I don't like how plants get buffed: here's why

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  • Fixed, Jackolantern is no longer Torchwood for some reason.
    Vanilla has buffed a few plants majorly in the past. I don't like what these buffs add, so lets cover these buffs, shall we?
    Discord: / discord
    Timestamps:
    0:00 - Intro
    1:43 - Snowpea
    5:19 - Chomper
    8:23 - Torchwood
    11:13 - Jack O' Lantern
    14:00 - Electric Currant
    17:18 - Conclusions
    Footage is from:
    Plants VS Zombies 2 (and it's mods)
    Plants VS Zombies 1
    Mods used (in order of appearance):
    Eclise Alpha (1:19)
    Reflourished (1:23)
    AltverZ (4:34)
    Nightcast (4:44)
    Music used (in order of appearance):
    Dave's Theme from PVZ2 (Unnamed)
    Ancient Egypt Wave 1 from PVZ2
    Graze the Roof from PVZ1
    Elegant Entrance from DELTARUNE
    Dark Ages Wave 1 from PVZ2
    Neon Mixtape Tour Choose Your Seeds from PVZ2
    PRANKED from OMORI
    Ferris Wheel from DELTARUNE
    Outro is an original track.
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  • @Creeps20
    @Creeps20  Рік тому +1004

    Just a small correction, I thought Witch released before chomper, this isn't actually a thing. What happened was that I got confused of the release date between ghost and witch, but even ghost came at the same time BWB did, so I just made a stupid mistake for no reason. My bad.
    chomper still got outclassed pretty quickly after because of toad but, i really have no excuse to be so wrong either way

    • @henryhacker5076
      @henryhacker5076 Рік тому +4

      I See a Problem in your opinion. Because you Just Look at adventure with Level 1 Zombies but Adventure is Not the Main Game Mode of PvZ2, because you are done with it pretty quick and Arena and Penny's Pursuit are the Game modes that get Updates etc.. And the plants are buffed for Arena and Penny's Pursuit Standards and Not for Adventure Standards.

    • @imtoolazyforaprofilepic4961
      @imtoolazyforaprofilepic4961 Рік тому +9

      Man, how do you get so many coins in eclise? I want to play it again but i dont have the time to farm money again since i got a work.

    • @phi_greek
      @phi_greek Рік тому +23

      I just wanna say one thing about the ending, this isn’t hate or criticism, just a my theory of why they make plants more complicated and not just better stat wise: So people notice it. A lot of people probably don’t look at the patch notes and stats, so why would they use those bad premium’s they have if nothing’s changed (other than stats). these new flashier changes give a player a reason to go back, because they can easily tell how a plant has changed other than reading through the almanac to see if it got more damage or something. These changes are made so people can notice them more easily, and sure, veterans may be able to see the stat changes, PvZ2 also has quite the large casual player base. To put it bluntly, making changes noticeable makes sure a lot more people notice them, even if it’s the worse at way to buff a plant balance wise.

    • @blackout4328
      @blackout4328 Рік тому +2

      Cry harder

    • @CowKirbo
      @CowKirbo Рік тому +11

      @@henryhacker5076 actually adventure is the main game mode the others are your endgame.

  • @noxi1322
    @noxi1322 Рік тому +2124

    May Torchwood and his cousin Torchwood live in our hearts

    • @WarFoxThunder
      @WarFoxThunder Рік тому +13

      ?

    • @Ilikebugs2464
      @Ilikebugs2464 Рік тому +110

      Heartburn

    • @greenninjaihyt5461
      @greenninjaihyt5461 Рік тому +343

      I personally like the idea of torchwood acting like a wall. He is made of wood after all, and that can’t possibly be easy to chew on. Also, he’s a little bit expensive, and having the bonus of igniting peas that pass through him make it so players have to put him in front anyways. (Unlike Pea Nut which can’t make up its mind)

    • @he3004
      @he3004 Рік тому +69

      I feel like this is a reference to one of the torchwoods almanac entries but I didn't read them so idk

    • @ariztheackee505
      @ariztheackee505 Рік тому +19

      Torchwood buff is okay but it's cost was unfair
      Too cheap

  • @DesperateDirt
    @DesperateDirt Рік тому +1158

    I feel like the proper way to make Jack O Lantern more approachable would have been to have tapping toggle firing, that way he stays manual while being more easily used.

    • @BadBoyBird
      @BadBoyBird Рік тому +32

      He used to function like that

    • @DesperateDirt
      @DesperateDirt Рік тому +127

      Similar to his original function but not exactly how he worked, was tap to fire a burst and hold to keep firing.

    • @PotatoMan211
      @PotatoMan211 Рік тому +102

      What they did to Jack'O was the equivalent of making coconut canon automatic

    • @blackout4328
      @blackout4328 Рік тому +3

      Cry harder

    • @IHaveSpearHandslol
      @IHaveSpearHandslol Рік тому +46

      I feel like he would have been better if he was still tap to activate ( same way as before) but would atack by itself when zombies are 1 tile away from him , that or make him fully reload his fire once he refuels , his fuel mechanic doesnt really work with his auto mode

  • @gabrielherasterol9214
    @gabrielherasterol9214 Рік тому +384

    I unironically thought that electric currant's garlic ability was only activated when it was fully eaten, I never knew it was meant to happen when it was only bit. Imagine making an ability so bugged, the bugged version is thought to be the norm.

    • @EthanTheGamer77
      @EthanTheGamer77 Рік тому +10

      Me too

    • @zacharywiggins9660
      @zacharywiggins9660 5 місяців тому +3

      I had no idea that it even did that since I pretty much restricted its usage to the frostbite levels where there are the tiles that move zombies away from the ends, with laser bean and/or pepperpult heating and/or protecting them given how high-maintenance garlic is. I only recently found out that electric current even did damage to zombies that are trying to eat it from a practiaclly cheating hard mode wild west level that forces you to have electric current, hypnoshroom, wallnut, and spikeweed (with the zomboss still using rockets and ram attacks along with chicken zombies, bulls, and eventually even gargantuars...)

  • @thatsabruhmoment17
    @thatsabruhmoment17 Рік тому +869

    I actually like how they buffed Torchwood. The buffs expands its utility beyond peashooter comps since it now has more utility beyond buffing peashooters. I really agree tho that it should buff more projectiles instead of turning it into a jalapeno-explodeonut-endurian hybrid, but the HP increase is genuinely nice for a frontliner plant that really hurts the team when it is eaten, and the jalapeno-on-death is pretty cool as a policy in case the Torchwood does die

    • @ariztheackee505
      @ariztheackee505 Рік тому +46

      The only thing is, it's way too cheap for a such versatile plant

    • @thebernardoespinacovers6081
      @thebernardoespinacovers6081 Рік тому +54

      @@ariztheackee505 Yeah.. i Love that overpowered plant..
      I litterally get a Breeze beating the Game with that and Pea Vine.. they're both so OP..

    • @ariztheackee505
      @ariztheackee505 Рік тому +16

      @@thebernardoespinacovers6081 Ouch pea vine

    • @harryvpn1462
      @harryvpn1462 Рік тому +23

      ​@@ariztheackee505 torch wood isnt even that consistently strong, theres much more busted shit in the game

    • @thebernardoespinacovers6081
      @thebernardoespinacovers6081 Рік тому +17

      @@harryvpn1462 Yeah.. you're right.
      He's strong, but he Still needs teammates to survive and Pea Vine can technically help him do just that.

  • @Pinnaporaptor
    @Pinnaporaptor Рік тому +387

    I'm really glad Chomper got at least some form of a face-lift, especially how near he is to mascot status (and also because I have a certain soft spot for monster plants).
    It doesn't stop him from being outclassed by a whole group of other plants, and I kind of prefer it that way, but I can't put why exactly into words.

    • @alzhanvoidsansado
      @alzhanvoidsansado Рік тому +62

      I'm going to attempt to define it for you: Chomper becoming OP would push it away from your nostalgia lense. As long as he stays weak, you can see the PVZ1 Chomper legacy within PVZ2, a familiar sight.

    • @SwellowOffical
      @SwellowOffical Рік тому +29

      I honestly like characters like chomper. Ones who don’t give shit abt anything

    • @Hamlet2344
      @Hamlet2344 Рік тому

      @@SwellowOffical Yeah sure definitely not because you have a certain fetish

    • @dracophoenixttv
      @dracophoenixttv Рік тому +2

      I always use chomper he is better then most plants I use at times he is situationally good. Also if I am in a pinch and save my power up he clears a whole roll and still can chomp the next plant he is pretty strong used right.

    • @personguy2262
      @personguy2262 Рік тому

      @@alzhanvoidsansado Is THAT why Chomper is so situational in the shooter series, they kept their mediocrity from PvZ 1? Wow

  • @striker8961
    @striker8961 Рік тому +334

    You have no idea the joy it brings me to know that people are discussing pvz metas in 2022.

    • @STG2022
      @STG2022 Рік тому +24

      Me too bro,never even knew PvZ had a large online community until recently

    • @randomguy514
      @randomguy514 Рік тому +3

      Ikr

    • @heyyalandon1985
      @heyyalandon1985 Рік тому +14

      @@STG2022 so true like I just realized that by the amount of videos and views that pvz2 content gets here in youtube

    • @zefix3133
      @zefix3133 Рік тому +1

      I've never knew that even new pvz 2 videos get THAT many views. I thought it was a dead game

  • @CliveHandfor
    @CliveHandfor Рік тому +513

    I see, I didn’t particularly notice the buffs with plants but it does aggravate me that most already overpowered plants are getting the buffs, while lesser plants such as garlic, get a let down nerf so much that it becomes barely useful.

    • @blackout4328
      @blackout4328 Рік тому +4

      Cry harder

    • @CowKirbo
      @CowKirbo Рік тому +121

      @@blackout4328 alright so you're just a spammer. That makes more sense.

    • @blackout4328
      @blackout4328 Рік тому +2

      @@CowKirbo cry harder

    • @kreeperkiller4423
      @kreeperkiller4423 Рік тому +77

      @@blackout4328 you got ratiod hard bud

    • @society1876
      @society1876 Рік тому +41

      @@blackout4328 thisis sctually really interesting, answer the same 2 lines to a bunch of comments, and watch the different reactions.

  • @aeonixhope8383
    @aeonixhope8383 Рік тому +114

    The part where the Electric Currant is unable to even work as a functioning garlic is somehow the most hilarious moment to me. It just screams lack of play testing to me.

    • @zacharywiggins9660
      @zacharywiggins9660 5 місяців тому +1

      what screams lack of play testing to me is the recent hard mode levels. wild west zomboss gave you hypnoshroom, spikeweed, electric current, and wallnut while zomboss uses missiles, ramming, chicken zombies, bulls, and gargantuars...
      normal far future hard mode spawns holo head zombies where you could only have maybe 3 plants to defend other than a forced backline sapfling repeatedly...
      now in hard mode primal, the very first level you have primal peashooter, chilibean, and stallia when they are throwing bullies at you (the zombie literally designed to counter primal peashooter's knockback, though maybe it is less of an issue if you have higher leveled plants than what I have rn).

  • @GNVS300
    @GNVS300 Рік тому +153

    I really liked E Currant, then after the buff he was pretty good, but THEN they nerfed him to the ground so the redirection barely works and he can't reliably kill chickens, so Wild West Day 35 is even worse now

    • @society1876
      @society1876 Рік тому +33

      yeah, i dont understand why they dont just make the attack interval individual to each zombie, instead of making it some sort of vertical cactus shot, it makes hitting fast zombies completely luck based.

    • @doomawsogaming
      @doomawsogaming Рік тому +3

      Hello there

  • @jamessuns123
    @jamessuns123 Рік тому +114

    I like the torch wood buff. Now you don’t need a wall at all as the torch can be basically a makeshift wall needing less plants

    • @PhailRaptor
      @PhailRaptor Рік тому +22

      You'll still want an actual wall for most waves. Some of them you can get away with not, but it's an extremely risky policy to live by. I think of Torchwood more as a fallback wall.

    • @lolucorn1
      @lolucorn1 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@PhailRaptormy personal way of using it is a "fuck you" plant.
      Pretty much, if I don't like a zombie, or something stupid happened, or I just have a lot of sun to waste, I'll shove it down and watch the world burn. Highly recommended.

    • @Mleko11110
      @Mleko11110 6 місяців тому

      I generally used it to kill zombies when I had troubles, because sun meta is broken.

  • @ImaGreenBoi
    @ImaGreenBoi Рік тому +94

    The aloe rework was really HUGE in the Chinese version, now the plant heals all plants around itself and the plant ITSELF, but instead of being a healing burst is a constant healing for a couple of seconds, and if that wasn't enough aloe also buffs the attack speed of all the affected plants which makes him a incredibly Support

    • @Scribblemations
      @Scribblemations Рік тому +16

      That was Chinese version

    • @yasinzayan3836
      @yasinzayan3836 Рік тому +15

      That was the Chinese version so uhh wrong game

    • @Vionnea
      @Vionnea Рік тому +8

      Bro wrong game HAHAHAHHAHAH 😭😭😭

    • @ImaGreenBoi
      @ImaGreenBoi Рік тому +8

      LMAO have you guys didn't pay attention to the video?

    • @ZeraphJZ
      @ZeraphJZ Рік тому +14

      Damn, aloe in pvz2 Chinese sounds extremely good

  • @homergriffin2211
    @homergriffin2211 Рік тому +33

    Can we just take a minute to witness and appreciate this 200 IQ play. 7:38

  • @McRibbyII
    @McRibbyII Рік тому +95

    In PVZ2, plants are either really op, or trash.

    • @blackout4328
      @blackout4328 Рік тому +3

      Cry harder

    • @hagenaubram6341
      @hagenaubram6341 Рік тому +52

      @@blackout4328 nobody is wtf are you on

    • @Zackwashacked
      @Zackwashacked Рік тому +30

      @@blackout4328 cool we dont care if you're using that term because its "cool" or a p2w in pvz2

    • @blackout4328
      @blackout4328 Рік тому +1

      @@Zackwashacked sounds like a you problem

    • @loganshark667
      @loganshark667 Рік тому +22

      @@blackout4328 dude did you get mid air burrowed 50 feet in the sky? Or did a chomper ruin your vanquish streak?

  • @nectarinna
    @nectarinna Рік тому +88

    Correction: His name is actually Icy Currant, he only ever had a seed packet Icon, so he didn't make it far in development (still more than Nightcap lmao)
    Also the Chomper and Snow Pea buffs where done as part of a Big Brainz event (which also buffed Snapdragon to give it heating)

    • @blastfurnace8644
      @blastfurnace8644 Рік тому +27

      Last bit makes sense. Guy breathes fire. Of course he can heat things.

    • @nectarinna
      @nectarinna Рік тому +18

      @@blastfurnace8644 true, but Snap is already busted enough they really didn't need to buff him more

    • @manisuredolovepvz134
      @manisuredolovepvz134 Рік тому +3

      It's just one place

    • @user-tzzglsstle585e38
      @user-tzzglsstle585e38 Рік тому +8

      @@blastfurnace8644 Kinda but not really, other than the fact that Snapdragon is already overly versatile; it doesn't really have an actual active fire source to justify it giving off heat, it's like if Hot Date heats up other plants, it doesn't feel right.

    • @IMADINOSAURNOTABIRD
      @IMADINOSAURNOTABIRD 4 місяці тому

      Wannna know something about nightcap?

  • @Gibstack
    @Gibstack Рік тому +72

    I like the Torchwood buff that it has a lot more HP. It makes sense, given that it's a plant that goes in the front of your defenses, and that it's an entire plant made of wood, so it should be a little bit more resilient.
    The death animation is stupid though lol

    • @shadycactus7896
      @shadycactus7896 Рік тому +5

      What's wrong with the death animation?

    • @Gibstack
      @Gibstack Рік тому +15

      @@shadycactus7896 It's stupid? Exactly what he said in the video. It has nothing to do with what torchwood is supposed to do

    • @shadycactus7896
      @shadycactus7896 Рік тому +16

      @@Gibstack I thought you meant the actual animation looks weird

  • @DaltonIzHere
    @DaltonIzHere Рік тому +9

    Chomper’s biggest issue is obviously Toadstool. Toadstool does everything better than Chomper, he has better range, produces sun after gobbling a zombie. And, in my opinion, Toadstool is adorable. He’s a frog which is also a chonky mushroom, I love it so much and I don’t know why.

    • @greenalphawolf
      @greenalphawolf 9 місяців тому +2

      Snap pea is better he's free you get him through the arean.toad stool is only that likedable for the sun production and his plant food effect is pretty lame

    • @VISCA_BARCA10911
      @VISCA_BARCA10911 8 днів тому

      Uh chomper isn't a chunky mushroom
      It's the pirarana plants purple cousin

    • @the-disgusting-kel-handle
      @the-disgusting-kel-handle 12 годин тому

      @@VISCA_BARCA10911he was talking about toadstool not chomper

  • @VaultN95
    @VaultN95 Рік тому +89

    Peanut did, kind of, get a buff with reinforced mint. But, well, we don't really talk about those due to how much they break the game's balancing to the core.
    Reinforced especially, since it's pretty reasonable to have at least 2 lines of Peanuts at the final wave, who just destroy it entirely after being minted. Still wonder what they were thinking...

    • @acid9033
      @acid9033 Рік тому +5

      I used to use that too, it was very fun and boring at the same time. You essentially get unkillable peashooters after reinforcement, and annihilation for a short time

  • @ElianWailmer0323
    @ElianWailmer0323 Рік тому +24

    I remember when Sweet Potato used to cost 300 sun and when Sap Fling cost 150 sun then they both got a buff with a sun decrease.
    I really wish that they would've released Icy Currant; it and Tactical Cuke's seed packet textures have just been sitting in the code forever.
    My favorite Plant being Jack O' Lantern I now use him in combo with Pyre Vine. Jack O' Lantern for damage and Pyre Vine to support him while he's recharging
    Great Video 🙂👍

  • @robinoperkino1034
    @robinoperkino1034 Рік тому +11

    I think one of the reasons that they don't buff stats directly could be something to do with levelling up plants, as that can increase a given plant's power by a lot (peashooter, for example, gets its damage stat doubled from base after 2 level-ups, which are a total of 13 level packets). Whether or not this *should* be the case, or actually is, is still up for interpretation.

  • @Gkpower307
    @Gkpower307 Рік тому +37

    5:41 what about wall nut? They always seem to aprear as a treo of "damage, money producer and tank".

    • @scotterboi9
      @scotterboi9 Рік тому +1

      SHHHHHHHH

    • @GNVS300
      @GNVS300 Рік тому +7

      I guess because he's not in the shooter games ('Johnny' is an ability for the Cactus, but the game classes that as a Tall-nut)

  • @Lemoncoder103
    @Lemoncoder103 Рік тому +31

    I’ve been playing since the original release of PVZ2 (since the old map, before most premium plants, old map order AE,PS,WW,FF) and when torch wood got buffed I was super confused lol. I was just watching zack Scott games and saw the torchwood explode, then I went onto the game and saw the new feature haha. Many of these buffs happened during my game hiatus so it was super cool to see all these plants redone (I mean aside from snow pea because I never used him 😂)

  • @amateraceon5202
    @amateraceon5202 Рік тому +14

    The real ones remember when Fire Peashooter’s plant food only reached a few tiles in front of her and did the same amount of damage as an insta kill

  • @mcplayz1490
    @mcplayz1490 Рік тому +26

    Personaly ,the only buff Torchwood needed was the health and the contact damage.
    The death effect seems random.

  • @liamdalemon1525
    @liamdalemon1525 Рік тому +22

    I like how they grave torchwood more HP. I always felt like it died too easily in PVZ 1 as it's a log, it should be more durable than other plants. I think the death explosion is a bit OP though, maybe if it's range was toned down to just anything touching it in a similar vain to Lava Guavas

    • @user-tzzglsstle585e38
      @user-tzzglsstle585e38 Рік тому +13

      Or just remove the ability entirely, would be way easier to balance

  • @CowKirbo
    @CowKirbo Рік тому +25

    Garlic should just redirect zombies in a 3x3 area around it. Completely ignore the biting to redirect which can save it from a lot of counters such as explorers and their torches.

  • @HatInLime
    @HatInLime Рік тому +11

    I'm not even into PVZ at all anymore these days but regardless I'm fascinated by your thorough dive into the game's design. I love in-depth discussions on a game's designs like such, and I compliment you on your work.

  • @animeweeb9729
    @animeweeb9729 Рік тому +19

    snow pea: increase sun cost to 200 and freeze zombies constantly
    torchwood: decrease sun cost to 150 and remove lane wide damage after death while having the ability to have plant food for all torchwood when one of them receives it
    electric current: everytime it deals damage it stuns and knocks back zombies to other lanes when they touch it

  • @SanestPjskFan_
    @SanestPjskFan_ 3 місяці тому +2

    3:13 I use Escape Root for 1 lone purpose: moving endangered plants to the back row

  • @bluyellow9787
    @bluyellow9787 Рік тому +26

    The only good buff they did was making Snapdragon not being able to be frozen

  • @tropicalbytsanity7845
    @tropicalbytsanity7845 Рік тому +13

    In my opinion, Jacko should be a enable esc plant. Like, tap Jacko to activate it, tap it again to make it stop. Also heres a Garlic Buff idea
    Its basically the most tanky plant. Because it cannot get insta killed. But not actually the tankiest plant. Garlic can survive 2-5 insta kills. The zombie dishing out said insta kill moves lanes. And can also move 10 zombies before going down

    • @_HoneyKnight
      @_HoneyKnight Рік тому +2

      My take on garlic, is that it could last a certain amount of time, however it affects the tile in front of it for everything.

    • @tropicalbytsanity7845
      @tropicalbytsanity7845 Рік тому

      @@_HoneyKnight actually sounds pretty good

  • @xray8012
    @xray8012 Рік тому +11

    Chomper was the main strat in Eclise when the Secret Level that had Octo Spam where you had 2 chompers and 2 attacking plants

  • @UtenSwitch
    @UtenSwitch Рік тому +14

    If you guys wanna know about the plants that were changed in the Chinese version, I'd suggest going to Flag Zombie’s YT channel.
    Or you could just go to the PvZ wiki, that’s fine too :)

  • @hyperN3725
    @hyperN3725 Рік тому +7

    11:35 the plant with the most dps is magnifying grass

    • @rottenbrat2021
      @rottenbrat2021 Рік тому

      The wiki says its celery stalker and headbutter lettuce

    • @zarazayan1905
      @zarazayan1905 Рік тому

      @@rottenbrat2021 with magni but it's manual probably that's why it's not ranked

  • @owenwurzer5104
    @owenwurzer5104 Рік тому +17

    I think that most plants don't get stat buffs because they are catering towards people who will pay for plants and seed packets. Eventually the plants will just be good after upgrades

    • @victoralvino6618
      @victoralvino6618 Рік тому

      Man who buys seed packet plants? They are free, so it sounds like you were trying to find an argument to insult pvz2 for, you just have to wait till they appear, and it’s really not necessary to buy the real money plants because seed plants are better anyways

  • @glowy3068
    @glowy3068 Рік тому +4

    I absolutely adore these types of videos. Keep up the good work man!

  • @8thFurno
    @8thFurno Рік тому +4

    Along with bringing back splash for Torchwood (which until this vid I didn’t even know TW had). If I recall correctly, in PvZ2 both Torchwood and Snapdragon had the ability to emanate heat much like Pepper Pult, in Frostbite Caves. However I don’t think they can do this now.

  • @SomeDudeWhoIsntDead
    @SomeDudeWhoIsntDead Рік тому +5

    Jack O' Lantern is my favorite plant both design and gameplay wise, so I was curious to see what was said about it. My opinion didn't really change though. (I'm also kinda a new player).

  • @pinguin4898
    @pinguin4898 Рік тому +3

    I think I know what happened with electric currant about the redirection thing:
    they just copypasted the code from garlic without the brief stun , meaning there is the delay but the plant takes full damage the whole time

    • @HungryWarden
      @HungryWarden 11 днів тому

      When you copy something but forget the last line by accident:

  • @pelletpaw9280
    @pelletpaw9280 Рік тому +10

    Wait they've never directly buffed stats? Huh... now that's shocking

    • @Creeps20
      @Creeps20  Рік тому +13

      Technically theres been a few times they have, but I'm not sure if it was intentional, for instance, Reed got an increase in his chain damage from 5 to 10 at some point, which I'm somewhat sure was a mistake. And chomper but thats already covered.

  • @umbrella1143
    @umbrella1143 Рік тому +6

    Another fact about Jack ‘O, he glitches out and automatically attacks lily pads, lily pads activate his attack making him useless in bwb

  • @Meaps_
    @Meaps_ Рік тому +2

    I just went to watch this and saw it was private, so perfect timing.

  • @Regg002
    @Regg002 Рік тому +5

    Icy currant is still in the spritesheet for seed packets along with tactical cuke

  • @realleonardgibson
    @realleonardgibson 2 місяці тому +2

    'chomper is the third mascot, after peashooter and sunflower'
    Sad wall-nut noises

  • @yuridc1780
    @yuridc1780 Рік тому +3

    if i were to buff chomper, it would be having his bite splash and will consume all zombies in 1 tile, this allows chomper to keep up with being overwhelmed but still has the one shot mechanic that can only chomp once before eating and i think it makes sense as chomper has a pretty big mouth to bite multiple zombies close to each other, and since chomper burps after eating anything it should have a weaker pushback effect like the one on his plantfood, either a fixed effect of push or pushback that is affected by how much zombies he consumed with the splash bites.

    • @foxinabox5103
      @foxinabox5103 Рік тому

      Idk, i feel like it only needed to prioritized the strongest zombie. One bite, but eat the strongest one. Thats good enough imo

  • @lotion5238
    @lotion5238 Рік тому +2

    Another awesome video, I like this format a ton.

  • @what_when_how.
    @what_when_how. Рік тому +3

    t9u really changed my vision on pvz 2 and i really enjoy using plants ive never used like magnifying grass, so thank you

  • @louiscarl7629
    @louiscarl7629 Рік тому +2

    I like torchwood. It’s definitely doing two things, but using it as a wall is super fun. It has so many unique properties that make it really fun. It’s incredibly spammable but very expensive, meaning you need a good income to support it. It’s death effect mitigates the weakness to crowds. And the damage it does to eating zombies is cool.

  • @nickgrayer4592
    @nickgrayer4592 Рік тому +3

    At first, I thought this would be about hidden mechanics being introduced as they gain levels, like grave-eater becoming a potato mine as well.

  • @Ultragamer63
    @Ultragamer63 Рік тому +3

    I think Torchwoods should ignite catapults in front of it. That way it could be sandwiched between lobbers and straight shooters.

  • @probablyastarfish9174
    @probablyastarfish9174 Рік тому +2

    While listening the part about Jack o' Lantern, I was thinking that wouldn't it be cool if Bowling Bulb is manual? Where you could wait for the bigger bulbs to regrow to fire them whenever you want

  • @Gabriel-fh4hb
    @Gabriel-fh4hb Рік тому +2

    The only thing I liked about Jack O Lantern's changes was the new animations when it runs out of fire and when it lights up again, because it just used to stay there like normal before

  • @yuridc1780
    @yuridc1780 Рік тому +3

    torchwood, i don’t know how his buff is lame, the melee fire damage and extra hp makes sense as torchwood is made of wood hard enough to survive fire and the fire itself is one of the biggest flames plants ever had, the lanewide damage is probably as a last effort to get rid of zombies that killed torchwood to protect the pea shooters behind it, and being durable as a frontline plant already pointed out. having torchwood ignite more projectiles than peas will also work, however thats a pretty big step for torchwood and may need time to be tought of before being added, having the flaming peas deal splash damage is also a good option but may be pretty powerful for pvz 2 playstyle as how torchwood with peas can single handedly dominate arenas and penny pursuit even without the splash.
    so what are we going to do with torchwood and his 3 possible big buffs? one having torchwood increased stand alone abilities with the increased hp and extra fire damage, two with the extra synergies with torchwood, and three with better performance of his synergy with peas.

  • @Jar3xe
    @Jar3xe Рік тому +4

    Finally jack o lantern is not torchwood anymore.

  • @onepromaster69yt82
    @onepromaster69yt82 Рік тому +3

    Finally i was taking a dump when this dropped but my phone died💀

  • @honeysauce5244
    @honeysauce5244 Рік тому +4

    This has explained a lot for me. I recently redownloaded the game after a few years of playing and i remember using jack o lantern by clicking on it. I thought I was insane until you said they changed that.

  • @turkepic3637
    @turkepic3637 Рік тому +3

    I love how Garlic literally got Electro Currant's ability through transduction because Popcap refuses to make it do its job.

  • @life_is_a_myth
    @life_is_a_myth Рік тому +1

    5:45 "Being the 3rd Mascot after Peashooter and Sunflower"
    Wallnut: Am I a joke to you?

  • @idobadjokes2830
    @idobadjokes2830 Рік тому +4

    1:00 i didnt know that plant exists... No joke...

  • @Gumballcom37
    @Gumballcom37 Рік тому +1

    This video is even better the second time

  • @nerdynobody574
    @nerdynobody574 Рік тому +8

    I personally really like electric currant like it's a very unique plant, but it's so difficult to use well, and it has so many counters that there's little use in it

  • @r.a.g.3428
    @r.a.g.3428 Рік тому +3

    Jack o' is a really attentive plant, it's demanding to ask the player to manage at least 5 of them. My suggestion for a rework would be to increase sun cost, but let him attack adjacent lanes. You would only need to a couple to defend your lawn. The added sun cost would also discourage players from using too many. Might need to tweak the damage output and charge rate, but I feel like this would make Jack o' significantly more manageable.

    • @testerwulf3357
      @testerwulf3357 Рік тому +1

      This! The manual gimmick was interesting on paper but in practice it made it a bit hard to juggle with everything else you have to do and pay attention to..let alone trying to jungle an entire row of 'em

  • @zxKAOS1
    @zxKAOS1 Рік тому +1

    17:41 My guess is buffing stats conflicts with the plant leveling system.

  • @emperorpalpatine2957
    @emperorpalpatine2957 Рік тому +1

    The problem with giving Torchwood slash is that with the leveling system. you could easily solo basically any level with it and a simple peashooter. Then when we get into the realm of combining it with Pea Vine, appease Mint, and threepeater/Mega Gatling strats... Then there would be no reason to run anything else in game modes like Battlez and Penny's Persuit. Splash damage would completely negate the threat of zombies like Excavator zombies and Jester Zombies in some situations. I say take that Splash damage idea and apply it to Fire Peashooter instead.

  • @Msmguynumber-1936
    @Msmguynumber-1936 8 місяців тому +1

    A garlic rework would be cool I imagine he would become and insta use plant, well not really, you place him down and he has a stink aura around him, if any zombie goes near it it will redirect, he lasts for 30 seconds.

  • @Comment3r555
    @Comment3r555 Місяць тому

    I watch your videos because you somehow can make me sleep during the day

  • @OhCrapI_He
    @OhCrapI_He Місяць тому

    And that's why in my fangame PvZ Danmaku, many plants take some, but not all, of the buffs from PvZ2 (ex. Snow Pea has AoE chill, but not the 1% chance to freeze zombies for 10 seconds)
    There are also cases like Torchwood, which no longer has the effects of Endurian and Hot Date, but instead has more HP, but also a longer cooldown (equivalent to a Wall-nut in both regards), and can set any projectile on fire (not just peas).

  • @af2547
    @af2547 7 місяців тому

    17:10. Maybe they use the same direct and that’s why Electric currant takes so long. It doesn’t STUN and redirects it waits and redirects

  • @condor7276
    @condor7276 Рік тому +2

    I’d be curious about your take on laser bean compared to its clones

  • @shirshobanerjee7751
    @shirshobanerjee7751 27 днів тому

    The issue with modern Jacko is the fact that the animation isn’t changed to reflect the mechanic change, so it doesn’t feel right because it still looks like a tap to use plant

  • @gdmrhotshot3731
    @gdmrhotshot3731 Рік тому +2

    torchwood has a great buff, it makes him more useful instead of just flaming peas

  • @TurkishReeves
    @TurkishReeves 11 місяців тому +1

    Jack-o-lantern snow pea and electric currant supremacy

  • @ct_squared
    @ct_squared Рік тому +2

    Today I learned:
    - Torchwood can damage and explode
    - Jack o' Lantern is no longer manual (????)
    - Chomper is... different?
    - Electric Currant can divert zombies
    literally since when. I mean, most of my playing of this game was during its glory days (before leveling, penny's pursuit, arena, etc) but most of these things were a huge surprise to me. I remember thinking how cool Jack o' Lantern was when it came out since it was manual. Even now that I'm getting back into this game due to Reflourished, I still had no idea that these things were a thing.

    • @victoralvino6618
      @victoralvino6618 Рік тому

      Chomper isn’t, different, he just eats 2 zombies before charging (And also decreased his charge time by half) and well, jack o lantern I also thought it was really cool, the only problem was that when u had different pumpkins on lane, it was quite overwhelming and couldn’t tap them all at the same time, making it one of the least used plants, also I think they added those leveling things and penny’s pursuit, arena, etc, to make the game Atleast not just “Yay I beated the game now bye forever” but idk

  • @Krye33
    @Krye33 10 місяців тому

    I may only interact with PvZ via UA-cam videos, but I had never seen or known of Electric Currant until this video.

  • @senkubutstupid8938
    @senkubutstupid8938 Рік тому

    any chance you will(or have already) make a video about magnifying grass?

  • @ZERO-xl2ud
    @ZERO-xl2ud Рік тому

    I've started playing pvz 2 again recently and I didnt even know they changed some of these plants

  • @itsmegfg
    @itsmegfg Рік тому

    Back to this video again! How do you feel about the Vanilla Cactus...buff thing?

  • @deltaray3012
    @deltaray3012 Рік тому +1

    Although Peanut is extrememly underwhelming on its own, it does have one benefit that other offensive plants don't, and that's that it benefits from Reinforce-mint's ability to trigger the plantfood of all plants in the same family. When a large horde is coming, slap down the min and watch the screen be filled with peas

  • @Booger_Fly
    @Booger_Fly Рік тому +3

    A plant that I want to mention as a broken plant is Boingsetta. This plant is really OP, to the point that it’s bad and makes games extremely slow because of how good it is. Basically, if would bounce plants backward and slow them at the same time. Because of this, it could bounce zombies off screen and make the game last longer than it needed to.

    • @victoralvino6618
      @victoralvino6618 Рік тому

      Every seedium plant is op, and it’s because it’s meant for penny’s pursuit and arena, so 🤷‍♂️, and also, yes it’s extremely boring to use boingsetta, that’s why I don’t use it.

  • @PotatoMan211
    @PotatoMan211 Рік тому +12

    The Jack'O Lantern "buff" is disgusting, it was one of my favorite plants, and I used to wait until it had the most zombies possible in it's AoE before using it, now it just wastes all of it's fuel on the first random zombie that appears in it's range limit, without even giving a chance to more than one square of zombies get inside it's AoE, before you could more than double it's fuel efficiency just by waiting to use it
    It wasn't even a buff, it's a direct nerf
    The leveling on Jack'O is also screwed up, it doesn't give a better recharge nor fire rate, Jack'O just gets damage and more range, the extra range would've been amazing if it was still manual, but in this state it just makes it easier for the plant to waste even more fuel by attacking weak zombies, cause if you put it in the 4th column after leveling it, it'll just attack any zombie that steps in the lawn

    • @ZoofyZoof
      @ZoofyZoof Рік тому

      I hate manual plants
      I hate manual plants
      I hate manual plants
      I hate manual plants
      I hate manual plants
      I hate manual plants
      I hate manual plants
      I hate manual plants
      I hate manual plants
      I hate manual plants

    • @lightninggear0131
      @lightninggear0131 Рік тому

      Ummm wrong it did get buff. The manual tapping plants take too much time to work.

    • @PotatoMan211
      @PotatoMan211 Рік тому +1

      @@lightninggear0131 what do you mean by "too much time to work"?

    • @lightninggear0131
      @lightninggear0131 Рік тому

      @@PotatoMan211 that's what I mean.too much work. Had to wait till it gets charged before tapping on them to activate. When you have like 20 of them it does takes too much effort

  • @dohvaakhindemo3772
    @dohvaakhindemo3772 Рік тому

    peanut plus enforce mint do be kinda gamer though

  • @newto2794
    @newto2794 Рік тому

    Okay so, not sure where to ask this, but what would you say it's the recommended PvZ 2 version to play as of 2022? Vanilla complete powercreep, monetization method, plant leveling system and such makes it a rough place to be honest, but fan rebalance/reimaginations of the game are based all around challenging already experienced players

  • @Gamebuilder2000
    @Gamebuilder2000 Рік тому

    maybe it's because the only games i've played are all of them besides the shooters but i've always though of the mascots as Peashooter, Sunflower and Wall-Nut (and Basic Zombie and MAYBE Conehead)

  • @D1ne-O-SAur
    @D1ne-O-SAur 8 місяців тому

    Yep, once again he's not failed to ro give us the creeps.

  • @MustacheOnMars9
    @MustacheOnMars9 Рік тому +1

    "Oh hey, I've seen this one it's a classic. It's where Creeps talks about why he doesn't like PopCap's recent buffs to plants."
    "What do you mean, it's brand new?"
    "Oh, I-uh. Saw it on a reupload."
    "What's a reupload?"
    "You'll find out."

  • @lettucebob7395
    @lettucebob7395 Рік тому +1

    Pea nut is meta plant because of reinforcemint,which would they buff it?

  • @deadakus
    @deadakus Рік тому

    17:06 honestly it sounds very simple. They probably coded the knockback to occur if electric current was on the field when a zombie got the lane switch condition from eating a plant, instead of if a zombie specifically ate an electric current. So when eating garlic the games code tested for an electric current on the field ignoring the fact that the zombie was eating garlic.

  • @f0restfrenzy
    @f0restfrenzy Рік тому +1

    oh god i remember when jack o was first released and everybody complained about the fact they didn't know jack o was a manual plant LMAO, i think that's why they changed it to an automatic plant
    i agree that they should change it back to manual though, citron already suffers from being an auto fire plant with a recharge time so jack o couldve just been a better, improved version of citron

  • @KPoWasTaken
    @KPoWasTaken Рік тому +1

    Reupload? Why
    Oh because of the one error where the text jackolantern was torchwood instead.

  • @Plants10000
    @Plants10000 Рік тому +1

    I had no idea Snow Pea got the 5% freeze chance. Thought that was just a leveled up thing. Busted! I like that reflourished kept its splash freeze since its now... unironically good for chill?? even better than winter if ur looking for just the chill effect.
    Chomper eating multiple zombies before chewing is kinda stupid imo and im glad mods removed that, replacing it with faster chewing which makes it so smooth and fun to play with.
    Torchwood ended up getting so many weird changes but I think they fit him. Glad reflourished gave fire splash too.
    Jacko will always be fun no matter if it auto attacks or not, so Im indifferent on it.
    Electric Currant was just weird, and a little funny. Overall just a lot of weird but fun buffs!

    • @foxinabox5103
      @foxinabox5103 Рік тому

      And also, reflourished kneecapped wintermelon by giving it less slow and it cost 650 with a compensation of higher dps.
      Snow pea still reigh supreme imo

  • @Mleko11110
    @Mleko11110 6 місяців тому

    Maybe in few years we will get Snowood, which will have same stats as Torchwood, but it changes peas into Snow-Pea like, but dealing 2x more damage, also completly freezing every zombie on lane. I love changing fire plants into better snow plants which just outclass fire ones. /j

  • @kirbykraftgames
    @kirbykraftgames 10 місяців тому

    Giving Torchwood wall HP makes sense, since he's forced to be played on the front line, I can see the Melee damage being a thing if you plantfood Torchwood, but the mini-Jalapeño effect makes no sense. I could see maybe leaving an burning tile that damages zombies, sorta like Lava Quava.

  • @NeoBing
    @NeoBing Рік тому +1

    PvZ2 is a shining example of balance, just look at how they deftly balanced things like Tomb Tangler, Garlic and Primal Potato Mine! Simply the work of people who care a lot.

  • @nutmegdoesstuff1339
    @nutmegdoesstuff1339 7 місяців тому

    The fact that Peanut is the only hybrid wall/attacker plant that they've added that actively gets weaker as it's damaged is crazy to me. Like, at least they learned their lesson, but damn, rip peanut fr.

  • @shoeisasoviet
    @shoeisasoviet Рік тому

    I always wondered why they don't just make snow pea more like it's pvzgw counterpart and instead just make it so when it gets a few hits on a zombie then they freeze that way it's not just rng or out of nowhere like the random ice pea is shoots sometimes

  • @gezabalintmolnar7971
    @gezabalintmolnar7971 7 місяців тому

    Creeps Thinking chomper is the third major mascot of pvz
    Wallnut: Am I joke to you?

  • @psiseven
    @psiseven Рік тому

    I actually stopped playing PVZ2 shortly after Modern Day was released and I beat it, and I never bought it, so I had no idea Torchwood had these buffs until I played Reflourished.

  • @stiffbristles3246
    @stiffbristles3246 Рік тому

    I usually just plant a pumpkin or an explode-o-vine on an electric current. Zombies still take damage while eating the vines

  • @ShotgunHunter97
    @ShotgunHunter97 Рік тому

    I feel like they don't want to buff stats since they added the seed pack leveling up so you can buff them yourself thru grinding or paying money

  • @joyfulstone
    @joyfulstone Рік тому +1

    In pvz 1 Chomper is MUCH better in my opinion, though that might be mostly since its a premium in the sequel, so I am only basing this off what you said.