Star Anise

Star Anise is an instant-use plant in Plants vs Zombies 2: It's About Time that shakes fast and shoots piercing seeds in all directions.
== Origins ==
It is based on Illicium verum, also known as Star Anise.
== Overview ==
Star Anise can be bought from the shop at any time. It costs 100 gems.
Star Anise shoots seeds in 16 directions, 5 seeds in each direction, 80 seeds in total. Every single seed can pierce 2 targets
== Upgrades ==
=== Spear-mint effect ===
When boosted by Spear-mint, its damage is increased by 50 per seed. Each seed pierces through 3 more zombies.
=== Level Upgrades ===
Level	Seed Packets	Coins 	Sun Cost	Recharge	Damage (per seed)	Targets Pierced (per seed)
1 	0 	0 	125 	25 	15 	2
2 	10 	1,000 	125 	24 	20 	2
3 	25 	2,500 	125 	23 	25 	2
4 	50 	5,000 	125 	22 	30 	3
5 	100 	10,000 	100 	21 	35 	3
6 	200 	20,000 	100 	20 	40 	3
7 	400 	30,000 	100 	19 	45 	4
8 	800 	50,000 	100 	18 	50 	4
9 	1,200 	75,000 	75 	17 	55 	4
10 	1,600 	100,000	75 	16 	60 	4
== Strategies ==
Star Anise is best used against zombies with a large hitbox, such as Gargantuars or robots, as it can deal a massive amount of damage. Avoid using it against Jester Zombies because they will just deflect all of its projectiles. It is generally good against groups of weak zombies coming from all directions.
== Trivia ==
* Originally it was going to be a plant which just shot seeds in 8 directions, but was changed due to it being unoriginal
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