Raycerola

Raycerola is a Fila-mint family plant that requires 250 seed packets to unlock and costs 200 sun to place in a level. 
Raycerola's ability is to fire electrical lasers at the first zombie in its lane. The lasers deal 100 damage and stun zombies upon contact. It takes Raycerola 3 seconds to fire another laser. Also, if Raycerola is placed near other Fila-mint family plants, such as Lightning Reed and Electric Blueberry, its attack will be raised by 10. It can deal up to 80 additional damage by being near eight Fila-mint family plants. 
==Origins==
Raycerola is based on the acerola, also known as the Barbados cherry or Malpighia emarginata. This type of cherry can be found in Central America, the Caribbean, and South America.
Raycerola's name is a portmanteau of the word "ray" (such as a death ray,) and the acerola, the fruit it is based on.
== Upgrades ==
=== Plant Food ===
When given Plant Food, Raycerola fires four powerful electric lasers into the air that land on a random tile in front of it that does not have a plant on it. Each laser deals 400 damage, and can deal up to 80 extra depending on how many Fila-mint family plants Raycerola is near.
=== Fila-mint Effect ===
Under the effects of Enchant-mint, Raycerola's attack increases to 200, and its Plant Food effect deals 500 damage instead of 400. Of course, these can be further boosted depending on how many Fila-mint family plants Raycerola is near.
== Strategies ==
Raycerola is an all-around good plant to use. While its lasers aren't piercing like Laser Bean's, they do 2.5x more damage, and this amount only gets higher with each Fila-mint family plant Raycerola is placed near. With the effects of Fila-mint, Raycerola can deal a huge amount of damage in a fairly short amount of time.
Some possible combinations that can be tried out:
* Lightning Reed, to cover Raycerola in case of zombies such as Chicken Wrangler Zombie.
* Citron, to deal an even greater amount of damage in a lane.
* Electric Blueberry, to rapidly deplete the number of zombies on screen.
* Ultomato, to cover the Ultomatoes until they can reach their full stage.
Raycerola has a particular weakness to Chicken Wrangler Zombies and Weasel Horders, as they can only take out one at a time, and more often than not, won't be able to take them all out before being eaten. For this reason, it is wise to consider placing a plant that can easily defeat these zombies near or in front of it.
== Gallery ==
Raycerola.png|Raycerola
Raycerola (Almanac).png|Raycerola as it appears in the almanac
Category:Fila-mint Family plants
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