Magnet-shroom

*Magnet-shrooms remove helmets and other metal objects from zombies.*

**Despite his unusual appearance, Magnet-shroom doesn't have a problem attracting girlfriends. But he does have a problem keeping them. It's the same thing every time. In the end, they always find him too clingy.**

**Magnet-shroom** is a plant in *Plants vs. Zombies 2: Reflourished* and the fifth plant obtained in Dark Ages. He is unlocked at Dark Ages - Night 15

Magnet-shroom takes away metallic objects such as buckets, helmets, metal grates and heads from certain zombies in a 5x7 range, to either remove tough armor, prevent them from using their special abilities, and/or immediately defeat them.

The following items can be stolen by Magnet-shroom:

* Buckethead Zombie's bucket
* Poncho Zombie's metal grate
* Knight Zombie's helmet
* Treasure Yeti's head and arm
* Punk Zombie's head
* Goth Punk Zombie's head
* Scuba Zombie's head
* All-Star Zombie's head
* ZCorp Chair Racer's head
* Clockwork Zombie's face plate
* Mechanical piece from Inventor Zombie's flying contraption
* Repairimp's head
* Possessed Excavator's shovel

## Almanac entry

**Magnet-shroom**

Magnet-shrooms remove helmets and other metal objects from zombies.

Special: removes metal objects from zombies

Despite his unusual appearance, Magnet-shroom doesn't have a problem attracting girlfriends. But he does have a problem keeping them. It's the same thing every time. In the end, they always find him too clingy.

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Magnet-shroom attracts up to 20 metallic objects from zombies across the entire lawn, then tosses them down his lane, one-by-one. Each thrown armour piece deals 300 damage, while Treasure Yeti's head deals 500 damage and any other zombie heads will not be thrown at all. The maximum amount of possible damage is 6000 damage (6200 if there is a Yeti), enough to destroy any non-boss zombie.

When used while battling Zombot Dark Dragon, the zombot will be stunned for 3 seconds. The stunning duration will be longer if Magnet-shroom is able to attract more helmets during the Plant Food effect.

## Strategies

Magnet-shroom's ability to remove metallic items and heads makes for an incredibly helpful plant - that is, at least in levels where such zombies are prevalent. Make sure to plant multiple Magnet-shrooms and place them near the front of the lawn, as they have a limited range and must rest after pulling a metallic item.

Metallic armor is greatly prevalent in Dark Ages for the heavy presence of Knight Zombies and Zombie Kings. Magnet-shroom is essential for the easy disarming of incoming Knights, stripping away their incredible armor for other plants to quickly finish them off. Steam Ages contains many more sources of metal, with Magnet-shroom able to expose Clockwork Zombies as they are spawned by Mechanic Zombie's machine, instantly grounding airborne Inventor Zombies, weakening bucket-wearing Coal Miner Zombies and forcing Repairimps to drop their repair stations.

Beyond these two worlds, Magnet-shroom is just as powerful for destroying other zombies with metallic heads. With Goth Punk Zombie and Scuba Zombie being tough zombies with potentially dangerous abilities (as well as Punk Zombie to a lesser extent) and the definitely dangerous rush-in of All-Star Zombie and ZCorp Chair Racer, Magnet-shroom can be used to remove these threats with ease, instantly destroying them and even having a shorter rest period. Once these zombies are removed, Magnet-shroom can remain on the lawn for stripping metal armor like normal.

Avoid using Magnet-shroom in levels that lack a specific presence of metallic zombies; Buckethead Zombies will typically appear infrequently enough to be less useful during regular levels. If needing to deal with non-metallic forms of armor, consider using plants like Hot Date and Lily of Alchemy that can pierce through armor.

## Balance changes

### Version 1.1

* ▲ Can now pull off Scuba Zombie's head.

### Version 1.2

* ▲ Now instantly kills All-Star Zombie and ZCorp Chair Racer.
	+ Developer note: A small, but handy change to give Magnet-Shroom extra utility against two dangerous zombies. Unfortunate that the All-Stars switched back to metal from plastic, eh?

## Trivia

* Magnet-shroom's "Golden Trinket" costume is one of the Harvest Festival Costume Contest winners, submitted by Uriel Xero.