Citron

*Citrons shoot powerful balls of plasma.*

**As the owner and primary user of "Vitamin C-U-Later" 20-hour energy shots, Citron is always on and always ready for action. "Let's make this happen!!"**

**Citron** is a plant in *Plants vs. Zombies 2: Reflourished* and the third plant obtained in Far Future. It is unlocked at Far Future - Day 6.

When planted, it starts off relatively small. Then, it charges up its attack and gets larger. When fully charged, it will shoot a powerful ball of plasma every 9.5 seconds that does 800 damage to a zombie or grid item, and deal 100 splash damage in a 1x1 tile where its projectile lands.

## Almanac entry

**Citron**

Citrons shoot powerful balls of plasma.

As the owner and primary user of "Vitamin C-U-Later" 20-hour energy shots, Citron is always on and always ready for action. "Let's make this happen!!"

## Plant Food effect

When fed with Plant Food, Citron gets struck by lightning and shoots a giant glowing light-blue plasma ball that travels down the lane, flinging away most types of zombies and grid items in his lane. The plasma ball disintegrates upon impact with any mechanized zombies, or Gargantuar, dealing 3600 damage. Afterwards, Citron's attack will be exhausted and require charging again.

## Strategies

With a reduced sun cost and additional splash damage versus its Vanilla counterpart, Citron becomes an especially formidable plant in dealing raw damage, having more power than almost any standard attacker. Conehead Zombie and many special zombies can be downed in one shot, while great damage is dealt to zombies with higher health pools.

However, it is also not uncommon for Citron's attacks to land on a Basic Zombie or other low health target, wasting the damage dealt by that shot. Using faster forms of attack is necessary to weed out these zombies, allowing Citron to land shots on more dangerous targets.

On the bright side, though, the addition of splash damage allows for some damage to go through when a shot fails. If using Citron against Chicken Wrangler Zombie or Weasel Hoarder, for example, the splash damage can destroy multiple critters instead of just one, though using Citron against them is still not recommended due to its slow firing rate giving ample time for critters to eat into an unprotected defense.

Citron's concentrated plasma balls make for a great counter to Relic Hunter Zombies. While their moderate health can make them difficult for most offensive plants to tackle effectively, Citron can one-shot them with little fuss. This can extend to other forms of ambushes like Sandstorms, Necromancy and Low Tides, albeit with the potential for more challenging spawns such as Buckethead Zombie, Explorer Zombie or Jester Zombie.

Beware using Citron against Excavator Zombie, Overstuffed Zombie and Jester Zombie, as they can nullify straight-shot projectiles. Lobbed or piercing attackers such as Cabbage-pult and Fume-shroom can be used to bypass their immunities, while stunning plants such as Fanilla and Stunion can prevent Jester Zombies from being able to reflect attacks.

Also beware using Citron in levels with fast zombies like All-Star Zombie or ZCorp Chair Racer. Their high speed and damage resistance while charging can overwhelm an unprepared Citron, so consider using instant kill attackers like Toadstool or Olive Pit to catch them mid-charge.

## Balance changes

### Initial launch

* ▲ -50 sun
* ▲ Deals 100 splash damage in a 1x1 tile where its projectile lands.