Forkleaf

Forkleaf is vine plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 10.3.2 update for the Forkleaf's Fantastic Arena Season. It boosts the attacking speed of the plant within. If there's a flying zombie in its lane, it will lift them up and double their attack speed until that flying zombie is gone. If it is a Non-Tall-nut defensive plant, it will lift it up to block that flying zombie, but leave ground zombies open to eat Forkleaf itself.
Flying zombies can eat the lifted plant, but ignores Forkleaf like normal plants. If Forkleaf is eaten while lifting a plant, the plant will fall down to deal slight damage to the zombie on the ground. Underground plants such as Potato Mine and Cactus can't be lifted.
==Origins==
Forkleaf resembles a small tree more than any kind of known leaf. The plant it is based on is unknown. Its name and functions is from "Forklift" a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances.
==Almanac entry==
Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
Forkleaf when fed with Plant Food will permanently increase its attack speed boost for both normal and lifting, also activate the Plant Food of the plant inside.
===Contain-mint effect===
When boosted by Contain-mint, Forkleaf will boost the plant with 1.5 times the attack speed, and 2.5 times when lifted. When fed with Plant Food, its boost will be increased to 1.8 times, and 3 times when lifted.
===Level Upgrades===
Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed packets	Coins	Sun Cost	Recharge (Mediocre)	Toughness (Typical)	Special (Boost Amount)	Lifted Boost	Plant Food Boost	Plant Food Lifted Boost	Range
1 	0 	0 	125 	10 seconds 	300 Damage 	1.2 times 	2 times 	1.5 times 	2.5 times 	Single
2 	50 	0 	125 	9 seconds 	350 Damage 	1.25 times 	2.1 times 	1.55 times 	2.55 times 	Single
3 	100 	0 	100 	8 seconds 	400 Damage 	1.25 times 	2.1 times 	1.55 times 	2.6 times 	Single
4 	200 	0 	100 	8 seconds 	450 Damage 	1.3 times 	2.2 times 	1.6 times 	2.65 times 	Single
5 	300 	0 	100 	7 seconds 	550 Damage 	1.3 times 	2.2 times 	1.6 times 	2.7 times 	Single
6 	400 	0 	100 	7 seconds 	600 Damage 	1.35 times 	2.3 times 	1.65 times 	2.75 times 	Single
7 	500 	0 	100 	6 seconds 	650 Damage 	1.35 times 	2.3 times 	1.65 times 	2.8 times 	Single
8 	600 	0 	100 	6 seconds 	700 Damage 	1.4 times 	2.4 times 	1.7 times 	2.85 times 	Single
9 	800 	0 	75 	6 seconds 	800 Damage 	1.45 times 	2.45 times 	1.75 times 	2.9 times 	Single
10 	1,000 	0 	75 	5 seconds 	900 Damage 	1.5 times 	2.5 times 	1.8 times 	3 times 	Single
===Mastery upgrades===
*Chance to Boost
*Toughness Bonus
==Strategies==
Forkleaf is very useful, even in levels without flying zombies. 1.2 times boost may not seem like much, but it can remove some weakness of slow attacking speed plants like the Catapults, Laser Bean or Citron, and boost quick attacking speed plants like Mega Gatling Pea to be even stronger. This boost only works on offensive plants, however, so don't use them on other plants like Sunflower hoping to get more sun production speed. It also can't lift underground plants like Potato Mine, so don't expect it to lift them up to attack flying zombies.
When fighting against flying zombies, Forkleaf is undoubtedly very good. It doubles the attack speed of plant, in exchange of them only able to hit the flying zombies. This can make plants focus their firepower on quick flying zombies like Balloon Zombies or Blastronaut Zombies, dealing with them first before they can go through your defense, while taking care of slower zombies on the ground later.
For another way to deal with them, the player can put Forkleaf on defensive plants like Primal Wall-nut, which turns them into a pseudo Tall-Nut. While this cost more sun, it comes with the benefit of the plant's original functions, as well as faster recharge speed.
Its main drawback is that as zombies on the ground are ignored when lifted, and they can eat Forkleaf while the plant is lifted, it makes them vulnerable during those time. Although when the plant falls down, it can damage zombies, the damage is minor and is more of a small detail.
Its Plant Food is very powerful, it can permanently boost even more to plant within, which allows them to be even stronger than before. This can also activate the Plant Food for the that plant, basically two Plant Food for the price of one. Though remember that if a zombie eats it, you will lose that Plant Food forever. 
== Gallery ==
File:Forkleaf HD.png|Forkleaf HD
File:Forkleaf Lifting Up HD.png|Forkleaf lifting up HD
File:Forkleaf Almanac.png|Forkleaf in the almanac
File:Two-Leaf.png|Two Leaf, the unused concept for Forkleaf
== Trivia ==
* Forkleaf was originally called "Two Leaf" and will allow the player to plant two different plant in the same tile.
** This ability was too overpower and doesn't make much sense, so it was scrapped.
** Two Leaf is also one of the first designed plant DarkMatter made, but it never appears in his games.
* Forkleaf's ability to boost plants comes from its vine giving energy to the plant within.
* It is, in fact, forklift certified.
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