Spyris (Milesprower2)

Spyris is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies: The Final Showdown based on the plant from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes that provides information about zombies in its own row, such as their location, health, and so on.

Essentially, it does the following things to zombies in its row:
 * Displays a health bar above zombies in the row, providing a clear indication of their health.
 * Outlines zombies in mist or darkness, potentially serving as a substitute for light-producing plants.
 * Reveals Illusionist Zombies that are in disguise.
 * Reveals the locations of Sneaky Imps hidden inside gravestones in The Great Graveyard.

Additionally, Spyris can be planted in water without a Lily Pad.

It is unlocked after beating Day 13 of Doom Dungeon.

Made by Milesprower2.

Origin
She is based on the iris, a flowering plant that grows from rhizomes.

Her name is a portmanteau of "spy," referring to her ability, and "iris," the real-life plant she is based on.

Almanac Entry
Spyris

Reveals zombie health, locations in mist or darkness, and other stuff

Range: whole row

Special: reveals disguised Illusionist Zombies

Plant Food effect: delays and warns you about the zombies in the next wave

Semi-aquatic plant, can go on land or in water

Nothing can hide from Spyris. She knows what the zombies had to eat for their breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Spoiler: It was brains.

Cost: 25

Recharge: fast

Plant Food
Delays the next wave of zombies for ten seconds, and warns of which zombie types will show up aside from regular, Conehead, and Buckethead.

Strategies
Spyris is a cheap way to provide useful supportive information, and is especially useful during Misty Pond, Hidden Base, or The Great Graveyard. In the former two stages, it can reveal zombie locations and serve as an alternative to light-producing plants such as Planterns, Bright-shrooms, or Glowing Bulbs. In The Great Graveyard, it will warn you of which gravestones contain Sneaky Imps, which will be released when the gravestone is destroyed. Additionally, Spyris can be useful for tracking the health of stronger zombies with infrequent visible degrades such as Gargantuars, allowing you to better predict when they might throw their Imp for example. Spyris also reveals Illusionist Zombies that are disguised. The Illusionist's gimmick is that it appears to be a different zombie type from the level until it loses half of its health. While there are other ways to identify it if you're observant, Spyris can completely shut down its disguise for only 25 sun. Spyris however is not without its downsides. While cheap, it takes a full column of them to cover every row, and that means sacrificing a lot of space that could often be better-used for attacking plants. Spyris also has no direct effect on gameplay aside from revealing Illusionists, and delaying waves with the Plant Food effect. Spyris simply makes the player more well-informed and doesn't directly interact with zombies or plants.