Submerge-mint

*Submerge-mints attack zombies with armor-piercing orbs and boost all plants on the lawn to do splash damage.*

## Almanac statistics

### Special

All aquatic plants get additional boosts
All affected plants are healed

### Unlocked by beating

BWB-VIII

**It was a long road for her to accept that her purpose comes from a mere pun but now she has entirely embraced that fact. Submerge-mint is finally happy, never again reaching her boiling point.**

**Submerge-mint** is the fifth plant available in Big Wave Beach in *Alternate UniverZ*.

When planted, she fires a volley of eight lobbing water orbs dealing armor-piercing damage. Additionally for 40 seconds Submerge-mint will boost all projectile plants on the lawn, fully healing them and giving them 1x1 splash damage, while plants that already have splash damage will have that increased instead. Splash damage will be the same as direct damage, including plants that already have them. The follwing projectile plants can be boosted by Submerge-mint, but will not receive a splash radius or splash damage increase:

* Coconut Cannon
* Magnifying Grass
* Nightcap

Submerge-mint will also grant extra boosts to aquatic plants, including those that cannot fire projectiles, listed as below:

* Guacodile and Cattail receive increased projectile damage
* Tangle Kelp can drag an additional zombie before disappearing

Submerge-mint is unlocked after beating BWB-VIII.

## Almanac entry

**Submerge-mint**

SUN COST: 100

RECHARGE: 120

DAMAGE: 150

DURATION: 40

PROJECTILE VOLLEY: 8

Submerge-mints attack zombies with armor-piercing orbs and boost all plants on the lawn to do splash damage.
Special: all aquatic plants get additional boosts
Special: all affected plants are healed
Damage: splash damage is worth as much as the plant's main damage
Weakness: can't be Instant Recharged

It was a long road for her to accept that her purpose comes from a mere pun but now she has entirely embraced that fact. Submerge-mint is finally happy, never again reaching her boiling point.

## Costumes

* Costumes
* Skins

## Strategies

Submerge-mint is a fantastic plant when boosting other plants. Her primary effect grant every projectile plants splash damage, giving them way more crowd-control capability and making her a fantastic choice during large waves of zombies. Some plants benefit from the boost exponentially and can even make the battle become a breeze during the duration of the effect, for example Citron's weakness of being bad at dealing with crowd will be nullified, or a fully recharged Bowling Bulb becoming a powerhouse and can clear any large wave.

Submerge-mint is also effective in plant that have "don't lose more than x plants" objective. Despite disappearing after use, the value she returns for just one plant loss can be very beneficial and if used well can give you a moment of serenity to easily build up your defense, potentially avoid dangerous situation in the future that could lead to the player losing even more plants.

Submerge-mint's volley of water orbs, although not her main appeal, are also sufficient at clearing clumps of Buckethead Zombies and other specials due to their armor-piercing/area of effect properties and decent damage.