Rhubarbarian

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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 Rhubarbarian.

Rhubarbarian
Rhubarbarian wildly pummels, stuns and punches zombies off the lawn, inflicting heavy damage for a limited time.
Statistics
Sun Cost	100
Recharge	20 seconds
Damage	50 damage
Stun	5 seconds
Duration	16 seconds
Usage	Single, Instant
Family	Enforce-mint
Special	Somersaults forward if runs out of stuff to punch
In-game statistics
Unlocked	250 seed packets
Costumes
Code name	rhubarbarian
"My drive to punch things? Inescapable!" exults Rhubarbarian. "That tree over there? PUNCH IT! That mailbox? SPLINTERS! Your coffee club punch card? LET ME AT THAT THING!"

“	Plant Rhubarbarian to pummel, stun and punch attacking zombies off the lawn.	”
—Penny

Rhubarbarian is a melee plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2 introduced in the 9.7.1 update for the Rhubarbarian's Savage Arena season. When planted, Rhubarbarian falls from the sky and causes an earthquake, damaging and stunning zombies in a 3x3 area. Then it attacks nearby zombies, dealing heavy damage, stunning the zombies and even punching them off the lawn entirely. When Rhubarbarian runs out of things to attack, it somersaults forward to attack further targets, with a detection range of 4.5 tiles.

Origins

Rhubarbarian is based on the rhubarb (Rhenum hybridum), a plant with fleshy edible stalks in the knotweed family Polygonaceae. It is a pun between "rhubarb" and "barbarian" used to denote a person in ancient times a member of a community or tribe not belonging to one of the great civilizations or an uncultured or brutish person.

Almanac entry

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

Rhubarbarian
	SUN COST 100 RECHARGE 20 DAMAGE 50 Special Stun DURATION 16 Usage Single, Instant Enforce-mint Plant Food: No Plant Food effect. Rhubarbarian wildly pummels, stuns and punches zombies off the lawn, inflicting heavy damage for a limited time. "My drive to punch things? Inescapable!" exults Rhubarbarian. "That tree over there? PUNCH IT! That mailbox? SPLINTERS! Your coffee club punch card? LET ME AT THAT THING!"

Upgrades

Enforce-mint effect

When boosted by Enforce-mint, Rhubarbarian will deal an additional 560 damage with its initial attacks, and an additional 200 damage with its punch attacks.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge	Starting Recharge	Toughness	Damage		Duration	Special (Stun)			Timer Pause*
							Planted	Punches		Planted	Leap	Punches
1	0	0	100	20 seconds	10 seconds	900 damage	190 damage	50 damage	16 seconds	5 seconds	3 seconds	0.75 seconds	0.5 seconds
2	50						220 damage	65 damage		5.5 seconds		1 seconds	0.6 seconds
3	100						250 damage	80 damage	17 seconds		3.5 seconds	1.25 seconds
4	200						280 damage	95 damage		6 seconds		1.5 seconds	0.7 seconds
5	300						310 damage	110 damage	18 seconds		4 seconds	1.75 seconds
6	400						340 damage	125 damage		6.5 seconds		2 seconds	0.8 seconds
7	500						380 damage	140 damage	19 seconds		4.5 seconds	2.25 seconds
8	600						440 damage	160 damage		7 seconds		2.5 seconds	0.9 seconds
9	800						500 damage	180 damage	20 seconds		5 seconds	2.75 seconds
10	1,000						560 damage	200 damage		7.5 seconds		3 seconds	1 seconds

*By dispatching or flicking zombies, its duration on the lawn can be extended a tiny bit.

Mastery upgrade

• Damage Pierce

Strategies

Rhubarbarian is a time-effective melee plant. Although it is a melee plant, it is more flexible, in other words, it has more output opportunities than other melee plants because of its ability to roll forward. Its attack is very powerful, stunning zombies and even punching them off the lawn (killing them instantly). This means that zombies with high health can be easily solved. At the same time, as its punching attack ignores the zombies' level, it performs very well in the more difficult levels of Penny's Pursuit. Even if a zombie, such as a Gargantuar, is unable to be killed instantly, it can be extremely damaged. Rhubarbarian can deal a total of 1790 damage (including the damage caused by its planting) within a 16-second survival time. This damage will be increased to 51360 after being upgraded and strengthened by Enforce-mint. One of the weaknesses of Rhubarbarian is its slow recharge time. You can try to use an imitater, or Plant Food to drag it to the slot to immediately cooldown Rhubarbarian.

Rhubarbarian is not suitable for some levels, such as Big Wave Beach or Pirate Seas, because it cannot jump into the water, which limits its attack ability. Meanwhile, it cannot jump to the grid occupied by plants or obstacles. Because of its great damage, it is also a good hand at clearing obstacles. Rhubarbarian can also be combined with Escape Root and Sweet Potato/Garlic/Hot Date. Escape Root can bring Rhubarbarian to other rows to solve the zombie crisis of multiple rows, while Sweet Potato/Garlic/Hot Date can gather zombies in the same row to facilitate the increase of the number of zombies that Rhubarbarian can solve at one time. As a instant-use plant, Rhubarbarian cannot be dug up. It is invincible when leaping or attacking zombies, and is immune to any form of damage this moment. Rhubarbarian can slightly prolong its lifespan (or temporarily stop the loss of its lifespan) every time it tosses zombies off.

In general, Rhubarbarian has rich functions and novel mechanisms. In many cases, it is an excellent plant. It can even be compared to a Lawn Mower.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Rhubarbarian
Simplified Chinese	蛮族大黄	lit. "Barbarian Rhubarb"
French	Rhubarbare
German	Rhabarbar
Italian	Ra-barbaro
Brazilian Portuguese	Ruibárbaro
Russian	Дикаревень	lit. "Wild Rhubarb"
Spanish	Ruibárbaro

Trivia

• Rhubarbarians have the same stun effect (a halo that surrounds the zombie's head) as Blockoli's.
• Rhubabarian reuses the same spinning animation of Tumbleweed.
• When he appears on the lawn, an electrical guitar riff can be heard.
• Despite not having a Plant Food ability, it has an animation for being watered in the Zen Garden. The animation can be seen when it is ready to level up.
  • It, Puffball, Ice Bloom, Heath Seeker, and Teleportato Mine are the only instant use plants released after Far Future to have this distinction.

See also

• Rhubarbarian (Chinese version)
• Parsnip

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