Ivyshooter

Ivyshooter is a plant featured in and Plants vs. Zombies 2. it is a premium plant, being one of the featured plants for The Springening, and Summer nights events. Ivyshooter is can be unlocked for 250 seed packets, with his seed packets being obtained in Lost City.
Ivyshooter fires itchy peas at zombies. it's projectiles have a "Cloud-on-Impact" effect. Upon contact with a zombie, the projectile would leave behind an "Ivy-cloud" that will cover a 1x2 tile space, will stay there for 10 seconds before fading away. The cloud rapidly slows and damages all enemies that walk through it. The cloud lasts longer when leveled up. The cloud doesn't stack with other slowing effects; such as the chilling effect from any ice-based plant or the sap laid down by Sap-fling. The peas deal 20 damage; while the Ivy-cloud deal 10 damage. Zombies that touch Ivyshooter will take 1400 damage
==Origins==
Ivyshooter appearance is based on the Peashooter. with his name being a portmanteau of "Ivy and "Shooter".
He's actually based on the Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans). An allergenic flowering plant that occurs in Asia and eastern North America. The species is well known for causing urushiol-induced contact dermatitis, an itchy, irritating, and sometimes painful rash. Most people (and some animals) that come into contact with poison ivy, the area of the skin that came into contact with the plant becomes itchy. 
His cloud on impact ability is based on the Cloud-on-impact variants from Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare. Where projectiles fired from certain variants leave a cloud of their respective material that will cover a certain area and will stay in the world for a few seconds before fading away. The cloud also rapidly damages all enemies that walk through it. Ivyshooter's cloud is based on nettle agent, also known as an urticant, is a chemical can cause rashes, intense itching, redness, on the skin. 
==Almanac Entry ==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food Effect===
When given Plant Food, Ivyshooter release a burst of gas for three seconds that affects all tiles in front him, stunning all zombies in the said space for 18 seconds. As well as dealing 30 damage (per sec) to them. 
===Contain-mint Effect===
When boosted by Contain-mint, Ivyshooter will deal an additional 180 damage per pea. And his Ivy-cloud will last for an extra 10 seconds for the duration of the boost. 
===Poison damage===
If he is at level 5+, Ivyshooter will poison zombies he slowed/stunned; Dealing 10 damage per second. And when boosted by Contain-mint, his poison damage is increased by 40 damage per second.
===Damage when Touched===
When boosted by Contain-mint, Zombies that damage Ivyshooter will take 180 damage.
==Upgrade Levels==
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Projectile Damage	Special
(Poison Damage)	Plant Food Power(Damage)	Range
1 	0 	0 	125 	10 sec 	300 	20 	N/A 	180 	Straight
2 	10 	1,000 	125 	10 sec 	350 	25 	N/A 	180 	Straight
3 	100 	5,000 	125 	9 sec 	400 	30 	10 	190 	Straight
4 	200 	10,000	100 	9 sec 	450 	30 	10 	190 	Straight
5 	400 	20,000	100 	8 sec 	550 	35 	15 	200 	Straight
6 	750 	30,000	75 	8 sec 	600 	40 	15 	200 	Straight
7 	1,000 	40,000	75 	7 sec 	650 	45 	20 	280 	Straight
8 	1,250 	50,000	50 	6 sec 	700 	50 	20 	280 	Straight
9 	1,500 	60,000	50 	6 sec 	800 	55 	25 	290 	Straight
10 	2,000 	75,000	25 	5 sec 	900 	60 	25 	290 	Straight
*Direct hit damage
^Per projectile
===Mastery upgrades=== 
*Chance to Boost
*Damage Peirce
==Strategies==
Ivyshooter is basically a mix between Peashooter and Stallia. While Ivyshooter initially deals similar damage to Peashooter but with an additional 25 sun cost, It's main strength is it's Ivy-clouds. Ivy-clouds spawn when Ivyshooter projectiles hit a target (zombie or grid item) after which, an Ivy-cloud will appear on the exact tile. zombies within a 1x2 radius will take 10 damage, and have their speed reduced. Ivyshooter can be useful in delaying the more dangerous zombies like Newspapers, All-Star Zombies and even Gargantuars. Ivyshooter can't stall Jester Zombies, due to the projectiles being deflected, however they can be stall if they're near the Ivy-cloud radius spawned form another (Non- Jester) zombie. If you have Ivyshooter on level 5 or higher, Ivyshooter deals 10 poison damage to zombies within the Ivy-cloud or stunned by his plant food ability. 
However even its slowing isn't enough to delay the zombies if the player's defenses are still weak. This is especially true with flying zombies and zombies with a high amount of health points. While Ivyshooter is more effetive than the standard Peashooter, Ivyshooter is still outclassed in terms of firepower compared to Repeater, Pea Pod, and Mega Gatling Pea. It should also be noted that Ivyshooter does not work with Torchwood.
The ability to damage zombies that try to eat Ivyshooter is very situational. While weaker zombies are almost instantly killed, Ivyshooter, It's not advised to purposefully allow your Ivyshooters to get eaten. as the damage isn't high enough to damage higher health enemies. This ability isn't meant to work like the Chili Bean.
Ivyshooter great in conjunction with Ghost Pepper, Spikeweed, Spikerock, Cactus or Lava Guava, as the zombies are forced to spend more time being haunted, spiked or burned by the lava; Taking more damage. Ivyshooter is weak like the Peashooter, but it's meant to be used to stall and provide chip damage to zombies. Easily killing off weaklings like Imps, Zombie Chickens/Ice Weasels, and weakening basics zombies and certain special zombies, and even dealing higher health targets will lose a ton of health if overwhelmed by defensives with damage support from one or more Ivyshooters.
Also, Ivyshooter's Ivy-cloud don't stack with other slowing effects, such as the chilling effect from any ice-based plant or the sap laid down by Sap-fling, and even from other Ivyshooters. But having more than one Ivyshooter will allow multiple zombies to be affected by multiple Ivy-clouds, and more tile space can be covered.
==Gallery==
===Plants vs. Zombies 2===
File:Ivyshooter Premium Seed Packet.png|Seed packet
File:Ivyshooter.png|HD Ivyshooter
===Costumes===
File:Ivyshooter Nutty-Cap.png|Nutty-Cap (2nd costume)
File:Ivyshooter Classy Bowtie .png|Classy bowtie (1st costume)
File:Ivyshooter Bad Hair Day .png|Bad Hair Day (3rd costume)
==Trivia==
*Ivyshooter's almanac entry references the question of whether or not the plants abilities are ACTUALLY harmful to humans. Zombies that make physical contact with him gets the negative affects of touching poison Ivy, but the girl who hugged Ivyshooter had nothing happen to her. With Ivyshooter questioning the logic of how that happens. 
*The "Bad Hair Day" costume is based on the character Fukua from the game Skullgirls.
*All grid items (Graves/Surfboards/ect.) can be damaged by Ivyshooter's Ivy-clouds.
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