Nightshade

Nightshade
Source	Biologist
Unit Levels	2
Type	Plant
Statistics
Base Health	400
Base Spawnrate	20s
Base Lifespan	20s
Damage Method	Single
Base Damage	50
Base Firerate	3.008
Base Range	30
Hidden Detection	N/A
Lead Detection	N/A
Flying Detection	Unit Level 0+

"Deals single dps that inflicts confusion."

―In-Game Description

Description

The Nightshade is a unit spawned by the Biologist. The Biologist is able to spawn the Nightshade starting from Level 3, as long as it selected in the unit queue. It spawns on ground within the Biologist's range. The Nightshade's statistics are upgraded once the Biologist reaches Level 4.

The Nightshade fires lasers at enemies, which deal damage and also confuses them. It will target a single enemy in its range and deal damage to it while causing it to walk backwards every 4 second. After 20 seconds have passed, it will disappear from the map and the Biologist will replace it with another plant.

Appearance

The Nightshade is a nightshade flower which fires lasers at enemies. The flower itself is purple and yellow.

Stats Table

Unit Level	Health	Damage	Spawnrate	Firerate	Lifespan	Range	Confusion Time	Confusion Cooldown	Detections	DPS	Min Cost Efficiency	Max Cost Efficiency
0	400	50	20	3.008	20	30	1	4	Flying	16.62	$463.3	$231.65
1	800	135	20	2.758	20	35	1.25	4	Flying	48.95	$565.88	$188.63

Strategy

• The Nightshade can be used to stall enemies, as its attack confuse enemies, making them walk towards the exit.
  • The Nightshade cannot apply confusion to an enemy which has been recently confused, as each confusion applies a cooldown before an enemy can be confused again.
    • This does not apply to just the Nightshade's confusion, as if an enemy has been confused through other sources, such as the Jester confusion bombs, the Nightshade will be unable to confuse it.
    • Similarly, the Nightshade's confusion will also prevent other sources to apply it.
• While the Nightshade has lower DPS than the Sunflower, it does have higher range and it can confuse enemies, meaning it is still able to deal decent damage to single target enemies.
• The Nightshade has flying detection, making it useful at clearing out and stalling Flying enemies.

Gallery

Promotional Videos

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Default skin on a promotional video.

Stickers

Default skin on the Biologist Menace sticker.

Update History

• 16 April 2025 - v1.61.0
  • Nightshade added.

Notes