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For other uses, see Torchwood (disambiguation).

Torchwood is a playable plant class in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 that was introduced in the Trials of Gnomus DLC, alongside the Hover Goat-3000 as a reward for completing the Trials of Eternity.

Excluding the Infinity Robots and the Z-Mech and its variants, Torchwood possesses the highest amount of health out of any character in the game, with a staggering 275 health (just enough to surpass the Iron Citron).

To unlock the Torchwood, the player needs to open all 5 locks of the Torchwood chest. Each lock requires 15 Rainbow Stars to be unlocked, resulting in the total of 75 Rainbow Stars needed to unlock this class along with the completion of the 4 Trials.

Descriptions[]

Stickerbook description[]

Legend has it Torchwood was locked away in a magic chest because of his immeasurable rage. Waiting in that chest's purgatory his rage only continued to grow and multiply. Now he is released and searching for vengeance.

In-game description[]

He can take quite a beating with his Leaf Shield active, and his Blazin' Blast and Smoldering Madness are sure to force Zombies to take cover.

Primary weapon[]

Torchwood's primary weapon is called the Wood Chipper. As it's name suggests, he fires out chips of wood at the enemy. It has infinite ammo and deals 2-3 damage at long range and 7-9 damage at close range. The Wood Chipper overheats after firing it for long periods of time (similar to the All-Star's primary weapon).

Abilities[]

Left abilities
Blazin' BlastGW2
Blazin' Blast
This blast of fire from Torchwood's mouth is a sure-fire way to take care of Zombies that are in his path!
Center abilities
Smoldering MadnessGW2
Smoldering Madness
Unleash Torchwood's pent up rage, allowing him to run faster, shoot unlimited wood chips, and deal furious fire damage!
Right abilities
Leaf ShieldGW2
Leaf Shield
Torchwood takes reduced damage as long as he's surrounded by his protective leaves. Be careful though, he'll move much slower!

Strategies[]

Fighting With Torchwood[]

Torchwood is the tankiest character in the game (excluding the Z-Mechs and the Infinity Robots). He also plays a role very similar to that of the All-Star's. Torchwood shines when he is closer to the opponent as his abilities (notably Blazin' Blast) are a lot more effective and in some cases can only be used at close range since he has rather harsh damage drop-off.

However, using Smoldering Madness gives you good ranged firepower, so if you need to be in a long-ranged encounter, use this ability. While Torchwood may have more health than any other playable character in the game, he is relatively slow and possesses the largest hitbox in the game of the Plants, making him very easy to hit.

If you feel that you are in danger, activate your Leaf Shield to temporarily reduce incoming damage. With the Leaf Shield active, Torchwood is able to tank a single ZPG (leaving him with 150 HP left). Blazin' Blast any Zombies that get too close (for example, the ScientistSuper Brainz and the Imp).

Make sure to time your Blazin' Blasts correctly as if you activate it too early, it can completely miss. On the other hand, when used well, it can quickly win you the fight.

When on the attack, activate your Smoldering Madness and push forward. While Smoldering is active, light up as many zombies in the area. Concentrate your fire on the big Zombies, then frequently spray at the weaker ones. This forces zombies into cover while sometimes even vanquishing them. Note that you cannot activate Leaf Shield while Smoldering Madness is active. Because of this, make sure you have plenty of health before using it.

Try not to stray too far from other plants as Torchwood is very weak on his own. Hanging around Sunflowers is a good idea, as they can keep you alive.

Fighting Against Torchwood[]

Seeing that Torchwood has the most health out of all the playable characters on the plant side (excluding the Junkasaurus), you should try to avoid one-on-one fights with him. Instead, team up against him, preferably in an area where he cannot reach you with Blazin' Blast.

His large hitbox makes him very easy to hit with ZPGs and Super Ultra Balls. If you see one using Leaf Shield or Smoldering Madness, try to immobilize it as fast as possible.

The Imp's Gravity Grenade is great for stopping a Torchwood in his tracks, as it lifts him into the air for everyone to shoot at. Arctic Trooper and Goalie Star are extremely effective against Torchwood since the former can easily freeze him and finish him off with the ZPG and the latter can use Sprint Tackle and/or Imp Punt while he's frozen. Overall, it is imperative to keep your distance. 

Balancing changes[]

November 2016 Patch[]

  • Primary weapon:
    • โ–ผ Decreased bullet accuracy by 50%
    • โ–ผ Decreased near/far damage from 7.5/4.5 to 5/3
    • โ–ฒ Increased time before overheat by 1 second
  • Smoldering Madness:
    • โ–ผ Decreased bullet accuracy by 50%
    • โ–ฒ Increased damage from 5 to 5.5

June 2017 Patch[]

  • โ–ฒ Increased close range damage of primary weapon from 5 to 6.
  • โ–ฒ Increased close range damage of Smoldering Madness from 5.5 to 6.

Related achievement[]

More Secrets PSN
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New faces from crazy places!

Gallery[]

Torchwood has a gallery!
TorchwoodGW2
Visit this page to see it.
TorchwoodGW2

Trivia[]

  • There is a glitch similar to the glitch from the Centurion, where when you are vanquished by the Blazin' Blast, the "Vanquished by" area says "Flame Spray" instead of "Blazin' Blast." Flame Spray is the primary weapon of the Fire Chomper.
    • This may be because the developers might have used the original coding for the Fire Chomper's Flame Spray to make the Blazin' Blast.
    • This glitch can happen if the player attacks a zombie with Torchwood's primary weapon after damaging them with Blazin' Blast.
  • This is the only plant class to have abilities that deal fire damage.
    • This also makes him the only character overall to have an elemental ability.
  • He looks very similar to (and is likely inspired by) Giga Torchwood.
  • In the cutscene that plays after being evacuated from the landing zone, Torchwood's arm can be seen visibly clipping through Crazy Dave's RV.
    • There is also another glitch in the Garden Ops opening cutscene, where he becomes the same size as his boss counterpart. When the cutscene ends, he returns to his normal size.
  • He and Hover Goat-3000 cannot be spawned as AI in Solo Ops.
    • Although this can be solved by, spawning another character, then switch, afterwards respawn as him, then switch back.
  • He explodes and disintegrates when he is KO'd, like Rose.
    • This also means that Torchwood, like Rose, is never seen in his ragdoll form.
    • In the same fashion as Rose becoming a small rose, he becomes a mini stump when he is KO'd.
  • Even though he is always on fire, he does not actually deal fire damage unless he is using one of his abilities.
  • When revived, the fire on his head is mysteriously gone. It will return while Smoldering Madness is in use, but will disappear again after it's done.
  • When compared to Giga Torchwood, Torchwood is half his size.
  • It was confirmed in a tweet by Creative Director Justin Wiebe that there will not be any variants, customizations or gestures for Torchwood, along with Hover Goat-3000, due to them being bonus classes.
    • However, this is proven false due to the December 2018 Update adding 3 customizations for Torchwood: Tree-X-1000, Sugar Plum Fury and Gingerbark House.
    • Datamining has also found an ability for the Torchwood similar to that of the All-Starโ€™s Sprint Tackle called Sprint Smash Weapon.
  • The Stickerbook description references "Purgatory." In Catholic Doctrine this means a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven.
  • His crosshair most likely resembles the top of a tree stump.
  • From December 6th 2018 onward, both Torchwood and the Hover Goat-3000 can be purchased in the Torch and Tail DLC Pack.
  • Its ability Leaf Shield resembles and shares a name with the Leaf Shield ability from Mega Man 2.
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Sunflower Heal Beam ยท Sunbeam ยท Heal Flower ยท Rainbow Heal Beam ยท Solar Flare Beam ยท Dark Flower


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Boss Mode Coconut Spotting Station ยท Twin Heal Flower ยท Cherry Strike ยท Revive Rainbow
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Others Corn Mortar ยท Flax Cannon ยท Tallnut ยท Mega Flower ยท Tactical Cuke ยท Tallnut Cannon
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Playable Classes
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Sunflowers Sunflower ยท Mystic Flower ยท Power Flower ยท Fire Flower ยท Shadow Flower ยท Metal Petal ยท Sun Pharaoh ยท Alien Flower ยท Vampire Flower ยท Stuffy Flower


Chompers Chomper ยท Hot Rod Chomper ยท Toxic Chomper ยท Fire Chomper ยท Power Chomper ยท Count Chompula ยท Armor Chomper ยท Chomp Thing ยท Yeti Chomper ยท Disco Chomper ยท Unicorn Chomper ยท Twilight Chomper


Cacti Cactus ยท Camo Cactus ยท Fire Cactus ยท Ice Cactus ยท Power Cactus ยท Future Cactus ยท Bandit Cactus ยท Jade Cactus ยท Zen Cactus ยท Petrified Cactus


Citrons Citron ยท Frozen Citron ยท Electro Citron ยท Iron Citron ยท Party Citron ยท Toxic Citron


Roses Rose ยท Druid Rose ยท Fire Rose ยท Frost Rose ยท Party Rose ยท Nec'Rose


Corns Kernel Corn ยท BBQ Corn ยท Mob Cob ยท Pops Corn ยท Party Corn ยท Commando Corn


Others Torchwood ยท Junkasaurus
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb ยท Pea Gatling ยท Hyper ยท Sombrero Bean Bomb ยท Retro Gatling ยท Super Pea Jump ยท Dark Bean Bomb ยท Bling Gatling


Sunflower Heal Beam ยท Sunbeam ยท Heal Flower ยท Rainbow Heal Beam ยท Solar Flare Beam ยท Dark Flower ยท Rainbow Flower


Chomper Goop ยท Burrow ยท Spikeweed ยท Super Sticky Goop ยท Sprint Burrow ยท Spiky Spikeweed ยท Chomp Cannon ยท Vampweed ยท Rainbow Warp ยท Twilight Warp


Cactus Potato Mine ยท Garlic Drone ยท Tallnut Battlement ยท Potato Nugget Mine ยท Artichoke Drone ยท Iron Maiden ยท Pizzazzling Potato Mine ยท Red Artichoke ยท Bling Maiden ยท Dark Garlic Drone


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Assault Mode EMPeach ยท Citron Ball ยท Peel Shield ยท Party Citron Ball ยท Mood Shield


Citron Ball Hyper Ball ยท Assault Mode ยท Spin Dash


Rose Time Snare ยท Arcane Enigma ยท Goatify ยท Arcane Lotus ยท Psychedelic Goat


Kernel Corn Butter Barrage ยท Husk Hop ยท Shuck Shot ยท Bigger Better Butter ยท Multi-Shuck


Torchwood Blazin' Blast ยท Smoldering Madness ยท Leaf Shield


Junkasaurus Charge of Insanity ยท Epic Mega Blast ยท Spin Override ยท Super Heavy Hornblast
Spawnable Plants
Soil of Summoning Weed ยท Pumpkin Weed ยท Terracotta Weed ยท Leaf Shield Weed ยท Wood Shield Weed ยท Vase Weed ยท Porcelain Vase Weed ยท Heal Weed ยท Flag Weed ยท Dandelion Weed ยท Hypno-shroom


Grow-a-Pot Bonk Choy ยท Pea Cannon ยท Gatling Pea ยท Lightning Reed ยท Scaredy-shroom ยท Fume-shroom ยท Goop-shroom ยท Doom-shroom ยท Ice-shroom ยท Toxic Gloom-shroom ยท Bamboo Shoot ยท Snap Dragon ยท Heal Flower
Bosses Giga Torchwood ยท Super Bean ยท Sunflower Queen ยท Big Stump ยท Marigold ยท Squash ยท Royal Hypno-Flower ยท Spooky Squash
L.E.A.F. Agent Citron ยท Agent Rose ยท Agent Corn ยท Grumpy Stumpy ยท Ironball
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Playable Classes
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Swarm Wildflower
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb ยท Pea Gatling ยท Pea Suped


Chomper Spikeweed ยท Burrow ยท Grody Goop


Kernel Corn Butter Beacon ยท Husk Hop ยท Shuck Shot


Night Cap Casting Shadows ยท Fung Fu ยท Shadow Sneak


Snapdragon Swoop Slam ยท Blue Blazes ยท Blazing Trail


Cactus Potato Mine ยท Garlic Drone ยท Petal Propeller


Citron E.M.Peach ยท Spin Dash ยท Navel Laser


Acorn & Oak
Acorn
Solo Sap Trap ยท Invoke Oak ยท Acorn Dash


Passenger Sap Trap ยท Treeject ยท Lumber Support


Oak Super Sap Trap ยท Treeject ยท Roll for Damage



Sunflower Sunny Side Up ยท Sunbeam ยท Heal Beam


Rose Jinx ยท Arcane Enigma ยท Goatify


Wildflower Wild Life ยท Weed Out ยท Bloom Boom
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Grow-a-Pot
Range Pea Cannon ยท Gatling Pea ยท Scaredy-Shroom ยท Lightning Reed


Support Heal Flower ยท Goop-Shroom


Melee Bonk Choy ยท Doom-Shroom ยท Fume-Shroom


Soil of Summoning
Melee Terracotta Weed ยท Vase Weed ยท Dandelion


Range Wildflower ยท Terracotta Wildflower


Support Heal Weed ยท Hypno-Shroom
Battle Leaders Bam-Bam-Boo ยท Bluehorn Corn ยท Flotsamuel ยท Lucy ยท No-Neck Raffi ยท Pinky Rain ยท Pollen Kate ยท Pound Cake ยท Queen Capra ยท Sherman ยท Sproutrage ยท Teddy
Bounty Hunt
Weirding Woods Queenigma ยท Solar Sisters ยท Wild Bunch


Town Center Bitey Brothers ยท Mirror-Shroom ยท Tiger Klaus
Elusive Foes
Weirding Woods Amber Gemma ยท Pops Cyclops ยท Sleepy


Town Center Big Hurtle ยท Kitty Sparkles ยท Mrs. Veilbiter
Bosses Dreadroot ยท Giga Torchwood ยท Sunflower Queen ยท Super Bean ยท Marigold ยท Hypno Sunflower Queen ยท Spooky Squash ยท Bitter Dill ยท Dreadwood ยท Blight Cap
Quest NPCs Air Ron ยท Best Fishing Friendโ„ข๏ธ ยท Bingo-Bongo ยท Brian ยท Corny Corn ยท Dandelion ยท Exposition Al ยท Gilly the Kid ยท Harmela ยท Land Phil ยท Major Sweetie ยท Mark ยท Mike ยท Sergeant Peel ยท Sir Crustworthy ยท Sir Victor-Ian ยท Tenderleaf ยท Tumbleweed Ted ยท Vivian
Others Weed ยท Pumpkin Weed ยท Leaf Shield Weed ยท Pumpkin Wildflower ยท Mindblower
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