Shooting Starfruit (PvZ2)

Shooting Starfruit is a gemium in Plants vs. Zombies 2, originally unlocked by getting 250 seed packets of him. But when Space Race was released, he was made available for 100 gems in the shop.
Starfruit attacks by projecting toxic nebulas (every 1.35-1.5 seconds) in five different directions whenever a zombie is in his line of fire: one to the left, one going up, one going down, one going to the upper right (gradient of 1/2), and the last going lower right (gradient of -1/2). When tapped on, Shooting Starfruit will fly to the zombie with the biggest health and strike it, then he will return to his tile and sleep for 15 seconds.
==Origins==
He is based on the plant with the same name and appearance from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes. Who is based on the plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 with a similar name and appearance (specifically Plants vs. Zombies 2 for the latter).
Its name is portmanteau on the words "shooting star," referring to the way it attacks, and "Starfruit," the Plants vs. Zombies plant it is based on.
==Almanac entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
Shooting Starfruit will launch 5 meteors to random zombies in the lawn, similar to how Meteor Flower does, each meteor deals 400 dps.
===Ail-mint effect===
When boosted by , Shooting Starfruit will deal an additional 150 damage per nebula.
==Level Upgrades==
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge
(Fast)	Toughness
(Typical)	Damage
(Normal)	Plant Food Power
(Damage)	Range
1 	0 	0 	250 	15 seconds 	300 damage	30 damage 	100 damage	5 Way
2 	10 	1,000 	250 	15 seconds 	350 damage	40 damage 	140 damage	5 Way
3 	25 	2,500 	250 	14.5 seconds	400 damage	50 damage 	140 damage	5 Way
4 	50 	5,000 	225 	14.5 seconds	450 damage	60 damage 	180 damage	5 Way
5 	100 	10,000 	225 	14 seconds 	550 damage	70 damage 	180 damage	5 Way
6 	200 	20,000 	225 	14 seconds 	600 damage	80 damage 	280 damage	5 Way
7 	400 	30,000 	225 	13.5 seconds	650 damage	90 damage 	280 damage	5 Way
8 	800 	50,000 	200 	13.5 seconds	700 damage	90 damage 	380 damage	5 Way
9 	1,200 	75,000 	200 	13 seconds 	800 damage	100 damage	400 damage	5 Way
10 	1,600 	100,000	175 	13 seconds 	900 damage	110 damage	550 damage	5 Way
 
 
===Level Upgrades ===
==Strategies ==
Like with every other plant that needs to rest to attack once again, Impatient Vine is always a great choice since she will reduce the reload by seconds depending on what level she is, in the case of Shooting Starfruit, his reload time will be recuded by 3 seconds if Impatient Vine is in level 1.
Using Shooting Starfruit’s Strike ability against large groups of zombies could make them easier do defeat, since the explosion deals 70 of splash damage in a 3x3 area, but this only works if the zombie with the highest health is in there, if no, you can preventing from keep moving with any defense plant or .
Using against Zombies like Zomb-blob or Gas Giant is a waste of sun, since these two are immune to poison, you could think he could be useful with his strike ability, but no, you will just waste sun and probably time since after striking, he will be vulnerable to any sort of attack.
Another good idea is to combine he with plants like Contain-weed or Sap-fling by slowing them down or simply stop them from moving them, this could help by making Shooting Starfruit able to poison the trapped zombies.
Since Shooting Starfruit can be placed on air, he could be used on Pirate Seas, Big Wave Beach or Sky City in the Chinese Version of the game, considering the big amount of zombies that come in Big Wave Beach Expansion levels, he should definitely be helpful since Jellyfish Zombie, Deep Diver Zombie and Kraken Rider Zombie are zombies with a big amount of health, making he able to use his strike ability with against these annoying zombies.
== Gallery ==
File:Shooting Starfruit.png|HD Shooting Starfruit
File:Design Comparison.jpeg|Design Comparison
File:Shooting Starfruit Seed Packet.png|Shooting Starfruit 
File:ShootingStarfruitReveal.png|Shooting Starfruit promotional image
File:Spinning Shooty.jpeg|Shooting Starfruit Strike Attack 1
File:Angry Shooty.jpeg|Shooting Starfruit Strike Attack 2
File:Sleepy Shooty.jpeg|Sleeping Shooting Starfruit
File:Shooty Strikes Back.jpeg|Shooting Starfruit Striking a 
==Trivia==
*The page was made 20 minutes before the contest ended
*He was planned to be released for new lunar year, but in the poll made by Endy, everyone chose this guy.
*The toxic nebula thing was something that came in the last minutes of the page making.
*The Old design of Shooting Starfruit was used in a TikTok video, where it was realistified.
**You can see the video here. 
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