Rye-thon

Rye-thon is a premium plant in , unlocked with 100 seed packets, which can be obtained through s. He fires rye grains that applies a "Rye Mark" effect on a zombie until they are defeated, each shot increasing a zombie's mark by 1. Each mark level has a unique debuff that applies to zombies and stacks on top of each other. those debuffs are: 
*Rye Mark 1 - The zombie will have its walk speed decreased by -25%. Stacks with other slowing debuffs. (can be improved via levelling)
*Rye Mark 2 - The zombie will take +20% damage from all non-Rye-thon based damages. (can be improved via levelling)
When a zombie is at Rye Mark 3, the closest Rye-thon in it's lane will pounce on it and squeeze it, dealing 15 dps to it every second until it is defeated. When it pounces, the base plant will be unable to shoot until it finishes defeating the zombie. The zombie will still have both "Rye Mark" debuffs when being squeezed. 
==Origins==
Rye-thon is a portmanteau of rye, a type of grain, and python, a species of nonvenomous snakes.
Its squeezing ability is based on how the real life python squeezes its prey.
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
=== Plants Food Effect===
When fed , Rye-thon sends 5 copies at the closest zombies to home, squeezing them for 10s and increasing their Rye Mark by 1.
===Enforce-mint Effect===
When boosted by , Rye-thon will deal an extra 50 dps and increase it's squeeze damage by 30 dps.
===Level Upgrades===
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge 	Damage 	Projectile Velocity	Squeeze Damage	Toughness	Rye Mark 1: Speed Reduction	Rye Mark 2: Extra Damage Taken	Plant Food Power (Duration)
1 	0 	100 	200 	25 seconds	50 dps 	Normal 	15 dps 	300 dps 	-25% 	+20% 	10 seconds
2 	10 	200 	200 	24 seconds	55 dps 	Normal 	20 dps 	400 dps 	-25% 	+25% 	11 seconds
3 	25 	500 	200 	23 seconds	60 dps 	+1.8x 	25 dps 	500 dps 	-30% 	+25% 	12 seconds
4 	50 	1,000 	200 	22 seconds	65 dps 	+1.8x 	30 dps 	600 dps 	-30% 	+25% 	13 seconds
5 	100 	2,500 	175 	21 seconds	70 dps 	+1.8x 	35 dps 	700 dps 	-30% 	+30% 	15 seconds
6 	200 	5,000 	175 	20 seconds	75 dps 	+1.8x 	40 dps 	800 dps 	-35% 	+30% 	16 seconds
7 	400 	10,000	175 	17 seconds	80 dps 	+3x 	45 dps 	900 dps 	-35% 	+35% 	17 seconds
8 	800 	10,000	175 	15 seconds	85 dps 	+3x 	50 dps 	1000 dps 	-35% 	+40% 	18 seconds
9 	1,200 	10,000	150 	12 seconds	90 dps 	+3x 	55 dps 	1100 dps 	-40% 	+45% 	19 seconds
10 	1,600 	25,000	150 	10 seconds	95 dps 	+3x 	60 dps 	1200 dps 	-40% 	+50% 	20 seconds
==Strategies ==
Looking at it's abilities, Rye-thon is mainly a support plant. Its speed reduction ability is especially help with plants like and , due to the fact that it stacks on top of another slowing ability. Its increased damage taken ability is helpful with major threats, like or , but has the major weakness of taking 5 seconds to fire again, which may be enough time for those zombies to cause havoc on your board. Because of this, it may be a good idea to bring another stalling plant, for the reason listed before. Its squeeze ability is specially powerful, but should be used on a more dangerous threat, like a . Plants like or are especially good at clearing away the weaker zombies so Rye-thon can squeeze the big guys. Providing so much, it's only right to make sure it lives. Stalling or wall-type plants are great for this. Using on this plant may not be a bad idea, due to it's slow recharge and inability to be spammed quickly.
==Gallery==
Rye-thon.png|Rye-thon HD
Rye-thon costume.png|Rye-thon with costume HD
Rye-thon seed.png|Rye-thon's seed packet
Rye-thon seed imitate.png|Rye-thon's imitated seed packet
Rye-thon seed no sun.png|Rye-thon's seed packet with no sun tag
Rye-thon seed no mint.png|Rye-thon's seed packet with no mint icon
Rye-thon seed no sun mint.png|Rye-thon's seed packet with nothing
Rye-thon squeeze.png|Rye-thon squeezing a zombie
Rye mark demo 1.png|A zombie having Rye Mark 1
Rye mark demo 2.png|A zombie having Rye Mark 2
Rye mark demo 3.png|A zombie having Rye Mark 3
Rye Mark.png|Rye Mark SD
Rye projectile.png|Rye-thon's projectile (levels 1-2)
Rye projectile2.png|Rye-thon's projectile (levels 3-6)
Rye projectile3.png|Rye-thon's projectile (levels 7-10)
==Trivia==
*In his almanac entry, Endurians points have two meanings at once, being "an idea that is said or written" and "the tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object"
**This is very similar to 's almanac entry.
*Its costume is based off of a snake charmer, a man who hypnotizes snake.
**However, the plant is a type of snake itself, which is the joke.
*This is a contest entry for the Animal Contest 2021.
*Credit to Miles for helping me balance it on Discord.
*This plant originally had 5 "Rye Mark" stages with a higher firing rate, but had to be removed to to much complicated it was to balance.
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