Merak-le Berry

Merak-le Berry is a plant available in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It is introduced in the 9.9.1 update for the Miraculous Merak-le Berry Hatch Arena season. It starts off as a weak seed-egg, which when given enough sun will grow into a big, then bigger berry-bird. It has a lifetime which it will blow up into sun and disappear.
When it is planted, it is in form of a weak seed-egg which boosts plants attack power in a 3x3 area around it and shoots weak light beams on zombies in its lane and adjacent ones, it can be given sun which will make it grow into a big, then bigger berry-bird which amplifies its attack boosts and its light beams become constant and can target more zombies.
Merak-le Berry can be given sun by tapping it. 25 sun will be given to it each tap, giving it enough sun will transform it to its three stages. In its first stage, it is a seed-egg that boosts all attack power of the plants around it by 5 dps (at Level 1) on a 3x3 area. In addition, it shoots weak light beams to zombies in its own lane and adjacent ones. It targets a maximum of 3 zombies in this stage. 
If given 75 sun, it will transform into its second stage and turn into a berry-hatchling. The beams now constantly damage the zombies, doubling its attack rate and the maximum amount of targets is now 5. Its attack boost effect is also doubled. If given another 75 sun, it will transform into its third and final stage which it becomes a berry-bird which now has its light beam deal 10 dps with a maximum target of 7 and its attack boost radius is increased to 5x5 instead. It cannot be given any more sun after it transforms for the final time.
It has a lifetime which counts down continuously and cannot be stopped (except if it is frozen) which initially starts off at 30 seconds. Every sun given to it will increase the timer by 15 seconds and if it gets transformed, it will reset its lifetime counter. If the lifetime counter goes to 0, it will explode and disappear leaving 50% of the sun that has been given to it, at Level 1.
==Origins==
Merak-le Berry is based on the Peafowl which is a type of bird that is found in Java and also Myanmar (Burma). Merak is the indonesian word for the Peafowl.
Merak-le Berry is also based on the Miracle Berry, which is a sweet red fruit. Merak-le is a portmanteau between 'Merak' and 'miracle'.
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
===Plant Food effect===
When given Plant Food, Merak-le Berry shoots out a large beam that is 3 rows wide which deals 2000 damage per shot at Level 1. It will advance to its next stage as well.
=== Enlighten-mint effect===
When boosted by Enlighten-mint, Merak-le Berry's damage output is doubled, and its damage boost becomes 5x5 no matter its phase. It will also transform into its next stage immediately. When it is boosted, its lifetime counter is also frozen.
===Level upgrade===
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Upgrades	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades 	Upgrades
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Beam Damage	Boost Damage	Plant Food Power (Wide Beam Damage)
1 	0 	0 	175 	15 seconds 	5 dps 	5 dps 	2000 dps
2 	10 	1000 	175 	15 seconds 	5 dps 	10 dps 	2000 dps
3 	25 	2500 	175 	15 seconds 	10 dps 	15 dps 	2250 dps
4 	50 	5000 	175 	13 seconds 	10 dps 	15 dps 	2500 dps
5 	100 	10,000 	175 	13 seconds 	10 dps 	15 dps 	3500 dps
6 	200 	20,000 	175 	13 seconds 	10 dps 	20 dps 	3500 dps
7 	400 	30,000 	150 	11 seconds 	15 dps 	25 dps 	3500 dps
8 	800 	50,000 	150 	11 seconds 	15 dps 	30 dps 	4250 dps
9 	1,200 	75,000 	150 	11 seconds 	20 dps 	35 dps 	4500 dps
10 	1,600 	100,000	150 	11 seconds 	20 dps 	35 dps 	5000 dps
==Strategies ==
Merak-le Berry is an extremely powerful plant when it is maxed out. However, doing so is a huge investment as it is also quite expensive. It is extremely good in taking out hordes of zombies due to its multi-target mechanic as it doesn't depend on zombie placements unlike splash damage plants. Its damage output is the same as that of a Peashooter when maxed out which in addition to its multi-target mechanic gives it a decent damage output for its cost. Its boosting effect only affects offensive plants so it is best to put it in the frontline to maximize its boost potential.
The costliness and investment needed for it makes it quite difficult to use in Dark Ages levels since sun output is very limited compared to other levels. It is extremely weak and a bit useless on its first stage and cannot defend a zombie without good support so it is not advised to use it early game when you are racking up sun.
Its limited lifetime is not really a huge downside as it returns half of the sun invested to it, which can be used to plant it again. Beware of Ra Zombies or Turquoise Skull Zombies as they might steal the sun given from it before you can collect it. Merak-le Berry is not at all good for Last Stand levels due to its limited lifetime of 2 minutes and huge cost which it will eventually disappear before the level ends.
Beware of zombies targeting Merak-le Berry because if it is destroyed then the sun will not be released. It is also usually not good to shovel it as the sun given will be less.
== Trivia== 
*Miracle berries turns the taste buds into tasting sweet things for some amount of time. It can trick the taste of sour things into sweet.
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