Primal Orange Stinger

Primal Orange Stinger is a plant featured in Plants vs. Zombies 2. Unlike most plants, it is unlocked by completing the Jurassic Marsh expansion levels. Prior to update 7.4.1, these were part of the base world, but since then Primal Orange Stinger has been limited to the "Jurassic Marsh Mash" Epic Quest. 
Primal Orange Stingers are mostly defensive plants, which fire shots with greater power the further from home they are.
==Origin==
Primal Orange Stinger is based off its Lost City counterpart, the Red Stinger. It takes upon the appearance of the Etlingera elatior, known as the Torch Ginger, with an orange tint due to its primal roots. The name is also a play on this "Torch Ginger" name, as the words "Ginger" and "Stinger" share resemblance.
==Overview==
Primal Orange Stinger fires 2 shots every 1.6 seconds, with 3 forms depending on where it is planted on the lawn. These forms determine its toughness and total damage, with the toughness generally being inversely proportional to its damage. Should it be moved by any means (such as Mecha-Football Zombie), its form will adjust accordingly:
* When planted on the first 3 columns to the left, Primal Orange Stinger's shots deal a combined 30 dps, with 900 toughness.
* When planted on the middle 3 columns, Primal Orange Stinger's shots deal a combined 50 dps, with 300 toughness.
* When planted on the last 3 columns on the right, Primal Orange Stinger's shots deal a combined 65 dps, with 150 toughness.
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
When fed Plant Food, Primal Orange Stinger focuses a laser beam toward the sky, dealing 300 dps through falling laser shots to 9 targets on the lawn.
===Appease-mint effect===
When boosted by Appease-mint, Primal Orange Stinger now deals an extra 20 dps across all its forms.
===Mastery Upgrades===
*Chance to boost
*Shots now pierce up to 2 enemies
==Strategies==
Primal Orange Stinger’s role depends mostly on where you plant it: it can be a stronger Repeater, a balanced defender with decent damage, or somewhat of a defensive plant. His niche is oriented towards dps, serving as a sort of glass cannon on further columns. Unlike its counterpart, however, Primal Orange Stinger will always deal atleast a total of 30 dps. This means regardless of where it is planted, it will be able to deal decent damage.
This makes him a powerful option, with a high damage per cost ratio. When in its 3rd form especially, Primal Orange Stinger shoots fast and hard, killing many weak zombies and potentially tough threats such as the common Buckethead Zombies. Primal Orange Stinger also shines against Weasel Hoarders and Chicken Wranglers, as its high DPS and firerate allow it to kill them and their spawned enemies quickly.
If you want to balance its damage and toughness, it is recommended to plant it on the middle 3 columns. This allows it to serve as reliable DPS option, comparable to the Repeater or Fire Peashooter, with decent toughness. 
Primal Orange Stinger also shines as a good offensive against Zombies which are called in through ambushes, such as Swashbuckler Zombies, or Lost Pilot Zombies. Unlike most plants, it will easily survive the ambush due to its elevated toughness on the backlines - being 3x that of the average plant.
Being a straight-shot plant however, it will have a negative effect against Zombies such as the Jester Zombie - other plants such as the Fume Shroom are thus recommended. Should you use him in Lost City along with his counterpart, you should not rely on Primal Orange Stinger alone to fight Excavator Zombie. Use plants like A.K.E.E. and Laser Bean that can ignore his shovel over him. His plant food is still able to take him out, but this is not recommended as it is not a guaranteed counter.
==Gallery==
File:Orangesting.png|HD Primal Orange Stinger
File:Orangeouch.png|Primal Orange Stinger seed packet
File:Orangestinged.png|Primal Orange Stinger in the almanac
==Trivia==
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