Peashooter (GW:BFtG)

Peashooter is a playable plant class in Garden Warfare: Back from the Grave, and is a member of the Offensive Class. Peashooter's primary weapon is the "Pea Cannon" which deals splash damage to groups of zombies in a single area.
Peashooter specializes combat versatility and explosive damage; via either his primary weapon, or his Chili Bean Bomb. As the fastest and most mobile Plants on the battlefield without any assistance or the use of abilities; As Peashooter's Double Jump helps him outmaneuver slower opponents like the All-Star and navigate the terrain while dodging oncoming bullets and projectiles. He is an ideal class for flanking opponents and prioritizes mobility. Peashooter excels at "hit-and-run" tactics that slowly chips away his enemies' health as his high mobility allows him to get in, do damage, and escape before being noticed or take too much damage. Peashooter also has the ability to capture points twice as fast as any other class and can get there with their top-tier speed and double jumps.
He also serves as a front line assault, or a hit and run attacker, making him quite useful in many situations. Out of all the Plant classes, Peashooters are the easiest to use, so they are recommended for beginner players.
==Descriptions==
=== Character Description ===
"For Peashooter, taking out Zombies is "Easy Peasy". Wait-Did I ACTUALLY just say that?"
=== In-Game Description ===
Primary weapon deals splash damage. Great for taking out hordes of Zombies. 
== Character Attributes ==
* Captures control points faster than other classes
* Splash Damage
* Double Jump
==Primary Weapon==
The Peashooter's primary weapon is called the Pea Cannon. It deals 25 (35 if upgraded) damage with a rate of fire of 100 RPM. The weapon also deals splash damage, dealing 10 (25 of upgraded) damage in a 2.5 meter radius.
== Abilities ==
Left abilities 	Left abilities
 	Are those brains? Well Chili Bean attracts non-heroes zombies. Has a short fuse and do massive damage.
Sombrero Bean Bomb	What funnier than a bean wearing sombrero? Has a longer fuse, but does more damage.
Dark Bean Bomb 	These bean come in a pair. So you throw one Bean, then throw another one!
Nuclear Bean Bomb 	Have a long fuse that take 2 minutes. But after that, the bean turns nuclear!
Cantaloupe Bouncer	A bomb that bounces around, attracting zombies, and then explodes.
Center abilities 	Center abilities
Pea Gatling 	Turn into a mounted gatling turret that shooting peas rapidly
Retro Gatling 	Use ancient Peashooter to manually cranking out peas. But exchange for his speed attack.
Bling Gatling 	Look! His awesome and his look great when doing it!
Explosive Gatling 	Shoot peas that do explosion.
Right abilities 	Right abilities
Hyper 	Ability that allow Peashooter to jump higher, running faster, and allowing peashooter to hover in air.
Super Pea Jump 	Jump higher, but exchange for his speed.
Pea Suped 	Makes Peashooter happy. Also make him faster, jump higher and shoot faster.
Spearint 	Peashooter is now really fast. He can dodge any attack and escape from the trap!
== Attributes and Upgrades ==
=== Upgrades ===
These upgrades are available to all characters
==== Improved weaponry ====
Increase the velocity and decrease the reload time
==== Extra Ammo ====
Ammo capacity has increased. 
==== Quick Recovery ====
Increases health and Increases health regeneration.
=== Increased Zoom ===
Improves vison when aiming. 
== Class Attributes ==
Class Attributes are upgrades that are unique to the character class they belong to.
==== lactic Reflexes ====
Quicker movement speed
==== Packed Pea Pods ====
Peashooter packed some extra peas just in case. Ammo capacity has increased.
== Character Attributes ==
Character Attributes are upgrades that are unique to the character or variant they belong to.
=== Extra Energy ===
After using an ability, Peashooter will briefly gain a 5 second speed boost.
=== Chloro-Filled Peas ===
The splash damage area on Peashooter's primary weapon increases.
==Strategies==
As the fastest and arguably one of the most mobile Plant classes in the game. Peashooter's speed and ability to double jump lets him access ambushing routes and get to places before most other classes. Combine this mobility with his primary weapon's high splash damage, Peashooter is one of the best at picking and winning duels. Peashooter can ideally control the outskirts of the battlefield by picking off important or damaged enemy targets, then support his team at objectives with his increased capture-point rate. Peashooter could be considered an all-around class, possessing no overwhelming strengths or weaknesses.
==== Playing as a Peashooter ====
One can utilize Peashooter's fast moving speed by making themselves a hard target for the opponent to hit, moving side to side or by jumping a lot (Bunny Hopping) until the target is vanquished. Using abilities like Hyper, Pea Suped, and Peasprint will accomplish this task much more easily.
being one of the fastest plant classes, Peashooter is (and should be) one of the first to capture control points due to his increased capture rate.
The characters you have the biggest advantage over in fight are non-zombie heroes (like Browncoats Zombies) and low-health Zombie heroes the Imp: with a measly health of 75 HP, character like imps can be easily vanquished by Peashooter.
==== Playing against a Peashooter ====
One needs to be careful when encountering a Peashooter as his primary weapon does a hefty 25 damage and has high splash damage which poses a risk even if you manage to avoid a direct hit. Try and keep your distance and take him out from afar, Peashooter's health is mediocre so it is only required to land a few hits to vanquish him. Stay away from tight spaces as Peashooter can deal quite a large amount of damage in a large area. The character you will need to be careful the most is the Imp or scientists: with lower health, theses characters can be easily vanquished by Peashooter.
Higher health characters like All-Star and Super Brainz, will last longer in a fight against a Peashooter, but slower characters will have a harder time vanquishing a peashooter. All-Star is the biggest example, due to the slow rev up time on his football cannon, and weapon overheat; You can be left vulnerable to taking damage from the peashooter; especially if the Peashooter is using hit-and-run tactics, or flanking.
Damage dealers or characters with close range attacks have no issue vanquishing a peashooter, either using hit-and run or not. Scientists are one of the best classes to use against any flanking peashooters who get too close to you or your teammates.
== Strategies in Game ==
=== Garden Ops ===
In Garden Ops, Peashooters are important, due to their strong offense and abilities, which other classes do not have. Peashooter is capable of fighting waves of zombies highhandedly; but Peashooter still needs support from other classes, especially fighting bosses in the fifth and tenth wave. His Chili Beans are very powerful in Garden Ops, since it attracts multiple zombies near it before it explodes.
However, Zombie Heroes and Bosses are immune to Chili Bean Bomb attraction but still take major damage if they are near it. The Hyper ability enables Peashooter to move quickly, allowing him to flee battle when health is critical, or to reach certain locations quickly. It can also be used to jump on top of high places, where it will be a good view to attack the zombies. Gatling ability gives Peashooter extra firepower, allowing him to vanquish strong zombies or bosses, but restricts the Peashooter's movement until the player deactivates the ability.
=== Team Vanquish/Vanquish Confirmed! ===
Peashooter's biggest advantage is the Hyper ability. Hyper makes Peashooter move faster and jump higher, making it difficult to hit him. Hyper also allows Peashooter to get to higher ground, or catch up with fleeing opponents or fleeing away from a losing battle. Hyper works extremely well with Pea Gatling and Chili Bean Bomb ability. Chili Bean Bomb with Hyper allows Peashooter to catch unexpected opponents. During Hyper, find a suitable location, and switch to Pea Gatling to dish out massive damage on your opponent.
=== Gardens & Graveyards ===
The Peashooter is the top priority to defending a Garden in Gardens & Graveyards. Peashooters can throw their Chili Bean Bomb into the Garden to blow up the bulk of the zombies whenever they try to group-rush the Garden. Using Hyper helps Peashooters get around the large map easily. Rooting and using the Pea Gatling can take down teleporters in a matter of seconds (but watch out for counterattacks), therefore evening the odds by denying the zombies from gaining any logistical advantage. It should also be noted that Peashooter has a higher capture rate on control points, you should be the first plant to arrive at the control points' location first to give your team a head start if there any zombies guarding the point, take them out and proceed to capturing the control point.
Peashooters should keep moving and never stop at all costs (unless they are on high ground or out of reach from zombies) and should watch out for the Engineer and its Sonic Grenade, as it can severely slow the Peashooter down, making him an easy target. During times of no fighting, Peashooters should focus on keeping Foot Soldiers off from rooftops or other sniping points, or on breaking up small groups of zombies.
=== Gnome Bomb ===
Peashooters can be important for this mini-game in many situations. First of all, the Chili Bean Bomb/Sombrero Bean Bomb can damage zombies defusing a bomb, or zombies planning to set a bomb. The Hyper ability can be useful for being the first to plant a bomb, however, you are restricted from using your secondary abilities when holding the bomb, so provide cover. Pea Gatling/Retro Gatling can be useful for the situations faced by Chili Bean Bombs above if Chili Bean Bomb is recharging or to use for fun.
=== Suburbination ===
Peashooters will be as important as in Gnome Bomb and the same strategies above for Gnome Bomb work for this mini-game too. Throw a Chili Bean Bomb or root in Pea Gatling to protect your garden from being captured by zombies. The Hyper ability is useful for getting to a garden quicker and quickly capturing it.
=== Taco Bandits ===
Chili Bean Bombs can be useful for taking down zombies stealing Dave's tacos. They can't use their abilities while holding the Taco so they are significantly easier to take down. Peashooters can root in Pea Gatling in front of or near Dave's tacos to protect it from the zombies trying to steal them. 
=== Herbal Assault ===
The Peashooter's high offensive power now makes him the best assault class on the plant team, the Peashooter is fragile but also the one most agile characters, making him ideal for attacking zombies head-on with the other teammates providing fire support. If the Citron or Kernel Corn is the one that starts the fight, then the Peashooter can do a total of three things to help his ally.
One, he can use his Hyper to run and jump around the targeted zombie while providing support by shooting peas at his target, two, he can use Hyper (or Super Pea Jump) to jump up to a high vantage point and provide support from there or three, he can root himself with Pea Gatling and turn himself into a stationary Sentry Gun and mow down the zombie his ally is fighting. If you find that you reach the objective before your teammates, try to lure in as many zombies as you can, then drop a bean bomb (Sombrero Bean Bomb is the most effective). This also works if you are in a group.
The Peashooter can also be useful for helping the Rose in setting up teleporters since the Peashooter's high offensive power, coupled with Rose's magic tricks, becomes a great combo for clearing out any zombies guarding the teleporter.
When it comes to more unique game modes such as Zombotny, it's best to adapt to any situations you are faced with.
== Variants ==
*Fire pea
*Ice Pea
**Toxic Pea
**Commando Pea
**Agent Pea
**Law Pea
**Berry Shooter
**Plasma Pea
**Rock Pea
**Electro Pea
**Beeshooter
**Sweet Pea
**1mn0n3x15t3nt
**Guisan-tea
** Goo Peashooter
**Shadow Peashooter
**Droplet Pea
**Cyberpunk Pea
**Cantaloupe Bomber
**Medieval Pea
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==Gallery==
==== Current ====
File:HD Peashooter (GW-BFtG).png|Full body artwork
File:Peashooter (GW-BFtG) Icon.png|Character Icon
==== Concept Art ====
File:GWBFtG Peashooter Concept Art.png|Peashooter concept
File:Peashooter (GWBFtG) Icon.png|Peashooter's Icon
==Trivia==
* Peashooter's design looks more like Repeater than an actual peashooter.
* Peashooter's gameplay style takes some inspiration from scout from the valve game; Team Fortress 2. Such as his double jumping, and capturing control points faster than other classes.
Category:Plants
Category:Peashooting plants
Category:Garden Warfare:BFtG