Cosmic-pult

Cosmic-pult is an offensive lobber plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 10.3.1 update for the Cosmic-pult's Outer Space Arena Season. It lobs cosmic cabbages every 3 seconds that deal damage and create a mini vortex below the zombie, which can deal multi-hitting damage to them and sometimes suck in small zombies.
The mini vortex will stay for 2 seconds before disappearing, dealing 10 damage every half a second for a total of 40 extra damage. However, fast zombies may be able to avoid it. While the cosmic cabbages can only hit one target, the mini vortex can damage all zombies within the tile. Flying Zombies can completely ignore the vortex, but will still take damage from the cosmic cabbages.
It has a chance of 40% to suck in small zombies and instantly kill them. This includes Imps and zombies shrunk by Shrinking Violet.
==Origins==
Cosmic-pult is based on the real life cabbage, a popular cultivar of the species Brassica oleracea, the cosmic plants from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and Cabbage-pult, a plant from Plants vs. Zombies that often appears in the series.
Its name is a portmanteau of "cosmic" and "catapult", a ballistic device used to hurl large stones for warfare purpose in ancient times, referring to the fact that it hurl cosmic cabbages at zombies.
==Almanac entry==
Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
Cosmic-pult when fed with Plant Food lobs a big cosmic cabbage for every zombies on screen, creating a small vortex on each of them.
===Costume ===
When costumed Cosmic-pult is given Plant Food, its big cosmic cabbages all gain splash damage in 1x1.
===Enchant-mint effect===
When boosted by Enchant-mint, Cosmic-pult's cosmic cabbages will deal an additional 120 damage for the direct hit and 40 damage for the mini vortexes. Its Plant Food attack will deal an additional 600 damage. Cosmic-pult's firing rate will also be increased to 1.5 - 2 seconds.
===Level Upgrades===
Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed packets	Coins	Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage*^ (Moderate)	Firing Rate 	Plant Food Power^ (Damage)	Projectile Velocity	Range
1 	0 	0 	250 	5 seconds 	300 Damage 	40 Damage 	3 seconds 	200 Damage 	Normal 	Lobbed
2 	50 	0 	250 	4.5 seconds 	350 Damage 	50 Damage 	2.75 seconds 	250 Damage 	Normal 	Lobbed
3 	100 	0 	225 	4.5 seconds 	400 Damage 	60 Damage 	2.75 seconds 	300 Damage 	+1.3x 	Lobbed
4 	200 	0 	225 	4.5 seconds 	450 Damage 	70 Damage 	2.5 seconds 	350 Damage 	+1.3x 	Lobbed
5 	300 	0 	225 	4 seconds 	550 Damage 	80 Damage 	2.5 seconds 	400 Damage 	+1.3x 	Lobbed
6 	400 	0 	200 	4 seconds 	600 Damage 	90 Damage 	2 - 2.25 seconds	450 Damage 	+1.3x 	Lobbed
7 	500 	0 	200 	3.5 seconds 	650 Damage 	100 Damage 	2 - 2.25 seconds	500 Damage 	+1.6x 	Lobbed
8 	600 	0 	200 	3.5 seconds 	700 Damage 	110 Damage 	1.75 - 2 seconds	550 Damage 	+1.6x 	Lobbed
9 	800 	0 	175 	3.5 seconds 	800 Damage 	120 Damage 	1.75 - 2 seconds	600 Damage 	+1.6x 	Lobbed
10 	1,000 	0 	175 	3 seconds 	900 Damage 	120 Damage 	1.5 - 2 seconds 	600 Damage 	+1.6x 	Lobbed
*Direct hit damage
^Per projectile
===Mastery upgrades===
*Chance to Boost
*Damage Pierce
===Level Upgrades ===
==Strategies==
Cosmic-pult is a costly but useful plant. It can deal up to 80 damage per shot if all vortex hit connects, which is as strong as pre-plant fooded Mega Gatling Pea, although its attack speed is slower. While it lacks group damage at first glance, the vortex can actually damage all zombie within the vortex tile, which is very useful considering Cabbage-pult's weakness includes its lack of group damage.
It can be an efficient Imps killer as all Imps in the game are considered small, so they should be put at the last column in levels with Gargantuars, almost instantly killing any Imps that were thrown.
As it is a lobbing plant, it is effective in Tombstones filled worlds like Ancient Egypt and Dark Ages, as well as against Excavator Zombies in Lost City. However it is not recommended to being it to some levels of these worlds, mainly levels with Parasol Zombies and Jester Zombies.
It is very strong when paired with Shrinking Violet, which can shrink a group of zombies into small ones, allowing Cosmic-pult to clean up with instant killing mini vortexes. Do note that shrunken Gargantuars are not considered small zombies so they aren't affected by the instant killing vortexes' effect.
It also has a weakness in the form of zombies that avoid mini vortexes, such as charging All-Star Zombies and flying zombies like Jetpack Zombies, they are either too quick to be dealt enough damage or outright ignore them, which makes the Shrinking Violet plus Cosmic-pult combo weaker due to lack of instant killing option.
Its slower attacking speed also means it can be overwhelmed by quick group zombies like Zombie Chickens, however mini vortexes can also instantly kill them, so if the player is fighting against them, it is advised to bring a defensive plant to block them from eating Cosmic-pult before it can attack. This issue can also be avoided if Shrinking Violet is brought with them, which can make them disappear before they even spawn.
Its Plant Food is a straight upgrade from Cabbage-pult's, which not only deal the same damage, but it also summon vortexes to deal extra damage. These vortexes can also suck in small zombies, which can be a good board clear if the player is fighting against large groups of Imps or shrunken zombies. This can also be paired with, once again, Shrinking Violet's Plant Food for maximum amount of zombies shrunken and potentially killed with the vortexes, even if it doesn't instant kill, it will still deal heavy damage to them. 
===Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) ===
Its upgrades are very good, as it now gives them the ability to instant kill normal zombies, which is extremely powerful. Although the chances are low, it can destroy high health zombies like Sunday Edition Zombies without needing Shrinking Violet's help. Its level 5 upgrade also gives out sun when sucking in zombies, which can make it effectively a sun-producing plant, though these abilities rely on random chance to be useful.
Do remember that as flying zombies are immune to the vortex effect, it is not advised to use Cosmic-pult in Sky City.
==Gallery==
===Plants vs. Zombies 2===
File:Cosmic-Pult HD.png|HD Cosmic-pult.
File:Cosmic-pult Costume HD.png|HD Costumed Cosmic-pult.
File:Cosmic-pult Seed Packet Image.png|Cosmic-pult's Seed Packet image.
File:Cosmic-pult Seed Packet Image Imitater.png|Imitated Cosmic-pult's Seed Packet image.
File:Cosmic-pult Seed Packet.png|Cosmic-pult's Seed Packet.
File:Cosmic-pult Seed Packet Imitater.png|Imitated Cosmic-pult's Seed Packet.
File:Cosmic-pult Splash Art.png|Cosmic-pult's Splash Art for its update.
File:Cosmic-pult Almanac.png|Cosmic-pult in the Almanac.
File:Cosmic-pult Plant of the Week.png|Cosmic-pult featured as Plant of the Week 
File:Cosmic-pult Unlocked.png|Cosmic-pult unlocked
File:Cosmic-pult Endless Card.png|Cosmic-pult's Endless Zone Card
===Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) ===
File:Cosmic-pult Puzzle Piece.png|Cosmic-pult's Puzzle Piece.
File:Cosmic-pult Costume Puzzle Piece.png|Cosmic-pult's Costume Puzzle Piece.
File:Cosmic-pult Chinese Seed Packet.png|Cosmic-pult's Seed Packet (Chinese ver.)
File:Cosmic-pult Chinese Seed Packet Imitater.png|Imitated Cosmic-pult's Seed Packet (Chinese ver.)
===In other languages===
==Trivia ==
*Its costume is based on Cabbae-pult's tiara costume, but with different color and different looks.
* This is the first Cosmic plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2.
**It also doesn't come from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, unlike other Cosmic plants.
*It is the first plants from Plants vs. Zombies: Strikes Back to be transported to Plants vs. Zombies 2. 
** It recieves some nerfs when transported, mainly a sun cost increase and vortex no longer guarantees a kill on the small zombies.
**Some upgrades it receives are similar to those in Strikes Back, mainly the Bigger Vortex upgrades. It shares the same name and effect as the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2's level upgrades.
*The vortex also comes from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, being the galaxy effect when Supernova Gargantuar is played.
*It's original almanac was "Cosmic-pult may look like just a recolored Cabbage-pult, but it is more than that. It dreams of a world free of zombies, and will do whatever it can to achieve it.", however it was changed after being deemed "too brutal for zombies".
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