Jumping Spiderwort

Jumping Spiderwort is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced as part of the "Jumping Spiderwort's Springy" Arena Season.
When a zombie is at least four tiles away from it, Jumping Spiderwort will instantly spring forward and latch to the head of said zombie. Once it has latched onto the zombie, it will apply a poison effect to its target, which will deal 60 damage per second for ten seconds for a total of 600 DPS. Once the ten seconds are up or the target zombie dies, Jumping Spiderwort will disappear from its target zombie's head and the poison effect will wear off (if the target zombie hasn't died yet). Additional Jumping Spiderworts can attach themselves to the same zombie, adding an extra 10 DPS to the poison damage. Only three Jumping Spiderworts can be attached to a zombie at a time (unless upgraded). If a Jumping Spiderwort attaches itself to a zombie once the maximum capacity has been reached, the Jumping Spiderworth that attached itself to the zombie first will fall off.
==Origins==
Jumping Spiderwort is based on a Tradescantia (also known as spiderwort), a genus of herbaceous perennial wildflowers, and the Salticidae, or jumping spider, a family of spiders known for their agile jumps, referencing its ability to jump onto zombies' heads. Its name is a combination of "jumping spider", the real-life spider it's based on, and "spiderwort", the name of the plant it's based on.
==Almanac entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant food effect===
When given plant food, Jumping Spiderwort will launch two spider eggs out of its top which will land on the two tiles horizontally adjacent to it and spawn two additional Jumping Spiderworts. If there were already Jumping Spiderworts occupying these tiles beforehand, they will be healed instead (if they were harmed in the first place).
===Ail-mint effect===
When boosted by Ail-mint, Jumping Spiderwort's poison damage deals an additional 30 DPS.
===Costumed ===
Jumping Spiderwort fires three large spider eggs out of its top which target random zombies and explode on collision, dealing damage and inflicting a poison effect in a 3x3 area.
===Level upgrades===
==Strategies ==
Jumping Spiderwort is a rather mediocre plant on its own, but it is strong in numbers. Be sure to plant them ahead of time so you can plant as many as possible. Taking down strong, troublesome zombies like Bucketheads, should be easy with multiple Jumping Spiderworts present. It is recommended that you do not use them on weak zombies such as Zombie Chickens because they would go to waste pretty quickly. You should also not try to use them against Gargantuar Primes and Octo Zombies since said zombies can attack them from other lanes/far away.
==Gallery==
Jumping_Spiderwort_AnonymousUser.png|HD Jumping Spiderwort
Jumping_Spiderwort_Costume.png|HD costumed Jumping Spiderwort
Jumping_Spiderwort_Seed_Packet_Texture.png|Seed packet sprite
JumpingSpiderwortSP.png|Jumping Spiderwort's seed packet
Jumping_Spiderwort_Seed_Packet.png|Jumping Spiderwort's seed packet (no sun cost)
JumpingSpiderwortISP.png|Imitater seed packet
JumpingSpiderwortBSP.png|Boosted seed packet
JumpingSpiderwortDemonstration.png|Jumping Spiderwort clinging to the head of a browncoat zombie
==Trivia==
*This was made for the 2021 Animal Contest.
* Strangely enough, despite being based on a spider, it does not have eight legs. The reason for this is because there wasn't enough room on its body to fit two additional legs.
*Its costume (a tub of cottage cheese) is based on the children's nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffet. In it, the titular character is eating curds and whey (a type of cottage cheese) when a spider sits down next to her and scares her off.
*This is AnonymousUser the II's first verified plant creation.
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