Dandelion

*Dandelions send explosive seeds down three different lanes, one lane at a time.*

## Almanac statistics

### Price from shop

20,000  (10 copies of seed packets)

**"Look," says Dandelion, shaking his head, "I'm not a leprechaun and I'm not a genie. You can blow my seeds off all you want, but I can't make your wish come true. I don't even know how that rumor got started."**

**Dandelion** is the event seedium of The Springscapade in *Alternate UniverZ*. He attacks by releasing explosive dandelion seed bombs at zombies. Dandelion can attack on the lane he is placed on, as well as adjacent lanes by releasing slow-moving explosive dandelion seeds every 2.4 seconds, one lane at a time. The seeds deal splash damage to any enemy in a 3x3 radius. If targets appear in three lanes at the same time, Dandelion will attack the target in these lanes in order of priority "middle - below - above".

Additionally, if Blover is used, 5 random Dandelions on the lawn will release 9 small bombs but with halved damage, dividing them equally among two or three lanes. Afterwards, Dandelion has to recharge for 10 seconds before he can start attacking again.

Dandelion can be unlocked through its seed packets, which are obtained through beating The Springscapade and completing world quests or purchasing directly from the store.

## Almanac entry

* Normal
* Pro

**Dandelion**

SUN COST: 450

RECHARGE: 30

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 60

SPLASH DAMAGE: 30

FIRING RATE: 2.4

RANGE: Multi-Lane

Dandelions send explosive seeds down three different lanes, one lane at a time.
Special: may react to a certain strong wind
Weakness: Explosions can thaw zombies
Pro Status: -25 sun, +15 damage, doesn't work at nighttime

"Look," says Dandelion, shaking his head, "I'm not a leprechaun and I'm not a genie. You can blow my seeds off all you want, but I can't make your wish come true. I don't even know how that rumor got started."

**Dandelion**

SUN COST: 425

RECHARGE: 30

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 75

SPLASH DAMAGE: 30

FIRING RATE: 2.4

RANGE: Multi-Lane

Dandelions send explosive seeds down three different lanes, one lane at a time.
Special: may react to a certain strong wind
Weakness: Explosions can thaw zombies
Pro Status: -25 sun, +15 damage, doesn't work at nighttime

"Look," says Dandelion, shaking his head, "I'm not a leprechaun and I'm not a genie. You can blow my seeds off all you want, but I can't make your wish come true. I don't even know how that rumor got started."

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Dandelion sends a barrage of three seeds up into the sky that slowly fall down across the lawn in front of him for massive 950 damage.

## Costumes

* Current
* Skins
* Pre 1.5

## Strategies

Dandelion can be used as an alternative to Melon-pult in dealing splash damage to a great amount of threats in later levels. When compared together, Dandelion is better at finishing off lone clusters of zombies, as he can attack on the lane he is placed on as well as adjacent tiles. His ability to release bursts of explosive seeds in strong winds also makes for a strong emergency option, and his Plant Food effect can be quite devastating, when particularly dangerous zombies such as Gargantuars need to be neutralized quickly.

On the other hand, Dandelion is greatly disadvantaged if there are three zombies in three consecutive lanes and only a single Dandelion, he never targets a single zombie. Instead of a single zombie, he tries to attack all zombies pollen by pollen; having a possibility to be eaten before he finishes off even one zombie should the zombies be at least a Conehead Zombie or stronger, making him an unreliable plant on his own against stronger zombies. So, one should use multiple Dandelions on the lawn in order to maximize his usefulness. Dandelion's special ability will also disable himself for a while, therefore great care must be taken when attempting to utilize this. Because of this, defensive plants or stalling plants should be used with this plant to prevent him from getting destroyed. Do not use Dandelion with chilling or freezing plants such as Iceberg Lettuce, Snow Pea or Winter Melon, however, as he is a fire-based plant, and therefore will thaw chilled zombies, negating their effects.

Dandelion can also be placed on Power Tiles to negate the cooldown time after using Blover and Hurrikale by using a Plant Food. Dandelion can be useful in the Wild West if planted on a minecart that is close to the left side.

## Balance Changes

### Version 1.3.1

* Pro Status added for Dandelion.
* Attacks now thaw zombies.

### Version 1.6

* Attack speed: 2.9 > 2.4
	+ Dev Note: Some of you told us Dande felt too unreliable, so we're patching that up.
* Damage (Pro Status): 60 > 75
* Splash damage (Pro Status): 40 > 30