Plants vs. Zombies Wiki
Register
Advertisement


For other uses, see Citron (disambiguation).


โ€œ
A warning! This bounty-hunting orange from the future likes his battles both defensive and aggressive. Citron is known for putting walls of Wall-Nuts and then firing heavy artillery from behind them. Incoming!
โ€

โ€”Dr. Zomboss

Citron is a plant hero in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, and a leader of the PvZH Guardian IconGuardian and PvZH Smarty IconSmarty classes, alongside Beta-Carrotina. His signature superpower is Peel Shield, which shields all plants for the turn it is played and draws a card.

Origins[]

CitronGW2

Citron is based on his appearance in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. With his signature superpower being based on and named after the Peel Shield ability from the same game.

His time-travelling cybernetic nature and backstory of preventing a future conflict invoke the Marvel Comics character Cable, while his usage of energy shields and orange themed design coincidentally invoke obscure Marvel Comics character Captain Citrus.

Statistics[]

Hero description[]

Wanted to be a poet, but couldn't find anything that rhymed with orange.

Strategies[]

PvZHeroes.com strategy[]

Citron combines the two Amphibious Plant classes: Guardian and Smarty. His water wing wins the game in the water lanes while his defensive Guardian Plants hold the ground.

With[]

Citron is perhaps a very difficult hero to play as for most players, but becomes quite formidable as you learn how to play as him. Due to his access to both Guardian and Smarty plants, Citron proves most powerful in his ability to stall for time and avoid taking damage. His defensive Team-Up plants, such as nuts, can tank a good amount of damage. His PvZH Frozen IconFreezing and Bouncing cards can temporarily disable priority zombie targets so that they can be properly dealt with later on.

He also has the ability to cover all lanes with access to a large number of Amphibious plants, some of which also have the Team-Up trait and can help defend more valuable Amphibious fighters. His superpowers also allow him to stall for time - Transmogrify is great for dealing with troublesome zombies, while Nut Signal, Root Wall, and Peel Shield are extremely effective at blocking zombie attacks.

With all these tools at his disposal, Citron should be able to stall until he can bring out the big guns, and protect them as well. The Great Zucchini functions impressively well with Splash Damage plants to clear the field. Those valuable plants should be protected with defensive Team-Up plants, or possibly Peel Shield if none are present.

Another unique strength that Citron has is that he can deal with Gravestone zombies more efficiently than any other hero. Besides Grave Buster, which he can use to destroy gravestones, Citron also has access to a variety of Smarty cards that can nullify Gravestone zombies to a lesser extent, namely Spyris and Cool Bean. Especially with Cool Bean, he can play Winter Squash first and then Cool Bean to destroy all gravestones on the field. This will prove very useful when against zombie heroes who utilize Gravestone zombies, especially Sneaky heroes.

With the amount of Team-Up plants Citron has, decks using Go-Nuts can be incredibly devastating for the opponent. He can make usage of cheap nuts from the Guardian class and quickly make them heavy hitters for an overwhelming victory.

Like Wall-Knight, however, Citron's main weakness is that he has no way to consistently boost his plants' strength, meaning that Hearty heroes can ruin his defenses very easily by using Rolling Stone and Weed Spray. His superpowers do not make up for it either, as they are all defensive. What makes things worse is that he lacks instant damaging cards, and his only instant-kill options for zombies with 3 strength or below are Shrinking Violet, Winter Squash, and Witch Hazel, but they can only do so much against swarm decks unless they are also swarmed (which isn't likely to happen as they are expensive), meaning that his opponent can spam weaker zombies to overwhelm him. Citron's only other option to fight weak zombies is to wall them with his high-health plants, or use freezing cards to destroy them more easily.

Against[]

Citron is a force to be reckoned with. He has access to more Amphibious plants than any other plant hero, requiring the player to pay attention to the aquatic lane(s) on the field. His signature power, Peel Shield, can be equal to, or even more obnoxious than Wall-Knight's Uncrackable, so you should bring instant-kill tricks in case your fighters cannot take out Citron's plants on their own. You should also be careful about your gravestones, since he can control them due to his access to Grave Buster, Spyris, and Cool Bean (especially with Winter Squash).

Water Works[]

This deck allows easy coverage of the field, with Navy Bean boosting virtually all of Citron's plants. However, since most Amphibious plants do not have good stats, use tricks like The Chickening to wipe all plants with low health before Navy Bean can boost them, and Rocket Science to remove any high-strength plants like The Great Zucchini. The best hero to counter this deck would be Professor Brainstorm, since he can play both of the forementioned tricks. However, beware of Brainana, as it can prevent the use of tricks.

Make a Splash[]

This deck focuses on Splash Damage and the reactivation of abilities. However, once again, they do not have good stats, so using Professor Brainstorm is the way to go. This time though, beware of Rescue Radish, as it will allow plants with dangerous abilities to be played again. Brainana is also an issue here as well, so you may want to have a way to deal with it.

The Great Wall[]

This deck is about blocking off zombies from being able to hurt Citron or his plants easily. However, only Sportacus and Snapdragon are immune to Rocket Science, Rolling Stone, and Weed Spray; everything else gets destroyed to one of the aforementioned tricks. Hence, use Rustbolt as he has easy access to all these tricks. However, make sure Citron is defeated before the 9th turn, or he will unleash Wall-Nut Bowling on you. You should also beware of Sportacus' ability if you are to play tricks.

A Vast Expanse of Nuttin'[]

With this deck, Citron will stall you using his high-health plants until he can bring out Pecanolith. However, despite his plants being able to do massive damage with their health, they are all still weak to Rolling Stone, Weed Spray, and Celestial Custodian due to their lack of base strength. Therefore, using any Hearty hero will do good here. Since the only way for him to draw cards is via Planet of the Grapes, you can force him into a topdeck situation by replacing his environments with your own cheap environments. Just be careful if there are both Galacta-Cactus and Mirror-Nut on the field at once, as if you are not aware of Galacta-Cactus's ability, it will damage all of Citron's plants, activating Mirror-Nut's ability multiple times.

Rule of Three[]

This deck is a Team-Up deck featuring Go-Nuts and many other Team-Up plants. However, it also utilizes Three-Nut and Loco Coco to give most, if not all his plants a good head start. Citron also bring in Poppin' Poppies, who will heal him in a pinch with her Lil' Buddies. If unprepared, Citron's Go-Nuts will boost many of his plants, wrecking your defenses easily. Since his plants will start from 3 strength, Rocket Science, Rolling Stone, and Weed Spray are not recommended. Instead, a sports deck with Knockout and more importantly, Chum Champion is optimal, since Knockout can only destroy so many plants. Targeting any Witch Hazels is also important, as they can pick off your key zombies easily. Since they will most likely behind a Team-Up wall, playing tricks is recommended.

Strategy decks[]

Main article: Community-built decks/Citron
link=Citron (PvZH) 100px Water Works

PvZH Guardian Icon PvZH Smarty Icon
Swim toward a swift victory with this soaking wet Strategy Deck. Use Navy Bean to buff Amphibious Plants including The Great Zucchini, who'll make your opponents' chances disappear.
Mars FlytrapH x3 PhotosynthesizerH x1 SpyrisH x4 Laser CattailH x4 Pear PalH x3
Bog of EnlightenmentH x4 Marine BeanH x4 MayflowerH x2 Navy BeanH x4 Snake GrassH x2
Body-GourdH x4 Jolly HollyH x2 BrainanaH x2 The Great ZucchiniH x1


link=Citron (PvZH) 100px Make a Splash

PvZH Guardian Icon PvZH Smarty Icon
Splash damage is great, but it's even better when delivered from behind a Force Field. Protect your Plants with powerful Environments so you can keep dishing out the damage.
Galacta-CactusH x4 Cosmic BeanH x4 Spikeweed SectorH x4 Pear CubH x1 PlanternH x4
Rescue RadishH x1 ShamrocketH x2 Force FieldH x4 SnapdragonH x3 Body-GourdH x3
Shooting StarfruitH x4 BrainanaH x2 GravitreeH x2 Dark Matter DragonfruitH x2


link=Citron (PvZH) 100px The Great Wall

PvZH Guardian Icon PvZH Smarty Icon
Combine Peel Shield and Root Wall with powerful Environments to build an invincible wall of Plants. Plant a Gravitree behind a Force Field and they will have nowhere left to run.
Galacta-CactusH x4 Hot DateH x2 Spikeweed SectorH x4 MayflowerH x2 PlanternH x4
ShamrocketH x3 Force FieldH x4 Shrinking VioletH x2 Snake GrassH x1 Body-GourdH x4
GravitreeH x2 Soul PatchH x4 Dark Matter DragonfruitH x3 Wall-Nut BowlingH x1


link=Citron (PvZH) 100px A Vast Expanse of Nuttin'

PvZH Guardian Icon PvZH Smarty Icon
Nuts finally fight back! Place a Sportacus or Mirror-Nut in a Planet of the Grapes to draw a fist full of cards. Then, when Pecanolith finally lands, your docile defenders turn on the offensive.
Galacta-CactusH x4 Jugger-NutH x4 Planet of the GrapesH x4 Health-NutH x3 SportacusH x4
Cosmic NutH x2 Mirror-NutH x4 Doom-ShroomH x2 PecanolithH x4 SmackadamiaH x4
Loco CocoH x4 TricornH x1


link=Citron (PvZH) 100px Rule of Three

PvZH Guardian Icon PvZH Smarty Icon
Cosmic Bean and Primal Wall-Nut may not seem like much of an offense. But Three-Nut starts all your Plants with 3 Strength. Then Go-Nuts gives all your Team-Up Plants more Strength yet. Wall-Nut Bowling never hit harder!
ShelleryH x3 Wall-NutH x1 Cosmic BeanH x4 Laser CattailH x4 TricarrotopsH x2
Go-NutsH x4 Primal Wall-NutH x4 Three-NutH x4 Witch HazelH x4 Loco CocoH x4
Poppin' PoppiesH x4 Wall-Nut BowlingH x2


Gallery[]

Plants vs. Zombies Wiki has a gallery for Citron.
CitronH
Visit this page to see it.
CitronH

In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Citron
China Simplified Chinese ้ฆ™ๆฉผ็ŒŽๆ‰‹
Taiwan Traditional Chinese ้ฆ™ๆซž
France French Citron
Germany German Zitron
Italy Italian Cedro
Japan Japanese ใ‚ทใƒˆใƒญใƒณ
South Korea Korean ์‹œํŠธ๋ก 
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Citrinador
Russia Russian ะฆะธั‚ั€ะพะฝ
Spain Spanish Pomelo


Trivia[]

  • All of the zombie missions that have Citron as the main opposing plant hero have exclamation marks in their names.
  • Citron's battle theme is a remix of Green Shadow's, with more brass as opposed to woodwind. This is shared with Captain Combustible.
  • Nightcap, Citron, Beta-Carrotina and Rose are the only plant heroes that does not have an specific known plant fighter counterpart in the game.
    • Dr. Zomboss states that Citron is from the future, implying he was not hit by the Hero Laser.
  • He and Beta-Carrotina have access to the most Amphibious and Team-Up plants among all plant heroes.
    • This is because they lead the same classes which are the only two with Amphibious plants, as well as the majority of Team-Up plants.
  • Citron's description references the infamous issue of attempting to rhyme with orange, something that is frequently perceived as being impossible due to there being no words to rhyme with orange.
    • Ironically, there are actually two words that do rhyme with orange; those being blorenge, and sporange. There are also many words that almost rhyme with orange, such as aurand and cornage. However, most of these are not used much at all in English.
  • In the Random Battle Mode, Citron seems to be using Chompzilla's cards, including the playable Wild Berry glitch instead of his cards.
  • One of his strategy decks, "Water Works," might be a reference to The Waterworks, an American novel.
  • Another one of his strategy decks, "The Great Wall," is likely a reference to the Great Wall of China.
  • Citron and Beta-Carrotina are tied for having the most Event cards, each having 16.
V ยท E Plants in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes
PvZH Guardian Icon Guardian
Heroes Citron ยท Grass Knuckles ยท Spudow ยท Wall-Knight ยท Beta-Carrotina
Common Small-Nut ยท Sting Bean ยท Wall-Nut ยท Pismashio ยท Spineapple
Uncommon
Premium Potato Mine ยท Cactus ยท Gardening Gloves ยท Sea-Shroom ยท Water Chestnut ยท Pea-Nut ยท Steel Magnolia
Galactic Photosynthesizer ยท Spikeweed Sector ยท Plantern
Colossal Grape Responsibility ยท Primal Potato Mine
Triassic Grizzly Pear
Rare
Premium Grave Buster ยท Hibernating Beary ยท Prickly Pear ยท Smackadamia ยท Tough Beets
Galactic Cosmic Nut ยท Starch-Lord
Colossal Blockbuster
Triassic Pumpkin Shell
Super-Rare
Premium Jugger-Nut ยท Mirror-Nut ยท Guacodile ยท Doom-Shroom
Galactic Galacta-Cactus ยท Force Field ยท Gravitree
Colossal Three-Nut
Triassic Marine Bean ยท Primal Wall-Nut
Legendary
Premium Poppin' Poppies ยท Soul Patch ยท Wall-Nut Bowling
Galactic Body-Gourd ยท Pecanolith
Colossal Tricarrotops
Triassic Loco Coco
Event Cards Forget-Me-Nuts ยท Garlic ยท Corn Dog ยท Hot Date ยท Health-Nut ยท Pear Cub ยท Shamrocket ยท Red Stinger
Token Cards Hothead
Superpowers Peel Shield ยท Power Pummel ยท Tater Toss ยท Uncrackable ยท Genetic Amplification ยท Bubble Up ยท Nut Signal ยท Root Wall ยท Ensign Uproot
PvZH Kabloom Icon Kabloom
Heroes Nightcap ยท Captain Combustible ยท Solar Flare ยท Spudow
Common Button Mushroom ยท Berry Blast ยท Buff-Shroom ยท Seedling ยท Zapricot
Uncommon
Premium Poison Mushroom ยท Berry Angry ยท Mushroom Ringleader ยท Poison Ivy ยท Pair of Pears ยท Bluesberry ยท Sizzle
Galactic Banana Bomb ยท Mushroom Grotto ยท Invasive Species
Colossal Puff-Shroom
Triassic Veloci-Radish Hatchling ยท Hot Lava
Rare
Premium Shroom for Two ยท Wild Berry ยท Petal-Morphosis ยท Sour Grapes ยท Poison Oak
Galactic Cosmic Mushroom ยท Lava Guava
Colossal Cro-Magnolia
Triassic Shelf Mushroom
Super-Rare
Premium Punish-Shroom ยท Sergeant Strongberry ยท Cherry Bomb ยท Grapes of Wrath
Galactic Astro-Shroom ยท Banana Launcher ยท Pair Pearadise
Colossal Fireweed ยท Imitater
Triassic Strawberrian
Legendary
Premium Pineclone ยท Dandy Lion King ยท Kernel Corn
Galactic Reincarnation ยท Molekale
Colossal Gloom-Shroom
Triassic Veloci-Radish Hunter
Event Cards Blooming Heart ยท High-Voltage Currant ยท Sonic Bloom ยท Transfiguration ยท Atomic Bombegranate ยท Electric Blueberry
Token Cards Hothead
Superpowers Mush-Boom ยท Blazing Bark ยท Tater Toss ยท Sunburn ยท Meteor Strike ยท More Spore ยท Storm Front
PvZH Mega-Grow Icon Mega-Grow
Heroes Chompzilla ยท Grass Knuckles ยท Green Shadow ยท Captain Combustible
Common Peashooter ยท Torchwood ยท Cabbage-Pult ยท Fertilize ยท Flourish ยท Grow-Shroom ยท Repeater
Uncommon
Premium Bonk Choy ยท Pea Pod ยท Sweet Potato ยท Fire Peashooter ยท Skyshooter
Galactic Coffee Grounds ยท Sweet Pea ยท Vegetation Mutation
Colossal Umbrella Leaf
Triassic Half-Banana ยท Typical Beanstalk
Rare
Premium The Podfather ยท Plant Food ยท Re-Peat Moss ยท Whipvine ยท Super-Phat Beets
Galactic Banana Peel ยท Cosmic Pea
Colossal Bamboozle
Triassic Pea Patch
Super-Rare
Premium Party Thyme ยท Black-Eyed Pea ยท Potted Powerhouse ยท Espresso Fiesta
Galactic Moonbean ยท Pod Fighter ยท The Red Plant-It
Colossal Split Pea ยท Grape Power
Triassic Savage Spinach
Legendary
Premium Doubled Mint ยท Muscle Sprout ยท Bananasaurus Rex
Galactic Captain Cucumber ยท Onion Rings
Colossal Gatling Pea
Triassic Apotatosaurus
Event Cards Clique Peas ยท Lily of the Valley ยท Banana Split ยท Plucky Clover
Superpowers Devour ยท Power Pummel ยท Precision Blast ยท Blazing Bark ยท Embiggen ยท Holo-Flora ยท Time to Shine
PvZH Smarty Icon Smarty
Heroes Citron ยท Nightcap ยท Green Shadow ยท Rose ยท Beta-Carrotina
Common Snowdrop ยท Weenie Beanie ยท Snow Pea ยท Cattail ยท Smoosh-Shroom ยท Threepeater
Uncommon
Premium Iceberg Lettuce ยท Shellery ยท Rescue Radish ยท Spring Bean ยท Vanilla ยท Carrotillery
Galactic Mars Flytrap ยท Planet of the Grapes ยท Leaf Blower
Colossal Grave Mistake ยท Pear Pal
Triassic Primal Peashooter
Rare
Premium Admiral Navy Bean ยท Lightning Reed ยท Chilly Pepper ยท Navy Bean ยท Jumping Bean
Galactic Cosmic Bean ยท Melon-Pult
Colossal Tricorn
Triassic Lily Pad
Super-Rare
Premium Sow Magic Beans ยท Bean Counter ยท Snapdragon ยท Winter Squash
Galactic Laser Cattail ยท Bog of Enlightenment ยท Cool Bean
Colossal Jelly Bean
Triassic Rotobaga ยท Shrinking Violet
Legendary
Premium Brainana ยท Winter Melon ยท The Great Zucchini
Galactic Shooting Starfruit ยท Dark Matter Dragonfruit
Colossal Lima-Pleurodon
Triassic Bird of Paradise
Event Cards Spyris ยท Go-Nuts ยท Mayflower ยท Sportacus ยท Snake Grass ยท Witch Hazel ยท Jolly Holly ยท Sap-Fling
Token Cards Magic Beanstalk ยท Sappy Place
Superpowers Peel Shield ยท Mush-Boom ยท Precision Blast ยท Goatify ยท Genetic Amplification ยท Big Chill ยท Transmogrify ยท Whirlwind ยท Lieutenant Carrotron ยท Lightspeed Seed
PvZH Solar Icon Solar
Heroes Chompzilla ยท Rose ยท Solar Flare ยท Wall-Knight
Common Bellflower ยท Sunflower ยท Mixed Nuts ยท Squash ยท Smashing Pumpkin
Uncommon
Premium Morning Glory ยท Fume-Shroom ยท Pepper M.D. ยท Water Balloons ยท Venus Flytrap ยท Bloomerang ยท Metal Petal Sunflower
Galactic Cosmoss ยท Apple-Saucer ยท Venus Flytraplanet
Colossal Kernel-Pult
Triassic Lil' Buddy ยท Sunnier-Shroom
Rare
Premium Sage Sage ยท Magnifying Grass ยท Whack-a-Zombie ยท Lawnmower ยท Power Flower
Galactic Cosmic Flower ยท Heartichoke
Colossal Elderberry
Triassic Eyespore
Super-Rare
Premium Twin Sunflower ยท 2nd-Best Taco of All Time ยท Chomper ยท Laser Bean
Galactic Solar Winds ยท Wing-Nut ยท Tactical Cuke
Colossal Primal Sunflower ยท Sunflower Seed
Triassic Sun Strike
Legendary
Premium Briar Rose ยท Three-Headed Chomper ยท Cornucopia
Galactic Astrocado ยท Astro Vera
Colossal Cob Cannon
Triassic Aloesaurus
Event Cards Haunted Pumpking ยท Sun-Shroom ยท Jack O' Lantern ยท Ketchup Mechanic ยท Toadstool
Token Cards Astrocado Pit
Superpowers Devour ยท Goatify ยท Sunburn ยท Uncrackable ยท Geyser ยท Scorched Earth ยท Weed Whack
Unobtainable
Superpowers Flick-a-Zombie ยท Inspire ยท Rejuvenate
Advertisement