Chesa Slinger

For the version of the plant, see Chesa Slinger (PvZ3).
Chesa Slinger is a plant that appears in . It is unlocked via purchase for $10,000 at after beating twice, and is the 50th plant in the .
Chesa Slinger attacks by lobbing seeds at half the fire rate of a . However, each seed deals 60 (or 3 peas of damage) per shot, meaning that Chesa Slinger is 1.5 times more powerful than a regular or . The seed projectile is able to bypass the slope in levels, as well as certain shields such as screen door, as well as submerged in and levels. It can also target .
==Origins==
Chesa Slinger is based on the fruit of the Canistel, a tree found and native to several countries such as Guatemata and El Salvador. This fruit is known as the Eggfruit or Chesa in some countries. Chesa Slinger's name is a combination of "Chesa", one of the names of the plant that it is based on, and "Slinger", referencing its ability to lob seeds at zombies.
==About==
Chesa Slinger can be obtained after beating twice, where it will be available to be purchased at . Chesa Slinger's main advantage is its incredibly cheap sun cost, allowing it to be planted very early-on to clear out the early zombies. Unfortunately, it also has a very slow recharge, meaning that it cannot be reliably planted later in the level.
==Almanac entry==
Chesa Slinger
Chesa Slingers are cheap attackers that have a long recharge.
Damage: heavyRange: lobbedFiring Speed: 1/2x
Hates its cousin Feta Slinger. He's too cheesy.
Cost: 50
Recharge: slow
==Strategies==
Chesa Slinger is one of the most strategy-orientated plants in , being able to destroy heaps of early-on in levels, but doing very poorly when against huge waves of them. Chesa Slinger has a few downsides to it that really harm it from being a really good plant to use. First, Chesa Slinger has quite a long recharge, making it hard to plant lanes of them in a single level. Being a lobbed-shot plant, it also cannot be boosted using , making it outclassed in firepower compared to plants like while boosted.
What makes it incredibly good, though, is its cheap sun cost. For 50 sun, you can have the damage output of a , allowing you to shred through early basic Zombies and even tougher targets such as Coneheads. However, its very long recharge means that it cannot be planted again for a while, making it hard to fill lanes to take out later hordes of Zombies. Because of this, the player should plan (especially in levels) to replace it with a more powerful combination of plants, like more powerful lobbed-shot plants like and , or and .
Chesa Slinger is also an extremely useful plant in stages, as it can overcome slopes and can help target some of the more deadly zombies on the lawn, such as and . However, it isn't as good in stages as or with (the latter one proving to be more useful, as it can help towards earning the achievement).
==Related achievements==
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
* If a zombie is directly in front of a Chesa Slinger, the zombie will instantly get hit by the seed instead of the seed being thrown in the air and falling on the zombie. This also happens with the other lobbed-shot plants, except Kernel-pult when throwing .
* Chesa Slinger originally threw seeds at zombies and a chance for one of them to be replanted, giving the player 3 optional offenses.
** It was scrapped due to it being too complicated.
* Its original almanac entry was heavily inappropriate to start with.
** The almanac entry was a joke about drunkenness and loving lobbed-shot plants.
==Credits==
* Thanks to BobertTheBoss for doing some spellchecking and cleaning up the page.
* Thanks to Jovi for Chesa Slinger's art and name.
==See also==
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