Spikeweed Sector

For other uses, see Spikeweed (disambiguation).

Spikeweed Sector
Statistics
Strength	-
Health	-
Cost	2
Set	Galactic
Rarity	Uncommon
Class
Tribe	Root Environment
Abilities	Before combat here: Do 2 damage to a Zombie here.
Quite similar to the region known as Pokey Province.

Spikeweed Sector is a galactic uncommon plant environment card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Guardian class.

It costs 2 to play, and its ability does 2 damage to any zombie in it before the initial combat. This ability persists until Spikeweed Sector is removed from the field. Its closest zombie counterpart is Trapper Territory.

Origins

It is based on the plant from Plants vs. Zombies with a similar name and appearance, with its appearance more resembling its Plants vs. Zombies 2 counterpart. 

Its ability is a reference to how Spikeweeds hurt any zombies that step on them in Plants vs. Zombies and Plants vs. Zombies 2.

Its name is a combination of "Spikeweed," the Plants vs. Zombies plant it is based on, and "sector," referring to the fact that it is an environment.

Statistics

• Class: Guardian
• Tribe: Root Environment
• Ability: Before combat here: Do 2 damage to a Zombie here.
• Set - Rarity: Galactic - Uncommon

Card description

Quite similar to the region known as Pokey Province.

Strategies

With

This is a very useful environment as it can add damage on top of the plants' attacks here, helping you taking out tougher threats. What is even better about this is that its ability activates before combat and even the Overshoot trait, which means it can clear a path to your opponent for your plants to attack without them being scathed. Spikeweed Sector is especially good at countering the Crazy and Sneaky class, since most of the zombies there have low health.

Spikeweed Sector also works well with Anti-Hero and Bullseye plants (including Plantern), as it will clear the way for said traits to activate. The same goes with Invasive Species, except it has better stats but does not have any traits.

Against

Try to refrain from playing zombies in Spikeweed Sector. This will only hurt them, and possibly destroy them if they have 2 health or less, which allows other plants to hurt you. Exceptions are zombies who benefit by either having a certain tribe of zombie or themselves hurt, such as Newspaper Zombie, Jester, Imp-Throwing Imp, Zombie Middle Manager (including other professional zombies on the field), Gargantuar-Throwing Gargantuar, Hover-Goat 3000, Gargantuar-Throwing Imp, Gas Giant and Barrel of Deadbeards.

Knight of the Living Dead is another special exception, as he is the only zombie to naturally not take harm in this environment. Finally, as any Hearty hero, you play health boosting cards like Rock Wall, Possessed and Healthy Treat, shielding cards like Escape through Time, or zombies with "Can't be hurt" abilities like Trash Can Zombie, Zombie Coach, Screen Door Zombie and Zombot Battlecruiser 5000. The latter 2 apply if their health is 2 or below.

Beastly heroes can also do the same thing with Galvanize, Yeti Lunchbox, Loudmouth, Hover-Goat 3000, Vitamin Z and Maniacal Laugh while Sneaky heroes have access to Smoke Bomb to move that zombie out of the environment. Carried Away is also a solution, but only restricted to Super Brainz unless you get lucky with Thinking Cap or Quasar Wizard. Do not use Kangaroo Rider there, as it will immediately swoop the way for plants in Spikeweed Sector to hit the zombie hero.

To deal with plants in such lanes, aim at playing tricks instead. Like any environment, you can also play an environment of your own to get rid of Spikeweed Sector.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Spikeweed Sector
Simplified Chinese	地刺防区
Traditional Chinese	荊棘草區塊
Spanish	Sector Pinchohierba

Trivia

Spikeweed Sector's "third eye"

• There is a visual glitch where one of the Spikeweeds' eyes are green like the rest of its body instead of yellow, or lack pupils. Sometimes, they are missing spikes.
• Sometimes, if the player looks at its statistics closely, its card image is shown underneath the Spikeweed, more prominently its eye. This is dubbed as its "third eye".
• This and The Red Plant-It is the only root environments.
• This is also cheapest environment in the Guardian class.

See Also

• Trapper Territory
• Hot Lava

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