Plants vs Zombies 2 - Penny's Pursuit - Zomboss - Core Plant - Spore-shroom - July/Aug 2023

Spore-shroom was offered from July 26, 2023 through August 2, 2023.

Spore-shroom is a member of the Ail-Mint family.
Spore-shroom costs 150 Sun. (-25 Sun at levels 4, 9 and 14. )
Spore-shroom launches a spore. Each spore deals 50 damage. (+5 per level.)
Zombies defeated by a Spore-shroom will spawn a Spore-shroom where it perished - if possible.
When given plant food, Spore-shroom will launch three (3) giant spores at three (3) different zombies. Each of these spores will do 1,800 damage. (+100 damage roughly every 2 levels.)

The Good:
• Spore-shroom can make copies of itself.
• Giant spores can eliminate most zombies - as it does the same damage as a Cherry Bomb.

The Bad:
• Spore-shroom can only target one (1) zombie at a time.
• Spore-shrooms tend to appear on the right side of the lawn.

Commentary:
The ability to clone itself makes this plant potentially powerful. A free plant maker is something one should not dismiss lightly.

The problem with Spore-shroom is that the spores appear only appear if the tile is unoccupied - either by another plant or an obstacle like a tombstone or Dave's Mold Colony.

As a result, Spore-shroom is not as beneficial as one would like.

Bottom Line:
Spore-shroom is one of those plants which has a nice design mechanic. It is just that the execution is not too great. Many times the Spore-shroom will just be a speed bump.

How would we make Spore-shroom better? The spore would float around until finding a spot to spawn. Be it a 3x3 area, a 5x5 area or the entire lawn. Not all spores should spawn, but there should be a more realistic chance of a Spore-shroom spawning.

+Timestamps
00:00 Difficulty 1 - Spore-shroom + Headbutter Lettuce
02:21 Difficulty 2 - Bloomerang + Bonk Choy
04:41 Difficulty 3 - Mega Gatling Pea + Pea Vine + Torchwood

Given Plant = Spore-shroom
Chosen Perk is Shrink Zombies / Knock Back / Boss Buster

Level 1 Objective - Remove four (4) health bars in three (3) minutes.
Reward is 10 Spore-shroom
Players start with 1,700 Sun.

Level 2 Objective - Remove six (6) health bars in three (3) minutes.
Reward is 15 Spore-shroom
Players start with 1,500 Sun.

Level 3 Objective - Remove eight (8) health bars in three (3) minutes.
Reward is 20 Spore-shroom
Players start with 1,250 Sun.

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

We also try to vary the strategies from week to week and showcasing different plants and strategies and ideas. Using the same strategy week after week would be boring to see.

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