Kalestorm (PvZ2)

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Kalestorm is a premium plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, that was first introduced in the 9.6.1 update. She lobbed chilling hailstones towards multiple targets.
She is a seasonal plant, tied in Kalestorm's Subzero Storm Season in Arena. To obtain her seed packets, you need to obtain either piñatas from the store, Frostbite Caves piñatas after beating certain levels, or the Piñata - Cold Plants from the store.
==Overview==
Kalestorm costs 275 suns, and has a sluggish recharge timing, at 20 seconds. She lobbed hailstones at zombies, dealing damage for 30 DPS and chilling zombies, slowing them down. Kalestorm was able to throw three hailstones at a time, each hailstone hitting three closest targets in her lane. Her leveled up stats and the added ability to freeze zombies solid for 3 seconds is based on her Plants vs. Zombies 3 appearance's Tacobility Freezing Rain.
Her Plant Food ability is based on her Plants vs. Zombies 3 appearance's Plant Food ability Blizzard.
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
When given Plant Food, Kalestorm will throw 30 hailstones all over the lawn with, dealing 100 DPS to zombies and 50 DPS splash damage, freezing zombies for 3 seconds.
===Winter-mint effect===
When boosted by Winter-mint, Kalestorm deals an additional 50 DPS of damage, and additional 100 DPS of normal damage and 50 DPS of splash damage with her Plant Food attack, and her chilling effect is replaced with a freezing effect for the same amount of duration instead.
===Level Upgrades===
Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Damage 	Damage 	Chill* Duration	Hailstones
Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Normal 	Plant Food	Chill* Duration	Hailstones
1 	0 	0 	275 	20s 	10s 	350 dps 	50 dps 	; dps 	5 seconds 	3
2 	50 	0 	275 	19s 	10s 	400 dps 	55 dps 	; dps 	6 seconds 	3
3 	100 	0 	250 	18s 	10s 	450 dps 	60 dps 	; dps 	6 seconds 	3
4 	200 	0 	250 	18s 	10s 	450 dps 	65 dps 	; dps 	7 seconds 	4
5 	300 	0 	250 	17s 	10s 	500 dps 	70 dps 	; dps 	3 seconds 	4
6 	400 	0 	225 	16s 	9s 	600 dps 	75 dps 	; dps 	4 seconds 	4
7 	500 	0 	225 	16s 	9s 	600 dps 	80 dps 	; dps 	5 seconds 	4
8 	600 	0 	200 	15s 	8s 	650 dps 	90 dps 	; dps 	6 seconds 	5
9 	800 	0 	200 	15s 	8s 	750 dps 	95 dps 	; dps 	8 seconds 	5
10 	1000 	0 	200 	15s 	8s 	750 dps 	100 dps 	; dps 	8 seconds 	6
*Chill changes into Freeze at Level 5, which resets the duration
==Strategies ==
Unlike her appearance in Plants vs. Zombies 3 as a Legendary plant, she is no longer bound into only one Kalestorm on the lawn at a time, which its solid hailstone lobbing ability dealing with multiple targets at once can be taken advantage of even further.
While Kalestorm doesn't do much damage, she can be proven very effective in disabling Explorer/Torchlight and Prospector Zombies, preventing them from burning or bypassing the player's defense. Though, it couldn't do much against Jester and Parasol Zombies, as they can deflect her hailstones, and came out unharmed. Surfer Zombie's surfboard and Shield Zombie can also pose a problem as it blocks lobbed shots.
As her Plant Food effect throws hailstones that can do splash damage, it is effective to get rid of Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels when those appeared in abundance.
==Gallery==
File:Kalestorm.png|Kalestorm's HD image.
Kalestorm Seed Packet.png|Kalestorm's seed packet.
Kalestorm Seed Packet2.png|Kalestorm's seed packet without sun cost.
Kalestorm Seed Packet3.png|Kalestorm's seed packet without sun cost, family, and level.
File:Kalestorm3 artwork.png|Kalestorm's artwork in Plants vs. Zombies: Bizarre Anomalies.
==Trivia==
*She's one of the few plants to break the fourth wall based on her almanac description.
*She's the second plant to debut in Plants vs. Zombies 3 before Plants vs. Zombies 2.
*Her costume was unused and unfinished, and the sprites were blanked out from the assets.
===Name and Origins===
Kalestorm is based off a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 3 with the same name and ability.
Similar to her original counterpart, Kalestorm draws her inspiration from kale, also known as leaf cabbage, which is part of the Brassica oleracea family. Kalestorm's name is a portmanteau of kale and hailstorm.
== Navigations ==
Category:Attacking plants
Category:Plants by IAmPlayer
Category:Ice plants
Category:Winter-mint Family plants
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Category:Lobbed-Shot Plants
Category:Area of effect plants
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