Blitzberry

Blitzberry is a plant that will eventually feature in the game Plants vs. Zombies: Rift of the Taco.
Blitzberry is a bright, electrified berry that delivers powerful electric shocks to zombies. Blitzberry can deal direct damage and provide minor support by stunning and slowing down the advancing zombie horde using his ability to chain lightning. After he hits a zombie, there is a chance that lightning will stun a zombie temporarily and will chain onto a nearby zombie stunning them too. There is then a lower chance of that lightning chaining onto another zombie.
==Origins==
Blitzberry is mainly based off of an electrified berry. Berries are a type of fruit that are typically small, juicy, and often edible. They come in a variety of colours, flavours, and sizes, and they can be found growing on various types of plants, including shrubs, vines, and trees. Berries are commonly eaten fresh, but they can also be used in cooking, baking, and preserving. Berries themselves do not conduct electricity as they do not contain the necessary components (such as metallic elements) to carry an electrical current. The ability to conduct electricity typically requires materials that have free-moving electrons, like metals or conductive solutions.
The "blitz" part of "Blitzberry" originates from his ability to deliver rapid and powerful electric attacks. The "blitz" part may also be alluding to the military tactic known as "blitzkrieg," a German term meaning "lightning war" or "rapid attack." Blitzkrieg tactics were famously used in military strategy, involving fast and coordinated assaults to overwhelm the enemy swiftly and decisively. This may be used for Blitzberry as he can quickly slow down large hordes of enemies and can quickly change the tide of the current battle into the plants favour and help them win.
File:Image 2024-07-09 072323378.png|A cluster of Blueberries which are part of the of the Berry family.
File:Image 2024-07-09 072345143.png|A group of tanks which may be used in the military strategy known as "Blitzkrieg".
==About==
Blitzberry fires an electric berry every 3 seconds which deals 30 damage to a zombie, which is more than a pea from a Peashooter. The electric berry has a 10% chance to stun the zombie it hits for 1.5 seconds. The electric berry also has a 25% chance to chain lightning and hit up to 3 other zombies dealing 15 damage. The chance for the electric berry to stun a zombie decreases to 5% and has a 12.5% chance to chain lightning again to hit only 2 other zombies now dealing a small 7.5 damage.
Blitzberry has a starting sun cost of 200 sun, a recharge time of 15 seconds and 300 toughness which is the same as most attacking plants.
==Almanac entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
When fed with Plant Food, Blitzberry sends out a stunning shockwave in it's lane that stuns all zombies for 5 seconds and deals 200 damage.
===Fila-mint effect===
When boosted by Fila-mint, Blitzberry now shoots out an electric berry every 2 seconds and increases the amount of zombies that the lightning can hit to 5 zombies per strike and his plant food effect would activate.
===Level Upgrades===
Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed packets	Coins	Sun Cost	Recharge 	Electric Berry Damage	Lightning Splash Damage (1st Strike)	Chance To Chain Lightning	Toughness
1 	0 	0 	200 	15 seconds	30 Damage 	15 Damage 	25% Chance 	300
2 	50 	0 	200 	15 seconds	32 Damage 	15 Damage 	25% Chance 	350
3 	100 	0 	200 	14 seconds	32 Damage 	15 Damage 	30% Chance 	350
4 	200 	0 	200 	14 seconds	35 Damage 	20 Damage 	30% Chance 	400
5 	300 	0 	200 	13 seconds	35 Damage 	20 Damage 	30% Chance 	400
6 	400 	0 	175 	13 seconds	35 Damage 	20 Damage 	35% Chance 	400
7 	500 	0 	175 	12 seconds	38 Damage 	25 Damage 	35% Chance 	450
8 	600 	0 	175 	12 seconds	38 Damage 	25 Damage 	40% Chance 	450
9 	800 	0 	175 	12 seconds	45 Damage 	25 Damage 	40% Chance 	450
10 	1,000 	0 	150 	10 seconds	45 Damage 	25 Damage 	50% Chance 	500
===Mastery upgrades===
*Extra Shocking Lightning
*Splashier Splash Damage
==Strategies==
Blitzberry is a viable attacking plant with his main use being able to chain lightning to attack multiple zombies. Blitzberry clearly works best in levels with high amounts of zombies as he can stun and hit more zombies. Blitzberry would be a good counter for zombies such as Weasel Hoarder or Chicken Wrangler Zombie. Blitzberry is more expensive than Lightning Reed but deals more damage in general with even Blitzberry's splash damage dealing more than Lightning Reed does with a regular attack.
Blitzberry also works best in large groups as they can quickly chain lightning to remove large swaths of zombies quickly. These large groups would also stun more zombies which makes Blitzberry a somewhat effective staller when in big numbers. Blitzberry starts out dealing 30 damage per hit with the splash damage starting out at 15 damage but halves after each time lightning is chained. An effective way of using Blitzberry would be trying to make sure that the electric berries hit a stronger zombie such as the Knight Zombie. This is effective as the Knight Zombie would stay alive for longer than the other zombies which allows the Knight Zombie to take damage while also having a high chance to chain lightning onto other zombies and potentially stun them.
Blitzberry can be supported by plants such as Wall-nut as they allow large groups of zombies to cluster in an area which allows Blitzberry to deal damage to the zombies grouped together. Blitzberry would also work with other stallers such as Hurrikale as they allow even more zombies in a certain lane to bunch up which increases the effect of the chained lightning's splash damage. Blitzberry can also be supported by using Fila-mint in order to boost him or he can be boosted just be using Plant Food.
In terms of worlds, Blitzberry works in worlds with high amounts of zombies such as Big Wave Beach or Modern Day as Blitzberry has lots of potential zombies to chain lightning on. Blitzberry would also work well in Pirate Seas as some levels have few planks next to each other which causes chokeholds between the plants and zombies where Blitzberry can deal large amounts of damage to the zombies. Blitzberry can also destroy grid items so his usefulness also extends to Ancient Egypt, Dark Ages and Frostbite Caves as they all have grid items that can cause issues towards other plants. Blitzberry wouldn't be as useful in the Wild West as the dancing mechanic provided by Pianist Zombie may split up large groups of zombies.
== Gallery ==
File:Blitzberry.png|An image of Blitzberry on the lawn.
File:Blitzberry small.png|A zoomed in image of Blitzberry on the lawn.
File:Blitzberry b.png|A blank image of Blitzberry.
== Trivia==
*Blitzberry was an entry for the 48H RUNNER-UP Contest
Category:Plants vs Zombies: Rift of the Taco