Line #102 Characters/PlantsVsZombiesHeroesTeammates


1	[[center:[-[[Characters/PlantsVsZombies Main Character Index]] \| '''Plants vs. Zombies 1''' - [[Characters/PlantsVsZombiesPlants Plants]] - [[Characters/PlantsVsZombiesZombies Zombies]] \| '''Plants vs. Zombies 2''' - [[Characters/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTimePlants Plants]] - [[Characters/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTimeZombies Zombies]] \| ''[[Characters/PlantsVsZombiesGardenWarfare Garden Warfare]]'' (''[[Characters/PlantsVsZombiesBattleForNeighborville Battle for Neighborville]]'') \| ''[[Characters/PlantsVsZombiesHeroes Heroes]]'' ('''Teammates''')-]]]
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3	For a list of plant and zombie Heroes, go [[Characters/PlantsVsZombiesHeroes here.]]
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7	[[foldercontrol]]
8	[[header: Plant Cards]]
9	[[folder: Guardian]]
10	[[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pvzh_guardian_icon.png]]
11	[[caption-width-right:177:They defensively Team-Up, are Armored, and Amphibious!]]
12	!! In General
13	* AchillesHeel: Prior to Set 3, several Guardian Plants were vulnerable to Weed Spray due to having low attack. This is resolved by the Three-Nut, which makes all Plants played while it's on the field have 3 attack -- this even includes Wall-Nuts and other fully defensive plants.
14	* AquaticMook: One of the Plant classes that specialize in Amphibious Teammates, which can be played on the water lanes. The other class specializing in them is Smarty.
15	* AntiMagic: The Untrickable trait is exclusive to them and Mega-Grow, which prevents the Zombie Hero from using tricks on plants with this trait.
16	* GoodCounterpart: To Hearty, both being defensive-oriented classes.
17	* DamageReduction: The Armored Trait is exclusive to this class for Plants, which allows them to reduce incoming damage by the armor amount.
18	* MookBouncer: The ability to force Zombies to change lanes is mainly exclusive to this class and Mega-Grow.
19	* OneHitKill: Is geared to take out high-HP targets via the tricks Shamrocket and Doom-Shroom, which [[TallPoppySyndrome kill zombies with 4 or more Strength]].
20	* StoneWall: These tend to have high HP cards, mainly nuts, and also have the Armored trait exclusive to them. However, they tend to lack in attack power, which makes them vulnerable to Weed Spray. There are a few outliers such as Three-Nut, a GlassCannon support unit.
21	* TakingYouWithMe: Notable for having a number of Plant Teammates that perform a retaliatory attack upon destruction, such as Potato Mine, Hot Date, Guacodile and Galactacactus.
22	* UnblockableAttack: Are one of two Plant classes to have the Bullseye Trait on Teammates which prevents them from filling the Zombie Hero's Block Meter, the other being Kabloom.
23	!! Small-Nut
24	* TheGoomba: The weakest Guardian-class PlayerMooks with no abilities whatsoever.
25	* PunnyName: Its name is similar to Wall-nut, but it's small.
26	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Guardian Hero.
27	!! Sting Bean
28	* AquaticMook: Has the Amphibious trait and thus can be played on water lanes.
29	* PunnyName: String Bean + Sting
30	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Guardian Hero.
31	* UnblockableAttack: Has the Bullseye trait, which allows it to damage the Zombie Hero without charging their Block Meter.
32	!! Wall-Nut
33	* PunnyName: Walnut + Wall
34	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Guardian Hero.
35	* StoneWall: Has no strength and 6 health. However, he can get its strength boosted by Spineapple.
36	!! Pismashio
37	* PowerCreep: Jugger-Nut has mostly the same stats (Aside from having 1 less HP, which is mitigated by Armored 1), but also has Bullseye, making this unneeded later on.
38	* PunnyName: Pistachio + Smash
39	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Guardian Hero.
40	!! Spineapple
41	* PunnyName: Pineapple + Spine
42	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Guardian Hero.
43	* StatusBuff: Gives all Plants with no Strength (mainly [[StoneWall Nuts]] as well as itself) 2 Strength when played.
44	[[/folder]]
45	[[folder: Kabloom]]
46	!! In General
47	* AttackAttackAttack: Similar to Red in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', Kabloom units focus on raw damage, direct damage and ZergRush to overwhelm the enemy. They tend to be somewhat fragile, however.
48	* GoodCounterpart: To Crazy, both being direct offense-oriented classes.
49	* HeroKiller: The Anti-Hero trait is exclusive to this class, allowing them to deal extra damage to the Zombie Hero if there are no zombies in the way.
50	* RandomEffectSpell: They're the Plant class that involves transformation of Plant Teammates into random teammates, such as Seedling, Molekale, Transfiguration, Petal-Morphosis, etc.
51	* UnblockableAttack: Are one of two Plant classes to have the Bullseye Trait on Teammates which prevents them from filling the Zombie Hero's Block Meter, the other being Guardian.
52	!! Button Mushroom
53	* TheGoomba: The weakest Kabloom-class PlayerMooks with no abilities whatsoever.
54	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Kabloom Hero.
55	!! Buff-Shroom
56	* PunnyName: Puff-shroom + Buff
57	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Kabloom Hero.
58	* StatusBuff: Like his name suggests, he buffs all mushrooms by giving them +1/+1 when played.
59	!! Seedling
60	* RandomEffectSpell: Turns into a random Plant Teammate that costs 6 Sun or less, provided it survives to the next turn.
61	!! Zapricot
62	* GlassCannon: 4 strength, but has 2 health to compensate.
63	* PunnyName: Zap + Apricot.
64	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Kabloom Hero.
65	[[/folder]]
66	[[folder: Mega-Grow]]
67	!! In General
68	* AntiMagic: The Untrickable trait is exclusive to them and Guardian, which prevents the Zombie Hero from using tricks on plants with this trait.
69	* ExtraTurn: The Double Strike trait is exclusive to them, it allows them to attack again after their combat phase ends. Mega-Grow is also the Plant class that specializes in Bonus Attacks.
70	* GoodCounterpart: To Beastly, both being StatusBuff-oriented classes.
71	* IncreasinglyLethalEnemy: Several Mega-Grow Teammates buff themselves every turn, eventually becoming big enough to deal massive damage.
72	* MookBouncer: The ability to force Zombies to change lanes is mainly exclusive to this class and Guardian.
73	* StatusBuff: Mega-Grow heavily relies on buffing teammates.
74	!! Peashooter
75	* TheGoomba: The weakest Mega-Grow-class PlayerMooks with no abilities whatsoever.
76	* PowerCreep: Pea Pod has the same stats, but gains +1/+1 at the start of each turn.
77	* PunnyName: Peashooter is a name for a weak gun.
78	* StartingUnits: You get these at the very start of the game, as the first unit you place down in fact.
79	!! Torchwood
80	* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In the tower defence games, placing a Snow Pea behind it would cause the ice Peas it fires to revert into normal peas when they pass over it. In ''Heroes'', doing the same will cause it to buff Snow Pea's attack and still allow it to freeze Zombies.
81	* StartingUnits: You get these at the very start of the game during the tutorial where the tutorial even demonstrates its ability to boost peas behind it.
82	* SupportPartyMember: It gives +2 to all Pea Plants behind it.
83	!! Cabbage-Pult
84	* StartingUnits: You get these at the very start of the game during the tutorial where the tutorial even demonstrates its ability to become stronger on Heights lanes.
85	!! Grow-Shroom
86	* GoodCounterpart: To Loudmouth, both being units that give a teammate +2/+2 when played. Unlike Loudmouth, Grow-Shroom can only target another Plant Teammate and not itself, but it has higher base strength.
87	* NoSelfBuffs: Unlike Loudmouth, it cannot give itself +2/+2 when played.
88	* StartingUnits: You get these at the very start of the game during the tutorial where the tutorial even demonstrates its buffing ability.
89	* StatusBuff: It gives another plant +2/+2 when played.
90	!! Repeater
91	* ExtraTurn: Has the Double Strike trait that allows it to attack after its combat phase ends.
92	* PunnyName: It's a pea-shooting plant that shoots twice. Hence, it re-pea-ts.
93	* StartingUnits: You get these at the very start of the game during the tutorial.
94	[[/folder]]
95	[[folder: Smarty]]
96	!! In General
97	* AquaticMook: One of the Plant classes that specialize in Amphibious Teammates, which can be played on the water lanes. The other class specializing in them is Guardian. Notably, Lily Pad can make any Plant Teammate into one of these.
98	* BanditMook: Brainana removes all the Zombie Hero's remaining brains for the turn, while Mars Flytrap steals one segment of the opponent's Block Meter whenever it hits the Zombie Hero.
99	* CombatPragmatist: Relies heavily on undermining the opponent, such as freezing them, [[MookBouncer bouncing them]], attacking adjacent lanes, and attacking from the water lane.
100	* GoodCounterpart: To Sneaky, both being tactical-oriented classes.
101	* AnIcePerson: The Freeze trait is exclusive to this class for Plants, allowing them to freeze Zombie Teammates to prevent them from attacking for a turn. Several Teammates also rely on freezing the Zombies or benefit from it.
102	* MookBouncer: The Bounce trait is mainly exclusive to this class for Plants, which allows them to send a Zombie Teammate back into the opponent's hand.
103	* OneHitKill: Has a few teammates and tricks that can instantly kill zombies under certain conditions, such as Winter Squash, Witch Hazel and Shrinking Violet.
104	* SplashDamage: Several of their units have the Splash Damage trait, which causes damage to only Zombie teammates in adjacent lanes.
105	* SpreadShot: Certain Smarty units are able to attack other lanes, and unlike Splash Damage this ''can'' hurt the Zombie Hero if the attacked lanes are empty.
106	!! Weenie Beanie
107	* TheGoomba: The weakest Smarty-class PlayerMooks with no abilities whatsoever.
108	* StartingUnits: You get these during the tutorial itself.
109	!! Snowdrop
110	* IncreasinglyLethalEnemy: Snowdrop buffs herself whenever a zombie is frozen.
111	* PunnyName: It's a snowdrop flower affilated with the cold.
112	!! Snow Pea
113	* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In the tower defence games, placing it behind a Torchwood would cause the ice Peas it fires to revert into normal peas when they pass over it. In ''Heroes'', doing the same will cause the Torchwood to buff its attack and still allow it to freeze Zombies.
114	* PunnyName: It's a snow pea plant affilated with the cold.
115	* StatusEffects: Freezes the Zombie it hurts.
116	!! Cattail
117	* AquaticMook: Has the Amphibious trait and thus can be played on water lanes.
118	* PunnyName: A cattail plant with a cat's head.
119	* StartingUnits: You get these during the tutorial where the tutorial even demonstrates its Amphibious ability.
120	!! Smoosh-Shroom
121	* StartingUnits: You get these during the tutorial itself as a high-power unit.
122	!! Threepeater
123	* PunnyName: A pun on Repeater, with three heads.
124	* SpreadShot: Attacks down the lane it's on, as well as the adjacent lanes.
125	* StartingUnits: You get these right after completing the tutorial stages.
126	[[/folder]]
127	[[folder: Solar]]
128	!! In General
129	* AlwaysAccurateAttack: The Strikethrough trait is exclusive to this class for Plants, allowing them to hit the Zombie Hero behind any Zombie Teammates.
130	* CombatMedic: As the heal-specialized class, Solar has several teammates that can heal the Plant Hero, and a good number of them are strong in combat too.
131	* GoodCounterpart: To Brainy, both being resource gain-oriented classes.
132	* OneHitKill: Notably very specialized in instant kills, having several tricks and teammates that can one-shot Zombie Teammates.
133	* YouRequireMoreVespeneGas: Like their name suggests, they have units that provide extra Sun gain.
134	!! Bellflower
135	* TheGoomba: The weakest Solar-class PlayerMooks with no abilities whatsoever.
136	* PunnyName: It's a bellflower as an actual bell.
137	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Solar Hero.
138	!! Sunflower
139	* PunnyName: A sunflower that gives you sun.
140	* SupportPartyMember: Provides an extra sun at the start of the turn.
141	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Solar Hero.
142	!! Mixed Nuts
143	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Solar Hero.
144	!! Smashing Pumpkin
145	* GlassCannon: Downplayed. It has a lot of attack, but less health.
146	* PowerCreep: Three-headed Chomper has the same cost, 1 extra health, and the ability to destroy all zombies around it.
147	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Solar Hero.
148	[[/folder]]
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150	[[header: Zombie Cards]]
151	[[folder: Beastly]]
152	!! In General
153	* AquaticMook: One of the Zombie classes that specialize in Amphibious Teammates, which can be played on the water lanes. The other class specializing in them is Sneaky. Notably, Killer Whale can make any Zombie Teammate into one of these.
154	* EvilCounterpart: To Mega-Grow, both being StatusBuff-oriented classes.
155	* KillStreak: Are one of two Zombie classes that have the Frenzy trait, which allows a Zombie to do a Bonus Attack if it kills a Plant. The other class is Hearty.
156	* OneHitKill: Notable for having the Locust Swarm superpower as a starting card, which kills a selected Plant Teammate instantly. It also has teammates like Zombot 1000 and Primordial Cheese Shover, which have instant-kill abilities.
157	* RaisingTheSteaks: Like their name suggests, the are the primary users of the Pet Tribe which focus on zombified {{attack animal}}s.
158	* StatusBuff: Beastly heavily relies on buffing teammates.
159	!! Skunk Punk
160	* TheGoomba: The weakest Beastly-class PlayerMooks with no abilities whatsoever.
161	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Beastly Hero.
162	!! Pied Piper
163	!! Zookeeper
164	* IncreasinglyLethalEnemy: He gives all Pet Tribe Teammates +1 Strength each time a Pet card is played, and that includes himself as well, thus making all Pet teammates into this trope if not removed.
165	* StatusBuff: Each time a Pet tribe card is played, he gives all Pet Tribe Teammates +1 Strength.
166	!! Dolphin Rider
167	* AquaticMook: Has the Amphibious trait and thus can be played on water lanes.
168	[[/folder]]
169	[[folder: Brainy]]
170	!! In General
171	* AntiMagic: The Untrickable trait is exclusive to them and Hearty, which prevents the Plant Hero from using tricks on zombies with this trait.
172	* EvilCounterpart: To Solar, both being resource gain-oriented classes.
173	* ExtraTurn: Several Brainy teammates and tricks provide Bonus Attack abilities.
174	* RandomEffectSpell: They're the Zombie class that specializes in conjuration of or transformation of Zombie Teammates into random teammates. This is evidenced in Portal Technician, Interdimensional Zombie, Transformation Station, Bad Moon Rising, and Professor Brainstorm's signature Superpower Eureka.
175	* UnblockableAttack: Are one of two Zombie classes to have the Bullseye Trait on Teammates which prevents them from filling the Plant Hero's Block Meter, the other being Crazy.
176	* YouRequireMoreVespeneGas: Like their name suggests, they have units that provide extra Brains.
177	!! Cardboard Robot Zombie
178	* TheGoomba: The weakest Brainy-class PlayerMooks with no abilities whatsoever.
179	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you unlock the Zombie Campaign since Super Brainz is a Brainy Hero.
180	!! Paparazzi Zombie
181	* ImprobableWeaponUser: He attacks via camera flashes.
182	* StatusBuff: Gets +1/+1 whenever you play a Trick.
183	!! Drum Major
184	[[/folder]]
185	[[folder: Crazy]]
186	!! In General
187	* AlwaysAccurateAttack: The Overshoot Trait is exclusive to them, allowing the teammates to hit the Plant Hero once before the Combat Phase starts.
188	* AttackAttackAttack: Similar to Red in ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', Crazy units focus on raw damage, direct damage and ZergRush to overwhelm the enemy. They tend to be fragile, however.
189	* EvilCounterpart: To Kabloom, both being direct offense-oriented classes.
190	* GlassCannon: Most Crazy cards hit ''hard'' but their units rarely have over 4 health.
191	* HeroKiller: The Overshoot trait that is exclusive to Crazy allows teammates to deal damage directly to the Plant Hero before their combat phase starts.
192	* UnblockableAttack: Are one of two Zombie classes to have the Bullseye Trait on Teammates which prevents them from filling the Plant Hero's Block Meter, the other being Brainy.
193	!! Backup Dancer
194	* TheGoomba: The weakest Crazy-class PlayerMooks with no abilities whatsoever.
195	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Crazy Hero.
196	!! Cuckoo Zombie
197	* GlassCannon: Has very high attack for his cost, but only 1 HP.
198	!! Disco Zombie
199	* SummonBackupDancers: Just like his original incarnation, he summons a Backup Dancer when played.
200	!! Flamenco Zombie
201	* HeroKiller: When played, he will immediately throw his hat at the Plant Hero, dealing direct damage equal to 2 times the number of Dancing Tribe zombies (including itself) on the field.
202	* WeaponizedHeadgear: He throws his hat at the Plant Hero to damage them directly.
203	[[/folder]]
204	[[folder: Hearty]]
205	!! In General
206	* AntiMagic: The Untrickable trait is exclusive to them and Brainy, which prevents the Plant Hero from using tricks on zombies with this trait.
207	* BanditMook: Both Ra Zombie and Turquoise Skull Zombie have the capability to steal the Plant Hero's sun, just like in [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies2ItsAboutTime their original game]].
208	* CombatMedic: Is one of two classes that specialize in healing, and the units who provide healing certainly can fight.
209	* DamageReduction: The Armored Trait is exclusive to this class for Zombies, which allows them to reduce incoming damage by the armor amount.
210	* EvilCounterpart: To Guardian, both being defensive-oriented classes.
211	* KillStreak: Are one of two Zombie classes that have the Frenzy trait, which allows a Zombie to do a Bonus Attack if it kills a Plant. The other class is Beastly.
212	* MookBouncer: The ability to force Plants to change lanes is mainly exclusive to this class.
213	* OneHitKill: Is specialized in killing Plants with low Attack power, via tricks like Weed Spray and Rolling Stone.
214	* ReducedManaCost: One of Hearty's traits is cards that reduce the brain cost of other cards, such as Flag Zombie, Gargologist, and Zombology Teacher. They also have the inversion, cards which cause the Plant Player to use more sun on their tricks.
215	* StatusBuff: While Beastly tends to focus on strong single-target buffs, Hearty focuses more on buffs that affect several teammates but tend to be weaker.
216	* StoneWall: These tend to have high HP cards and also have the Armored trait exclusive to them. However, they tend to lack in attack power.
217	!! Zombie
218	* TheGoomba: It's the first enemy unit you will face in the entire game. Strangely, it's not playable by most means at all.
219	!! Baseball Zombie
220	* TheGoomba: The weakest Hearty-class PlayerMooks with no abilities whatsoever.
221	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you obtain a Hearty Hero.
222	!! Conehead
223	* HeavilyArmoredMook: Comes with Armored 1, allowing it to enjoy DamageReduction.
224	!! Team Mascot
225	* IncreasinglyLethalEnemy: He gives all Sports Tribe Teammates +1/+1 at the start of each turn, and that includes himself as well, thus making all Sports teammates into this trope if not removed.
226	* StatusBuff: At the start of each turn, he gives all Sports Tribe Teammates +1/+1.
227	!! Medic
228	* CombatMedic: Heals a Zombie or Zombie Hero by 4 and is no slouch with 3/3 stats.
229	[[/folder]]
230	[[folder: Sneaky]]
231	!! In General
232	* AlwaysAccurateAttack: The Strikethrough trait is exclusive to this class for Zombies, allowing them to hit the Plant Hero behind any Plant Teammates, while also [[OneHitPolykill hitting all plants in that lane]].
233	* AquaticMook: One of the Zombie classes that specialize in Amphibious Teammates, which can be played on the water lanes. The other class specializing in them is Beastly.
234	* CombatPragmatist: Even moreso than Smarty. They rely on [[OneHitKill Deadly]], attacking from the water lane, freezing Plant Teammates, [[MookBouncer bouncing teammates]], [[AlwaysAccurateAttack Strike]][[OneHitPolykill through]] attacks, [[HeroKiller dealing extra damage to the Plant Hero]], and movement around the board to get a better chance at undermining the Plant Hero's efforts.
235	* EvilCounterpart: To Smarty, both being tactical-oriented classes.
236	* HeroKiller: The Anti-Hero trait is exclusive to this class, allowing them to deal extra damage to the Plant Hero if there are no plants in the way.
237	* AnIcePerson: The Freeze trait is exclusive to this class for Zombies, allowing them to freeze Plant Teammates to prevent them from attacking for a turn. Several Teammates also rely on freezing the Plants or benefit from it.
238	* MookBouncer: The Bounce trait is mainly exclusive to this class for Zombies, which allows them to send a Plant Teammate back into the opponent's hand.
239	* OneHitKill: The Deadly trait is exclusive to this class, and it functions ''exactly the same'' as Deathtouch from ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' -- when a unit with deadly deals any amount of damage to any Teammate, that Teammate is dead.
240	!! Imp
241	* TheGoomba: The weakest Sneaky-class PlayerMooks with no abilities whatsoever.
242	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you unlock the Zombie Campaign since Super Brainz is a Sneaky Hero.
243	!! Mini-Ninja
244	* HeroKiller: Has the Anti-Hero trait to let it deal extra damage to the Plant Hero.
245	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you start the Zombie Campaign where the tutorial even demonstrates his "Anti-Hero" ability.
246	!! Fishy Imp
247	* AquaticMook: Has the Amphibious trait and thus can be played on water lanes.
248	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you start the Zombie Campaign.
249	!! Smelly Zombie
250	* DeceasedAndDiseased: Likely the reason why he's so smelly and also the reason why he has the Deadly trait.
251	* FliesEqualsEvil: He's one of the zombies and he's swarmed by flies thanks to his smell. In fact, the flies around him are the reason why he's classified as a Pet Zombie.
252	* OneHitKill: Has the Deadly trait, allowing it to kill plants it hurts.
253	* StartingUnits: You get these as soon as you start the Zombie Campaign where the tutorial even demonstrates his "Deadly" ability.

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