The Sunflower class in Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 is the primary healer of the plant team, providing essential support to teammates while also dishing out damage with its versatile range of weapons. As a Sunflower, your primary goal is to keep your teammates alive and contribute to your team’s offensive efforts.
This comprehensive guide will help you become a proficient Sunflower player, covering abilities, variants, and character upgrades. With various Sunflower variants available, you can adapt your playstyle to suit your preferences.
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This comprehensive guide will cover the following aspects of the Sunflower class:
- Basic Gameplay and Abilities – Understanding the Sunflower’s role and unique abilities.
- Sunflower Variants – An overview of each Sunflower variant and its abilities.
- Character Upgrades – A list of the upgrades available for the Sunflower class.
Basic Gameplay and Abilities
The Sunflower’s primary weapon is the Sun Pulse, a fast-firing, mid-range weapon. With 100 health, the Sunflower is not remarkably durable, so positioning is vital when providing healing and support to teammates.
Abilities
- Heal Beam: Sends a continuous healing beam to a targeted teammate, healing them as long as you remain close to them.
- Alternate Ability: Rainbow Heal Beam – Functions identically to the Heal Beam but with a different visual effect.
- Heal Flower: Deploys a stationary flower that heals nearby teammates over time.
- Sunbeam: Transforms the Sunflower into a stationary turret, firing a powerful beam that significantly damages enemies.
- Alternate Ability: Solar Flare Beam – A more powerful version of the Sunbeam with a slower rate of fire and limited duration.
Sunflower Variants
- Mystic Flower: Features a chargeable shot that deals increased damage when fully charged.
- Power Flower: Fires electric projectiles that chain damage to multiple enemies.
- Fire Flower: Shoots fire projectiles that deal fire damage over time.
- Shadow Flower: Wields a rapid-firing weapon with increased accuracy and slightly increased damage.
- Metal Petal: Boasts increased health at the cost of reduced movement speed.
- Sun Pharaoh: Fires a three-shot burst, dealing more damage per shot but with a slower rate of fire.
- Alien Flower: Launches spore projectiles that create damaging clouds upon impact.
- Vampire Flower: Deals less damage per shot but regains health for each hit on an enemy.
Character Upgrades
Character upgrades become available at levels 5 and 9 for the Sunflower class. Upon reaching level 10, you can promote the class, resetting it to level 1 and allowing further leveling to unlock upgrades.
Here is a list of character upgrades for the Sunflower class, including the level and rank at which they are unlocked:
Base
- Health Regeneration Delay Upgrade (Level 5): Reduces the time before your health regenerates.
- Speed Upgrade (Level 9): Increases your movement speed.
Specialist
- Health Regeneration Upgrade (Level 5): Enhances the rate at which your health regenerates.
- Reload Speed Upgrade (Level 9): Increases the speed at which you reload your weapon.
Advanced
- Ammo Upgrade (Level 5): Increases the ammo capacity of your primary weapon.
- Reload Speed Upgrade (Level 9): Increases the speed at which you reload your weapon.
Elite
- Damage Upgrade (Level 5): Boosts the damage dealt by your primary weapon.
Super Elite
- Health Upgrade (Level 5): Increases your maximum health.
No upgrades are unlocked at level 9 for the last two ranks. Once you reach level 5 of Super Elite, leveling is no longer necessary for character upgrades.
Mastering the Sunflower class in Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2 will make you an invaluable asset to your team. By providing consistent healing and support while dealing with damage, you can significantly impact the battlefield. Follow this guide to become an expert Sunflower player, and enjoy helping your team achieve victory in every match.