Burning Metal (PvZ: BE)

For the Plants vs. Zombies 2 version, see Burning Metal
Burning Metal is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for the Ele-Mints. It attacks zombies by throwing shards of flaming metal at them. The metal burns the zombies, doing damage over time.
==Origins==
 The name Burning Metal is a pun on the plant nettle, or sometimes known as burning nettle, and metal.
==History==
In Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for the Ele-Mints, he is the first plant obtained in Pepper-mint Plains, and in the whole game (Excluding the tutorial). He throws flaming pieces of metal straight forwards, hitting whatever is closest in the lane (gravestone or zombie). Each shard does 75 dps, and burns the zombie, which takes 5 dps for 5 seconds afterward. Having him next to a frozen plant will slowly thaw it. He is in the Pepper-mint Family. Plants that freeze or chill zombies will remove the burn effect, and vice-versa.
==Almanac entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
When given Plant Food, Burning Metal shoots up 3 large flaming shards of metal, that land randomly in the last 3 lanes. They act as barriers, that the zombies must eat to get past, and it hurts them, similar to Endurians. The shards have 400 toughness and do 40 dps. If a shard lands on a plant, that plant is destroyed, so be cautious.
===Pepper-mint effect===
When boosted by Pepper-mint, Burning Metals damage is increased to 150 dps, and his Plant Food damage is increased to 4400 dps. In addition, any zombie killed by this will leave a burnt tile that does 50 dps to zombies walking on it, but cannot be planted on.
==Strategies==
Burning Nettle should be placed in the back of your lawn since it has no limit to its range. This is best used with defensive plants, as the burn is reapplied each time the zombie is hit, so it will be taking extra damage the more it is stalled. It also thaws frozen plants, so on levels where plants can be frozen, try to spread them out to have the best rate of thawing. Also, don't play many plants in the first 3 rows or they could be destroyed when you use his Plant Food. If you do play plants in the first 3 rows, use Explode-O-Nuts or other plants that do something when they are destroyed. Make sure that Burning Nettle doesn't kill a zombie near your house while it is being boosted by Pepper-mint unless you have a Waturnip recharged or you won't be able to play a plant on that tile for a while.
==Gallery==
BurningMetalTile.png |Burning Metal on a Tile
BurningNettleHD.png |HD Burning Metal
BurningMetalAlmanac.png |Burning Metal in the Almanac
BurningMetalSeed.png |Burning Metal's Seed Packet
==Trivia==
* Burning Metal was heavily redesigned from its appearance in PvZ2.
* It is one of the only plants that create other entities.
Category:Fast recharge plants
Category:Fire plants
Category:Passive attacking plants
Category:Uncleared page