Jurassic Marsh is one of my least favourite worlds in the game. The levels are repetitive,
there’s barely any zombies and the world has no unique Brain Busters, i.e. Bulb Bowling
in Big Wave Beach and Cannons Away in Pirate Seas. However, there is ONE great thing about
this world and that is that it has some FANTASTIC unlockable plants. Every plant is a gem (figuratively,
not literally) and help combat the dinosaurs and zombies. As always, ranking is based on
home world, other worlds, sun cost and how well they hold up against similar counterparts.
I’m Asa, let’s get on with the list.
Landing at the bottom by a country mile is the Perfume-Shroom. I say ‘country mile’,
but as stated in the intro ALL plants in this world are powerful, it’s just that the four
other plants are much better. The Perfume is great though because it is a vital counter for Pterodactyls in particular,
but useful on the other dinosaurs as well, especially those capable of one-shotting Gargantuars.
However, its recharge is slow, meaning it’s overwhelmed by multiple Dinosaurs in multiple
lanes. This is problematic when it comes to Pterodactyls, but if you have the Imitater (which I DO), you can use that to
help remedy the recharge. Another bummer is that you can’t bring it into Modern Day levels
or Arena levels with Dinosaurs in, confirming their place as a world-exclusive plant. Overall
it does its job very well, but is pretty limited.
The first of the Primal plants is a TOUGH battle, but I’ve gone for the Primal Peashooter for the 4th spot.
Now, I KNOW this is an amazing plant due to its knockback chance (which occurs MUCH more
frequently than the Kernel Pult’s butter), allowing it to potentially defeat a Buckethead
on its own if you’re lucky. It also has uses similar to the Spring Bean, like knocking
a barrel from its roller and pushing Swashbucklers into the water for easy kills. HOWEVER, the
Primal Peashooter falls low due to not being a good match with close-range and lobbed shot
plants, as the Peashooter can knock the target out of range, which is twice as bad for lobbed
shots as it causes the projectile to completely miss. Because of this, I don’t pick the
plant as often as the regular Peashooter or others like the Repeater or Fire Peashooter.
Another con is that it’s actually WEAKEST in its home world due to the Jurassic Bully
which is introduced halfway through the world, and is the only zombie immune to the knockback
effect. A great plant regardless, but has far more drawbacks than the rest of the Primal plants.
The middle ground goes to the Primal Sunflower. This plant is powerful enough to basically
invalidate the use of the Twin Sunflower, as while that plant DOES produce more sun,
it costs more sun to plant and has a slower recharge so it's hard to get them set up in the beginning of a level
The Primal flower produces as much
as it costs to plant, meaning it’s pretty much interchangeable with the regular Sunflower.
If there’s one disadvantage to this plant, it’s that it might not be able to produce
fast enough to combat all the zombies early on in a level, as the zombie density is pretty
high from the get-go in many Jurassic Marsh levels, but at the same time, it helps in
order to set up Primal Peashooters.
The runner-up is the Primal Wall-Nut. It may have missed out on the top spot, but this
is one of the best (and probably one of the most OP) plants on the game. Although it costs 25 more sun
than the modern counterpart, it has a very fast recharge – equivalent to most standard
attacking plants, which makes your defense almost unstoppable. Another high benefit of
the plant is that it takes three smashes from a Gargantuar AND the seed packet can refresh
before the Gargantuar destroys the Nut, so you can continuously stall one.
Recharge is a very underrated stat when it comes to a plant’s functionality, and the PWN’s high
recharge for a defensive plant allows it to pretty much replace the regular Wall-Nut.
I would consider it one of the few plants in the entirety of Plants VS Zombies 2 that
has NO drawbacks, and no, I’m not considering sun cost as one, as 25 sun is not really that much
of a difference to be honest, is it?
And topping the list for Jurassic Marsh is the Primal Potato Mine. At the expense of
simply 25 more sun than the regular Potato Mine, the plant arms about five times as quick
AND blows up a whole 3x3 area. So it’s basically a junior Cherry Bomb, except I say 'junior' although he might have
outclassed his long-standing instant-killing counterpart as upon upgrading it even once
its blast area is raised, which the Cherry Bomb CAN’T DO. But more importantly, the
Primal Potato Mine is 100 sun cheaper AND recharges faster, so arguably functions at
killing clusters of tough zombies better. Of course, the PPM still needs to arm, so
you can’t immediately plant it bang in the middle of a group of zombies like you can
with the Cherry Bomb, so it’s not as good as a lifesaver but think of all the sun you
can save when using it in Last Stand levels, ESPECIALLY Arena, a TOP plant to use there.
It’s the #1 pick on my list for MANY reasons, and it’s maybe...
the best plant... in the whole game...?
Discuss with me in the comments below of what YOU think the best plant in the game is and
your ranking of the plants in this world. I’m Asa, thanks for watching. Please remember to subscribe if you're new and give the video a like.