Guacodile

For the version in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, see Guacodile.

Guacodile is the fourth plant obtained in Big Wave Beach in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He fires avocado pits at zombies every 1.75 - 1.85 seconds, dealing 20 damage. When attacked, he’ll do a rushing attack that hits zombies for 150 damage every few dozens of frames or so, and then despawn. He’s amphibious, but cannot fire in water.

He’ll rush immediately under the following conditions:

• When he’s pulled by a Fisherman Zombie.
• About to get abducted by a Zombie Parrot.
• Pushed directly or indirectly by a Mecha-Football Zombie, a Punk Zombie during its Punk jam or an ankylosaurus.
• Attacked by a reflected projectile from a Jester Zombie.
• Hit by a Sun Bomb explosion, or a Gargantuar Prime's or a Turquoise Skull Zombie's lasers.
• Hit by a MC Zom-B's microphone spin.
• Hit by a Hair Metal Gargantuar's sonic blast.
• Hit by the Zombot Dark Dragon's fire breathing attack or its fireballs that it spits out (only on Modern Day - Day 33).
• Sucked in by Zombot Sharktronic Sub's mouth turbine or about to be eaten by one of its sharks.
• About to be crushed by a frozen block pushed by a Troglobite, an Arcade machine pushed by an Arcade Zombie, or a statue pushed by a Zombie Medusa.
• Hit by a missile.

Origins

Guacodile is based on the avocado (Persea americana), also known as the "alligator pear"; and the crocodile, a large aquatic reptile famed for its strong jaws and feeding behavior.

His name is a portmanteau of "guacamole", a type of dip made with avocados; and crocodile, the animal he is based on.

His costume, a black bowl filled with salsa containing a nacho chip, is also a reference to guacamole, as both it and salsa are types of dip typically used with nachos.

Almanac entry

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

Guacodile
	SUN COST 125 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 20 RANGE Straight PLANT FOOD POWER 14.29% Enforce-mint Plant Food: Knock back zombies near it and releases two rushing Guacodiles that deal damage down its row. Guacodiles [sic] is an amphibious plant that fire seeds from a distance. When attacked they will rush off the lawn biting any zombies they encounter. Ask Guacodile to tell you a little bit about himself and he'll give you a wry smile. "I'm a Guacodile. I've got a bite like a bear trap. I spit rock-hard pits with a force, speed and accuracy envied by every plant on the battlefield. Heck, I've been known to walk on water. I'm pretty much the whole enchilada." Yeah, the guy is a bit of a braggart but he's good at what he does.

Chinese version  (China only)

鳄梨可以远距离发射种子。当受到攻击时，他们会直线向前冲咬所有遇到的僵尸。 用途：冲刺攻击后消失 特点：可以种植在水上 植物特征：绿色植物、伶牙俐齿、水生植物、矮个子 问起鳄梨自己的事情，他就会呵呵道：“我曾经被类似熊夹子的陷阱夹过。我总是能吐射出令全场植物妒忌的强力精准，岩石般坚硬的子弹。呵呵，人们说我能在水上漂。我非常喜欢墨西哥辣味卷。”没错，这家伙是有点点飘飘然不过他知道自己在做什么。 In English: Guacodiles fire seeds from a distance. When attacked, they will rush off the lawn biting any zombies they encounter. Usage: disappears after rushing attack Special: can be planted on water Plant feature: green plant, sharp teeth, aquatic plant, short When asked about himself, Guacodile will chuckle. "I've got bitten by a trap that resembles a bear trap. I always spit rock-hard bullets with an accuracy envied by every plant on the battlefield. Heh heh, people say I can surf on water. I like enchilada very much." Yeah, the guy is a bit confusing but he knows what he's doing.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When given Plant Food, he’ll knock zombies near it back and spawn two smaller copies of himself which will rush down the lane and damage zombies.

Enforce-mint effect

When boosted by Enforce-mint, Guacodile does an additional 110 damage with its seeds, and an additional 300 damage per tick when rushing.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Heavy)		Projectile Velocity	Range
						Seed	Rush*
1	0	0	125	5 seconds	300 damage	20 damage	150 damage	Normal	Straight
2	25	1,000	125	5 seconds	325 damage	25 damage	150 damage
3	50	2,000	125	4.5 seconds	350 damage	30 damage	150 damage
4	100	4,000	125	4.5 seconds	375 damage	35 damage	175 damage	+1.6x
5	125	6,000	100	4.5 seconds	400 damage	40 damage	175 damage
6	175	8,000	100	4 seconds	450 damage	45 damage	175 damage
7	250	10,000	100	4 seconds	500 damage	50 damage	200 damage
8	350	15,000	100	4 seconds	550 damage	55 damage	200 damage
9	450	20,000	100	4 seconds	600 damage	60 damage	225 damage
10	800	60,000	100	3.5 seconds	650 damage	65 damage	225 damage	+ 2.2x
11	1,000	75,000	100	3.5 seconds	700 damage	70 damage	250 damage
12	1,250	100,000	75	3.5 seconds	750 damage	80 damage	250 damage
13	1,500	150,000	75	3.5 seconds	800 damage	90 damage	275 damage
14	1,750	200,000	75	3 seconds	850 damage	100 damage	275 damage
15	2,000	250,000	75	3 seconds	900 damage	110 damage	300 damage

*Applies to both normal and Plant Food states.

Mastery upgrade

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Metal Dental Mouthpiece 钢化牙套	Has a 20% chance to launch Guacodile's Metal Dental Mouthpieces for 50% extra damage. Charge damage increased to 225. 有20%的概率发射鳄梨的牙套造成50%的额外伤害。冲锋伤害上升为225。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Guacodile gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Diamond Dental Mouthpiece 钻石牙套	40% chance to fire Guacodile's Diamond Dental Mouthpieces for 100% extra damage. Charge damage increased to 300. 有40%的概率发射鳄梨的钻石牙套造成100%的额外伤害。冲锋伤害上升为300。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Guacodile gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Guacodile may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Guacodile gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Costumed (China only)

The smaller Guacodiles now return in the opposite direction after rushing off-screen, dealing more damage to the zombies in the lane.

Strategies

General

While Guacodile can be used as a normal attacking plant on the left side of the lawn, this is not recommended, as his damage output is only equal to a Peashooter. Therefore, Guacodile should be used where his rushing ability can be effectively utilized. Guacodile can also work as an instant plant if planted immediately next to the horde, and this strategy is further augmented by his fast recharge rate. However, Guacodile is not a powerful plant by himself, and his rush attack cannot defeat a Conehead Zombie instantly under normal circumstances.

Slowdown plants such as Sap-fling and Stallia can assist Guacodile in dealing more damage with his chomp. Guacodile's rush attack does not do a single burst of damage for each zombie on his path, but rather, his damage output is applied rapidly to each zombie he encounters, until he leaves its hitbox, as he goes down the lane. This means that a slowed zombie would take more damage from Guacodile's rush attack, as it spends more time on Guacodile's attack path.

When planted on top of a zombie, Guacodile's initial bite will deal significantly more damage than his rush attack.

As Guacodile's rush attack deals damage to all zombies in a lane, it is recommended to use plants that are capable of moving zombies to a single lane in conjunction with Guacodile, such as Sweet Potato, Hot Date, and Garlic. Similarly, a Hurrikale can also be used to gather all zombies into a smaller area of the lane, allowing the player to plant a Guacodile directly on top of the zombie horde, triggering his rush attack and dealing great damage.

While Excavator Zombies displace Guacodiles, they will not trigger Guacodile's rush attack. However, if planted on top of said zombie, Guacodile will perform its rush attack normally.

Zombies that can destroy plants instantly through fire (Explorer Zombie, Torchlight Zombie, etc.) can destroy Guacodile instantly without triggering his rush attack.

The All-Star Zombie can trigger a Guacodile without taking any damage himself.

Guacodile's rush attack makes it a great choice in Neon Mixtape Tour, where many zombies, despite their powerful abilities, have relatively low health, allowing a Guacodile to destroy them in a single rush attack. As Guacodile recharges quickly, and is not particularly expensive, he can reliably be used when more prominent threats are present on the lawn. However, Boombox Zombie can still stun Guacodile with his melody, leaving him vulnerable for a short period of time.

While performing his rush attack, Guacodile can still fall into the ocean in Pirate Seas if there are no planks present on his lane. Therefore, Guacodile cannot damage Imp Cannons on plankless lanes using his rush attack.

He can shoot pits while submerged if there is an octopus binding an aquatic plant (excluding Lily Pad). Although, if a Guacodile is planted without a Lily Pad past the tide line, and is attacking something as the tide washes in, he’ll continue shooting pits, despite the fact that he’s submerged in water.

Zombies knocked back by Guacodile's Plant Food effect are counted as airborne, allowing Blover or Hurrikale to blow them away.

Gluttonous Hungry Guacodile  (China only)

In this Chinese Brain Buster, the player must control a series of Guacodiles to eat all the zombies across the screen. They cannot hit a surfboard, run into themselves or exit the lawn as it will cause the player to lose the level.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Guacodile
Simplified Chinese	鳄梨	Chinese of "avocado", literally "crocodile pear".
French	Guacacroco
German	Guakodil
Italian	Guacodrillo
Brazilian Portuguese	Guacodilo	portmanteau of guacamole and crocodilo
Spanish	Guacadrilo

Trivia

• The Guacodile in the Almanac entry picture and seed selection screen is floating above water, but in-game, he’s submerged in the water.
• In update 7.5.1, planting it on a Barrel Roller Zombie would crash the game. This also would happen when using Plant Food on ice blocks and arcade machines. This was fixed in update 7.6.1.
• He, Primal Wall-nut, Infi-nut, and Ents are the only non-single-use plants that can survive Turquoise Skull Zombie's laser attack, as he activates his rush attack instead of being incinerated.
• He rushes at the same speed as a lawn mower.
• Prior to a certain update, Guacodile's rushing attack did not count as losing a plant despite him despawning.

See also

• Peashooter
• Parsnip
• Lawn Mower

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