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The Blover is a single-use plant in Plants vs. Zombies and Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time. In Plants vs. Zombies, the Blover is unlocked in Fog and is used in blowing away all Balloon Zombies and fog for 15 to 20 seconds. It spins its three large leaves around until all of it is blown away. It returns in Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time and is located in Far Future. Its purpose remains the same but now it can blow any zombies in midair.
The name Blover is a portmanteau of the words blow and clover, the latter being the Trifolium sp. genus of flowering plants noted for its triple leaves.
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Plants vs. Zombies
Blover
Blovers blow away all balloon zombies and fog.
Usage: single use, instant
Special: blows away all balloon zombies
When Blover was five he got a shiny new birthday cake. Blover made his wish, huffed and puffed, but was able to extinguish only 60% of the candles. Instead of giving up, though, he's used that early defeat as a catalyst to push himself harder ever since.
Cost: 100
Recharge: fast
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
Sun cost: 50
AREA: Full Board
RECHARGE: Fast
Blovers blow away all zombies in the air.
Usage: single use, instant
Special: blows away all flying zombies
The luckiest stunt clover around, Blover is the most recent recipient of the Stunty Award. You can see his work in "Bulb Fiction," "Rooty," and "Finding Flower." He also teaches stunt class on Tuesdays at the community center.
Usage
Planting a Blover costs 100 sun. Immediately after planting, the leaves of the plant spin vigorously, pushing all the fog and Balloon Zombies, even the ones behind the Blover, off to the right of the screen. The fog stays off the screen for 15 to 20 seconds, after which it drifts back to its previous location. The Balloon Zombies which were on-screen when the Blover was planted are officially defeated and do not return.
Strategies
Plants vs. Zombies
It is a lot cheaper to plant one 100 sun Blover than planting five to six 125 sun Cacti or a 225 (+25) sun Cattail, and faster than two 25 sun Planterns. Blovers are good if you want to devote lawn space to more powerful plants while retaining the ability to defend against Balloon Zombies, but are more difficult to use, as the player must pay attention to when the Balloon Zombies appear. Fortunately, Balloon Zombies are somewhat slow and the Blover almost always charges in time to clear them all away. In addition, their arrival is signaled with a whooshing noise (similar to a balloon inflating), so the player can be alerted to their presence even before they enter the screen. If they don't feel like the player will be able to muster 100 sun when they need it, the player is afraid they might let a Balloon Zombie slip past their defenses, or they don't want to have to pay constant attention, a column of Cactuses or two to four Cattails may be better for the player.
As for its fog clearing abilities, a Blover can remove all the fog a lot faster (although it costs more) than two Planterns. If you want to see what's behind the fog only in certain situations, you should use the Blover, so you do not need to waste space on protecting Planterns. However, Planterns are a lot cheaper and provide visibility for as long as you can protect them, so they are more efficient.
Whether to use Blovers or not is mostly a matter of preference, although their Balloon Zombie-stopping ability should usually not be used in conjunction with Cattails (except when a massive wave of zombies during levels such as Survival: Endless prevents them from targeting the Balloon Zombies). Note that Gargantuars, Giga-gargantuars, Zombonis and Squash Zombies can destroy Blovers like any other zombie could if you aren't fast enough.
Also, plant Blovers in front of zombies to block them so that they will spend their time trying to eat it. This strategy is very useful, especially against Pole Vaulting Zombies or Dolphin Rider Zombies as they will jump over the Blover and lose their pole or their dolphin, respectively.
If you are trying to kill Balloon Zombies, wait for them to be two columns from your house, then use the Blover. This way, you kill any Balloon Zombies coming later.
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
Only select Blovers when you see Bug Bot Imps, Disco-tron 3000s, and Jetpack Zombies in Far Future. However, the Blover cannot blow away Bug Bot Imps, once they have landed on the ground. Not only this, but you could waste your sun, and the Bug Bot Imps will continue hopping to eat your plants. Only use it if you see numbers of Jetpack Zombies and Disco Jetpack Zombies flying. This is a good idea to do so your plants will keep on attacking many zombies.
The Blover can also be an effective plant in Pirate Seas, as it counters a great variety of zombies. All Imp Pirate Zombies start in midair before they even first touch the ground, so the Blover can be used to minimize the effectiveness of Barrel Roller Zombies, Gargantuar Pirates, and Imp Cannons. It also is a very helpful counter against Pirate Captain Zombies, as all the Zombie Parrots onscreen can be instantly killed cheaply, leaving only a zombie that is not particularly bulky or fast. It can also blow away Seagull Zombies and Swashbuckler Zombies at very low sun cost.
Also, a good use of Blover is in a combination with a Plant Food fed Spring Bean. This combo will blow away all zombies besides Imp Cannon and Zombie King, making it a good strategy for any Endless Zone (except Pyramid of Doom and Arthur's Challenge as it is not given there), considering that Spring Bean is not an instant and Blover recharges fast. The only impediment is that Plant Food is not always easy to obtain. Best use of this combo is alongside Power Lily and Defensive Plants. This may also earn you the achievement, The Jettisons.
If you are going to use this against Gargantuar Primes, they must at least succesfully stepped at the first square of the lawn with their feet, not with their telephone poles. But then, you must disable them first with E.M.Peach, Iceberg Lettuce, or Kernel-pult before you can perform the Blover-Spring combo.
One thing to be careful about is with Blover's delay. Blover's wind effect does not actually take place until the animation depicts Blover blowing. You must be ahead and precise of the moment you are trying to blow by approximately one second, because there is only a short window of time in which Blover's wind effect happens. For harder times like Imps being thrown by Gargantuars and Bot Swarms, only practice can help to get accustomed to when you must plant Blover quickly and at the right time.
Blover can counter the Zombot Tomorrow-tron's charge attack.
Currently, Blover can blow away:
- Swashbuckler Zombie (while swinging)
- Seagull Zombie
- Imp Pirate Zombie (while flying)
- Zombie Parrot (whenever alone)
- Prospector Zombie (while flying)
- Zombie Bull Rider (while flying)
- Jetpack Zombie
- Disco Jetpack Zombie
- Bug Bot Imp (when falling)
- Zombies bounced by Spring Bean
- Zombies tossed by Power Toss
- Any Imps thrown by Gargantuars (in the air)
- Tiger Imp (while flying)
Gallery
Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Blover (PvZ).
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Trivia
Plants vs. Zombies
- Unlike most plants, whose out-of-combat animations have two beats (up and down or side to side movement), Blovers has three (left, middle, and right). This also happens to Gold Magnet, but much slower and shorter.
- The Blover is one of the three instant-use plants that has a fast recharge with the others being the Coffee Bean and the Grave Buster.
- When blowing on a Lily Pad, the stem is not visible.
- Like Doom-shroom, Cherry Bomb, Umbrella Leaf and Jalapeno, Blover's body expands as it activates its power.
- Blover is one of the twelve plants that appear in the seed selection screen as a silhouette after the player get the Grave Buster on the online version, the others are: Ice-shroom, Lily Pad, Potato Mine, Threepeater, Tangle Kelp, Jalapeno, Spikeweed, Torchwood, Tall-nut, Cactus and Doom-shroom.
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
- Blover was found in the game's files before it was officially added in Far Future.
- It now has leaves at the bottom of its stem, similar to Sunflower and Peashooter.
- It is the only plant in Far Future that returned from the original game.
- It is the only plant to have a "Full Board" area.
- Its look and animation is now more like an electric fan. The leaves and dirt on bottom are similar control buttons and base, the face is in front of the leaf center, like a fan cover, and the animation of slowing down before disappearing is similar to a fan being turned off.
- The player will never get it in Pyramid of Doom and Arthur's Challenge, possibly because of the lack of airborne zombies to blow (except Imps thrown by Gargantuars, zombies bounced by Spring Beans, and zombies tossed by Power Toss).
- If the player blows away 30 Jetpack Zombies with a single Blover, he or she gets the achievement The Jettisons.
See also
- Cactus
- Plantern
- Balloon Zombie
- Fog (Area)
- The Jettisons
- Flying Zombies
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Roof | Cabbage-pult ยท Flower Pot ยท Kernel-pult ยท Coffee Bean ยท Garlic ยท Umbrella Leaf ยท Marigold ยท Melon-pult |
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Premium | Pickled Pepper ยท Icy Fume-shroom ยท Fire-shroom ยท Flamewood ยท Vine-nut ยท Gatling Pea ยท Twin Sunflower ยท Gloom-shroom ยท Winter Melon ยท Super Chomper ยท Future Star ยท Calm Chuck |
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>Normal | Peashooter ยท Sunflower ยท Aspearagus ยท Wall-nut ยท Cherry Bomb ยท Popcorn ยท Beet ยท Snow Pea ยท Jalapeรฑo ยท Magnet Plant ยท Flaming Pea ยท Shamrock ยท Bamboo Shoot ยท Repeater ยท Chilly Pepper ยท Twin Sunflower |
VIPs | Sweet Pea ยท Beeshooter ยท Hard-nut ยท Acespearagus ยท Power Flower ยท Beetboxer ยท Ice Queen Pea ยท Shamrockstar ยท Bamboom |
Others | Trees |
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Ancient Egypt | Peashooter ยท Sunflower ยท Wall-nut ยท Cabbage-pult ยท Bloomerang ยท Iceberg Lettuce ยท Grave Buster ยท Bonk Choy ยท Repeater ยท Twin Sunflower ยท Snow Pea ยท Cherry Bomb ยท Torchwood |
Pirate Seas | Kernel-pult ยท Snapdragon ยท Power Lily ยท Spikeweed ยท Spring Bean ยท Coconut Cannon ยท Spikerock ยท Lightning Reed ยท Tall-nut |
Wild West | Threepeater ยท Squash ยท Split Pea ยท Chili Bean ยท Jalapeno ยท Pea Pod ยท Melon-pult ยท Winter Melon ยท Imitater |
Kongfu World | Resistant Radish ยท Fire Gourd ยท Heavenly Peach ยท Bamboo Shoot |
Far Future | Laser Bean ยท Blover ยท Citron ยท E.M.Peach ยท Infi-nut ยท Magnifying Grass ยท Tile Turnip ยท Starfruit |
Dark Ages | Hypno-shroom ยท Sun-shroom ยท Puff-shroom ยท Fume-shroom ยท Sun Bean ยท Pea-nut ยท Magnet-shroom ยท Oak Archer ยท Coffee Bean ยท Plantern |
Big Wave Beach | Acid Lemon ยท Lotus Pod ยท Lily Pad ยท Bowling Bulb ยท Banana Launcher ยท Guacodile ยท Tangle Kelp ยท Homing Thistle |
Frostbite Caves | Hurrikale ยท Fire Peashooter ยท Hot Potato ยท Pepper-pult ยท Chard Guard ยท Stunion ยท Rafflesia ยท Whirlwind Acorn |
Sky City | Rotobaga ยท Loquat ยท Asparagus ยท Saucer ยท Horsebean ยท Groundcherry ยท Anthurium ยท Pineapple |
Lost City | Lava Guava ยท Red Stinger ยท A.K.E.E. ยท Stallia ยท Gold Leaf ยท Toadstool ยท Jackfruit |
Neon Mixtape Tour | Morning Glory ยท Phat Beet ยท Thyme Warp ยท Celery Stalker ยท Spore-shroom ยท Garlic ยท Intensive Carrot ยท Cactus |
Jurassic Marsh | Primal Peashooter ยท Primal Wall-nut ยท Perfume-shroom ยท Primal Sunflower ยท Primal Potato Mine ยท Primal Rafflesia ยท Dino-Roar Grass ยท Timid Thorns ยท Sugarcane Master |
Modern Day | Shadow-shroom ยท Caulipower ยท Moonflower ยท Grimrose ยท Nightshade ยท Dusk Lobber ยท Blooming Heart |
Steam Age | Gold Bloom ยท Flat-shroom ยท Maypop Mechanic ยท Lotus Shooter ยท Wind-Blowing Vanilla ยท Lily of Pharmacy ยท Mulberry Blaster |
Renaissance Age |
Aloe ยท Bearberry Mortar ยท Wax Gourd Guard ยท Oily Olive ยท Jeweler Pomegranate ยท Dartichoke |
Heian Age | Dripping Diphylleia ยท Stephania ยท Tupistraโ Stalker ยท Dendrobium Windbreak ยท Chef Cypripediumโโ ยท Boophone Geigiโ |
Fairytale Forest | Ents ยท Heath Seeker ยท Hat Mushroom ยท Hocus Crocus ยท Princess Spring Grass ยท Bamboo Trooper |
Monthly special | Pyro-shroom ยท Carrotillery ยท Cryo-shroom ยท Dandelion ยท Strong Broccoli ยท Machine Gun Pomegranate ยท Chomper ยท Sweet Potato ยท Landlord Bamboo ยท Sap-fling ยท Ghost Pepper ยท Chestnut Squad ยท Bamboo Bro ยท Rose Swordfighter ยท Magic-shroom ยท Electric Blueberry ยท Mischief Radish ยท Endurian ยท Pumpkin Witch ยท Sunflower Singer ยท Snow Cotton ยท Agave ยท Kiwifruit ยท Pretty Plum ยท Dragonfruit ยท Angel Starfruit ยท Gatling Pea ยท Banksia Boxer ยท Flame Flower Queen ยท Cattail ยท Grapeshot ยท Cold Snapdragon ยท Shrinking Violet ยท Cob Cannon ยท Apple Mortar ยท Witch Hazel ยท Escape Root ยท Electric Currant ยท White Melon Sumo Wrestler ยท Wasabi Whip ยท Explode-O-Nut ยท Parsnip ยท Missile Toe ยท Kiwibeast ยท Electric Peashooter ยท Hot Date ยท Icy Currant ยท Tulip Trumpeter ยท Eggplant Ninja ยท Banana Dancer ยท Dual Pistol Pinecone ยท Narcissus Shooter ยท Alarm Explosive Arrowhead ยท Holly Barrier ยท Shadow Peashooter ยท Snap Pea ยท Crystal Orchid ยท Sling Pea ยท Thunder Snapdragon ยท Electrici-tea ยท Imp Pear ยท Strawburst ยท Egret Flower Plane ยท Goo Peashooter ยท Elaeocarpus-pult ยท Water Chestnut Brothers ยท Pokra ยท Dollarweed Drummer ยท Ultomato ยท Shadow Vanilla ยท Splendens Blade ยท Stickybomb Rice ยท Gumnut ยท Olive Pit ยท Earthstar Nuclear Silo ยท Headbutter Lettuce ยท Dazey Chain ยท Boom Balloon Flower ยท Celebration Soda Palm ยท Claw Gloriosa ยท Impatiens Shooter ยท Turkey-pult ยท Hammer Flower ยท Fishhook Grass ยท Mangosteen ยท Inferno ยท Tigerstool ยท Gardener Grass ยท Draftodil ยท Buttercup ยท Byttneria Meteor Hammer ยท Laser Crown Flower ยท Zoybean Pod ยท Orchid Mage ยท Jack O' Lantern ยท Twin Year of the Rabbits ยท Pea Pharmacist ยท Pike Hoya ยท Vamporcini ยท Burdock Batter ยท Pumpkin ยท Capaci-cone ยท Cranesbill Fencer ยท Meteor Flower ยท Gorgon Pitcher ยท Power Vine ยท Parkour Mandrake ยท Abyss Anemone ยท Abyss Devil's Claw ยท Hoya Heart ยท Pea Vine ยท MayBee ยท Oilseed-pult ยท Leaf-Blade Dracaena ยท Bamboo Spartan ยท Shine Vine ยท Sunshine Leek ยท Nightcap ยท Pyre Vine ยท Gluttonous Snapdragon ยท Bun Chi ยท Heliconia Gunner |
Others | Potato Mine ยท Flower Pot ยท 8-Bit Peashooter ยท Tactical Cuke |
Hero Plants | P-Mech Assembler - Flamestar |
Removed | Rotten Red |
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Player's House | Sunflower ยท Peashooter ยท Wall-nut ยท Potato Mine |
Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum | Bruce Bamboo ยท Carrot Rocket ยท Pomegranate ยท Dandelion ยท Venus Flytrap ยท Wax Gourd ยท Sod |
Ancient Egypt | Bloomerang ยท Bonk Choy ยท Grave Buster ยท Iceberg Lettuce ยท Cabbage-pult |
Pirate Seas | Snapdragon ยท Spikeweed ยท Spring Bean ยท Kernel-pult ยท Coconut Cannon ยท Narcissus ยท Endurian ยท Spikerock ยท Pineapple-pult ยท Threepeater |
Far Future | Laser Bean ยท Blover ยท Citron ยท E.M.Peach ยท Tile Turnip ยท Ganoderma ยท Banana Tree ยท Nitro-shroom ยท Infi-nut ยท Magnifying Grass |
East Sea Dragon Palace | Oxygen Algae ยท Garlic ยท Bubble Flower ยท Electric Sea Pine |
Upgrades | Twin Sunflower ยท Repeater |
VIPs | Winter Melon |
Power Ups | Cherry Bomb ยท Jalapeno |
Premium | Squash ยท Snow Pea ยท Tall-nut |
Adventure Mode only | Magic Vine ยท Split Pea ยท Chili Bean ยท Lightning Reed ยท Pea Pod ยท Melon-pult ยท Starfruit ยท Chomper ยท Fire Peashooter ยท Cattail ยท Rose Swordfighter ยท Clivia ยท Sap-fling ยท Acid Lemon ยท Magic-shroom ยท Ghost Pepper ยท Guacodile ยท Hurrikale ยท Plantern ยท Oak Archer ยท Homing Thistle ยท Pepper-pult ยท Resistant Radish ยท Toadstool ยท Blooming Heart ยท Red Stinger ยท Electric Blueberry ยท A.K.E.E. ยท Moonflower ยท Agave ยท Asparagus ยท Pumpkin Witch ยท Mine Fruit ยท Sea Anemone ยท Lychee Drill ยท Sea Starfruit |
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Neighborville | Sunflower ยท Wall-Nut ยท Bamboo Shoots ยท Peashooter ยท Bonk Choy |
Lost Keys Lake | Lily Pad ยท Tangle Kelp ยท Squash |
Mt. Quesogrande | Chili Bean ยท Silversword ยท Cabbage-Pult |
Power-Ups | Grapes of Wrath ยท Chilly Pepper ยท Jalapeรฑo ยท Cherry Bomb ยท Blover |
Pre-2021 | Puff-Shroom ยท Buttercup ยท Garlic ยท Potato Mine ยท Pushywillow ยท Chard Guard ยท Spikeweed ยท Kernel-Pult ยท Caramel Popcorn ยท Lightning Reed ยท Melon-Pult ยท Shuffle Truffle ยท Blockbuster ยท Butternut Squash ยท Ragweed ยท Sawgrass ยท Fire Peashooter ยท Pine Needler ยท Snow Pea ยท Night Cap ยท Aloe Vera ยท Sweet Potato ยท Hydrangea ยท Dogwood ยท Chomper ยท Flak Seed ยท Gravitree ยท Gloom-Shroom ยท Lemon-Aid ยท Starfruit ยท Snapdragon ยท Fairy Ring Mushroom ยท Kalestorm ยท Star Tree ยท Magic Beans |
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