Fume-shroom (Plants vs. Zombies 2)

For other uses, see Fume-shroom (disambiguation).

Fume-shroom is a Mushroom appearing in Plants vs. Zombies 2, introduced as a counter to Jester Zombie. He is capable of spraying fumes, doing 40 damage which hits every zombie four tiles ahead of him plus the tile he is planted on. Fume-shroom suffers from limited range, his attack only being triggered by and having effect on a zombie or tombstone appearing 4 tiles in front of him.

About

For more information about this character, see Fume-shroom.

Fume-shroom is unlocked after completing Dark Ages - Night 4. He has received a significant amount of changes compared to the first games: He attacks every 2.35-2.5 seconds, dealing 40 damage to every zombie for each attack. He can now be used in other worlds without any penalty, due to the absence of the sleeping mechanic and Coffee Bean.

Almanac entry

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

Fume-shroom
	SUN COST 125 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 40 RANGE 1x4 PLANT FOOD POWER 6.67% Ail-mint Plant Food: Sprays a stream of fumes that deal damage and pushes all zombies back. Fume-shrooms shoot fumes that damage all zombies in an area. "I think of myself as a pretty confident shroom and an all-around fungi," says Fume-shroom. "But sometimes, when I'm eating Plant Food, I hear them chuckling. I hear them calling me 'Balloon-shroom'. I don't think they know how much that hurts."

Chinese version  (China only)

喷射有害气体，可对指定区域的所有僵尸造成伤害。 植物特征：紫色植物、蘑菇家族 “我是一个充满自信,无所不能的蘑菇，”大喷菇如是说道，“但是有时候，当我吃下能量豆，我听到有植物在窃窃私语。他们居然叫我‘气球菇’!他们根本不知道这有多伤人!” In English: Sprays harmful gas, can deal damage to all zombies in assigned area. Plant feature: purple plant, mushroom family "I think of myself as a pretty confident and all-around mushroom," Fume-shroom said so. "But sometimes, when I ate Plant Food, I hear some plants chuckling. They call me 'Balloon-shroom'! They won't know how much that hurts!"

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

Fume-shroom will expand as if he is gathering air, before unleashing a large amount of fumes that push zombies backward (for up to 10 tiles). The fume burst deals a total of 1500 damage for 5 seconds.

Costumed (China only)

Fume-shroom sucks all zombies in 3x2 area in front of him and then does his normal Plant Food effect.

Ail-mint effect

When boosted by Ail-mint, Fume-shroom does an additional 120 damage per attack, and his plant food effect does an additional 2900 damage.

Level Upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Normal)	Plant Food Power (Damage*)	Area
1	0	0	125	5 seconds	300 damage	40 damage	1500 damage	1x4
2	10	1,000		4.5 seconds	325 damage	45 damage	1600 damage
3	50	2,000		4.5 seconds	350 damage	50 damage	1700 damage
4	100	4,000		4.5 seconds	375 damage	55 damage	1800 damage
5	125	6,000	100	4.5 seconds	400 damage	60 damage	1900 damage
6	175	8,000		4 seconds	450 damage	65 damage	2000 damage
7	250	10,000		4 seconds	500 damage	70 damage	2100 damage
8	350	15,000		4 seconds	550 damage	75 damage	2200 damage
9	450	20,000		4 seconds	600 damage	80 damage	2300 damage
10	800	60,000		3.5 seconds	650 damage	85 damage	2400 damage
11	1,000	75,000		3.5 seconds	700 damage	90 damage	2500 damage
12	1,250	100,000		3.5 seconds	750 damage	95 damage	2600 damage
13	1,500	150,000	75	3.5 seconds	800 damage	100 damage	2700 damage
14	1,750	200,000		3 seconds	850 damage	110 damage	2800 damage
15	2,000	250,000		3 seconds	900 damage	120 damage	2900 damage

*Total damage dealt during its Plant Food effect.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level Upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Poison Ejection 毒液喷射	The poisonous mist sprayed by Fume-shroom is mixed with toxins that can paralyze zombies. Attacks have an 8% chance of paralyzing zombies. 大喷菇喷射出的毒雾中混合着可以让僵尸麻痹的毒素攻击有8%的概率麻痹僵尸。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Fume-shroom gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Improved Formula 配方改良	In-depth research on toxins, toxins are more effective against zombies with a 16% chance of paralyzing zombies. 对毒素的深入研究，毒素对僵尸更有效16%的概率麻痹僵尸。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Fume-shroom gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Fume-shroom may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Fume-shroom gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Strategies

Fume-shroom fills in the middle ground between Snapdragon and Laser Bean: His effective range, while greater than Snapdragon's, is not infinite like Laser Bean's. A Fume-shroom deals more damage per second than a Laser Bean and as much damage as a Snapdragon, but does not enjoy Snapdragon's attack stacking capability and therefore will do less damage per second when planted in a column. Regardless, all three plants are excellent at crowd controlling, and they will prove to be useful in both normal levels and Endless Zones due to the constantly escalating amount of zombies compared to that of the first game.

Like in the first game, Fume-shroom is effective against zombies that attempt to shield themselves from normal projectiles, such as Barrel Roller Zombie, Shield Zombie and Excavator Zombie, hitting through their protection and killing them easily. He is also useful in cleaning up tombstones, as his area attacks can hit up to five tombstones at once as well as any zombies that wander inside his range.

Fume-shrooms are a great choice against Zombie Chickens in Wild West and Ice Weasels in Frostbite Caves. While he is slightly inferior to Lightning Reed in combating Zombie Chickens because of the lower attack speed and decreased range, Fume-shroom does a much better job against Ice Weasels, as he does just enough damage to kill them in one hit, and his area attack can destroy any amount of them, whereas Lightning Reed can only hit a limited amount of targets and will seriously struggle against Ice Weasels.

Fume-shroom is especially effective in his home world, the Dark Ages, because he is cheap, and his attack can't be blocked by any of the zombies there (Jester Zombie blocks all projectiles, while Imp Dragon Zombie is immune to fire, making plants like Jack O' Lantern and Snapdragon less effective). The only practical weakness he has is the Wizard Zombie, as he lacks the necessary range to defeat it.

Fume-shroom's plant food effect is essentially Laser Bean combined with Hurrikale save for the slowing effect. It does enough damage to qualify as an instant kill, capable of killing every common zombie and take a great chunk off Gargantuars.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Fume-shroom
German	Stinkpilz
Spanish	Humoseta	"Fume mushroom"
French	Champi-fumée
Italian	Fumporcino
Brazilian Portuguese	Gasogumelo	Portmanteau of gasoso and cogumelo
Simplified Chinese	大喷菇 Dà Pēn-gū	"Big Puff-shroom"

Trivia

• His cap is slightly transparent, most noticeably when Fume-shroom is given Plant Food.
• His attack was glitched in the 3.4.4 update, being able to deal splash damage on adjacent lanes like Snapdragon, and could reach 4.5 tiles in front of it instead of four. This was fixed in the 3.5.1 update.
• He's is nicknamed as "Balloon-shroom" in Almanac, which refers to his Plant Food ability when his cap drastically inflates.
• Although one of his costumes references Nightcap from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, Nightcap in that game cannot use Fume-shroom under normal circumstances.
• In the Chinese version, if Fume-shroom is level 4 and costumed, and is spawned by a Spore-shroom that is level 2 or up, it can also activate his Plant Food effect, unlike most other mushrooms. However, this effect will be glitched.

See also

• Laser Bean
• Fumes
• Mushrooms

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