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 the fifth plant available in Far Future in *Alternate UniverZ*. When planted, it is relatively small. Then, it charges up its attack and gets larger. When fully charged, it will shoot a powerful ball of plasma that does massive damage per shot to a zombie. If there are no zombies or tombstones in front of the Citron, it will not fire until any other enemy enters it's range.

Citron is unlocked after beating FF-VIII.

## Almanac entry

**Citron**

SUN COST: 325

RECHARGE: 30

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 700

RANGE: Straight

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 given Plant Food, Citron shoots a big ball of plasma that instantly flings most zombies away and disintegrates upon impact with most mechanical zombies, or any Gargantuar, dealing 2500 damage.

## Costumes

* Current
* Pre 1.5

## Strategies

Citron's greatest advantage is its high damage per second capability. Against a single target, Citron can easily outmatch most controllable attacking plants. Thanks to this, Citron is a powerful choice against single high-health targets such as Robo-Cone Zombie and Gargantuar. However, its high cost, slow firing rate, and the inability to control Citron mean that large numbers of zombies will present a great challenge, as Citron will deal huge amounts of overkill damage and waste its shots. Because of this, Citron should be paired with other crowd-controlling plants like Laser Bean or Fume-shroom, and it is recommended to not be used by itself. When paired with either of the two, it can become a seriously dangerous plant. However, if you want to use it by itself, it is recommended to pair it with a stalling plant such as Snow Pea, Winter Melon or Sap-fling, as well as using multiple Citrons in a lane for maximum damage.

Citrons can also destroy tombstones with relative ease, making him a good method for clearing them as they have quite some health and do not move. This means it can also be a good counter against zombies that drop obstacles such as Tomb Raiser Zombies and Reanimator Zombies, though in the latter's case, it is recommended to destroy the Summoning Tomb quickly before it summons Plagued Peasants.

The Plant Food effect is very similar in many parts to Laser Bean. The main difference between the two is how they deal with larger, tougher zombies. Laser Bean's Plant Food effect is not stopped by mechanical enemies, effectively making Laser Bean more useful than Citron for crowd control. Conversely, Citron's can instantly kill zombies that Laser Bean's cannot, making Citron ideal against single Gargantuars and Gargantuar Prime, who will release their Imp when hurt. Regardless, in levels without tough zombies, the two Plant Food effects are perfectly interchangeable with no major differences.

Citron should be avoided against zombies that block or deflect straight-firing projectiles like Shield Zombie, Jester Zombie, and Excavator Zombie, as they will nullify the plasma ball. The same does not apply to its big ball of plasma, so Citron can be boosted to deal with these threats should the situation get dire.

Do not use Citron on levels with Chicken Wrangler Zombies or Weasel Hoarders, as they release many small, extremely weak yet fast Zombie Chickens and Ice Weasels. Citron is unable to conquer them alone due to its slow attack speed, plus the fact that it can only hit one target at a time. Therefore, it should be paired with piercing plants like Snapdragon, Electric Peashooter, or Lightning Reed to deal with these zombies. Do note that the same does not apply to its Plant Food ability projectile.

## Balance Changes

### Version 1.1.1

* Recharge: 15 > 30
* Starting recharge: 7.5 > 15