Plants vs Zombies 2 - Penny's Pursuit - Zomboss - Seedium Showcase - Chili Pepper - February 2024

Chili Pepper - was offered between February 3, 2024 through February 10, 2024.

Chili Pepper is a member of the Winter-Mint family.
Chili Pepper costs 100 Sun. (-25 Sun at levels 5 and 9.)
Chili Pepper does 1,200 damage to all zombies on the square it has been planted on. (+100 on levels 2-7, +400 on level 8.)
Chili Pepper does 900 damage to all zombies two (2) tiles to the left and right of the planting spot. (+100 per level except level 8.)
Chili Pepper freezes all zombies in the tile it has been planted in for 13 seconds. (+1 second per level until level 8.)
Chili Pepper freezes all zombies in the rows above and below for 3 seconds. (+1 second on levels 3 and 5. +2 seconds on level 8.)
Chili Pepper chills all zombies in the rows above and below for 3 seconds. (+1 second on levels 2, 3, 5, 9 and 10.)

Commentary:
There is a lot happening here so we should digest some of this.
Chili Pepper does nice damage to the zombies on the tile it was planted in.
Chili Pepper freezes any zombies which survive.
Chili Pepper does light damage to zombies in nearby tiles.
Chili Pepper does light freezing to zombies in nearby tiles.

Basically, this is a cold version of a merge between Cherry Bomb and Jalapeño.

The problem with Chili Pepper is that is does a little of many things instead of a lot of a few things. This generalist approach means Chili Pepper will do *something* when planted, but won't he *helpful* when you need it to be.

Bottom Line:
We want to like Chili Pepper. It's a cool idea and should be implemented properly. Having played this plant, we simply have not found a place for it. We would rather have Cherry Bomb AND Jalapeño instead of playing a weaker and winterized version of a merge between these plants and saving a seed slot.

+Timestamps
00:00 Difficulty 1 - Sundew Tangler + Boomberry + Primal Peashooter
02:19 Difficulty 2 - Power Vine + Lightning Reed
04:26 Difficulty 3 - Gatling Pea + Pea Vine + Torchwood

Given Plant = Chili Pepper
Chosen Perk is SHIELDS / Knock Back / Boss Buster (Damage to boss)

There are no Sun drops from the sky this week. Bring your own Sun producers.

Level 1 Objective - Remove five (5) health bars in three (3) minutes.
Reward is 10 Chili Pepper
Players start with 2,050 Sun.

Level 2 Objective - Remove seven (7) health bars in three (3) minutes.
Reward is 15 Chili Pepper
Players start with 1,850 Sun.

Level 3 Objective - Remove seven (7) health bars in three (3) minutes.
Reward is 20 Chili Pepper
Players start with 2,225 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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