Hydrangea (PvZ2)

Hydrangea is a plant obtained in ??? in Plants vs. Zombies 2. She bites nearby zombies and grows five heads at maximum after being damaged, increasing attack speed and damage.
When it comes to small zombies, such as Imps, Zombie Chickens, Ice Weasels, and shrunken zombies, Hydrangea will eat them instead, similar to Chomper, but has faster speed when chewing them before doing it again. Flying zombies cannot be damaged by them whatsoever, but this only happen when they fly over them. Those includes Jetpack Zombie and its veteran counterpart, Dodo Rider Zombie, Bug Zombie, and Balloon Zombie.
Due to their system of growing five heads, they were resistant by Gargantuar's weapon smash, albeit five smashes before disappearing. This trait was similar to Primal Wall-nut, despite has a very low health. Unlike this, Jurassic Rockpuncher and Gladiator Gargantuar can crush them in a single hit.
== Origins ==
Hydrangea was based off a plant from Plants vs. Zombies 3 with the same name and appearance.
== Overview ==
Hydrangea has 300DPS of health, but resistant to Gargantuar's smashes, albeit 5 smashes before disappearing. Flying Zombies that has an ability to fly over it cannot be damaged and small zombies (both in size or being shrunken by Shrinking Violet) will force it to eat and chew them before attacking more zombies again. Similar to Chomper, but has faster speed of chewing, which is 15 seconds.
=== Plant Food ability ===
When being fed by a Plant Food, Hydrangea will grow all of its heads and start vacuum zombies from afar. After that, all of its heads will crumble them, dealing some serious damage. Hydrangea's other four heads will disappear after using this ability.
=== Enforce-mint's effect ===
When being affected by Enforce-mint, Hydrangea will take 50DPS to a zombie and temporarily increase its range by 1x3 lane.
== Almanac entry ==
Eat candy, tastes good, the reason why they're colorful being.
== Strategies==
Hydrangea was extremely good against zombies with higher toughness, either naturally or gaining their armor on. But they also need a little bit of support in hard levels. Pharaoh Zombie was an example to this, as he lose his armor, he will speed up and directly attack Hydrangea much quicker than usual. Ice plants like Winter Melon can slow Pharaoh Zombie's eating progress, giving much time for Hydrangea to eat it quicker.
In Frostbite Caves, Hydrangea needs a support from thawing plants, preventing it from freezing. Thawing plants also can melt Troglobite's ice blocks, which giving Hydrangea an opportunity to eat those Yeti Imps. They don't need any support when it comes to Weasel Hoarder's weasels, as soon they bite it more, more heads will pop out.
In Dark Ages, it needs a support from instant-kill plants and Magnet-shroom, since there are Wizard Zombies, Knight Zombies, and Zombie Kings in that world. Tombstones are present which makes it harder to beat a single level with it, but at least you need a Grave Buster to remove it.
In Neon Mixtape Tour, Hydrangeas are not that perfect against all zombies in that world, due to their jam mechanics. Arcade Zombie was also a huge issue to this, because unlike Troglobite, Arcade Zombie pushes arcade machines and cannot be melt by any means. Hydrangea needs a bigger support unlike previous worlds. A combination between Laser Bean and Aloe was a huge recommendation for your own strategy, as Laser Bean's laser was able to piercing through most arcade machines quickly and Aloe can heal Hydrangeas afterwards.
Prevent to use it in Big Wave Beach, Modern Day, and Penny's Pursuit until it levels up, as some zombies like Octo Zombies, All-Star Zombies, and Zombie Medusas are difficult to handle without a very huge support. In Modern Day and Penny's Pursuit meanwhile, players encounter many zombies from previous worlds, combined with zombies that was exclusively new in each worlds.
== Gallery ==
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== Trivia ==
* Its almanac entry was just a joke of why their heads are colored blue, purple, and pink.
*Despite Imp Porter was an Imp-type zombie, Hydrangea keep damaging it instead rather than swallowing it. This might because of its backpack, which prevents Hydrangea from swallowing it.
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