Plants vs Zombies 2 - Penny's Pursuit - Seedium Showcase - Reinforce-Mint - June 2024

Reinforce-Mint - was offered between June 2, 2024 through June 9, 2024.

Reinforce-Mint is a member of the Reinforce-Mint family.
Reinforce-Mint costs 125 Sun. (-25 Sun at levels 3, 7 and 10.)
When a zombie reaches Reinforce-Mint, it will explode encasing the zombie in sticky bubble gum.
This Reinforce-Mint prison has 8,000 hit points. (+1,000 per level. An additional 3,000 at level 10.)
The trapped zombie will block all zombies behind it, effectively stopping the zombie advance.
When given plant food, Reinforce-Mint will blow a bubble. This bubble will explode encasing five (5) zombies, prioritizing “dangerous” zombies. (+1 zombie on levels 3, 5, 7, 9 and 10.)
This effect is repeated for each Reinforce-Mint on the lawn when Reinforce-Mint is planted.

Commentary:
One would be hard-pressed to name a better stalling plant than Reinforce-Mint. Stopping all zombies in a lane and being able to absorb punishment like Tall-nut makes this plant a great staller.

Bottom Line:
As good as this plant is at stalling zombies, it will never eliminate a zombie. Eventually, the zombies will eat through Reinforce-Mint's bubblegum prison and continue their advance.

However, on levels where surviving the level is the goal versus eliminating all zombies, Reinforce-Mint is an excellent choice.

Reinforce-Mint is worth considering where one needs time to complete a Penny's Pursuit objective or to set up defense.

Level 1 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 2 of 2.
Survive for 3 minutes.
Chosen Perk is Sun Break. Sun drops from sky.
Score more than 2,500,000 / 4,500,000 / 8,000,000
Defeat Z-Mech not offered / 2 / 3 times.
Starting Sun = 1,500 / 1,300 / 1,050

Level 2 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive the zombie attack.
Chosen Perk is JALAPEÑO. 🌶️🌶️
Survive and protect the endangered plants - Starburst on column 6
There are precious flowers on the lawn which can not be trampled - not offered / 2 & 3 / 3 & 4

Level 3 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 1 of 2
Survive for 3 minutes - Last Stand Style.
Chosen Perk is Score Multiplier
Score to beat = 4,500,000 / 7,000,000 / 20,000,000
Defeat not offered / 300 / 600 zombies in not offered / 180 / 180 seconds.
Starting Sun = 7,700 / 7,500 / 7,250
It is quite difficult to eliminate 600 zombies when barely 300 appear, especially when the score is more than doubled.

Level 4 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 0 of 2
Survive the zombie attack.
Chosen Perk is JALAPEÑO. 🌶️🌶️
Stall zombies not offered / 100 / 100 times.
There are precious flowers on the lawn which can not be trampled - 2 & 3 / 3 & 4 / 4 & 5
We can live with failing some bonus objectives, but we find an early sandstorm zombies pushed over the trample line to be slightly unfair.

Level 5 - Difficulty 🌶️🌶️🌶️ - Bonus 2 of 2
Survive for 2.7 minutes - Last Stand style
Chosen Perk is Score Multiplier
Score to beat = 4,500,000 / 7,500,000 / 20,000,000
Ash zombies not offered / 100 / 100 times
Starting Sun = 950 / 750 / 500

+Timestamps
00:00 Level 1 - Difficulty 3
01:47 Level 2 - Difficulty 3
03:04 Level 3 - Difficulty 3
04:40 Level 4 - Difficulty 3
07:23 Level 5 - Difficulty 3