Toxic Brainz is the Legendary toxic variant of Super Brainz in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. Similar to other Legendary variants, he has a passive ability activated by his super meter being filled. Toxic Brainz's legendary meter is called "Toxic Overload." Unlike other Legendary characters which require vanquishes to fill the meter, the Toxic Brainz only requires 15 successful punches (10 with the Super Meter Upgrade). (More info on "Toxic Overload" below)
Each punch deals 10-20-30 damage, a total of 60 damage (30 - 60 - 90 when Toxic Overload is active).
Toxic Beam[]
Beam deals 1.1/3.6 - 1.3/4.3 damage (3.1/10.6 - 3.7/12.7 when Toxic Overload is active).
Overheats after 2.3s (2.6s with the Overheat Upgrade). Afterwards, it goes on a 6.8s cooldown.
Abilities[]
Toxic Overload
Toxic Overload is Toxic Brainz's unique Legendary ability. It can only be triggered when Toxic Brainz manages to successfully punch a Plant 15 or 10 times. Once the bar is filled, Toxic Overload will activate, which will give Toxic Brainz a damage boost (3x), a 50% speed boost, and a 50% damage resistance for 15 seconds. If Toxic Brainz is vanquished at any point, the Toxic Overload meter will reset (even if he gets revived).
The Heroic Kick is like two abilities in one! Kick your way through Plant foes on the ground, or use it in the air to close distance towards your objective!
Strategies[]
With[]
Toxic Brainz is very weak when using his capabilities without charging his meter, as his punch combo and his beam do measly damage with each damage indicator. This makes building his meter a bit difficult since his damage is very lackluster, and enemies, especially Chompers, will not fear you until your meter is fully charged. Once charged, Toxic Brainz is capable of dishing out some serious punches, and getting a good speed bonus to go along with this. His punch combo damage will now do three times the damage, which allows him to drop most classes with just one punch combo, and his beam is capable of dealing more damage per damage indicator, making him a force to be reckoned with and, if used correctly, can destroy entire teams.
As such, try to target weaker plants that cannot defend themselves easily with your punches, such as Sunflowers and Roses. The Toxic Beam should rarely be used outside of Toxic Overload, since it does not fill up the super meter and has a really poor DPS. This character is most effective when attacking multiple grouped-up plants, as the more you hit, the faster your meter fills. In Herbal Assault, Toxic Brainz can exploit weeds, especially Vaseweeds, for Toxic Overload as the weeds don't harm him much at all, so be on the lookout for those.
Using the legendary meter upgrade is recommended, as it decreases the number of punches from 15 to 10.
Sunflowers, Roses and weaker Citrons such as Iron Citron or Toxic Citron are probably the best plants to attack when needing to charge up your meter, due to their poor TTK against you or low health. But still watch out for EMPeach, Goatify and Time Snare, as they could make you lose the fight. If the Torchwood you're fighting against attempts to use Blazin' Blast, use Heroic Kick to cancel it. Also watch out for Peel Shield/Mood Shield, as they do not fill up your meter when punching it. If the Citron you're fighting against pulls up their shield, try to jump over it.
Against[]
Toxic Brainz is not capable of dealing much damage to you without his meter, however he can build it surprisingly quick and reliably against one weak target, try to not be alone and defeat him as soon as possible to prevent him from activating his meter. If you see a Toxic Brainz powered up, try to work together with your allies to defeat him, or use your high damage abilities against him right away, as he is capable of doing 180 damage with three punches against you in his Legendary mode, and his heightened speed makes it virtually impossible to escape his deadly combo. Chompers are the best at countering him, as Burrow or Goop could easily paralyze him, even if he has Toxic Overload activated. Ice characters (Especially Frozen Citron and Yeti Chomper) also pose a serious threat as they could freeze him, allowing other plants to strike him down.
Unlocking tips[]
Toxic Brainz is a Legendary variant, meaning that he is extremely hard to find stickers for him in sticker packs, and like any other Legendary, he cannot be unlocked in Phenomenal Character Packs. However, only two stickers are needed to unlock him. The best strategy to get him is to buy the Wonderous Packs of Greatness, because they have the highest chance of getting a Legendary.
Toxic Brainz in the Too Fast, Too Noxious Mystery Portal image
Toxic Brainz's model
In other languages[]
Please note that only official translations are used.
Language
Name
Description
English
Toxic Brainz
Traditional Chinese
毒性腦袋
French
Toxicortex
German
Gift-Brainz
Italian
Zomb tossico
Japanese
スーパーヒーロートキシック
Polish
Toksyczny Mózg
Brazilian Portuguese
Mioloz Tóxicoz
Spanish
Cerebroz tóxicoz
Trivia[]
In the League of Awesome quest, the player must find and recruit him in the sewers as part of the league. In order to do this, the player must free him from "Prison of Stench" (Chomp Thing).
In one of the Super Duper Brainz quests, Toxic Brainz says that it burped in his helmet. This may refer to it being a toxic variant.
Sometimes when a player is low ranked they will receive him and BBQ Corn in Hero Showcase. This is a glitch.
His body seems to be made completely out of green goo, which may be toxic waste.
In the trailer he was seen dancing with BBQ Corn and slapped BBQ Corn in the face twice. If it was an accident or intentional is unknown.
The helmet he wears is called the "Encounter Helmet." This might be a reference to the first time the player "encounters" him in the story mission League of Awesome.
It could also reference his encounter with Chomp Thing.
Furthermore, Toxic Brainz and Disco Chomper are the only two Legendaries that fill their meter in unique ways. Toxic Brainz must fill his meter with successfully landed punches, whereas Disco Chomper must eat his victims to fill the meter, rather than vanquishing them with his bites or damaging abilities.
He is the only legendary character who resets when knocked out, even when revived.
Toxic Brainz can appear in place of regular Super Brainz on Crazy mode, in Garden Ops on Wave 5.
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