Balloon Stump

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Balloon Stump is a plant that appears in Plants vs. Zombies 2 and Plants vs. Zombies: The Last Reminiscence. In PvZ2, he can be unlocked by buying in the shop for $4.99, or 100 gems during the whole October while in PvZ:TLR, he can be bought from the shop after completing Dream Waltz.
Balloon Stump slingshots balloons at zombies. These balloons are tied with spikes so when it hits a zombie, the balloon sticks to the zombie. After the zombie gets 5 balloons, it floats off and leave the lawn, the exceptions are Gargantuars which take 8 balloons, Imps which take 3 balloons and Balloon Zombies (with the balloon still on) which take 1 balloon.
Balloons need to recharge in a similar fashion to PvZ2 Bowling Bulb. One balloon recharges every 3.5 seconds and he can stock up to 3 balloons. With the attack speed faster than the balloon recharge time (2.5 seconds), he can also shoot plain spikes when he has no balloons in stock. There is a visual representation of how many balloons there are in his stock.
==Origin==
Balloon Stump is based on a stump, the bottom part of a tree left projecting from the ground after most of the trunk has fallen or been cut down.
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
Spirit comes out from the eye hole of the stump. The spirit travels along the lane to the right side of the lawn, passing through zombies before returning and passing through the same zombies again. When the spirit passes through a zombie each time, the zombie receives 300 dps of damage (15 peas) and 2 balloons.
This means the zombie will receive 600 dps of damage (30 peas) and 4 balloons if the zombie survives upon the usage of Plant Food on this plant.
===Spear-mint effect (PvZ2 only)===
When boosted by Spear-mint, his hit speed and balloon recharge become 2 times faster.
===Level upgrades (PvZ2 only)===
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge(Mediocre)	Damage 	Toughness(Typical)	Special(Balloon recharge*)	Special(Balloons required**)
1 	0 	0 	150 	20 seconds 	40 	300 dps 	3.5 seconds 	5
2 	10 	1,000 	150 	19 seconds 	50 	350 dps 	3.5 seconds 	5
3 	25 	2,500 	150 	18 seconds 	60 	400 dps 	3.5 seconds 	5
4 	50 	5,000 	150 	17 seconds 	70 	450 dps 	3.5 seconds 	4
5 	100 	10,000 	125 	17 seconds 	80 	500 dps 	3.5 seconds 	4
6 	200 	20,000 	125 	16 seconds 	90 	550 dps 	3 seconds 	4
7 	400 	30,000 	125 	15 seconds 	100 	600 dps 	3 seconds 	3
8 	800 	50,000 	125 	14 seconds 	110 	650 dps 	3 seconds 	3
9 	1,200 	75,000 	125 	13 seconds 	120 	700 dps 	3 seconds 	3
10 	1,600 	100,000	100 	12 seconds 	130 	750 dps 	3 seconds 	3
*The time it takes for the plant to restock one balloon
**The amount of balloons a typical zombie can receive before the zombie lifts off
==Almanac Entry==
===Plants vs. Zombies 2===
===Plants vs. Zombies: The Last Reminiscence===
==Almanac Statistics (PvZ: TLR)==
Damage	Hit Speed	Damage per second	Balloon recharge	Recharge	Health
2 	2.5 sec 	0.8 	3.5 sec 	20 sec 	10
See here for more information about "Almanac Statistics"!
==Strategies==
Since most zombies take 5 balloons before lift off, given that it's the worst case, that is him not having any balloons left in stock, he will take 17.5 seconds to stick 5 balloons required for the zombie to float up, whether it's a Buckethead Zombie or a normal Zombie or almost any zombie (that is enough for the zombie to travel 3.5 tiles given that the zombie speed is regular) so to take advantage of him, use him to take out higher HP zombies. His damage per second output is only slightly higher than a Peashooter.
Imagine a hypothetical plant "X", with the same sun cost as this plant (1.5 times that of a Peashooter) and let its damage be 1.5 times that of a Peashooter, Balloon Stump will take out zombies with more than 17.5 nds of hp faster than plant X.
==Trivia==
*When a zombie got stuck with one less balloon than the required amount to lift off, the zombie will elevate a little bit from the ground, indicating that it's almost going to lift off. Most of the zombies will show this effect with 4 balloons. Blovers can also blow away zombies in this state off the screen immediately.
*Zombies with less than 14 nds of health will die before getting 5 balloons, given that Balloon Stump has no balloons left in stock when started attacking the zombie.
==Costume==
In PvZ2, during the whole October, all Balloon Stumps will wear the halloween costume. During the month, there will be an offer in the shop to spend 50 gems to keep the costume forever.
==Gallery==
Balloon Stump HD.png|HD Balloon Stump
Balloon Stump Costume HD.png|HD Balloon Stump's Halloween costume (PvZ2 exclusive)
Balloon Stump Uncharged.png|Without any balloons in stock
Balloon Stump Seed Packet PvZ2.png|Seed packet
Balloon Projectiles.png|Projectiles
Balloon Projectiles Costume.png|Projectiles (Halloween costume)
Balloon Stump Gameplay2.JPG|In Dark Ages, attacking Peasant Buckethead Zombie
Balloon Stump Gameplay.JPG|Mummified Gargantuar with 7 balloons, floating a little bit from the ground. One more balloon and it will lift off
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