Ultomato

When he sees zombies, he goes SPLAT!

This item is only obtainable during certain events. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently not available.

Ultomato
Ultomatoes charge up slowly, then fire a devastating beam down the lane that damages zombies as long as the charge lasts. Ultomatoes can be made more powerful by planting multiple Ultomatoes on the same tile.
Statistics
Sun Cost	250
Recharge	6.5 seconds
Cost Efficiency	50
Plant Food Power	20%
Toughness	500 damage
Damage	1600 damage
Family	Fila-mint
Plant Food effect	Explodes dealing a massive amount of damage to all zombies on the lawn.
Special	Can be planted on top of itself, mutating from green to yellow to red
Usage	Costs more sun the more Ultomatoes are on the board
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	200
Recharge	7 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	200 damage
Attack Rest	4.5 seconds
Range	Whole Lane to the Right
Area	Single Target
Class	Ranged
Quality	Legendary
Tags	Damage, lightning
Plant features	Red plant, thunderbolt
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(immune to lasers and explosions unless raincoat is shredded)
Unlocked	100 seed packets
Costumes (China)
Code name	ultomato
Ultomato yawns as unimaginable energies build up inside his being. It's cool. He can afford to wait. He's got allllll day.

“	Plant Ultomatos on top of themselves to mutate them up from green to yellow to red!	”
—Penny

Ultomato is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, that was first introduced in the 7.8.1 update. He is a seasonal plant, tied to Ultomato's Ultimate Season in Arena, which lasted from January 16, 2020 to February 3, 2020. Ultomato later came out in the 2.5.2 update of the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2 with his rarity being legendary.

He releases a powerful and devastating laser (every 6.5-6.7 seconds, 4.5 seconds in Chinese version) down the lane he is planted in, but shortly afterwards needs to recharge. The laser lasts for 2 seconds. When released, it will target the first available zombie in its lane, repeatedly attacking it. If that zombie is defeated and the laser still has some duration left, it will target the next available enemy.

Ultomatoes can be planted on each other to increase their power, but their cost also increases the more Ultomatoes there are on the field. If an Ultomato is defeated, getting shoveled, or being given Plant Food, the sun cost will decrease.

Origins

He is based on the tomato (Solanum Iycopersicum), the fruit of a plant in the nightshade family.

His name is a pun on either the words "ultimate," or "ultimatum," and "tomato."

Almanac entry

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

Ultomato
	SUN COST 250 SPECIAL Cost Efficiency RECHARGE 6.50 PLANT FOOD POWER 20% TOUGHNESS 500 DAMAGE 1600 Fila-mint Plant Food: Explodes dealing a massive amount of damage to all zombies on the lawn. Ultomatoes charge up slowly, then fire a devastating beam down the lane that damages zombies as long as charge lasts. Ultomatoes can be made more powerful by planting multiple Ultomatoes on the same tile. Ultomato yawns as unimaginable energies build up inside his being. It's cool. He can afford to wait. He's got allllll day.

Ultomato

SUN COST 250 SPECIAL Cost Efficiency RECHARGE 6.50 PLANT FOOD POWER 20% TOUGHNESS 500 DAMAGE 1600 Fila-mint Plant Food: Explodes dealing a massive amount of damage to all zombies on the lawn. Ultomatoes charge up slowly, then fire a devastating beam down the lane that damages zombies as long as charge lasts. Ultomatoes can be made more powerful by planting multiple Ultomatoes on the same tile. Ultomato yawns as unimaginable energies build up inside his being. It's cool. He can afford to wait. He's got allllll day.

Chinese version  (China only)

终极番茄可以通过重复种植使自身变强。 植物家族效果: 研发中 植物特征: 红色植物 终极番茄在执行宇航任务的时候，被来自外太空的光之粒子灌注到了身体之中，光之粒子之中拥有着正义的意志，引导终极番茄使用光之力去守卫家园，击败邪恶的僵尸。 In English: Ultomatoes can make themselves stronger through repeated planting. Plant family effect: In research and development Plant characteristics: red plant When Ultomato was performing aerospace missions, particles of light from outer space were infused into his body. The particles of light contained the will of justice, guiding Ultomato to use the power of light to protect his homeland and defeat the evil zombies.

Upgrades

Plant Food ability (animated)

Plant Food effect

When fed with Plant Food, Ultomato will self-destruct, exploding and damaging everything for 1800 (1600 in Chinese version) damage within a 9x7 area on-screen. His sun cost will drop by 50, 100, or 150 sun corresponding to what stage he exploded in, due to him leaving the lawn.

Fila-mint effect

When boosted by Fila-mint, Ultomato's beam will deal an additional 575 damage with its small stage, an additional 1200 damage with its medium stage, an additional 2500 damage with its big stage, and an additional 2200 damage with its Plant Food attack.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness			Damage				Special (Cost Efficiency)
					Small	Medium	Big	Small	Medium	Big	Plant Food
1	0	0	250	6.5 seconds	300 damage	400 damage	500 damage	350 damage	750 damage	1600 damage	1800 damage	50
2	50		225	6 seconds	325 damage	450 damage	575 damage	375 damage	800 damage	1700 damage
3	100			5.5 seconds	350 damage	500 damage	650 damage	400 damage	850 damage	1800 damage	1900 damage
4	200			5.25 seconds	375 damage	550 damage	725 damage	425 damage	900 damage	1900 damage		25
5	300		200	5 seconds	400 damage	600 damage	800 damage	450 damage	950 damage	2000 damage
6	400			4.9 seconds	425 damage	650 damage	875 damage	475 damage	1000 damage	2100 damage	2000 damage
7	500			4.8 seconds	450 damage	700 damage	950 damage	500 damage	1050 damage	2200 damage
8	600		175	4.7 seconds	475 damage	750 damage	1025 damage	525 damage	1100 damage	2300 damage
9	800			4.6 seconds	500 damage	800 damage	1100 damage	550 damage	1150 damage	2400 damage	2100 damage
10	1,000		150	4.5 seconds	525 damage	850 damage	1175 damage	575 damage	1200 damage	2500 damage	2200 damage

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Costumed (China only)

Medium or big Ultomato will become small after self destruction, rather than disappear.

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Fast Recharge 快速充能	Reduces attack cooldown by 1 second.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Ultomato gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Extremely Fast Recharge 极速充能	Reduces attack cooldown by 2 seconds.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Ultomato gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Hyper Leap 超级跃升	Ultomato may upgrade automatically once when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Ultomato gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Energy Waves 能量巨浪	On hit, laser deals splash damage near its impact point.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Ultomato gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Ultomato has the potential for extremely high damage output, for a correspondingly high sun investment. A big (stage 3) Ultomato deals almost as much damage as a Cherry Bomb, enough to one-shot a Pharaoh Zombie or kill a Gargantuar in 3 hits, and the enduring nature of the laser means that any leftover damage will continue on to the next target. The laser cannot be blocked or reflected by Excavator Zombie, Parasol Zombie, or Jester Zombie. However, the cost mechanic means that a single big Ultomato costs 900 sun to plant and five cost 9000, making it near-impossible to attain. This problem does get alleviated in the International version when Ultomato is upgraded to both reduce his planting cost and the increment, but may persist nevertheless if you plan on fielding many.

Ultomato's attack style has similarities to Citron, charging up for several seconds and then firing. Ultomato can deal with several threats in his lane and his laser can't be reflected. However, Citron has a better plant food ability and costs much less, as well as being easier to acquire.

Since Ultomato's attack power is slightly more than doubled with each growth stage, it is often recommended to plant only one or two. It works very well on Minecarts in Wild West, as the Minecarts can be moved around, allowing Ultomato to provide support when needed without requiring additional sun. Similarly, you can use Sweet Potato or Hot Date to create choke points where you funnel in zombies from other lanes for him to attack.

Ultomato is primarily vulnerable due to his slow rate of fire and single target, causing damage to overflow on hordes. He is a very risky choice against Zombie Chickens or Ice Weasels; if the laser fires at the right time, it can destroy all of them and continue on to hit targets behind them, but if not, they will easily overwhelm Ultomato before he can fire, and must be backed by plants that can eliminate these on their own such as Lightning Reed.

Like lobbed-shot plants, Ultomato can bypass obstacles like tombstones, surfboards, and octopi to hit zombies behind them, but will target and destroy the obstacles if there are no zombies in the lane. A big Ultomato can destroy a Troglobite, a frozen block, and an Imp, in one shot. If a Barrel Roller Zombie is pushing a barrel, Ultomato will attack the zombie, and then the barrel if it is ahead of other zombies.

If an Ultomato is destroyed beyond his first stage, it is pointless to revive him with Intensive Carrot, since he will just be revived at the first, wasting your resources.

Ultomato's Plant Food effect has a very large area of effect, but because he gets destroyed in the process, which can be quite expensive to replace, it is often a better choice to give Plant Food to another plant. It is not usually a good idea to plant Ultomato on a Power Tile.

However, in situations where Ultomato is boosted, (such as Boosterama tournaments) and where excessive amounts of sun are provided, he becomes an absolutely diabolical weapon. Due to his fast recharge, the player can keep spamming Ultomatos at the end of the lawn, constantly blowing up every single zombie the moment it steps forward, as well as any objects. It essentially becomes a lawn-wide insta-kill, but with a significantly faster recharge than most insta-kill plants. However, make sure that the tournament doesn't weaken Fila-Mint family plants, as Ultomato will obviously become useless.

Ultomato is a solid choice in "Don't lose more than x plants," but it does require support in order to reduce the chances such a loss occuring.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Ultomato
Simplified Chinese	终极番茄	lit. "Ultimate Tomato"
French	Ultomate
German	Ultomate
Italian	Sommodoro
Brazilian Portuguese	Ultomate
Spanish	Tomatefinitivo

Trivia

• His growth stages resemble an unripe, ripening, and ripe tomato.
  • He shares this quality with Strawburst, whose growth stages resemble a ripening strawberry.
• The Ultomato is the second plant that can be planted on to strengthen it, the first being Pea Pod.
• He and Tile Turnip are the only plants to have their sun cost increased the more they are deployed.
  • However unlike Tile Turnip, Ultomato could decrease the sun cost back if he is shoveled or destroyed.
  • Coincidentally, they are also similar to the Upgrade plants used in Survival: Endless from the first game with the former doubling its sun cost and the latter increasing its sun cost by 50 sun, which is similar to the said survival mode from the original game.
• Penny's starting level quote misspells "Ultomatoes" as "Ultomatos".
• If the player plants an Ultomato on a minecart, and then moves him to another lane while he is shooting, there is a glitch where the laser moves to the lane which Ultomato moves to, but part of the laser's sprites will still appear in the original lane.
• If an Ultomato is fed Plant Food when Fila-mint is on the lawn, the light it creates will still appear for about 2-3 seconds after he explodes.
• If an Ultomato is covered in octopi thrown by Octo Zombie while he is shooting, part of his laser's sprites will remain forever until the octopus is destroyed.
• He and Dartichoke are the only 2 straight-shooting plants that can attack through objects.
• In Chinese version, he is the only plant to have an unique level 4 upgrade, being able to instantly upgraded to one level instead of having a chance to activate his Plant Food ability when planted. This is because having the normal boost chance upon planting effectively makes him unusable as his Plant Food ability destroys himself.
• Ultomato is one of the few plants that destroys himself when fed with Plant Food, the others being Bzzz Button and Doom-shroom.
  • Coincidentally, Ultomato and Bzzz Button also part of the Fila-mint family.
  • However, Marigold destroys itself with its Plant Food ability when hacked.
• Ultomato is one of the five plants to have costume in the Chinese version but not in the International version. The others being Imitater, Dazey Chain, Vamporcini, and Meteor Flower.

See also

• Pea Pod
• Tile Turnip

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