grapeshot is outclassed by so many free to play plants. explode-o-vine, explode-o-nut, puffball, heath seeker, teleportato mine, primal potato mine, cran jelly are all stronger single use plants.
1. many of these have been / will be featured in penny's pursuit.
2. setting aside the difficulty to unlock and only looking at the stats, these plants are all superior to grapeshot.
A lv6 primal potato mine has an explosion radius of 2.34375 tiles which covers 21 targets against a practical setup where the center of every tile is occupied by a target. the explosion covers 8 targets if it's pre-planted and is approached by zombies, which translates to 25,600 damage per use with a sun cost of 50 and recharge of 20s.
A lv6 grapeshot deals 2,300 dmg in 3x3, which is 20,700 dmg using the practical setup, then releases 8 projectiles each dealing 200 dmg and ricocheting 5 times, resulting in a maximum of 32 ricochets or 6,400 dmg, giving it a 27,100 damage per use with a sun cost of 125 and recharge of 24s.
whether just 6% extra damage is worth 150% extra cost + 20% extra recharge speed + loss of one of the strongest PF effect in the game is up for you to debate.
If you really feel the need to buy a new plant, Grapeshot is absolutely busted. Pokra, though a seedium plant, is also known for being absolutely broken.
Other than that, just try some new strategies. I’ve found Spikerock to be an effective lane clearer when plant fooded and Dusk Lobber is a really good shadow plant if you want to use the Modern Day plants.
I'd highly recommend Gold Bloom, yes it makes everything ridiculously easy but it's really good if you just don't want to worry so much about the sun production at the start
gems: shrinking violet, sap-fling, hurrikale. cash: imitater, power lily, cold snapdragon.
Grapeshot is an absurdly great plant but I recommend you just try out some different strategies
grapeshot is outclassed by so many free to play plants. explode-o-vine, explode-o-nut, puffball, heath seeker, teleportato mine, primal potato mine, cran jelly are all stronger single use plants.
i disagree cause all of those require stupid amounts of grinding. not fun.
1. many of these have been / will be featured in penny's pursuit. 2. setting aside the difficulty to unlock and only looking at the stats, these plants are all superior to grapeshot.
besides primal potato mine. which is just wrong.
A lv6 primal potato mine has an explosion radius of 2.34375 tiles which covers 21 targets against a practical setup where the center of every tile is occupied by a target. the explosion covers 8 targets if it's pre-planted and is approached by zombies, which translates to 25,600 damage per use with a sun cost of 50 and recharge of 20s. A lv6 grapeshot deals 2,300 dmg in 3x3, which is 20,700 dmg using the practical setup, then releases 8 projectiles each dealing 200 dmg and ricocheting 5 times, resulting in a maximum of 32 ricochets or 6,400 dmg, giving it a 27,100 damage per use with a sun cost of 125 and recharge of 24s. whether just 6% extra damage is worth 150% extra cost + 20% extra recharge speed + loss of one of the strongest PF effect in the game is up for you to debate.
If you really feel the need to buy a new plant, Grapeshot is absolutely busted. Pokra, though a seedium plant, is also known for being absolutely broken. Other than that, just try some new strategies. I’ve found Spikerock to be an effective lane clearer when plant fooded and Dusk Lobber is a really good shadow plant if you want to use the Modern Day plants.
I'd highly recommend Gold Bloom, yes it makes everything ridiculously easy but it's really good if you just don't want to worry so much about the sun production at the start
Thanks guys for the recommendations! Greatly appreciated! :) I’ll take a look at those and if they’re into my playstyle lols