Spider Ivy

Spider Ivy is an Epic Quest Plant in the game Plants vs. Zombies: Suburbia Defenders. It is unlocked after completing Day 5 of the Webs and Witches Epic Quest, which can be played after beating Day 15 of Ghastly Graveyard. When planted, Spider Ivy takes 15 seconds to build an egg sack and will stop its work to bite nearby Zombies if they get too close. After completing the egg sack, Spider Ivy will stand on top of it, shooting sticky webs at Zombies up to 3 tiles in front of it. When the egg sack is destroyed, it will release 12 mini Spider Ivys in a 3x3 area, which rush down the lane and jump onto Zombies in their way, biting them at a rate of 2 bites per second. After the egg sack is destroyed, Spider Ivy will jump down and begin making a new one. If the egg sack is not destroyed after 45 seconds, it will break open and give you a free Spider Ivy seed packet.

Origin:
Spider Ivy is based on the Chlorophytum comosum, also known as spider plant or spider ivy, and the common spider. Its abilities reference the ability of spiders to spin webs and egg sacks, bundles of silk that spider lay their eggs in.

Level 1:
Sun Cost: 250

Recharge: Sluggish (15 seconds)

Damage: Basic (1)

Health: Typical (6 bites)

Web Stun: 2 seconds

Egg Sack Health: Protected (25 bites)

Mini Spider Ivys Spawned 12

Mini Spider Ivy health: Squishy: (2)

Mini Spider Ivy damage: Light (0.25)

Level 2:
Sun Cost: 300

Recharge: Sluggish (15 seconds)

Damage: Basic (1)

Health: Typical (6 bites)

Web Stun (3 seconds)

Egg Sack Health: Protected (30 bites)

Mini Spider Ivys Spawned 15

Mini Spider Ivy health: Squishy: (3)

Mini Spider Ivy damage: Light (0.25)

Level 3:
Sun Cost: 350

Recharge: Sluggish (20 seconds)

Damage: Moderate (2)

Health: Typical (6 bites)

Web Stun (4 seconds)

Egg Sack Health: Protected (35 bites)

Mini Spider Ivys Spawned 18

Mini Spider Ivy health: Squishy: (4)

Mini Spider Ivy damage: Light (0.25)

Plant Food 1:
When option 1 is chosen and Spider Ivy uses a Plant Food, Spider Ivy will create and launch a giant web into the sky, sticking down a 3x3 area of Zombies for 5 seconds. This is useful as a strong stun to give your Plants more time to finish off a group of Zombies, but can usually be swapped with option 2 if Spider Ivy is going to be used as a defensive damage-dealer.

Plant Food 2:
When option 2 is chosen and Spider Ivy uses a Plant Food, Spider Ivy instantly finishes building its egg sack or, if the sack had already been constructed, gives it an extra 15 bites of health and allows it to summon an extra 6 spiders upon destruction. This will usually be used over option 1 if you are using Spider Ivy as a means to deal damage or if you want to use it in a defensive role.

Strategies
While Spider Ivy seems like a fairly poor choice for a Defensive plant due to its high cost and the time it takes to create an egg sack, remember that it can rebuild its defense or give you a free copy of itself after a while. Due to this, it may be a good idea to place a Spider Ivy in the back of your defenses, to slowly produce copies of itself. The mini Spider Ivys are also fairly helpful, as they can tear through a group of weak Zombies easily due to their quick attack speed and swarmy nature. Overall, Spider Ivy is a good defensive Plant, with a variety of powerful abilities that easily make up for its high sun cost and slow recharge. Try to use Spider Ivy at the beginnig of your defenses to take advantage of its web shot and spider swarm, and try to support it with slowing Plants like Winter Melon to allow the mini spiders to do maximum damage.

Trivia

 * Its sprite uses assets from Tangle Kelp, Aloe, and Zoybean Pod.
 * It only has 4 eyes, unlike actual spiders, which have eight.
 * It does, however, have 8 legs.

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