Crackfruit-pult

Crackfruit-pult is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 8.9.1 update. He lobs heavy-damaging jackfruits that continue to bounce on a zombie's head until it fully cracks open.
==About==
Crackfruit-pult costs 500 sun to plant, and he lobs heavy-damaging jackfruits, similarly to Melon-pult. However, these jackfruits will continue on bouncing on a zombie's head until it fully cracks open. They will deal 60 damage when the jackfruit hits the zombie directly, and will deal 20 splash damage to zombies in a 3x3 area. Each bounce deals 50 DPS.
At Level 1, the jackfruits bounce twice before breaking. The number of bounces will go up depending on what level Crackfruit-pult is.
Crackfruit-pult can be unlocked for 250 seed packets, and the player can do so by playing his tournament named "Crackfruit-pult's Bouncy Season" which was available from July 4 to August 7, 2021. If you missed it, you can obtain her seeds from Ancient Egypt piñatas.
==Origins==
Crackfruit-pult is based on artocarpus heterophyllus, also known as jackfruits.
Crackfruit-pult is a pun on jackfruit, which is the plant that he is based on, and crack, which means to split without actually breaking into separate parts. However, Crackfruit-pult's jackfruit continues to keep on bouncing, which makes it break even more and eventually breaks into small pieces.
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
When given plant food, Crackfruit-pult will lob a giant jackfruit in its lane, which then bounces to 5 zombies before breaking, similar to A.K.E.E.. The jackfruit will deal 800 DPS.
===Arma-mint's effect===
When Arma-mint is on the lawn, Crackfruit-pult's direct damage increases by 30 DPS, and each bounce now deals 60 DPS instead of 50. His splash damage will now deal 50 DPS. The number of bounces will go up to four. His plant food effect will now deal 1200 damage and can target two more zombies before breaking.
==Strategies ==
Crackfruit-pult can be a reliable offensive choice, since his jackfruits can deal a lot of damage to a zombie, and can deal even more damage since the jackfruit can bounce multiple times before breaking. Even though his direct damage is a little bit weaker than plants like Melon-pult and Winter Melon, his bouncing ability compensates for it. If you count the bounce damage of the jackfruits and his direct damage, it totals up to 160, which is about twice as much as Melon-pult's damage at Level 1.
Crackfruit-pult shouldn't be used alone, and should be paired with powerful plants like Ultomato and Banana Launcher to maximize the damage. He can be used with stalling plants so he can take more time to fire a couple of jackfruits. Missiletoe, Headbutter Lettuce, and Pokra are recommended since they can both stall and deal damage to zombies.
He shouldn't be used with plants that can knockback zombies like Primal Peashooter, as Crackfruit-pult can miss his shots.
Like most lobbed-shot plants, using him against fast zombies is a bad idea, since he can miss his shots. He also should not be used against zombies that can block or deflect his projectiles. Examples are Shield Zombies, Jester Zombies, and Parasol Zombies.
His plant food effect could be useful to weaken stronger zombies in its lane.
==Gallery==
Artwork coming soon...
==Trivia==
*Unlike A.K.E.E., Crackfruit-pult's projectile only bounces on a single zombie instead of multiple.
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