Witch Hazel (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

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.

For other uses, see Witch Hazel (disambiguation).

Witch Hazel
Witch Hazel uses magical sorcery to transform zombies into Puff-shrooms.
Statistics
Sun Cost	200
Recharge	30 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	1200 damage
Firing Rate	17.25 seconds
Transform Zombie	Puff-shroom
Family	Enchant-mint
Plant Food effect	Turns a random zombie into a Toadstool.
Special	Prefers to target Wizard Zombies
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	200
Recharge	30 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	1200 damage
Attack Rate	18 seconds
Range	Three Lanes to the Right
Area	Single Target
Class	Ranged
Quality	Legendary
Tags	Damage, deadly, magic
Plant features	Yellow plant, mystic sorcerer
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(cannot be turned into a mushroom)
Unlocked	NA: $6.99 · EU: €5.49 · UK: £4.99
Unlocked (China)	Collecting 10 Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Code name	witchhazel
Witch Hazel paused, unsure how to proceed. Then, all at once, she knew: Use magic, like, ALL THE TIME!

Witch Hazel is a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, tied to the 2016 Lawn of Doom event introduced in the 5.4 update. She reappeared in the 2018 Lawn Of Doom event on October 16th, along with Ghost Pepper, Jack O' Lantern, and Shadow Peashooter.

When planted, she transforms a zombie in her lane or an adjacent lane into a Puff-shroom (while she is at level 1 - 6), or a Fume-shroom (once she is at least level 7). At level 1, she takes approximately 18 seconds to recharge her attack. She will always prioritize Wizard Zombies.

Although the levels of spawned plants are fixed depending on Witch Hazel's level, if the player's own plants - namely Puff-shroom, Fume-shroom, Toadstool, and Hypno-shroom - are higher-leveled, Witch Hazel will spawn those plants at the levels that the player owns instead. The same applies to Spear-mint and her generated Spikerocks.

Witch Hazel cannot turn the following zombies into mushrooms, but can damage them: Treasure Yeti, Imp Cannon, Shield Zombie, Zombie King, Gargantuar variants, Healer Zombie, Zcorpion Zombie, Zombie Medusa, Zombie Medusa's statue, Catapult Zombie, Zomboni, and Zombie Bobsled Team. She cannot target the following zombies: Dr. Zomboss, Cardio Zombie, Z-Mech, Roman Caesar Zombie, and #caketank.

Almanac entry

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

Witch Hazel
	SUN COST 200 RECHARGE 30 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 1200 FIRING RATE 17.25 Special Transform Zombie Enchant-mint Plant Food: Turns a random zombie into a Toadstool. Witch Hazels use magical sorcery to transform zombies into Puff-shrooms. Witch Hazel paused, unsure how to proceed. Then all at once, she knew: Use magic, like, ALL THE TIME!

Witch Hazel

SUN COST 200 RECHARGE 30 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 1200 FIRING RATE 17.25 Special Transform Zombie Enchant-mint Plant Food: Turns a random zombie into a Toadstool. Witch Hazels use magical sorcery to transform zombies into Puff-shrooms. Witch Hazel paused, unsure how to proceed. Then all at once, she knew: Use magic, like, ALL THE TIME!

Note: In the Chinese version, Witch Hazel can only transform zombies who are at a level lower than or equal with her.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability

When fed Plant Food, Witch Hazel will transform the closest zombie to the house into a Toadstool, but will deal 2400 damage if the target is un-transformable. If there are any Wizard Zombies in her range, then she will target them instead. In the Chinese version, she transforms the zombie into a Fume-shroom instead.

Enchant-mint effect

When boosted by Enchant-mint, Witch Hazel's transformation rate will decrease to every 9-10 seconds, her zaps will do an additional 1800 damage to zombies she can't transform, and her plant food effect will do an additional 3000 damage to zombies she can't transform, the newly transformed plants will spawn at level 10. In addition, zombies will be transformed into Fume-shrooms instead of Puff-shrooms (starting at level 7, it'll transform zombies into Toadstools instead), and its plant food effect will transform zombies into Hypno-shrooms starting at level 7.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Sluggish)	Starting Recharge	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Heavy)*	Plant Food (Damage)**	Firing Rate (Slow)	Special (Transform Zombies)
1	0	0	200	30 seconds	15 seconds	300 damage	1200 damage	2400 damage	17.25-18.25 seconds	Level 1
2	10	1,000				350 damage	1250 damage	2450 damage	16.5-17.5 seconds	Level 2
3	25	2,500		25 seconds		400 damage	1300 damage	2500 damage	15.75-16.75 seconds	Level 4
4	50	5,000				450 damage	1350 damage	2550 damage	15 - 16 seconds	Level 6
5	100	10,000	175			550 damage	1400 damage	2600 damage	14 - 15 seconds	Level 8
6	200	20,000		20 seconds	10 seconds	600 damage	1450 damage	2650 damage	13 - 14 seconds	Level 10
7	400	30,000				650 damage	1500 damage	2700 damage	12 - 13 seconds	Level 4
8	800	50,000				700 damage	1600 damage	2800 damage	11 - 12 seconds	Level 6
9	1,200	75,000		15 seconds		800 damage	1700 damage	2900 damage	10 - 11 seconds	Level 8
10	1,600	100,000	150			900 damage	1800 damage	3000 damage	9 - 10 seconds	Level 10

* Damage to non-transformable zombies (per shot)
**Plant Food transforms a zombie to a Toadstool of the same level of Witch Hazel and the column shows its damage to non-transformable zombies like Gargantuars and objects.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrades  (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Spell of Mushroom Transformation 变菇术	Spawned Puff-Shrooms are invincible for 3 seconds. 为施法变出的小喷菇提供3秒的无敌光罩。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Witch Hazel gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Quick Cast 快速施法	Reduces attack cooldown to 13 seconds. 施法准备时间减少至13秒。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Witch Hazel gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Witch Hazel may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Witch Hazel gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Efficient Cast 极效施法	30% chance to attack two zombies at once. 施法时有30%的概率对两只僵尸造成效果。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Witch Hazel gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Costumed  (China only)

When fed by Plant Food with her costume, Witch Hazel will still transform the closest zombie into a Fume-shroom, but the Fume-shroom will also activate its Plant Food effect.

Strategies

Witch Hazel is a very interesting plant. Her ability to transform zombies into Puff-shrooms or Fume-shrooms seems insignificant at first but can have some very tactful uses. These newly created Puff-shrooms can be used to stall zombies for a brief second, and they can also function as targets for Wizard Zombies and Octo Zombies.

Keep in mind that Witch Hazel does not instantly transform Gargantuars into Puff-shrooms; it takes them three hits in order to defeat a Gargantuar, and even then, a Puff-shroom will not spawn from them. Also, when the Puff-shrooms spawn, they might spawn in the middle of a horde, so they have a chance to get instantly eaten by a horde of zombies.

Witch Hazel often struggles against hordes of zombies, so area-of-effect plants like Melon-pult and Phat Beet should be used to help her out. Additionally, Witch Hazel has a slow recharge, but Imitater can shore up this issue.

Keep in mind that Witch Hazel will not transform zombies above water in Pirate Seas and Big Wave Beach, but she will still instantly defeat them.

In Ancient Egypt, Far Future and Modern Day, Witch Hazel can be useful at combating the Camel Zombies, Pharaoh Zombie, Robo-Cone Zombie, Disco-tron 3000, Mecha-Football Zombie or Newspaper Zombie as she can instantly transform them regardless of their health and ignores the armor that they may have. Unlike Electric Blueberry, she will target them if they manage to get in front.

In Dark Ages, Witch Hazel can be an effective counter to the Wizard Zombie, as she prefers to target them more often than other zombies. Keep in mind though that if there are numerous Wizard Zombies coming out, Witch Hazel may not be enough to stop all of them and raw damage may be preferred.

In Lost City, Witch Hazel is a good choice to use against Imp Porter as she can transform him without letting him release his backpack. This also applies to Bug Zombie, destroying both immediately. In addition, her newly-created Puff-shrooms are a good distraction for Excavator Zombie and Turquoise Skull Zombie. Note however this may cause the Turquoise Skull Zombies to shoot a beam early. Witch Hazel can easily take down a Relic Hunter Zombie or Lost Pilot Zombie as these zombies tend to land closer to your house and are a bit tougher than usual.

In Neon Mixtape Tour, Witch Hazel is useful against Punk Zombies and MC Zom-Bs that appear with some other zombies as they can be easily distracted, giving your offensive plants an advantage to destroy them. Moreover, the Puff-shrooms serve as a great front-line sacrificing targets for Hair Metal Gargantuars and temporarily protect your other plants.

In Endless Zones, Witch Hazel is generally a poor pick due to her ineffectiveness against crowds. While she can help early on in the level to stop early zombies, she becomes fairly ineffective past that point unless she is supported by a powerful plant like Coconut Cannon and Winter Melon.

Much like Electric Blueberry and Caulipower, this plant truly shines in Last Stand levels where recharge is often disregarded, and the player can typically put five to ten Witch Hazels on the yard before unleashing the zombie horde. Once again, the Puff-shrooms can briefly stall zombies while the Witch Hazels recharge.

Toadstools created by Witch Hazel in Last Stand levels will produce sun, allowing the player to plant more plants. However, this is inconsistent, as the Toadstools have a long chewing time and may not actually get to produce sun.

It is not recommended to use Witch Hazel in levels where the number of plants on board is limited, because too many Puff-shrooms (or Fume-shrooms) might cause objective failure, which results in the loss of a level if not removed quickly. For this same reason, it isn't recommended to use Witch Hazel on levels where plant loss is limited, as spawned plants tend not to survive for long.

Avoid using Witch Hazel against Explorer Zombie or Glitter Zombie as they can easily destroy the Puff-shrooms (or Fume-shrooms) without having to stop moving.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Witch Hazel
Simplified Chinese	金缕梅女巫	Hazel Witch
French	Chamanmélis
German	Hexe Hasel
Italian	Stregacciola
Brazilian Portuguese	Bruxavelã
Russian	Ведьмин Орешник
Spanish	Bruja avellana

Trivia

• If she transforms a zombie into a Puff-shroom while the Puff-shroom is boosted, the Puff-shroom will have his Plant Food effect go off every time a zombie is transformed into a Puff-shroom.
  • This also happens with Toadstool and sometimes level 4 Fume-shrooms in the Chinese version.
• The fact that her Plant Food effect features her turning zombies into Toadstools may be a reference to how witches turn characters into frogs and toads in children's stories.
• She and Dartichoke are the only plants in Plants vs. Zombies 2 to be able to target a specific kind of zombie.
  • The other plants are Carrot Rocket (from Plants vs. Zombies Online), which prioritizes Archer Zombie, and Cactus and Cattail (from Plants vs. Zombies), which prioritize Balloon Zombies (only when flying).
  • Since Update 10.2.1. Cactus is also able to prioritize Balloon Zombie, thus making her the fourth plant to be able to do so.
    • Coincidentally, all four of them are female.
  • Gumnut is also the 3rd plant to be able to target special kind of zombies with her Plant Food effect.
• In the Zen Garden, it is shown that Witch Hazel has no eyes, even under her "hat."
  • This means that she is the second eyeless plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, the first being Chomper.
    • Coincidentally, they are both premium plants.
      • However, when she is charmed by the Boombox Zombie's Power Ballad, she appears to have heart-like eyes.
• Before the 5.7.1 update Witch Hazel's Almanac entry reused stats from Bloomerang's entry, even though they are not correct.
• Buying this plant is a way of accessing Puff-shroom and Toadstool without the use of Special Delivery or Locked and Loaded levels, if the player hasn't obtained them yet.
• Unlike other special-edition plants, there is a chance to get bonus seed packets for Witch Hazel.
• She is the second premium plant that is capable of spawning another premium plant, which is Toadstool. The first is Escape Root, which has a chance of spawning Grapeshot.
• She is the third plant tied to the Lawn of Doom event, the first plant being Ghost Pepper, and the second plant being Jack O' Lantern.
• She is the second plant to change zombies to other plants, the first being Spore-shroom.
• According to the developers in a Live from PopCap episode, she is the arch-nemesis of the Wizard Zombie. This is most likely because both are sorcerers that can transform others.
  • This may explain why Witch Hazel prefers to target Wizard Zombie.
• Although she can convert zombies into Toadstools, which produce sun, she can still be used in Last Stand, Special Delivery and Sun Bombs levels. This was likely an oversight and not intended.
• If she is used in a "Never have more than X plant(s)" level and converts a zombie into another plant, the plant will not appear if the counter is zero.

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version)  (China only)

• Witch Hazel is the only plant whose Plant Food effect doesn't match with the International version, with and without costume.
• She reuses Stallia's sounds.

See also

• Puff-shroom
• Fume-shroom
• Toadstool
• Spore-Shroom
• Wizard Zombie
• Ghost Pepper
• Jack O' Lantern

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