Phat Beet

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Not to be confused with Super-Phat Beets from Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.

Phat Beet
Phat Beet thumps out damage every few seconds.
Almanac statistics
Sun cost	150
Recharge	Fast
Damage	Moderate
Area	3x3
Rarity (China)	Rare
In-game statistics
Direct damage	0.75 normal damage shots Every 4th, 5th, or 6th attack does 2.25 normal damage shots
Unlocked	Beating Neon Mixtape Tour - Day 1
Unlocked (China)	Collect 10 Phat Beet Puzzle Pieces
Costumes
Phat Beet has been known to drop sick rhymes, dope grooves, and highly satisfactory jams, often within seconds of each other.

Phat Beet is the first plant obtained in Neon Mixtape Tour in Plants vs. Zombies 2. He attacks zombies by sending out shockwaves in a 3x3 area, each shockwave dealing 0.75 normal damage shots. From anywhere between his fourth and sixth attack, Phat Beet will deal a critical hit which is worth 2.25 normal damage shots.

Origins

Phat Beet's appearance is based on the beetroot, the taproot portion of the plant Beta vulgaris, simply known as the beet in English. This plant's name is a portmanteau of the expression "phat beat" and "beet," the type of real-life plant this plant is based on.

Almanac entry

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

Phat Beet
	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 15 RANGE 3x3 Enforce-mint Plant Food: Thump [sic] the ground, dealing damage to surrounding zombies. Phat Beets thump out damage every second. Phat Beet has been known to drop sick rhymes, dope grooves, and highly satisfactory jams, often within seconds of each other.

Phat Beet

SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 5 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 15 RANGE 3x3 Enforce-mint Plant Food: Thump [sic] the ground, dealing damage to surrounding zombies. Phat Beets thump out damage every second. Phat Beet has been known to drop sick rhymes, dope grooves, and highly satisfactory jams, often within seconds of each other.

Audio

Sound	Description
	Attacking
	Plant Food

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Plant Food stage 1

Plant Food stage 2

When fed Plant Food, Phat Beet stretches vertically and slams the ground with its body, dealing 30 normal damage shots to every zombie surrounding it in a 3x3 area, and 10 normal damage shots to zombies within a 5x5 area, but not in the 3x3 area.

Costumed (China only)

Its shock wave knocks back any zombies it doesn't kill.

Level upgrade

Level	Seed packets	Coins	Upgrades
			Sun Cost	Recharge (Fast)	Toughness (Typical)	Damage (Moderate)		Plant Food Power (Damage)		Range
						Normal	Critical	Inner range	Outer range
1	0	0	150	5 seconds	300 damage	15 damage	45 damage	400 damage	200 damage	3x3
2	25	1,000		4.5 seconds	350 damage	25 damage	75 damage	400 damage	200 damage
3	50	2,000		4.5 seconds	400 damage	25 damage	75 damage	400 damage	200 damage
4	100	4,000		4.5 seconds	450 damage	35 damage	105 damage	500 damage	250 damage
5	125	6,000	125	4.5 seconds	500 damage	35 damage	105 damage	500 damage	250 damage
6	175	8,000		4 seconds	550 damage	35 damage	105 damage	500 damage	250 damage
7	250	10,000		4 seconds	600 damage	40 damage	120 damage	500 damage	250 damage
8	350	15,000		4 seconds	650 damage	40 damage	120 damage	600 damage	300 damage
9	450	20,000	100	4 seconds	700 damage	40 damage	120 damage	600 damage	300 damage
10	800	60,000		3.5 seconds	750 damage	40 damage	120 damage	600 damage	300 damage
11	1,000	75,000		3.5 seconds	800 damage	45 damage	135 damage	600 damage	300 damage
12	1,250	100,000		3.5 seconds	825 damage	45 damage	135 damage	700 damage	350 damage
13	1,500	150,000	75	3.5 seconds	850 damage	45 damage	135 damage	700 damage	350 damage
14	1,750	200,000		3 seconds	875 damage	45 damage	135 damage	700 damage	350 damage
15	2,000	250,000		3 seconds	900 damage	45 damage	135 damage	800 damage	400 damage

Level upgrade (China only)

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Phat Beat	Phat Beet has a better chance to critically hit.
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Phat Beet gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Resonance	Critical damage increased.
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Phat Beet gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Phat Beet may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Phat Beet gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Strategies

Phat Beet shares its strengths and weaknesses with Gloom-shroom—namely, an extremely high damage potential hampered by a lack of range. However, the lack of Pumpkins in the second game makes planning a defense with Phat Beet a much harder task. He is very effective in the rightmost columns to keep the far end of the lawn tame.

A strategy with Gloom-shroom being replicated with Phat Beet.

Phat Beet can be fairly powerful with the help of Sweet Potato or Garlic but if you use it in Frostbite Caves, Hot Date is also a good option. Phat Beets can be planted in the second and fourth lanes, with a Sweet Potato or Hot Date on the remaining ones. That way, the zombies will be attracted to the Sweet Potatoes, and they will have to walk alongside Phat Beets dealing damage, which remain safe from being killed. Of course, Sweet Potatoes, Garlic and Hot Date will require replacement eventually. For more damage, Spikeweed or Spikerock can be planted near the Sweet Potatoes.

Phat Beet is useful against the Imps thrown by Gargantuars, especially in Endless Zones in higher levels. He works well in numbers and against them, giving it utility. Sadly, Phat Beet is very vulnerable to the Gargantuars themselves, and players should be cautious when taking on the Gargantuar themselves.

In Ancient Egypt and Dark Ages, Phat Beet can be useful for clearing out tombstones, if planted in the middle of a big group of them. In Wild West, Phat Beet is useful to put on minecarts. Combined with Sweet Potato, Phat Beet can cause great damage to the zombies, including Zombie Chickens, or be placed at the back of the lawn to combat Prospector Zombies.

In Big Wave Beach, Phat Beet is useful against Octo Zombies, since a group of them can quickly kill his thrown octopus and free the trapped plant. In addition, Phat Beet is a good plant against low tides, especially if Magnet-shroom is used against Pompadour and Bikini Buckethead. Phat Beet's attacks can damage Snorkel Zombie, even when submerged. In Frostbite Caves, ice floes should be used to one's advantage to create an effective strategy with Phat Beet, as long as there are no Weasel Hoarders or Dodo Rider Zombies. He cannot fully take down an Ice Weasel in one hit (unless it is a critical hit).

Both in normal levels and Endless Zone, Phat Beets work well with Winter Melon or Sap-fling because they can slow down the zombies as Phat Beet attacks. To increase the damage, Spikerock can be used.

Phat Beet's Plant Food effect should be used only in large waves near it or you will waste a Plant Food.

Phat Beet also has an immunity to Boombox Zombie's ability and should therefore be planted closer to the right side of the lawn for quick dispatchment.

Gallery

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Trivia

• In the official Plants vs. Zombies Facebook page, PopCap refers to him as "Phat Beat" in some of their posts.
• His eyes are darker in-game than it is on its seed packet, the "Beet It" achievement icon, and his Endless Zone card. It is unknown why this is the case.
• He is the only non-ground and non-instant-use plant that cannot be affected by the ballad jam.
• Him, Dandelion in Plants vs. Zombies Online, Kiwibeast and Gloom-shroom are the only non-instant-use attacking plants with a 3x3 range around themselves.
• His Plant Food ability used to affect the whole board (20 normal damage shots to zombies outside 3x3 radius, 35 normal damage shots to zombies within 3x3 radius) until it got nerfed.
• In the Neon Mixtape Tour Side A trailer, he was referred to as 'Phat Beets'. This was probably an error or that the trailer was referring to more than one Phat Beet.
• When the level is over and there is a lawn obstacle (e.g. a tombstone) in his range, he will keep attacking it until it is destroyed.
• In the Neon Mixtape Tour Side A trailer, he is seen using its Zen Garden watering animation while sleeping.
• Strangely, his level upgrade in the Chinese version uses the Winter Melon icon, as its level 2 name is based on a word called "余音绕梁" which means "long and graceful music."

See also

• Gloom-shroom
• Kiwibeast
• Beet
• Beet It
• Dandelion (PvZO)

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