Rainbow Flower

Rainbow Flower is a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies: The Wacky House. Rainbow Flower attacks zombies with wind and water, dealing 60 every 2.85-3 seconds. Its projectiles deal splash damage in an area of 3x1 tiles upon impact. They also deal 0.3 tiles worth of knockback on the zombie directly hit, and 0.15 tiles of knockback on all other zombies within the splash zone. Rainbow Flower creates a lightning strike on death, dealing 800 damage on its tile.
It is thematically tied to Tornado Valley, and it can be purchased from the Shop for 50 Rocks. During the month of June, it is discounted for 35 Rocks.
== Origins ==
Rainbow Flower is not based on any particular flower in real-life. Its abilities are all related to some sort of weather phenomenon, such as rain, wind, and lightning, and its name refers to the rainbow that appears upon Rainbow Flower's death.
It was brought back in the game's 2.7 update after being removed in update 2.5, as a seasonal premium plant available in the month of June. It references pride month, the real-life, month-long event which celebrates LGBT+ pride.
 
== Almanac entry ==
== Strategies ==
Rainbow Flower is a plant which you can rely on for consistent damage. Its has solid baseline statistics, dealing 70 damage every 3 seconds or so. However, Rainbow Flower's splash damage makes it able to effectively control crowds that range from low to somewhat high in terms of health. This makes it more suitable for crowd damage rather than singular targets. This allows the Rainbow Flower to be especially effective with zombie groups like the Extra-terrestrial Zombie and the Banana Slider Imps. Although, since Rainbow Flower's splash damage is mostly vertical, it may sometimes struggle in dealing damage to zombie groups that are more horizontal in nature, like the . In terms of dealing more damage to a single target, plants like the Steel-pea may be a better pick.
Rainbow Flower stands out as one of the few plants which can inflict knockback on zombies. Whereas the Boppin' Bush specializes in horizontal knockback, the Rainbow Flower deals knockback in a mostly vertical area. Its knockback also greatly benefits from its splash damage, since multiple Rainbow Flowers' knockback can add up to stall zombies effectively. One could place Rainbow Flower behind wall plants like . Using walls, the player can align zombies in a vertical line to take advantage of the Rainbow Flower's splash area.
Its retaliation ability is mostly a novelty of the Rainbow Flower, since it can be difficult to plan around it. If one really wanted to, they could use the or the to divert/attract zombies into its tile, taking full advantage of its lightning bolt ability. However, this is quite an unreliable way to defend your home, and should be left as a last-ditch effort.
== Balance changes ==
== Gallery ==
Rainbow Flower 2024.png|HD Rainbow Flower
Rainbow_Flower_Seed.png|Rainbow Flower's Seed Packet
Rainbow_Flower_Seed_NP.png|Rainbow Flower's Seed Packet without its tag
PvZTWH Icon 2.7.png|Rainbow Flower on the game's icon during version 2.7
=== Old ===
File:Rainbow_flowertor.png|Rainbow Flower on the Almanac/ Seed Selection Screen
File:Rainbow_flower.png|HD Rainbow Flower
File:Rainbow_flowercostume.png|Rainbow Flower's First Costume
File:Rainbow_flowercostume2.png|Rainbow Flower's Second Costume
Rainbow_flower_seed.png|Rainbow Flower's Seed Packet
Rainbow_Flower_Seed_PC.png|Rainbow Flower's unused PC Seed Packet
Rainbow_Flower_Unlocked.png|Rainbow Flower being unlocked by the player
Rare_Rainbow_Flower_HD.png|Rainbow Flower's Rare counterpart, Rare Rainbow Flower
Rainbowflower.jpg|Rainbow Flower's design from 2015
Rainbowflowercostume.jpg|Old costume
==Trivia==
*Its original sun cost was 100 sun.
*It originally had much bigger leaves.
**Its petals were also smaller.
*When a Rainbow Flower gets destroyed, a rainbow will appear for a brief moment after it disappears.
*Its version 2.7 redesign features golden eyes, something which was first seen in its design.
*It is the only plant with the "Straight-ish" range. Despite this, its range is identical to that of all other straight-shooters.
*Its almanac entry is a subtle nod to the Rainbow Flower's golden eyes, which were not present in its original designs.
*He was featured on the game's icon for version 2.7.
*He's based. - Sani :3
Category:Plants
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