Rotobaga

For the version in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, see Rotobaga.

Rotobaga
Rotobagas shoot projectiles along the four diagonals, in each direction that has a target.
Statistics
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	10 damage
Range	4 Way
Plant Food Power	14.29%
Family	Appease-mint
Plant Food effect	Shoots multiple huge rotobagas [sic] in four directions.
Statistics (China)
Sun Cost	150
Recharge	5 seconds
Toughness	300 damage
Damage	10 damage
Attack Rate	1.9 seconds
Range	Four Directions
Area	Single Target
Class	Ranged
Quality	Green
Tags	Damage, flying
Plant features	Purple plant, flying plant
In-game statistics
Unlocked	Frostbite Caves - Day 26
Unlocked (China)	Collect 10 Rotobaga Puzzle Pieces Daily rewards Sky City - Day 1 Exchange Store in Battle mode
Costumes
Code name	xshot
Sometimes Rotobaga hears the plants gossiping about each other. "Did you notice so-and-so has been putting on weight?" they might say. Or "I hear that so-and-so is dating so-and-so. Can you believe it?" But Rotobaga isn't the kind of plant to engage in idle gossip. She's not interested in talking about anyone behind their leaves. She does her best to just rise above it.

Rotobaga is a plant appearing in Plants vs. Zombies 2. She is unlocked in the Frostbite Caves in the international version, and in the Sky City in the Chinese version.

Rotobaga hovers above the ground and shoots three tiny rutabagas diagonally at a fire rate identical to Peashooter (once every 1.35-1.5 seconds). Unlike Threepeater and Starfruit, Rotobaga will only send projectiles in directions where there are valid target when firing.

Because of her flying abilities, Rotobaga can also be planted on water tiles in Big Wave Beach without the aid of Lily Pad and on-air tiles in Sky City.

Origins

Rotobaga is based on the rutabaga (Brassica napobrassica), a root vegetable that originated as a cross between the cabbage and the turnip. Her leaves also function as the rotors of a helicopter.

Rotobaga is internally named "xshot" in the files of the games, referring to her firing pattern.

Almanac entry

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

Rotobaga
	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 10 RANGE 4 Way PLANT FOOD POWER 14.29% Appease-mint Plant Food: Shoots multiple huge rotobagas [sic] in four directions. Rotobagas shoot projectiles along the four diagonals, in each direction that has a target. Sometimes Rotobaga hears the plants gossiping about each other. "Did you notice so-and-so has been putting on weight?" they might say. Or "I hear that so-and-so is dating so-and-so. Can you believe it?" But Rotobaga isn't the kind of plant to engage in idle gossip. She's not interested in talking about anyone behind their leaves. She does her best to just rise above it.

Chinese version  (China only)

旋转芜菁可以沿着4个对角线发射子弹，每个方向瞄向一个目标。 范围：四方向发射 植物特征：紫色植物、飞行植物 有时候旋转芜菁会听到其它植物互相八卦。“你注意到没？某某某发胖了。”他们还会说，像这样的话题[sic]“我听说某某某正在和某某某约会，你能相信吗？”但是旋转芜菁不是这种爱八卦的类型。对于在别人背后议论八卦，她更有兴趣事情是尽力超越别人。 In English: Rotobaga can shoot projectiles along the four diagonals, one target for each direction. Range: four directions Plant feature: purple plant, flying plant Sometimes Rotobaga hears the plants gossiping about each other. "Did you notice? So-and-so has been putting on weight," they might also say topics like "I hear that so-and-so is dating so-and-so, can you believe it?" But Rotobaga isn't the kind of plant to engage in idle gossip. Rather than talking about someone behind their leaves, she's more interested in doing her best to rise above them.

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food ability (animated)

Rotobaga fires 15 huge rutabagas in her usual four directions that each deal 70 damage.

Appease-mint effect

When boosted by Appease-mint, each of Rotobaga's rutabagas will do an additional 150 damage.

Costumed  (China only)

When given Plant Food, Rotobaga will now shoot a large number of large pink rutabagas that deal double the damage of her regular effect.

Level upgrades

Level	Seed Packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage* (Normal)	Projectile Velocity	Plant Food Power (Projectile Count**)	Range
1	0	0	150	5 seconds	300 damage	10 damage	Normal	15	4 Way
2	10	1,000	150	5 seconds	350 damage	15 damage		15
3	75	5,000	150	4.5 seconds	400 damage	20 damage	+ 1.3x	20
4	200	10,000	125	4.5 seconds	450 damage	25 damage		20
5	400	20,000	125	4.5 seconds	550 damage	30 damage		25
6	750	30,000	125	4 seconds	600 damage	35 damage		30
7	1,000	40,000	125	4 seconds	650 damage	40 damage	+ 1.6x	30
8	1,250	50,000	125	3.5 seconds	700 damage			35
9	1,500	60,000	100	3.5 seconds	800 damage			40
10	2,000	75,000	100	3 seconds	900 damage			45

*Per projectile
**Per direction

Mastery upgrades

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrades  (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	[[File:{{{plant}}} Upgrade 1.png|x75px]] Heavy Strafing 強力扫射	Rotobaga has a 25% chance to fire bullets that damage twice as much as its attack power. 旋转芜菁有25%的概率发射伤害为自身攻击力2倍的子弹。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Rotobaga gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	[[File:{{{plant}}} Upgrade 2.png|x75px]] Strafe Enhancement 扫射强化	Rotobaga has a 50% chance of firing bullets that damage twice as much as its own attack power. 旋转芜菁有50%的概率发射伤害为自身攻击力2倍的子弹。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Rotobaga gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Rotobaga may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Rotobaga gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Strategies

Rotobaga shares her role in the player's plant arsenal with Starfruit: as a projectile plant that specializes in attacking adjacent lanes rather than in the lane they are placed on. Rotobaga and Starfruit can go hand to hand in usage. Compared to Starfruit, Rotobaga deals more damage and therefore will be able to deal with a larger amount of enemies more easily.

However, Starfruit's firing pattern allows him to attack zombies from a further range, as well as give it an edge in combating Prospector Zombie and enemies deployed by pterodactyls compared to Rotobaga. Regardless, both plants are relatively similar in function and have little difference in terms of usage with the exception of Starfruit's stars having a higher velocity.

Another important feature of Rotobaga is that she can float over water in the Big Wave Beach, allowing her to be deployed without the need of Lily Pad. This makes Rotobaga a decent choice for stalling Fisherman Zombies, though using Infi-nut's Plant Food ability is clearly still a more favorable choice for the task. Rotobaga can also help other plants against Octo Zombies, as her attacking pattern and high damage output allows her to quickly free up plants on any other lane.

Because of her firing pattern, Rotobaga should be planted in a concave formation to maximize her potential. Rotobaga can also be used in conjunction with slider tiles in the Frostbite Caves, or with plants that can divert enemies away from Rotobaga such as Garlic and Sweet Potato - however, it should be remembered that Ice Weasels and Dodo Rider Zombies can still bypass slider tiles, and zombies that can crush or circumvent defense can override Garlic and Sweet Potato with little trouble.

In the Dark Ages, Rotobagas should not be used against Jester Zombies as they can reflect Rotobaga's projectiles and turn them against plants in that zombie's lane, unless one plants Rotobaga behind the Jester Zombie.

Rotobaga should also be kept in mind in Wild West, as her volleys of 3 projectiles and wide lane coverage can be useful against Chicken Wrangler Zombies, and she is also a good choice for being planted on the minecarts. In addition, she can also serve as some damage for Prospector Zombies that manage to get to the back of the lawn.

Rotobaga works well with Primal Peashooter because if a zombie gets out of Rotobaga range, then Primal Peashooter will push it back into her range, allowing her to start attacking it again. However, be careful if Primal Peashooter attacks and pushes the zombie out of the range again.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Rotobaga	portmanteau of "rotor/rotate" and "rutabaga"
Simplified Chinese	旋转芜菁	lit. "Rotating Rutabaga". "芜菁" is the abbreviation of "芜菁甘蓝".
French	Rotobaga	same as English, wordplay is retained
German	Rotorübe
Italian	Rotorabaga
Brazilian Portuguese	Nabolhadora	Portmanteau of nabo and metralhadora
Spanish	Rotinabo	Portmanteau of rotar and colinabo

Trivia

• She is one of the only flying plants present in the international version, along with Ghost Pepper, Caulipower and Solar Sage. This allows them to hover over water tiles in Big Wave Beach.
  • However, they can't be placed over plankless slots in Pirate Seas.
• Her leaves do not go over her seed packet in the Chinese version.
• Sometimes when Plant Food is used on her, she makes the same noise Starfruit makes when Plant Food is used on him.
• Jester Zombie could deflect her projectiles forward, but the projectiles would be facing downwards. This was fixed in an update.
• In the Chinese version, she was a monthly special plant, but she is now a Sky City plant. This makes her the first monthly special plant to be available normally later on.
  • Ironically, while she is the last plant obtained in Frostbite Caves in the international version, she is the first plant obtained in Sky City map in the Chinese version.
• In some cases on Frostbite Caves - Day 30, when the player plants her on certain tiles, she may shoot in a wrong direction instead of hitting Zombot Tuskmaster 10,000 BC's ice barriers.
• As of the 5.9 update, Rotobaga's Plant Food effect was bugged. She dealt insane amounts of damage, enough to take out a Zombot's health by 2 phases. It was fixed in the 6.0 update
• She is the first international plant to be featured in a China-exclusive world, which is Sky City, with the second being Gold Bloom in Steam Age.

See also

• Starfruit
• Threepeater

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