Blazareca

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Blazareca is a plant obtained during the Far Out Festival 2022 from spinning the "Unlock-a-plant" wheel on any level after 5. It costs 225 sun to play and deals 280 DPS to zombies and 60 DPS to plants. DPS in this case means "damage per second," since the Blazareca shoots one concentrated beam at a constant rate, not stopping until its target is defeated. It then experiences a 5 second cooldown before targetting the now-toughest zombie on the lawn. This concentrated beam is aimed toward the strongest zombie on the screen, and is delivered in a straight line, damaging all zombies and plants in that line. Plants are damaged less than zombies, but still are hurt.
== Origins ==
Blazareca's name is a portmanteau of the areca, a type of palm, and the blazar, which is a type of astronomical object that is an extremely luminous supermassive black hole ejecting energy toward us. In short, it's the same thing as a quasar, except pointing at the Earth. This aspect of blazars influenced Blazareca's ability, as not only is it spewing out large amounts of energy like with quasars, but it's also directed toward something specific.
== Plant Food Power ==
When powered up, Blazareca will stream a beam of energy that kills all zombies between it and the toughest zombie as well as all plants. This is a costly plant food, but is great in the end game, especially on a level with lots of Gargantuars or tough zombies
== Almanac ==
== Strategy ==
The Blazareca can be used in nearly all stages of the game. It's harder to pull off in the early game due to its relatively high sun cost and slow recharge, but if played earlier, it can take care of most of the early game zombies. If Blazareca is prioritzed as the first plant to place after gaining enough sun, it can make short work of earlier game zombies, as most levels will feature less tough zombies in the beginning, ones which the Blazareca can take care of solo before they reach the house. Another added benefit of this strategy--wherein Blazareca is the first (or one of the first) offensive plant(s) placed--is that there are not many other plants on the lawn to be damaged by its beam. You won't be sacrificing much when placing a Blazareca in the early game.
However, more challenging zombies that call for more offensive plants could be introduced earlier in the level. In this case, using other offensive plants to deal with earlier zombies is probably a more effective strategy. Blazareca can be used in the late game in these cases. After a fair amount of plant food is saved up, instantly recharging the Blazareca and planting a few to deal with Gargantuars or other strong zombies is a fair play. Due to the circumstances of the late game, it's usually of little to no concern to lose plants because the level will end shortly. 
Blazarecas combo best with Wallnuts or other offensive plants. Wallnuts placed in front of the Blazareca protect it from being eaten by zombies. The Wallnut does run the risk of being hurt by the Blazareca, but due to its high health, this shouldn't be too much of an issue. Blazarecas work well with other offensive plants as they allow for damage to be dealt to zombies that may not be the toughest. Relying solely on Blazarecas is not an effective strategy.
Blazarecas are best placed closer to the front of the lawn when using the early game strategy, and in the back when using the late game strategy. They are most effective in the front since most other plants will be placed in the back, where the Blazareca won't be firing first. Additionally, most zombies will be weaker and will take longer to reach the Blazareca, so most firing will be done towards the front. In the late game, stronger zombies will take more hits to defeat. Due to Blazareca's slow recharge, losing one at this stage is not ideal. Placing them in the back ensures that zombies will take a longer time to damage the Blazareca, and will take more damage before the Blazareca is destroyed.
For levels with special objectives, the Blazareca can help or harm. Never choose the Blazareca if the intention is to lose as few plants as possible. The risk of a plant being killed by a Blazareca is too high. However, if the goal is to have as few plants on the lawn as possible or spend the least amount of sun, Blazarecas are good since their sun cost isn't too terribly high, and they do massive amounts of damage for being just one plant.
== Trivia ==
* Blazareca's plant food power is one of the few in the game that can one-shot a Garg
* I am still working on the image, so this is not entirely completed yet, but I'm getting there
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