Basho-pult

Basho-pult is an upcoming plant introduced in Plants vs. Zombies Odyssey.

It attacks by lobbing bananas at zombies. These bananas, instead of damaging zombies, actually heal them instead by 40 DPS. However, it will also allow the zombie to take double damage from plants for 2 seconds.

Origins
Basho-pult is based on the Musa basjoo tree, more commonly known as the "Japanese banana", a banana tree originating from southern China that is commonly cultivated in parts of Japan for its plant fibers. It is also based on Matsuo Bashō, a Japanese poet recognized as the greatest master of Haikus.

Basho-pult's name is a pun on Musa Basjoo, the tree that it is based on, Matsuo Bashō and Catapult, a ballistic device used to hurl large stones for warfare purpose in ancient times, referring to the fact that it hurls bananas at zombies.

Upgrades
When upgrading with the Sapling of Wisdom, Basho-pult is presented with 4 options to be powered up by when boosted. These are:


 * Basho Heal: Basho-pult heals zombies less per shot.
 * Catapult Reload: Basho-pult reloads faster.
 * Basho Boost: Basho-pult's zombie boost makes them deal 3x damage from plants, rather than 2x.
 * Catapult Boost Time: Basho-pult's zombie boost lasts longer.

Strategies
Basho-pult is a key plant in heavy damage strategies, because while it heals zombies for 40, it also allows your other plants to deal even more damage, for example, it also a simple to deal 40 DPS per shot, basically nullifying the healing from Basho-pult. Heavy damage strategies, like using Pruning Prunes, and, will help with this, as it will amount in even more damage being done to the zombie than without Basho-pult.

A benefit for Basho-pult is also it's cheap price, being 75 sun, this makes it good for levels as you can use your remaining sun to get more firepower on the lawn.

Suburban Almanac Entry
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Trivia

 * Basho-pult was originally going to appear in Plants vs. Zombies 2: Chinese version, but was scrapped for unknown reasons.
 * Basho-pult's almanac entry is a reference to Matsuo Basho's haikus, in which it says "Spring is passing by, Birds are weeping and the eyes of fish fill with tears".
 * This was the first plant in Plants vs. Zombies Odyssey to be revealed before it's update dropped.