MVPine

MVPine is a plant that will eventually feature in the game Plants vs. Zombies: Rift of the Taco.
MVPine is a pinecone that is wearing his various gold medals and carries various different sport related items on his back. MVPine has the option to fire three different projectiles with the player having to tap on MVPine to switch what projectile he is currently shooting. MVPine can either fire a football which can only hit one zombie and deals knockback, a basketball that bounces on the lawn until it ricochets off a zombie and then acts like a Bowling Bulb with it flinging off of zombies with each zombie hit increasing the basketball's damage slightly each time. MVPine's last projectile is a hockey puck which deals low piercing damage but can slide under items that zombies may hold such as Screen Door Zombie's shield.
==Origins==
MVPine draws inspiration from the plant known as the pinecone. Pinecones are the reproductive structures of pine trees, consisting of a hard, woody exterior with overlapping scales that protect and disperse seeds. They come in two types: smaller male cones that produce pollen and larger female cones that contain seeds. Female pinecones mature over several seasons and eventually open to release seeds, aiding in the tree's reproduction. Pinecones are also ecologically significant as they provide food for wildlife and are popular in crafts and decorations.
MVPine also plays on words with term "MVP" and incorporates pine into it. MVPs, or Most Valuable Players, are individuals recognized for their outstanding performance and significant impact in their respective sports or fields. MVPs are typically acknowledged for their exceptional skills, leadership, and contributions that greatly influence the success of their team or organization. The MVP award highlights the player who stands out as the best in terms of performance, consistency, and overall value to their team during a specific season, event or games. An example of an MVP award can be seen in Football yearly where the best overall player in the year recieves the Ballon d'Or for their achievements. MVPine visually can be seen to have the word "Goat" written on his backpack strap. The term goat is an acronym for Greatest Of All Time which also highlights how MVPine is seen as the best in the plant world.
File:Totally-natural-pinecones-smallpetselect 398 1000x.webp|An image of a generic pinecone.
File:Robbery.jpeg|The Ballon d'Or ranking for 2023 which had Lionel Messi win it.
==About==
MVPine has three different projectiles where the player can tap on MVPine to choose which projectile to shoot. If the football is selected, MVPine throws a football every 3 seconds that deal 40 damage per hit and knocks a zombie back by 0.5 tiles due to the impact. If the basketball is selected, MVPine throws the basketball every 3 seconds that deals 30 damage that increases by 5% with every ricochet off the basketball. If the hockey puck is selected, MVPine slides the puck across the ground every 3 seconds which deals 10 damage but has infinite pierce and can slide under shields and shovels.
MVPine has a starting sun cost of 150 sun, a recharge time of 10 seconds and 300 toughness. MVPine is also part of the Appease-mint power mint family.
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
When fed with Plant Food, MVPine fire 5 homing tennis balls that deal 300 damage that prioritise their targeting on special zombies.
===Appease-mint effect===
When boosted by Appease-mint, MVPine's projectiles deal double damage and he activates his plant food effect.
===Level Upgrades===
Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed packets	Coins	Sun Cost	Recharge 	Football Knockback	Basketball Damage Increase	Hockey Puck Damage
1 	0 	0 	150 	10 seconds	0.5 Tiles 	5% Damage Increase 	10 Damage
2 	50 	0 	150 	10 seconds	0.5 Tiles 	5% Damage Increase 	10 Damage
3 	100 	0 	150 	9 seconds 	0.5 Tiles 	5% Damage Increase 	12 Damage
4 	200 	0 	150 	9 seconds 	0.6 Tiles 	10% Damage Increase 	12 Damage
5 	300 	0 	150 	8 seconds 	0.6 Tiles 	10% Damage Increase 	12 Damage
6 	400 	0 	125 	8 seconds 	0.6 Tiles 	10% Damage Increase 	15 Damage
7 	500 	0 	125 	7 seconds 	0.8 Tiles 	15% Damage Increase 	15 Damage
8 	600 	0 	125 	7 seconds 	0.8 Tiles 	15% Damage Increase 	17 Damage
9 	800 	0 	100 	7 seconds 	1 Tile 	15% Damage Increase 	17 Damage
10 	1,000 	0 	100 	5 seconds 	1 Tile 	20% Damage Increase 	20 Damage
===Mastery upgrades===
*Heavier Projectiles
*Ankle Breaker Puck
==Strategies==
MVPine is a very useful plant due to his ability to switch what projectiles he is shooting which can be changed depending on what situation he is currently in. MVPine's starting sun cost is 150 sun which is average for an attacking plant which puts him on par with other plants such as Snow Pea in terms of pricing. His recharge is longer than most other attacking plants so it is recommended that you start placing MVPine early in levels in order to get a lot of MVPines on the lawn as he is also capable of dealing with certain threats in the early game. MVPine can also be used in levels where you can only place a certain amount of plants due to his various projectile types and ability to potentially hit zombies in other lanes with his basketball.
The first of MVPine's projectiles is the football which he throws at zombies which deals 40 damage with it also being the highest damage of the three projectiles and deals knockback similar to Primal Peashooter but has no luck involved with the knockback which makes MVPine useful in levels where you need to stop zombies from trampling the Flowers as he can reliably knockback the zombies each time with a lower damage output when compared to Primal Peashooter. The football projectiles may also be useful in the early game where high health zombies such as Buckethead Zombies may be a nuisance to your other selected plants but if placed near the house on the lawn, he can push the Buckethead Zombie enough times to eventually kill it.
The second of MVPine's projectiles is the basketball that bounces along the lawn until it hits a zombie and acts like a Bowling Bulb however with each hit that the basketball gets, the damage of it increases by 5% (if MVPine is level 1) which can prove to be useful if there is a group of zombies in other lanes close to the zombie currently being hit. In levels with hoards, MVPine can be paired with plants that can group zombies together such as Gumnut in an attempt to deal massive amounts of damage to all the zombies and increase the damage of the basketball very quickly. The basketball itself deals 30 damage so even with only 3 hits consecutively, the basketball deals 35 damage which is nearly double the damage that a pea from a Peashooter.
The third of MVPine's projectiles is the hockey puck which can slide through multiple zombies with the puck dealing 10 damage at level 1 making it an effective hoard killer within his lane however the puck also slides under shields and shovels that zombies are holding which allows the puck to deal damage to the zombie holding the shield while also still damaging zombies hidden behind it. When the puck is active, it may be effective trying to group zombies together into a single lane to maximise the amount of damage that MVPine is doing, plants like Sweet Potato or Garlic can be used to achieve this.
MVPine synergizes with lots of plant due to his different projectiles type with each benefiting from certain plants. MVPine in a way can also synergize with himself such as having multiple MVPines in the same lane throwing footballs can effectively stall a zombie forever while having a MVPine throwing basketballs and another sliding hockey pucks can successfully wipe hoards without much fuss. MVPine benefits from Plant Food as the tennis balls can target special zombies in other lanes such as Wizard Zombie which can being causing chaos in other lanes. MVPine also benfits from the use of Appease-mint as his damage doubles which would kill zombies and hoards in twice the speed.
In terms of worlds, MVPine works quite well in worlds with large groups of zombies spawning such as Modern Day,Big Wave Beach or Lost City as it gives MVPine's basketballs or pucks a lot of targets to hit. MVPine's relatively low sun cost would provide some use in Dark Ages in trying to destroy gravestones with his hockey puck but it is advised to not use MVPine in levels where Jester Zombie is present due to his returning projectiles ability. MVPine can also be effective with dealing with grid items so his effectiveness extends to Ancient Egypt and Frostbite Caves. MVPine would be very useful in Pirate Seas as the majority of zombies can only spawn in a few lanes however the hockey puck would fall into the water if there is no plank in front of him. MVPine may be less useful in Jurassic Marsh as the Jurassic Bully is immune to knockback and the Dinosaurs can split groups of zombies up.
==Gallery==
File:MVPine.png|An image of MVPine on the lawn.
File:MVPine zoom.png|A zoomed in image of MVPine on the lawn.
File:MVPine blank.png|A blank image of MVPine.
==Trivia==
*MVPine was an entry for the BUFFS AND BRUISES CONTEST 2024!
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