Ninja Vine

Ninja Vine is a seedium vine plant in Plants vs Zombies 2, unlocked by getting 250 of his seed packets in Ninja Vine's Noetic Season.
You can use this plant in your fan games! Just ask the creator for permission first, and give credit.
== Ability ==
He throws piercing shurikens that pierce through up to 3 zombies, with each hit having a small (25%) chance to knock the zombie back. When a zombie gets too close (3x2 range in front of him), Ninja Vine slashes it with his katana, doing heavy damage, however after this he gets tired and needs to recharge for 6.5 seconds, not being able to attack. When he is about to be eaten, he detonates a 1x1 smoke bomb that hides the plant he was planted on from zombies for 5 seconds. When hidden behind the smoke, plants can still attack, but zombies will walk straight through them.
== Origins ==
Like other vines, Ninja Vine is based off an unknown vine plant. He is also based on a Ninja, a person skilled in the Japanese art of ninjutsu.
File:A ninja lol.png|Portrait of a ninja (from Wikipedia)
== Plant Food Ability / Spear-Mint effect ==
When fed plant food, Ninja Vine swings his katana 3 times in a 3x2 area in front of him. For every zombie killed by this, Ninja Vine throws a supercharged shuriken that does 25 DPS and can pass through infinite zombies, and has a 100% chance of knocking them back a tile. 
When boosted by Spear-Mint, Ninja Vine's shuriken's chance of knocking back zombies increases, and both of his attacks do an additional 20 DPS.
== Strategies ==
Ninja Vine is a very powerful plant that saves space. It is reccomended to pair it with expensive plants like Winter Melon, so when they're about to get eaten, Ninja Vine can temporarily protect them, saving you tons of sun, and giving you time to safely get rid of the zombie.
It is not reccomended to plant him on defensive plants, such as Wall-nut, as when he gets eaten, the zombies will be able to pass right through your defense. Instead, use him on plants with low health which you don't want to be eaten.
You should make use of his powerful melee attack, so plant him closer to the zombies. Keep in mind that he does need to recharge for a few seconds after attacking, though. However, he can still be used early on in levels. Make use of his shuriken throwing attack, which can stall zombies with knockback and do a fair amount of damage, easily taking care of a Buckethead.
== Gallery ==
File:Ninja vine hq.png|HD Ninja Vine
File:Ninja vine tile.png|Ninja Vine on the premium plant background
File:Ninja vine seed.png|Ninja Vine's seed packet without sun cost
File:Ninja vine projectile.png|Ninja Vine's Projectile
File:Ninja vine concept art.png|Ninja Vine's concept art sketch
== Trivia ==
* Ninja Vine's Noetic Season was originally called Ninja Vine's Neophyte Season. This was changed as it did not make sense.
* Ninja Vine's concept sketch did not include the katana.
== See some of my other plants! ==
* Godscilla
* Kercoolen Cabbage
* Weld Vine
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