Plants vs Zombies 2 - Penny's Pursuit - Seedium Plant Showcase - Goo Peashooter - July 2023

Goo Peashooter was offered from July 19. 2023 through July 26, 2023.

Goo Peashooter is a member of the Ail-Mint family.
Goo Peashooter costs 125 Sun. (-25 Sun at level 6 )
Goo Peashooter fires poisoned peas. Each pea does 30 damage.
Zombies hit this way will take an additional three (3) damage per second. (+1 damage at level 8.)
Zombies hit by poisoned peas will be slowed by 2% per stack. (+1% at level 4.)
Zombies can have a maximum of 25 stacks of poison. (+1 stack per level.)

The Good:
• Zombies which are poisoned stay poisoned - unless cleansed by a Healer zombie.
• Goo Peashooter's glop can also slow zombies.

The Bad:
• Like other shooters, Goo Peashooter only targets a single zombie at a time. So it can be over run.
• Zombies poisoned this way are still a threat. It can take some time until the poison turns the zombie harmless.

Commentary:
Goo Peashooter is not a bad plant. It's a decent value. There is something amusing about poisoning zombies to re-death.

In many games, poison is a slow death. It does damage over time but not quickly enough. Compare poisoning an enemy vs burning an enemy - poison slowly kills enemies while fire quickly eliminates enemies.

While PvZ2 has no burning effect - the results are the same. Zombies are still a threat until they receive a certain number of poison stacks - as to which case their movement speed slows down and another zombie overtakes them.

The other problem is that while Goo Peashooter is not a bad plant, there are so many BETTER plants. Bombard-Mint plants like Cherry Bomb do 1,800 of instant damage. Mega Gatling Pea (MGP) at level 2 costs the same as three (3) Goo Peashooters. MGP will do 120 vs 90 damage - and has a 3% chance to activate its plant food effect. Laser Bean costs a bit more - 200 Sun - but does 40 + 10 damage to every zombie in the lane.

Bottom Line:
Goo Peashooter is not a bad plant. It should be added to your collection. But one also should not go out of their way to maximize getting seeds either.

We do not get a preview of Penny's Pursuit before it is released. So what you see is what players get.

This is a particularly difficult Penny's Pursuit this week. Do not fret if you are unable to clear these levels at maximum difficulty.

Level 1 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 2 of 2
Survive the zombie attack
Chosen Perk is Squish Squash Perk - Gives a Squash plant
Spend no more than 3,000 / 3,000 / 3,000 Sun
Defeat not offered / 75 / 95 zombies in not offered / 30 / 30 seconds.

Level 2 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 2 of 2
Survive for 2 minutes.
Chosen Perk is Bass Blast Perk - Knock Back
Survive and protect the endangered plants - Headbutter Lettuce on R2C5, R4C5 and R3C6
Do not lose more than not offered / 0 / 0 plants
Starting Sun = 1,400 / 1,200 / 950

Level 3 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive for 3 minutes.
Chosen Perk is Bass Blast Perk - Knock Back
Score more than 2,500,000 / 4,500,000 / 8,000,000
Do not lose more than not offered / 5 / 3 plants
Starting Sun = 750 / 550 / 300

Level 4 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive the zombie attack.
Chosen Perk is Bass Blast - Knock Back
Hypnotize zombies 10 / 14 / 16 times
Do not lose more than not offered / 8 / 5 times

Level 5 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - FAIL
Survive the zombie attack - Beghouled Style.
Chosen Perk is Knock Back.
Do not lose more than 20 / 15 / 10 plants
Spend no more than not offered / 8,000 / 7,000 Sun
Need large knock back or strong poison to have a chance of doing this one.

+Timestamps
00:00 Level 1 - Difficulty 3
01:50 Level 2 - Difficulty 3
03:01 Level 3 - Difficulty 3
05:00 Level 4 - Difficulty 3
07:03 Level 5 - Difficulty 3