Peashooter is the first and primary attacking plant received in the first Plants vs. Zombies game. He is a peashooting plant that shoots one pea every 1.5 seconds, dealing 20 damage per shot.
Peashooters are your first line of defense. They shoot peas at attacking zombies.
His peas can be lit on fire by Torchwood to deal twice as much damage.
Peashooter is obtained upon starting the game and is the only regular, long-ranged offensive plant available up until Snow Peas is unlocked after beating Level 1-6.
Peashooter is the first source of firepower in the player’s arsenal until another offensive plant is unlocked, namely . Snow Peas As a general rule, Peashooter will be outclassed by almost all plants unlocked later on, as it takes a while to defeat even the most basic zombies and lacks a proper mechanic to aid himself or support other plants. Regardless, Peashooter is useful as an early offense plant to buy time for planting other offensive plants, unless the player wants to use Potato Mine or other instants instead. With its low price and good rate of fire, it can hold off the old zombies for long enough, allowing the player to plant a better offensive plant.
Peashooters should be planted on the lane of an oncoming zombie, where he will fire at the zombie until either himself or its target has been killed. Torchwood can also be used to give Peashooter’s projectile splash damage in Plants vs. Zombies, as well as double their damage in both games, therefore turning him into a somewhat powerful area damage plant.
Peashooting plants of any type are not advised in the Roof levels, as they cannot shoot over the sloped section of the roof unless they are on the rightmost sloped column. This holds true if the player is aiming for the Grounded achievement, but Fume-shroom with Coffee Bean usually provide superior crowd control capability.