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Hot Rod Chomper is a Super Rare variant of the Chomper in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. He is a playable character who acts as a melee class with a secondary ability that provides a buff to movement speed for a limited time after eating a zombie. In exchange for a sizable 50 less health than most Chompers, he has the fastest movement in the entire game at 7.5 m/s in GW1 and 8.4 m/s in GW2 (not counting Assistant Manager Bitey).

Descriptions[]

Stickerbook description[]

The Hot Rod Chomper is the fastest Chomper in Suburbia. Equipped with a heavy duty blower, port-and-polished heads, and a lightweight frame, he can race in on the unsuspecting Zombies.

In-game description[]

Hot Rod Chomper gets a temporary speed boost every time he eats a Zombie. Cool beans!

AI Health (Garden Warfare 2 only)[]

  • Easy: 75
  • Normal: 100
  • Hard: 125
  • CRAAAAZY: 150

Appearance[]

Hot Rod Chomper differs from the normal Chomper with his shiny new-looking black paint job accented with purple flames, a chrome mouth, and tongue. Upon jumping or chomping, the Hot Rod Chomper makes motor-like noises. His drool appears to be motor oil.

Variant perk[]

Being Hot Rod Chomper, speed is a definite benefit. Upon swallowing and digesting a zombie, the Hot Rod Chomper gains an exceptional speed boost for 3.75 seconds to help close the space between him and another enemy zombie. He also quickly recharges the Goop ability to slow down zombies. His massive disadvantage about Hot Rod Chomper is that his health is only 100 (125 if upgraded) instead of the standard 150 (GW1) or 175 (GW2). Also, zombies can easily spot him because of the constant noises he makes.

Primary weapon[]

Hot Rod Chomp is the primary weapon of the Hot Rod Chomper. It deals 25 damage at 135 rpm. Once a zombie has been digested, he will gain a speed boost for 3.75 seconds and make noises of a V8 engine.

Abilities[]

Left abilities
GoopGW1
Goop
Hitting targets with the Chomper's ranged Goop attack is a great way to slow them down, making them easier to chomp. They taste better too!
Super Sticky GoopGW1
Super Sticky Goop
This goop is sooo sticky that Zombies are not even able to move when they get hit by it. Let's say it together... "Now that's Sticky!"
Cheesy GoopGW1
Cheesy Goop
The Cheesy Goop in the first in Crazy Dave's new line of gourmet marinades. It's scientifically formulated to slow Zombies down and make them taste great!
Center abilities
BurrowGW1
Burrow
The Chomper's ultimate weapon. He has the ability to tunnel underground and ambush unsuspecting Zombies by emerging under their feet and swallowing them whole!
Sprint BurrowGW1
Sprint Burrow
The Sprint Burrow allows the Chomper to move much faster when under the ground, but the range is quite limited.
Right abilities
SpikeweedGW1
Spikeweed
Laying Spikeweed traps is a great way to ambush Zombies. If they walk over the Spikeweed, they get ensnared and are easy to chomp.
Spiky SpikeweedGW1
Spiky Spikeweed
The Spiky Spikeweed deals more damage to Zombies it ensnares, but only a few can be deployed at a time.
ChesterweedGW1
Chesterweed
The Chesterweed attacks at an extremely fast speed, dealing up to 70 damage in 5 seconds. Chompers eating zombies trapped by the Chesterweed will swallow significantly faster, but the Chomper can only have two of them at a time, instead of three. It takes 60 seconds to recharge one Chesterweed.

Left abilities
GoopGW2
Goop
Hitting targets with the Chomper's ranged Goop attack is a great way to slow them down, making them easier to chomp. They taste better too!
Super Sticky GoopGW2
Super Sticky Goop
This goop is sooo sticky that Zombies are not even able to move when they get hit by it. Let's say it together... "Now that's Sticky!"
Chomp CannonGW2
Chomp Cannon
If you're sick of being harassed by Zombies on rooftops, the Chomp Cannon is for you. Hock a loogie in their direction with this disgustingly explosive attack!
Center abilities
BurrowGW2
Burrow
The Chomper's ultimate weapon. He has the ability to tunnel underground and ambush unsuspecting Zombies by emerging under their feet and swallowing them whole!
Sprint BurrowGW2
Sprint Burrow
The Sprint Burrow allows the Chomper to move much faster when under the ground, but the range is quite limited.
Right abilities
SpikeweedGW2
Spikeweed
Laying Spikeweed traps is a great way to ambush Zombies. If they walk over the Spikeweed, they get ensnared and are easy to chomp.
Spiky SpikeweedGW2
Spiky Spikeweed
The Spiky Spikeweed deals more damage to Zombies it ensnares, but only a few can be deployed at a time.
VampweedGW2
Vampweed
When a zombie stumbles into a Vampweed, you get a helpful health boost! The zombie isn't hurt, but he probably feels a bit silly falling into your trap.

Upgrades[]

Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare[]

HotRodChomperUpgrade

Description about the Hot Rod Chomper's weapon upgrades

Supercharged Turbo[]

Movement speed increased due to addition of a supercharged turbo.

Super Combustion Intestines[]

Digests Zombies in a very Hot-Roddy manner, allowing for faster digestion.

Reinforced Chassis[]

A reinforced chassis boosts the health of Hot Rod Chomper.

Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2[]

Digestion Upgrade
Digestion Upgrade

This upgrade decreases your digestion time after meals!

Health Regeneration Delay
Health Regeneration Delay Upgrade

This upgrade decreases the delay before health regeneration begins!

Health Regeneration
Health Regeneration Upgrade

This upgrade increases how quickly your health regenerates!

Health Upgrade
Health Upgrade

This upgrade increases your maximum health!

Damage Upgrade
Damage Upgrade

This upgrade increases your primary weapon damage!

Speed Upgrade
Speed Upgrade

This upgrade allows you to move faster!

Speed Upgrade
Speed Upgrade

This upgrade allows you to move faster!

Digestion Upgrade
Digestion Upgrade

This upgrade decreases your digestion time after meals!

Strategies[]

With[]

You can use the extra speed (after digesting a zombie) to make a quick getaway to a Sunflower, quickly chase a player down without using Burrow, or make way to safety. The speed boost allows you to move faster than Peashooter's Hyper. Take advantage of his speed, such as trying to dodge bullets. He also moves faster when using the Burrow due to his faster movement speed. However, do not try dodging bullets while running from an Engineer variant, as his attacks can deal splash damage even if they miss (unless a Mechanic is chasing you, who cannot do splash damage).

Against[]

Remember his abilities and speed boost while attempting to flee from or vanquish the Hot Rod Chomper. Try to use abilities that can help you make large distances between him, such as Scientist's Warp, Foot Soldier's Rocket Jump or Rocket Leap, Engineer's Jackhammer, or the All-Star's Sprint Tackle. However, tackling him is not recommended as the Hot Rod Chomper can live and get knocked back to safety. Stun him with the Sonic Grenade as an Engineer, then vanquish him before he can harm you.

Goop can be a major problem facing this Chomper, especially if he Goops you while he has his speed boost. To avoid this threat, try to counter his abilities with your abilities, such as the All-Star's Dummy Shields, which will take the hit from the Goop for you. Even better, instant-kill abilities, such as ZPG or Imp Punt, make vanquishing this Chomper easy. Rocket Jump onto a rooftop, and he will not be able to harm you unless he Goops you.

Due to him only having 125 health (as opposed to the 175-health pool that most other Chompers have) and a massive critical hitbox, he is much more vulnerable to snipers, so make sure to keep this in mind. Ice Characters can very easily slow him down, making his fragility even more obvious.

Balancing changes[]

Graveyard Variety Pack DLC[]

  • Digestion time was decreased after a chomp escape (i.e. victim got away using anti-chomp ability like Jackhammer).
  • Brought Chompers regeneration delay to parity with all other playable characters.

Trouble in Zombopolis: Part One DLC[]

  • Tuned Chomper camera to be closer to that in Garden Warfare.
  • Improved all digestion time upgrade multipliers.

Related achievements[]

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare[]

Snaretastic PSN
Snaretastic
As a Chomper, Swallow 10 Snared Zombies in a session
Weed Whacker PSN
Weed Whacker
Vanquish 100 Peashooters, 100 Sunflowers, 100 Chompers and 100 Cacti

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2[]

Goatmeal PSN
Goatmeal
As a Chomper, swallow a Goat

Gallery[]

Garden Warfare[]

Garden Warfare 2[]

In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Hot Rod Chomper
France French Mordeur mécanique
Germany German Hot-Rod-Schnapper
Italy Italian Masticazombi turbo
Japan Japanese ホットロッドチャンパー English name transliterated into Japanese
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Carnívora Potente
Spain Spanish Carnívora Bolido


Trivia[]

  • He appears in a promotional image along with Sunflower as seen above. The "Need for Seed" in the image is a pun for Need for Speed, a racing video game franchise also owned by EA. The promotional image parodies Need for Speed Rivals.
    • The origin of the pun was from a fan that wondered what was next for a plant-based pun in June 2013, and PopCap replied that it was a brilliant idea.
  • He is the only plant based on a car and one of only two plants based on machines. The other is Future Cactus.
  • He is one of the five Chomper variants whose stem and leaves have different colors. Count Chompula, Armor Chomper, Chester Chomper, and Chomp Thing are the others.
  • His speed boost makes him faster than Peashooter using Hyper, making him the fastest plant without using any abilities.
  • His Chomp has a special sound effect similar to Armor Chomper.
  • He was redesigned in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. His appearance is mostly the same except for his mouth. It now has a black chrome color, with the teeth not being chrome but white instead.
  • He was given a new movement animation along with Disco Chomper, and this animation can be seen when either of these Chompers achieves the condition that makes them move faster than usual. You can also see this animation done by other Chompers by activating the Speed Boost Craziness option in a private match.
  • After Chomp Thing's health buff in the Trials of Gnomus DLC, he is the only Chomper variant with 125 health.
  • His in-game description references the movie Hot Rod during the Cool Beans scene.
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Playable Classes
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Sunflowers Sunflower · Mystic Flower · Power Flower · Fire Flower · Shadow Flower · Metal Petal · Sun Pharaoh · Alien Flower · Vampire Flower · Stuffy Flower


Chompers Chomper · Hot Rod Chomper · Toxic Chomper · Fire Chomper · Power Chomper · Count Chompula · Armor Chomper · Chomp Thing · Yeti Chomper · Disco Chomper · Unicorn Chomper · Twilight Chomper


Cacti Cactus · Camo Cactus · Fire Cactus · Ice Cactus · Power Cactus · Future Cactus · Bandit Cactus · Jade Cactus · Zen Cactus · Petrified Cactus


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Roses Rose · Druid Rose · Fire Rose · Frost Rose · Party Rose · Nec'Rose


Corns Kernel Corn · BBQ Corn · Mob Cob · Pops Corn · Party Corn · Commando Corn


Others Torchwood · Junkasaurus
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb · Pea Gatling · Hyper · Sombrero Bean Bomb · Retro Gatling · Super Pea Jump · Dark Bean Bomb · Bling Gatling


Sunflower Heal Beam · Sunbeam · Heal Flower · Rainbow Heal Beam · Solar Flare Beam · Dark Flower · Rainbow Flower


Chomper Goop · Burrow · Spikeweed · Super Sticky Goop · Sprint Burrow · Spiky Spikeweed · Chomp Cannon · Vampweed · Rainbow Warp · Twilight Warp


Cactus Potato Mine · Garlic Drone · Tallnut Battlement · Potato Nugget Mine · Artichoke Drone · Iron Maiden · Pizzazzling Potato Mine · Red Artichoke · Bling Maiden · Dark Garlic Drone


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Citron Ball Hyper Ball · Assault Mode · Spin Dash


Rose Time Snare · Arcane Enigma · Goatify · Arcane Lotus · Psychedelic Goat


Kernel Corn Butter Barrage · Husk Hop · Shuck Shot · Bigger Better Butter · Multi-Shuck


Torchwood Blazin' Blast · Smoldering Madness · Leaf Shield


Junkasaurus Charge of Insanity · Epic Mega Blast · Spin Override · Super Heavy Hornblast
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Grow-a-Pot Bonk Choy · Pea Cannon · Gatling Pea · Lightning Reed · Scaredy-shroom · Fume-shroom · Goop-shroom · Doom-shroom · Ice-shroom · Toxic Gloom-shroom · Bamboo Shoot · Snap Dragon · Heal Flower
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Swarm Wildflower
Abilities
Peashooter Chili Bean Bomb · Pea Gatling · Pea Suped


Chomper Spikeweed · Burrow · Grody Goop


Kernel Corn Butter Beacon · Husk Hop · Shuck Shot


Night Cap Casting Shadows · Fung Fu · Shadow Sneak


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Acorn & Oak
Acorn
Solo Sap Trap · Invoke Oak · Acorn Dash


Passenger Sap Trap · Treeject · Lumber Support


Oak Super Sap Trap · Treeject · Roll for Damage



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Rose Jinx · Arcane Enigma · Goatify


Wildflower Wild Life · Weed Out · Bloom Boom
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Grow-a-Pot
Range Pea Cannon · Gatling Pea · Scaredy-Shroom · Lightning Reed


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Soil of Summoning
Melee Terracotta Weed · Vase Weed · Dandelion


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Support Heal Weed · Hypno-Shroom
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Bounty Hunt
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Town Center Big Hurtle · Kitty Sparkles · Mrs. Veilbiter
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