Moss-quito

Moss-quito is the third plant obtained in Rock Beach in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, after beating Level 5A. Moss-quito is a single-use plant which can (only) be planted on rocks, where Moss-quito will create a layer of moss on that rock, and make it available for planting on.

Origins
The name Moss-quito is a portmanteau of the words ‘moss’ and ‘mosquito’. Mosquitoes are insects well-known to suck blood from animals and humans, and leave an itchy bite mark. Moss, or Bryophyta (scientific name), are small flowerless plants that are found growing on many types of surfaces, including rocks.

Almanac entry
Moss-quito

Sun cost: 25

Recharge: Fast

Moss-quitoes cover rocks in moss to make them available for planting.

Usage: Single use, instant

During his teens, Moss-quito loved books. Sci-fi, horror, mystery, romance, you name it. It's pretty sad that Moss-quito was banned from every single library because he couldn't stop buzzing. It really sucked for him.

Ultimate ability
When fully upgraded, Moss-quito can now be planted everywhere. When planted, Moss-quito now makes a 3×3 area of moss around it, which slows down zombies that walk through it (-50% speed). The moss will disappear in 10 seconds.

Available stat upgrades
More about the upgrading system and ultimate ability here.

Strategies
Moss-quito is especially useful for making rocks suitable for planting onto. It is recommended that Moss-quito is only planted on rocks that may cause the most hindrance to gameplay, likely the rocks that are closest to the player’s tent, since these rocks will force the player to plant other plants much further away from the player’s tent, endangering plants as they are closer to the zombies. Rocks which don’t occupy important spaces on the lawn are recommended to not be covered in moss, as it will just waste sun, but, then again, Moss-quito only requires 25 sun to be planted, plus, this relatively low sun cost and its fast recharge gives the player an advantage, and can allow the player easily cover up most rocks that cause hindrance to the player during early-game. Moss-quito, however, is not necessarily essential to be brought into battle, especially for experienced players. There may be quite a few rocks on the lawn that may cause hindrance to the player, and so the player can just plant around them without facing too much trouble, plus, Moss-quito will take up an extra seed slot which could be used to take another plant into battle.

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