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

Level 1 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive the zombie attack.
Chosen Perk is Knock-Back
Produce 1,500 / 3,000 / 5,000 Sun
Never have more than not offered / 15 / 12 plants.

Level 2 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 2 of 2
Survive for 1.5 minutes.
Chosen Perk is Bass Blast Perk - Knock Back
Defeat 5 / 5 / 5 Gargantuars
Defeat Cardio not offered / 1 / 2 Time(s)

Level 3 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive for 2 minutes.
Chosen Perk is Extra Sun
Score more than 200,000 / 2,000,000 / 2,500,000
There are precious flowers on the lawn which can not be trampled - not offered / 3 & 4 / 4 & 5
Starting Sun = 1,700 / 1,500 / 1,250

Level 4 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive for 1 minute.
Chosen Perk is Extra Sun
Defeat 165 / 165 / 175 zombies in 60 seconds.
There are precious flowers on the lawn which can not be trampled - not offered / column 2 / column 3
Starting Sun = 2,200 / 2,000 / 1,750

Level 5 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - FAIL
Survive the zombie attack.
Chosen Perk is
Survive and protect the endangered plants - Torchwood on R3C5
Destroy not offered / 10 / 15 Gravestones
Conveyor belt

+Timestamps
00:00 Level 1 - Difficulty 3
03:20 Level 2 - Difficulty 3
04:35 Level 3 - Difficulty 3
06:02 Level 4 - Difficulty 3
06:46 Level 5 - Difficulty 3