Frostburn Nettle

Frostburn Nettle is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 unlocked for 250 seed packets which are obtainable in the Frostburn Nettle’s Feastivus Tournament. Frostburn Nettle will activate his attack when a zombie in his lane is within 3 tiles of him. His attack will freeze all zombies in a 7x1 radius for 7 seconds and deal continuous damage for 4 seconds which totals to 400 damage. Zombies that survive the frozen effect will permanently move 50% slower except zombies from the Frostbite Caves which will only be slowed instead of frozen and return to regular speed. After the attack is finished, Frostburn Nettle will remain idle for 13 seconds before activating his next attack when a zombie enters his radius. Frostburn Nettle is a part of the Winter-mint family. 
==Origins==
Frostburn is a concept utilised in many dungeon type games for gear that uses fire that eventually freezes however the main inspiration for this plant comes from Frostburn in Terraria. Frostburn Nettle is also based off Common Nettle which can also be known as Burn Nettle thus the combination of Frostburn and Burn Nettle. The ability of Frostburn Nettle is refering to frostbite, a condition in which a victims body part experiences too much cold and grows numb, discoloured and hard.
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food Effect===
When given Plant Food, Frostburn Nettle will freeze all zombies on screen for 6 seconds dealing 700 damage and zombies in a 7x3 radius will be slowed down permanently and take 500 more damage.
===Winter-mint Effect===
When boosted by Winter-mint, Frostburn Nettle will have a firing rate of 2 seconds and deal 1200 extra damage for all attacks
===Level Upgrades===
=== Mastery Upgrades ===
* Toughness Bonus
* Chance to Boost
== Strategies ==
Frostburn Nettle does huge damage and stalling making him very useful for most strategies. He can help with pretty much any strategy that doesn’t use Pepper-mint plants or Torchwood as they actually cancel out the freezing effect inflicted by Frostburn Nettle. Frostburn Nettle unfortunately has a weaker effect on zombies from Frostbite Caves as instead of freezing them, he only slows them down momentarily and the permanent affect is completely negated. 
Plants that work well with Frostburn Nettle are plants that slow down zombies allowing him to get his attacks on the zombies before the zombies reach him. Some of these plants include Contain-mint and plants in his family, Reinforce-mint plants, Winter-mint and plants in his family. Winter-mint also provides a buff to Frostburn Nettle making him stronger and faster. Spikerock can also help with stalling Gargantuars and Thyme Warp can help with stalling every zombie on the field however is only usable in Neon Mixtape Tour and certain other events. 
Plants that benefit from Frostburn Nettle are quite plentiful as every attacking plant benefits from freezing effects however there are some which benefit more greatly or aren’t even attacking plants. Spikerock, Spikeweed, Iceweed can all benefit greatly from Frostburn Nettle as they only deal damage in a tile radius which is limited as many zombies will quickly exit this radius however Frostburn Nettle will freeze and slow zombies making them more vulnerable to these plants. All Enforce-mint plants as well as other melee plants benefit as the same reason as Spikerock, etc. being their short range high damage and Frostburn Nettle’s stalling effects. Plants from Reinforce-mint family and Explode-O-Nut all benefit from Frostburn Nettle due to surviving longer.
Frostburn Nettle isn’t just a supporting plant as there are many zombies that are easily defeated by him. Jester, Parasol and Excavator zombies are all easily counterable by Frostburn Nettle as their gimmick is not being hit by particular plants however Frostburn Nettle does. Octo Zombie’s Octopuses, Barrel Roller’s Barrels and Tomb Raiser Zombie’s Graves are easily destructible by Frostburn Nettle as all, but the barrel which is heavily damaged, is instantly destroyed by his attack, making him a choice if having trouble against these gimmicks. Frostburn Nettle is a good pick to stall Gargantuars and other high health zombies such as Far Future Machines and Machined level Zombies. 
Frostburn Nettle despite his many strengths have a few zombies that easily counter him. Glitter Zombie protects zombies behind her making them invulnerable to Frostburn Nettle’s attacks. Wizard Zombie also is dangerous against him as Frostburn Nettle will likely be transformed before being able to attack, similarly applies to Octo Zombie. Imp Cannons and King Zombies will make trouble for Frostburn Nettle as he will likely be unable to hit them but the Imps spawned could cause trouble for him and Knight Zombies are able to survive one of Frostburn Nettle’s attacks. Frostbite Cave zombies also provide trouble for him because of their resistance to Frostburn Nettle’s freezing effects. Another weakness of Frostburn Nettle is Turquoise Skull Zombie and MC Zom-B as they will instantly vanquish Frostburn Nettle outside of Frostburn Nettle’s attack range. 
== Trivia ==
* Despite “burning” the zombies, Frostburn Nettle is not apart of the Pepper-mint family.
* Despite dealing high area damage, Frostburn Nettle is apart of neither the Spear-mint family nor the Bombard-mint family likely due to a lack of explosions or sharpness in his attacks
* Frostburn Nettle is the first cooldown plant to attack behind and in front of him at the same time
* Frostburn Nettle is essentially a combination of Missile-Toe and Jack-O-Lantern however has many other abilities
* Frostburn Nettle is the first plant in Plants Vs. Zombies 2 to have a permanent slow effect
== Gallery ==
File:FB Nettle.png|Frostburn Nettle PNG
File:FB Nettle Costumed.png|Frostburn Nettle, Unwrapped Costume PNG
File:Frostburn Nettle(B).png|Bigger PNG
File:Costumed Frostburn Nettle(B).png|Bigger Costumed PNG
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