Meteor Flower

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Meteor Flower is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 10.0.1 update for the Meteoric Cataclysm! Arena season. It shoots two projectiles from the sky at zombies which deals splash damage on a 3x1 area, leaving behind a molten pool which continues to deal damage on the tile it lands on.

It has a reload time of 7 seconds (and a delay of 0.8 seconds) between shots, and a 35% chance to repeatedly target the same tile. The molten pool can override butter puddles (from Buttercup and Bud'uh Boom) / sap puddles (from Sap-fling) / oil puddles (from Olive Pit) / ice trails (from Zomboni) / poison tiles (from Goo Peashooter) / lava puddles (from Lava Guava), while these kinds of grid items cannot be spawned on molten pools. Goo puddles from Cran Jelly has a higher priority, thus being able to prevent molten pools to be spawed on them and destroy molten pools on spawning. It cannot be created on ocean tiles in Pirate Seas, or on the water in Big Wave Beach.

Origins

Although never mentioned in-game, the official PvZ2 staff reddit account confirms that Meteor Flower is based on the Purpletop flower, Verbena bonariensis, more specifically the 'Meteor Shower' cultivar.

Its ability to repel Dinosaurs refers to a popular theory of Dinosaurs' extinction which involves a meteorite impact.

Almanac entry

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

Meteor Flower
	SUN COST 250 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 250 DAMAGE 120 Meteors per Volley 2 FIRING RATE 7 Plant Food Meteor Strikes 3 Pepper-mint Plant Food: Conjure [sic] 3 meteor strikes, dealing damage and creates a molten pool at the impact point. Meteor Flower conjures meteor strikes from the sky that leave molten tiles. "Out of this world molten mayhem! But first... coffee!!"

Chinese version  (China only)

流星花能够召唤陨石攻击僵尸，并在地块上留下陨石坑。 特殊：火焰伤害 植物特征：红色植物 僵尸无法理解流星花为什么能召唤出陨石，但是看着从天而降的陨石，他只有最后一个想法“啊，原来恐龙是这么灭绝的呀。” In English: Meteor Flowers can summon meteorites to attack zombies and leave craters on the ground. Special: Fire damage Plant feature: red plant Zombie can't understand why Meteor Flower is able to summon meteors, but watching the falling meteors, one final thought does through his mind. "Huh, so that's how the dinosaurs went extinct."

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Meteor Flower will conjure 3 meteor strikes, each dealing 140 damage and having a 3x3 radius. These meteor strikes can also leave behind a normal molten pool. Meteor Flower's Plant Food effect also scares away all dinosaurs on screen when activated, unless they were charmed by Perfume-Shroom, in which case they remain unaffected.

In the Chinese version, its Plant Food ability behaves differently, as Meteor Flower will still conjure 3 meteor strikes but in its lane and adjacent lanes, which roll up to four tiles upon landing, leaving molten pools in 4x3 area as well as pushing back zombies. It also counters dinosaur stampedes.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Damage*		Meteor Strikes		Molten Pool
							Normal	Plant Food	Normal	Plant Food	Duration	Damage^
1	0	0	250	5 seconds	10 seconds	250 damage	120 damage	140 damage	2	3	2 seconds	10 damage
2	50					275 damage	140 damage	160 damage				15 damage
3	100					300 damage	160 damage	180 damage
4	200					325 damage	180 damage	200 damage		4	3 seconds
5	300					350 damage	200 damage	220 damage
6	400					400 damage	230 damage	250 damage	3			20 damage
7	500					450 damage	260 damage	280 damage		5	4 seconds
8	600					500 damage	290 damage	310 damage
9	800					550 damage	320 damage	340 damage
10	1,000					600 damage	350 damage	380 damage		8	5 seconds	30 damage

*Per meteor strike.
^Per second.

Pepper-mint effect

When boosted by Pepper-mint, Meteor Flower can deal an additional 350 damage per meteor strike, and it will shoot an additional 3 meteor strikes every time it attacks.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Gravity Pull 重力牵引	When Meteor Flower summons meteorites, there is a 15% probability of summoning heavy meteorites. Heavy meteorites will cause damage to zombies within one tile and knock zombies within the range three tiles to the right one tile away. 流星花召唤陨石时有15%概率召唤出重型陨石，重型陨石对一格范围内僵尸造成伤害，并将范围内僵尸向右三行震飞一格距离。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Meteor Flower gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Traction Boost 牵引提升	The probability of summoning heavy meteorites is increased to 30%. 召唤重型陨石的概率提升为30%
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Meteor Flower gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Meteor Flower may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Meteor Flower gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Planetary Impact 行星冲击	When Meteor Flower attacks, there is a 10% probability of summoning a planetary meteorite, which will cause damage to zombies within one tile. After the meteorite hits the ground, it will roll forward 3 tiles, pushing the small and medium-sized zombies on the path to move together, and an explosion will occur at the end of the movement. A damage of 2400 points will leave a crater on the impact point of the meteorite and the rolling ground. 流星花攻击时有10%概率召唤出行星陨石，对一格范围内僵尸造成伤害，行星陨石落地后将向前滚动3格距离，推动路径上的中小型僵尸一起移动，在移动尽头发生爆炸造成一次2400点的伤害，在陨石落点和滚动地面上留下陨石坑。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Meteor Flower gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Since Meteor Flower's targets are randomized, it should not be used as your main attacker, especially with zombies that rush towards your defense quickly, and Vine plants like Pumpkin should be used to defend it if there's a need to place it further on the lawn. However, it compensates its low accuracy with very high damage potential.

Meteor Flower is useful for taking out zombies who release critters such as Chicken Wrangler Zombie and Weasel Hoarder, since Meteor Flower's meteors will kill them and will leave lava tiles to take out the critters. They are also great against zombies that normally deter projectiles, such as Jester Zombies and Excavator Zombies.

In Frostbite Caves, Meteor Flower is Immune to Frost and Warms nearby plants, while being able to defeat Hunter Zombies and Troglobites with ease.

In Jurassic Marsh, as well as its endless zone, Meteor Flower can practically replace Perfume-Shroom, as at the cost of a single Plant Food it can evict all Dinosaurs on the screen.

Hurrikale/Inferno can be a good partner to Meteor Flower because it can bunch up multiple zombies onto a single tile, allowing Meteor Flower's attack to deal damage to the bunched up horde, although Hurrikale's chilling ability is negated by Meteor Flower's incendiary attacks as a concequence.

Like all other fire-based plants, Meteor Flower cannot damage Imp Dragon Zombies, and has trouble targeting fast threats like Newspaper Zombies due to its long delay between salvos.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Meteor Flower	portmanteau of "meteor shower" and "flower".
Simplified Chinese	流星花	"Meteor Flower", pun is not retained
French	Météflore	Meteor Flower, pun is not retained
German	Meteorblume	Meteor Flower, pun is not retained
Italian	Météflore	Meteor Flower, pun is not retained
Brazilian Portuguese	Flor Meteórica	Meteor Flower, pun is not retained
Spanish	Flor meteoro	Meteor Flower, pun is not retained

Trivia

• Unlike other fire plants, Meteor Flower was initially able to damage Imp Dragon Zombie, and defeated zombies did not use the charred animation. This was changed in the 10.1.1 update.
• Meteor Flower and Perfume-shroom are the only plants that can affect and counter Dinosaurs.
• There is a slight visual glitch with Meteor Flower‘s molten tiles. In Pirate Seas, Meteor flower can attack Imp Cannon, but this will cause a molten tile to spawn underneath it, appearing to partially float above the water.
• Meteor Flower's Sun Cost, Recharge and Starting Recharge do not change when upgraded.

References

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