Dripwort

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Dripwort is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It is a seasonal plant, tied to Dripwort's Alien Season in . Dripwort is a close-range plant who exudes spores in mist form, causing zombies in a 3x3 area around it to take 20 damage every second and have their movement speed reduced by 20%. The spores do not have any effect on attack or ability speed.
Dripwort can also link with other Dripworts in a 3x3 area around them, amplifying both of their spore mists in the following ways: increasing the damage dealt, and increasing the potency of the slowing effect. This means a chain of Dripworts can be constructed across the lawn, and that all of those Dripworts would have upgraded spore mists.
Zombies that attack Dripwort itself will be briefly stunned for 0.5 seconds. This is not a long-term stun, but it can be re-applied quickly and gives Dripwort some additional capacity for self-defense, at least when compared to other plants who just sit there and pretend nothing is happening as they are eaten alive. Be grateful Dripwort has its wits about it enough to stand a fighting chance.
When a zombie eats it, that zombie will be stunned for 1.5 seconds and then destroyed in a suspiciously similar fashion to , releasing gas which bursts down the lane behind them and stuns other zombies for 7.5 seconds. 
== Origins ==
	Dripwort isn't based on a particular plant, as it's an imaginary species of plant. That being said, it does bear some resemblance to moss, small, flowerless plants that typically grow in dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations. In this case, Dripwort does appear to have a flower or some other form of flower-like body attached to it.
== Almanac Entry ==
== Upgrades ==
=== Plant Food Effect ===
When fed Plant Food, Dripwort unleashes a powerful blast of spores in a 3x3 area as well as in in all connected spore mist tiles which deals 500 damage for each connected Dripwort.
=== Ail-mint Effect ===
When boosted with , Dripwort's damage is increased by 40 damage, its slow effect is increased by 30%, and its stun duration is increased by 0.75 seconds for the duration of the mint.
==Upgrade Levels==
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Damage 	Damage Increase Per Stack	Movement Slow	Slow Increase Per Stack	Max Number of Stacks	Stun Duration	
1 	0 	0 	175 	5 sec 	300 	20 	+ 5 	20% 	+ 2% 	10 	0.5 sec 	
2 	10 	1,000 	150 	5 sec 	350 	25 	+ 5 	20% 	+ 2% 	10 	0.5 sec 	
3 	100 	5,000 	150 	5 sec 	400 	30 	+ 5 	20% 	+ 2% 	10 	0.5 sec 	
4 	200 	10,000	125 	5 sec 	450 	35 	+ 5 	20% 	+ 2% 	12 	0.5 sec 	
5 	400 	20,000	125 	5 sec 	550 	40 	+ 5 	20% 	+ 2% 	12 	0.6 sec 	
6 	750 	30,000	125 	5 sec 	600 	45 	+ 5 	25% 	+ 2% 	12 	0.6 sec 	
7 	1,000 	40,000	100 	5 sec 	650 	50 	+ 5 	25% 	+ 3% 	14 	0.6 sec 	
8 	1,250 	50,000	100 	5 sec 	700 	55 	+ 5 	25% 	+ 3% 	14 	0.6 sec 	
9 	1,500 	60,000	100 	5 sec 	800 	60 	+ 5 	25% 	+ 3% 	14 	0.75 sec 	
10 	2,000 	75,000	100 	5 sec 	900 	65 	+ 5 	25% 	+ 3% 	16 	0.75 sec 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	16 	0.75 sec 	
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===Mastery upgrades===
* Chance to Boost 
*Damage Pierce
==History==
===May 21st, 2023===
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==Strategies==
Dripwort, while mysterious in nature, makes a fantastic addition to your lawn defending crew. Its ability to spread spores in an area and deal constant to zombies that come near is similar to strategy-wise, but the ability to link up several Dripwort spore mists into a cohesive chain of displeasure is more similar to . The more Dripworts are in an area, the more zombies in that place will take and the more they will be slowed. Since Dripwort does more the longer zombies are in the area, it synergizes well with slowing plants like or , as well as full-on stalling plants like or , who can keep zombies in the mist for longer. More longer, more pain. Good!
Dripwort's ability to momentarily stun zombies can be compared to , and it gives him some additional protection from zombies. It might not quite be as effective as Maybee's stunning ability, but it's better than nothing and can buy precious time if things get down to the wire. In addition, if zombies do happen to eat Dripwort, their bowels will be much displeased - for Dripwort comes with a Chili Bean-like ability which destroys the zombie and stuns all behind it. This can be particularly effective in strategies that rely on lanes full of Dripworts as it can stop the rest of the lane from being overwhelmed, at least temporarily.
==Demonstration==
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== Gallery ==
DripwortHD2.png|Dripwort HD
BoneCostume.png|Dripwort's first costume (Ossified)
DragonZalgae.png|Dripwort's second costume (Crimson)
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