This guide is ok but I think you are over emphasizing the attitude and mentality.
You yourself just mentioned that after firing EM Peach, Citron can't fire his laser immediately after. How is this a good thing, at all? Part of the stun is wasted in his own animation/CD/self stun/whatever. It's only beneficial for other plants, sure but it isn't going to save him.
Also I can understand not worrying about kills but you have to at least be able to get assists. You have to earn XP and coins some how and if all you are doing is pecking people with the beam a few times, doing 50-75 damage, getting no assists, and no kills you'll never level up the character.
Low coin count, low experience? Why would anyone play this class again?
I get I need to pick my battles, run around, etc etc. I've started doing that and will continue but being completely passive and not getting any assists or kills is a terrible thing to suggest/imply. Kills, Assists, Heals, revives, and streaks are important not because they get you on the glory podium but it gets you XP and coins. You can't generate XP or coins any other way unless you rather get it all in your backyard.
Map Pressure is good and I saw the value of that while I ran around from place to place, harassing the zombies. However Scientist is very good at this but he gets kills for his effort. I on the other hand have to focus on getting assists or aiding other plants in battle in hopes of getting XP this way. While in the mean time I am shooting my beam I am completely vulnerable to attacks because of how turtle slow I am.
You think someone with 4 legs like a bug/spider would move quicker than that. lol
Yes I'm ranting a bit, I feel I was deceived in his presentation. He's nothing like he appears in the trailer or info. If he had a ninja mask or was depicted more as a stealthy character I wouldn't feel so cheated. Yet he's depicted as a tank and he's so bad at doing what you expect a tank would do. (I'm thinking MMO tank here, mind you)
@Redlove108 dude, i had your same though at the start, but sometimes its not about learning tricks or tips, the thing that help you the most is your decision making. As long you play the game you will eventually increase it and you will not even notice, because its a natural thing. Continue playing the class, dont give up. Trust this class is already Op, and my only hope is to not get a * nerf, overall frozen one (not because frozen citron is op, but since zombies are spamming tanks for days, they will eventually complain after if Citron will be buffed.
Back in the beta Rose was considered UP, when she was fine.. buffed and nerfed to a point she's less useful than when she was in the beta. I dont want the same thing will happen to Citron again, and im right to think this, because Citron has nothing to do with the fact that plants are losing.
Plants are losing because Sunflower's and Cactus can't stand their counterparts, and on the otherside there are many Zombies which are incredible overpowered like Electro Brainz, Ac Perry, Tennis Star and Park Ranger, Lil drake. Whenever all these classes will eventually get a nerf, game will be much more enjoyable.
By the way, if you feel that is hard to this class to get any Xp, you're right, is hard for any support class, and even for some carryes with Low Dps, for example i had hard times with Ice PeaShooter.
If you dont feel confident, you can do some Garden Ops until you reach elite 5. Once you get Elite 5 you have the upgrades you need to play the class.
Overheat and Mobility Upgrade are just staple and Damage Upgrade increase +1 both splash and direct damage... is +2 damage for each tick 🙂). You will notice a huge change.
Most of classes works only with Upgrades, for example Law Pea is pretty orrible before the reload Upgrades, but once you get both he is incredible strong.
Also why you think the Beam does low damage? You know at each ticki deals both Direct and Splash Damage right? They are just splitted but its not that bad at all.
For the XP you're completely right, Devs are incredible stupid, assist should just give the same amount of XP, and that's why support classes are discouraged to play.. fair point.
For the coins i dont honestly know, i read on Reddit you just earn coin based on how much time the match lasted, so pratically if i ddnt read wrong you just earn the same coin your allies are earning, but im not sure.
Look my friend, yesterday i won pretty much more than 50% matches as a plant, at least on Team Vanquish. I did many good scores with him, so i know what am i talking about.
This class is one of the few good ones in the current meta. Whenever i win its mostly because plant team is balanced and i noticed an increase number of Citrons Players.
At least on Origin, seems on pc meta is much more balanced, i cant really explain that.
EDIT: To clarify, for the clunky Empeach animations just group with a friend. You can premade with him and coordinate or just follow one of your team-mate and mostly will be fine. If you are not going to win many 1vs1, you will win for sure any 2vs2 with an AoE stun. I used to duo premade with a friend that mains Alien Flower.
Believe me or Not, Frozen Citron and an Alien Flower are a deadly combination.
Zombies are generally strong in 1vs1 scenario, thats why when you play Zombie you can play like a noob, dont give a **** about your team-mates and enjoying playing Rambo for 10 minutes.
Plants are not meant to play like this. Plants are stronger in teamfights, so dont go alone at 1vs1 people, just play with your group. Even if you dont agree with their movements pattern, sometimes is better to do something wrong together rather than playing your own game and lose.
This is at least on team vanquish, the only thing that you cant deal in turf are Mechs conquisting gardens, even my guide cant help with that, Mechs need to be limited, so just play this mode and with Citron, if you will get any good you will going to carry matches alone just by yourself.
