Root Vine

Root Vine is a premium vine plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. Root Vine can be obtained by obtaining 250 seed packets.
Root Vine attacks zombies in front and behind him with his root that deals 40 damage to all zombies in 1x1 area. Root Vine's attack is also capable of destroying Barrel Roller Zombie's barrel as well as Pianist Zombie in one hit, though unlike Spikeweed/Spikerock/Cactus/Iceweed, Root Vine will remain intact. Root Vine is also a vine plant, capable of being planted on other plants to provide an extra layer of protection.
Root Vine is also a defensive plant much like Pumpkin but he has 75% health of Pumpkin, capable of absorbing up to 3000 damage from zombies. Unlike Pumpkin, Root Vine has an unique property of being unable to be moved by any means, allowing him to protect the plant inside him from being moved. The following zombies and environment modifiers cannot move Root Vine:
* Mecha-Football Zombie (which also takes heavily reduced damage as it deals 100 damage to Root Vine)
* Fisherman Zombie (cannot be pulled)
* Excavator Zombie (forces him to use his shovel to attack Root Vine)
* Punk Zombie (forces him to eat Root Vine)
* Zombot Sharktronic Sub (cannot be moved by the turbine)
* Ankylosaurus (blocks its attack)
== Origins ==
Root Vine's appearance is partially inspired by Root Wall, a superpower trick from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, with his status as a vine plant is based off Root Vine's initial animation.
==Almanac entry==
== Upgrades ==
=== Plant Food effect ===
When given Plant Food, Root Vine covers the entire lane with roots that damage grounded zombies in the lane like Spikeweed, dealing 15 damage every 0.5 seconds. Root Vine's Plant Food ability can be stacked in the same lane, allowing the roots to deal more damage and the roots will persist until Root Vine is destroyed.
=== Spear-mint effect ===
When boosted by Spear-mint, Root Vine's damage is increased by 160 damage and can absorb an additional 5000 damage, and his Plant Food damage is increased by 40.
== Strategies ==
Root Vine can be treated as an alternative Pumpkin as they are both defensive plants that can be planted on other plants. While Root Vine has less health than Pumpkin, he is capable of defending himself with his root attack. His attack is very useful against Barrel Roller Zombie's barrel and Pianist Zombie because the attack can destroy the barrel and Pianist Zombie in one-hit and unlike Spikeweed/Cactus/Iceweed, Root Vine will remain intact.
Root Vine's main selling point is the fact he is very useful in levels that contain Mecha-Football Zombies, Excavator Zombies, Fisherman Zombies, Punk Zombies and Ankylosaurus as Root Vine himself cannot be moved by these zombies, allowing him to protect the plant inside him from getting moved. It is recommend to place him towards the front of the lawn.
Root Vine's Plant Food ability basically turns his lane into Spikeweed, and while the damage seems weak at first, it can be used to repel weaker zombies such as Zombie Chickens. Additionally, his Plant Food ability immediately destroys Barrel Roller Zombie's barrel and Pianist Zombies before they can even enter the lawn. However, flying zombies are unaffected by his Plant Food ability.
== Gallery ==
File:RootVine.png|HD Root Vine
== Trivia ==
* Root Vine's original ability was going to be akin to Endurian, being able to damage nearby zombies before it got changed to ranged attack.
** Additionally, Root Vine's original family was going to be Reinforce-mint, similar to Pumpkin before being changed to Spear-mint.
* As Root Vine is anchored into the underground, he cannot be planted on planked lanes in Pirate Seas nor Lily Pad in Big Wave Beach. However, his Plant Food ability will go over the planked lanes but not plankless lanes.
* Root Vine's Plant Food ability is based off Spirit of the Forest's vine ability from Bloons TD 6.
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