Iceweed

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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 plant of the same name in Plants vs. Zombies: Original Edition, see Iceweed (PvZ: OE).

“	Plant Iceweed to damage and chill zombies!	”
—Penny

Iceweed is an ice plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, introduced in the 9.3.1 update. He is an ice variant of Spikeweed, damaging and slowing down zombies from below and immune to being eaten, with the added benefit of being immune to Frostbite Caves' freezing winds, in a similar matter to Cold Snapdragon and Missile Toe.

In the Chinese version, Iceweed does more damage and can withstand 3 rolling objects/Gargantuar smashes, degrading visually for each one, making him more like a Spikerock.

Origins

Iceweed could possibly be based on the Verbesina virginica. whose common names include the Frostweed, the White Crownbeard, and the Iceweed.

Almanac entry

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

Iceweed
	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 DAMAGE 10 Chill Chill PLANT FOOD POWER 10% Winter-mint Plant Food: Summons a sawblade that knockbacks [sic] and freezes all zombies in the column [sic]. Permanently increases damage. Iceweeds damage and chill zombies that walk over them. Iceweed is excited to get the call-up to the big leagues and can't wait to start refrigerating zombies whilst inflicting damage on them. He insisted we say "whilst."

Chinese version  (China only)

攻击所在格的僵尸，被寒冰地刺攻击的僵尸会进入冰霜减速状态 范围：自身所在格 植物特征：蓝色植物 被大联盟征召，寒冰地刺很兴奋，他迫不及待想要冷冻这些僵尸，並伤害他们。他执意要用“並”这个字。 In English: Attacks the zombie in the tile. The zombie attacked by Iceweed will enter the frost slowdown state. Range: Own tile Plant feature: Blue plant Being called up by the major leagues, Iceweed was very excited. He couldn't wait to freeze these zombies and hurt them. He insisted on using the word "and".

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

When fed Plant Food, Iceweed summons a sawblade that is then fired down the lane, freezing all zombies it reaches and moving them to the back of the lane. In the Chinese version, these sawblades also drag zombies from nearby lanes in.

Iceweed will also be empowered for as long as he is not destroyed, dealing more damage to zombies that walk on him and having more toughness. Also, he will have the ability to resist several rolling objects and Gargantuar smashes, similar to Spikerock. Also in the Chinese version, his Plant Food state only gives him resistance to one crushing attack, and it also goes away if he's hit by one.

Costumed (China only)

Iceweed additionally launches sawblades on the lanes above and below.

Winter-mint effect

When boosted by Winter-mint, Iceweed deals an additional 55 damage on his normal attack, an additional 110 damage on his powered attack, and his PF blade will deal an additional 1300 damage.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness		Damage		Chill Duration	PF Blade Damage	PF Blade Distance	PF Blade Knockback	PF Freeze Duration
						Normal	Powered	Normal	Powered
1	0	0	150	5 seconds	5 seconds	300 damage	900 damage	10 damage	20 damage	3 seconds	190 damage	9 tiles	9 tiles	4 seconds
2	50			4.5 seconds		350 damage	950 damage	15 damage	30 damage	4 seconds	315 damage			5 seconds
3	100		125			400 damage	1000 damage	20 damage	40 damage		435 damage
4	200					450 damage	1050 damage	25 damage	50 damage		560 damage	9.5 tiles	9.5 tiles
5	300			4 seconds		550 damage	1100 damage	30 damage	60 damage	5 seconds	685 damage			6 seconds
6	400					600 damage	1150 damage	35 damage	70 damage		805 damage
7	500		100	3.5 seconds		650 damage	1200 damage	40 damage	80 damage		930 damage	10 tiles	10 tiles
8	600		75			700 damage	1250 damage	45 damage	90 damage	6 seconds	1055 damage			7 seconds
9	800			3 seconds		800 damage	1300 damage	50 damage	100 damage		1175 damage
10	1,000					900 damage	1350 damage	55 damage	110 damage		1300 damage	10.5 tiles	10.5 tiles

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Cold Sting 寒冷之刺	Attacks have a 20% chance to freeze zombies for 2 seconds. 攻击时有20%的概率使僵尸进入2s冰冻状态
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Iceweed gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Cold Enhancement 寒冷强化	Attacks have a 40% chance to freeze zombies for 2 seconds. 攻击时有40%的概率使僵尸进入2s冰冻状态
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Iceweed gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Iceweed may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Iceweed gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Ice Hell 寒冰地狱	The attack range of Iceweed is expanded to a cross range. When the ice spikes are lost, they explode, causing damage to the source of damage (such as Gargantuars) and a freezing effect. At the same time, they cause a small amount of damage and a slowing effect to zombies within a 3x3 range. 寒冰地刺的攻击范围扩大为十字范围，损失地刺时地刺发生一次爆炸，对伤害来源（巨人等）造成伤害以及一次冻结效果，同时对3*3范围内的僵尸造成少量伤害以及减速效果
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Iceweed gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Iceweed is a very useful plant since two columns full of Iceweeds can defeat a Conehead Zombie. His powerful chilling effect stops zombies from advancing, as they will be slowed for several seconds after stepping off Iceweed. Dangerous zombies such as Newspaper Zombie, All-Star Zombie and Sunday Edition Zombie can be slowed down when the zombie is running at full speed or their respective newspaper is being destroyed. This can buy time for offensive plants like Bonk Choy or Headbutter Lettuce to kill them.

Explorer Zombie, Torchlight Zombie and Prospector Zombie's torches and dynamites respectively will be extinguished when touching Iceweed. Imp Dragon Zombie also isn't immune to ice damage, making it weak to Iceweed as well. He is an effective choice in Dark Ages but beware of Wizard Zombie because he can transform Iceweed into passive sheep.

In Pirate Seas, he can destroy barrels from Barrel Roller Zombie and damage Imp Cannon. Jurassic Marsh zombies with speed boosts from T.Rexes can also be effectively shut down due to his slowing effect. Planting Iceweed at the leftmost row when a Pterodactyl brings zombies with it lets Iceweed fire his buzzsaw, repelling and chilling them. However, this is not recommended, due to the existence of Spikeweed and Spikerock's plant food, as well as Chard Guard, a cheaper and less permanent solution.

Boingsetta, Hurrikale, Primal Peashooter, Chard Guard or Spring Bean all synergise well with Iceweed. Iceweed needs to be planted on as many tiles as possible, and planting the aforementioned plants at the leftmost row will push or knock back the zombies to take more damage. Like with Spikeweed and Spikerock, any stallers will perform very well alongside Iceweed. Locking a zombie on top of Iceweed allows for maximum damage, and when paired with the fact that Chill reduces zombie attack speed, Iceweed's area chill will prevent his staller from dying.

Iceweed can't shine well in Lost City due to the appearance of Excavator Zombie, which can dig Iceweed and throw it backward or off the lawn. Excavator is also the only zombie who can eat him. It is also problematic to use this plant in Neon Mixtape Tour with the appearance of Arcade Zombie and Trologbite in Frostbite Caves, as their respective arcade machine and ice blocks will immediately destroy Iceweed. Lastly, avoid combining Iceweed in a level with plants from Pepper-mint's Family, Wasabi Whip or Torchwood as they can nullify his chilling effect.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Iceweed
Simplified Chinese	寒冰地刺	lit. "Ice Ground Thorn"
French	Ortie polaire	"Polar Spikeweed"
German	Eiskraut
Italian	Erbaghiaccia
Brazilian Portuguese	Hera do Gelo
Spanish	Hierbahelada

Trivia

• His design is somewhat similar to Diamond Spikeweed's old design from Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars.
• The sawblade projectile that Iceweed summons for his Plant Food attack is based on a similar projectile that was planned to be used for Spikeweed's Plant Food attack.
• In the official 9.3 announcement post, he is once incorrectly referred to as "Ice Weed."
• Like Spikeweed and Spikerock, he can be planted on Lily Pad unlike most other underground plants in the Big Wave Beach, but only function properly if there is no water under its tile; zombies can otherwise attack Iceweed and then Lily Pad.

See also

• Spikeweed
• Spikerock

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