Hailfire-shroom

Hailfire-shroom (冰火菇; pinyin: Bīnghuǒ gū, lit. ice fire mushroom) is a hybrid plant exclusive to the Creativity Mode in Plants vs. Zombies: Original Edition. It is a hybrid of Fire-shroom and Ice-shroom.
Hailfire-shroom is a defensive plant with less health than Wall-nut, however when it is damaged, it will emit fire that turn from red to blue colored within a 3x3 area which can set zombies on fire and chill them at the same time, despite being opposite element. Hailfire-shroom's fire will never thaw out chilled or frozen zombies, whether it is their own or by another ice plant. The burn lasts for 10 seconds, and will not stack with each other.
Although it is a fusion of two mushrooms, it does not sleep during the day, similar to most other mushroom hybrids in the game.
== Origins ==
Hailfire-shroom is based on first and foremost, hybrid plants in Plants vs. Zombies: Hybrid Version, a mod of PvZ1 that was ported to PvZ Original Edition. Hybrid plants are the main focus of the game, they are the combination of two existing PvZ plants, sometimes even non-plant related objects. For Hailfire-shroom, it is the hybrid of Ice-shroom and Fire-shroom, two mushrooms with conflicting elements. Its ability to burn nearby zombies when damaged comes from Fire-shroom, who has the ability to deal fire damage to zombies when hurt, and the ability to chill zombies comes from Ice-shroom's own ability to chill.
For its blue-colored flame attack, it is based on other plants within Hybrid Version, more specifically Ice-Torchwood. Ice-Torchwood has the ability to make pea projectiles into blue fire peas, which can deal extra damage like fire peas but gain the ability to slow down zombies like frozen peas. Hailfire-shroom's gimmick is very similar to them, as it can burn zombies while not thawing out chilled or frozen zombies.
Hailfire-shroom's current name is from "Hail" and "Hellfire" plus the usual "shroom" suffix. Hail is a weather phenomenon where balls of ice drop from the sky, hence its ice theme. While Hellfire comes from the common belief that hell is full of fire, and hellfire are used to punish sinners, hence its fire theme. The two word combined to make Hailfire, giving it the meaning of ice and fire.
Hailfire-shroom gets its beta name from frostburn, another name for frostbite, which is a skin injury when someone is exposed to the cold for too long. Its ability to deal damage over time can be a reference to how frostburn/frostbite damages a person slowly as well, dealing more damage over 4 different degrees.
The name change is due to the fact that during development, the creator of the page forgot they already have a plant called "Frostburn" in Kingdom of Taco, therefore it is changed to avoid confusion. However you can still see its beta name in the file names.
Its almanac entry references "Chicken or the egg", where people would ask whether the chicken or the egg came first.
== Almanac entry ==
== Strategies ==
Hailfire-shroom's fire and ice attacks can be very useful against zombies of different kinds that you would encountered in the chaos of hybrid zombies, especially against threats such as Zombie Rubber Ducky, Young Brother Zombie and especially Peashooter Dolphin Rider Zombie.
Hailfire-shroom's attack is useful when fighting against grouped zombies, this includes the various Dancing Zombie, their Backup Dancers, and their armored variants. Although it does not pierce through armor, the damage can quickly grows due to its 3x3 range. With the added bonus of chilling zombies, it gives you time to think of ways to deal with the grouped zombies now that they're all chilled and burned, you can use King of Squashes to smash through all of them at once, or use the time they're slow down to gather sun and plant Winter Melon Cattail. As its attack does not thaw out other ice attacks as well, you can use it rather than Torch-nut as Torch-nut will have the opposite effect, thawing out any chilling or freezing. Hailfire-shroom's burn can also ignore shields, mainly from Screen Door Zombies and their armored or Gargantuar variants, which is really good as in this game, Screen Door Zombie can spawn with conehead, buckethead or even Wall-nut head, so a way to damage them without needing to take care of the shield first can be powerful. Its attack range can not be blocked by Zombie Rubber Ducky's remains, however it also can't damage them, so they won't be troublesome to Hailfire-shroom specifically.
Hailfire-shroom has a secret benefit from attacking when damaged, it allows it to rapidly apply chill when a zombie is eating it, meaning even if you use it with another fire plant who can thaw out the ice, it does not matter much as Hailfire-shroom can quickly apply the chill again, so unlike other ice plants, it combo well with fire plants even if it thaw them out. This can be extremely useful for fire attackers with slower attack speed, such as Pea Fountain within Fire Pumpkin or Sunflower Queen due to the fact that the zombies will be chill quickly and only thaw out once a while for a short time, before getting chilled again.
Hailfire-shroom's range is also its strength. While it can only attack when damaged, the range affects multiple lanes, meaning it can be useful when another lane has no defensive plants. The ability to chill the zombies is similar to Ice Plantern from the original mod, where it can slow down and damage zombies in 3x3, though without needing to take damage first, and having less health. However Hailfire-shroom outclasses Ice Plantern in a lot of situations such as fighting against range zombies, mostly from Peashooter Zombies, Gatling Pea Zombies and Peashooter Dolphin Rider Zombie (which appears as normal zombies), as its high health give it time to withstand the peas and can activate its attack, burning and chilling zombies even when they're not currently bitting Hailfire-shroom.
It is not all sunshine and rainbow for Hailfire-shroom, however. It is ineffective against Gargantuars, which is the strongest zombie type in the game. With Gargantuars having even higher health thanks to wearing armors. If they're not on Hailfire-shroom's lane, they can still take some damage from the attack, and of course chilling them is good since it gives you time. It is another story if they're on Hailfire-shroom's lane, as they will smash through Hailfire-shroom in one hit, only taking the effect once before Hailfire-shroom perish. The same also applies for Zomboni, Catapult Zombie and Bed Cart Zombie, which can run over Hailfire-shroom without any problems. You can avoid this by using either Garlic Chomper or Garlipeno, who unlike regular Garlic, can move Gargantuar and vehicles to a different lane due to them not needing to be bitten first. You can also deal with the vehicle zombies using spikeweed fusions, most notably Butter Spikeweed, who has fast recharge and can take care of them with one hit. You can also utilize Tall-Ice-nut or Spikerock-nut, both of which can take more than one smashing attack while destroying vehicles, though this comes with the cost of not having Hailfire-shroom attack.
As Hailfire-shroom is both a fire and an ice plant, it can't be chilled by Tall-Ice-nut Zombie in ZomBotany and Ice Levels, along with their high health to block projectiles, they can be really strong in those levels, though remember to quickly plant them back when they're destroyed so that the plants behind won't get destroyed easily.
== Gameplay image ==
== Gallery ==
File:Frostburn-Shroom HD.png|HD
File:Frostburn-Shroom Seed Packet.png|Seed Packet
File:Frostburn-Shroom Almanac.png|In the almanac
== Trivia ==
* Hailfire-shroom is the first page on the wiki to be made for PvZ Original Edition.
** It is also the first page to be related to a mod of the game, as Hybrid Version is the only mod to be officially recognized, therefore usable on the wiki.
* Hailfire-shroom will reappear in Plants vs. Zombies: Kingdom of Taco, but as a Tacobility.
** It will be the first Tacobility to have its own page.
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