Bur Coat

Bur Coat is the fifth plant unlocked in Blizzard Peaks in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, after beating Level 9A. Bur Coat can be planted on plants in order to give them protection from frost inflicted by blizzards, and they can also provide a secondary protection to the plant it surrounds by causing zombies who eat them to be handicapped for 7.5 seconds, which causes their mouths to be filled with bur and unable to eat plants in their way for a while, causing the zombies to be blocked.
Bur Coat has an upgrade alongside Sneezewort, that being Feverfew.
==Origins==
Bur Coat's name is a portmanteau on "bur" and "fur coat". Burs are seeds or fruits that use "hooks" or "teeth" to attach themselves onto passing animals that aid in seed dispersal. These "hooks"/"teeth" loosely refer to Bur Coat's ability to handicap zombies when they eat them as the "hooks"/"teeth" would make it difficult to chew. Fur coats are the clothing that Bur Coat's ability to give plants immunity to frost is based on, as they're usually worn to keep warm.
==Almanac entry==
Bur Coat
Sun cost: 50
Recharge: Sluggish
Gives a plant resistance to frost, but can also handicap zombies for a short while when they eat it and fill their mouths with bur.
Special: Renders a zombie unable to eat for a couple of seconds when eaten
"Man," said the plant wearing Bur Coat. "It really is freezing here, brrrr... get it?" Bur Coat looks up to the smirking plant before replying "Please stop."
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food power===
When fed Plant Food, Bur Coat will gain an extra layer of thicker coating which is 300 DPS tough. When this layer is fully eaten by a zombie, that zombie is rendered unable to eat for 15 seconds while gaining 10 DPS of damage per second. The plant that is currently wearing Bur Coat will also have their Plant Food ability activated.
===Stat tiers===
Stat 	Tier 1 	Tier 2 	Tier 3 	Tier 4	Tier 5
Toughness	N/A 	N/A 	50 DPS 	
150 DPS
(Unlock cost: 1 Toughness Token)	
300 DPS
(Unlock cost: 2 Toughness Tokens)
Sun cost 	100 sun 	75 sun 	50 sun 	
25 sun
(Unlock cost: 1 Sun cost Token)	
0 sun
(Unlock cost: 2 Sun cost Tokens)
Recharge 	30 seconds	25 seconds	20 seconds	
15 seconds
(Unlock cost: 1 Recharge Token)	
10 seconds
(Unlock cost: 2 Recharge Tokens)
More about the upgrading system here.
==Strategies==
Unless you plan to use plants that warm up other plants to resist frost in Blizzard Peaks, using Bur Coat may be a good option to ensure that your plants do not freeze up, as they can flexibly be placed on any plant without needing to take up more space. Plus, they come with a bonus stalling ability (which renders zombies unable to eat plants temporarily) that buys your plants more time to deal with any zombies that attack them, which is especially handy for plants inside your defenses when the zombies get past the frontlines. Bur coat is especially useful in Blizzard Peaks if you want to utilise an ice-based defense instead of a fire-based one, because other plants you may use in your defense like sun-producers won't be able to protect themselves from frost if you use an ice-based defense compared to a fire-based one, so Bur Coat can help you to protect these vulnerable plants. Do note that, however, Bur Coat is not ideal for plants that are meant to be defensive and on the frontlines like Wall-nut, as it only takes one bite for Bur Coat to be eaten, and Bur Coat is not easily replaceable due to his sluggish recharge, so using a plant like Pumpkin for this job may be better if you're looking to reinforce your defensive plants. This then means that using warming plants may be a better idea if you want to keep your defensive plants warm, so only use Bur Coat if you're confident that the zombies won't reach your frontlines that frequently or only use him for plants that are behind your frontlines.
==Gallery==
Bur Coat.png|Bur Coat (HD)
Costume (Bur Coat).png|Costume
Seed packet (Bur Coat).png|Seed packet
Huff-shroom wearing a Bur Coat.png|Huff-shroom wearing a Bur Coat
==Art credits==
*Credits to Bean for the concept art, which an HD image for it has unfortunately been lost.
*Credits to Chicken for the final design.
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