Muncher

Muncher is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies; the Long Walk Home that can be obtained by completing level 13 of Stepping Stones. It will rapidly attack zombies in a similar manner to how Chomper would to zombies it can't eat, then spit out a magma ball after killing a zombie. The magma ball it spits out will then roll down the lane and damage every zombie on the lane, dealing very heavy damage.
==Origins==
Muncher is based on a plant from an old PvZcc screenshot that depicted a gray Chomper. Only this one takes on a more obscure appearance with a dinosaur-like mane, a gradient fade from gray to green on its stem, and a white dot for an eye.
==Almanac Entry==
==Older Versions==
In older versions of the game, Muncher only costed 200 sun and had a 15 second recharge time, as well as dealing 100 damage per strike. This was immediately nerfed in the next update for very obvious reasons. Every level with chosen plants could be easily cleared without the use of any other plants, including sun producers, before this patch.
==Strategies==
It's better to have this plant behind a Wall-nut (or better yet, to have two) rather than using it as a Wall-nut because of its high health, because zombies can break through it easier than a regular Wall-nut and could ultimately doom you if handled improperly. But it would be fine to plant it down before placing any Wall-nuts, as it can eat most zombies before they can eat it when they come one at a time.
When paired with extra defenses, the plant has a good chance of holding its own in crowds of zombies, as it summons a high damage projectile that hits every zombie on its lane, which is good for clearing out low-health zombies. Do remember the plant has a hefty price and shouldn't be used as a primary attacker in a cost limit level.
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==Trivia==
*Interestingly, despite plant food being removed from the game entirely, Muncher had a fully functional plant food ability where it would spawn a giant magma ball and deal major damage.
*Muncher, along with a few other plants, were planned to be unlockable plants for the Uncharted Lands event before it was turned into a mystery portal event, thus invalidating the concept of unlocking the plant in the first place.
**There were plans made for it to be unlocked elsewhere before being discarded entirely, along with all the other plants except for Drill-shroom. It wasn't even programmed into the game.
Category:Plants