Cabbage-pult (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other uses, see Cabbage-pult (disambiguation).

Cabbage-pult
Cabbage-pults hurl cabbages at the enemy.
Statistics
Sun Cost	100
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Attack Damage	40 damage
Range	Lobbed
Plant Food Power	100%
Projectile Velocity	3 seconds
Damage per Second	13.333
Family	Arma-mint
Plant Food effect	Launches multiple cabbages at every zombie, dealing heavy damage.
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	100
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	40 damage
Attack Rate	2.9 seconds
Range	Whole Lane to the Right
Area	Single Target
Class	Ranged
Quality	White
Tags	Damage, catapult
Plant features	Green plant
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(deflects cabbages) (cabbages don't avoid shields) (parasol protects her from cabbages)
Unlocked	Beating Player's House - Day 4
Unlocked (China)	Beating Ancient Egypt - Day 1; collecting 10 Cabbage-pult Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Code name	cabbagepult
Cabbage-pult received his doctorate in pulting from Harvest University. He knows a thing or two about launching his way to the top. He also makes a mean soup.

Cabbage-pult is the first offensive lobber plant available in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He is unlocked after beating Day 4 of the Player's House.

Cabbage-pult lobs cabbages at half the fire rate of a normal Peashooter, but deals twice as much damage for each cabbage meaning that Cabbage-pult deals identical damage per second to Peashooter in practice.

His projectiles can bypass tombstones in Ancient Egypt and Dark Ages, as well as certain types of shields employed by the zombies and submerged Snorkel Zombies in Big Wave Beach.

About

For more information about this character, see Cabbage-pult.

Cabbage-pult is unlocked by completing Player's House - Day 4.

Prior to Version 7.1.1, Cabbage-pult was unlocked after beating Ancient Egypt - Day 2. In the Chinese version, Cabbage-pult is still an Ancient Egypt plant, unlocked after beating Day 1 instead.

Plants vs. Zombies Online (China only) (Archived content)

Cabbage-pult was rewarded to the player for finishing Level 2-1 of Ancient Egypt.

Almanac entry

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

Cabbage-pult
	SUN COST 100 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 40 RANGE Lobbed PLANT FOOD POWER 100% Arma-mint Plant Food: Launches multiple cabbages at every zombie, dealing heavy damage. Cabbage-pults hurl cabbages at the enemy. Cabbage-pult received his doctorate in pulting from Harvest University. He knows a thing or two about launching his way to the top. He also makes a mean soup.

Chinese version  (China only)

投掷卷心菜，卷心菜能越过障碍物，击中后方的敌人。 植物特征：绿色植物 卷心菜投手从丰收大学荣获投手博士学位，关于如何成为人生赢家，它总是滔滔不绝。他也常常吹嘘他做的汤，不过吃过的人都不愿意提及这个话题。 In English: Lobs cabbages which can fly over obstacles and hit enemies behind them. Plant feature: green plant Obtaining the doctorate degree in pulting from Harvest University, Cabbage-pult never seems to run out of topics on how to be a winner in life. He also often brags about how good the soup he makes tastes, though the ones who have tried it never wish to bring it up.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When Cabbage-pult is given Plant Food, it will launch big cabbages at every zombie and obstacle on the lawn, dealing 200 damage to each zombie or obstacle. These cabbages can't be deflected by the Jester Zombie.

Arma-mint effect

When boosted by Arma-mint, Cabbage-pult does an additional 120 damage on its normal attack and an additional 600 damage on its Plant Food attack. Cabbage-pult's firing rate will be increased to 1.5 - 2 seconds.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage* (Normal)	Projectile Velocity	Firing Rate	Plant Food Power (Damage)*	Range
1	0	0	100	5 seconds	300 damage	40 damage	Normal	3 seconds	200 damage	Lobbed
2	3	50	100	4.5 seconds	350 damage	50 damage		2.85 seconds	200 damage
3	10	200	100	4.5 seconds	400 damage	60 damage		2.85 seconds	225 damage
4	25	1,500	100	4.5 seconds	450 damage	70 damage		2.75 seconds	225 damage
5	50	2,000	100	4 seconds	500 damage	80 damage	+1.3x	2.75 seconds	250 damage
6	75	3,000	75	4 seconds	550 damage	90 damage		2.75 seconds	250 damage
7	100	4,000	75	3.5 seconds	600 damage	100 damage		2.5 - 2.75 seconds	275 damage
8	125	5,000	75	3.5 seconds	650 damage	110 damage		2.5 - 2.75 seconds	300 damage
9	175	6,000	75	3.5 seconds	700 damage	120 damage		2.5 seconds	325 damage
10	225	8,000	75	3 seconds	750 damage			2.25 - 2.5 seconds	350 damage
11	300	10,000	75	3 seconds	800 damage			2.25 - 2.5 seconds	375 damage
12	350	15,000	75	3 seconds	850 damage			2.25 - 2.5 seconds	400 damage
13	350	20,000	75	3 seconds	900 damage		+1.6x	2 - 2.5 seconds	425 damage
14	400	25,000	75	3 seconds				2 - 2.5 seconds	450 damage
15	450	30,000	75	3 seconds				2 - 2.25 seconds	475 damage
16	500	35,000	75	2.5 seconds				1.75 - 2.25 seconds	500 damage
17	550	40,000	75	2.5 seconds				1.75 - 2.25 seconds	525 damage
18	600	45,000	50	2.5 seconds				1.75 - 2.25 seconds	550 damage
19	700	50,000	50	2.5 seconds				1.75 - 2 seconds	575 damage
20	800	55,000	50	2.5 seconds				1.5 - 2 seconds	600 damage

*Per projectile

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Speedy Lobbing 无影手	After learning Speedy Lobbing, Cabbage-pult's attack speed increases by 25%. This speed increase only applies when the Cabbage-pult is targeting a single zombie. 学习无影手后，卷心菜投手的攻击速度增加25%。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Cabbage-pult gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Speed Enhancement 速度强化	Speedy Lobbing increases by 100%, and the attack speed increases to 50%. 无影手的技能效果提升100%，攻击速度增加至50%。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Cabbage-pult gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Cabbage-pult may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Cabbage-pult gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Golden Cabbage 超级菜心	Cabbage-pult's upgraded attack is a golden cabbage that splits in the air, dealing 2-3 split damage to a single zombie. 卷心菜投手投掷的卷心菜升级为金色卷心菜，金色卷心菜会在在空中分裂，对单个僵尸造成2-3次分裂伤害。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Cabbage-pult gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Costumed (China only)

Cabbage-pult puffs up his body to accumulate bullets, and fires a large cabbage with lightning damage and higher damage to every zombie in the full screen.

Plants vs. Zombies Online (China only) (Archived content)

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Upgrade 1	Cabbage-pult deals 150% damage to graves.

Strategies

Cabbage-pult is generally more useful as a starting plant compared to Peashooter and area-of-effect plants, as it is capable of bypassing obstacles, such as tombstones in Ancient Egypt and the Dark Ages. Cabbage-pults can also be a good starter in the Pirate Seas, as they can defeat Barrel Roller Zombie without destroying the barrel first. They are also great with fighting Excavator Zombies and underwater Snorkel Zombies.

Conversely, in the Wild West, it is advised to use Peashooters or area-of-effect plants rather than Cabbage-pults, since the slower rate of fire will hamper Cabbage-pult when combating Zombie Chickens. In Frostbite Caves, however, Peashooters tend to perform poorly against Hunter Zombies or Troglobites, making Cabbage-pults and area-of-effect plants a viable option for defeating against these zombies. However, if you choose to use Cabbage-pult, they should be supported by other plants due to the risks of Ice Weasels, who behave in the same manner as Zombie Chickens. It is also recommended that you use area-of-effect plants rather than Cabbage-pult or Peashooter in Dark Ages or Lost City. In Dark Ages, Jester Zombies will constantly reflect them dealing a lot of damage to your plants. In Lost City, Excavator Zombies and Parasol Zombies can pair up in large numbers, making it hard for single-target projectile plants to deal with them since they can stop most of their projectiles, especially in Temple of Bloom.

Cabbage-pult's Plant Food ability will be the first tool available that could affect all targets on the screen, regardless of zombie density. While it is relatively weak, as Conehead Zombies and other moderate-health zombies can absorb multiple hits from the Plant Food ability, it is reasonably useful for neutralizing large amounts of weaker enemies and clearing the way for more powerful offensive plants and can also be used as a life saver if there are many weak zombies about to reach the lawn mowers or house.

Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version) (China only)

Cabbage-pult's level 5 ability is incredibly solid for how relatively easy it is to obtain compared to most others, getting one can help immensely, especially since it also applies to the Plant Food effect.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Cabbage-pult
Simplified Chinese	卷心菜投手	From juǎnxīncài and tóushǒu
French	Cata-chou	From catapulte and chou
German	Kohlapult	From Kohl and Katapult
Italian	Cavolpulta	From cavolo and catapulta
Japanese	キャベツパルト	From kyabetsu and kataparuto
Brazilian Portuguese	Repolhopulta	Portmanteau of repolho and catapulta
Russian	Кочанопульта	From kochan and katapúl'ta
Spanish	Coltapulta	From col repollo and catapulta

Trivia

• "Harvest University" is a pun on Harvard University, one of the most prestigious universities in the United States.
  • The use of a pun to represent Harvard University is odd, however, as Harvard was referenced directly in Cob Cannon's almanac entry in the original Plants vs. Zombies.
• Unlike in Plants vs. Zombies, Plants vs. Zombies 2 gives the player the Cabbage-pult very early in the game while the first game introduces it near the end.
• Before the 5.7.1 update, his normal projectile sprite for levels 1-4 was different from his Plant Food projectile sprite.
• He is the only Player's House plant that doesn't have a "Primal" counterpart.
  • However, this was likely because he was not a Player's House Plant upon the release of the "Primal" counterparts, as seen above.
• Cabbage-pult is the only plant to have his firing rate increased through level upgrades in both international and Chinese versions.

See also

• Lobber plants
• Lobbed shots

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