Snapdragon

*Snapdragons breathe fire that causes damage in 6 adjacent tiles.*

**Although the most powerful dragon in the plant kingdom, he still dreams of wings and seeing the world beneath him.**

**Snapdragon** is the first plant available in Pirate Seas Extra in *Alternate UniverZ*. Snapdragons breathe heavy fire in a 2x3 tile area in front of him, dealing fire damage.

Snapdragon is unlocked after beating PSX-I.

## Almanac entry

**Snapdragon**

SUN COST: 200

RECHARGE: 15

TOUGHNESS: 300

DAMAGE: 30

FIRING RATE: 1.9

RANGE: Close

Snapdragons breathe fire that causes damage in 6 adjacent tiles.
Area: damage all zombies in the 6 tiles in front of it

Although the most powerful dragon in the plant kingdom, he still dreams of wings and seeing the world beneath him.

## Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Snapdragon breathes fire in a 3x3 area and deals 1100 damage to all zombies inside the blast.

## Costumes

* Current
* Skins
* Pre 1.5

## Strategies

Snapdragon is possibly one of the first area of effect plants the player will obtain in the game, and can stay relevant in the later worlds. His unique attack pattern allows for up to ten Snapdragons to stack their attack with each other, dealing great amounts of damage to low health zombies. This combined with Snapdragon's ability to hit multiple targets make Snapdragon a better choice than Bonk Choy for most zombies. A column of Snapdragons deals as much damage as a column of Bonk Choys, yet can hit more targets and has better range. However, Snapdragon still shares a great weakness with Bonk Choy, albeit at a lesser degree: his low range allows zombies that can crush or ignore defensive plants to have less trouble closing the distance and devastate the player's defense. Snapdragon also does not synergize well with chilling or freezing plants, as he can thaw enemies. Note that in some situations Bonk Choy can be better than Snapdragon though, such as dealing with Bug Zombies.

Snapdragon's Plant Food effect is quite notable compared to other plants. Compared to Bonk Choy's, Snapdragon has a more advantageous area placement, making Snapdragon a better choice when it comes to normal house defending as Bonk Choy's effect will be hindered by him hitting tiles further into your defense, which, in fortunate conditions, will not be contested by zombies. Two Snapdragons placed in the second and fourth lane when linked by Tile Turnip in particular can clean up most threats with the little issue with a single Plant Food. It is also a good idea to use Plant Food on a Snapdragon right next to an Imp Cannon, as the Snapdragon will burn the Imp Cannon and reach where other plants wouldn't be able to reach.

Because of his low effect range, Snapdragon should almost always be used in tandem with defensive plants. Infi-nut and Sweet Potato stand out in particular - Infi-nut's Plant Food allows more Snapdragon to be placed in tiles normally reserved for defensive plants, and Sweet Potato can allow for Snapdragons to be more out in the open while attacking zombies. Slowing or stunning plants that are not ice-based such as Sap-fling, Stallia, Stunion and Kernel-pult can also buy more time for a Snapdragon before the enemies can hurt him.

Snapdragons are excellent counters against Shield Zombie and Excavator Zombie as their attacks can bypass their defensive items, although the Excavator Zombie will simply throw the Snapdragon away with his shovel. Snapdragons can also be used against Chicken Wrangler Zombie as they can eliminate a large area of Zombie Chickens with each shot.

Some plants that go well with Snapdragons include Sap-fling, Kernel-pult and Spikerock. Sap-fling's slowing effect is not affected by fire-based attacks, allowing Snapdragon to get off more damage on zombies. Kernel-pult allows Snapdragons to deal more damage as well with both his slowing kernels and his stunning butter. Spikerocks will remove the concern of Sasquatch Imps in Icebound Battleground, as well as weaken zombies in general, giving Snapdragon an easier time.

Snapdragons also go well with vine plants. Blastberry Vine, and Power Vine can attack from further range, finishing off some dangerous zombies, such as the Imp Dragon Zombies, or otherwise weakening them enough so that Snapdragon can finish them off, and Pumpkin can be used to give Snapdragon decent protection when overwhelmed, as well as allowing more Snapdragons to attack at once, with a total of fifteen compared to ten.

In Endless Zones, Snapdragon can be used as a setup plant that can stop hordes of zombies early on. Their good sun cost, combined with their good damage, make them prime candidates to hold off early zombies while the player builds up their sun production. Unless you have other plants to kill them, avoid using Snapdragons in Icebound Battleground where Sasquatch Imps are present, as they are immune to fire-based attacks. In addition, Snapdragon will have difficulty against Wizard Zombies in Arthur's Challenge, as he lacks the necessary range to damage them before they can disable plants. However, that does not means that he will be useless, as Jester Zombie can't deflect his damage.

Avoid using Snapdragon against Explorer Zombie and MC Zom-B as they can relight the former's torch and the latter will destroy Snapdragon before he can even attack.