Growdart

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Growdart is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. She is a seasonal plant, tied to Growdart's Accurate Season in . She fires low-damage darts very quickly - a little less than twice as fast as a Peashooter - and fires additional darts for each other Growdart in a 3x3 area around her with a maximum of 6 additional darts. This means that if you have a Growdart and there are at least 6 other Growdarts in a 3x3 area around her, that Growdart will be shooting 7 darts at a time with each and every attack. Growdart takes 5 seconds to start attacking when she is planted.
The additional projectiles boost is a passive effect, meaning that if the Growdarts are then removed the boost will also be removed. It's not a permanent increase or anything, so it does require a bit of maintenance.
==Origins==
	While the plant that Growdart is based on is unknown, especially to the creator coming back to this page, it bears some resemblance to Hedera, is a genus of 12–15 species of evergreen climbing or ground-creeping woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to Western Europe, Central Europe, Southern Europe, Macaronesia, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan and Taiwan.
	Growdart is also based on a blowgun, which is a simple ranged weapon consisting of a long narrow tube for shooting light projectiles such as darts. Her name is a combination of "blowdart", referencing how she shoots darts, and "grow", referencing how her combat power grows the more of her are nearby.
== Almanac Entry ==
== Upgrades ==
=== Plant Food Power ===
When fed Plant Food, Growdart will instantly fire 3 darts down her lane for each Growdart in a 5x5 area, including herself. If there are 25 Growdarts in the area, which is the maximum number there could possibly be, she'll shoot 85 darts instead of the expected 75 darts. That's a little bonus for cramming all those Growdarts in.
As a secondary effect when the Plant Food is activated, all Growdarts that were counted for the primary effect - including herself - will attack 25% faster for 10 seconds. Assuming they're level 1, that's a shot every 0.6 seconds instead of every 0.8 seconds.
=== Appease-mint Effect ===
When boosted with , Growdart's attack speed is doubled for the duration of the mint. Assuming they're level 1, that's a shot every 0.4 seconds instead of every 0.8 seconds.
==Upgrade Levels==
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Damage 	Attack Speed	Max Dart Bonus	Plant Food Power(Darts Fired)
1 	0 	0 	50 	7 sec 	300 	5 	0.8 sec 	6 	3
2 	10 	1,000 	50 	7 sec 	350 	5 	0.8 sec 	6 	3
3 	100 	5,000 	50 	7 sec 	400 	5 	0.75 sec 	7 	3
4 	200 	10,000	50 	7 sec 	450 	5 	0.75 sec 	7 	3
5 	400 	20,000	50 	5 sec 	550 	5 	0.7 sec 	7 	4
6 	750 	30,000	50 	5 sec 	600 	5 	0.7 sec 	7 	4
7 	1,000 	40,000	50 	5 sec 	650 	5 	0.65 sec 	8 	4
8 	1,250 	50,000	50 	5 sec 	700 	5 	0.65 sec 	8 	4
9 	1,500 	60,000	50 	5 sec 	800 	5 	0.6 sec 	8 	4
10 	2,000 	75,000	50 	5 sec 	900 	5 	0.6 sec 	8 	5
===Mastery upgrades===
*Chance to Boost
*Damage Pierce
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==Strategies==
As one might expect, Growdart is quite frail on her own. Even though she's a relatively cheap option, it's more effective to plant something like a or even a in terms of raw strength. However, there's strength in numbers, and Growdart is a stark believer in that. If you plant more Growdarts near each other, they'll boost each other and shoot more darts at a time. Once a Growdart is shooting at least four darts at a time, it's dealing the same net damage as a Peashooter, with twice the attack speed! What a deal! Growdarts are easily able to outperform humble Peashooters even in somewhat small groups, but in order to harness their full potential it does take up a lot of space, which can be surprisingly difficult to give up.
It's recommended to conserve as much space as possible when it comes to Growdart-centered strategies, so using space-efficient sun producers like or is a great idea. If your defense is breached and zombies start making their way through, it'll become easier and easier for them to break down your Growdarts the more of them fall as their attacks will gradually weaken. To prevent this, it's recommended to bring some sort of protection - maybe a column of or some , or whatever other defensive plants your heart desires.
==Demonstration==
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== Gallery ==
GrowdartHD01.png|HD Growdart(1 dart)
GrowdartHD02.png|HD Growdart(2 darts)
GrowdartHD03.png|HD Growdart(3 darts)
GrowdartHD04.png|HD Growdart(4 darts)
GrowDart2023A.png|HD Growdart(5 darts)
GrowDart2023B.png|HD Growdart(6 darts)
GrowDart2023C.png|HD Growdart(7 darts)
GrowdartHD05.png|1st costume(1 dart)
GrowdartHD06.png|1st costume(2 darts)
GrowdartHD07.png|1st costume(3 darts)
GrowdartHD08.png|1st costume(4 darts)
GDHelp1.png|1st costume(5 darts)
GDHelp2.png|1st costume(6 darts)
GDHelp3.png|1st costume(7 darts)
GD1.png|2nd costume(1 dart)
GD2.png|2nd costume(2 darts)
GD3.png|2nd costume(3 darts)
GD4.png|2nd costume(4 darts)
GDHelp4.png|2nd costume(5 darts)
GDHelp5.png|2nd costume(6 darts)
GDHelp6.png|2nd costume(7 darts)
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