Coconut Cannon

*Coconut Cannons fire down a single lane, causing a medium explosion upon impact.*

## Almanac statistics

### Unlocked by beating

PS-VIII

**Sure, he's a hairy old man, but Coconut Cannon can still fire on all cylinders. The reason he's so hairy: he's in-between waxings.**

**Coconut Cannon** is the fifth plant available in Pirate Seas in *Alternate UniverZ*. The player can tap on the Coconut Cannon to fire a coconut in a straight line. Upon impact with a zombie, the coconut will explode, dealing damage to the initial target as well as all enemies in a 3x3 area around it, followed by a 20 seconds reload during which he cannot fire at all.

Coconut Cannon is unlocked after beating PS-VIII.

## Almanac entry

**Coconut Cannon**

SUN COST: 325

RECHARGE: 30

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 600

SPLASH DAMAGE: 200

SHOT COOLDOWN: 20

AREA: 3x3

Coconut Cannons fire down a single lane, causing a medium explosion upon impact.
Usage: tap to fire
Special: on impact, explodes in medium area

Sure, he's a hairy old man, but Coconut Cannon can still fire on all cylinders. The reason he's so hairy: he's in-between waxings.

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Coconut Cannon releases a gigantic coconut bomb, pushing all zombies to the rightmost edge of the screen and dealing 1200 damage to all of them in an almost 3x3 area at the end. This will reset the reload delay to 20 seconds. Plant Food can be used when the cannon's reloading, and will function normally. The coconut travels slower the more targets are pushed.

## Costumes

* Current
* Skins
* Pre 1.5

## Strategies

Coconut Cannon's main asset is his high splash damage capability - thanks to this, Coconut Cannon can be used to take down large groups of zombies with ease, especially in Endless Zones where enough Coconut Cannons can be purchased to allow the player to have a constant source of firepower. However, this is balanced by a hefty sun cost and cooldown time between shots, which makes Coconut Cannon less practical in normal levels.

Coconut Cannon is particularly useful when planted on minecarts in Wild West, as the player can relocate him to fire on lanes with concentrated numbers of zombies, instead of having to plant multiple Coconut Cannons. His Plant Food effect can also be used to push zombies back to prevent a single lane from being overrun. But as mentioned earlier, tombstones can block the gigantic coconut, protecting zombies behind. This makes his Plant Food ability less ideal for Ancient Egypt and Dark Ages. However, the presence of tombstones can also be an advantage for his Plant Food effect, if zombies in the adjacent lanes are massed around the tombstone.

Avoid using Coconut Cannon against the following zombies: Tomb Raiser Zombie, Chicken Wrangler Zombie, Shield Zombie, Jester Zombie, Troglobite, Weasel Hoarder, and Excavator Zombie. Tomb Raiser Zombies and Troglobites can summon obstacles in his path requiring Coconut Cannon to take up to three hits to get rid of these zombies. This can get even worse when these zombies appear in large numbers as they can occupy almost an entire path. Chicken Wrangler Zombies and Weasel Hoarder will release their Zombie Chickens or Ice Weasels instantly, and Coconut Cannons can only kill small numbers at a time (unless fed with Plant Food). Therefore, it is advised to also bring piercing plants like Lightning Reed or Snapdragon inlevels with these zombies to deal with unsuspecting crowds.

Shield Zombie's force field will block both the splash damage and the initial explosion from the coconut. Their force field will also shield other zombies rendering him useless. Exceptions include if Shield Zombie is stunned by E.M.Peach or stalled by stalling effects. Jester Zombie will not only throw back the coconut, taking no damage, but the damage from the coconut is enough to insta-kill any plant other than most defensive plants like Wall-nut or Infi-nut, although the mega coconut from the Plant Food ability cannot be reflected by Jester Zombie. Excavator Zombies will completely negate the cannonballs effect if hit directly, potentially leaving the player in a bad situation. However, the excavator cannot block the mega coconut bomb effect either and can die of splash damage if not directly hit.

## Balance Changes

### Version 1.0.1

* Sun cost: 500 > 325
* Damage: 900 > 600
* Shot cooldown: 15 > 20

### Version 1.2

* Splash damage: 300 > 200
	+ Dev Note: Ever since we reworked Coconut Cannon to be a cheaper plant, it unintentionally had too much splash damage. This time we're finally bringing it to its' intended power.