Beech Ball Launcher

Beech Ball Launcher is a gem premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He launches a beach ball at the first zombie in his lane every three seconds. The beach ball bounces to another nearby zombie in this or one of the adjacent lanes and so on. The beach ball has a 20% chance to pop on contact with a zombie, stunning it for one second. The popping chance increases by 20% for each bounce. If there is no zombie to bounce to the ball will pop on the last zombie it hit.
Beech Ball Launcher can be bought in the shop for 100 Gems, but his price may also be reduced during summer.
== Origins ==
He is based on a beech (Fagus), a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae. His name also comes from its ability to launch beach balls (Beech Ball being a pun on beach ball).
== Almanac Entry ==
== Upgrades ==
=== Plant Food Effect ===
When fed Plant Food, Beech Ball Launcher will launch five giant beach balls at groups of zombies. Each giant beach ball explodes in a 3x3 area, damaging and stunning zombies for 3 seconds.
=== Arma-mint Effect ===
When boosted by Arma-mint, Beech Ball Launcher deals additional 100 damage with his beach balls and stuns zombies for 10 seconds if the ball pops. The giant beach balls from his Plant Food ability deal additional 400 damage and stun zombies 10 seconds longer.
=== Level Upgrades ===
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Damage 	Stun 	Plant Food	Plant Food	
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Damage 	Stun 	Damage 	Stun 	
1 	0 	0 	200 	5 	300 	20 	1 	200 	3 	
2 	10 	1,000 	200 	5 	350 	30 	1 	250 	3 	
3 	25 	2,500 	175 	4.5 	400 	40 	1.5 	300 	4 	
4 	50 	5,000 	175 	4.5 	450 	50 	1.5 	350 	4 	
5 	100 	10,000 	175 	4 	550 	60 	1.5 	400 	5 	
6 	200 	20,000 	175 	4 	600 	70 	2 	450 	5 	
7 	400 	30,000 	150 	3.5 	650 	80 	2 	500 	6 	
8 	800 	50,000 	150 	3.5 	700 	90 	2 	550 	6 	
9 	1,200 	75,000 	150 	3 	800 	100 	2.5 	600 	7 	
10 	1,600 	100,000	150 	3 	900 	110 	2.5 	650 	7 	
== Strategies ==
Beech Ball Launcher is a good plant for medium crowds. However, the random targeting and popping system of the ball can be a little problematic, and if paired with his low dps and expensive sun cost makes him a weak plant by himself. He has a short recharge and, assuming that you have a good amount of sun, can be spammed to increase his efficiency. Also take into account that three of them can stun a zombie infinitely, but only if there aren't any nearby enemies.
== Trivia ==
* The beach balls also bounce on obstacles, but only if there aren't any zombies in a 3x3 area.
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