Plants vs. Zombies: Skirmish!/Peashooter

Peashooter is a playable character in Plants vs. Zombies: Skirmish! He is Character no. 01, the first character in the game. He specializes in mid-range combat with its projectiles. His stats are average, making it almost like a jack-of-all-trade character, but with a versatile moveset.
Peashooter in this game is modelled after his Battle for Neighbourville appearance, with his pea pod arms out. His moveset is a mix of other peashooting plants as well as its Shooter game appearance.
==Character Details==
Peashooter is a middleweight character with average speed on the ground and slightly above average falling speed. It's size is below average.
==Moveset==
 	Image 	Description 	References
===Neutral Moves===	
===Neutral Moves===	
===Neutral Moves=== 	
===Neutral Moves===
Neutral Attack
(Pea Shot)	 	Fire a pea forward, the peas deal small damage and hitstun, but can't be reflected until it travel some distance. If the player held down the attack button while neutral attack is out, Peashooter will continue shooting and can move and jump while doing so. Carry 10 peas to shoot before needing to reload. 	Its most basic attack in all PvZ games.
Dash Attack 	 	Shoulder charge forward, move a bit of distance. 	N/A
Floor Attack 	 	Swipe left and right with its arms when getting up from the floor. 	N/A
Edge Attack 	 	Slap forward when getting up from the edge 	N/A
===Swipes=== 	
===Swipes===	
===Swipes=== 	
===Swipes===
Forward Swipe 	 	Slap foward with one of its arm. 	N/A
Upward Swipe 	 	Clap upward, dealing the most damage if the enemy landed directly on in the clap. 	N/A
Downward Swipe 	 	Trip forward with one of its leaf leg, low chance to trip enemy onto the floor. 	N/A
===Charge Moves===	
===Charge Moves===	
===Charge Moves=== 	
===Charge Moves===
Forward Charge
(Gatling Blast)	 	Charge with a helmet and fire a bigger pea forward. Just like Neutral Attack, it can't be reflected until it travel some distance. Use up 2 Peas in its ammo. 	Repeater's Plant Food in PvZ2.
Upward Charge 	 	Charge and fire a big pea upward, it will travel straight upward and will not fall down. Use up 2 Peas in its ammo. 	It's basic attack in PvZH when used by the player.
Downward Charge
(Split Pea)	 	Charge while growing a second head behind itself, before both shooting one big pea at both directions. A bit weaker but also only use up 2 peas in its ammo. 	Turn into Split Pea, a plant in PvZ1.
Aerial Moves 	Aerial Moves	Aerial Moves 	Aerial Moves
Neutral Aerial 	 	Fire a pea forward, same properties as Neutral Attack except in the air. 	Its most basic attack in all PvZ games.
Forward Aerial 	 	Headbutt forward, if it hit enemy near the end of the attack, it will send them diagonally. 	N/A
Backward Aerial	 	Lift its legs up before releasing them backward, slow but powerful. 	One of its animation in the old version of PvZ3
Upward Aerial 	 	Shoot a blast forward then use the blast to swing its head upward. The blast can deal meteor damage to send enemy directly downward. 	N/A
Downward Aerial	 	Spin its legs to hit enemy multiple times before knocking them out. 	Its spinning legs while using Pea Suped in PvZ: BfN.
===Grab & Throws===	
===Grab & Throws===	
===Grab & Throws=== 	
===Grab & Throws===
Grab 	 	Grab with his pea pod arms. 	N/A
Pummel 	 	Headbutt the grabbed foe. 	N/A
Forward Throw 	 	Shot a pea forward to send them out. 	Its most basic attack in all PvZ games.
Backward Throw 	 	Throw them backward with its arms, send the furthest for all of its throws. 	N/A
Upward Throw
(Sling Pea Launch)	 	A Sling Pea grows below them, before shooting them upward. 	Summon a Sling Pea, a plant in PvZ2.
Downward Throw 	 	Toss the foe into the ground, they then bounce away. Send the least distance for all of its throw, useful for combos. 	N/A
===Special Moves===	
===Special Moves===	
===Special Moves=== 	
===Special Moves===
Neutral Special
(Chili Bean Bomb)	 	Shoot a Chili Bean bomb forward that explode after 5 seconds. Can be grabbed and throw like an item. Will hurt Peashooter if its too close, but can be used to reset its recovery. 	Its ability in the Shooter games.
Side Special
(Hyper)	 	Dash forward while glowing a yellow light. Can be used as recovery while in the air. Able to hit enemy for low damage, in case they are trying to attack Peashooter while recovering. 	Its ability in PvZ:GW and PvZ:GW2.
Up Special
(Pea Suped)	 	Spin its leaf legs to fly upward, move left and right to help recover itself. The spinning legs can damage enemy and even carry them to deal damage, though the top half is vulnerable. After 5 seconds, Peashooter will fall down and unable to perform other moves. 	Its ability in PvZ:BfN.
Down Special
(Pea Gatling)	 	Root itself into the ground and fire fast bullets. They can't be reflected but travel less distance and deal little shield damage. Only deal knock back when at close range and Peashooter can aim itself up and down. While in this mode, the ammo count turns into how long this move can be used for. Automatically exit this move when hit by any knock back.	Its ability in the Shooter games.
Shield Special
(Reload)	Reload 	Reload its ammo to full manually. Shield Special can only be performed in the ground. 	Its reload in the Shooter games.
Plant Food
(Mega Gatling Pea)	 	Wears a gatling helmet and start blasting a stronger version of Pea Gatling's bullet. They deal high damage and knock back while unable to be reflected. Peashooter can move around while shooting, but can't turn around. If he is hit during the move, he will lose the helmet and stop the move. 	Name based on a plant in PvZ2, ability comes from Gatling Pea's Plant Food in PvZ2C.
==Animations==
 	Description 	References
On-Screen Animation	Jump out of the ground. 	Its intro animation for PvZ:BfN
Taunt 	Celebrate by clapping its hands at one side. 	The "Hurray" Gesture in PvZ:GW2
Taunt 	Laugh maniacally while lifting its arms. 	The "Cackle" Gesture in PvZ:GW
Taunt 	Do a backflip landing with its mouth on the floor, before sucking some dirt and jump back to normal.	The "Dirt Sucker" Gesture in PvZ:GW
Victory Pose 	Celebrate by clapping its hand at one side and move it to the other side and clap again. 	The "Happy Dance" Gesture in PvZ:GW
Victory Pose 	Jump and flip sideway before landing. 	The "Rad Bean" Gesture in PvZ:GW
Victory Pose 	Taunt the loser by wriggling his body. 	The "Untouchable" Gesture in PvZ:GW
==Alternate Costumes==
Green 	Default, based on Peashooter appearance in Battle for Neighbourville.
Blue 	Based on Snow Pea.
Red 	Based on Fire Peashooter.
Pink 	Based on Sweet Pea.
Yellow 	Based on Beeshooter.
Brown 	Based on Rock Pea.
Aquamarine	Based on Electric Peashooter.
Gray 	Unlockable, based on Imitated Peashooter in the first game.
Purple 	Unlockable, based on Cosmic-Pea.
Hero 	DLC, based on Green Shadow.
==Strategy==
Peashooter can be seen as the Mario counterpart to Smash, as both are jack-of-all-trade characters that has a high skill ceiling. Peashooter's speed is decently quick so they have a lot of movement options, pair that with their good recovery and its hard to defeat them without dealing high damage. Speaking of damage, Peashooter's range is very good, one of the best in the game as well, as their projectiles can deal good damage even after traveling far. Their weakness comes from their low amount of ammo, which means they have to reload a lot, especially after using Charged Attacks. This result in their pressure game being mediocre at best.
Peashooter's moves are mainly 2 types: Fast, low range move useful for pushing enemy out and Slower but longer range attacks that pack a punch. For most swipes and aerial moves, they're the former, which is Peashooter main moves for dealing damage and combo, as they're fast and not easy to dodge. For most of their charged and specials moves, its the latter, which are useful for punish and if you read where the opponent will go next. They're great for taking stocks. The worst part of Peashooter also show here, however. As Peashooter is good at most things, but not excel in most, they doesn't have the best option with them. For example, their aerial are decent at juggling, but enemy can easily use their Down Air to disrupt them from attacking due to their aerial being the worst part of their moveset, having somewhat high end lag but with less power than other strong moves.
While specials are usually what shines for a character, Peashooter's specials are more of a support to their main moveset. Chili Bean Bomb can be useful as a trap and a recovery option, and allows for taking stock by either blowing your opponent up or applying hitstun for you to land a charge attack. However the same could also be done by the enemy as they can grab it as well. Peashooter players have to be smart and strategize during a match in order to take advantage of it. Hyper is simple and effective, it helps Peashooter recover better horizontally and allows Peashooter to have a burst movement option. It is one of the best move Peashooter has despite its simplicity. Pea Suped is a good recovery, not much to add as that's its main usage, though beware of enemies from directly above. Pea Gatling, while having high start lag, does have really powerful edgeguarding power. It can be aimed at enemies while they're outside the stage and can deal damage at long range, when they're closer, they can be knock right back by the close range projectiles, do remember that it has a limit, so you can't do it forever.
Overall, Peashooter has some really good option, while their aerial and pressure game aren't the best, they make up for it with incredible range, speed and movement pack with good damage output and knockback. One of the better character to start from, but can be even better in the hands of someone with a lot of experience.
==Trivia==
*Peashooter's Neutral and Down Special was swapped during development.
*Before all shooting characters gain "Reload" as their Shield Special, Peashooter's Shield Special was gaining Repeater leaves and can shoot two projectile for a while.
*Peashooter's moveset is inspired by BrawlFan1's video on YouTube.
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