Sweet Potato (Plants vs. Zombies 3)

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Sweet Potato
Blocks Zombies. Pulls nearby zombies from adjacent lanes. Irresistable!
Sun cost	3
Rarity	Epic
Type	Hot
Health	3000
Range	2 tiles
Cooldown	20s
Sweet Potato has never said a bad word about anything. She even left a 5-star review for Dr. Zomboss' failed restaurant, "Cerebell-Yum" that said, "Great place to bring your friends to and destroy. Clean bathrooms, too!"
Plant Food
Irresistable
Pulls & stuns nearby zombies!
Stun Duration	3s
Range	8 tiles
Pulls all zombies towards her from this lane and adjacent lanes, stunning them.
Tacobility
Fatal Attraction
Explodes when destroyed!
Attack Damage	800
Damage Boost	+0%
Explodes when destroyed, damaging all zombies in a 3x3 area.

“

#1 Cause of Zombie Cavities

”

Sweet Potato was an Epic rarity Wall plant in the pre-2021 version of Plants vs. Zombies 3. She attracted nearby zombies to her lane, and prevented them from advancing forward.

About

For more information about this character, see Sweet Potato.

Sweet Potato was a Wall plant unlocked by the player after beating Floor 14 of Devour Tower. Her seed packets were more likely to be dropped in Sunnyfield Farm breakout levels.

She costed 3 sun and her ability allowed her to attract zombies from adjacent lanes into the lane she occupied. She also had a high amount of health, which allowed her to block off zombies from advancing forward on the lawn.

She also had the ability to attract digger zombies, making them surface before they could reach the back of the lawn.

Origins

Sweet Potato was based on the plant from Plants vs. Zombies 2 with the same name and ability, with her lighter pigmentation and peel design stemming from her Plants vs. Zombies Heroes appearance.

Sweet Potato's Tacobility may have been based on Hot Date, a plant from Plants vs. Zombies 2 who acts similarly to Sweet Potato, but explodes when zombies fully consume him.

Her Tacobility's name may have also been a reference to the 1987 film "Fatal Attraction", in which a man cheats on his wife, and realizes he might be in danger when the woman he cheats on her with begins to obsessively stalk him.

Her Tacobility's explosion onomatopoeia was a portmanteau of "adorable" and "blam!".

Almanac entry

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

Sweet Potato
Hot Epic
Wall Sneak-Guard Dirt-Guard Lane Changer
Blocks Zombies. Pulls nearby zombies from adjacent lanes. Irresistable! 3 Health 3,000 Range 2 tiles Cooldown 20 s Effective against:
Sweet Potato has never said a bad word about anything. She even left a 5-star review for Dr. Zomboss' failed restaurant, "Cerebell-Yum" that said, "Great place to bring your friends to and destroy. Clean bathrooms, too!"

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Sweet Potato's Plant Food ability was called Irresistable, in which Sweet Potato attracted all zombies in an 8x3 area in front of her and stunned them for a short period of time.

Tacobility

Sweet Potato's Tacobility was named Fatal Attraction, which made Sweet Potato explode in a 3x3 area around the tile she occupied when she was fully consumed, in a similar manner to Explode-O-Nut or Hot Date.

Update changes

• Unknown update: Sweet Potato's peel color is changed from a magenta to a red.

Strategies

Sweet Potato was a very effective plant for her sun cost, possibly one of the best Wall Plants in the game. While having less health than other Wall plants, Sweet Potato was able to attract zombies from other lanes, making they player able to ultimately control where the zombies go, similarly to Garlic, except with the opposite effect.

Her ability to attract zombies allowed the player to focus their firepower in fewer lanes, allowing for more damage, though zombies will cluster together. The player could also use Sweet Potato to divert zombies from a lane with no plants/plants in danger, or group zombies together and destroy them quickly with a Squash or Cherry Bomb.

She also surprisingly, made an incredibly effective counter to Miner Threats, being able to unearth them in front of her regardless of whether they're in an adjacent lane or not.

Breakout Tips (Quotes)

• "Zombies shift into my precious little lane, so make sure it's preciously overdefended!"
• "Who would want to hurt little ol' me?? Everybody, it turns out."
• "Burrowing Miner Threats can't resist coming out of the ground early when I'm around!" (Miner Threat's tip)

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Sweet Potato
Simplified Chinese	红薯
Traditional Chinese	番薯
Dutch	Zoete aardappel
French	Patate douce
German	Süßkartoffel
Indonesian	Ubi Jalar
Italian	Patata dolce
Japanese	スイートポテト	English name transliterated into Japanese
Korean	고구마
Malaysian	Keledek
Brazilian Portuguese	Batata-Doce
Russian	Батат
Spanish	Boniato
Latin American Spanish	Camote
Neutral Spanish	Boniato
Swedish	Sötpotatis
Thai	สวีตโปเตโต้
Vietnamese	Khoai Lang

Trivia

• Her description and Plant Food name misspelled "Irresistible," as "Irresistable."

See also

• Garlic

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