Death Rayflower

Death Rayflower is the fourth premium plant unlocked in The Sanctuary in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, after beating Level 12C, and is the final premium seed packet to collect in the game. Death Rayflowers are shadow plants that take 5 seconds to charge up their attack before they then fire 3 lasers that penetrate through all zombies, with 1 aiming down their lane and the other 2 firing at random angles between 30 degrees upwards and 30 degrees downwards. Each laser deals 20 DPS of damage to all zombies they pierce through every 0.2 seconds for 1 second before the lasers dissipate.
When a zombie gets hit by a laser from Death Rayflower, they get shadowcharged for 3 seconds (the time it lasts for does not stack) after the laser ends. Shadowcharged zombies take 1.5 times more damage from attacks from shadow plants.
When powered, Death Rayflower's lasers last 1 second longer, allowing them to do more damage before they dissipate, and the 2 angled lasers will also randomly either move upwards or downwards by 15 degrees within the 2 seconds that the lasers are fired, fanning out the area to hit more zombies. The lasers will also shadowcharge zombies for 4.5 seconds rather than 3.
Death Rayflower has an upgrade, that being Anti-Zombot Arbutus.
==Origins==
Death Rayflower's name is a portmanteau of "death ray" and "mayflower". Death rays are weaponized energy beams that may be composed of electromagnetic radiation, particle beams or lasers, which is also the weapon that Death Rayflower uses to attack zombies. Mayflower is the common name for a range of different plants, but the plant that Death Rayflower is based on is specifically Epigaea repens, which is a type of flowering shrub.
==Almanac Entry==
Death Rayflower
Sun cost: 350
Recharge: Slow
Shoots lasers at random angles, which can fan out the area when powered.
Despite his intimidating name and arsenal, Death Rayflower is a good-natured guy at heart, and only wants to help his fellow plants in fighting off the zombie horde. Just make sure not to mess with his battery, someone got a little too curious and Death Rayflower almost accidentally blasted his grandma's face off because of that.
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food power===
When fed with Plant Food, Death Rayflower shoots five gigantic lasers towards the sky, each eventually hitting a random 2×2 spot on the lawn with at least one zombie contained within said spot, damaging all zombies hit for 1200 DPS and shadowcharging them for 6 seconds.
===Stat tiers===
Stat 	Tier 1 	Tier 2 	Tier 3 	Tier 4	Tier 5
Strength 	15 DPS every 0.2 seconds	18 DPS every 0.2 seconds	20 DPS every 0.2 seconds	
22 DPS every 0.2 seconds
(Unlock cost: 1 Strength Token)	
25 DPS every 0.2 seconds
(Unlock cost: 2 Strength Tokens)
Toughness 	50 DPS 	200 DPS 	300 DPS 	
400 DPS
(Unlock cost: 1 Toughness Token)	
550 DPS
(Unlock cost: 2 Toughness Tokens)
Sun cost 	475 sun 	400 sun 	350 sun 	
300 sun
(Unlock cost: 1 Sun cost Token)	
225 sun
(Unlock cost: 2 Sun cost Tokens)
Recharge 	50 seconds 	40 seconds 	35 seconds 	
30 seconds
(Unlock cost: 1 Recharge Token)	
20 seconds
(Unlock cost: 2 Recharge Tokens)
Firing rate	10 seconds 	7 seconds 	5 seconds 	
3 seconds
(Unlock cost: 1 Firing rate Token)	
N/A
More about the upgrading system here.
==Strategies==
Death Rayflower is meant to be used as a heavy weapon plant that specializes in mowing down huge waves of zombies. Their somewhat high sun cost, slow recharge and heavy-hitting piercing lasers gives him the characteristics of a late-game offensive plant, and so he should be treated as one. When setting him up, try to rely on your cheaper offensive plants to deal with the zombies first, then save up sun for the late game in order to plant him. Due to his slow recharge, you'll either have to try your best to start planting him early, or you may also resort to only planting a few of them, since he has the ability to shoot lasers at angles, he can also attack zombies from other lanes.
Other than his main laser, Death Rayflower's lasers shoot at random angles, however, so it's recommended to use his powered form so that the lasers can fan the area and fire for longer, increasing the amount of zombies that the lasers can hit. You may also use Garlic to guide zombies to Death Rayflower's own lane so that they can be exposed to his main target area, but it's recommended to use him in a defense utilizing shadow synergy (most, if not all, shadow plants work best together anyway).
Regarding shadow synergy, Death Rayflower is also handy in that he increases the amount of damage other zombies take from shadow plant attacks, making him one of the most synergistic shadow plants. Although he's not able to make use of his own shadowcharging ability due to his long charging time (unless there are more Death Rayflowers firing at different times on the field), other shadow plants can exploit this in order to land heavier hits on the zombies, so pairing Death Rayflower with other shadow plants that hit zombies faster (e.g. Undeadnettle) is recommended to enable you to make full use of Death Rayflower's shadowcharging ability. Not only that, his powered form allows zombies to be shadowcharged for longer, allowing you to land more damaging hits on them.
==Gallery==
Death Rayflower.png|Death Rayflower (HD)
Concept art (Death Rayflower).png|Death Rayflower's concept art by Bean
Costume (Death Rayflower).png|Costume
Seed packet (Death Rayflower).png|Seed packet
Powered form (Death Rayflower).png|Death Rayflower's powered form
Charging lasers (Death Rayflower).png|Death Rayflower charging their lasers
Firing lasers (Death Rayflower).png|Death Rayflower firing their lasers
Charging lasers (powered) (Death Rayflower).png|Powered Death Rayflower charging their lasers
Firing lasers (powered) (Death Rayflower).png|Powered Death Rayflower firing their lasers
==Art credits==
*Credits to Bean for the concept art.
*Credits to Rocky for helping with the final design.
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