Stickybomb Rice

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Stickybomb Rice
Stickybomb Rice lobs sticky rice bombs with timers at zombies.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	225
Recharge	10 seconds
Damage	40 damage per shot
Special	Exploding sticky bombs trigger other sticky bombs
Family	Arma-mint
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(when flying) (cannot be be pinned by Stickybomb Rice projectiles)
Rarity (China)	Legendary
Unlocked	250 seed packets
Costumes
"Stickybomb Rice has extreme confidence in bombs, rice, and the abstract concept of stickiness. She's published scholarly articles about all three."

“	Plant Stickybomb Rice to lob sticky rice bombs.	”
—Penny

Stickybomb Rice is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 8.6.1 update. Stickybomb Rice is able to lob clumps of explosive rice both in front of and behind her every 1.75 - 2 seconds.

This explosive rice pins and stuns the target in place, detonates on after a set amount of time, and can be stacked up to three times, dealing up to 3x damage. Explosions from these sticky bombs have a 15% chance to chain and detonate other sticky bombs.

Stickybomb Rice can also attack zombies in two adjacent lanes, one at a time, similar to Dandelion. The projectile cannot be deflected by Jester Zombie and Parasol Zombie, nor can be blocked by Shield Zombie's shield. Additionally, since the projectile sticks to the ground, Stickybomb Rice never attempts to hit flying zombies, but they still receive damage from the explosions.

Origins

Stickybomb rice is based on the rice plant, specifically the glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa) (also known as sticky rice), a variety of the Asian rice (Oryza sativa) grown mainly in Southeast and East Asia, Northeastern India and Bhutan which has opaque grains, very low amylose content, and is especially sticky when cooked. It is called glutinous in the sense of being glue-like or sticky which is why it is also called "sticky rice".

She is also based on the sticky bomb, known as the the "Grenade, Hand, Anti-Tank No. 74", commonly known as the S.T. grenade. It was a British hand grenade used during World War II as a anti-tank weapon. The bombs can attach itself to tanks and other types of vehicle and explode, which a reference to how the Stickybomb Rice projectiles can stick on the zombies and explode.

Almanac entry

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

Stickybomb Rice		SUN COST 225 RECHARGE 10 SUN COST: 225 RECHARGE: 10 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 40 TOUGHNESS: 300 DAMAGE: 40 Special Bomb Chain Multiplier PLANT FOOD POWER Damage Special: Bomb Chain Multiplier PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage FAMILY Arma-mint FAMILY: Arma-mint Stickybomb Rice lobs sticky rice bombs with timers at zombies. Special: exploding sticky bombs trigger other sticky bombs Stickybomb Rice has extreme confidence in bombs, rice, and the abstract concept of stickiness. She's published scholarly articles about all three.

Stickybomb Rice

		SUN COST 225			RECHARGE 10

SUN COST: 225
RECHARGE: 10

		TOUGHNESS 300			DAMAGE 40

TOUGHNESS: 300
DAMAGE: 40

		Special Bomb Chain Multiplier			PLANT FOOD POWER Damage

Special: Bomb Chain Multiplier
PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage

		FAMILY Arma-mint

FAMILY: Arma-mint

Stickybomb Rice lobs sticky rice bombs with timers at zombies.

Special: exploding sticky bombs trigger other sticky bombs
Stickybomb Rice has extreme confidence in bombs, rice, and the abstract concept of stickiness. She's published scholarly articles about all three.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food animation

When given Plant Food, Stickybomb Rice will lob the amount of sticky bombs equal to how many non-flying zombies on the lawn and each will latch on one of the non-flying zombies.

Costume (China only)

Stickybomb Rice's costumed Plant food effect makes her lob large purple blobs of rice. These purple balls of rice explode in a 3x3 area and knocks back all zombies within that area.

Arma-mint effect

When boosted by Arma-mint, Stickybomb Rice will deal an additional 175 damage per shot, her Plant Food effect will deal an additional 525 damage per shot, and her bomb chain chance is increased by 25%.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Damage*		Bomb Timer		Explosion Radius^	Bomb Chain Chance^
						Normal	Plant Food	Normal	Plant Food
1	0	0	225	10 seconds	300 dps	40 dps	120 dps	1.25 seconds	3 seconds	1.5 tiles	15%
2	50		200		350 dps	55 dps	165 dps			1.525 tiles	17%
3	100			9 seconds	400 dps	70 dps	210 dps	2 seconds		1.55 tiles	18%
4	200		175		450 dps	85 dps	255 dps		3.5 seconds	1.575 tiles	19%
5	300				550 dps	100 dps	300 dps	2.75 seconds		1.6 tiles	20%
6	400			8 seconds	600 dps	115 dps	345 dps			1.625 tiles	21%
7	500		150		650 dps	130 dps	390 dps	3.5 seconds	4 seconds	1.65 tiles	22%
8	600			7 seconds	700 dps	145 dps	435 dps			1.675 tiles	23%
9	800			6 seconds	800 dps	160 dps	480 dps	4.25 seconds		1.7 tiles	24%
10	1,000			5 seconds	900 dps	175 dps	525 dps		4.25 seconds	1.725 tiles	25%

*Per stack.
^Applies to both normal and Plant Food states.

Mastery upgrade

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level Upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Viscosity Enhancement 黏性强化	Increases the stun time by 1 second, as well as the probability for chain explosions by 10%.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Stickybomb Rice gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Super Sticky 超强黏性	Further increases the stun time, and probability for chain explosions by twice the amount. (2 seconds and 20% respectively)
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Stickybomb Rice gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Stickybomb Rice may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Stickybomb Rice gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Super Sized Sticky Rice 超大糯米	Has a chance to lob a large ball of sticky rice which will explode upon contact, dealing a large amount of damage to the target and up to two adjacent zombies.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Stickybomb Rice gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Stickybomb Rice attacks zombies in adjacent lanes, stalls them, and explodes her projectiles all at the same time. Unlike most lobbed-shot plants, her projectiles cannot be deflected by Jester Zombie, Parasol Zombie, or Shield Zombie, allowing her use against these types of zombies.

She works well in tandem with Tile Turnip combos, especially with multiples of her on the lawn. When combined, it can stall the horde before dealing massive damage to all zombies caught in the explosion.

She also works well with Turkey-pult. When the zombie is unable to move due to being stuck by her projectile, Turkey-pult's turkeys would have time to deal damage without getting eaten at that time. Both of them also belong to the same family, and thus can be boosted by the same Power Mint.

As she is able to attack in front and behind her, she is a solution to deal with Prospector Zombies and zombies affected by pterodactyls. Even if the zombies land on the other side of the lawn, Stickybomb Rice can still stall and defeat them without any trouble. You could also find her useful in early game when you are stalling zombies and planting down sun-producing plants.

Take note that as with all Lobber plants, she is vulnerable to fast zombies such as Zombie Chicken, charging All-Star Zombies, and the enraged Newspaper Zombie. For these types of zombies, Wall plants like Wall-nut, Slowdown plants like Stallia, and Stun plants such as Stunion should be used to wall them.

Lastly, although the explosion can take out flying zombies such as Jetpack Zombie and Balloon Zombie or zombies forced into the air via Spring Bean or Breakdancer Zombie, she cannot target them on her own, so make sure she is paired with either Chard Guard to push the flying zombies back into the explosive radius or Blover and Draftodil to kill them directly.

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In other languages

Language	Name	Description
English	Stickybomb Rice
Simplified Chinese	黏弹糯米
French	Riz kiboum
German	Haftbomben-Reis
Italian	Riso-bomba appiccicosa
Brazilian Portuguese	Bombarroz Grudenta
Spanish	Arroz bomba pegajosa

Trivia

• Despite being referred to with feminine pronouns in her almanac entry, Stickybomb Rice is referred to with masculine pronouns in an official Reddit post.
• If the zombie has the number of Stickybomb Rice projectiles stuck to it which is the number of projectiles required to guarantee a one hit kill, Stickybomb Rice then lobs her projectile to the next leftmost zombie in her lane.
• Stickybomb Rice's lobbing and Plant Food effect's animation are somewhat similar to Sap-fling's.