User blog:Sapfling/Categorization: PvZ3 plants

This list IS NOT OFFICIAL, as it contains my changes.

I want to strict each plant down to its basics in order for me to better understand how this system works and apply it to my own projects.

Rules

• Each trait must apply to at least 2 characters throughout franchise (except for Imitater)
• Medium is 3 traits per character.
• No plant must have more than 5 traits.

Support -> Healer/Booster

Traits

Category	Description
Area Effect	This plant's attacks affect all zombies in an area.
Booster	This plant powers up other plants.
Breaker	This plant is especially good at destroying obstacles.
Chain Shot	This plant's attacks can chain across multiple zombies.
Ground	Most zombies walk right over this plant without attacking it. Minesweeper zombies can attack it.
Grower	This plant becomes more powerful under certain circumstances.
Healer	This plant heals other plants.
Heavy Hitter	This plant does heavy damage.
Instant-kill	This plant can kill most zombies in one hit.
Knockback	This plant can push zombies backwards.
Lane Changer	This plant can shift zombies to different lanes.
Lobber	This plant fires in an arc, attacking over obstacles.
Legendary	You can only have one copy of this powerful, unique plant on the lawn at a time.
Limited	This plant has limited time of uses or lifespan.
Melee	This plant punches or bites at very close range.
Multi-Direction	This plant attacks in multiple directions or lanes.
Piercing	This plant's attacks can pierce through multiple zombies.
Recharge	This plant spends time charging up before attacking.
Rear-Guard	This plant can attack to the left. This is especially good against Backbiter zombies.
Retaliation	This plant uses its effect on being attacked, eaten or destroyed.
Shooter	This plant fires in a straight line.
Short Range	This plant does ranged attacks at close range.
Shrapnel	This plant's shots split into multiple fragments when they hit.
Slow Fire	This plant attacks slowly.
Slowdown	This plant can slow down zombies' movement and attack speed.
Spawner	This plant creates other plants.
Stun	This plant can briefly stun or freeze zombies in place.
Trap	This plant does its ability when a zombie gets very close.
Tree	This tree sits on multiple tiles, and is immune to being moved or stolen by zombies. Being extra-tall, it makes flying zombies stop to attack!
Wall	This plant has a lot of health. It is good at blocking zombies.

Plants

Plant	Description	Traits
Peashooter	Shoots peas straight down the lane	Shooter
Wall-Nut	Blocks zombies, absorbing lots of attacks with his hard shell	Wall
Bonk Choy	Rapidly punches zombies ahead and behind	Melee Rear-Guard
Bamboo Shoots	Shoots slowly, dealing heavy damage	Shooter Heavy Hitter Slow Fire
Flak Seed	Lobs seeds that explode in to fragments, prioritizing fliers as her targets Lobs 3 seed at a time at flying zombies, but only 1 seed otherwise	Lobber Shrapnel
Cabbage-Pult	Lobs cabbages, hitting flying and non-flying zombies	Lobber
Pine Needler	Flings pine needles that pierce through multiple zombies	Shooter Piercing
Kernel-Pult	Lobs corn kernels, with a chance to lob butter that stuns zombies	Lobber Stun
Snapdragon	Breathes waves of short-range fire, three lanes wide	Multi-Direction Piercing Short Range
Buttercup	Retaliates against zombie melee attacks by buttering her attackers, stunning them	Retaliation Stun
Blockbuster	Lashes out with vines Prioritizes hitting Obstacles, doing extra Shatter damage to them	Breaker Rear-Guard Multi-Direction
Starfruit	Shoots stars in five directions, including backwards	Shooter Multi-Direction Rear-Guard
Spikeweed	Hurts all zombies that walk over it	Ground Area Effect
Squash	Smashes the first zombie that gets close to him, along with any other zombies in the same tile, then disappears	Trap Area Effect Instant-kill
Dogwood	Slows zombies in his lanes by barking at them	Slowdown Tree
Lightning Reed	Shoots chain lightning at zombies in this and adjacent lanes	Chain Shot Multi-Direction
Lemon-Aid	Gives a flat damage-per-attack bonus to all 8 surrounding plants	Booster
Shuffle Truffle	Bounces a zombie back into an adjacent lane, then has to recharge	Recharge Lane Changer Knockback Area Effect
Sweet Potato	Blocks Zombies Pulls nearby zombies from adjacent lanes	Wall Lane Changer
Potato Mine	Explodes when zombies reach it Takes time to arm and can't be attacked while arming	Trap Area Effect Instant-kill Recharge
Ragweed	Sneezes on nearby zombies to damage them, with a chance to push them back	Area Effect Short Range Knockback
Butternut Squash	Smashes the first zombie that gets close to it, plus other zombies in that same tile Also butters surrounding zombies	Trap Area Effect Instant-kill Stun
Caramel Popcorn	Lobs popcorn and caramel blobs that stick to the ground, slowing zombies	Lobber Area Effect Slowdown
Gravitree	Launches orbiting apples that damage nearby zombies	Tree Short Range ?
Puff-Shroom	Spits short-range puffs of gas Has a limited life span	Shooter Short Range Limited
Night Cap	Throws balls of shadow energy that pierce multiple zombies	Shooter Piercing Heavy Hitter Slow Fire
Fairy Ring Mushroom	Damages zombies in a 3x3 area around her Makes free Puff-Shrooms when she defeats zombies	Area Effect Heavy Hitter Spawner Legendary
Melon-Pult	Lobs melons that explode for heavy damage in a 3x3 area	Lobber Heavy Hitter Shrapnel
Sawgrass	Saws zombies on its tile for heavy damage, then has to recharge	Ground Heavy Hitter Recharge Area Effect
Aloe Vera	Steadily heals all 8 surrounding plants	Healer
Chomper	Swallows zombies whole, then chews them	Melee Instant-kill Recharge
Snow Pea	Slows zombies with frozen peas	Shooter Slowdown
Pushywillow	Pushes back all zombies in her lane back when a zombie reaches her	Trap Area Effect Knockback
Chard Guard	Bounces back zombies that get too close, using three leaf charges. Blocks with a durable stem	Wall Knockback Limited Area Effect
Gloom-Shroom	Rapidly fires puffs of gas at zombies in all adjacent tiles	Rear-Guard Multi-Direction Short Range
Kalestorm	Rapidly lobs hailstones that damage and slow the first 4 zombies in her lane and adjacent lanes	Lobber Piercing Slowdown Legendary
Garlic	Pushes zombies attacking Garlic to adjacent lanes	Lane Changer Retaliation
Fire Peashooter	Fires flaming peas down her lane, which damage other zombies in the same tile as her target	Shooter Area Effect
Hydrangea	Bites zombies at close range When Hydrangea takes damage, she grows another head, increasing her attack speed	Melee Retaliation Grower