Caulipower

*Caulipowers use their mental powers to hypnotize random zombies and turn them against their former friends.*

## In-game statistics

### Codename alias

caulipower

**Caulipower's eyes spin with distress. He's just thought of a really great ending for his novel, but he's afraid his cousin won't understand it.**

**Caulipower** is a plant in *Plants vs. Zombies 2: Reflourished* and the eleventh plant obtained in Holiday Mashup. He is unlocked at Holiday Mashup - Day 44.

Caulipower hypnotizes zombies like Hypno-shroom, and targets zombies in the same manner as Electric Blueberry, mostly random, but is more likely to target stronger zombies. He hypnotizes a zombie approximately every 22 seconds (20 seconds for the first time). The hypnotized zombie restores 100% of its max HP and takes 10% less damage from other zombies. If mechanical zombies are hypnotized, their health will be restored to 50% of their max health. Since he uses a beam to hypnotize zombies, non-eating zombies like Gargantuars can be hypnotized, unlike with Hypno-shroom.

He can also be planted on water tiles in Big Wave Beach without the aid of a Lily Pad and sewers in Steam Ages, just like Rotobaga and Ghost Pepper.

## Almanac entry

**Caulipower**

Caulipowers use their mental powers to hypnotize random zombies and turn them against their former friends.

Special: hovers above ground or water

Caulipower's eyes spin with distress. He's just thought of a really great ending for his novel, but he's afraid his cousin won't understand it.

## Plant Food effect

When fed with Plant Food, Caulipower targets 5 random zombies on-screen and they will be thrown away, in a similar manner to the Power Toss power-up. If there are no available targets on-screen, nothing will happen and no Plant Food is spent. Gargantuars can only be knocked back, unless shrunken.

## Strategies

Caulipower's ability to periodically hypnotize zombies on the field, rather than just simply removing them, makes him competent in levels that feature highly tough zombies, particularly Gargantuars, Brickhead Zombie, mechanical zombies, and Newspaper/Sunday Edition Zombie. Worlds that rely on highly tough zombies, including Far Future, Dark Ages, Jurassic Marsh, Modern Day, and Steam Ages therefore are the best candidates for hypnotization. Likewise, avoid using him in levels that do not have a high density of tough zombies, as his prime ability relies on turning tough zombies into walking, attacking meatshields.

However, such extreme advantages are also offset by several apparent disadvantages. First off, Caulipower's high sun cost and long recharge make him unfeasible for use in short levels, but a very powerful force in longer levels. Also, his targets are completely random, so while you could wind up getting a Gargantuar hypnotized, you also run the risk of hypnotizing a lowly Basic Zombie. With his slow firerate, it is highly recommended to pair him up with multi-hit and area-of-effect plants like Bloomerang and Laser Bean, who can weed out weaker targets to improve Caulipower's odds. Using him in conjunction with slowing/stunning plants like Snow Pea and Sap-fling can also inadvertently increase the survivability and potency of hypnotized zombies.

Unlike Hypno-shroom, Caulipower can hypnotize zombies that do not rely on eating, which makes him useful for levels that contain a high density of such zombies - though at the downside of a much higher planting cost and completely random targets. In contrast, Hypno-shroom can selectively hypnotize zombies based on where he is planted, but can't hypnotize zombies that do not eat. The two plants also have vastly different Plant Food effects; Hypno-shroom turns an eating zombie into a Gargantuar, while Caulipower simply flings some zombies off the board. The choice of using Caulipower, Hypno-shroom, or even both at once thus depends on the level and on the player's needs.

Electric Blueberry also comes to mind as a competitor to Caulipower, as Electric Blueberry is significantly cheaper and attacks almost twice as often. However, Electric Blueberry merely kills zombies as opposed to hypnotizing them, which can have less of an impact compared to hypnotizing zombies. Electric Blueberry's cheap cost makes her the better plant for short-to-medium levels, while Caulipower is more feasible for longer levels and levels with a high quantity of high-toughness zombies.

## Balance changes

### Initial launch

* ▼ +150 Sun
* ▼ +10 second cooldown between attacks

## Gallery

Seed packetBoosted seed packetA Caulipower planted on top of a sewer