Iceberg Lettuce

*Iceberg Lettuces freeze a zombie when stepped on.*

**Don't get lost staring into Iceberg's adorably cute eyes. If you do, it will be your last step... but only if you're a zombie.**

**Iceberg Lettuce** is a single-use plant in *Plants vs. Zombies 2: Reflourished* and the third plant obtained in Ancient Egypt. It is unlocked after beating Ancient Egypt - Day 5. When a zombie touches it, it will be frozen for 10 seconds, then chilled for another 3 seconds afterwards (13 seconds total).

If a frozen or chilled zombie receives damage from any fire attack, that zombie will be thawed out and resume at regular speed.

Using Iceberg Lettuce on zombies such as Explorer Zombie will extinguish their flames.

Iceberg Lettuce cannot be frozen by the freezing winds of Frostbite Caves, as it is an ice plant.

## Almanac entry

**Iceberg Lettuce**

 Iceberg Lettuces freeze a zombie when stepped on.

Usage: single use, on contact
Special: explodes, temporarily freezing a zombie

Don't get lost staring into Iceberg's adorably cute eyes. If you do, it will be your last step... but only if you're a zombie.

## Plant Food effect

When Iceberg Lettuce is given Plant Food, it will freeze every zombie on screen. The same attributes from up above still apply, so everyone on screen is frozen for 10 seconds and then chilled for 3 seconds (13 seconds total). Zombies from Frostbite Caves will instead be chilled for the full duration.

## Strategies

With a price tag of 0 sun, Iceberg Lettuce is a great plant for stalling zombies without taking away sun that could be used for other plants. Its ability to freeze for free is surprisingly helpful, from helping early setups, to stopping dangerous zombies in their tracks.

During the early game, Iceberg Lettuce can often be used to freeze up early zombies waves. With zombie advancements more or less halted, this can buy more than ample time to build sun producers and begin setting up a defense. As the game advances and zombie become more frequent, Iceberg Lettuce can be used to target and stop dangerous zombies in their tracks: For example, zombies like Explorer Zombie to extinguish their flame, Chicken Wrangler Zombie to prevent the release of critters, All-Star Zombie to simultaneously stop a charge, or Gargantuar to let the main defense better handle their incredible health.

However, using Iceberg Lettuce is not foolproof. For starters, fire-based plants can thaw out frozen zombies, completely undoing Iceberg Lettuce's effects. This also applies to Summer Nights and Frostbite Caves zombies, whose freeze resistance means that they will instead be chilled for most or all of the duration. Also, some levels may spawn several zombies at the start of a level, forcing the use of additional plants to handle such dangerous opening waves.

Due to Iceberg Lettuce's reliance on single target freezing, it can easily fall off in power as zombie waves get denser. However, this is somewhat made up for by the plant's Plant Food effect; by freezing the entire lawn without using any sun, this can allow a well made defense to safely whittle down a zombie horde, while providing time for less prepared defenses to handle the horde and for any sluggish recharges to tide over.

Iceberg Lettuce has some competition when it comes to instantly stalling the zombie horde for cheap - namely, Stunion and Stallia. Aside from both plants being able to answer Iceberg Lettuce's main weaknesses, they can both affect groups of zombies - a trait that makes them much more effective at handling the zombies beyond the early game. Resultingly, each plant has its own situations where it can be useful: Stunion for the ability to stun several zombies, Stallia for the slowing of a large part of the horde, or Iceberg Lettuce for its early game effectiveness and powerful Plant Food effect.

## Balance changes

### Initial launch

* ▲ Now applies chill effect for a few seconds after Zombie is un-frozen
* ▲ Now becomes immune to frost