I don't like the Corn. Seriously what counters it and what does it counter, nothing. It has its stupid ability to jump over attacks like the ZPG and the Sonic Grenade. It's rate of fire is ridiculous. And worst of all there is nothing you can do to stop it. Its a good offensive class and an amazing defensive class. You cant do anything to kill it. NERF IT, lower its health from 150 to either 125. Or lower it to 100 and shorten the cooldown on the shuck shot. Next, Citron's shield, it can take too many hits to destroy and it easily charges up. Decrease it its hit-points. The speed of most of the zombies I feel has been slowed compared to the first game which is pretty stupid considering they usually attacking so if you get a small foothold on a point you lose it instantly because you spend forever running back to the point. Lastly, I was very disappointed to seen that Gardens and Graveyards isn't a choosable option in the multiplayer menu. It is a really good game mode and its quite sad that you can only get a select few of the game mode by playing mixed mode. Which usually you get a game mode you couldn't give a * about. Take my consideration into account please. I played many hours on the first PvZ: Garden Warfare and had a lot of fun and its sad to see that the sequel is terrible in comparison. These changes would be much obliged. [edited by EA_Billie]

You'll find that any PvP game with asymmetrical teams will present difficulties early on while you try to figure out how to counter different characters and variants with characters and tactics of your own.As you accumulate time and experience you'll find that no character is impossible to counter; there are certainly different matchups between classes or variants which can be definitely lopsided but part of the game experience is learning the role of each character how each class and variant fits into the overall battle and in specific game modes.

Corn is solid but not OP. He's slow, his individual shots aren't particularly damaging although he can do a lot if he can keep his shots on line for a prolonged time, cover can help a lot here. Husk Hop is nasty but when he does it I've found moving perpendicularly away from his path minimizes the damage. Shuck Shot is powerful but the 2 projectiles can deviate a lot from each other, and the butter barrages are also quite nasty but again there is a time lag between the potato landing and the follow up attack so can be avoided.

Butter barrage is absolutely fine, there is so much warning it's lucky you can make a vanquish with it sometimes. Heck, the sound is so present that it sets me running even when I'm playing on plants - still triggered! Husk hop at first I thought was OK with the nerf, but now I agree with those who said the nerf was too mild. I've dodged them sideways considerably, and still lost over 100 hp.

Time and experience means a lot of playing hourssss.I was suck in the beginning, struggling to survive, miss all the shoot, get ambushed all the time, loose 1:1 battle, etc...basically always in the bottom of the team contributor.Now, I'm half way to max rank (31**) with almost 400 hour of playing time. Now, I mostly at the top contributor on most of the game.Like in football, in the beginning, things looks moving too fast, brain can't process, get beat up all the time.But once you collected more experience, things slow down for you and you can make 1-2 strategy move one step ahead of your opponent, aware of surrounding, know how to counter other character ability, plus minus of every characters and rarely die...etc. At this state, you will understand when we said it's a "balance" game.

Regarding your last point - the mode called Turf Takeover on the multiplayer menu is indeed the most popular game mode among players. Perhaps the name threw you off. It alternates between G&G and its 'plants on offense' compliment, Herbal Assault.

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pandareno1999
Hero+
9 years ago
Regarding your last point - the mode called Turf Takeover on the multiplayer menu is indeed the most popular game mode among players. Perhaps the name threw you off. It alternates between G&G and its 'plants on offense' compliment, Herbal Assault.
asukojo
9 years ago
Corn is back from war and like to go into zombies face to face. He's OP in short and mid-range distance.

So you need to adjust your strategy when encounter him. Be prepare for his chuck shot, husk hop, ..etc.

His weakness is he's huge and relatively slow, so if you're :

1. Scientist, zip and ambush from behind. Kill him quick.

2. Pirate, snipe him from distance. Go into a barrel, blast him off.

3. All star : give him nice gift (imp punt) or sprint tackle him

4. for other characters...figure it out and be creative. The key is don't go in front of his face. He is an ANGRY corn.

In general, every character has plus minus and has way to counter act all other characters. You just need to learn how to do it.

[edited by EA_Billie - please check the guidelines of the forum regarding insults]
ShavedThronel0
9 years ago
Corn has the common weaknesses of any plant. Theres gravity gernade, sniping and all star ability spam, he pretty much has no other counters. But the citron. well same thing exept that his ball form is hard to shoot, but if hes in ball form, its hard for him to hit you because of how broken his ball form is to get back to assult form. So try useing a z mech since citrons are weak against them.
Anonymous
9 years ago
Seriously? I have no problem killing corn. They are not unstoppable, you just have to know how to dodge their shuck shots and darn butter barrages. Citron isn't an impossible feat either. Citron wasn't easy for me to play and master at first. If it weren't for the shield, I would never have stood a chance on multi-player.

I could counter your post with an op mech like the DRAKE which fries everything in its wake. No one is ever happy with balance between plants vs zombies...

I'm quite happy with corn and mastered all my kernel corn class. He's fun to play. I've put them to pasture until I master all classes on each side. What ticks me off most is when a low rank plate only uses mastered characters. Lol. Anyone else?

You want gardens and graveyards? It is called turf takeover on PVZ2.

There are wonderful answers here on the forum to help you with the corn for sure. I enjoyed all the responses!
Ziago_J
9 years ago
Every class and their variants (Even a Toxic Chomper) is strong and capable of neutralizing any other class if played to their talents.

Are you being DESTROYED by Kernel Corn? Are you????? Flanking any corn with a Z-mech is almost always a vanquish, especially if that corn is engaged in a firefight with other players. Depending on your Mech, you might not even need to get very close.

Difficulty surviving with a Mech huh? Perhaps you should try the Astronaut or Paleontologist Scientist variants. Their damage from far away and incredible accuracy makes punishing corns from behind cover an almost delightful experience... minus the fact that you're undead. ☹️ Are you quick on your feet??? Use the Chemist or just the plain Default Scientist to close the gap and get in a corns face. Remember that the corn is gonna back up and try to do his jump. One sidestep is all it takes, heck with a little guesswork you'll be able to be right dab on the side of the corn when he lands, making him have to readjust his reticule to get a shot on you. By then it's too late if you were accurate to begin with <_> what's he gonna do if you already knocked him to 100 health before he jumped? He's gonna get goo blastered in the face.

Holy cow have you ever harassed someone with an ALL-STAR at range? Turns out those Tackle Dummies can absorb a lot of health. If it's a BBQ corn as well it's gonna take a lot of bullets to destroy the tackle dummy because BBQ corn can only hit a tackle dummy for 5! Cat and mouse with Corn works well on All-Star because if you play defensively with your cover, the only real thing you have to worry about is a butter barrage, and the cooldown on that is so long, it's no wonder using a Flaming Cricket Launcher makes it tough to be a Corn on the field. I hear Goalie Star makes Corn life miserable if you get the first strike.

Goodness has anyone ever heard of the engineer? Dropping a Stun Grenade on a Corn before jumping on your Jackhammer to ride around and stun the jeebers out of the Corn should almost always ensure your vanquish if you land at least one direct hit and splash his feet the rest of the way.

These are basic suggestions! I hope they hold!

Also, Citrons Shield doesn't block enough. If a ZPG directly hits it, it should remain active with at least 50 health. Why? Because it does so in the opening video.
Anonymous
9 years ago
Personally, I've never had a problem with corn. Then again, I don't tend to run into fire fights. If my victim sees me before I begin firing, I have done something wrong. Of course, that is just my personal experience. As they say: 15 out of 16 classes agree, the other class is OP.
Screion
9 years ago
Corn only got 1 good skill, and that is his Husk Hop. All the others are highly situational. And out of all of the corns only 1 is a constant nuisance because of his fire damage, and that is BBQ.

Besides of that there is really no issue. Zombie soldiers can also dish out a lot of damage and the All-Star is capable of fighting any Corn up close without much trouble.
Iron_Guard8
Legend
9 years ago
Corn is solid but not OP. He's slow, his individual shots aren't particularly damaging although he can do a lot if he can keep his shots on line for a prolonged time, cover can help a lot here. Husk Hop is nasty but when he does it I've found moving perpendicularly away from his path minimizes the damage. Shuck Shot is powerful but the 2 projectiles can deviate a lot from each other, and the butter barrages are also quite nasty but again there is a time lag between the potato landing and the follow up attack so can be avoided.
pandareno1999
Hero+
9 years ago
Butter barrage is absolutely fine, there is so much warning it's lucky you can make a vanquish with it sometimes. Heck, the sound is so present that it sets me running even when I'm playing on plants - still triggered! Husk hop at first I thought was OK with the nerf, but now I agree with those who said the nerf was too mild. I've dodged them sideways considerably, and still lost over 100 hp.
realitysquared
9 years ago
You'll find that any PvP game with asymmetrical teams will present difficulties early on while you try to figure out how to counter different characters and variants with characters and tactics of your own.

As you accumulate time and experience you'll find that no character is impossible to counter; there are certainly different matchups between classes or variants which can be definitely lopsided but part of the game experience is learning the role of each character how each class and variant fits into the overall battle and in specific game modes.