Laser Bean

*Laser Beans fire down a lane, hitting all zombies ahead of it.*

**After a laser eye surgery had gone horribly right, Laser Bean gained a sense of purpose and a new-found affinity for competitive staring contests.**

**Laser Bean** is the first plant available in Far Future in *Alternate UniverZ*. It will fire a laser beam down the lane which will hit all zombies it goes through. The damage it deals overall is only slightly lower than that of a Peashooter, but its ability to hit all the zombies in its lane, which makes it extremely useful for thinning out dense waves of very weak zombies.

Laser Bean is unlocked after beating FF-I.

## Almanac entry

**Laser Bean**

SUN COST: 300

RECHARGE: 15

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 40

FIRING RATE: 2.9

RANGE: Multi-Hit

Laser Beans fire down a lane, hitting all zombies ahead of it.
Range: all zombies in a lane

After a laser eye surgery had gone horribly right, Laser Bean gained a sense of purpose and a newg-found affinity for competitive staring contests.

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Laser Bean fires a big laser across a lane, dealing 1000 damage.

## Costumes

* Current
* Skins
* Pre 1.5

## Strategies

Most useful in Endless Zones, Laser Bean causes damage to all zombies in an entire lane, meaning that a single Laser Bean could take care of the whole lane, specializing in cleaning up large clusters of weaker enemies such as Camel Zombies, Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels. Compared to other piercing plants, Laser Bean trades a noticeable amount of firepower for increased reliability - while it only deals as much damage as a Peashooter per unit time, his attack has unlimited range unlike Fume-shroom, does not interfere with ice-based plants unlike Snapdragon, and cannot be deflected by Jester Zombies and Parasol Zombies.

The low firepower output for a plant that costs 300 sun also means that Laser Bean will have trouble against more powerful enemies, as well as ambushes that can spawn zombies close to the player's defense line, so using him as a support plant is recommended. Against Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels, you will likely need more than one column of Laser Beans to destroy all of them effectively.

Laser Bean is effective against zombies that can shield themselves by blocking or reflecting projectiles, such as Barrel Roller Zombies, Jester Zombies and Excavator Zombies. They are also effective against zombies that can use obstacles to spawn threats in endless numbers such as Imp Porters, and Reanimator Zombies. He is also a useful plant in clearing tombstones as well as neutralize Troglobites and Arcade Zombies attempting to push them with their ice blocks and arcade cabinets respectively.

In Endless Zones, Laser Bean can be used to deter zombies, as it might take up to a few dozen levels before the player can obtain a more powerful offensive option. However, Laser Bean should be replaced if the player wishes to go to higher levels, as even Buckethead Zombies can pose serious threats to Laser Bean. To reduce this threat, however, planting multiple Laser Beans is encouraged.

Laser Bean's Plant Food effect can simulate an ability almost identical to how Jalapeño chars the zombies. This gives him limited use against attacking multiple lanes, such as when a group of Gargantuars are nearing defenses. However, unlike Jalapeño, he can kill airborne Imps with his Plant Food effect and is very comparable to Citron's ability, except his is more ideal for crowd control as the ability does not stop at zombies, which can take more than one instant kill plant's worth of damage, while Citron's power ends when he meets robotic zombies like the Robo-Cone Zombie, or Gargantuars, leaving a chance for the other zombies to charge forward.

## Balance Changes

### Version 1.3

* Sun cost: 250 > 300
* Plant Food damage: 1100 > 1000