Is the cob cannon worth it? [closed]

The cob cannon is a plant that can launch corn bombs onto anywhere on the screen (one corn bomb is equivalent to one cherry bomb). However, the cob cannon can easily be destroyed, due to its large hitbox and costs a lot of sun (700) with the kernel pults.(Plus you can't pumpkin it.) While the cherry bomb is only 150 sun and is invincible (due to being a instant kill, it can only be stolen by bungees). Cob cannon's only advantages were not being able to be stolen (Yes, the cob cannons size makes it un-stealable) and having a shorter time to recharge a corn bomb (around 31 seconds while the cherry bomb takes 50 seconds) at the cost of costing 550 more sun. So, is the cob cannon worth it?

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Best Answer

In a regular level, no. There's no regular level long enough for you to make back your investment (two spaces, 700 sun, plus initial waiting time before you're able to fire it) compared to using a Cherry Bomb, Jalapeño, Boom-shroom, or Squash instead in that slot.

However, in Endless mode, these are pretty much a requirement to get much past wave 10. When the zombies get numerous enough a lot of plants are no longer worth it. There are enough and tanky enough zombies on the screen that the only way to stay alive is through AoE damage; single-target won't work. Since some zombies will outrange puff-shrooms and spikes (especially gargantuars can be problematic), melon-pults are slow, and there aren't enough one-use kill plants to have a continuous stream of them, 2-6 cob cannons are typically used as a supplement.

Some strategies will use them only as emergency buttons, while others rely on them in normal operations. When you want to go for 1,000 waves, it's good to have some insurance.

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Are cob cannons good?

The Cob Cannon, although highly expensive, is very effective and can dominate entire waves of zombies very quickly, as the cobs do not use up sun between firings. One can think of him as a reusable Cherry Bomb.

How long does a Cob Cannon recharge?

Cob Cannon takes 50 seconds to recharge, 65 if you take into account the two Kernel-pults.

How much sun does a Cob Cannon cost?

Cob Cannon is the most expansive Upgrade plant in the game, costing $20,000 in-game currency, and is listed as the last plant chronologically in the Suburban Almanac. Cob Cannon costs 500 sun to plant but like all other Upgrade plants, Cob Cannon needs a preexisting plant, in this case Kernel-pult, to be planted on.

How do I protect my Cob Cannon?

Generally your best best is to plant something behind the Cob Cannons that will kill the Imps quickly, e.g. a Gattling Pea or Melon-pult. Unfortunately from recollection they will still manage to take one bite. Over a long game you will lose your Cob Cannon and have to start from scratch.

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