Plants vs Zombies 2 - Penny's Pursuit - Seedium Showcase - Explode-o-Vine - April 2024

Explode-o-Vine - was offered between April 13, 2024 through April 20, 2024.

Explode-o-Vine is a member of the Pepper-Mint family.
Explode-o-Vine costs 150 Sun. (-25 Sun at levels 2, 3, 7 and 10.)
Explode-o-Vine does 900 damage when planted. (+25 damage per level. +25 additional damage on levels 3, 9 and 10.)
Explode-o-Vine does 1,800 damage when eaten. (+50 damage per level. +50 additional damage on levels 8, 9 and 10.)
Explode-o-Vine's explosion knocks back all zombies 1.5 tiles. (+5% distance per level.)

Commentary:
Many plants just do one thing. Some plants do multiple things. Getting one strong effect makes a plant worth considering. When a plant does two (2) things well - it is worthy of being on the list of best plants in the game. That's what we have here. For the cost of a Cherry Bomb, Explode-o-Vine gives you half of a Cherry Bomb's damage now and a full Cherry Bomb damage when eaten. In addition, the knockback effect is strong enough to give the player time to recover. This is also a great plant to utilize on those levels where one must protect endangered plants. Vines must be eaten first so Explode-o-Vine will literally give his life to protect the endangered plant.

Bottom Line:
We will not sugar-coat this: GET THIS PLANT!

Level 1 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 2 of 2
Survive for 3 minutes.
Chosen Perk is Sun Perk. Extra Sun drops from the Sky.
Score more than 10,000,000 / 15,000,000 / 20,000,000
Protect the endangered plant: not offered / Ultomato on column 4's rail-car
Starting Sun = 700 / 500 / 250

Level 2 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 2 of 2
Survive for 3 minutes.
Chosen Perk is Sun Perk. Extra Sun drops from the Sky.
Protect the endangered plant: 6 plants
Defeat Cardio Zombie not offered / 2 / 2 times.

Level 3 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive the zombie attack.
Chosen Perk is Shrink Zombies
Survive and protect the endangered plants - Zoybean Pod on R3C3 / R3C4 / R3C6
Electrify zombies not offered / not offered / 100 times.

Level 4 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive for 3 minutes.
Chosen Perk is Knock back.
Score more than 4,500,000 / 5,500,000 / 10,000,000
Defeat not offered /200 / 250 zombies in not offered / 180 / 180 seconds .

Level 5 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive the zombie attack - Last Stand style.
Chosen Perk is Float Away zombies.
There are precious flowers on the lawn which can not be trampled - 2 & 3 / 3 & 4 / 4 & 5
Never have more than not offered / 15 / 15 plants

+Timestamps
00:00 Level 1 - Difficulty 3
01:56 Level 2 - Difficulty 3
04:09 Level 3 - Difficulty 3
06:42 Level 4 - Difficulty 3
08:53 Level 5 - Difficulty 3