The Troubled History of Chomper: PvZ's Most Neglected Plant

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • Plants vs Zombies and its sequels have spanned over a decade of continuous development, with the cast of plants being drastically changed and altered over time to meet the demands of new games and updates. Often, analysing how plants have changed over time really puts in to perspective how much the franchise has changed in its over 15 year run. Today we’ll be looking at… Chomper. Yeah, I’ve put this off for long enough. It’s about time I bite the bullet, or should I say bite the zombie, and have a crack at the history of none other than Chompy boy himself. It’s no secret that I have some, uh, strong reservations about this plant, but I’m gonna try my best to put all of that aside just for this video. Despite evolving significantly over the years, Chomper has always been an iconic yet polarising plant that’s struggled to find its place. This is largely because he’s been absurdly neglected and mistreated by Popcap over the years. In this video, we’re gonna find out how, so strap in because we’re going back to where it all started in 2009. Let’s sink our teeth into the history of Chomper.
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Комментарии • 383

  • @MarianzYT
    @MarianzYT 2 месяца назад +615

    The Digestion time should be dynamic, and vary depending on the HP of the zombie the plant eats.
    If it eats a basic, it only has 8 seconds of cooldown. If it eats a Blockhead, it has 20 or so. This may help with its viability in levels with higher density and less hp zombies

    • @aleksissenkovs7730
      @aleksissenkovs7730 2 месяца назад +65

      its what a pvz1 mod did + increase its range by 1 tile and it became one of the best plants in the mod

    • @nothingbutaweirdo1967
      @nothingbutaweirdo1967 2 месяца назад

      Ooo, what is the mod called?​@@aleksissenkovs7730

    • @rayganparksmitchell
      @rayganparksmitchell 2 месяца назад +4

      "blockhead" you mean brickhead right

    • @MarianzYT
      @MarianzYT 2 месяца назад +31

      @@rayganparksmitchell I was thinking about the zombie with the block of ice on its head, I don't remember how is named, but yeah the one tankier than the buckethead basically

    • @rayganparksmitchell
      @rayganparksmitchell 2 месяца назад +3

      @MarianzYT Ah ok

  • @garrettbates9124
    @garrettbates9124 2 месяца назад +176

    You know the section about Chomper being good in JM made realize how weird it is that we never got "Primal Chomper" during that world. It also sounds too obvious of a plant. Give it a bit of extra range and really fast digestion with a higher sun cost and you've got something that would have been pretty good in that world

    • @lizzybach4254
      @lizzybach4254 2 месяца назад +15

      Fun fact: In the Chinese version, there's a plant called "Dino Roar Grass", who is just a slightly better Chomper. So, he can be thought of as primal Chomper.

    • @Comrade_Stanislav
      @Comrade_Stanislav 2 месяца назад +2

      I was thinking about some tanky plant, like... I'm not really into all new plants in pvz2, but I have an idea. Plant that has high hp that can eat zombies, but when it digests it makes zombies around it slower so they eat it even slower. Give it 30 second digestion time and it seems balanced

  • @TheMisterNobody.
    @TheMisterNobody. 2 месяца назад +643

    The biggest spit in the face of chomper is the mere existence of squash who literally does everything chomper does for cheaper, the only thing chomper has that squash doesn't is the fast recharge

    • @Red_Biker_Dude
      @Red_Biker_Dude 2 месяца назад +57

      Exactly. The short recharge of chomper makes it an amazing insta. Don't get me wrong, squash is good too, but damn chomper's recharge is so low for an insta.

    • @blocks4857
      @blocks4857 2 месяца назад +14

      ​@@Red_Biker_Dudechomper is not meant to be an insta and spending more for less is not good

    • @RealCat222
      @RealCat222 2 месяца назад +40

      ​@@blocks4857"not meant to be" doesnt mean it isnt, chomper does its job well

    • @Red_Biker_Dude
      @Red_Biker_Dude 2 месяца назад +12

      @@blocks4857 it's not meant to be one, but it serves the purpose of being one really well. Being able to kill almost any zombie instantly without having to worry about long cooldowns is great.

    • @blocks4857
      @blocks4857 2 месяца назад +1

      @Red_Biker_Dude killing one zombie for 150 sun is not good.

  • @0r4ng3_7
    @0r4ng3_7 2 месяца назад +152

    Chomper being premium in the sequel is already demanding enough

  • @soltgergelyhorvath6236
    @soltgergelyhorvath6236 2 месяца назад +280

    I think most people have a fundamental misunderstanding of how chomper is used. It is not a large instakill, and not a main attacker. It is a single-target, fast recharge instant, capable of taking out important threats quickly, while other instant plants in the same situation may still be on recharge. It being able to eat a second zombie if left alone is just a bonus.

    • @PersonOfRandomnesss
      @PersonOfRandomnesss 2 месяца назад +34

      Its a secondary attacker- your primary should be able to deal with all the lower health zombies and chomper can deal with tanks that get through, which usually would be spread out enough to allow it chewing time.

    • @soltgergelyhorvath6236
      @soltgergelyhorvath6236 2 месяца назад +13

      @@PersonOfRandomnesss That's a way to use it I guess, but it's gonna get overwhelmed by massive hordes. If you can deal with 4 basics at once with the primary, you can deal with a buckethead with your primary, no need for chomper. If you can't your chomper'll be overwhelmed by the 4 basics. Unless you're using some good AoE, I still don't think that's viable.

    • @PersonOfRandomnesss
      @PersonOfRandomnesss 2 месяца назад +5

      @@soltgergelyhorvath6236 what happens when two bucket head then? Primary offense should grow/ramp as the level goes on and when you get to decent sized hoards your primary should be able to keep up, with chompers dealing with what they can't. Say your at a point your offense is at a point where it can comfortably handle a bucket or 5 or 6 basics. It would be awkward if the level suddenly threw 8 or 9 basics in that lane, in which case both primary and chomper would get overwhelmed. It would be much easier for the threat to be two buckets (maybe even + a basic) in one lane, massive chomper value when you do end up with a super threatening 3 zombie lane wave.
      Alternatively, 5 basics with a bucket head: primary should be able to deal with however many basics before the bucket, chomp removes the bucket, primary should be able to deal with rest, despite them being closer. This theoretical wave is 6 in this lane which is unlikely at this point (primary only able to deal with 5-6 basics). A lot less likely than an unlucky with 2 bucket heads same lane.
      All this is assuming the zombies aren't overlapped to the point of taking hits for each other and essentially being one huge health pool.

    • @soltgergelyhorvath6236
      @soltgergelyhorvath6236 2 месяца назад +4

      @@PersonOfRandomnesss First of all, that was not my point. My point was that if you let your primary take care of lower HP zombies, while Chomper takes care of the ones with higher HP, you'll easily get to a point where the HP of the low HP zombies combined will equal the amount of HP of a potential high level threat. So your strategy falls apart, since if your main attackers aren't prepared for that amount of HP, (since the chomper is supposed to deal with it) you'll easily get overwhelmed. Chomper's purpose isn't to be a stationary part of your defensive structure. It's a unit you deploy somewhere on the field in case of a threat, it's relatively high sun cost per potential zombies eaten balanced out by its quick recharge, allowing you to remove single dangerous zombies in quick succession, not possible with other instants due to their long recharge time. In PvZ1, no other such plant exists, and in PvZ2 such plants are also rare, but examples of high cost spammable instants include Chomper itself, Guacodile, or even Parsnip.

    • @PersonOfRandomnesss
      @PersonOfRandomnesss 2 месяца назад +2

      @@soltgergelyhorvath6236 Your primary attacker should be able to keep up with the basics, my point is that chomper should be able to be a big help vs unlucky stacks of tanks (as it takes only 2 (one additional) awkward placed tanks vs 8-9 awkward stacked basics).
      I'm not trying to say your style is invalid either, I'm just pointing out it's a secondary attacker and can be used that way - and definitely not as a primary attacker (which was seen in the video).

  • @MaddieTheOG3
    @MaddieTheOG3 2 месяца назад +64

    "You'd be better off running into the lawn and beating up the zombies yourself" 😭
    In my entire 14 years playing this game, No I idea how I had never heard that one.

  • @duckperson33
    @duckperson33 2 месяца назад +61

    Seeing how far Chomper fell makes me feel so bad genuinely
    Chomper is one of the best designs in PVZ (imo), and he deserved so much more than what he got, why does he have to suffer with little upgrades and even when he did it was nothing special.
    Imagine if Chomper's "tuning" in 2021 was his eating time was reduced to 15 seconds, he could eat 3 zombies before chewing, AND he could eat larger targets like he could in PVZ1 (Zomboni, bobsled team, etc.) AND if we want to catch him up to speed, why not ever 30-40 seconds he does a move similar to his plant food, vacuuming up several plants and BLOWING them all down the lane? When the other plants got major buffs, Chomper was left in the composter, biting at every speck of trash hoping it had a chance to live.

    • @somechupacabrawithinternet8866
      @somechupacabrawithinternet8866 2 месяца назад

      facts.. only lazy and idiots ignore orhate him
      hot rod chomper is best
      that's right wolfy fans
      get angry

    • @ARStudios2000
      @ARStudios2000 Месяц назад

      Chomper was one of my favorite plants in the first game, and yes, part of it was cuz of the design. I think PVZ1 Chomper is the best iteration of him, he looks juuust cartoony enough to fit the style but he also looks very distinct in how "not cute" he looks but just genuinely cool. I feel like PVZ2 made it look too cutesy and the Garden Warfare games went too far in the intimidating attempt

  • @ChuahYuXiang
    @ChuahYuXiang 2 месяца назад +130

    Fun Fact: Chomper can actually eat Zomboni, Zombie Bobsled Team, and Catapult Zombies.

    • @SamInsaneGaming
      @SamInsaneGaming 2 месяца назад +3

      it's shown in video it eats the zomboni

    • @ChuahYuXiang
      @ChuahYuXiang 2 месяца назад +4

      @@SamInsaneGaming Okay

    • @Fulminage
      @Fulminage 2 месяца назад +2

      You know popcop hate chomper when they nerf there titanium teeth

    • @Grundrisse
      @Grundrisse Месяц назад +1

      He can only chomp a Bobsled in one bite if they haven't dismounted, which potato mine can do too.

  • @FelisImpurrator
    @FelisImpurrator 2 месяца назад +125

    Reflourished makes Chomper pretty good though. Like Peanut. That vacuum plant food eating ten zombies is peak, and 12 seconds of nom time is pretty zippy considering RFL is usually not too reliant on spamming ridiculous zombie counts. Brought the hungry boy to BWB as a free stage plant too.

  • @dragionempress9893
    @dragionempress9893 2 месяца назад +31

    I’ve always loved chomper, mainly bc of my love for carnivorous plants- it sucks hes such a neglected plant but I remember trying to always put a chomper in every level as a kid 😭.

  • @Alex-v7l3s
    @Alex-v7l3s 2 месяца назад +39

    Chomper is my favorite instant and plant in general. Yes it is an instant which can sometimes be reused.

    • @Gunnindroid
      @Gunnindroid 2 месяца назад +3

      Time to spend 150 on a glorified grim rose!

    • @m4rcyonstation93
      @m4rcyonstation93 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Gunnindroid 150 sun is nothing lol

    • @shellpoptheepicswordmaster755
      @shellpoptheepicswordmaster755 2 месяца назад

      Ez sun with 3 rows of primal sunflowers

    • @Gunnindroid
      @Gunnindroid 2 месяца назад

      @@m4rcyonstation93 neither is 75

    • @m4rcyonstation93
      @m4rcyonstation93 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Gunnindroid and?
      grimrose has 4x cooldown so it's not nearly as spammable

  • @jodybarrett2265
    @jodybarrett2265 2 месяца назад +47

    being compared UNfavorably to peanut is the saddest thing ever

  • @yurielicay
    @yurielicay 2 месяца назад +9

    You know, I'm convinced that chomper's true mechanic is to be merchandise to be sold. Using him only to sell toys because of how iconic he is. Them adding chomper to Big Wava Beach is probably a way to get people to download the game. I mean, they see an iconic and cool plant and they wanna use it or smth idk.

  • @srkem
    @srkem 2 месяца назад +27

    0:23 The pitchforks are from the speedrunner communit

  • @acollectionofcellsthatmake1403
    @acollectionofcellsthatmake1403 2 месяца назад +86

    I’m tired of ppl talking about Chomper like it’s some undertuned plant, my guy is the only insta that recharges fast (and can even be reused in certain situations). Not to mention it can eat an entire vehicle.

    • @Leefbay
      @Leefbay 2 месяца назад +19

      Literally the PvZ 1 Speedrun plant and In PvZ 2 and Its Mods, It's so GOOD to shred high hp targets (very satisfying to stall a garg a bit to get most of that bite dps)

    • @Selfie-3211
      @Selfie-3211 2 месяца назад +7

      Amen man, Chomper is solid

    • @QuentinH-b8s
      @QuentinH-b8s 2 месяца назад +13

      I agree. People keep complaining about how it takes forever to fully consume a zombie but they never look at its other aspects. The fact that it has a fast recharge already gives you so much more placement freedom to pick off stray/special zombies ruining your strategy. This cannot be done with other instas like cherry bomb because they are heavily limited by their seed recharge, meaning you need to strategize to get good value out of each use. That consideration does not apply to chomper at all.
      Chomper should not be compared to slow AoE instas because it serves a completely different function from them

    • @valutaatoaofunknownelement197
      @valutaatoaofunknownelement197 2 месяца назад +2

      @@Leefbay Don't forget how PvZ Fusion makes running Chomper-based fusions very worthwhile.

    • @blocks4857
      @blocks4857 2 месяца назад

      It's not a good instant use plant.

  • @QuentinH-b8s
    @QuentinH-b8s 2 месяца назад +14

    I do feel sorry for chomper but here's how we can actually improve upon one of its weaknesses. Chomper's reaction time and bite speed seems to have been nerfed a bit in PvZ 2. In the 1st game if you place one on top of a zombie it chomps down instantly but in the sequel it waits a few seconds before actually biting down, allowing the zombie to damage it, which makes it unable to counter zombies like All Stars and newspaper zombies when they enter "methhead tweaking mode" (KoalaPvZ - only peashooters challenge :) ). Increasing its bite speed (and maybe bite damage) helps it deal with tanky zombies that it can't swallow, making it a slightly better niche plant.
    In my opinion, chomper does better in PvZ 2 because of the 50 sun meta and the sun refund when you shovel it, making it essentially a 75 cost spammable instant. Also the existence of many more slow special zombies like octo and wizard that usually hang around at the back of the horde making them easy targets to pick off kind of gives it a niche.
    Awesome video! Which plant are you going to do next? I recommend hypno-shroom, another beloved but terrible insta

  • @bastionunitb7388
    @bastionunitb7388 2 месяца назад +5

    And then in garden warfare he was the only melee character in a chaotic shooter game where everyone had guns and crazy abilities.
    He needed to be faster or have more health in that game and all its sequels

  • @Alex-sj8wy
    @Alex-sj8wy 2 месяца назад +37

    "Do i even need to say what happened? Yes, i will. Chomper got blue balled for the millionth time. " Chomper funked so hard he killed himself.

  • @deathboitechnobladeneverdi7918
    @deathboitechnobladeneverdi7918 2 месяца назад +16

    I think pvz1 chomper should have had an upgrade like twin sunflower and gatling pea, or like give it the goop from gw1 to slow zombies at range when it wasn't chewing

  • @alexanderthegreatii1341
    @alexanderthegreatii1341 2 месяца назад +2

    Fun fact: Chomper does appeared in pvz3 (current version before the shut down) however, but not as a playable character but instead appears in a pop up called "chompers big bite!". Which is an offer. For some coins and power ups. Costing real money. :(

  • @Bodacious_Crustacious
    @Bodacious_Crustacious 2 месяца назад +4

    I've always enjoyed using Chomper in the first game, Hell I still pick him every now and again for the fun of it. Seeing how they massacred my chompy boy is sad, given how iconic he is as a character. Although he was given some love for Garden Warfare, he was heavily neglected for years in the sequel to the original. Not to mention he also got snuffed from many updates where he desperately needed a buff as pointed out in this video. Even if he is arguably one of the worst plants, I still enjoy using him to eat zombies.

  • @YIKWYM123
    @YIKWYM123 Месяц назад +1

    i actually love chomper.
    chomper is a great plant, it literally one shots almost every zombie besides a couple few, but still damages them a lot when chomping the bigger zombies.
    yeah sure, it takes a long time to eat another zombie, but you gotta keep in mind it still one shots any zombie period, whether if its a weaker zombie or not.
    it has a very fast recharge to plant.
    chomper is a slept on plant.

  • @vectinator7605
    @vectinator7605 2 месяца назад +3

    I’m amazed your video didn’t mention Garden Warfare, Garden Warfare 2, and Battle for Neighborville.
    I was really happy when I saw Chomper was one of the four classes in Garden Warfare and I really liked most of Chompers Class Variants in Garden Warfare 2. He was trashed in Battle for Neighborville, but that entire game was pretty bad, it was basically Popcap and EA ripping off Overwatch.

    • @lolucorn1
      @lolucorn1 16 дней назад

      He was actually pretty good in BFN because his ranged options were always available and still a threat, meaning he just had a rewarding long range, powerful close range, ability for area denial, and just being allowed to instakill anybody that positions badly/ a getaway option where you are invincible*
      *Except to engineers

  • @SUPERLEAF026
    @SUPERLEAF026 2 месяца назад +8

    2:47 So that purple plant on the loading screen is CHOMPER?!! This whole time I thought it was one of the mushrooms.

  • @JeVDEVZstuff
    @JeVDEVZstuff 2 месяца назад +16

    I am genuinely disappointed at pop cap for basically making chomper a cash grab and he is one of my favorite plants in pvz2 so I know how bad it feels

    • @Gunnindroid
      @Gunnindroid 2 месяца назад +1

      Your profile is literally ice shroom

    • @JeVDEVZstuff
      @JeVDEVZstuff 2 месяца назад

      @ because I thought he would be a good profile picture

    • @Miss_Corcol
      @Miss_Corcol 2 месяца назад

      @ what's wrong with ice shroom? I mean, it's a pretty good pfp if ya ask me. And plus that still doesn't change how he/she likes chomper

    • @sarai8083
      @sarai8083 2 месяца назад

      Ea

    • @Gunnindroid
      @Gunnindroid 2 месяца назад +1

      @@Miss_Corcol idk he's kinda contracting his statement,not saying it's a bad one, it's kinda cool ngl

  • @realleonardgibson
    @realleonardgibson 2 месяца назад +3

    2:40 "Chomper is one of the most well known plants in the franchise"
    (Sad wall-nut noises)

    • @AgonyQQ
      @AgonyQQ Месяц назад +1

      you mean the potato

    • @Peashooter-n1w
      @Peashooter-n1w 23 дня назад

      @@AgonyQQbud I think your talking about potato mine

    • @AgonyQQ
      @AgonyQQ 23 дня назад +1

      @@Peashooter-n1w no then I would've said the potato mine
      I'm referring specifically to the potato which most people confuse with being some sort of nut

  • @RainierFajardoProduction
    @RainierFajardoProduction 2 месяца назад +2

    CHOMPER IS THE FIRST EVER PLANT THAT I KNOWN SINCE 2010. WHEN I WAS A KID, I BECAME FAN OF PVZ BECAUSE OF CHOMPER!!! HOW DARE THEM NEGLECTING MY BOY 😭😭

  • @PineappleDudeYT
    @PineappleDudeYT 2 месяца назад +1

    I got so excited because I thought this was part two of how many plants are there in plants vs zombies

  • @Normal_cat_friend
    @Normal_cat_friend 2 месяца назад +1

    A really good idea is for him to be kind of a scaredy shroom type plant. What i mean is that he would be a strong tank killer+ stunner, he would spit acid with range map with 3 second cooldown that stuns fof 1.5 seconds. And when a zombie gets close he eats it. While eating he cant spit acid though when he eats a zombie. He spits the head out that deals 100 damage, aswell as spawning acid infront of it. The acid will last 5 seconds and kill any plant infront of it but in exchange it will deal high damage. Kind of too op isnt it?

    • @lolucorn1
      @lolucorn1 16 дней назад

      Literally just a new plant lol

  • @ChalieBnnuy
    @ChalieBnnuy 2 месяца назад +1

    Here's how I think they can make Chomper a little bit more balanced for PVZ2
    1, instead of eating just 2-4 zombies, maybe he could somehow vomit out the zombies eating to give the same paralyzed effect as chili bean
    2. Instead of him chewing he could stop Midway to spit out the zombie, I even have an idea where if he does this enough time he'll spit out a tongue before dragging in zombies in a 3 grid radius
    How do you guys think they should make Chomper more balanced?

  • @Caliburnz
    @Caliburnz 2 месяца назад +2

    The audacity to make Chomper a paid plant in 2, man I love APK downloads…

  • @MrDanIsReal
    @MrDanIsReal 2 месяца назад +1

    As always, love the video. Hope you don't quit soon, I love your content, koala!

  • @realmightymilesstill2448
    @realmightymilesstill2448 Месяц назад

    When Chomper gets eaten, it could be better used as a spike weed, but it wouldn't destroy anything that targets the plants below them. When a Chomper burps it pushes a zombie back, this can also be used with Blowvers mechanic. An additional feature is when Chomper eats a Zombie from chewing it, a 3 by 3 area of plants should be healed %5 of their hp. When encountering a Barrel Roller Zombie, Chomper can now bite the Barrel and burp in back out as it will be used to roll to other zombies (As if a Barrel Roller Zombie was Hypnoshroomed while in a Barrel Roller State.). To Finalize it, Chomper's burp should make an area of 3 as it also makes any fire. Additionally, the burp in the middle lane will have Slobber to make the Zombies go slower, or it could be poison.

  • @in_irfan6795
    @in_irfan6795 2 месяца назад +1

    From what I could tell, chopper pretty much being ignore almost ever single time PopCap trying to buff the plant in the first place. Now it feels like chopper its more like a just a plant sitting at the Zen Garden.
    When Chopper Gemium plant 💀

  • @thehaqimies
    @thehaqimies 2 месяца назад +2

    Your videos are awesome! Keep it up!

  • @JS-my4jw
    @JS-my4jw Месяц назад

    I've always loved Chomper, probably my favourite plant alongside potato mine. But I will admit, it was really neglected from PvZ1 to PvZ2. They had a chance to fix some issues Chomper had and decided to not only ignore that opportunity, but make it cost IRL money.

  • @babbygremlin
    @babbygremlin Месяц назад

    this video is like that spongebob scene where the kid gets pistachio ice cream and goes 'I DONT LIKE PISTACHIO!"

  • @kirbykraftgames
    @kirbykraftgames 2 месяца назад +4

    How to fix Chomper in PVZ2:
    1. Give him some variation of the Garden Warfare games’ Goop as a means of Crowd Control when “idle” (aka not biting/chewing), make it act like a combination of Stallia’s Stall powder and Sapfling’s sticky tiles in a 1x3 area
    2. Make it so that the amount of HP the zombie has (minus any armor like Grates)

  • @Trailbreaker3966
    @Trailbreaker3966 2 месяца назад

    Chopper is probably one of my favorite plants alongside that of Cattail, Plantern, Snowpea and Magnet-shroom

  • @Monitor_Head
    @Monitor_Head 2 месяца назад +1

    ok heres how i chage chomper in pvz 2
    well make him a part of the ail mint family because
    he will have a 3 seconds to swallow the zombie, after he digested the zombie he lets out a stinky oder and sticky saliva to slow down and poison zombies

  • @Non_Existentialism
    @Non_Existentialism 2 месяца назад

    The best way i can fix chomper is that his eating time depend on how many zombies he eats. If he eats one zombie, it will chew for 5 seconds, two zombies take 10 seconds, and 3 zombies take 15 seconds. Chomper can instantly eat imps without triggering his chew time. And he can chomp zombies that are behond him. However because of this changes, chomper will cost 200 sun and will have a 10 second recharge. Chomper can also chomp multiple zombies if they are clumped together.

  • @Orangebird95
    @Orangebird95 2 месяца назад

    Personally, chomper is my favorite plant. It's something about the design and micro tech that made me love him.

  • @Gatlingpeashooter48
    @Gatlingpeashooter48 Месяц назад

    Chomper is a silly guy,his breakfast is 12.000 FREAKIN ZOMBIES

  • @eduardpeeterlemming
    @eduardpeeterlemming 2 месяца назад +3

    PvZ 1 speedrunners are only chomper users

  • @Arthumgo
    @Arthumgo 2 месяца назад +1

    Look at the good side, at least Chomper appeared in other PVZ games. Pop Cap probably doesn't even remember about creating a gold magnet plant 😂

    • @Insomia404
      @Insomia404 2 месяца назад +1

      They know. They hate the plant because of microtransactions.

  • @OWTShark
    @OWTShark 2 месяца назад

    Chomper is absolutely my favorite plant in the franchise, it isn't great but using chomper is honestly super fun

  • @mee091000
    @mee091000 2 месяца назад

    Using Dave as a censor bleep really caught me off guard! 😂

  • @ignited_pea
    @ignited_pea 2 месяца назад +1

    I may not be a PvZ speedrunner, but ik that speedrunners use Chomper as a pseudo-insta plant, planting it down to take out a zombie, then digging it up right after
    Edit: I did not get to the niche parts before writing this comment 😭

  • @Sassy_Witch
    @Sassy_Witch 2 месяца назад

    I remember loving playing as the thunder chomper but I forgot why

  • @exploertm8738
    @exploertm8738 Месяц назад

    In Fusion his fusions ironically are the best ones, ESPECIALLY wall nut fusion. Wall that eat zombies and regens health from that? I'll take the entire stock! It does help that your defense usually becomes so busted that only toughest zombies make it to the walls so chomper cant ever miss.

  • @yummers_lyon
    @yummers_lyon 2 месяца назад +8

    RYOOOOO CANCEL THE WEDDING KOALA POSTED A NEW VIDEO

  • @mee091000
    @mee091000 2 месяца назад

    I think Chomper should have the ability to chomp and one shot zombies with the same chew mechanics as PvZ 1. BUT while Chomper is chewing I think he should be able to punch Zombies that get into close range. That way he still keeps his iconic function and look while being able to defend itself and your home while chewing. It's already an expensive plant so I think it would be fine from a balance perspective. If you can have Planets that do Melee attacks that also inflict poison damage. Or plants that can shoot multiple projectiles at once and have splash damage. Then a Chomper that is capable of throwing hands should be fine and really unique.

  • @rocsthepie
    @rocsthepie 2 месяца назад

    From all the pvz main games (excluding Heroes because I haven't played it a lot), I really only like Chomper in BFN, which is the game where he feels the most different (doesn't swallow and has a range attack). I hate to feel like this since Chomper is such an iconic plant, not to mention how good his design is

  • @AlFaris_AlMiqdam
    @AlFaris_AlMiqdam Месяц назад

    Y'all don't understand chomper is fast recharge instakill, if you try to speedrun pvz1 or play any hard pvz2 mod you would understand how good he is. Chomper actually chewing a zombie and eating another is just a bonus.

  • @olexoz1505
    @olexoz1505 2 месяца назад +1

    Chomper needs a secondary melee attack, it has spikes on it's head, so why not let it use it's head like a morning star, swinging at zombies in front of if, dealing medium damage and some knockback, while zombies that he cannot eat take higher damage from this move? This way Chomper could attack while digesting and not be a sitting duck.

  • @stonnacc
    @stonnacc Месяц назад

    Chomper are my favorite planet as a kid despite thinking how unpractical it was.
    And trying to maximize it

  • @xidjav1836
    @xidjav1836 2 месяца назад

    I think for PvZ2 rework what they could do is let it eat multiple zombies but it'll take some space in his stomach that'll take time to digest, if he's full or the zombie is too big to swallow he can still attack and deal massive damage to wittle zombies health to be able to eat them

  • @Tamimuslim
    @Tamimuslim 2 месяца назад +1

    Chomper is such a good instant plant

  • @jordinbecker8974
    @jordinbecker8974 2 месяца назад +11

    Unfun fact: Chomper did not get any better in the GW games. Except one day. In BFN. It would all be changed. Fun Fact: chomper would receive Buff updates. Congratulations Chomper😔

    • @TR0VAS
      @TR0VAS 2 месяца назад +2

      The buffs in BfN were ridiculous though. Chomper's biting attack became secondary with the damage buff in the long-range attack, which is... hilarious, to say the least.

    • @Thelaserman20
      @Thelaserman20 2 месяца назад

      And then they removed super brainz’s ranged attack… for some reason

  • @yoramcohen1171
    @yoramcohen1171 2 месяца назад

    such a good video as usual. keep it up

  • @pcrdragon8097
    @pcrdragon8097 2 месяца назад +2

    Is it just me, or does anyone else use torchwood as a kind of semi-insta?

    • @Gunnindroid
      @Gunnindroid 2 месяца назад

      Yea, it's like jalapeño but it can deal with a single brown coat so it isn't useless

  • @andrewtan1222
    @andrewtan1222 2 месяца назад

    Plants I want to see have their own dedicated videos:
    Cactus
    Hypnoshroom
    Puffshroom
    Cherry Bomb

  • @d-tergent7899
    @d-tergent7899 2 месяца назад

    Chomper in garden warfare 1+2 is like the shooter equivalent of a grappler in a fighting game, if he's in your face that tends to be lights out, but greatly struggles before that point, and just like grapplers, people hate him there too.
    Funnily enough, I actually don't like that they mellowed out his kit in BfN, I think he's less interesting of a character that way.

  • @winniethexiinwesttaiwan8578
    @winniethexiinwesttaiwan8578 2 месяца назад

    I do recalled there was a version of pvz ( some sort of chinese version perhaps) where there is a giga tiny chance chomper sucks in all zombies one block ahead regardless of their levels and types. You do can see how willingly people are to abuse the tiny possibility.

  • @lilharm
    @lilharm 2 месяца назад +3

    they should’ve added a Primal Chomper to JM tbh

    • @Gunnindroid
      @Gunnindroid 2 месяца назад

      It would make buying chomper usless, and you know, ea likes MONEYYYYYYYYY

    • @lancehackman6304
      @lancehackman6304 2 месяца назад

      @@Gunnindroid Chomper isn't that great in PVZ2 anyways, why not give him the Snapdragon treatment? Make Chomper free and make Primal Chomper a paid plant

  • @Myah_shee
    @Myah_shee 2 месяца назад +3

    4:06 that double chomper chomp was smooth

  • @DJ_Wolfy5
    @DJ_Wolfy5 2 месяца назад

    Koala is certified uncle status now.

  • @nathanos2615
    @nathanos2615 2 месяца назад

    He’s not even good in Garden Warfare. In those games he pretty much can’t touch Foot Soldier or Super Brainz, gets hard countered by Engineer, can’t catch Scientist or Imp, All-Star can tech his burrow and Pirate has two ways to dodge him, his chewing means he goes in, gets one pick and dies, most of his variants don’t do anything to alleviate his problems and the spray ones reduce his damage output. Poor guy really can’t have anything 😭

  • @bmanjamin
    @bmanjamin 2 месяца назад +3

    2:42 walnut 👀

  • @myaccountgotbannedsoimause2548
    @myaccountgotbannedsoimause2548 День назад

    One of the best base fusion plant in pvz fusion btw

  • @bapbop2399
    @bapbop2399 2 месяца назад

    Theres a few ways you can buff chomper and one of them is constant healing while chomping so that 1 or 2 zombie literally cant kill it as a psudo wall nut another way is causing a splash damage when chomp dealing enough dmg to one shot normal zombie

  • @TnG_126
    @TnG_126 Месяц назад

    Chomper is so bad to the point where I constantly see him on sale in the shop for a dollar

  • @sylveonfan3121
    @sylveonfan3121 16 дней назад

    I always thought the purple thing in the pvz 1 menu was a puff/plume shroom and not a chomper 😭

  • @seekingCK
    @seekingCK 2 месяца назад +1

    Here a way to improve chomper. (that's even in some mods)
    Make it have more hp. Like half a wallnut at least.

  • @diogod2347
    @diogod2347 2 месяца назад

    Hot Take: Chomper works better as an pseudo instant kill with a fast recharge, who just so happens to kill more zombies if it survives. Using it like you'd use a Peashooter or Bonk Choy is dumb.

  • @danuartmd
    @danuartmd 2 месяца назад

    oh my god i love your jokes so much lmao, keep doing it dude.

  • @v_on_the_phone
    @v_on_the_phone 2 месяца назад

    I've never played a pvz game and I don't really care about them. I just like listening to this dude talk

  • @Suo_kongque
    @Suo_kongque 2 месяца назад

    Chomper will always be my boy. I love him.

  • @lumensmith2001
    @lumensmith2001 16 дней назад

    Pvz makes me hate anti-consumer game design more than any other game series, since every single game after the first one has been majorly held back by microtransactions. Part of the reason I think the season pass system is so much less intrusive is because it doesn't focus balancing around money like paywalling does. If every now plant had been part of a season pass, the pressure would be to make the content of said pass fun, and not to make the plant give an advantage for spending money on the game.
    Also, as a side note, I think the reason it wasn't touched is because instast-kill mechanics are notoriously hard to balance in every genera of game, and with chomper already having a bizarre design, it risks an innocent change being extremely over-powered for an unintended reason, which would take spotlight away from the new plants. In my opinion, the real biggest blunder was making the plant food ability basically do what it already does. The mediocre one-shotting would be much more welcoming if it was rebalanced around filling a valuable niche with the plant food ability, since it gives merit to making it worse than other plants if it allows for more flexibility overall.

  • @mathaijacob1345
    @mathaijacob1345 Месяц назад

    0:33 anyone else instinctively tap the plant food 😂

  • @YourAverageDude-w4y
    @YourAverageDude-w4y 2 месяца назад

    Okay the guy selling a bag of dog____ got me

  • @Unikay
    @Unikay Месяц назад

    Chompy got the bonnie treatment

  • @marlangelo.n.capistrano5733
    @marlangelo.n.capistrano5733 20 дней назад

    Did you know when you place chomper and it eats a zombie you can shovel it then place another one which make it op

  • @SkeleJangton
    @SkeleJangton Месяц назад

    Time, Popcap? Is it really that time again?

  • @himsguideline4272
    @himsguideline4272 2 месяца назад

    17:57 This make Chomper better than Toadstool

  • @Spacelord4ever
    @Spacelord4ever Месяц назад

    I got a challenge for you the challenge is your only allowed to use plants that cost 0 to 125 sun no leveling up to get them cheaper and no power ups

  • @captaindoesyoutube7925
    @captaindoesyoutube7925 2 месяца назад

    Chomper is the Regigigas of PvZ it seems

  • @slendy2504
    @slendy2504 2 месяца назад

    2:03 Sometimes it can swallow Diggers from behind. Only remember it happening on I Zombie levels

  • @BumbleBoiMSM
    @BumbleBoiMSM 2 месяца назад

    chomper got a lot of glazing in the garden warfare games. he got a cheetos variant, most variants in gw2 and most customisations in bfn

  • @mathaijacob1345
    @mathaijacob1345 Месяц назад

    2:47 I honestly thought that was fume shroom until now.

  • @affluentriley5994
    @affluentriley5994 2 месяца назад +1

    10:30 I genuinely thought he said pissing damage 💀

  • @Unikay
    @Unikay Месяц назад

    Struggled to find his place? His place is right behind a walnut and in front of a frost pea

  • @IWishYouTheBest
    @IWishYouTheBest 2 месяца назад +15

    Chomper in PVZ1: F tier
    Chomper in PVZ2 before buff: D tier
    Chomper in PVZ2 after buff: A tier

    • @blocks4857
      @blocks4857 2 месяца назад

      Even post buff he would be C tier

    • @DaDannyguy
      @DaDannyguy 2 месяца назад +1

      koala is wrong Chomper having that buff is now an a-tier

    • @blocks4857
      @blocks4857 2 месяца назад +1

      @@DaDannyguy no it's not lol

    • @DaDannyguy
      @DaDannyguy 2 месяца назад +1

      @@blocks4857 want chomper to appear at your door tonight

  • @Craft2guardian
    @Craft2guardian 2 месяца назад +1

    The script in the intro sounds half AI generated ngl

  • @sigma0184
    @sigma0184 2 месяца назад

    To be honest even in pvz1, chomper can be a pretty good insta solely because it has a fast recharge

  • @williamrowe8387
    @williamrowe8387 2 месяца назад

    Pvz1 was so easy I used chomper for most of the roof levels to give myself a challenge. Chompers are fun though, just use it as a 5 second recharge insta in pvz2

  • @TheRealMangoDev
    @TheRealMangoDev 2 месяца назад

    who also thought that he was gonna release part 2 to the previous vid

  • @jackyha9445
    @jackyha9445 16 дней назад

    Chomper always sucked but I liked Chomper. If you were to give Chomper more buffs in PvZ2, I would give it "heal after eating or healing during eating" or when chomper takes "death damage" he survives with 1HP and does some knockback to zombies within 0.5tiles, (I'm imagining a knockback similar to that alligator seed-shooting plant)

  • @gaspacrack
    @gaspacrack 2 месяца назад

    i actually have chomper unlocked in my pvz 2 save file (i never bought it, i were to buy a plant i would buy idk electric pea or somethin like that)

  • @premiumwater47
    @premiumwater47 2 месяца назад +1

    20:09 the ost here?