Sting Bean

For other usages of beans, see bean.

Sting Bean
Statistics
Cost	1
Strength	1
Health	2
Set	Basic
Rarity	Common
Class
Tribes	Bean Pea Plant
Traits	Amphibious Bullseye
Abilities	None
"I try to warn them, 'This is going to sting.' But the Zombies, they never listen."
Craft	Uncraftable
Recycle	Unrecyclable
Technical Info
Tags	None

Sting Bean is a basic common plant card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Guardian class. She costs 1 to play and has 1/2. She has the Amphibious and Bullseye traits and does not have any abilities.

Origins

She is based on the green bean, also known as the string bean, an unripe fruit and the protective pod of various cultivars of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).

Her name is a portmanteau of "sting," referring to the fact that she attacks zombies, and "string bean," the plant she is based on.

Her original description references the fact that she has the Bullseye trait, which was originally named Truestrike, while her new description references her name.

Statistics

• Class: Guardian
• Tribes: Bean Pea Plant
• Traits: Amphibious, Bullseye
• Abilities: None
• Set - Rarity: Basic - Common

Card description

"I try to warn them, 'This is going to sting.' But the Zombies, they never listen."

Update history

Update 1.4.14

• Description change: Was originally Her aim is true. Ask any enemy Hero.

Strategies

With

Sting Bean is no doubt a good early-game plant, and should not be underestimated for both sides. Even though she has low stats (still decent for a 1-sun plant, though), her Amphibious trait grants her safety from most zombies, while her Bullseye trait allows her to whittle down on your opponent's health reliably. If you give her a boost, Sting Bean can potentially be a big threat to the enemy. While boosting her strength may be hard for some heroes, every Guardian hero has access to good health-boosting cards like Photosynthesizer and Steel Magnolia, making her harder to destroy. In case of emergency, Bubble Up or Gardening Gloves can move her.

When playing as Grass Knuckles, you can play boosting cards like Fertilize and Plant Food to turn her into a big threat easily. Sting Bean can also be used in a pea deck due to being a pea plant; using her with Torchwood allows her to do 3 damage per attack with Bullseye as early as turn 2, and with The Podfather, you can increase her base stats to 3/4. However, keep in mind that you will not be able to play Sting Bean on the aquatic lane if you use her with the former.

Citron and Beta-Carrotina can use her in a bean deck with Bean Counter and Admiral Navy Bean, where she can be spammed and activate their abilities many times. She can also be boosted by Navy Bean due to her Amphibious trait.

Sting Bean is also a good plant for Evolution. While Puff-Shroom and Lil' Buddy are the cheapest base plants for Evolution, Sting Bean only costs 1 sun and has the Amphibious trait, meaning you can surprise your opponent by playing a powerful Evolution plant like Gatling Pea or Bamboozle on the aquatic lane, and boost it a lot without much interference if their aquatic defenses are poor, both without causing much disruption on your sun management. While she can't be used to Evolve some cards, all their abilities are better off activated outside the rightmost (aquatic) lane. But if you are playing as Citron or Beta-Carrotina, Admiral Navy Bean is a better choice due to its additional Team-Up trait.

Against

It is best to take Sting Bean down before she gets stronger; even if she does not, leaving a plant with Bullseye alive is not a very good idea. Good, cheap counters to Sting Bean are Rolling Stone, Bungee Plumber, and Nibble. (Nibble cannot destroy Sting Bean, but it does reduce her strength to 0.) But even if you do that, your opponent can play Team-Up or Evolution plants, or reboost her, so do not ignore her lane completely. Later in the game, The Chickening could also be a viable option, as it also damages other plants in the process.

Alternatively, certain zombies like Sumo Wrestler and Snorkel Zombie can help deal with her.

Gallery

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  Sting Bean's statistics

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  Sting Bean's card

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  Sting Bean's grayed out card

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  Sting Bean's card image

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  HD Sting Bean

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  Sting Bean's sprites

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  Sting Bean attacking

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  Sting Bean destroyed

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  Sting Bean frozen

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  Sting Bean healed

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  Sting Bean shrunken by Shrink Ray

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  Sting Bean shielded

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  Sting Bean with a star icon on her strength

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  Sting Bean with 1/2 due to Pecanolith's ability

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  Sting Bean tinted gray due to a glitch

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  Gigantic Sting Bean due to a glitch

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  Gardening Gloves being played on Sting Bean

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  Time to Shine being played on Sting Bean

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  Sting Bean as the profile picture for a Rank 20 player

Old

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  Sting Bean's statistics

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  Sting Bean as the profile picture for a Rank 20 player

In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Sting Bean
Simplified Chinese	叮刺豆
Traditional Chinese	叮刺豆子
Spanish	Vaina punzante	lit. "Sting Pea Pod"

Trivia

• If the player looks at her statistics closely, the player can see that her left eyebrow is missing.
• She is the only Bullseye pea/bean plant in the game.
  • She is also the only Amphibious fighter with the Bullseye trait.

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Superpowers	Flick-a-Zombie · Inspire · Rejuvenate
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