For those that don't know, the character classes are peashooter, cactus, sunflower, engineer, foot soldier, etc. Variants are Camo Ranger, Hockey Star, etc. I'm interested in hearing ideas on new character classes. I've already come up with a few in various threads... for example. Vampire Zombie Special Abilities : Bat Swarm (Swarm of bats attack target), Life Syphon (allows you to life drain X amount of health from a plant or summoned zombie ), Bat Whirlwind ( Vampire spins like Taz and surrounded by bats ) Random Teleport (randomly teleports vampire to anyplace on map). Poof of smoke ( non damaging smoke cloud to escape ) Mushroom Special Abilities : Hypnotize (because this game needs some zany psychadelic looks that screw up someone's controls), Magnetize (takes metal objects off of summoned zombies), Place Plant Pot ( allows them to place a new pot to summon a plant ) Ninja Zombie Special Abilities - Slice and Dice (tornado move swinging sword), Parkour (increased speed with wall running), Ninja Smoke (smoke cloud for cover), Shuriken ( ninja throwing stars)

What about a sapling class. Then it can use a skill to turn into a tree (like an imp)A mushroom with a shotgun attack would be awesome.I feel like a gargoyle or zombie dog would be insane but i have no clue how they would work.

@GardenZsniper wrote:About time we had a figure like Groot from the supa marvel heros, the abilities he could have it firing stick pullets, buff up into a ball, big jumps and then the upgrades can be extra pieces of branches/wood to give better health.how about a apple tree based plant? somewhere inbetween the cactus(minus sniping) in design and that big tree boss as apples are a underused fruit type plant not currently in the game outside a backyard item.

I want a Chompasaurus:eahigh_file:

Steam Pea.Fires a short range shotgun like blast if you spam the trigger. But if you hold it down it will charge and fire farther. But if you hold it to long it will explode and do damage to you.Also this character would be steampunk. now that time travel is involved they can go to the industrial revolution.

Hypno Shroom-slow-bright and colorful(sticks out especially in night sections-fires his? her? fungi have something like 36000 genders so who knows; laser burst weapon-a stream that can hurt target a maximum of 5 times per bullet-weapon is also colorful and is easy to spot where it came fromAbility 1Hypno Spores- zombies hit by it (summon zombies count) no longer control their character-their character turns purple and attacks the closest zombie (summon zombies count)-AI for brainwashed zombies is the same AI on easy garden ops-effect wheres of over time but can where of instantly if they vanquish another zombie(summon zombies count) or if they have 20 health left-brainwashed zombies can't get any lower than 20 health-zombies can damage a brainwashed zombie, but not plantsSide Note- If their is a scientist on your team you can damage them to 20 health to get rid of the brainwash effect then heal the hp back to max-or just wait it outAbility 2Spring Bean- place on the ground- a spring bean can make any plant that jumps on it bounce high upSide Note- A well placed spring bean can help make plant travel easier, as a zombie you can't have thatAbility 3Energy pulse- all zombies around the hypno shroom get knocked away via a pulse of mystical energy-also deals some damageSide Note- Keep your distance and you will be fine and dodge anything that looks...sporeyAbility substitutions is the difference between a zpg and a multi rocket.I am covering these next.Ability 1 substitution 1 Hypno beam- like the heal beam this has no cool down-it actually works exactly like the heal beam but instead of healing plants you are making zombies trip out(like the ability the summonable hypnoshrooms have in GW2)Ability 1 substitution 2Toxic Spores- makes zombies hit by it have a spore cloud follow them around-this makes it so they can't see-this also does DOTAbility 2 substitution 1Armored Spring bean- doesn't bounce plants as high but has more hpAbility 2 substitution 2Area denial Spring bean- doesn't bounce plants at all-instead knocks back zombies that get to closeAbility 3 substitution 1Damage Pulse-No knock back just damage-higher damageAbility 3 substitution 2Force Field- summons a glowing force field that can block hits-is in the shape of a dome-follows around your hypnoshroom but slows down your speedNecromancer Zombie-moderate-fires his bone boomerang weapon-can pierce through multiple plants on the way out as well as the way back-only has 1 ammo-can only fire again when his trusty boomerang returns which it always doesAbility 1raise tombstone- throws a bone (arcs like scientist sticky explodey balls)-wherever the bone lands a tombstone appears their-tombstones summon zombies(usually brown coats but occasionally something interesting like a screen door zombie)Side Note- having to contend with a swarm is annoying, best to destroy it if you see itAbility 2Zombie grab- Throws an identical looking bone-when it lands plants in the area get grabbed (including a burrowed chomper) by undead hands that come out of the ground-plants grabbed by hands cannot use their abilities-the hands grabbing them must be destroyed before they can escapeSide Note- Shoot or chomp at the hands on your feet to break freeAbility 3Rune- Throws an identical looking bone-when it lands a rune is summoned-runes rapidly deplete the ammo of all plants in its radiusSide Note- Destroy from afar or with your special abilitiesAbility 1 substitution 1Armored tombstone- a tombstone with more hp but is less likely to summon something cool like a bucket headAbility 1 substitution 2Horde tombstone- produces more zombies at once more frequently but is less likely to summon something cool like a backup dancerAbility 2 substitution 1Armored zombie grab- zombie hands have more hpAbility 2 substitution 2damaging zombie grab- zombie hands do damageAbility 3 substitution 1Armored rune- more hp at the expense of not depleting plant ammo as quicklyAbility 3 substitution 2damaging rune- less hp but does damage as well as deplete ammo

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33 Replies

xcrimsonlegendx
Seasoned Ace
10 years ago
Mushroom NEEDS to happen.
Anonymous
10 years ago
What about a sapling class. Then it can use a skill to turn into a tree (like an imp)
A mushroom with a shotgun attack would be awesome.
I feel like a gargoyle or zombie dog would be insane but i have no clue how they would work.
AWMaxSterling
10 years ago
I actually think my vampire abilities are too strong if it gets all 3. Maybe change one to a random teleport somewhere on the map... and the other to a smoke screen with no damage effect, just to be used as cover.

Ninja Zombie

Special Abilities - Slice and Dice (tornado move swinging sword), Parkour (increased speed with wall running), Ninja Smoke (smoke cloud for cover)
AWMaxSterling
10 years ago
@Sir_Wild_Wiley wrote:

What about a sapling class. Then it can use a skill to turn into a tree (like an imp)

A mushroom with a shotgun attack would be awesome.

I feel like a gargoyle or zombie dog would be insane but i have no clue how they would work.

I was thinking of variants like...

Fume Shroom - Short Range attacks with toxic

Doom Shroom - Short Range explosion attack in all directions with long recharge on full damage attack.

Scaredy Shroom - long range attack with recoil that increases as zombies get closer

Sun Shroom - fire attacks where damage on zombies drops health stars

Ice Shroom - ice attacks that freeze the player in place

Goop Shroom - goop attacks that gradually slow down the player
Anonymous
10 years ago
personally I think a Mummy based zombie would do nicely similar to the ones in PvZ2 where they would whirlwind as a main ability to get around but seems super brainz has that at the moment, can cause a sandstorm as well as throw a curse onto a plant, could possibly steal heal stars too from the plants if that was a proper mechanic, would expect him to use a staff and use the wraith of the sun(possibly other things in variants) to attack got this idea after the game was released and I got my hands on a backyard item for a Anubis zombie statue and first thought in my head was 'I would love to play that'.
Anonymous
10 years ago
About time we had a figure like Groot from the supa marvel heros, the abilities he could have it firing stick pullets, buff up into a ball, big jumps and then the upgrades can be extra pieces of branches/wood to give better health.
Anonymous
10 years ago
@GardenZsniper wrote:
About time we had a figure like Groot from the supa marvel heros, the abilities he could have it firing stick pullets, buff up into a ball, big jumps and then the upgrades can be extra pieces of branches/wood to give better health.
how about a apple tree based plant? somewhere inbetween the cactus(minus sniping) in design and that big tree boss as apples are a underused fruit type plant not currently in the game outside a backyard item.
Anonymous
10 years ago
I kind of wish there was a character on the plants side such as a Cucumber. His ability could be like an Air strike of cucumbers almost like missles or something. And his main attack could be the cucumber launcher or what have you. I know this most likely will never happen but I always thought it would be cool.
VonFoxFire
10 years ago
I want a Chompasaurus:eahigh_file:
Anonymous
10 years ago
Zombie Vampire/Ninja sound more like variants than classes. I mean...

For Vampire what would it's variants be? Sparkling? And the Ninja as well.

But the Shroom that already needs to have happened. Get to it PopCap.