Plants vs Zombies 2 - Penny's Pursuit - Seedium Showcase - Blockoli - May/June 2024

Plant of the Week - Blockoli - was offered between May 26, 2024 through June 2, 2024.

Blockoli is a member of the Reinforce-Mint family.
Blockoli costs 75 Sun. (-25 Sun at levels 5 and 10.)
Blockoli heals 400 hit points to the plant on its immediate right. (+50 healing per level except levels 4 and 8.)
Blockoli can heal every six (6) seconds. (-1 second on levels 4 and 8.)
When given plant food, Blockoli heals all plants in a 3x3 area around it.
This effect happens every time Reinforce-Mint is planted.

Commentary:
While the obvious use case would be for plants like Wall-nut or Tall-nut, Endurian would be a nice plant as it damages zombies who eat it. Same with a powered up Murkadamian Nut. Chard Guard would be nice allowing for quicker regeneration of the leaves. Pumpkins would also be a nice plant as it would allow for some melee plants like Bonk Choy or Snapdragon to be better protected while being on the front lines.

Bottom Line:
Blockoli's 75 + Pumpkin's 150 = 225 Sun * 5 = 1,125 Sun which is quite a lot to spend on defense. Blockoli + Wall-nut = 125 which is not a bad block. Although Tall-nut costs the same and has many more hit points, blocks fliers and saves a column.

We do not “hate” Blockoli. It's not a bad plant. We just find the use case quite limited. (Survive for X minutes.) The game also requires the player to eliminate the zombies and Sun spent on defensive plants is Sun that is not spent on offensive plants.

Level 1 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2.
Survive the zombie attack - Last Stand Style.
Chosen Perk is Sun Break. Sun drops from sky.
Survive and protect the endangered plants - Chard Guards on column 2
Stun zombies not offered / 30 / 30 times.

Level 2 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 0 of 2
Survive for three (3) minutes - Last Stand Style.
Chosen Perk is Zom-B-Gone - no ZCorpions.
Survive and protect the endangered plants - Sweet Potato on R3C5
Defeat Cardio zombie 1 / 2 / 3 time(s).
Starting Sun = 1,200 / 1,000 / 750

Level 3 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - FAIL*2
Survive the zombie attack - Last Stand Style.
Chosen Perk is Zom-B-Gone - no ZCorpions
Survive and protect the endangered plants - Caulipower on R3C1
Fill a horizontal row with plants. (All 9 tiles must have a plant on it.)
Special Delivery levels should not have money plants (Level 1) against super high level zombies (Level 7+).

Level 4 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 0 of 2
Survive the zombie attack - Locked and Loaded style.
Chosen Perk is Sun Break. Sun drops from sky.
Defeat 1 / 2 / 2 Yeti(s).
There are precious flowers on the lawn which can not be trampled - not offered / 4 & 5 / 4 & 5

Level 5 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive the zombie attack - Last Stand style.
Chosen Perk is Zom-B-gone. (Removes ZCorpions)
Do not lose more than 4 / 2 / 1 plant(s).
Never have more than not offered / 18 / 15 plants.
Starting Sun = 2,200 / 2,000 / 1,750

+Timestamps
00:00 Level 1 - Difficulty 3
02:09 Level 2 - Difficulty 3
04:22 Level 3 - Difficulty 3
06:26 Level 4 - Difficulty 3
10:34 Level 5 - Difficulty 3