Teasla

Teasla is a plant in Plants vs Zombies 2 added in the 10.7.2 version. Teasla is an attacking plant that stuns zombies for a brief period while damaging them. If she is not attacking anything, she will periodically gain health until reaching her limit.
Unlike most plants, she is not unlocked with Seed Packets or s. Instead, the player has to reach Level 30 of in order to unlock her.
==Origins==
	Teasla is based on the Wardenclyffe Tower, formerly known as the Tesla Tower. It is an early experimental wireless transmission station designed and built by Nikola Tesla. Her name is a portmanteau on "tea", the plant she is based on, and "Tesla", alluding to the tower itself.
==Almanac Entry==
==Overview==
Teasla attacks in a plus-like pattern in the tiles near her. She does the same damage as , but her firing rate is much faster clocking in at 0.8s. She attacks all zombies within her range, doing a 0.2s stun per attack. While she is not attacking zombies, Teasla will gain 20 hitpoints per second until capping at 1200 health.
== Upgrades ==
=== effect ===
When fed with Plant Food, Teasla will create an electrc sphere that will ricochet towards 10 zombies in the lawn, stunning every affected zombie for 5s and dealing 500 damage to them.
=== Enchant-mint effect ===
When boosted by , Teasla's range will be increased to that of a with its Plant Food effect. Her damage is also increased to 100 damage per shot, and her health instantly reaches the cap at 1200 health.
== Level upgrades==
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge(Sluggish)	Damage(Moderate)	Toughness(Typical)	Special(Stun)	Special(Health Cap)
1 	0 	0 	250 	20 seconds 	40 damage 	300 damage 	0.2 seconds 	1200 damage
2 	10 	1,000 	250 	19 seconds 	44 damage 	325 damage 	0.21 seconds 	1300 damage
3 	25 	2,500 	250 	18 seconds 	48 damage 	350 damage 	0.22 seconds 	1400 damage
4 	50 	5,000 	225 	17 seconds 	52 damage 	375 damage 	0.23 seconds 	1500 damage
5 	100 	10,000 	225 	16 seconds 	56 damage 	400 damage 	0.24 seconds 	1600 damage
6 	200 	20,000 	225 	14 seconds 	64 damage 	450 damage 	0.26 seconds 	1700 damage
7 	400 	30,000 	225 	13 seconds 	68 damage 	475 damage 	0.27 seconds 	1800 damage
8 	800 	50,000 	200 	12 seconds 	72 damage 	500 damage 	0.28 seconds 	1900 damage
9 	1,200 	75,000 	200 	11 seconds 	76 damage 	525 damage 	0.29 seconds 	2000 damage
10 	1,600 	100,000	200 	10 seconds 	80 damage 	550 damage 	0.3 seconds 	2100 damage
==Strategy==
Teasla is quite pricey for what her stats offer at first glance. However, she is a powerful short ranged attacker with a secondary defensive ability. Although her range makes her rather finicky to work with, the sheer damage and stall that is provided by her makes up for it. Bear in mind that she does not attack only a singular zombie, but rather damages and stuns everything within her range. What this means is that if a staller is placed near her, all zombies that stack up will get attacked and have their health decimated extremely quickly.
The defensive aspect of Teasla is one that cannot be ignored. After a minute of staying passive, she becomes a decent tank to momentarily keep zombies in place. This is a niche that can become a life savior in dire moments, when she can be played in the back to reinforce the defensive lineup of your strategy. She can even be paired up with to keep her in the back for a while and move her upfront once she has earned enough health. As mentioned prior though, this is more of a niche ability, so it shouldn't be the player's primary source of a wall plant.
Since Teasla's range is so limited, keeping zombies in a benefitable place is a key part of gaining great value from her. , , and all excel at this job and allow for Teasla to attack as many zombies as possible. Adapting a strategy similar to Gloom-Garlic setups in also works with her, where she is planted repeatedly in the second and fourth lanes, while s are placed upfront to redirect zombies. This can be done to maximize her damage output, but it cannot really be done until a good portion of the setup has been established.
==Gallery==
HD Teasla.png|HD Teasla
Teasla SP.png|Teasla's seed packet
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