Space Cadet (Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville)

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For the version in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, see Space Cadet.

Space Cadet
Space Cadet may be small, but don’t let size throw you. Her targeted laser and boosters make up for it. And when she teams up – get ready!
Health	125
Weapon	Cosmo Shot
Ammo	42
Damage	Homing
Special	Has the ability to double jump and can also hover by holding [Jump] press [Button] near Space Station to dock with it
Role	Defend
Specialty	Team-up and group attacks
Abilities
Space Cadets are great at teaming up. Up to four can create a Space Station armed with lasers, shield, and rockets

Space Cadet is a playable zombie class in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. She is a Defend class who specializes in team-ups and group attacks.

She can attack solo and pick off enemies with her homing Cosmo Shot, transform into a Space Station and operate as a slow moving, hard hitting powerhouse, or ride on a Space Station as a Space Station Passenger and function as a playable mounted turret who can provide defense for the Space Station.

Descriptions

Space Cadets are great at teaming up. Up to four can create a Space Station armed with lasers, shield, and rockets.

Primary Weapon

Solo

Space Cadet's primary weapon is the Cosmo Shot, which rapdily fire up tp 42 homing lasers before needing to reload. Each laser does __ damage (__ for critical hits).

Passenger

Space Station Passenger's primary weapon is also the Cosmo Shot and shares the exact same primary weapon functionality as a Solo Space Cadet.

Abilities

• Solo
• Passenger

Left abilities
Gravity Smash	Fly up, then crash down to cause damage on impact.
Center abilities
Station Inflation	Transform into a Space Station. Joinable by other Space Cadets.
Right abilities
Big Bang Beam	Fire a damaging precision laser after a short charge up.

Left abilities
Asteroid Shield	Control an energy shield for protection.
Center abilities
Escape Pod	Transform into a singular Space Cadet.
Right abilities
Hands-On Torpedo	Pilot a remote-control torpedo.

Upgrades

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	Refreshing Revive		● 1
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by reviving an ally. Reduces ability cooldown by 5x for 2 seconds (10 seconds total) when a teammate is revived.

	Rough Patch		● 1
	Spawn with more health after suffering multiple vanquishes in a row. After dying three times in a row, spawn with the maximum amount of overhealth for the currently used class after respawning or being revived.

	Bullseye		● 2
	Deal damage with targeting part of Big Bang Beam. Deals 75 total damage over the 1.5-second targeting period.

	Rocket Fueled		● 2
	Faster flight speed of Hands-On Torpedo. Increase duration to 30 seconds.

	Titanium Plating		● 2
	Increased health of Hands-On Torpedo. Hands-On Torpedo health increased to 25.

	Best Defense		● 3
	Briefly reduce incoming damage by earning a critical vanquish. Can stack 3 times. Reduces incoming damage by 10% for 10 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy. Stacks up to 3 times for a total of 27.1% damage resistance.

	Health Regeneration		● 2
	Faster health regeneration. Doubles health regeneration rate.

	Health Regeneration Delay		● 2
	Reduced time between taking damage and when health regeneration activates. Reduces the time required to start health regeneration by half (4 seconds).

	Leveling Up		● 2
	Earn XP faster. Increases the amount of XP earned by 10%. Does not affect the XP Machine in Giddy Park.

	Feedback Loop		● 2
	Increased rate of fire when dealing critical damage. Increases rate of fire by 20% for 3 seconds when dealing 50 critical damage.

	Longshot		● 3
	Increased homing range of Cosmo Shot when aiming. Increases the maximum homing range of Cosmo Shot by 100% when aiming.

	Critical Blow		● 3
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by earning a critical vanquish. Reduces ability cooldown by 5.5 seconds upon critically vanquishing an enemy.

	Ammo Eater		● 2
	Connected Space Cadets gain ammo by blocking damage with Asteroid Shield. Adds 10 rounds to the magazine when blocking damage with Asteroid Shield.

	Efficiency		● 3
	Cosmo Shot gains faster reload by earning a vanquish. Can stack up to 3 times. Decreases Cosmo Shot's reload time upon vanquishing enemies. Stacks up to 3 times for a reload time reduction of 20%, 25%, and 33.333% respectively.

	Assimilation		● 3
	Vanquishes with Crater Maker increase it's [sic] duration. Increases Crater Maker's duration by 4 seconds upon vanquishing enemies.

	Fallback		● 3
	Move faster when at low health. Increases movement speed by 20% upon reaching 20% HP or below.

	Afterburners		● 2
	Move faster while Crater Maker is active. Increases the player's movement speed by 75% while using Crater Maker.

	Speedy		● 3
	Move faster, except when sprinting. Increases walking speed by 12.9032%.

	Target Acquired		● 2
	Move faster while Gravity Smash is active. Increases the player's movement speed by 50% while using Gravity Smash.

	Adrenaline Rush		● 3
	Move faster for a short time by earning a vanquish. Increases movement speed by 40% for 3 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy.

Balancing changes

October 2019 patch

• ▲ Fix Big Bang Beam not refreshing properly with the Bullseye upgrade
• ▲ Lvl 1: 2.5->2.0 reload time with the Efficiency upgrade
• ▲ Lvl 2: 2.5->1.5 reload time with the Efficiency upgrade
• ▲ Lvl 3: 2.5->1.0 reload time with the Efficiency upgrade

Gallery

Space Cadet in-game

Background for PC

Background for mobile

Space Cadet on the official website

Trivia

• Her ammo clip has 42 shots, which is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in which they state that the answer to "Life, the Universe, and Everything" is 42.

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