Solyssum

THEME: Enlighten-mint 
Solyssum is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 and was first introduced on the 11.9.1 update. 
Solyssum fires three solar bolts per burst every 5-7 seconds, to randomly selected sun producers in a 3x3 area around her. Each solar bolt temporarily adds 5 sun to the amount of sun that the sun producers produce. Once they produce sun, the sun bonus will be reset.
Solyssum will only target sun producers around her; that means she won't do anything when there are no sun producing plants around her. She also won't attack zombies who are in range.
Solyssum's solar bolts each have a unique target. If there are less than three sun producers around her, she won't fire the remaining solar bolts to the same producer; she simply won't fire them at all.
Sun producers can receive sun bonuses from multiple Solyssums. The maximum that they can receive in total is 50 sun. When they've reached the limit, Solyssums will no longer target them.
She was tied to the Solar Shower - Community Event, wherein all players had to collectively collect a million sun in a month. Players who participated in the event were able to unlock her for free when the milestone was reached. After the event, she was made permanently available for 100 gems.
==Origins==
Solyssum is based off of aurinia saxatilis, commonly known as "basket of gold" and "golden alyssum", an ornamental plant native to Asia and Europe.
Solyssum's name is a portmanteau of "alyssum", the plant she is based on, and "sol", the latin word for "sun".
==Almanac Entry==
 
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
Solyssum directly absorbs solar energy from the sun and releases it in a 3x3 area around her, making sun producers produce sun instantly. Any sun bonuses that they've received are still applied. 
===Enlighten-mint effect===
Solyssum now fires five solar bolts per burst, and her fire rate is increased to every 2-4 seconds. Sun producers affected by her plant food effect produce an additional 50 sun.
==Strategies==
Solyssum can provide great utility and constant support to the player with her space efficiency and ability to increase sun production.
Note that Solyssum is purely a support plant; she does not produce sun on her own, and completely relies on other sun producers to be able to do anything. It's advised not to plant her during the early game, or at least sparingly only. The player should prioritize planting sun producers instead, who can then be supported by Solyssum later on.
It's best to plant as many Solyssums. With the right set-up, it's possible for the player's sun producers to produce twice as much sun, while occupying lesser space.
Solyssum works best with Sun-shroom and Primal Peashooter. The former's cheap price allows the player to save more sun to be able to plant Solyssum, while still having a good amount of sun producers on the lawn. If the player wants to have more sun and have a constant source, they can go with the latter instead. Both are excellent choices, and can even be paired together.
Solyssum's plant food allows her to instantly make all sun producers around her to produce sun. This can come in handy when the player is running out of sun and needs to deal with an immediate threat/s.
Solyssum can be considered as an alternative to Enlighten-mint when the player doesn't have it yet. It does not match the latter's capabilities, but Solyssum can offer similar support.
Unfortunately, Solyssum can take a bit of time to set-up in your defense. She's not exactly cheap, and her recharge isn't fast. The player can also simply resort to planting more sun producers. However, Solyssum can still be a great asset to the team and provide valuable support.
==Gallery==
Note: Additional renders may be made in the future!
File:SolyssumHD.png|HD Solyssum
File:SolyssumSP.png|Solyssum Seed Packet
File:SolyssumConcept.png|Solyssum's concept art
==Trivia==
*Excluding game pages, it has been 453 days since the creator has made a creation on the wiki (Shroomcerer Zombie, released on August 22, 2023).
*She was intended for Color Contest 2024, but was used for Mintest 2024 instead.
*Her almanac entry features the numbers 11, 17, 20, and 24. When combined, it forms the date 11/17/2024, which is when she was released.
*Solyssum had a different ability during her conception. She was supposed to fire solar bolts at random zombies, and for each hit, she'd emit a pulse of solar energy that would decrease the sun production time of sun producers.
**The creator deemed it to be a bit complicated, so he reworked it into Solyssum's current iteration.
*Despite being in the Enlighten-mint family, she doesn't directly produce sun.
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*Other concept names for her include Solsythia (based on forsythia), and Solstrife (based on loosestrife).
**Speaking of names, you may or may not be wondering, "why didn't you name it Alyssun instead of Solyssum?" Well, it sounds like "Alison", which sounds weird to me, and I think Solyssum's got a better ring to it.
*She had a scrapped flavor text, about how she was used as for Suburbia's fireworks displays, as a reference to how her "attacks" look like fireworks.
**Her current almanac entry is actually inspired by that of an unreleased plant from the creator, called Mycenami. Both entries feature both plants unknowingly wreaking havoc to Suburbia.
*i spedran this page bro i didn't know i only had two days left 😭🙏 so to me this was a 24h contest (i can't do anyhing on the last day because school)
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