Why is Chomper so good in speedruns..?

Chomper is good, and I can explain why!

[Sasquash]

Thanks for all the support on this video guys! What plant should I talk about next?

[SamenPvz]

Chomper eating Zomboni is the most cursed thing that won't fit into my mind

[Blackened-gwpm]

"Or if you were playing 5-5 over and over for some reason you masochist"

I feel targeted

[austiethewastie]

chomper has the same case as guacodile in pvz2, many casuals dont get that they are both not a worse insta/peashooter, but a spamable insta

[Potatoboii]

I do find it a bit annoying that the game both knows that people won't be using chomper, and also doesn't do much to convey how good they can be, even from a casual perspective.
Quote from the tree of wisdom: "Chompers and Wall-nuts work exceedingly well together."
Obviously trying to encourage players to work around the chewing time, but the thing is, *they don't work well together* at least, not in my expericance.
A better piece of 'Chomper advice' they could've put on the tree of wisdom, in my opinion is something like: "You wanna know how I deal with the tougher zombies quick and easy? Emergency Chomper. They never see it coming..."

[Shyguymask]

Even ignoring speedrunning, there's something about it where the more you increase the difficulty of the game, the more valuable Chomper becomes. For example I playtested a PvZ1 mod that made the game a lot more difficult but otherwise kept the plant balance intact, and the combination of feeling the need to plant more sunflowers & armored zombies spawning more often than Instas recharges, actually made me spam Chomper unironically and it worked in some cases.

[mattsopiratoso]

Chomper is a living example of how we focus too much on the negatives instead of comparing the pros and cons.

[pizzaenthusiast]

I tried using chomper in a casual playthrough as a fast recharge instant and its pretty good to take care of high hp zombies

[GritterTheBuckethead]

Funny thing is that chomper’s also really good in the console exclusive vs mode, despite having no changes. Because of how aggressive the mode is in high level play. Having someone who can take off most high health zombies with a 7 second recharge has it’s use, as well as being able to potentially use him as a deterrent to high health zombies due to the fast recharge. His viability is a matter of environment really, in aggressive environments like speedruns or versus mode are where he thrives due to the faster pace.

[Pseudo_Notfound]

4:29 "Or does it?" *Vsauce music start to play*

[krispyhappy]

Chomper is the perfect mix between a close attacker and an instant plant, the only thing holding it back is cost, but gas great synergy.

[julioazevedo]

Why tf people think that scaredy shroom is a bad plant?? He's literally a peashooter that costs 25 sun

[purplecatjake]

Never realized Chomper got this much hate, it's a fun concept of a plant and It's really fun. I play casually and I always saw it as more cost effective than other instant plants because it's a recharging instant kill so I could save sun for other stuff. A lot of levels I had a front line of wallnuts with chompers behind them and that generally served me well enough.

[RazzNt]

this reminds me of the three musketeers from clash royale, its not that these cards/plants are bad, but people just dont know how to use them efficiently and/or their playing style just don't really match up with the card/plant

[dudamesh]

this whole video feels like what I write to make the word requirment for school essays

[daamazingfireman]

During my casual playthrough of PvZ, I always brought chomper because of its fast cooldown. The downside of it having a long attack cooldown is completely negated with the shovel. Just dig up the old chomper and place a new one!

[empdisaster]

I do think a lot of chompers hate comes from people incorrectly comparing it to plants like peashooter, Instead of plants like squash. It’s an instant that functions like a non instant. It’s cost is almost entirely made up for as soon as it kills it’s second zombie which is very possible in speeding since you’re usually keeping the zombies off the front line. It’s honestly still useful in casual as an instant you use closer to your line since it’ll deal with the stronger zombies for you

[StingRai]

i always play chomper. basically every level, i play chomper. everybody used to think i was stupid and just wasteful of sun, but then they watched me actually play and suddenly im a genius. its a great plant, and ive been training for speedrunning pvz because of it.

[EclipseonPMD]

I never understood why no liked Chomper. It got me through the game very easily. Two rows of Chompers is just an impenetrable wall. Cool to see it be good in speedrunning.

[WarTie]

I’ve always loved Chomper, used it mainly with Snow-Pea. The chilly lad would keep weaker zombies away while Chomper handles things like Football and the like. One of my all time combos.