Balloon Stump



Balloon Stump is a plant that appears in Plants vs. Zombies 2 and Plants vs. Zombies: The Last Reminiscence. In PvZ2, he can be unlocked by buying in the shop for $4.99, or 100 gems during the whole October while in PvZ:TLR, he can be bought from the shop after completing Dream Waltz.

Balloon Stump slingshots balloons at zombies. These balloons are tied with spikes so when it hits a zombie, the balloon sticks to the zombie. After the zombie gets 5 balloons, it floats off and leave the lawn, the exceptions are Gargantuars, which take 8 balloons and Imps, which take 3 balloons.

Balloons need to recharge in a similar fashion to PvZ2 Bowling Bulb. One balloon recharges every 3.5 seconds and he can stock up to 3 balloons. With the attack speed faster than the balloon recharge time (2.5 seconds), he can also shoot plain spikes when he has no balloons in stock. There is a visual representation of how many balloons there are in his stock.

Origin
Balloon Stump is based on a stump, the bottom part of a tree left projecting from the ground after most of the trunk has fallen or been cut down.

Plant Food effect
Spirit comes out from the eye hole of the stump. The spirit travels along the lane to the right side of the lawn, passing through zombies before returning and passing through the same zombies again. When the spirit passes through a zombie each time, the zombie receives 300 dps of damage (15 peas) and 2 balloons.

This means the zombie will receive 600 dps of damage (30 peas) and 4 balloons if the zombie survives upon the usage of Plant Food on this plant.

Spear-mint effect (PvZ2 only)
When boosted by Spear-mint, his hit speed and balloon recharge become 2 times faster.

Level upgrades (PvZ2 only)
*The time it takes for the plant to restock one balloon **The amount of balloons a typical zombie can receive before the zombie lifts off

Plants vs. Zombies: The Last Reminiscence
RECHARGE: Mediocre

Balloon Stump shoots balloons and spikes at zombies. After a zombie gets 5 balloons, it lifts off, leaving the lawn

Despite his colorful and lively appearance from the outside, he's already dead inside. Balloon Stump used to be one of the most beautiful flowers in the forest behind Mirexus' mansion until a large tree fell down and crushed him. He wandered as a spirit before finding this nicely cut dead hollow stump. He carved the eyes and the smile and lived in it ever since to try to live a lively live again.

Almanac Statistics (PvZ: TLR)
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Strategies
Since most zombies take 5 balloons before lift off, given that it's the worst case, that is him not having any balloons left in stock, he will take 17.5 seconds to stick 5 balloons required for the zombie to float up, whether it's a Buckethead Zombie or a normal Zombie or almost any zombie (that is enough for the zombie to travel 3.5 tiles given that the zombie speed is regular) So to take advantage of him, use him to take out higher HP zombies. His damage per second output is only slightly higher than a Peashooter.

Trivia

 * When a zombie got stuck with one less balloon than the required amount to lift off, the zombie will elevate a little bit from the ground, indicating that it's almost going to lift off. Most of the zombies will show this effect with 4 balloons. Blovers can also blow away zombies in this state off the screen immediately.

Costume
In PvZ2, during the whole October, all Balloon Stumps will wear the halloween costume. During the month, there will be an offer in the shop to spend 50 gem to keep the costume forever.