a lot of zombies. Using Solar Tomato on low numbers of zombies tend to be less profitable and pointless if you are not playing a level with the "Produce at least X sun" objective. Do not forget that she also stuns the zombies. She only stuns the zombies for only a few seconds, but that's enough time for you to plant quickly to counter huge waves of zombies. You should not fear bringing expensive plants like Winter Melon if you have this plant on hard levels, due to her being capable of making large amounts of sun.

Solar Tomato will generate more sun if you can cause zombies to cluster. Walls, Garlic, Sweet Potato, Hot Date, or Winter Melon can help gather more targets.

Another strategy is to use Solar Tomato like a sun-giving Stallia. If multiple zombies are clustered together and you have explosive plants like Cherry Bomb, use Solar Tomato to stop those zombies to recharge your instant-kill plants and/or wait for more zombies to get rid of.

There's another strategy to get more sun, by making zombies stuck in the middle lane using this along with Garlic and Primal Peashooter or other plants that can prevent them from moving, and pack them until the final wave when a Cherry Bomb can easily wipe out most, if not all of the zombies. This strategy can work in expansion levels, but it can be hard to use because it requires a lot of sun to set up and you may lose plants faster than you can protect them.

Solar Tomatoes work well in Endless Zones as the higher density of zombies will allow the player to accrue higher amounts of sun. This makes it easier to set up more expensive plants like Winter Melons and Banana Launchers.

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Trivia

• Prior to March 17, 2020 she was a money premium plant costing $4.99.
• The stage showed in her reveal trailer is level three of the Solar Tomato Epic Quest.
• Her Almanac entry is similar to Stallia's, as they both talk about zombies pausing or stopping.
  • However, her Almanac entry has the flavor text split into two parts, which also makes her the first plant in the series that has a flavor text with multiple parts.
  • She is the second instant-use plant in the series to have a starting cost of 100 sun, along with Hurrikale.

See also

• Sun Bean

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