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Pyre Vine
Pyre Vines can be planted on top of other plants to provide protection from cold plus an additional close range flame attack.
Statistics
Sun Cost	125
Recharge	10 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	30 damage
Flame Length	2 tiles
Warming Radius	3x3
Family	Pepper-mint
Plant Food effect	Lights the entire column [sic] on fire, dealing massive damage to every zombie.
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	300
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	20 damage
Range	2 Tiles to the Right
Class	Vanguard
Quality	Orange
Tags	Fire, vine, support
Plant features	Red plant
In-game statistics
Other weakness	(immune to fire)
Unlocked	100 seed packets
Unlocked (China)	Collect 10 Pyre Vine Puzzle Pieces
Costumes (China)
Pyre Vine considers his holdings, his fortune, his vast hoard of wealth. He feels it should please him, and yet nevertheless he is anxious and fearful.

“	Plant Pyre Vines on other plants for warming against cold and a fiery offensive boost!	”
—Penny

Pyre Vine is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, that was first introduced in the 7.6.1 update. He is a seasonal plant and also featured in Pyre Vine's Searing Season.

Pyre Vine is immune to frost and warms nearby plants every 1.5 seconds. He also has a short-ranged incendiary area attack that covers two tiles ahead.

Origins

Flamevine

The exact vine Pyre Vine is based on is never explicitly stated, however, it could be inspired by the flamevine (Pyrostegia venusta), a species of vine in the pyrostegia genus that is native to South America. The word "flame" in the plant's name relates to the word "Pyre" in Pyre Vine's as well as his fiery powers and abilities.

Pyre Vine's name and appearance is also is based on a pyre, a structure (typically consisting of wood) that is meant to be burnt as part of a funeral or ritual. Additionally, he also bears a resemblance to the female anglerfish, a bony fish in the order Lophiiformes named for her characteristic mode of predation with a fleshy growth from her head that acts as a lure towards other fish (despite being male).

Almanac entry

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

Pyre Vine
	SUN COST 125 RECHARGE 10 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 30 FLAME LENGTH 2 Special Warming Radius Pepper-mint Plant Food: Lights the entire column [sic] on fire, dealing massive damage to every zombie. Pyre Vines can be planted on top of other plants to provide protection from cold plus an additional close range flame attack. Pyre Vine considers his holdings, his fortune, his vast hoard of wealth. He feels it should please him, and yet nevertheless he is anxious and fearful.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When fed with Plant Food, Pyre Vine will set the whole lane on fire, dealing 1800 damage to all zombies in the lane, in a similar fashion to that of the Fire Peashooter, but also with the ability to attack zombies behind. Any plant on him will also activate its own Plant Food effect.

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Pepper-mint effect

When boosted by Pepper-mint, Pyre Vine's short-range flame attack damage is increased by 260 damage, will always reach ten tiles, and he can take an additional 600 damage. His Plant Food damage is increased by 4800 damage, he will also warm plants in a larger area as at level 10 and the damage he deals to ice is increased to 500 damage.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Mediocre)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Normal)		Flame Length (Tiles)	Special (Warming Radius)	Special (Warming Damage)
						Flame*	Plant Food
1	0	0	125	10 seconds	300 damage	30 damage	1800 damage	2	Normal	200 damage
2	50			9 seconds	330 damage	50 damage	1900 damage	2		300 damage
3	100		100	9 seconds	360 damage	60 damage	2000 damage	3
4	200			8 seconds	390 damage	70 damage	2050 damage	3
5	300			8 seconds	420 damage	80 damage		3		400 damage
6	400		75	7 seconds	450 damage	90 damage	2100 damage	4
7	500			7 seconds	480 damage	100 damage		4		500 damage
8	600			6 seconds	510 damage	110 damage	2200 damage	4
9	800		50	6 seconds	540 damage	120 damage	2300 damage	5	+ 1.7x
10	1,000			5 seconds	600 damage	130 damage	2400 damage	5	+ 2.3x

*Per second.

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrades (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	File:Pyre Vine Upgrade 1.png Flame Rising 火焰升腾	When a fire plant is planted inside Pyre Vine, the plant will gain a 15% increase in a attack damage. Pyre Vine's attack range is increased by 1 tile. 当柴堆藤蔓上种植的是火焰类植物时，使该植物获得15%的攻击力加成。柴堆藤蔓攻击范围增加1格。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Pyre Vine gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	File:Pyre Vine Upgrade 2.png Flame Strengthening 火焰强化	When a fire plant is planted inside Pyre Vine, the plant will gain a 30% increase in a attack damage. Pyre Vine's attack range is further increased by 1 tile. 柴堆藤蔓上方的火焰类植物获得30%的攻击力加成。柴堆藤蔓的攻击范围再次增加1格。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Pyre Vine gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Pyre Vine may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Pyre Vine gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	File:Pyre Vine Upgrade 3.png Soaring Flames 冲天地焰	When Pyre Vine deals damage, there's a chance to emit a series of ground flames, dealing additional damage and knocking zombies back a short distance. 柴堆藤蔓造成伤害时，有概率喷出地焰，对僵尸造成额外伤害，并击飞1段距离
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Pyre Vine gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Although Pyre Vine may appear weak upon first glance, as his damage output may seem lackluster, don't let his appearance fool you - Pyre Vine can be a strikingly effective support plant, even better than Blastberry Vine in some cases. This is for two reasons. Firstly, Pyre Vine has slightly more health than Blastberry Vine, allowing him to withstand slightly more damage than Blastberry Vine, although neither should be used as defensive plants.

Secondly, Pyre Vine is exceptionally better at dealing with zombies from a close range, allowing him to synergize a lot better with melee plants compared to Blastberry Vine, but Blastberry Vine works far better with long ranged plants. Although Pyre Vine's damage looks weak, one Pyre Vine can actually solo an infinite amount of basic zombies, and later in the game, Pyre Vine can provide excellent damage support to melee plants such as Bonk Choy, Wasabi Whip, Parsnip, Blockoli, Headbutter Lettuce, and especially Pokra, whose slowing effect doesn't interfere with Pyre Vine's flames.

Pyre Vine is best used towards the front of the lawn, where full use can be made of his damage. Although pairing it with close-range plants is a great idea, you can also pair Pyre Vine with defensive plants, particularly Endurian and Holly Barrier (as well as Torchwood, although he's not strictly defensive), as they'll continue to do damage to nearby zombies even if Pyre Vine is planted on them. Pyre Vine can also be planted on a fully grown Kiwibeast to help protect it.

In addition to that, Pyre Vine is excellent in Frostbite Caves, even in the Endless Zones. Not only does Pyre Vine heat plants around it - and at an accelerated rate compared to all other heating plants - it gives any plant that it's planted on an immunity to frost, making it extremely useful in that world. Pyre Vine is also adept at handling ice blocks so long as there aren't multiple Troglobites in one lane. Pyre Vine's fast heating and constant damage can quickly take down ice blocks and can usually deal with the zombies inside as well, so long as they don't have an exceedingly high amount of health.

Compared to Blastberry Vine, Pyre Vine doesn't work well if you plant him in the back due to his short-range, although he does works great as a defrosting plant in that case. It also has no impact on his Plant Food ability, as it allows him to hit everything in a single lane anyway.

Pyre Vine becomes much stronger when powered up by Pepper-mint. Not only does he get a substantial damage boost, but his range is increased to 5 tiles, making Pyre Vine an incredibly destructive force in Pepper-mint based strategies or if leveled.

Although Pyre Vine doesn't synergize well with chilling plants such as Winter Melon, it can still be used in combination with them thanks to Pyre Vine's low range, and good damage allowing for him to help clean up weakened zombies. Plants not using an ice-based slow effect, such as Sap-fling, Goo Peashooter, and Pokra, will generally work better.

Pyre Vine's big weakness is that he needs support to function well, including the support of other early game plants. A Level 1 Pyre Vine fails to kill even Conehead Zombies without assistance, meaning that some support is needed in order to help Pyre Vine deal with zombies. Pyre Vine is also mediocre as a protector, as his health isn't particularly high. Thus, Pyre Vine requires offensive support so that he can make good use of its close-range damage. Putting Pyre Vine in the range of zombies that can’t move is helpful, as it can keep attacking the zombie without the risk being eaten. Zombies that fit the category include: Imp Cannon, Zombie King, Fisherman Zombie, Zcorpion Zombie, and Zombot Tuskmaster 10, 000 BC. Placing him in front of obstacles such as tombstones is also effective, as they won't block Pyre Vine's fire attack.

Related achievement

	So Thawful Thaw 13 ice blocks in a single level

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Pyre Vine
Simplified Chinese	柴堆藤蔓	lit. "Woodpile Vine"
French	Vignescence	"Oil-vine"
German	Scheiter-Ranke
Italian	Rampicante focoso
Brazilian Portuguese	Trepardente
Spanish	Enredadera candelera

Trivia

• Like Blastberry Vine, he used to be able to be planted on an Imitater that was about to transform into another Pyre Vine, which would result in two copies of him on the same tile.
  • This was fixed in the 7.7.2 update.
• Glitter Zombie can kill Power Mints on Pyre Vines. This is a glitch.
• In A.K.E.E.'s Tournament, there is one frozen Pyre Vine on the lawn, which is ironic as Pyre Vine is immune to freeze effects.
  • This is also happen with Jack O' Lantern during Jack O' Lantern's Tournament.

See also

• Blastberry Vine
• Pumpkin
• Jack O' Lantern

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