Mangosling

Mangosling being advertised as the new Birthdayz-exclusive plant.
Mangosling is an Arma-mint family plant introduced in the 9.7.1 update of Plants vs. Zombies 2, only being obtainable during the Birthdayz event by collecting 100 of its seed packets.
Mangosling seed packets are obtained by defeating any naturally-spawning Zombie in the Birthdayz event levels, with a 1% chance to drop a Mangosling seed packet per zombie. However, this chance rises by 1% for every 150 DPS a Zombie is able to absorb.
Mangoslings lob mangosteens at zombies, which split into clusters of more mangosteens!
==Origin==
Mangosling's name is a portmanteau of the words "mangosteen" and "sling". This is referenced by its ability to sling mangosteens at zombies. 
It is based on the Mangosteen, otherwise known as the Garcinia mangostana, and the verb "sling", which means to casually throw or fling. 
==Overview==
Mangoslings lob 1 big mangosteen at Zombies. This mangosteen, upon impact, splits into 4 smaller mangosteens that land in a 4 directional (plus-shaped) area in nearby lanes. However, this cannot occur if there is no lane for them to land.
The image above shows where the main mangosteen projectile lands (in red) and, as a result, where the smaller mangosteens will land.
Its main mangosteen projectile is very weak, dealing 15 dps (Less than one pea) but makes up for this lost firepower with its 4 smaller mangosteens that deal 25 damage, but land in four adjacent directions.
In addition to this, its main, weaker mangosteen has a 15% chance to slow a zombie down on impact by 25% for 6 seconds. This is indicated by a visible mangosteen on the affected zombie's head. This does not stack
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
===Arma-mint effect===
When boosted by Arma-mint, Mangosling's initial mangosteen projectile deals an additional 15 DPS and its smaller mangosteens deal an additional 20 DPS to zombies.
===Plant Food effect===
Upon being given plantfood, Mangosling launches a large mangosteen at the first zombie in its range, dealing 60 DPS. However, this splits into a maelstrom of 50 smaller mangosteens that deal 20 damage each. This attack covers the entire lawn and each zombie affected can be hit up to 10 times, adding up to a total of 200 DPS dealt to each individual zombie.
However, this maelstrom has a limit of affecting 18 zombies per projectile, limiting it from clearing entire screens of zombies.
===Mastery Upgrades===
*Chance to boost
*At a later stage of mastery, gains +4 mangosteens that split in a 3x3 area, but deal 10 damage.
==Strategies==
Mangosling is extremely beneficial for its reliant damage to other lanes. This proves especially useful for crowd control or for a counter to zombies such as Barrel Roller Zombie, as its imps will be destroyed almost immediately due to the damage of the impacting mangosteens. This also proves useful when there are zombies on other lanes that must be dealt with, as its smaller mangosteens can take care of them. 
However, it lacks single-target dps and thus should not be used for it, as it will deal barely 15-40 damage depending on the Zombie's speed. This will cause it to struggle against heavy zombies unless their hitbox spans across !multiple tiles, as this will allow its smaller mangosteens to help damage them.
Its stalling capabilities can be useful, but are not reliable, and thus, should not be used as a main staller. This is due to the slowdown of Mangosling being temporary and quite weak.
Its Arma-mint effect should be taken advantage of, as it provides almost double the firepower temporarily, and thus can make it even better for clearing large crowds of Zombies, dealing devastating multi-lane damage.
Mangosling's plant food effect also proves essential for destroying many zombies at once, with its unstoppable DPS being able to take down large numbers of zombies at once. Although this may be weak to zombies such as Chicken Wrangler Zombie or Weasel Hoarder, as they can use their spawned chickens/weasels to defend themselves, it can be useful, and almost essential, for getting rid of large crowds of Zombies, especially on certain waves when large numbers of zombies are spawned.
==Gallery==
File:Mangosling.png|Mangosling's in-game footage
File:Mangosling1.png|Mangosteen's Birthdayz promotion
File:Mangosling5.png|Mangosling's seed packet (Boosted)
File:Mangosling4.png|Mangosling's seed packet.
File:Mangosling3.png|Mangosling's seed packet when imitated
File:Mangosling2.png|Mangosling's seed packet in the Chinese version of PvZ2
File:Mangosling10.png|Mangosling's unused costume
File:Mangosling9.png|Mangosling's first costume. (Nighty Knight)
File:Mangosling8.png|Mangosling as seen in the almanac.
File:Mangosling7.png|Mangosling on the premium lawn.
File:Mangosling6.png|Mangosling on the premium lawn with his costume. (Nighty Knight)
==Trivia==
*This page took a total of 11 hours to create. 
*Mangosling was originally going to be a plant based off the Magnolia flower, with an ability planned to be based around magnetic fields, but the idea was scrapped.
*Likewise, Mangosling also took inspiration from one of my previous plants, Spudshot. 
*Mangosling was originally going to be obtained like any other seedium. The method was changed to better fit the date released and to make it unique compared to other seedium plants.
* Mangosling is the only plant to have a Birthdayz-exclusive seed packet texture, and the only plant to be obtained by collecting its seed packets from Zombies. 
* As well as this, it is one of the few plants only available for a certain period of time annually.
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