Plants vs. Zombies: Invasion

Plants vs. Zombies: Invasion (commonly abbreviated as "PvZI'' or ''PvZ:Inv") is a 2025 strategy and card collecting video game developed by PopCap Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was released for Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch and PC in January 2025. It is the 9th mainstream game in the Plants vs. Zombies franchise and was released to positive acclaim.
==Gameplay==
Plants vs. Zombies: Invasion is a strategy game not dissimilar in style to Plants vs. Zombies: Heroes. However, plant and zombie characters battle on a landscape environment similar to the lawn from other games in the franchise. Characters are placed before the battle and then proceed to take turns using a variety of abilities. Characters have a set number of Hitpoints and deal different Damage and status effects with different abilities. Seed Packets are used to unlock new Characters.
How often a Character is able to use an ability is based on their Speed. Speed charges an ability meter every time any character plays, which upon reaching 100%, allows a character to act. Each character has a different base speed, but it can be increased or modified by status effects. Status effects can also modify other attributes, such as Poison, Weakness, or Strength.
Additionally, most Characters possess a level of Armor. Armor allows a character to block a certain percentage of damage with a 50% chance. For example, an armor of 20 lets the character block 20% of damage on 50% of attacks. Armor is capped at 75 for all characters.
Within one battle, both sides choose six characters to play. The side which plays first is randomly chosen in PvP battles. In Campaign battles, the player always goes first.
===Levelling Up ===
Characters can be leveled up to increase their Hitpoints and Damage. Levelling up costs Coins and EXP. EXP is obtained by using characters in matches. Coins can be obtained by finishing matches, completing quests, and unlocking characters. Characters can be levelled up to LVL 10 and their Hitpoints and Damage increase by 20% with each level. Therefore, a LVL 1 Peashooter will have 480 while a LVL 10 Peashooter will have 2476.
After LVL 10 is reached, a character may be prestiged. By using Seed Packets (the same amount used to unlock the character) and a large amount of Coins, a character's stats are doubled and their LVL returns to one. Now levelling up will cost 2x the amount of EXP and Coins.
Prestige also yields 10 Puzzle Pieces, which are a rare currency used for late-game upgrades.
A character may be prestiged 9 times. 
Level 	EXP 	Coins
LVL 1 	500 	1,000
LVL 2 	1,500 	2,000
LVL 3 	2,500 	3,000
LVL 4 	4,500 	4,000
LVL 5 	6,500 	5,000
LVL 6 	8,500 	6,000
LVL 7 	11,500	7,000
LVL 8 	14,500	8,000
LVL 9 	17,500	9,000
LVL 10	20,500	10,000
==Characters==
===Plants===
Plants vs. Zombies: Invasion/Plants
===Zombies===
Plants vs. Zombies: Invasion/Zombies