Torchwood

*Torchwoods turn peas that pass through them into flaming peas that deal twice as much damage.*

## Almanac statistics

### Special

Fire peas do splash damage worth 35% of the base damage in an 1x1 area

### Price from shop

20,000  (10 copies of seed packets)

**Is immune to frost**

**Warms nearby plants**

**Torchwood and Snapdragon have become fast friends. They like to hang out at either the Tiki Lounge or the Renaissance Faire.**

**Torchwood** is the world seedium of Pirate Seas in *Alternate UniverZ*. He lights regular peas that pass through him, turning them into fire peas. These fire peas deal twice the damage of normal peas, but also removes all chilling and freezing effect from the target. Frozen peas fired by Snow Pea will thaw, becoming normal peas and losing their chilling ability. He also explodes and does lane-wide fire damage when eaten, just enough to kill a Basic Zombie.

Torchwood can be unlocked through its seed packets, which are obtained through completing world quests or purchasing directly from the store.

## Almanac entry

* Normal
* Pro

**Torchwood**

SUN COST: 175

RECHARGE: 15

TOUGHNESS: 750

FLAME DAMAGE: 200

Torchwoods turn peas that pass through them into flaming peas that deal twice as much damage.
Special: Fire peas do splash damage worth 35% of the base damage in an 1x1 area
Special: immune to frost, warms nearby plants
Pro Status: -25 sun, +250 toughness, doesn't work at nighttime

Torchwood and Snapdragon have become fast friends. They like to hang out at either the Tiki Lounge or the Renaissance Faire.

**Torchwood**

SUN COST: 150

RECHARGE: 15

TOUGHNESS: 1000

FLAME DAMAGE: 200

Torchwoods turn peas that pass through them into flaming peas that deal twice as much damage.
Special: Fire peas do splash damage worth 35% of the base damage in an 1x1 area
Special: immune to frost, warms nearby plants
Pro Status: -25 sun, +250 toughness, doesn't work at nighttime

Torchwood and Snapdragon have become fast friends. They like to hang out at either the Tiki Lounge or the Renaissance Faire.

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Torchwood's fire becomes blue, tripling the damage of all pea projectiles that pass through it. This effect lasts until the Torchwood is removed. He also emits heat to warm nearby plants four times as often.

## Costumes

* Current
* Pre 1.5

## Strategies

Torchwood has been reworked in this game partially. He now acts like a weak Jalapeño when eaten. However, within this sector, he is of questionable utility due to the damage being only barely able to defeat Basic Zombies at most.

It is also difficult to set up as every lane must have a Torchwood and a Repeater on it, and setting this up will cause zombies to slip past your defenses easily while you are concentrating on a lane. You can use more sun-producing plants like Sun-shroom or Twin Sunflower to speed up the process. You will need to cram massive firepower before you can augment your defenses with him.

Sap-fling and Stallia can slow down zombies, even if they are in contact with fire, so these plants can help Torchwood against strong zombies like Pharaoh Zombies and Gargantuars.

A Plant Food fed Torchwood can deal massive damage, especially with a five-headed Pea Pod as the plasma fire triples damage. It is very hard and risky to pull off correctly; nonetheless, when done well, this setup can easily counter high zombie densities, and this also helps a lot when battling against obstacles such as tombstones created by Tomb Raiser Zombies and Tomb Fest Raisers, as the plasma peas can defeat them very quickly. They also can help against the zombies in Terror from Tomorrow, but keep in mind that the high health of Robo-Cone Zombie, Disco-tron 3000, Mecha-Football Zombie, and the force field created by the Shield Zombie will absorb a lot of fire peas. It is highly suggested that you bring Citrons, Sap-flings, or E.M.Peaches along with Torchwood to stun the zombies, Blovers to deal with unsuspecting Jetpack Zombies, and Pumpkins to block the Gargantuar Prime's lasers.

Torchwood is also a very effective plant in Frostbite Caves as fire has numerous advantages in this ice-themed world. When planted on any tile, he produces heat in a 3x3 area, preventing the surrounding plants from freezing or melting their ice blocks. He will also produce heat four times more often if he is fed Plant Food, giving him an advantage over other thawing plants. However, do beware of the Sasquatch Imp when doing so, as he is entirely immune to fire-based attacks.

**Note:** Avoid using Torchwoods when you see Jester Zombies, Explorer Zombies and Excavator Zombies, as Jester Zombies can deflect fire peas, he or fire peas can relight Explorer Zombie's torch, and Excavator Zombies block all straight-shooting projectiles. However, if he is destroyed by direct damage such as being eaten by a zombie, he will still trigger his attacks normally.

## Balance Changes

### Version 1.0.1

* Recharge: 15 > 30
* Starting recharge: 7.5 > 15
* Toughness: 3000 > 800
* Burst damage: 0 > 200

### Version 1.3

* Toughness: 900 > 750
* Recharge: 30 > 15
* Starting recharge: 15 > 7.5

### Version 1.5.1

* Fire Peas now do splash damage worth 35% of the base damage in an 1x1 area.

### Version 1.6

* Sun cost (Pro Status): 175 > 150
* Toughness (Pro Status): 1050 > 1000
* Flame damage (Pro Status): 350 > 200