Fume-shroom (PvZ2)

*For other uses, see Fume-shroom (disambiguation).*

## **Fume-shroom**

Fume-shrooms shoot fumes that damage all zombies in an area

### Costumes

"I think of myself as a pretty confident shroom and an all-around fungi," says Fume-shroom. "But sometimes, when I'm eating Plant Food, I hear them chuckling. I hear them calling me 'Balloon-shroom'. I don't think they know how much that hurts."

**Fume-shroom** is a Mushroom appearing in *Plants vs. Zombies 2*. It is capable of spraying fumes doing 40 damage per shot which hits every zombie four tiles ahead of them. Fume-shroom suffers from limited range, its attack only being triggered by and having effect on a zombie or tombstone appearing 4 spaces in front of it.

## About

*For more information about this character, see Fume-shroom.*
Fume-shroom is unlocked after completing Dark Ages - Night 4. He has received a significant amount of changes compared to the first games: He attacks every two seconds, dealing 40 damage per shot to every zombie for each attack. His effective range has also been raised to five tiles, and he can now be used in other worlds without any penalty, due to the absence of the sleeping mechanic and Coffee Bean.

## Almanac entry

**Fume-shroom**

SUN COST: 125

RECHARGE: 5

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 40

RANGE: 1x4

PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage

Fume-shrooms shoot fumes that damage all zombies in an area.

"I think of myself as a pretty confident shroom and an all-around fungi," says Fume-shroom. "But sometimes, when I'm eating Plant Food, I hear them chuckling. I hear them calling me 'Balloon-shroom'. I don't think they know how much that hurts."

## Upgrades

### Plant Food effect

Fume-shroom will expand as if it is gathering air, before unleashing a large amount of fumes that push zombies backward. The fume burst deals a total of 1500 damage per shot for 3 seconds.

#### Costumed (China only)

Fume-shroom sucks all zombies in 3x2 area in front of it and then does its normal Plant Food effect.

### Ail-mint effect

When boosted by Ail-mint, Fume-shroom does an additional 120 DPS per attack, and its plant effect does an additional 2900 DPS.

### Level Upgrade

\*Total damage dealt during its Plant Food effect.

### Level Upgrade (China only)

 Combat Training
 Cell Activation
 Fighting Power

## Strategies

Fume-shroom fills in the middle ground between Snapdragon and Laser Bean: Its effective range, while greater than Snapdragon's, is not infinite like Laser Bean's. A Fume-shroom deals more damage per second than a Laser Bean and as much damage as a Snapdragon, but does not enjoy Snapdragon's attack stacking capability and therefore will do less damage per second when planted in a column. Regardless, all three plants are excellent at crowd controlling, and they will prove to be useful in both normal levels and Endless Zones due to the constantly escalating amount of zombies compared to that of the first game.

Like in the first game, Fume-shroom is effective against zombies that attempt to shield themselves from normal projectiles, such as Barrel Roller Zombie, Shield Zombie and Excavator Zombie. It is also useful in cleaning up tombstones, as it can hit up to five tombstones at once while still being able to damage zombies.

Fume-shrooms are a great choice against Zombie Chicken in Wild West and Ice Weasels in Frostbite Caves. While it is slightly worse than Lightning Reed in combating Zombie Chickens because of the lower attack speed and decreased range, Fume-shroom does a much better job against Ice Weasels as it can kill them in one hit while Lightning Reed will require eight hits to achieve the same result.

Fume-shroom is especially effective in its home world, the Dark Ages, because it is cheap, and its attack can't be blocked by any of the zombies there (Jester Zombie blocks all projectiles, while Imp Dragon is immune to fire, making plants like Jack O' Lantern and Snapdragon less effective).

## Trivia

* His cap is slightly transparent, most noticeably when Fume-shroom is given Plant Food.
* His attack was glitched in the 3.4.4 update, being able to deal splash damage on adjacent lanes like Snapdragon, and could reach 5.5 tiles in front of it instead of five. This was fixed in the 3.5.1 update.
* He's is nicknamed as "Balloon-shroom" in Almanac, which refers to its Plant Food upgrade.
* Although one of its costumes references Nightcap from *Plants vs. Zombies Heroes*, Nightcap cannot use Fume-shroom under normal circumstances.
* He is the only Dark Ages plant with more than one costume.
	+ Puff-shroom has 2 costumes, but only one is obtainable currently.
* In the Chinese version, if Fume-shroom is level 4(costumed), when spawned by Spore-shroom (level 2 and up), can also activate his Plant Food's effect, unlike most other mushrooms.
	+ However, this effect will be glitched.

## See also

* Laser Bean
* Fumes
* Mushrooms