Draftodil

*Draftodils windmill constantly, slowing flying zombies, and also shoot air cannon blasts that deal light damage to zombies.*

### Special

Plant food blasts knock flying zombies off the lawn

## In-game statistics

### Codename alias

draftodil

**Draftodil looks like she's full of hot air, but she isn't. She's full of highly compressed air. There's a difference!**

**Draftodil** is a premium plant in *Plants vs. Zombies 2: Reflourished*. She costs 75 gems to purchase.

Draftodil fires air blasts every 1.35-1.5 seconds, dealing 20 damage. She also passively slows down all airborne zombies in her lane, including any incoming fliers and zombies that were knocked back by 70% of their speed. The slowdown effect can be stacked with other forms of slowing, such as chill or tar, but not with other Draftodils. The slowdown effect lasts for 5 seconds if the zombie lands, moves to another lane, or until all Draftodils on the lane are removed.

Additionally, Draftodil's attacks have a small 5% chance of blowing away zombie critters and shrunken zombies on hit.

Like Blover and Hurrikale, Draftodil can also blow away Dandelion's seeds, but only when she is planted. She cannot blow away more of Dandelion's seeds after that.

## Almanac entry

**Draftodil**

Draftodils windmill constantly, slowing flying zombies, and also shoot air cannon blasts that deal light damage to zombies.

Special: plant food blasts knock flying zombies off the lawn

Draftodil looks like she's full of hot air, but she isn't. She's full of highly compressed air. There's a difference!

## Plant Food effect

When fed Plant Food, Draftodil will fire five powerful air blasts that deal 50 damage each down her lane. Airborne zombies are removed from the lawn on hit. Each air blast also has a 20% chance of removing a zombie critter or shrunken zombies from the lawn on hit.

## Strategies

Draftodil's biggest selling point is her ability to slow down airborne zombies. A majority of worlds have airborne zombies in some form, the only true exceptions being Ancient Egypt and Dark Ages, making her a viable choice in any other world in spite of her conditional ability. If struggling against airborne zombies, Draftodil can trivialise them with a slowing effect that is stronger than any stall plant in the game.

Asides from flying zombies, any zombies that are sent airborne by other plants will also be affected by Draftodil's slowing effect, up to a short time after landing. By combining her with knockback plants like Spring Bean, Chard Guard and Primal Peashooter, all kinds of zombies can be stalled and kept airborne for longer; just beware Jurassic Bully and Big Brainz zombies, as their knockback immunity will, by proxy, prevent Draftodil from slowing them. Planting several knockback plants, such as in the case of Primal Peashooter, can allow for zombies to be kept airborne for longer, further transforming Draftodil from a mere anti-air tool to a stalling powerhouse.

Beyond her stalling capabilities, Draftodil also shares direct synergy with Dandelion, making the latter release a large burst of seeds upon planting the former in the same lane. This can be further enhanced by rapidly shoveling and replanting Draftodil to take advantage of shovel refund; with all 3 shovel boosts, this should only cost 35 sun per 5 seconds, much cheaper and more rapid than using Blover or Hurrikale for the same purpose.

Keep in mind that like other stalling plants, Draftodil should not be used as a substitute for regular offensive plants, as the slowing effect does not stack with multiple Draftodils and the damage is less than that of a Peashooter.

## Balance changes

### Initial launch

* ▲ Severely slows down flying zombies and any zombie that is airborne (slower than other stalling effects)
* ▼ +25 Sun
* ▼ -5 damage
* ▼ No longer flings Zombies off screen
* ▼ -5 damage Plant Food damage
	+ Not listed in the changelogs
* ▼ No longer stuns zombies
	+ Not listed in the changelogs

### Version 1.0.2

* ▲ Sun Cost: 175 -> 125
* ▲ Damage: 15 -> 20

### Version 1.2

* ▲ 5% chance to blow away critters and shrunken zombies.
* ▲ The Plant Food is a 20% chance.
	+ Developer note: This was just added for fun.

## Trivia

* Draftodil's "Fiesta-Flavored" costume is one of the Harvest Festival Costume Contest winners, submitted by headset.