Scientist (PvZ: Weirdos)

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Scientist is a playable Zombie class in Plants Vs. Zombies: Weirdos. Scientist is a SUPPORT type character who dedicates his time and energy to healing his zombie teammates and keeping them alive more than usual. Their character base is Medic.
==Description==
===In-game description===
The Scientist is the dedicated healer of the Zombie Army. Their healing technology can prevent teammates from being vanquished but not the instinctual giggle that comes out every so often. Believe us, we’ve tried.
==Weapons==
===Primary Weapon===
Scientist's primary weapon is the Zomboss Goo Blaster, a semi-automatic shotgun-like weapon that fires a batch of Zomboss Goo at plants. Scientist fires at a rate of 100 RPM with a minimum of 18.33 DPS and a maximum DPS of 75. He has six shots before needing to reload.
Ranged Damage:
* Close-range Damage: 33 (Normal), 45 (Critical)
* Middle-range Damage: 22 (Normal), 23 (Critical)
* Long-range Damage: 11 (Normal), 22 (Critical)
==Abilities==
===Sciency Heal Beam===
When activated, Scientist attaches a purple electric beam to a zombie player, summoned zombie or bot to heal them. They can also apply overheal (an additional portion of health) to their heal target, allowing them to tank slightly more damage.
===Warp===
When activated, there is a brief delay before Scientist is teleported a great distance. They can warp three times and it takes 20 seconds to recharge another warp.
===Mega Heal Bomb===
When activated, the Scientist throws the heal bomb in the direction your face before rolling for a while and then exploding into a splash of healing. 
==Upgrades==
Health Regeneration Delay Upgrade - Level 1-5
Zoom Upgrade - Level 1-9
Health Regeneration - Level 2-5
Speed Upgrade - Level 2-9
Reload Upgrade - Level 3-5
Ammo Upgrade - Level 3-9
Damage Upgrade - Level 4-5
Health Upgrade - Level 4-9
==Super Upgrades - Level 5-1==
Reflexive - Gain health from healing allies.
Revive Reward - Gain health by reviving teammates.
CPR - Your Sciency Heal Beam grants more health to allies if they are at low health.
==Strategies==
===With===
As the Scientist, it can be very tricky to keep you and your teammates alive. With practice, you will need to know when to warp in and out of fights, how to effectively heal yourself and your teammates and how to defend yourself with your Goo Blaster. While the Goo Blaster may be weaker than Grave Digger's Corpse Gun, it still does decent damage at close range, helping the Scientist go from "Pharmacist" to "Harmacist" (Harm Assist) as he helps deal damage to plants or to defend himself. Sneaking up on Plants to get as close as possible is a risky gamble because while 45 damage on a critical hit can take out a good chunk of the plant player's health, allowing you to vanquish them in 3 shots or more, it also leaves you vulnerable to other characters such as Chomper or Tulip. 
As the primary healer of the team, utilize your healing abilities to their best effort. Warp in and out of battle if you feel like you or your teammates' lives are being threatened and use your Sciency Heal Beam to heal them. Save your Mega Heal Bomb for when you're low on health of your team is about to attack as the heal bomb can give them the security they need to survive a little bit longer.
The Super Upgrades such as Reflexive and CPR can help Scientist stay in the fight for longer or make his escape as the healing will be cranked up for him, increasing his survivability but not making him invincible.
===Against===
The Scientist plays a major role in the Zombie Army as its primary healer. The best way to tackle Scientist is by beating him at the one thing his Goo Blaster can't tolerate: Range. Long-range characters like Cactus or high-damaging characters like Peashooter can quickly take down the Scientist. Other abilities such as Chomper's Goop and Spikeweed can help stall Scientists, preventing them from moving and healing as effectively, though only for so long before decaying away.
==Trivia==
*Scientist's full real name is Dr. Sir Gerry. His name is a play on the word "Surgery".
*Scientist's in-game description makes fun of the fact that he keeps giggling to himself sometimes.
*Harmacist is a reference to the meme of the same name.
*FUN FACT: Scientist will straight up THREATEN people to heal them. He's that dedicated to his job.
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