Cabbage-pult

*Cabbage-pults hurl cabbages at the enemy.*

**Cabbage-pult received his doctorate in pulting from Harvest University. He knows a thing or two about launching his way to the top. He also makes a mean soup.**

Cabbage-pult is the first plant available in Ancient Egypt in *Alternate UniverZ*. He is a lobber plant, being able to ignore tombstones and hit zombies directly. Although he deals double the damage of Peashooter, his attack rate is half the rate of Peashooter's. This means that the two offensive plants deal identical damage per second.

Cabbage-pult is unlocked after beating AE-I.

## Almanac entry

**Cabbage-pult**

SUN COST: 100

RECHARGE: 7.5

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 40

FIRING RATE: 2.9

RANGE: Lobbed

Cabbage-pults hurl cabbages at the enemy.
Cabbage-pult received his doctorate in pulting from Harvest University. He knows a thing or two about launching his way to the top. He also makes a mean soup.

## Plant Food effect

When fed Plant Food, Cabbage-pult will launch big cabbages at every zombie and obstacle on the lawn, dealing 280 damage to each and every one of them.

## Costumes

* Current
* Pre 1.5

## Strategies

Cabbage-pult is generally more useful as a starting plant compared to Peashooter and area-of-effect plants, as it is capable of bypassing obstacles, such as tombstones in Ancient Egypt and the Dark Ages. Cabbage-pults can also be a good starter in the Pirate Seas, as they can defeat Barrel Roller Zombie without destroying the barrel first. They are also great with fighting Excavator Zombies and Jetpack Zombies.

It is advised to use Peashooters or area-of-effect plants rather than Cabbage-pults in the Wild West, since the slower rate of fire will hamper Cabbage-pult when combating Zombie Chickens. In Frostbite Caves, however, Peashooters tend to perform poorly against Hunter Zombies or Troglobites, making Cabbage-pults and area-of-effect plants a viable option for defeating against these zombies. However, if you choose to use Cabbage-pult, they should be supported by other plants due to the risks of Ice Weasels, who behave in the same manner as Zombie Chickens. It is also recommended that you use area-of-effect plants rather than Cabbage-pult or Peashooter in Dark Ages or Lost City. In Dark Ages, Jester Zombies will constantly reflect them dealing a lot of damage to your plants. In Lost City, Excavator Zombies and Parasol Zombies can pair up in large numbers, making it hard for single-target projectile plants to deal with them since they can stop most of their projectiles, especially in Temple of Bloom.

Cabbage-pult's Plant Food ability will be the first tool available that could affect all targets on the screen, regardless of zombie density. While it is relatively weak, as Conehead Zombies and other moderate-health zombies can absorb multiple hits from the Plant Food ability, it is reasonably useful for neutralizing large amounts of weaker enemies and clearing the way for more powerful offensive plants and can also be used as a life saver if there are many weak zombies about to reach the lawn mowers or house.

## Balance Changes

### Version 1.5

* Projectile flight speed: 1.2 > 1
* Attack speed: 2.9 - 3 > 2.7 - 3