Dusk Lobber

Dusk Lobber is the fourth plant obtained in Modern Day in Plants vs. Zombies 2. She lobs explosive buds at zombies or tombstones in her lane every 2.85 - 3 seconds, dealing 30 direct damage and 25 splash damage in a 3x3 area.

When powered by Moonflower, Conceal-mint, Gloom Vine, or gas from Noctarine, she lobs buds into the lanes next to her in a manner similar to the Threepeater.

Origins[]

Dusk Lobber is based on Opuntia, or prickly pears, a genus in the cactus plant family, possibly the Beavertail cactus (Opuntia basilaris) due to the color of her flower.

The "Dusk" part of her name is a reference to her being a shadow plant, with "Lobber" referring to her method of attack.

Almanac entry[]

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Dusk Lobber
	SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 10 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 30 RANGE Lobbed AREA 3x3 Conceal-mint Plant Food: Shoots multiple large buds that explode on impact. Dusk Lobbers are shadow plants that lob explosive buds down the lane. When powered Dusk Lobbers can lob buds down three lane. Lobbing comes easily for Dusk Lobber, but that's only because she's had extensive training and really enjoys parabolas.

Dusk Lobber

SUN COST 150 RECHARGE 10 TOUGHNESS 300 DAMAGE 30 RANGE Lobbed AREA 3x3 Conceal-mint Plant Food: Shoots multiple large buds that explode on impact. Dusk Lobbers are shadow plants that lob explosive buds down the lane. When powered Dusk Lobbers can lob buds down three lane. Lobbing comes easily for Dusk Lobber, but that's only because she's had extensive training and really enjoys parabolas.

Chinese version  (China only)[]

Upgrades[]

Plant Food effect[]

When given Plant Food, Dusk Lobber will fire four large explosive buds that land on four random tiles with zombies nearby on the lawn, with each explosive bud dealing 10 direct damage and 300 splash damage in a 3x3 area.

Conceal-mint effect[]

When boosted by Conceal-mint, Dusk Lobber will do an additional 90 damage, with an additional 85 damage added to her splash damage, and her Plant Food effect deals an additional 10 damage, with an additional 900 damage added to her Plant Food splash damage. She will be powered even if not adjacent to a Moonflower.

Level upgrades[]

Mastery upgrades[]

• Chance to Boost
• Damage Pierce

Level upgrades (China only)[]

Level	Upgrades	Description
	Thorns Stuns 荆棘晕眩	When attacking, there is a 10% chance to throw red flower buds, which will cause 120 points of damage when hitting the enemy, and will also emit pollen to stun them for 1.5 seconds. 攻击时有10%的概率投掷红色花蕾，击中敌人时造成120点伤害，还会散发花粉使其眩晕1.5秒。
	Combat Training 战斗训练	Dusk Lobber gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).
	Thorn Crisis 荆棘危机	When attacking, there is a 20% chance to throw red flower buds, which will cause 160 points of damage when hitting the enemy, and will also emit pollen to stun them for 1.5 seconds. 攻击时有20%的概率投掷红色花蕾，击中敌人时造成160点伤害，还会散发花粉使其眩晕1.5秒。
	Cell Activation 细胞活化	Dusk Lobber gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).
	Ability Awaken 能力觉醒	Dusk Lobber may be boosted when planted.
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Dusk Lobber gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).
	Ultimate Strangling 究极缠绕	When attacking, there is a 25% chance to drop seeds within the splash range. These seeds will grow into thorns, which can absorb 1000 points of damage and bind zombies until the vines are destroyed. 有概率在范围内形成种子，对触碰到僵尸形成藤曼束缚其行动。
	Fighting Power 战斗能力	Dusk Lobber gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Costumed (China only)[]

Dusk Lobber now fires five large explosive buds instead of four.

Strategies[]

Dusk Lobber can be considered to be one of the most potent lobber plants, as the plant under the right conditions is only second to Strawburst at level 1 in terms of splash damage per second while costing less than half the sun cost of a Melon-pult or a Strawburst. This makes Dusk Lobber an incredibly useful weapon in both normal levels and the Endless Zones, where in three-digit levels with extremely large numbers of weaker foes. The ability to attack multiple lanes also makes Dusk Lobber highly useful early on, as this allows the player to secure the lawn quickly against Imp rushes or enemies on multiple lanes. This is, however, balanced by the plant's reliance on Moonflower, coupled with a mildly slow recharge rate. This means that Imitater will help the player field a decent amount of Dusk Lobbers in later levels, though you will always need Moonflower. Also, due to Moonflower's extremely lackluster Plant Food effect, it is advised to also bring Gold Bloom along.

Compared to most lobber plants, Dusk Lobber is even more useful at dealing with groups of enemies that can shield or avoid straight-shooting projectiles such as Tomb Raiser Zombie, Barrel Roller Zombie, Snorkel Zombie, Troglobite, and Arcade Zombie, including endless zones where these zombies are a common threat.

Surprisingly, a powered Dusk Lobber can also target Prospector Zombies that appear on the left side of your lawn and zombies carried by a pterodactyl if she is placed on the first column, including the lanes next to her.

Due to the nature of Shadow Peashooter's stalling effect, which causes zombies to group together, it makes them significantly more vulnerable to Dusk Lobber's buds.

Dusk Lobber may seem more powerful compared to the straight-shot shadow plant, Nightshade, but each have their downsides - Nightshade does low single-target damage and hits things ahead of it only, while Dusk Lobber's higher sun cost and slower recharge makes it harder for the player to get many of them out, and she is also much weaker against isolated targets or targets that absorb a lot of damage, such as Knight Zombie. As such, it might be advisable to bring both if one has enough seed slots when Moonflower is used. This weakness can also be fixed by bringing instant-kills such as Primal Potato Mine or Bombard-mint, or plants which weaken the zombie health such as Shrinking Violet or Enforce-mint.

Avoid using Dusk Lobber against Jester Zombie and Parasol Zombie, as they will deflect her buds. The only time that they cannot deflect her buds is during the plant food effect.

Related achievement[]

	The Shadow Family Complete a level with 20 powered Shadow Plants

Gallery[]

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In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Dusk Lobber
Simplified Chinese	幽暮投手	lit. "Dusk Lobber" (“幽暮” is "Dusk" in Classical Chinese)
French	Bulbe à bombes	lit. "Bomber Bulb"
German	Schattenlupfer
Italian	Alzatrice crepuscolare
Brazilian Portuguese	Morteira	Portuguese for "mortar". The "a" specifically indicates a "female mortar"
Spanish	Lanzadora oscura	lit. "Dark Lobber"

Trivia[]

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2[]

• When her projectiles were reflected by Jester Zombies, they would harmlessly pass through the plants and go towards the player's house. This was fixed in the 4.7.1 update.
• If her projectile misses its target, it will not land on the lane it is lobbed on, but rather the lane directly below it. The same happens if she targets a zombie that is in the water in Big Wave Beach.
• Dusk Lobber and Grimrose are the only Modern Day plants to have 2 costumes.

Specific to Chinese version (China only)[]

• Her projectile at level 2 - 3 looks same exact as her projectile at level 3 to level 6 in international version, while her projectile at level 5 looks same exact as her projectile at level 7 onwards in international version.

See also[]

• Shadow plants
• Apple Mortar
• Shadow Shroom