Mesmerazalea

Mesmerazalea
(translation: 催眠映山红 / hypnotic Azalea)
Mesmerazalea launches flowers down the lane which stick to, poison and mesmerize zombies
Created by	Grahkon
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	200
Recharge	Slow
Damage	Variable
Toughness	Typical
Range	Lane
Special	Flowers stack on top of zombies, dealing more poison damage the more there are
Weakness	Flowers cannot hit robotic enemies
Family	Enchant-mint
In-game statistics
Recharge time	30 seconds
Firing speed	3/4
Health	300
Other special	Zombies killed by poison are resurrected & hypnotized, gaining health based on the amount of flowers stuck to them
Other weakness	Plant food cannot affect flying zombies
Rarity (China)	Legendary (china)
Unlocked	250 seed packets (international) Collecting 10 Mesmerazalea Puzzle Pieces (china)
Mesmerazalea firmly insists her abilities do not violate the laws of physics, although when she's asked for proof, she'll immediately disappear in a puff of smoke.

Mesmerazalea is a premium Enchant-mint plant introduced in the 9.2.5 update in Plants VS Zombies 2. It was first made available in the Mesmerazalea early access bundle, which lasted from the 19th of December to the 3rd of January 2022, before officially debuting in Mesmerazalea's Mesmerizing Season which lasted from the 3rd of January 2022 to the 31st of January 2022, where you could get her for 250 seed packets.

It attacks by shaking an azalea flower from it's bush every 1.75~ seconds, which quickly floats down the lane (2 tiles per second), ignoring critters, robots & grid items before sticking on to the highest health zombie in the lane. Zombies hit by a flower are slowed by 10%, and take 20 damage per second (this damage bypasses armor) until they die, however, the more flowers that hit a zombie, the faster that zombie dies. if a zombie dies while having at least 2/1(at lvl3) flowers attached (non-basic zombies require 3/2_(lvl3)/1_(lvl6), gargs require 8/7_(lvl3)/6_(lvl5)/5_(lvl8)/4_(lvl10), and imps require 1), they are resurrected & hypnotized with HP dependant on how many flowers were attached.

Origins

Mesmerazalea is based on the Azalea Bush, a popular flowering shrub famous for it's beauty and lesser known for its toxicity.

Her name is based off the Azalea bush and loosely based off of a mind-altering product created from the nectar of an azalea known as "Mad Honey"

Almanac Entry

Mesmereazalea		SUN COST 200 RECHARGE 30 SUN COST: 200 RECHARGE: 30 RANGE Lane SPECIAL Poison RANGE: Lane SPECIAL: Poison PLANT FAMILY Enchant-mint PLANT FAMILY: Enchant-mint Mesmerazalea launches flowers down the lane which poison and mesmerize zombies Special: Flowers can stack on top of oneanother for extra damage Weakness: Flowers cannot hit robotic enemies Mesmerazalea firmly insists her abilities do not violate the laws of physics, although when she's asked for proof, she'll immediately disappear in a puff of smoke.

Mesmereazalea

		SUN COST 200			RECHARGE 30

SUN COST: 200
RECHARGE: 30

		RANGE Lane			SPECIAL Poison

RANGE: Lane
SPECIAL: Poison

		PLANT FAMILY Enchant-mint

PLANT FAMILY: Enchant-mint

Mesmerazalea launches flowers down the lane which poison and mesmerize zombies

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Upgrades

Plant food

Upon being given plant food, Mesmerazalea jumps up while her eyes glow before diving into the ground, transforming the lawn into a carpet of foliage which creates Azaleas on 1-3 random tiles* every 0.33 seconds, which have the same properties as her normal attack, but float in place until they time out after 2 seconds (increased to 3.5 seconds at lvl4+ and 5 seconds at lvl 8)or stick to a zombie. Giving plant food to other Mesmerazalea while the lawn is covered will not have any effect.

*Flowers appear more frequently on Coloumns 5-9.

Enchant-mint's effect

while Enchant-mint is on the lawn, Mesmerazalea shoots flowers every 1 second, her poison damage is increased to 50 DPS per flower (no difference if at level 10), the health per flower is increased by 500 DPS, and her plant food duration is increased to 10 seconds.

Costumed  (China only)

When given plant food, Mesmerazalea creates a big shockwave that deals 10000 dps to all grid items on the lawn, and pushes zombies back a tile, similar to Boingsetta.

Level Upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (slow)	Starting Recharge	Toughness (Typical)	Poison*	Flower Health**	Plant Food (Duration)
1	0	0	200	30 seconds	10 seconds	300 dps	20 dps	100 dps	3 seconds
2	50		175	29 seconds	9 seconds	350 dps	25 dps	150 dps	3.5 seconds
3	100			28 seconds		400 dps		200 dps	4 seconds
4	200			27 seconds	8 seconds	450 dps	30 dps	250 dps	4.5 seconds
5	300			26 seconds		550 dps		300 dps	5 seconds
6	400		150	25 seconds	7 seconds	600 dps	35 dps	350 dps	6 seconds
7	500			24 seconds		650  dps		400 dps	7 seconds
8	600			23 seconds	6 seconds	700 dps	40 dps	450 dps	8 seconds
9	800			22 seconds		800 dps		500 dps	9 seconds
10	1000		125	20 seconds	5 seconds	900 dps	50 dps		10 seconds

*per flower, every second

** per flower stuck to a zombie before they died (eg: a zombie with 5 (lvl1) flowers attached to it would have their base HP + 500HP)

Mastery Upgrades:

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level Upgrade (WIP) (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	File:Mesmerazalea Upgrade 1.png Dual Flower	Mesmerazalea has a 40% chance to shoot 2 flowers at once
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Mesmerazalea gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	File:Mesmerazalea Upgrade 2.png Double Vision	Doubles the chance of shooting 2 flowers (80% of original)
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Mesmerazalea gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Mesmerazalea may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Mesmerazalea gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	File:Mesmerazalea Upgrade 3.png Mad honey	Every 5 attacks, Mesmerazalea lobs a blob of mad honey, which lightly damages all zombies in a tile, and causes them to take 10% more damage & move 20% slower (this lasts 5 seconds)
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Mesmerazalea gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

At first, Mesmerazalea seems like an very powerful plant, however, her ability has some downsides, the first of which is her anti-synergy with attacking plants; Mesmerazalea can only hypnotize zombies if they are killed by the flower's poison damage, and if they are killed by most other sources, they will not be resurrected & hypnotized. (the only exceptions are other hypnotized zombies, hypnosis from Hypno-shroom/Caulipower, Zomboids/Tofu turkeys and other damage over time effects such as Shadow-shroom) Other than that, Mesmerazalea is ill-equipped to take on fast zombies such as Zombie Bull and All-Star Zombie due to her reliance on damage over time, and is especially weak against Healer Zombie, who is immune to her attacks and removes all flowers on zombies he heals. On the other hand, her abilities are very powerful against high health targets such as Gargauntaurs, blockheads & especially boss zombies due to her Abilities, in comparison to similar plants such as Caulipower, Mesmerazalea is much better at dealing with stronger units, as her flowers will not only always target the most powerful zombie, which includes armoured zombies such as bucketheads/poncho zombies.

In Ancient Egypt & Dark Ages, Mesmerazalea's flowers bypass any and all gravestones, and are able to hit jester zombies. She can also use her poison to bypass the sarcophagi and helmets of Pharaoh zombies and Knight zombies, hypnotizing them quickly and marching them against the undead.

In Far Future, Mesmerazalea is not a good choice, as her flowers are unable to hit almost all mechanical enemies (With the odd exclusion of Gargantuar Prime & Bug Bot Imp), and as such, you are better off using other hypnotic plants, such as Caulipower.

In Arena and Penny's Pursuit, Mesmerazalea is incredibly strong against bosses such as Roman Ceaser Zombie, Cardio Zombie, Z-Mech, and most notably dr zomboss' zombots, due to the flowers having no limit on their stacking.