Ghostly Peashooter

Ghostly Peashooter is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 and is obtained on Day 14 of Zombopolis. She, like the other Zombopolis Part 1 plants, was revealed with the launch of Zombopolis and has her own “Behind the Seeds” video, detailing strategies and the story of her creation.
Ghostly Peashooter acts as a mid-range fusion of Peashooter and Ghost Pepper, which is also reflected in her design. She fires ghostly peas over a shorter distance which haunt zombies they come in contact with, dealing 150 damage over 3 seconds to the main target and all zombies on their tile. She has a slow firing rate, as she must wait 2 second after her haunting pea has disappeared before firing a new one. The haunting effect does not stack with multiple Ghostly Peashooters. This combines Peashooter’s projectiles and Ghost Pepper’s attack. Another detail about her is that instead of being eaten when a zombie draws near, she immediately disappears on contact. This is to balance out her low sun cost relative to her damage.
== Origins ==
Ghostly Peashooter is not based off any plant in particular, but rather two pre-existing plants: Peashooter and Ghost Pepper. Peashooter is based off of the pea plant or Pisum Sativum, and Ghost Pepper is based off of the pepper of the same name, the Bhut Jolokia, as well as taking influences from ghost Halloween costumes.
== Strategies ==
Ghostly Peashooter falls in the middleground of a ranged-shooter and a melee plant. She shoots projectiles over a distance, but one much shorter than other plants of her kind. Still, using Ghostly Peashooter correctly rewards knowing how to keep her in action but also give her some space.
Ghostly Peashooter‘s design presents an interesting dilemma: in order to be used most effectively, you must put her in danger. Her range caps at four tiles, meaning that you have to position her closer than most ranged plants, but you must make sure you have a solid defense backing her up, or else she’ll disappear when zombies get close. It’s best to place her behind a defensive plant like a Wall-Nut or Tall-Nut, preventing zombies from getting too close but still keeping them in her range.
It’s best to use slowing plants like Crabgrass or Acorn with Ghostly Peashooter. They can slow down the zombies, grouping them into concentrated one-tile clusters, making them extra susceptible to her attack. The opposite is true for plants with heavy knockback, like Primal Peashooter or Chard Guard. These two will separate zombies, slowing down Ghostly Peashooter‘s attacks and making her less efficient. In the downtime betweeen shots, a zombie could even touch her and make her disappear. It’s better to hold zombies in place with Ghostly Peashooter, rather than push them back.
All in all, Ghostly Peashooter takes careful planting to be used properly, but can prove to be quite useful if done so.
== Trivia ==
* She is the only plant that is a fusion of a premium and non-premium plant.
* She can be considered the 15th variant of Peashooter.
* She is the first plant made by the user ZenithTrooper to be made in color.
* She is also the first time the user ZenithTrooper encountered major balancing problems with a creation.
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