Icyclamen

Icyclamen is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He can be obtained by collecting 250 of his seed packets during Icyclamen's Chilling Season in Arena. 
When planted, Icyclamen will be charged normal. If tapped he will shoot an icicle that penetrates all zombies in his lane, damaging and chilling them. If not tapped after 10 seconds he will become supercharged and will start glowing. A supercharged icicle will freeze zombies instead of chilling them. After tapping, Icyclamen will have to recharge for 10 seconds before being able to be tapped again.
== Origins ==
Icyclamen is based on cyclamen, a genus of 23 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. His name is a portmanteau of "icicle", the projectile he shoots, and "cyclamen", the plant Icyclamen's based on. 
== Upgrades ==
=== Plant Food Effect ===
When fed with Plant Food, Icyclamen raises sharp icicles from the ground, chilling and damaging grounded zombies in his lane for 10 seconds.
=== Winter-mint ===
When boosted by Winter-mint, Icyclamen charges in 2 seconds and supercharges after 3 seconds. Icicles deal 200 additional damage and chill/freeze zombies 10 seconds longer. Plant Food icicles deal additional 60 damage per second and last 5 seconds longer.
=== Level Upgrades ===
Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Sun Cost	Recharge	Toughness	Damage	Chill/Freeze Duration	Plant Food Duration	Plant Food Damage*
1 	0 	0 	150 	10 	300 	100 	6 	8 	40
2 	50 	0 	150 	9.5 	350 	120 	7 	8 	50
3 	100 	0 	150 	9 	400 	140 	8 	9 	60
4 	200 	0 	150 	8.5 	450 	160 	9 	9 	70
5 	300 	0 	125 	8 	550 	180 	10 	10 	80
6 	400 	0 	125 	7.5 	600 	200 	11 	10 	90
7 	500 	0 	125 	7 	650 	220 	12 	11 	100
8 	600 	0 	125 	6.5 	700 	240 	13 	11 	110
9 	800 	0 	100 	6 	800 	260 	14 	12 	120
10 	1,000 	0 	100 	5.5 	900 	280 	15 	12 	130
*per second
== Strategies ==
Icyclamen can be an effective crowd staller. Two Icyclamens in the same lane can keep zombies chilled forever if timed properly. He can be triggered manually by the player, so you should keep at least one supercharged Icyclamen in every row before a huge wave of zombies starts. Garlic and Sweet Potato can be used to increase his efficiency, as an icicle can hit an infinite amount of zombies. In Frostbite Caves you should tap Icyclamen as soon as he charges because zombies there are immune to freezing, so waiting for Icyclamen to supercharge is useless.
== Trivia ==
* Icyclamen was originally created for Frostbite Caves's gate, but the creator gave up on the idea
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