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The Nightshade is another shadow plant, User Dave. By itself it deals slapping damage to zombies. But if it is planted next to a Moonflower, both will become more powerful.

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For the version in Plants vs. Zombies: All Stars, see Nightshade.

Nightshade is the second plant obtained in Modern Day in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He will slap any zombies in front of him with his leaves every 4 seconds but can only do this three times and can only do so at close range. If powered by either Moonflower, Conceal-mint, Gloom Vine, or Noctarine, not only can his leaves actually be fired in Appease-mint-style formation, but he also gains the ability to regrow said leaves every 5 seconds, effectively turning him into a long-ranged offensive plant instead of a melee plant. However, thrown leaves do less damage compared to leaves slapping a zombie.

Origins[]

Nightshades

He is based on the Solanaceae, which is an economically important family of flowering plants, known as climbing nightshades.

His appearance may be based on Solanum dulcamara, with his leaves being based on the purple petals and his cap being based on the reproductive part of the flower.


Almanac entry[]

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Nightshade

Nightshades are shadow plants that smack zombies with slappy leaves. Hurls and regrow [sic] its leaves when powered by other Shadow plants.

For Nightshade, smacking is a duty and a privilege. He comes from a long line of ardent smackers, and his family counts three kings, four ambassadors and a president as among those proudly slapped around.


Chinese version  (China only)[]

    在暗影状态下的时候,会用力投掷和重新长出树叶

    特点:在暗影状态下的时候,会用力投掷和重新长出树叶
    植物特征:蓝色植物,紫色植物,暗影一族

    对于茄属[sic]植物来说,攻击是一种责任和特权。他来自一长串热情的追踪者,他的家人包括三名国王、四名大使和一名总统。
    In English:
    When in shadow state, strongly throws and regrows tree leaves

    Special: when in shadow state, strongly throws and regrows tree leaves
    Plant feature: blue plant, purple plant, shadow family

    For Solanum plants, , attacking is a duty and a privilege. He comes from a long queue of ardent trackers, his family includes three kings, four ambassadors and a president.

Upgrades[]

Plant Food effect[]

NightshadePF

Plant Food ability

When fed with Plant Food, Nightshade will regrow all of his leaves, then hurl three large leaves at zombies (or do melee damage three times if there is a zombie close to him). Each large leaf deals 600 (400 in Chinese version) damage, similar to the large pea Repeater shoots at the end of his Plant Food effect. Additionally, after performing the effect, all leaves thrown by Nightshade will deal 150 damage instead of 100 and his melee attack will do 600 damage instead of 200.

Conceal-mint effect[]

When boosted by Conceal-mint, Nightshade will do an additional 400 damage on his normal ranged attacks, an additional 700 damage on his melee attacks, an additional 600 damage on his powered ranged attacks, an additional 1100 damage on his Plant Food melee attacks, and an additional 1800 damage on his Plant Food ranged attacks. He will be powered even if not adjacent to a Moonflower.

Level upgrades[]

Level Seed packets Coins Upgrades
Sun Cost Recharge
(Fast)
Toughness
(Typical)
Damage
(Heavy)
Plant Food Power
(Damage)
Projectile
Velocity^
Range
Ranged Melee Melee Ranged
Normal Powered*
1 0 0 75 5 seconds 300 damage 100 damage 150 damage 200 damage 600 damage 600 damage Normal Straight
2 10 1,000 5 seconds 350 damage 125 damage 180 damage 250 damage 650 damage 700 damage
3 75 5,000 4.5 seconds 400 damage 150 damage 225 damage 300 damage 700 damage 800 damage +1.3x
4 200 10,000 4.5 seconds 450 damage 175 damage 255 damage 350 damage 750 damage 900 damage
5 400 20,000 4 seconds 550 damage 200 damage 300 damage 400 damage 800 damage 1200 damage
6 750 30,000 4 seconds 600 damage 225 damage 330 damage 450 damage 850 damage 1300 damage
7 1,000 40,000 3.5 seconds 650 damage 250 damage 375 damage 500 damage 900 damage 1400 damage +1.6x
8 1,250 50,000 3.5 seconds 700 damage 300 damage 450 damage 550 damage 950 damage 1500 damage
9 1,500 60,000 50 3 seconds 800 damage 350 damage 525 damage 600 damage 1000 damage 1600 damage
10 2,000 75,000 2.5 seconds 900 damage 400 damage 600 damage 700 damage 1100 damage 1800 damage

*After being fed with Plant Food and throwing large leaves, all leaves thrown normally after that will be powered.
^Applies to both normal and Plant Food state.

Mastery upgrades[]

  • Chance to Boost
  • Damage Pierce

Level upgrades (China only)[]

Level Upgrades Description
LevelIcon2New Nightshade Upgrade 1
Night Shade Regrowing
夜影再生
When Moonflower buffs this plant, its leaf regeneration speed increases, restoring a leaf every 4.5 seconds.
当有月光花提供增益时,它的叶片恢复速度提升,每4.5秒恢复一片叶子。
CombatTrainingIcon
Combat Training
战斗训练
Nightshade gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
LevelIcon3New Nightshade Upgrade 2
Rapid Growth
快速生长
When Moonflower buffs this plant, its leaf regeneration speed increases, restoring a leaf every 4 seconds.
当有月光花提供增益时,它的叶片恢复速度提升,每4秒恢复一片叶子。
CellActivationIcon
Cell Activation
细胞活化
Nightshade gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
LevelIcon4New AbilityAwakendIcon
Ability Awaken
能力觉醒
Nightshade may be boosted when planted.
FightingPowerIcon
Fighting Power
战斗能力
Nightshade gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).


Costumed (China only)[]

Nightshade now hurls all three of his plant food leaves at once, which does more damage. However, he only does this once.

Strategies[]

Nightshade's main strength is his high potential effectiveness for his fairly low price of 75 sun. When powered by Moonflower, a Nightshade can deal almost three times as much damage as an average Peashooter, and will, therefore, have little problem making much quicker work of Basic and Buckethead Zombies. However, this ability could also be considered a downside, as Nightshade is heavily dependent on Moonflower, which is a plant with a relatively slow recharge rate, and Nightshade's performance when not powered is below average due to him not being able to regrow his leaves. Nightshade also faces great challenges in the world he is introduced, as the amount of methods used by the horde to deter straight-shooting projectiles, plus the sheer zombie density can render even the most powerful of single target plants insignificant. But the player can plant it with Dusk Lobber because Dusk Lobber can do splash damage to the zombies and Nightshade can more easily kill them.

When given plant food, the leaves the Nightshade uses will remain as the powered color, and also have changed damage when in both melee and ranged form. In melee form, he is capable of defeating a Conehead Zombie with one leaf, and a Buckethead Zombie with three leaves. Tombstones enter their second degrade when hit with one ranged leaf, which occurs at 160 damage.

Related achievement[]

The Shadow Family
The Shadow Family
Complete a level with 20 powered Shadow Plants

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In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language Name Description
United States of America English Nightshade
China Simplified Chinese 夜影龙葵 lit. "Night Shade Solanum nigrum"
France French Bouton-noir "Black Button"
Germany German Nachtschatten
Italy Italian Notturnombra
Brazil Brazilian Portuguese Beladona Sombria
Spain Spanish Solanácea


Trivia[]

  • He reuses attacking sounds from Cactus.
    • He also reuses the Plant Food sound effects from Wall-nut and Tall-nut when he is given Plant Food.
  • When he is not powered, he would sometimes have powered leaves instead of the basic purple leaves.
    • When he attacks whether powered or not, his leaves turn purple. This is only a visual error.
      • However, if fed Plant Food, his leaves remain as the powered leaves.
  • If one looks closely, his costume slightly shakes during his idle animation.
    • This is because every other animation loop, he blinks his eyes. This causes the shades to shake a little because of the blink.
  • He resembles Bloomerang in terms of appearance.

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