Carritual

Carrituals are fire offensive plants that send out quicker rockets when plants die.

Overview
Carritual normally attacks the lanes it is on and the ones it is adjacent to for 1.75 damage points. However, it attacks at the rate of a pult plant. Its projectiles also deal fire damage, which will thaw any chilled zombies.

If a plant on the board is eaten, Carritual will send out a rocket to the spot where it was eaten. This rocket deals 3 damage points in a 3x3 area. After doing so, Carritual's attack speed will slightly increase. It can do so until it attacks at twice the speed of a Peashooter.

Carritual requires 3 seconds before it can increase its speed again, though this recharge is minute and shouldn't be a major burden on the player.

Carritual will not avenge plants that are instant- or single-use, nor will it avenge plants with 0 cost.

Carritual is immune to being frozen, and it emits a small amount of light. It can also warm plants around it.

If Carritual itself is eaten, it will release 4 rockets on its tile before it dies.

Carritual is based off of the carrot root, and as well as a tiki mask. Carritual's name is a portmanteau of "carrot" and "ritual."

Plant Food Ability
Using Plant Food on Carritual causes it to burn the plants directly around it. After doing so, it unleashes a large carrot rocket that takes out every zombie on the screen. This reverts Carritual back to its slowest state. Carritual will not burn plants that cost more than 275 sun, but its carrot attack will only deal 50 damage to every zombie. This will only cut Carritual's current speed by half. This also occurs if there are less than 4 plants around Carritual.

If there are no plants by the Carritual, then it will attack similarly to a Threepeater.

Strategies
Carritual works well when the player has plenty of defensive plants planted -- especially if they're Infi-nuts, as each time the Infi-nut is eaten, Carritual will activate. Carritual also does well in Big Wave Beach, as Lily Pads are easily eaten, which triggers Carritual's move. Lily Pads summoned via Plant Food also contribute to Carritual's speed.