Spookcumber

Spookcumber is a special-edition event plant introduced in Plants vs. Zombies 2 and released for the Lawn of Doom 2020 contest as well as the plant featured in Spookcumber's Spine-tingling Tournament.
Although he doesn't attack zombies, he does scream at them which causes them to be pushed back, slowed down, and vulnerable to taking more damage but only every 10 seconds. Zombie speeds will be slowed down by 25%, and will also take 25% more damage than normal making them a terrific frontline fighter alongside powerful plants like Spikerock.
== Origins ==
Spookcumber is based off of the cucumber, a creeping vine plant of the Cucurbitaceae gourd family, but with a bedsheet over its head to make it resemble a bedsheet ghost which is a common costume worn on Halloween which is what the theme of this contest was about.
Spookcumber is a pun on the word "spook" as spooking somebody is what traditional ghosts do and what the plant does himself, and the plant cucumber which is what this plant is underneath the robes
== Upgrades ==
=== Plant Food Effect ===
When fed Plant Food, Spookcumber will scream loudly and knock all zombies in a 3x3 area back five tiles and will cause them to take 50% more damage and be slowed by 50% for five seconds.
=== Contain-mint Effect ===
When boosted with Contain-mint, Spookcumber's knockback strength will be increased by two extra tiles, zombies will be slowed by 50% as well as take 50% more damage, and his attack speed will be decreased to 2 seconds
=== Level Upgrades ===
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge 	Toughness	Firing Rate	Knockback	Weaken & Slow	Range
1 	0 	0 	125 	15 seconds	200 dps 	10 seconds 	3 tiles 	25% 	1 tile
2 	10 	1,000 	125 	15 seconds	225 dps 	10 seconds 	3 tiles 	25% 	1 tile
3 	50 	2,000 	100 	15 seconds	225 dps 	10 seconds 	3 tiles 	25% 	1 tile
4 	100 	4,000 	100 	10 seconds	225 dps 	10 seconds 	3 tiles 	25% 	1 tile
5 	125 	6,000 	100 	10 seconds	300 dps 	10 seconds 	3.5 tiles	30% 	1 tile
6 	175 	8,000 	100 	10 seconds	300 dps 	10 seconds 	3.5 tiles	30% 	2 tiles
7 	250 	10,000	100 	8 seconds 	350 dps 	8 seconds 	3.5 tiles	30% 	2 tiles
8 	350 	15,000	75 	8 seconds 	350 dps 	8 seconds 	3.5 tiles	30% 	2 tiles
9 	450 	20,000	75 	8 seconds 	350 dps 	8 seconds 	3.5 tiles	35% 	2.5 tiles
10 	800 	25,000	75 	8 seconds 	400 dps 	6 seconds 	4 tiles 	40% 	2.5 tiles
== Almanac Entry ==
== Strategies ==
Spookcumber's lack of range and lack of offensive capabilities do put him at a disadvantage when it comes to large swarms of enemies especially due to the long intervals between his attacks. However, his ability to affect entire tiles of zombies as well as pushing them back far coupled with his zombie-slowing and weakening abilities does give him a few uses. He is especially effective in levels with dangerous threats like the Excavator zombie, Relic Hunter zombie, and Explorer zombies as his stalling and knockback tactics allow time for his plant friends to take them down quickly.
AoE plants like Winter Melon, Spikerock, and Laser Bean work well with Spookcumber because of the slowed and weakened nature of these zombies allowing for the powerful plants to take them out at high rates. Melee plants like Pokra and Wasabi Whip will struggle to keep up with the plants being bounce around, but others such as Celery Stalker will benefit from the zombies being pushed into them. And of course, Blover should always be considered for these levels since Spookcumber can knock back almost every zombie which can easily be wiped out by the powerful combo.
== Trivia ==
* This is CCogStudios' second attempt at participating in an event, with the first attempt being Kowhai Basin.
* The artwork was created by the wonderful KyaOBeans, go check his stuff out!
Category:Cucumbers
Category:Ghost Plants
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