Ice-nut

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Ice-nut is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He is a seasonal plant, tied to Ice-nut's Frozen Season in . Ice-nut is a defensive plant who passively applies a chilling effect to zombies that attack him for 10 seconds, the moment a zombie so much as lays a finger on Ice-nut they get slowed down. When destroyed or otherwise removed (not from shoveling), Ice-nut explodes in a 3x3 area, dealing 200 damage to zombies and freezing them for 15 seconds. Ice-nut also comes with an icy blast when planted which deals no damage but chills zombies in a 3x3 area for 10 seconds.
Ice-nut also melts away over 80 seconds, which triggers his explosion but makes him unreliable for a permanent defensive plant unlike Wall-nut or Primal Wall-nut. Icy winds in Frostbite Caves will extend the melting timer by 20 seconds if Ice-nut is exposed to them, since they're icy and he's icy and it all sort of works. Plants that emit warming auras such as Snapdragon or Lava Guava will take 10 seconds off of Ice-nut's melting timer when they do their warming pulse, which means that you probably shouldn't use those plants too close to your beloved Ice-nut.
Similarly, Ice-nut lasts longer when planted near icy plants. The rate of lifetime decay is slowed by 3% for each icy plant in the area around and behind it, adding a couple of seconds per plant. The maximum number of surrounding plants is 14, and having 8 icy plants around an Ice-nut would extend the duration to around seconds. At a certain point, it sort of stops being worthwhile as Ice-nut is nothing more than a wall plant, but it's still important to consider.	All tiles checked for ice plants
Exact numbers:
*0 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*1 icy plant: ~-second lifetime
*2 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*3 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*4 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*5 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*6 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*7 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*8 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*9 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*10 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*11 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*12 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*13 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
*14 icy plants: ~-second lifetime
==Origins==
	Ice-nut is based on , which in turn is based on the walnut, the nut/seed, of the walnut trees in the genus Juglans, specifically the Persian walnut (Juglans regia). The name is a portmanteau of "wall" and "walnut," befitting Wall-nut's ability to absorb attacks from zombies and referring to the plant he is based on. Ice-nut in particular bears more of a physical resemblance to .
	Ice-nut is based on ice, which is water that is frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below freezing temperatures. As a naturally occurring crystalline inorganic solid with an ordered structure, ice is considered to be a mineral. Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color.
== Almanac Entry ==
== Upgrades ==
=== Plant Food Effect ===
When given Plant Food, Ice-nut charges up for 5 seconds and then unleashes a powerful blast of snow and ice which freezes all zombies in a 3x3 area around him for 20 seconds and deals 700 damage to them. For each icy plant boosting Ice-nut, the damage is increased by 50.
=== Winter-mint Effect ===
When boosted with , Ice-nut's Toughness is increased by 4000 damage, its freeze duration is extended by 7 seconds, and it will not melt for the duration of the mint. In addition, when boosted by Winter-mint Ice-nut's melting time will be reset to the full 100 seconds.
==Upgrade Levels==
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Lifetime	Spawn Chill	Defensive Chill	Frost Nova Damage	Frost Nova Freeze	Plant Food Power(Freeze)	 	
1 	0 	0 	150 	45 sec 	3000 	100 sec 	10 sec 	10 sec 	200 	15 sec 	20 sec 	 	
2 	10 	1,000 	150 	44 sec 	3000 	105 sec 	11 sec 	10 sec 	220 	15.5 sec 	21 sec 	 	
3 	100 	5,000 	150 	43 sec 	3250 	110 sec 	12 sec 	10 sec 	240 	16 sec 	22 sec 	 	
4 	200 	10,000	150 	42 sec 	3250 	115 sec 	13 sec 	10 sec 	260 	16.5 sec 	23 sec 	 	
5 	400 	20,000	150 	40 sec 	3250 	120 sec 	14 sec 	10 sec 	280 	17 sec 	24 sec 	 	
6 	750 	30,000	125 	38 sec 	3500 	125 sec 	16 sec 	10 sec 	300 	17.5 sec 	26 sec 	 	
7 	1,000 	40,000	125 	36 sec 	3500 	130 sec 	17 sec 	10 sec 	320 	18 sec 	27 sec 	 	
8 	1,250 	50,000	125 	33 sec 	3750 	135 sec 	18 sec 	10 sec 	340 	18.5 sec 	28 sec 	 	
9 	1,500 	60,000	125 	30 sec 	3750 	140 sec 	19 sec 	10 sec 	360 	19 sec 	29 sec 	 	
10 	2,000 	75,000	100 	26 sec 	4000 	145 sec 	20 sec 	10 sec 	380 	19.5 sec 	30 sec 	 	
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===Mastery upgrades===
* Chance to Boost 
* Toughness Bonus
==History==
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== Strategies ==
Ice-nut is a powerful defensive plant with an ice-cold ability. Ice-nut's spawn chill effect makes him an easy counter to that might be coming his way, and is a helpful bonus effect on top of the chillingly powerful wall plant that comes with it. It allows him to slow all zombies in the area - not just those that attack him, like he does normally. Ice-nut might be a bit on the expensive side when it comes to defensive plants, and his recharge is far from quick, but he has so much to offer. Zombies that attack Ice-nut are slowed down, which effectively doubles his Toughness and transforms him from a weaker into something that's more comparable to a , and that's nothing to scoff at. His chilling effect also lasts for a few seconds, so if somehow zombies that are attacking him get moved into other lanes they'll be chilled for a short while as well.
Ice-nut only lasts for a certain amount of time before he melts away, sort of like a certain beloved wintertime character. It's truly tragic. Ice-nut will still explode into his usual Frost Nova if he melts away, but it will most likely not be at the most optimal time. You can surround him with some of his icy friends, like or to make him melt away more slowly, and an especially effective strategy can be to spam low-recharge, low-cost ice plants like or to a lesser extent around and behind him. Keep in mind that this does take up a lot of space, so at a certain point you'll probably want to consider how long you really need your Ice-nuts to be sticking around for. Supporting Ice-nut with icy plants also makes his Plant Food effect more powerful, so that's something to consider.
That's not where the frozen fun ends, though. When Ice-nut is eventually and tragically taken out, he'll explode in a devastating Frost Nova which freezes and moderately damages everything in its wake. The damage is high enough to take out , but not much else - that's not really the point. The Frost Nova stops zombies in their tracks for a whole 15 seconds, which is 50% longer than your average Iceberg Lettuce can. Keep in mind that normal ice strategies also apply here, if you want to maximize the effectiveness of Ice-nut's chilling or freezing effects you'll want to lay off the fire plants. Fire cancels out ice, and also makes Ice-nut melt more quickly; neither of these are great.
==Demonstration==
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== Gallery ==
IcenutHD.png|Ice-nut HD
IcenutCostumeRevised.png|Ice-nut's costume (facial hair)
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