Cactus (Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville)

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For other uses, see Cactus (disambiguation).

Cactus is a playable plant class in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. She is a PvZ BfN Defend Class Icon.png Defend class who specializes in long range attacks, via either her Needle Shot sniper weapon, or through her aerial Garlic Drone.

Description

Long range specialists. Use Petal Propeller to get to high ground or take to the air with your flying garlic to attack from above.

Weapons

Primary Weapon

Short-range, rapid-fire needles.

In-game description

Cactus' primary weapon is the Spike Strike, which functions similar to the Bandit Cactus's Gatling Needle, firing needles rapidly. It deals 6.5 damage (8 critical) and fires at a rate of approximately 480 RPM (rounds per minute).

Secondary Weapon

Hold [Zoom] for long-range mode. Charged shots deal additional damage.

In-game description

Cactus' secondary weapon is the Spike Shot. While aiming, Cactus's vision is impaired slightly, but can see enemies from further away. There are 3 charges of Spike Shot. An uncharged shot hits 5 damage (7 critical). 1st charge deals 15 damage (23 critical). 2nd Charge deals 34 damage (55 critical). A fully charged shot deals 62 damage (98 critical). Ammo consumption varies depending on the charge level of the Spike Shot fired. Uncharged shots cost 2 ammo, while fully charged shots consume 8.

Abilities

Left ability
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Potato Mine
Plant a highly explosive mine.
Center ability
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Garlic Drone
Control a flying Garlic Drone.
Right ability
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Petal Propeller
Get to high ground by flying upwards.

Upgrades

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Refreshing Revive
1
Faster refresh time for all abilities by reviving an ally.

Reduces ability cooldown by 5x for 2 seconds (10 seconds total) when a teammate is revived.
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Rough Patch
1
Spawn with more health after suffering multiple vanquishes in a row.

After dying three times in a row, spawn with the maximum amount of overhealth for the currently used class after respawning or being revived.
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Spud Spotting
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2
Potato Mine displays health bar of nearby enemies to all allies.
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Best Defense
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3
Briefly reduce incoming damage by earning a critical vanquish. Can stack 3 times.

Reduces incoming damage by 10% for 10 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy. Stacks up to 3 times for a total of 27.1% damage resistance.
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Spotlight
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2
Display health bar of enemy to team by dealing damage with Needle Shot.
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Health Regeneration
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2
Faster health regeneration.

Doubles health regeneration rate.
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Health Regeneration Delay
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2
Reduced time between taking damage and when health regeneration activates.

Reduces the time required to start health regeneration by half (4 seconds).
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Pressure Point
2
Enemies randomly explode when earning a critical vanquish.

Enemies have 75% chance to explode upon critically vanquishing them. The explosion has a 5m (16.4 ft) blast radius and deals 35 damage.
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Critical Blow
3
Faster refresh time for all abilities by earning a critical vanquish.

Reduces ability cooldown by 5.5 seconds upon critically vanquishing an enemy.
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Mirage
2
Improved view on Spike Shot lens when zoomed.

Decreases tunnel vision effect by 50%.
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Fallback
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3
Move faster when at low health.

Increases movement speed by 20% upon reaching 20% HP or below.
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Speedy
3
Move faster, except when sprinting.

Increases walking speed by 12.9032%.
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Leveling Up
2
Earn XP faster.

Increases the amount of XP earned by 10%. Does not affect the XP Machine in Giddy Park.
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Bon Voyage
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3
Create additional Potato Mine at Petal Propeller takeoff location.

Spawns a Potato Mine after using Petal Propeller that lasts for 30 seconds.
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Alacrity
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2
Gain instant max charge for Needle Shot shortly after landing from Petal Propeller.

Gain an instant full charge on Spike Shot after using Petal Propeller.
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Looting
3
Gain ammo by dealing critical damage several times in a row.
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Calibrated
4
Faster zoom damage charge by dealing damage with Spike Shot.
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Popcorn
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4
Randomly creates Potato Mine near enemy if vanquished by max charge Spike Shot.

Has 75% chance to spawn Potato Mine near the enemy.
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Adrenaline Rush
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3
Move faster for a short time by earning a vanquish.

Increases movement speed by 40% for 3 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy.
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Sustenance
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4
Gain flight fuel by earning a vanquish with Garlic Drone.

Strategies

With

As Cactus has always been in the previous games; she is the plant's sniper class. However, in Battle for Neighborville, she gets a few new tools at her disposal. The most obvious and biggest change to Cactus is her weapon zoomed in and zoomed out.

When zoomed in, there's a bar on the left-hand side, powering up her weapon over time. The longer it takes to power up, the more damage it does but also uses more ammo as well. Use this ability wisely, as you can do a high amount of damage, but be precise with your shot. Also when you are zoomed in, you are susceptible to side attacks as you can see farther but have an obvious blind spot.

Her zoomed out weapon resembles an automatic weapon, yet having high bloom at the same time, like the Bandit Cactus from Garden Warfare 1 & 2. This gives Cactus a better fighting chance at close range. Overall, she still does the same thing as she always does, and does it pretty well.

Against

  • Cactus's Potato Mine can catch you off guard if you can't see it. Remember that you can shoot the Potato Mine to make sure another Zombie doesn't meet an explosive fate.
  • Watch out when Cactus is Sniping. If you take heavy damage from it, race to cover right away. Alternatively, you can try to track where you got sniped from and try and find the Cactus.
  • Cactus's Garlic Drone can be deadly. Try to get rid of it as soon as you can.

Tips & Tricks

With Spike Strike, try to pulse fire with the weapon, (meaning to press the trigger button rapidly) so there's less bloom on it.

NPCs

Enemies

Quest NPCs

Other

Balancing changes

November 2019 patch

  • Reduced cost of Alacrity Upgrade 3->2
  • Duration of Alacrity bonus reduced 5->2
  • Alacrity Charge multiplier reduced from 10x->3x
  • Fixed issue with not checking that Garlic drone was alive to apply the Sustenance upgrade
  • Fixed the issue with the upgrade Spud Spotting's spotting not being removed properly

November 27 2019 Update (Pre-TTK)

  • Garlic Drone's Garlic Strike direct damage increased 10->15
  • Garlic Drone's Garlic Strike explosive damage decreased 20->15

Early December 2019 TTK Changelist

  • Increase weapon ammo capacity 32->40
  • Spike Shot 1st charge ammo cost increase 1->2
  • Spike Shot 2nd charge ammo cost increase 2->4
  • Spike Shot 3rd charge ammo cost increase 3->7
  • Spike Shot Full charge ammo cost increase 4->8
  • Spike Strike damage increased 4.5->6.5
  • Spike Strike rate of fire increased 450->480
  • Reduce Spike Strike camera recoil
  • Garlic Drone's Needle Shot damage decreased 10.0->8.8
  • Decrease Needle Shot overheat penalty 3.0->1.0
  • Increase Needle Shot projectile speed 250->350

March 2020 patch

  • Upgrade Popcorn
    • Triggers on any vanquish randomly, not just critical vanquishes

May 2020 patch

  • Potato Mine
    • Increase blast radius 2.5->2.75 m
    • Decrease shockwave radius 3.75->3 m
  • Big Bulb Barrage
    • Increase blast radius 2->3.25 m
    • Decrease shockwave radius 4.5->3.5 m
  • Upgrade Pressure Point
    • Decrease blast radius 5->4.75 m
    • Add shockwave radius 5 m

Related achievement

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Cactus Makes Perfect
Earn 200 vanquishes as a Cactus

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Cactus
China Simplified Chinese 仙人掌
Traditional Chinese 仙人掌
The Netherlands Dutch Cactus
France French Cactus
Germany German Kaktee
Italy Italian Cactus
Japan Japanese サボテン
South Korea Korean 선인장
Poland Polish Kaktus
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Cacto
Russia Russian Кактус
Spain Spanish Cactus
Mexico Latin American
Spanish
Cactus

See also

V · E
Plants (Shooter games)
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare plants
Playable Classes
Peashooters Peashooter · Fire Pea · Ice Pea · Toxic Pea · Commando Pea · Agent Pea · Law Pea · Berry Shooter · Plasma Pea
Sunflowers Sunflower · Mystic Flower · Power Flower · Fire Flower · Shadow Flower · Metal Petal · Sun Pharaoh · Alien Flower
Chompers Chomper · Hot Rod Chomper · Toxic Chomper · Fire Chomper · Power Chomper · Count Chompula · Armor Chomper · Chester Chomper · Chomp Thing
Cacti Cactus · Camo Cactus · Fire Cactus · Ice Cactus · Power Cactus · Future Cactus · Bandit Cactus · Citrus Cactus · Jade Cactus
Boss Mode Crazy Dave
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb · Pea Gatling · Hyper · Sombrero Bean Bomb · Retro Gatling · Super Pea Jump
Sunflower Heal Beam · Sunbeam · Heal Flower · Rainbow Heal Beam · Solar Flare Beam · Dark Flower
Chomper Goop · Burrow · Spikeweed · Super Sticky Goop · Sprint Burrow · Spiky Spikeweed · Cheesy Goop · Chesterweed
Cactus Potato Mine · Garlic Drone · Tallnut Battlement · Potato Nugget Mine · Artichoke Drone · Iron Maiden
Boss Mode Coconut Spotting Station · Twin Heal Flower · Cherry Strike · Revive Rainbow
Spawnable Plants Pea Cannon · Pea Repeater · Gatling Pea · Bonk Choy · Scaredy-shroom · Heal Flower · Fume-shroom · Goop-shroom · Snap Dragon · Ice-shroom · Doom-shroom · Ice Peashooter · Fire Peashooter · Bamboo Shoot · Laser Bean
Others Corn Mortar · Flax Cannon · Tallnut · Mega Flower · Tactical Cuke · Tallnut Cannon
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 plants
Playable Classes
Peashooters Peashooter · Fire Pea · Ice Pea · Toxic Pea · Commando Pea · Agent Pea · Law Pea · Plasma Pea · Rock Pea · Electro Pea
Sunflowers Sunflower · Mystic Flower · Power Flower · Fire Flower · Shadow Flower · Metal Petal · Sun Pharaoh · Alien Flower · Vampire Flower · Stuffy Flower
Chompers Chomper · Hot Rod Chomper · Toxic Chomper · Fire Chomper · Power Chomper · Count Chompula · Armor Chomper · Chomp Thing · Yeti Chomper · Disco Chomper · Unicorn Chomper · Twilight Chomper
Cacti Cactus · Camo Cactus · Fire Cactus · Ice Cactus · Power Cactus · Future Cactus · Bandit Cactus · Jade Cactus · Zen Cactus · Petrified Cactus
Citrons Citron · Frozen Citron · Electro Citron · Iron Citron · Party Citron · Toxic Citron
Roses Rose · Druid Rose · Fire Rose · Frost Rose · Party Rose · Nec'Rose
Corns Kernel Corn · BBQ Corn · Mob Cob · Pops Corn · Party Corn · Commando Corn
Others Torchwood · Junkasaurus
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb · Pea Gatling · Hyper · Sombrero Bean Bomb · Retro Gatling · Super Pea Jump · Dark Bean Bomb · Bling Gatling
Sunflower Heal Beam · Sunbeam · Heal Flower · Rainbow Heal Beam · Solar Flare Beam · Dark Flower · Rainbow Flower
Chomper Goop · Burrow · Spikeweed · Super Sticky Goop · Sprint Burrow · Spiky Spikeweed · Chomp Cannon · Vampweed · Rainbow Warp · Twilight Warp
Cactus Potato Mine · Garlic Drone · Tallnut Battlement · Potato Nugget Mine · Artichoke Drone · Iron Maiden · Pizzazzling Potato Mine · Red Artichoke · Bling Maiden · Dark Garlic Drone
Citron
Assault Mode EMPeach · Citron Ball · Peel Shield · Party Citron Ball · Mood Shield
Citron Ball Hyper Ball · Assault Mode · Spin Dash
Rose Time Snare · Arcane Enigma · Goatify · Arcane Lotus · Psychedelic Goat
Kernel Corn Butter Barrage · Husk Hop · Shuck Shot · Bigger Better Butter · Multi-Shuck
Torchwood Blazin' Blast · Smoldering Madness · Leaf Shield
Junkasaurus Charge of Insanity · Epic Mega Blast · Spin Override · Super Heavy Hornblast
Spawnable Plants
Soil of Summoning Weed · Pumpkin Weed · Terracotta Weed · Leaf Shield Weed · Wood Shield Weed · Vase Weed · Porcelain Vase Weed · Heal Weed · Flag Weed · Dandelion Weed · Hypno-shroom
Grow-a-Pot Bonk Choy · Pea Cannon · Gatling Pea · Lightning Reed · Scaredy-shroom · Fume-shroom · Goop-shroom · Doom-shroom · Ice-shroom · Toxic Gloom-shroom · Bamboo Shoot · Snap Dragon · Heal Flower
Bosses Giga Torchwood · Super Bean · Sunflower Queen · Big Stump · Marigold · Squash · Royal Hypno-Flower · Spooky Squash
L.E.A.F. Agent Citron · Agent Rose · Agent Corn · Grumpy Stumpy · Ironball
Others Assistant Manager Bitey · Crystal Guardian · Tallnut · Tallnut Cannon
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville plants
Playable Classes
PvZ BfN Attack Class Icon.png Attack Peashooter · Chomper · Kernel Corn · Night Cap · Snapdragon
PvZ BfN Defend Class Icon.png Defend Cactus · Citron · Acorn (Oak)
PvZ BfN Support Class Icon.png Support Sunflower · Rose
Swarm Wildflower
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb · Pea Gatling · Pea Suped
Chomper Spikeweed · Burrow · Grody Goop
Kernel Corn Butter Beacon · Husk Hop · Shuck Shot
Night Cap Casting Shadows · Fung Fu · Shadow Sneak
Snapdragon Swoop Slam · Blue Blazes · Blazing Trail
Cactus Potato Mine · Garlic Drone · Petal Propeller
Citron E.M.Peach · Spin Dash · Navel Laser
Acorn & Oak
Acorn
Solo Sap Trap · Invoke Oak · Acorn Dash
Passenger Sap Trap · Treeject · Lumber Support
Oak Super Sap Trap · Treeject · Roll for Damage
Sunflower Sunny Side Up · Sunbeam · Heal Beam
Rose Jinx · Arcane Enigma · Goatify
Wildflower Wild Life · Weed Out · Bloom Boom
Spawnable Plants
Grow-a-Pot
Range Pea Cannon · Gatling Pea · Scaredy-Shroom · Lightning Reed
Support Heal Flower · Goop-Shroom
Melee Bonk Choy · Doom-Shroom · Fume-Shroom
Soil of Summoning
Melee Terracotta Weed · Vase Weed · Dandelion
Range Wildflower · Terracotta Wildflower
Support Heal Weed · Hypno-Shroom
Battle Leaders Bam-Bam-Boo · Bluehorn Corn · Flotsamuel · Lucy · No-Neck Raffi · Pinky Rain · Pollen Kate · Pound Cake · Queen Capra · Sherman · Sproutrage · Teddy
Bounty Hunt
Weirding Woods Queenigma · Solar Sisters · Wild Bunch
Town Center Bitey Brothers · Mirror-Shroom · Tiger Klaus
Elusive Foes
Weirding Woods Amber Gemma · Pops Cyclops · Sleepy
Town Center Big Hurtle · Kitty Sparkles · Mrs. Veilbiter
Bosses Dreadroot · Giga Torchwood · Sunflower Queen · Super Bean · Marigold · Hypno Sunflower Queen · Spooky Squash · Bitter Dill · Dreadwood · Blight Cap
Quest NPCs Air Ron · Best Fishing Friend™️ · Bingo-Bongo · Brian · Corny Corn · Dandelion · Exposition Al · Gilly the Kid · Harmela · Land Phil · Major Sweetie · Mark · Mike · Sergeant Peel · Sir Crustworthy · Sir Victor-Ian · Tenderleaf · Tumbleweed Ted · Vivian
Others Weed · Pumpkin Weed · Leaf Shield Weed · Pumpkin Wildflower · Mindblower