Chomper (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other versions, see Chomper (disambiguation).

Chomper is a multi-use instant-kill plant appearing in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He can eat zombies whole, killing them instantly, but is vulnerable to attacks when chewing.

About

For more information about this character, see Chomper.

Chomper was released on October 7th, 2014 along with the Big Wave Beach Part 1 teaser Piñata Parties, and was available for purchase at $4.99, but was later reduced to $0.99 in 8.3.1.

Chomper can devour most types of zombies, instantly killing them in the process. However, after eating two zombies, Chomper will have to chew them, during which he is vulnerable. When faced with inedible targets such as tombstones, mechanical threats, and Gargantuars, Chomper will instead attempt to damage them with his bites that deal 200 damage each.

It is featured for free in Big Wave Beach - Days 3, 14, 16, and Modern Day - Day 44.

Chomper cannot devour, but can damage the following zombies:

• Gargantuar variants
• Barrel Roller Zombie's barrel.
• Imp Cannon
• Zombie Bull and Rodeo Legend Zombie
• Pianist Zombie
• Mecha-Football Zombie
• Robo-Cone Zombie
• Disco-tron 3000
• Zombie King
• Cavalry Zombie
• Fisherman Zombie
• Zombie Chicken and Ice Weasel
• Solar Car Zombie
• Treasure Yeti
• Cardio Zombie
• Z-Mech
• #caketank
• Zcorpion Zombie
• Roman Caesar Zombie
• All bosses

Almanac entry

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

Chomper
	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 300 SPECIAL Chew Speed RANGE Close Enforce-mint Plant Food: Consumes several nearby zombies in the column, then releases a burp that knocks back any survivors. Chompers can devour a zombie whole, but they are vulnerable while chewing. Everyone appreciates what Chomper does. His appetite has saved them on numerous occasions. But truth be told, Chomper's friends think that eating zombies is gross. And his breath! No one has the heart to tell him, and he never gets the hint when you offer him a mint.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When fed with Plant Food, Chomper will pull in the first 3 zombies in his lane, devour them, then release a burp that pushes every zombie in the lane to the ninth column.

If it pulls in any inedible zombies, it will deal 1000 damage to them instead. (in Chinese version is 500x the level of the plants)

Costumed (China only)

Chomper's burp lasts longer.

Enforce-mint effect

When boosted by Enforce-mint, Chomper's chew time is reduced to 1.5 seconds, and it can devour an additional 6 zombies before chewing.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Special (Chew Speed)	Special (Gobble Capacity)	Range
1	0	0	150	5 seconds	300 damage	17 seconds	2	Close
2	10	1,000	150	5 seconds	350 damage	16 seconds
3	25	2,500	150	4.5 seconds	400 damage	15 seconds
4	50	5,000	125	4.5 seconds	450 damage	14 seconds	3
5	100	10,000	125	4.5 seconds	550 damage	10 seconds
6	200	20,000	125	4 seconds	600 damage
7	400	30,000	100	4 seconds	650 damage
8	800	50,000	100	3.5 seconds	700 damage
9	1,200	75,000	100	3.5 seconds	800 damage	9 seconds
10	1,600	100,000	75	3 seconds	900 damage	7 seconds	4

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Strengthened Teeth	After swallowing a zombie, Chomper pushes those ahead of him back by 1 tile.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Chomper gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Devour Augment	After swallowing a zombie, Chomper pushes those ahead of him by 3 tiles.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Chomper gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Chomper may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Chomper gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Voracious Maw	Chomper has 20% chance to destroy all regular-sized zombies with a range of 3 tiles, dealing 300 damage to inedible targets.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Chomper gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Chomper has received a few buffs, namely its reduced digest time and increased bite damage, which makes it more effective when faced with inedible targets, particularly Zombie Bull and mechanical threats in Far Future. However, poor performance against groups of enemies still remains a problem to Chomper. In addition, Chomper is also generally inferior to Toadstool, which has a greatly increased range and can generate sun after digesting zombies as well as having the ability to devour Rodeo Legend Zombies whereas Chomper does not. Chomper, however, compensates with generally lower chewing times at equivalent levels, and can devour more than one zombie before having to chew, so shoveling isn't really necessary to make room for a new Chomper. In particular, Chomper's performance is boosted significantly when Enforce-mint is on board, able to defeat multiple zombies at once and recover in the blink of an eye.

The player can use disabling plants like Stunion, E.M.Peach, and Stallia against inedible targets first to allow Chomper to deal more damage. Tombstones, surfboards, frozen blocks, and arcade machines also count as inedible targets, causing the Chomper to bite them, destroying them in a few bites as long as it is not busy devouring zombies. With mechanical zombies or Gargantuars, you could freeze them right in front of the Chomper, and it can repeatedly bite them, doing heavy damage.

In Ancient Egypt, Chomper is useful against Pharaoh Zombies, as it can devour both the zombie and the sarcophagus in one bite. In Wild West and Frostbite Caves, Chomper is useful for stopping Chicken Wrangler Zombies and Weasel Hoarders from releasing their chickens or weasels. It is also useful in Dark Ages since it can eat Knight Zombies easily as well as boosted zombies from Dark Alchemy.

In Big Wave Beach, it is useful against Surfer Zombie as they can devour both the zombie and the surfboard. It is also useful against Octo Zombies as they can destroy the octopi within 3 bites. In Lost City, Chompers are good choices against Imp Porters as they can devour both the imp and the backpack. In Modern Day, it is useful against Newspaper Zombie, as it can devour the zombie without destroying the newspaper (which enrages the zombie).

Avoid using Chomper against Explorer Zombies and Torchlight Zombies as they can easily destroy it without being devoured. The same thing applies to MC Zom-B while his jam is playing. Also, zombies kicked by Breakdancer Zombies or raptors can quickly overwhelm Chomper.

Balance changes

Update 9.1.1

• ▲ Devours 2-4 zombies before chewing instead of 1.
• ▲ Digest time is reduced from 30-10 seconds to 17-7 seconds.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Chomper
German	Schnapper
Spanish	Planta carnívora	"Carnivorous plant"
French	Mordeur
Italian	Masticazombi
Brazilian Portuguese	Carnívora	lit. "Carnivorous"
Simplified Chinese	大嘴花 dà zuǐ huā	lit. "Big Mouth Flower"

Trivia

• No matter what type of zombie it eats, the arm hanging out of its mouth does not wear any shirt sleeve and looks identical to a regular zombie, as with the first game.
• The code for it was in the game until the 1.4 update, but was re-added in the 2.5.1 update as a fully functional plant.
• It was mentioned in Dark Ages - Night 20 dialogue by Crazy Dave. He said: "Phew! Plants shouldn't eat zombies who eat plants. Except Chomper. He has to. Dude needs the fiber." so as to tease Big Wave Beach and its return.
• It sometimes mimics dog-like behavior by scratching its head with its leaves.
  • Impfinity also does this in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.
• It can swallow Chicken Wrangler Zombies without them releasing Zombie Chickens. The same thing happens with Weasel Hoarders.
• It is one of the five plants that make noises in the Almanac, the others being Electric Blueberry, Sweet Potato, Sap-fling, and Chard Guard.
• Its Plant Food effect resembles a vacuum cleaner as it makes the same sounds and its stalk does a pumping animation.
• If Chomper finishes off the final zombie in a level, it will stop moving entirely.

See also

• Chomper
• Toadstool

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