It is based on the water chestnut, an edible corm produced by the grass-like sedge of the family Cyperaceae. However, its design seems to be based more on a sweet chestnut, an edible nut produced from trees in the beech family Fagaceae.
Statistics
Class: Guardian
Tribes: Root Nut Plant
Traits: Amphibious, Team-Up
Abilities: None
Set - Rarity: Premium - Uncommon
Card description
"300 laps a day, every day. That's how I do it."
Update history
Update ????
Tribe order change: Nut Root → Root Nut
Strategies
With
Water Chestnut functions as a Template:PvZHLink with more health and the Amphibious trait, but also with a slightly higher sun cost, so use this plant in the same manner as you do with Wall-Nut. This can also be an additional replacement for Wall-Nut.
Its main reason to use it compared to a regular Wall-Nut is the Amphibious trait; using this, you can protect your plants from powerful Amphibious zombies up to Template:PvZHLink. Playing some decently powerful Amphibious plants behind it such as Template:PvZHLink can make for a good strategy.
In addition, since it is a nut, it benefits from Smackadamia's boost of +2, and since it has no strength, it does benefit from Spineapple's boost of +2. In addition, Mirror-Nut can benefit from it, since it does classify as a nut. It is also a root, meaning that it will get a small stat boost when played if there is a Starch-Lord on the field.
With its high health, Pecanolith can combo with this really well, turning it into a 8/8 plant for just 2 sun.
Against
Destroy this plant in the same manner as you do with a Wall-Nut, as it is only a slightly stronger Wall-Nut that can be planted in the aquatic lane. Rolling Stone and Weed Spray are able to destroy it easily because of its lack of strength. If those aren't an option, resort to Amphibious zombies or damaging tricks.
Gallery
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It and Magic Beanstalk hold the third highest health-per-cost ratio of any plant fighter in the game, with 1 equating to 4. The second highest card is Template:PvZH Link, with a ratio of 5 health for 1 sun, and the highest is Template:PvZHLink, with a ratio of 6 health for 1 sun.