Split Pea

*Split Peas shoot peas forward and backwards.*

**"It's my turn with the eyebrows," said Frontie. "Fine, we'll split them," said Backie. Sprouted two minutes apart, their eyebrow war is eternal.**

**Split Pea** is the first plant available in Wild West in *Alternate UniverZ*. Split Pea is the combination of a forward-facing Peashooter and a backward-facing Repeater (without the dark green leaves), similar to conjoined twins. It is mainly a counter to Prospector Zombie. Split Peas are great for repelling zombies capable of doing surprise attacks from which they can bypass the plants from behind, as the back head deals twice the amount of damage of the front head.

Split Pea is unlocked after beating WW-I.

## Almanac entry

**Split Pea**

SUN COST: 125

RECHARGE: 7.5

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 20

FIRING RATE: 1.4

RANGE: Front & Back

Split Peas shoot peas forward and backwards.
"It's my turn with the eyebrows," said Frontie. "Fine, we'll split them," said Backie. Sprouted two minutes apart, their eyebrow war is eternal.

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Split Pea shoots a barrage of 60 peas forwards, and a barrage of 90 peas plus a 750 damage big pea backwards at the same time.

## Costumes

* Current
* Pre 1.5

## Strategies

The Split Pea is a counter against the Prospector Zombie and the Short-fused Prospector in this game, although they can only be reliably used for that on levels with lower concentrations of them, due to lack of splash damage. Beware that placing Split Pea on the back column will result in only one pea hitting Prospectors, so place them ahead. However, Winter Melons, Snow Peas and Iceberg Lettuce can cool down the Prospector Zombie's dynamite reliably and thus preventing it from causing any damage at all, while clusters of Phat Beets can be used to destroy large amounts of them, if placed in the second column. While the Split Pea might seem useless at this point, the former plants may be too busy taking care of other zombies and the chilling effect may fail to reach the Prospector Zombies and Short-fused Prospectors, while the latter has a slow recharge, giving them a chance to slip past your defenses. This is where the Split Pea comes in handy, as it gives you a margin of error when you fail to chill all zombies with the Winter Melons. It can also be used against Zombie Bull Riders as well, but you are better off using a Tall-nut to block Zombie Bulls and Spikerocks in the third column along with a strong frontwards offense against Wild West Gargantuars.It can be useful against Disco Jetpack Zombies and Gifted Jetpack Zombies, as they will simply fly over the Split Pea, allowing the back head to attack, though if there are too many, you can still use a Blover or a Hurrikale. Split Pea can be placed ahead of Torchwood setups to give it the splash damage and higher damage output it needs to defend the back row properly.

Split Pea can also be used in creative ways, using Sweet Potato, Void Orchid, and ice floes to redirect zombies so that zombies will be hurt by the back head, which will deal twice the damage of the front head. Split Pea can also be used against Wizard Zombies, Shield Zombies, Jester Zombies, Excavator Zombies and Hunter Zombies as they cannot attack behind them and are thus vulnerable from behind.

### Vasebreaker

Split Pea plays a major role in the Vasebreaker mini-games as it replaces the role of backwards-facing Repeaters.

In Vasebreaker Endless, however, five Split Peas are given for each level alongside other various plants; therefore it is very important to plan an effective tactic before planting. One can be enough for clearing a lane of Basic Zombies and Conehead Zombies. Other plants should be used alongside with it to maximize its power and defeat Buckethead Zombies and Vase Gargantuars. While they should nearly always be planted at the far right side of the lawn to use its Repeater fire rate, it can also planted on the left and be used like a regular Peashooter in dire situations. Note that Camel Zombies will be able to eat Split Peas on the back if they are on the last two columns, so avoid planting Split Peas right away in the Ancient Egypt layouts.