Hocus Crocus

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This item is only obtainable during certain events. However, it can still be used if you have already obtained it. It is currently not available.

For the version in Plants vs. Zombies 2 (Chinese version), see Hocus Crocus.

“ Plant Hocus Crocus to magic close zombies to the back of the lawn. ”

—Penny

Hocus Crocus is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 8.6.1 update. Hocus Crocus is able to teleport leftmost zombies back to the beginning of the lawn in a similar manner to Thyme Warp, with each teleportation also dealing damage to zombies.

Origins

Hocus Crocus is based on the Crocus genus of Iris flowers cultivated for their stamens, from which the spice saffron originates.

Her name is a portmanteau on the phrase "Hocus Pocus," a phrase typically associated with stage magicians, and Crocus, the plant Hocus Crocus is based on.

Her appearence is also akin to stage magicians, with her two petals resembling collars and the petal on the back of her head resembling either long hair or a cape.

Almanac entry

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

Hocus Crocus

SUN COST

200

RECHARGE

20

TOUGHNESS

300

MAGIC RECHARGE

15

DAMAGE

100

PLANT FOOD POWER

10%

Enchant-mint

Plant Food: Teleports up to three left most zombies to the right most column.

Hocus Crocuses use slick sleight-of-petal chicanery to magic zombies close to your home all the way back to the rightmost part of the lawn.

"Observe," says Hocus Crocus. "Have I got anything up my sleeve? Do I even have sleeves? No? Prepare, then, to have your quaint and old-fashioned notions of spatial location SHATTERED FOREVER!!!"

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food animation

When given Plant Food, Hocus Crocus will teleport several of the leftmost zombies back to the beginning of the lawn depending on what her level is.

Enchant-mint effect

When boosted by Enchant-mint, Hocus Crocus will deal an additional 350 damage per teleport, her firing rate is reduced to 3 seconds, and her Plant Food effect will teleport 12 zombies regardless of level.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Damage*	Firing Rate	Plant Food Power (Zombies Magicked)
1	0	0	200	20 seconds	10 seconds	300 damage	100 damage	15 seconds	3
2	50		175	19 seconds	9 seconds		125 damage	14 seconds	4
3	100			18 seconds	8 seconds	400 damage	150 damage	13 seconds	5
4	200		150	17 seconds			175 damage	12 seconds	6
5	300			16 seconds	7 seconds	500 damage	200 damage	11 seconds	7
6	400			15 seconds			225 damage	10 seconds	8
7	500		125	14 seconds	6 seconds	600 damage	250 damage	9 seconds	9
8	600			13 seconds			275 damage	8 seconds	10
9	800			12 seconds		900 damage	300 damage	7 seconds	11
10	1,000		100	10 seconds	5 seconds		350 damage	5 seconds	12

*Applies to both normal and Plant Food states.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Strategies

The ability to teleport zombies to the rightmost column makes Hocus Crocus a decent staller, as she is not only effective in bringing a dangerous zombie to the back (for example, a Glitter Zombie during the pop jam, a Gargantuar, a Relic Hunter Zombie that has swung right into your defenses, or any zombie that is about to trigger a lawn mower), but she can also deal damage to it, meaning that a single zombie will be teleported over and over again, until death. However, a single Hocus Crocus is helpless against hordes of zombies, so it is advisable to plant multiple of them and support them with plants that can deal with groups such as Laser Bean and Fume-shroom.

In Pirate Seas, Hocus Crocus is a powerful choice against Swashbuckler Zombies when they appear on lanes without planks as when they are teleported to the right, they will be instantly killed by the water. In addition, she can easily deal with Imp Pirate Zombies fired from Imp Cannons as they will fall into the river after they have been teleported to the right, making it easier for other plants such as Melon-pult to deal with the Imp Cannon itself. Pairing her with Sweet Potato is a good idea. If you plant Sweet Potato in lanes without planks, most zombies will move to that lane once they get close, allowing Hocus Crocus to instantly kill them by teleporting them and making them fall into the water.

Timing is important when using Hocus Crocus, for instance, she can stop Octo Zombie's octopi-throwing animation immediately, she can prevent Boombox Zombie from playing ballad jam, but she can make a Citron or a Coconut Cannon misfire, or a turkey from Turkey-pult run off the lawn.

Like Witch Hazel, this plant only targets a single zombie and has a cooldown between each teleportation, so other plants are needed to support Hocus Crocus. Hocus Crocus cannot teleport or even damage Healer Zombies, Zombie Medusas and Magician Zombies, and thus won't target them either. On the other hand, while Witch Hazel can't turn them into mushrooms, she is at least able to deal damage to them. And similar to Thyme Warp, some strategies applied to that plant can also be applied to Hocus Crocus. However, she won't remove the negative effects of zombies, unlike Thyme Warp.

Do not plant more than two Hocus Crocus in Last Stand setups, as they will all end up targeting one same Zombie at a time.

Balance changes

Update 9.5.1

• ▲ Hocus Crocus now has Mastery.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Hocus Crocus
German	Hokus-Krokus
Spanish	Alazafrán
French	Hocus Crocus
Italian	Hocus crocus
Brazilian Portuguese	Abracaflora
Simplified Chinese	魔法番红花 Mófǎ Fānhónghuā

Trivia

• Hocus Crocus actually has a voice heard when magicking zombies, saying "Hocus!”.
• She and Hypno-shroom are the only plants in the Enchant-mint family whose names start with the letter H.

See also

• Hocus Crocus (Chinese version)
• Thyme Warp
• Witch Hazel

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