Pop cap wants to know the 3 variants to buff/nerf via twitter (link inside)
Let your voice be heard and finally a good sign they are going to further balance characters. https://twitter.com/JA_Wiebe/status/714912992551260160
Forum Discussion
If you play them right? What is 'right' to you?
If you play the Imp right you should be able to beat every plant, in that case. Same goes for Super Brainz and Scientist. That's why they need nerfing...
I really don't know why you like Sunflower so much, her days are over. The only reason a few people win vanquish master with fire flower is because she's probably stealing a whole bunch of kills with the burn damage, because it isn't like the player is killing full health zombies with that trash primary weapon. The rate of fire allows her to hit many zombies, run and hide tactics mostly. Instead why not just play BBQ corn? Instead of pointless healing abilities you get Husk Hop, Shuck Shot and an extra 75 health. You can light zombies on fire with him and get high up to kill Soldiers.
As a Sunflower, you need a bodyguard everywhere you go. One who jumps in front of bullets for you...you know as soon as a Scientist warps in on you its over, at least with Husk Hop you can counter one. I hate Sunflowers near me when I'm playing, sometimes stupid revives just get them killed, or me double killed due to the glitch where you can't move. Only Sunflowers and Scientists are capable of that 🙂
What if they kept sunflower's powers as they are but gave her 200 health, would that make her decent?
Sort of, but I would much prefer her to get some sort of absorption shield ability that mitigates 75% damage like Turbo Twister and Barrel, for a similar duration. 200 health still gets them killed to ZPG, Turbo Twister, a few more shotgun rounds etc, you'd never kill them in defence with that much health.
Sunflower should definitely not have 200 health, but she should have more health than a Scientist. I think the sweet spot would be 125 just because she's so easy to kill and her hit box is massive so she's really a walking critical hit. You could argue 150, but I wouldn't go any higher than that.
What she really needs is more offensive capabilities, I keep saying it but a Sun Orb ZPG attack would help her out immensely if she ever needs it in a pinch. Otherwise a reverse heal beam which drains a Zombies health when they get close in the vicinity of it. Sun beam is amazing for defensive modes, but she needs something else,
If she's meant to support the team then she definitely needs more survivability as well as being able to hold her own.
