Master Fung Shui

Master Fung Shui is the first premium plant unlocked in The Sanctuary's level path C (more about level paths here) in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, after beating Level 3C. Master Fung Shui is a flying straight-shot plant that launches energy (or qi) spores at zombies, which do just as much damage as a pea (20 DPS), but they also inflict an "enfeebled" status effect on zombies that are hit by them, disrupting the flow of their qi (see Origins section for more info). Enfeebled zombies become more susceptible to attacks such that incoming attacks gain a chance to deal critical damage, where attacks will deal triple damage. An energy spore adds an additional 2.5% chance, but this enfeebled status effect can stack up to 25% (if zombies are not hit by another energy spore for 6 seconds, all stacks of the status effect wears off). Gargantuars and vehicles are more resistant when they are hit with critical attacks, such that critical attacks only deal 1.5× times the damage.
Master Fung Shui has a unique gimmick where he will gain buffs or even debuffs depending on where the player plants him on the lawn (this is extremely different from how Red Stinger's positional gimmick works). When Fung Shui's seed packet is tapped/clicked on (or held on if dragging to plant), the lawn will display clusters of flowing energy, where some of these clusters may either be glowing white or red. Not all tiles will be covered by an energy cluster, and the number, sizes and arrangements of these clusters can vary. If you plant Fung Shui on a tile covered by a cluster of:
*White energy - Fung Shui's firing rate is doubled, and the enfeebled status effect can now stack up to a 50% chance.
*Red energy - Fung Shui's energy spores do half the usual damage to zombies and his firing rate is also halved, but the spores can still inflict the enfeebled status effect on zombies.
The clusters of energy will disappear upon planting him or deselecting his seed packet, and will reappear again for you to see whenever you use his seed packet. Where and how the clusters of energy are positioned and arranged varies from level to level, so the same tile in one level may not have the same effect on Fung Shui in a different level.
In the seed selection screen, Master Fung Shui's seed packet has an eye icon at the top right corner of his seed packet that allows you to view the lawn of the current level (just like the icon with the zombie eye), except it also shows you the clusters of energy present. This will allow you to plan your usage of Fung Shui (if you decide to use him) before beginning the level.
==Origins==
Master Fung Shui's name is a portmanteau of "fungus" and "feng shui". Fungus refers to the type of 'plant' that Fung Shui is based on and "feng shui" is the traditional Chinese practice that Fung Shui's gimmick is based on. Feng shui is used to analyze the surrounding environment to determine the ideal position and orientation of tombs, buildings and other objects in order to achieve the ideal flow of qi (气). Qi (literally meaning "air") in traditional Chinese culture is known as a vital force or energy that encompasses all life. Ensuring the ideal flow of qi is believed to improve qualities such as health, wealth and luck, which may be worsened instead if the flow of qi becomes disruptive. All this refers to how Master Fung Shui shoots energy spores that utilize qi in order to disrupt the flow of qi in zombies to weaken them, and how his position on the lawn influences whether Fung Shui is buffed or debuffed.
The mushroom that Master Fung Shui's appearance is based on is specifically those in the Ganoderma genus, which is known to have some species of mushrooms that have been used in traditional Asian medicine for centuries.
==Almanac entry==
Master Fung Shui
Sun cost: 175
Recharge: Mediocre
Fires energy spores at zombies that make them vulnerable to critical attacks. Can become more or even less powerful depending on their position.
Special: Can gain buffs when planted within white energy clusters, or debuffs in red energy clusters
Just by looking at him and feeling his energy, many think that Master Fung Shui has levels of wisdom that very few manage to achieve. But what if I told you that this same fungus stubbornly writes with his left hand even though he's right-handed, will only sleep on the ceiling, and REFUSES to stop driving in the middle of two lanes? Yes he's caused multiple car accidents. Yes he bribed his examiner to let him pass his driving test.
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food power===
When fed with Plant Food, Master Fung Shui will start emanating a large amount of energy from him before releasing it on the entire lawn, inflicting a 100% enfeebled status effect on all zombies that lasts for 12 seconds, while also releasing a barrage of energy spores down his lane and the lanes next door, releasing 20 in each lane.
===Stat tiers===
Stat 	Tier 1 	Tier 2 	Tier 3 	Tier 4	Tier 5
Strength 	10 DPS 	15 DPS 	20 DPS 	
25 DPS
(Unlock cost: 1 Strength Token)	
30 DPS
(Unlock cost: 2 Strength Tokens)
Toughness 	50 DPS 	200 DPS 	300 DPS 	
400 DPS
(Unlock cost: 1 Toughness Token)	
550 DPS
(Unlock cost: 2 Toughness Tokens)
Sun cost 	250 sun 	200 sun 	175 sun 	
150 sun
(Unlock cost: 1 Sun cost Token)	
100 sun
(Unlock cost: 2 Sun cost Tokens)
Recharge 	25 seconds	20 seconds 	15 seconds 	
10 seconds
(Unlock cost: 1 Recharge Token)	
5 seconds
(Unlock cost: 2 Recharge Tokens)
Firing rate	2 seconds 	1.75 seconds	1.5 seconds	
1.25 seconds
(Unlock cost: 1 Firing rate Token)	
1 second
(Unlock cost: 2 Firing rate Tokens)
More about the upgrading system here.
==Strategies==
Although Master Fung Shui's base attack damage and firing rate is identical to that of a Peashooter, he is useful for enabling your defense to take out zombies quicker by allowing attacks to have a critical chance. This makes him ideal in defenses that have more offensive plants with fast attack rates such as Bonk Choy and Gloom-shroom, as this allows a larger number of critical attacks done within a short time span.
Since Master Fung Shui needs time to strengthen the enfeebled status effect on zombies with multiple shots, he is better used in levels where there are more high-health zombies. Low-health zombies may be defeated before the enfeebled status effect even becomes potent, so avoid using him in levels where these types of zombies are abundant.
Master Fung Shui's positional gimmick, as you would expect, is an important factor you need to take into consideration if you want to make the most out of him. Make sure to always check the lawn's arrangement of energy clusters during seed selection so you can decide whether using Fung Shui would be a good idea, and, if you do use him, plan where you want to place him. Since Fung Shui needs to take time to build up a potent enfeebled status effect on zombies, planting him within a red energy cluster that slows his firing rate is very disadvantageous, so it's not worth trying to place Fung Shui within those energy clusters. Because of this, you should at least plant him in areas without energy clusters, if not within the white energy clusters. But, of course, it's recommended to use him in these white energy clusters to use him to his full potential (especially when it increases the max. stack limit for the enfeebled status effect).
Since attempting to make a symmetrical defense may be tricky while trying to plant Fung Shui within white energy clusters (or even when just trying to avoid the red ones altogether), one type of defense which you could use that may incorporate Fung Shui well is one which utilizes Garlic. That way, you can divert zombies into lanes where Fung Shui can be more conveniently placed within white energy clusters without making your defense too messy. Plus, you can use plants like Gloom-shroom that pair very well with this defense due to how they're commonly used with Garlic, since, as mentioned before, their high firing rate pairs very well with Fung Shui's enfeebled status effect.
==In other languages==
==Trivia==
*Originally, Master Fung Shui's gimmick was also going to, in some way, involve the five elements in Chinese philosophy, called wu xing (五行). This was later scrapped in order to make his gimmick less complicated.
*Master Fung Shui was planned to have a PvZ2C version (which is why he has a Chinese name decided), but this idea was later scrapped as the creator did not have the time to make it.
==Gallery==
Master Fung Shui.png|Master Fung Shui (HD)
Master Fung Shui's costume.png|Costume
Master Fung Shui's seed packet.png|Seed packet
Master Fung Shui in white energy cluster.png|Master Fung Shui when planted in a white energy cluster
Master Fung Shui in red energy cluster.png|Master Fung Shui when planted in a red energy cluster
Master Fung Shui's normal projectile.png|Master Fung Shui's regular energy spore
Master Fung Shui's white energy projectile.png|Master Fung Shui's energy spore when in a white energy cluster
Master Fung Shui's red energy projectile.png|Master Fung Shui's energy spore when in a red energy cluster
Enfeebled zombie.png|A zombie inflicted with the enfeebled status effect
Lawn with energy clusters.png|An example of an arrangement of energy clusters on the lawn
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