Bombard-mint

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This item is only obtainable during certain events. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently not available.

“	The Bombard-mint Family is made up of explosive plants.	”
—Penny

Bombard-mint is a Power Mint plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2. When planted, she sets off three explosions on open tiles, with the number of explosions increasing as she is upgraded. She can boost Bombard-mint Family plants by increasing their damage and increasing the effectiveness of their abilities.

Bombard-mint Family plants include:

• Potato Mine
• Cherry Bomb
• Strawburst
• Grapeshot
• Primal Potato Mine
• Escape Root
• Bombegranate
• Explode-O-Nut
• Explode-o-Vine
• Boom Balloon Flower
• Teleportato Mine

Like other Power Mints, she cannot be imitated or affected by other mints. After 6 seconds, Bombard-mint will disappear.

Bombard-mint can be obtained with 100 mints from the Store while she is available.

Origins

Bombard-mint’s name is a portmanteau of the words “bombardment,” the act of bombarding, referring to her ability to create explosions and “mint,” the real-life plant on which she is based.

The last part of her Almanac entry is a reference to a line from the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning. It smells like... VICTORY," which is said by Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore. It was popular among the film's community up to the point where it became an internet meme.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Bombard-mint
	SUN COST 0 RECHARGE 85 DURATION 6 EXPLOSIONS 3 Usage Single, Instant Bombard-mint Plant Food: No Plant Food effect. Bombard-mints set off a number of explosions on the board and provide a temporary boost to all Bombard-mint Family plants on the lawn. "Explosions are fun," says Bombard-mint with an impish twinkle in her eye. "In the context of eliminating zombies, a cascade of detonations not only clears much of the board, but leaves a lovely fragrance in its wake. It smells like... victory."

Bombard-mint boosts

When boosted by Bombard-mint, the following plants receive the following effects:

• Bombegranate will do an additional 2400 damage, and its seeds will do an additional 600 damage.
• Boom Balloon Flower's balloons will deal an additional 1425 damage, and its Doom-shroom balloon will deal an additional 1725 damage.
• Cherry Bomb will do an additional 2400 damage.
• Escape Root's arming time will be reduced to 5 seconds, and its explosion damage is increased to 2400 damage (Potato Mine) / 2400 damage (Cherry Bomb) / 2400 damage (Grapeshot) / 3200 damage (Primal Potato Mine). His Primal Potato Mine explosion area will be larger as if he was at level 10. Bombard-mint will do nothing if Escape Root is at level 10.
• Explode-O-Nut's Plant Food shield HP is increased to 8000 damage, and its explosion damage is increased to 2400 damage. Bombard-mint will do nothing if Explode-O-Nut at level 10.
• Grapeshot's explosion will do an additional 2400 damage.
• Potato Mine's arming time is reduced to 1 second, it'll launch 5 copies from its Plant Food regardless of level, and its explosion damage is increased to 2400 damage.
• Primal Potato Mine's arming time is reduced to 2 seconds (1 second starting at level 8), its explosion damage is increased to 3200 damage and its explosion area will be larger as if he was at level 10.
• Strawburst will only take one second to grow between stages. Overall, it takes Strawburst 9.5 seconds to grow back to full stage after being fired while boosted.
• Explode-o-Vine will deal an additional 1200 damage with his planting explosions, an additional 2400 damage with his other explosions, his explosions will knock zombies back as if he was at level 10, and his Plant Food shield HP is increased to 3000 damage.
• Teleportato Mine's arming time will decrease to 1 second and her damage is increased to 3600 damage. If she is at level 10 or Mastery, Bombard-mint will do nothing to her.

Level upgrades

Note that Bombard-mint's recharge is 30 seconds shorter during the Improve-mint event.

Level	Seed Packets	Upgrades
		Sun Cost	Recharge	Duration	Toughness	Explosions
1	0	0	85 seconds	6 seconds	300 damage	Three
2	100		80 seconds	7 seconds	350 damage
3	150		80 seconds	8 seconds	400 damage
4	200		75 seconds	9 seconds	450 damage	Four
5	300		75 seconds	10 seconds	550 damage
6	400		75 seconds	11 seconds	600 damage
7	500		70 seconds	12 seconds	650 damage	Five
8	600		70 seconds	13 seconds	700 damage
9	800		70 seconds	14 seconds	800 damage
10	1,000		60 seconds	15 seconds	900 damage	Six

Strategies

Bombard-mint is a fantastic plant both by herself and when boosting other plants. Bombard-mint's primary effect creates three explosions on the lawn at level 1, making her a fantastic choice during large waves of zombies. Boosted plants in Bombard-mint's family are also very effective as plants such as Cherry Bomb and Explode-O-Nut can instantly destroy Gargantuars with one explosion, while Bombegranate receives extra boosts to her seeds.

Bombard-mint can be planted as soon as the first zombie appears to allow for more time to farm sun in the beginning of a level, while also not slowing down zombie spawn rates in Arena. But avoid using this plant in Arena if it is Bruisez since its explosion would be weak and the boost would not help at all.

It is ill-advised to being Bombard-mint into levels where you cannot lose any plants, as she will disappear after a while, and most of her family consists of single-use plants, making these strategies very ineffective on these levels.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Bombard-mint
German	Bomberminze
Spanish	Bomba-menta
French	Bombarde-menthe
Italian	Bombarda-menta
Brazilian Portuguese	Bombardea-menta	portmanteau of bombardeamento and menta

Trivia

• She reuses Cherry Bomb's explosion, complete with the "CHA-BOOF!" sound effect.
• She is mistakenly referred to as male in the inbox.
• Despite being an explosive plant, Jalapeno is not in Bombard-mint's family. This is because he leaves fire behind, and thus is part of Pepper-mint's family.
• Bombard-mint's Almanac entry is a reference to the famous quote "it smells like... victory" in Apocalypse Now.

See also

• Power Mints

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