Rugby Star

Rugby Star is a Rare variant of the All-Star in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2.

Descriptions[]

Stickerbook description[]

The Rugby Star dreams of being permanently stuck in a scrum. It's the closest thing he's found to the smell of Brainz.

In-game description[]

The explosive Rapid Fire Rugby Launcher will make you the envy of your next scrum.

AI health[]

Easy: 120
Normal: 160
Hard: 200
CRAAAAZY: 240

Primary weapon[]

Rugby Star uses the Rapid Fire Rugby Launcher as his primary weapon, which deals 9 to 14 critical damage, depending on range. It has a lower fire rate than the All-Star's primary weapon but deals splash damage.

Before the Legends of the Lawn DLC, it dealt 7 to 12 damage depending on range.

Abilities[]

Left abilities
Imp Punt	With Imp Punt, the All-Star punts an Imp that rolls forward and explodes after a short time, dealing 150 damage to plants within its blast radius.
Long Bomb	An alternate ability of Imp Punt, Long Bomb allows the All-Star kicks an Imp up very high, which explodes when he lands and deals 150 damage.
Center abilities
Sprint Tackle	With the Sprint Tackle, the All-Star rushes forward, dealing 75 damage and knocks plants into the sky. This can serve as a short-ranged attack.
Ultra Tackle	An alternate ability of Sprint Tackle, Ultra Tackle does 90 damage but has a longer recharge time.
Right abilities
Dummy Shield	Dummy Shield is a shield that the All-Star places to protect himself.
Shield Decoy	An alternate ability of Dummy Shield, the player can have four Shield Decoys, but it is weaker.

Left abilities
Imp Punt	With Imp Punt, the All-Star punts an Imp that rolls forward and explodes after a short time, dealing 150 damage to plants within its blast radius.
Long Bomb	An alternate ability of Imp Punt, Long Bomb allows the All-Star kicks an Imp up very high, which explodes when he lands and deals 150 damage.
Center abilities
Sprint Tackle	With the Sprint Tackle, the All-Star rushes forward, dealing 75 damage and knocks plants into the sky. This can serve as a short-ranged attack.
Ultra Tackle	An alternate ability of Sprint Tackle, Ultra Tackle does 90 damage but has a longer recharge time.
Right abilities
Dummy Shield	Dummy Shield is a shield that the All-Star places to protect himself.
Shield Decoy	An alternate ability of Dummy Shield, the player can have four Shield Decoys, but it is weaker.
Future Dummy	An alternate ability of Dummy Shield, the Future Dummy is stronger than the default Dummy Shield, but only one Future Dummy can be placed down at a time. When the Future Dummy is destroyed, it explodes (dealing up to 75 damage to nearby Plants).

Weapon upgrades[]

RugbyStarUpgrade — Description about the Rugby Star's weapon upgrades

Longer Lasting Rugby Supply[]

A supply of rugby balls has been received - what good fortune!

Scrum Tested Rugby Balls[]

These scrum-tested rugby balls are quite good and will help deal extra damage.

Zomboss Enhanced Heat Sink[]

Zomboss Enhanced Heat Sink reduces venting time when overheating. Comes with a Zomboss guarantee.

Strategies[]

Rugby Star is suitable for players who lack good aim. The splash damage can make up for misses and allows you to practice aiming for body and headshots while still contributing to the damage dealt. He also fires straight and is accurate due to his detailed crosshair, making him one of the more competent All-Stars at range.

When in the hands of a more skilled player, the splash damage can be put to good use with three things:

The splash damage allows you to deal damage around obstacles and attack enemies even if they hide behind cover.
The splash damage can make hitting faster opponents (like Hyper-using Peashooters) easier.
The splash damage is good for crowd control when dealing with large groups of plants as you can (theoretically) damage the entire group, making it easier for you and your teammates to break up the group and defeat it.

Balancing changes[]

Garden Warfare[]

Tactical Taco Party DLC[]

▲ Increased effectiveness of the damage upgrade.
▼ Decreased effectiveness of the overheat upgrade.

Legends of the Lawn DLC[]

▲ Projectile and explosion damage increased.

Garden Warfare 2[]

Trouble in Zombopolis: Part Two DLC[]

▲ Blast damage was increased from 4 to 5.
▲ Damage falloff start distance was increased from 15m to 20m.
▼ Effectiveness of overheat upgrade was decreased.

Related achievements[]

	Offensive Line As an All-Star, Vanquish 5 Players using the Sprint Tackle in a session

	Hunting Season Vanquish 100 Foot Soldiers, 100 Scientists, 100 Engineers and 100 All-Stars

Gallery[]

In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Rugby Star
Traditional Chinese	橄欖球明星
French	Joueur de rugby
German	Rugby-Star
Italian	Stella del rugby
Japanese	ラグビースター
Polish	Rugbista
Brazilian Portuguese	Astro do Rúgbi
Spanish	Estrella del rugby

Trivia[]

Despite its slow rate of fire, his primary weapon is called Rapid Fire Rugby Launcher.
- This might be an ironic pun to the name as it, along with the Piledriver of the Wrestling Star, has the slowest rate of fire out of all All-Star weapons.
His primary weapon creates flame upon impact, yet no fire damage is dealt to targets.
The maximum number of shots the Rugby Star can shoot from his weapon before the weapon overheats is 30.
He, Hockey Star, and Tennis Star are the only All-Stars to have hair without customization.