Fume-shroom

*Fume-shrooms shoot fumes that damage all zombies in an area*

**"I think of myself as a pretty confident shroom and an all-around fungi," says Fume-shroom. "But sometimes, when I'm eating Plant Food, I hear them chuckling. I hear them calling me 'Balloon-shroom'. I don't think they know how much that hurts."**

**Fume-shroom** is the third plant available in Dark Ages in *Alternate UniverZ*. He shoots fumes four tiles ahead of him, damaging all the zombies in the area. Fume-shroom also deals 5 more damage during nighttime.

Fume-shroom is unlocked after beating DA-V.

## Almanac entry

**Fume-shroom**

SUN COST: 125

RECHARGE: 15

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 30

FIRING RATE: 2.4

AREA: 1x4

Fume-shrooms shoot fumes that damage all zombies in an area
Special: deals 35 damage at nighttime

"I think of myself as a pretty confident shroom and an all-around fungi," says Fume-shroom. "But sometimes, when I'm eating Plant Food, I hear them chuckling. I hear them calling me 'Balloon-shroom'. I don't think they know how much that hurts."

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Fume-shroom releases a strong fume that pushes every zombie ahead of it to the far right and deals 1200 damage.

## Costumes

* Current
* Pre 1.5

## Strategies

Fume-shroom fills in the middle ground between Snapdragon and Laser Bean: His effective range, while greater than Snapdragon's, is not infinite like Laser Bean's. Fume-shroom also deals decent damage compared to Laser Bean and Snapdragon, but does not enjoy Snapdragon's attack stacking capability and therefore will do less damage per second when planted in a column. Regardless, all three plants are excellent at crowd controlling, and they will prove to be useful in both normal levels and Endless Zones due to the constantly escalating amount of zombies compared to that of the first game.

Like in the first game, Fume-shroom is effective against zombies that attempt to shield themselves from normal projectiles, such as Barrel Roller Zombie, Shield Zombie and Excavator Zombie. He is also useful in cleaning up tombstones, as it can hit up to five tombstones at once while still being able to damage zombies.

Fume-shrooms are a great choice against Zombie Chickens in Wild West and Ice Weasels in Frostbite Caves. While he is slightly inferior to Lightning Reed in combating Zombie Chickens because of the lower attack speed and decreased range, Fume-shroom does a much better job against Ice Weasels as he can kill them in one hit while Lightning Reed at level one will require eight hits to achieve the same result.

Fume-shroom is especially effective in his home world, the Dark Ages, because he is cheap, and his attack can't be blocked by any of the zombies there (Jester Zombie blocks all projectiles, while Reanimator Zombie summons Plagued Peasants which crowd controlling plants excel against, and Wizard Zombies which are weak against piercing).

Fume-shroom's Plant Food effect can be used as an improvised Hurrikale without the chilling effect, but with great damage to all zombies affected. It is useful in vanquishing all zombies on a lane and can take quite some health out of Gargantuars, as 1500 damage is nearly the damage output of a single Cherry Bomb.

## Balance Changes

### Version 1.3.1

* Attack speed is no longer nerfed by Nocturnal Curse.

### Version 1.6.2

* Day damage: 25 -> 30
* Night damage: 30 -> 35
	+ Dev Note: Fume has always felt underwhelming a day, and just alright at night. This buff should allow him to shine beside other piercers.