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Plants VS Zombies

Before presenting you the Plants VS Zombies Strategy, we should first thank Popcap Games for bring us such a great game. I love almost all the games that Popcap Games presents. If you are really a serious player, buy the full version online thru the link given below at Popcap Games' Official Site. Popcap Games in return, will bring us even better games in the future. Thank you for your support!

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Start Up

 As Plants VS Zombies is becoming one of the most popular casual games throughout USA, today I present you the Advanced Strategy of Plants Vs Zombies which is completely exclusive and original. Let's Move!


Sunflower
Sunflower

Sunflower

 This is the source of credit. To build a strong economy, you have to build strong base of sunflowers. When the war becomes fierce and bloody, you have to get it updated into Twin Sunflower in order to spare space to reinforce your arms.


Twin Sunflower
Twin Sunflower

 Ultimately, you will have to update all the sunflowers to twin sunflowers. The less sunflowers, the less protection you have to give to keep steady income.

There's another plant called sun-shroom that can also generate credit. But forget about it. It's useless.


Repeater
Repeater

Primary Weapon —— Pea Shooter

In this series of pea shooting weapons, I only recommend two.

First is the Repeater which can fire two peas at a time. This shall be one of the most effective attacking plants.Plus, it only costs 200 credits. Really cheap!


Gatling Pea
Gatling Pea

Gatling Pea is the updated version of the Repeater. It fires 4 peas at a time which costs 450 credits in total. The equal attacking power to 2 Repeaters but cost 50 credits more. The good thing is, it could save you more room. That's the point. And it looks awesome!


Torchwood
Torchwood

The best Add-on —— Torchwood

If you put the Torchwood in front of the any level of pea shooter, the pea will be on fire which doubles the damage. Really Great add-on.


Melon-pult
Melon-pult

Another Series of Battle Weapon——Melon-pult

Melon-pult is another series of main battle weapons. Altho it costs 100 credits more than Repeater, it casts massive damage——water melon. You have to choose your main weapon system from the Pea Shooter system and the Melon-pult system. The latter one is my favorite. I love massive weapon.


Winter Melon
Winter Melon

Super Upgrading —— Winter Melon

When you get your Melon-pult upgraded to Winter Melon, the attacked zombies will be freezed and slowed for a short time and also, upgrade the damage from heavy to very heavy. More importantly, it also upgrades its attacking power to a new level. I love it. The bad thing is, when the game goes on, the price for this upgrade will rise up to 700 credits. God damn Popcap! Credit, economy, still remains the Top factor of winning a war.

Which Weapon Series do you Prefer?

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Fume-Shroom
Fume-Shroom

Prince of Night —— Fume-shroom

 Why I call Fume-shroom the Prince of Night? Why not King?

This thing can cast medium damage while the damage could overlook the screen doors.

Most importantly, you can see how great it is below.


Gloom-shroom
Gloom-shroom

King of All —— Gloom-shroom

 Incredible? But it is true. After upgrading from the Fume-Shroom, it becomes the King of All, altho it doesn't cause the greatest damage. It says on the Almanac Index that the Gloom-shroom causes normal damage, while the attacking range is the surrounding 3×3, and the attacking speed is very fast. With a proper strategy, it could just dominate the battle field. Wanna know how? Check downstairs.


Garlic
Garlic

King of Barricade —— Garlic

 Very interesting thing. How could a thing of 50 credits beat the Tall-nut or the Pumpkin?

The thing is, it is invincible during its life time. Any zombie that bites it will have to turn to another lane, which means you don't have to defend all the lanes on the map with the help of the Garlic.

You'll notice from the picture on the right , that the Garlic has two teeth. When it appears to have only one tooth, it is weakening. When it is tearing, it is dying. Got it? Replace it for a new one to proceed. Easy?


Umbrella Leaf
Umbrella Leaf

Perfect Defense Necessity —— Umbrella Leaf

Do you want to build up the perfect defense line? Then the Umbrella Leaf is a necessity.

It protects its nearby plants by 3×3 from air attacking. Very useful against the Bungee Zombie and the Catapult Zombie.


Cattail
Cattail

Tracking Spike Launcher —— Cattail

Cattail can fire several Tracking Spikes to attack any enemy within the screen. Very useful. Probably the lethal weapn in the aqua world. It must be put on a lily pad.

Another important feature is, the spikes it fires can beat the Balloon Zombie, which just could take place of the Cactus. Really nice weapon.


Spikeweed
Spikeweed

Permanent Weapon —— Spikeweed

 Plant it in the very front. It could slow up the enemy, plus attacking. More importantly, it's permanent, 'cause almost nobody is capable of eliminating it.


Spikerock
Spikerock

Ultimate Upgrade —— Spikerock

 This time, the Spikeweed is upgraded to Spikerock, whick is even tougher on both defense & offense. The only one could harm it is the Gargantuar, who is the ultimate life form of Zombie Troops. The Gargantuar usually needs 6 strikes to eliminate a single Spikerock. This just spares more time for us to attack him during that time.


Pumpkin
Pumpkin

Pumpkin —— the Ultimate Shield

This is not what we know in Halloween. Pumpkin here in this game is the ultimate shield protecting anything that under its cover. Try to cover any plant you would like to protect with it.


Magnet-shroom
Magnet-shroom

Metal Killer —— Magnet-shroom

Magnet-shroom is just the authentic metal killer. It could disarm any zombie with any metallic tool, including the jumping pole, bucket, screen door, football helmet,box,pick,hopper and ladder. Almost all the threatening stuff to you. However, as a shroom, it sleeps during the day. We need something to wake it up... ...


Coffee Bean
Coffee Bean

Waker —— Coffee Bean

Plant the Coffee Bean onto any sleeping shroom during the day to wake it up. Very useful plant. Plus, I love coffee!

Conclusion to Plants Introduction

There are 48 plants in total, of which I only talked about a small portion, because what we are discussing here is the Plants VS Zombies Advance Strategy, not a Handbook or an Encyclopedia. I just choose ones that I think are important.

After the introduction, let's talk about some real strategy about the Plants VS Zombies.


I Am Zombie Yeti
I Am Zombie Yeti

Zombie Yeti —— the Special Zombie

If you have seen thru the Almanac Index, you'll probably find a blank slot in the Zombie section, which says Not Encountered Yet. Why? I have finished the adventure for 1 time, and I did get the gold Sunflower. Why is it still blank? I just googled this and found nothing useful. So I continued played the Adventure for the second time. Nothing unexpected happened until I finally got the stage 4-10, which is a special one that we got vision only when the lightning hit. Within this substage, we will encounter the mysterious Zombie Yeti, as showed on the right, you can click for larger picture.

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In Memory of Michael Jackson
In Memory of Michael Jackson

To Michael Jackson

It says in the description of Dancing Zombie that

Any Resemblance between Dancing Zombie and persons living or dead is purely coincidental.

The author of Plants Vs Zombie seems also a fan of MJ as I do. I like that.

Advanced Strategy for Plants VS Zombies

Plants VS Zombies
Plants VS Zombies

#1 Economy

No economy, no war. My strategy is to build sunflowers & twin sunflowers as much as possible, even in the very front line. Why? Strong economy can sustain the huge cost on heavy weapons. If each sunflower can earn over 50 credits, then it dies a glorious death. I usually plant more than 20 sunflowers during a tough war, which always keeps me sufficient credits. Maybe you think it crazy, but I don't care as long as it could help win the war.

If you really focus on the economy, you can purchase a lmitater in the shop for 30000 credits to copy a sunflower. You can use dual sunflowers to establish your super economy in the early time. Enjoy yourself!


No defense, no survival
No defense, no survival

#2 Defense

For most of the time, I don't use any defense at all except the pumpkin. Why? Because almost all the defensing stuff needs a seat which means we have to reduce the attacking plant in exchange. Only the pumpkin can make both sides happy. I don't often use wall-nut or tall-nut. In the late war, they are very fragile.To me, the best defense is to offend.

#3 Discuz on Different Weapon Series

NO.1 Pea Shooter Series

The advantage of this series is the cheap price and the variety. If you choose this series as your main arms, you should buy the special plant Gatling Pea to upgrade your Repeater.

NO.2 Melon-pult Series

Pros: Massive attack, freezing effect with upgrading the Melon-pult to Winter Melon.

Cons: Expensive. Need sufficient credit supply.

NO.3 Kernel-pult Series

Pros: ultimate doom weapon with upgrading Kernel-pult to Cob Cannon, which launches deadly corn cob with doom power and positioning ability.

Cons: Fragile. Extremely expensive. It needs too much time to recharge so that most of us have to abandon it.

NO.3 Starfruit Series

Pros: Very cheap,easy,fast,massive damage

Cons: unable to deal with special zombies like Ballon Zombie,fragile

NO.4 Shroom Series

Pros: The most advanced series

Cons:A little bit complex with accurate strategy

#4 Marinetime Defense & Offense

This is much easier. I only use the Cattail to defend & Offend on the poor. The tracking spike can track any enemy within the screen and destroy it with no mercy. Plus, it can also beat the balloon zombie which is a big problem to us. With over 4 Cattail on the lily pads, we don't have to worry about the marinetime, the digger zombie and the annoying imp.

If possible, we can plant couple of Magnet-shrooms to reinforce the overall defense.

#5 Tips on the early defense

 In the early time of defense, before the sunflower are sufficiently planted, we have to make a hard decision between defense and building economy. Here's a perfect solution.

When encountering a zombie in the early time, use a potato mine or a squash to defend any intruder. I prefer a potato mine which only costs 25 credits.Always remember to plant attacking plants after planting 12 sunflowers.

Download Plants VS Zombies for free. While you can play the trial version for an hour. If you like it, buy it online for a life time access.

Fierce Battle Screenshots

Screenshot 1 of My Playing Survival:Endless
Screenshot 1 of My Playing Survival:Endless
Screenshot 2 of My Playing Survival:Endless
Screenshot 2 of My Playing Survival:Endless

The screenshots come from the 3rd time I played the Survival:Endless yesterday. This time I used a combination of Melon-pult,Gatling Pea and starfruit. See screenshot 2,I lost one cattail in last flag. This time I even got the maximum credits up to 9990.However, I used up all of them in the late game. I died because of credit insufficience again. I got 23 flags. My best record so far the 24 flags made couple of days ago. I can't believe that I even didn't make a new record. What a shame! I thought I could. We all know that in the late game, the price index is sky high except for some plants, starfruit is the best one that has the fairest price & attacking power. I love it. What do you think?

Screenshot 3: An Economy Strategy
Screenshot 3: An Economy Strategy

This is a screenshot of today's playing. starfruit is a very powerful & economy weapon when there's no special zombies like Ballon Zombie. Very economic way. Only 125 credits. I use the Imitater to make a copy so as to create a Starfruit legion in a short time. What do you think of this strategy?

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Goldfarm Advanced Strategy —— Minigame:Last Stand

Preparation for Minigame:Last Stand
Preparation for Minigame:Last Stand

There are hundreds of set up to play the Minigame:Last Stand, but here we're talking about making it a goldfarm. To be specific, making 10000+ coins for each time. How?

Make sure to own 10 plots and make the selection like the pic above. If you only have 9 slots, forget about the Tall-nut.

Let's move on if you have just done what I've told you.

Initial Set Up
Initial Set Up

 Honestly, I learned this set up from another guy in the internet, but he's too lazy to visualize this tactics to you guy, I do it instead.

See the initial set up? Just copy it. If you don't choose the Tall-nut, replace it with the Pumpkin.

Remember, the Gloom-shroom and the Magnet-shroom both need Coffee Beans to activate, while the Gold Magnet doesn't have to.

You'll get a reward of credits after each flag, spend it buying new Lily Pads & Marigolds.

P.S. Remember to renew the Garlic each Flag. You'll likely to renew one of the dying Pumpkin in the last flags.

An Alternative Initial Set Up

An Alternative Initial Set Up
An Alternative Initial Set Up

Pros:

Stronger Defense

Cons:

2 Slots less for planting Marigolds.

Conclusion:

You can choose this alternative initial set up if you don't wanna get trouble in defense.

Actually, I prefer this set up, 'cause this one is more reliable.

Survival:Endless —— 33 Flags

Survival:Endless —— My Combination of Ultimate Set Up
Survival:Endless —— My Combination of Ultimate Set Up

I Survived 33 Flags Today
I Survived 33 Flags Today

Whoops, I made a new record today —— 33 flags. Why? I have been thinking for hours to figure out this combination in the Survival:Endless. I didn't know whether I could make a new record or not. I just made a snapshot during the 12th flag. It's really a fierce war.

Pros:

We don't have to watch the back any more. The Gloom-shroom takes care of the Digger Zombie and the Imp. The Umbrella Leaf takes care of the Bungee Zombie and the Catapult Zombie. The Cattail takes care of the Balloon Zombie.The Gloom-shroom in the front takes care of the nearby zombies. The Tall-nut stops the Dolphin RIder Zombie. The Spikerock heavily damages and slows all zombies, vehicles and the Gargantuars. And the three-line Winter Melon Catapult makes the final strike.

Cons:

I should have make a four-line winter melon catapults, which makes the defense perfect.You can try it and tell me the result.

Conclusion:

I'll keep thinking about new combinations.I just spent hours getting this set up.With this set up, I just made a new record of surviving 33 flags. What's your idea?

Human Limit Challenge —— Survival:Endless

Empty from DC just sent me this snapshot of surviving 200 flags. (Click to enlarge)
Empty from DC just sent me this snapshot of surviving 200 flags. (Click to enlarge)

 Can anyone survive 100 flags in Plants VS Zombies Survival:Endless? I can't even survive 50 flags. But somebody did survive 200 flags.I didn't believe it at first. Is that within human's ability? But how can I tell what human's ability is? Of course, unlimited. Let's witness this Human Limit Challenge. And wait for Empty to reveal his Combo. We'll see.

46 Flags —— A New High Score

My new record of Survival:Endless
My new record of Survival:Endless

46 Flags. What's Yours?
46 Flags. What's Yours?

 With the new strategy I figured out for hours, I got this setup for Survival:Endless. I use the ultimate lethal weapon —— Cob Cannon as the main weapon. Fortunately, it works, updating the up limit to almost 50 flags. However, I have shown you people who survived 200 flags. The only thing I could figure out is that he uses more than 8 cob cannons, maybe 12. I'll try that strategy next time see if it works.

222 Flags Setup Analysis

My Analysis on 222 Flags Survival
My Analysis on 222 Flags Survival

We should thank Empty about sharing the snapshot of surviving 222 flags. Now I'll give my point of view.

Pros:

  • Doom Destructive Power(8 Cob Cannons)
  • 4 Gloomy-shrooms to completely barricade Digger Zombies(the most annoying enemies)

Cons:

  • Insufficient Defense against Bungee Zombies(well winter melons can subsidize that)
  • Gold Magnet is just unnecessary.
  • What is the use of the Kernel-pult on the second lane?
  • What if the Dolphin Rider Zombie jumps to the fifth line?
  • Is the defense good enough to defend Balloon Zombies without Cattails?
  • The Cob Cannons in the pool are fragile under the threat of Bungee Zombies.

I'll dig deeper into this. o(∩_∩)o...Leave your comment.

Since this page contains too much content, I have made a separate hub to discuz Survival Endless, please visit this hub if you're interested in strategies to survive 200 flags and beyond.

Survival Endless 200 Flags and Beyond


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Survival:Endless —— How Many Flags Have You Got?

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jelo  says:
4 days ago

in the 222 flags analysis, the back columns are vulnerable to catapults. it's rly amazing how it lasted 222 flags when there are so many weak spots

callcenterguy  says:
2 months ago

I just started playing this awhile back. for me the best pea shooter is the Snow Pea (blue ones)because it slows down the enemy. I normally used Snow Pea, winter melon and cob cannons. I used that and just replaces the tall-nuts if needed. but I normally used pumpkins. Magnet shrooms and the umbrella leaf. I haven't gone to endless survival yet, so I can't say it's very effective. but so far so good.

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wARtist  says:
5 months ago

I made it 70 today. I didn't die. I'll continue tomorrow.

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wARtist  says:
5 months ago

Hey,guys! I made it. Survive more than 50 flags.

Since this page contains too much content, I have made a separate hub to discuz Survival Endless, please visit this hub if you're interested in strategies to survive 200 flags and beyond.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Plants-Vs-Zombies-Survival

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wARtist  says:
5 months ago

Thank You, Empty! Good point! I'll try it as soon as I get time on weekends.

ryan  says:
5 months ago

i figured out a combo to get to atleast onehundred every1 mightn ot get to 200 like empty but i got to 100 so im proud ^^ http://www.sarcasmpoisoning.com/darayryo/images/en

empty  says:
5 months ago

i can answer a few questions.

- Gold magnet is use for collecting coin (of course), and after 222 flags, the $ is maximum ($999.999). It seems interesting.

- I had said that the kernel-pult 's position is twin-sunflower before.

- Use cattail will never be enough for ballon Zombies (about 20 zombies each time). And what do you think when a ballon zombies drop in your cob-canons.

your sun is always max (9.990) so you can do much more than you expect. try it.

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wARtist  says:
5 months ago

Thank you Empty. I'll post your snapshot and study it.

  says:
6 months ago

his build is like Ryan,only one diference. but i really don't know why my friend can survival 200 flags...

this pic can satisfy you:

http://c.uploadanh.com/upload/0/310/0.435657001244

the kernel-pult is replaced by a twin-sunflower before.

empty  says:
6 months ago

hehe, but that is not my build. It's my classmate. And i saw him play more than 200 flags easily. When I saw his build, my first think is: It 's really Perfect.

he used 8 cob-canons...

i will try to find an imagine soon. And you will understand.

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wARtist  says:
6 months ago

Glad to help, Dr Nhan!

Dr Nhan  says:
6 months ago

This guide really help me a lot. Thanks for helping me getting the giant amount of money in Last Stand

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wARtist  says:
6 months ago

Hi, Ryan! Tell me your super combo, please! Share it with us!

ryan  says:
6 months ago

i figured out a combo to get to atleast onehundred every1 mightn ot get to 200 like empty but i got to 100 so im proud ^^ http://www.sarcasmpoisoning.com/darayryo/images/en

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wARtist  says:
6 months ago

To Empty,I have a question. Are there any much more advanced monsters coming up after the 33 flags? Is there Gargantuar King or sth? I am so curious.

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wARtist  says:
6 months ago

Hey, Empty! You're from DC. You're my hero. I've never imagined a human can survive that. Is that what you've got? Tell me your best combo, please!

To Ryan, yes, I usually start out with 2 or 3 rows. While I still planting sunflowers as many I can even put them in the very front as long as it makes me more than 50. Crazy, ha? Not crazy enough than Empty.

ryan  says:
6 months ago

how do u start the amazing combo up? like do u start out with just two rows of ur sunflowers and then eventually spread them out liek that?

empty  says:
6 months ago

what do you think about 200 flags survival endless ???

http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu144/azurelove

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wARtist  says:
6 months ago

That's right, Ryan! Actually, I did turn one line of sunflower into pults which I didn't show you. For 4 lines of pults, I did survive 33 flags at last. o(∩_∩)o...

Ryan  says:
6 months ago

At that stage in the game and with so much money in the bank, you could easily get rid of a line of sunflowers for additiona pults.

Damage  says:
6 months ago

Love this game!

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wARtist  says:
6 months ago

A new record: 33 flags

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wARtist  says:
6 months ago

What a shame! I only got 23 flags yesterday.

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wARtist  says:
6 months ago

I have played Survival:Endless for only twice. 24 Flags so far. What's yours?

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joyce  says:
10 days ago

hi. i cant win ten flags for survival hard (fog). please help! thanks

ryan  says:
6 months ago

i figured out a combo to get to atleast onehundred every1 mightn ot get to 200 like empty but i got to 100 so im proud ^^ http://www.sarcasmpoisoning.com/darayryo/images/en

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6 months ago

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6 months ago

I just presented mine.What's yours?

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mingresque  says:
4 weeks ago

Hey wARtist.

How do I get white pumpkins?

nichole  says:
6 weeks ago

THANK YOU FOR THE GUIDE !REALLY USEFUL!I REALLY LIKE THE SONG "ZOMBIES ON YOUR LAWN"1

-Nichole 11 years old PVZ ADDICT!

jbv3942  says:
6 weeks ago

Oh come on! stars? Id rather use something else even more tougher such as the gatling pea and torch wood combo with threepeaters at the back side of the 5 lanes.

sherwin  says:
3 months ago

Damn... How could they amass more than 5000 sun credits?

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wARtist  says:
4 months ago

To Panda Man, Catapult will always hit the plant first.

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Pamda Man  says:
4 months ago

Bungee zombies cannot steal cob cannons.

With no umbrella, what do you do with catapults? Or do catapults hit pumpkin first before they hit the plant?

And why a kernel-pult???????????????

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wARtist  says:
5 months ago

Thank you, Mr Anonymous. I'll fix them. I did doubt about the name limitater, which doesn't make sense.

Anonymous  says:
5 months ago

It's Imitater not Limitater. And it's the Imp, not the Imf. Also, the goldfarm makes 8000+ gold coins only. The goldfarm really helped. So your guide is awesome.

Nera  says:
5 months ago

Yes.. thanks a lot :D!

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wARtist  says:
5 months ago

Hi Nera from Peru, let me tell you how limitater works.

When we buy a plant, it usually takes some time for its availability to be purchased depending on how expensive it costs. The more expensive the plant is, the longer it takes to become available to buy. If we click on the limitater, choose any plant like sunflower, we have 2 sunflowers in the item list on the very top. 2 Sunflower recharge together making it almost always ready to be purchased. That's more efficient. Crazy players always love it.

Is that clear enough,Nera?

Nera  says:
5 months ago

hi! i loved your tips, very helpfull.. but i didnt understand very well about the limtater card.. i just bought one but i don't know how it works.

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wARtist  says:
6 months ago

Happy to be helpful

Johan  says:
6 months ago

Awesome tips, thx man

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wARtist  says:
6 months ago

Apply the Gold Far Strategy given above, you'll find it so easy to get huge amounts of coins almost completely automatically!

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wARtist  says:
6 months ago

Have you guys even thought of using stars as the main weapon?

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6 months ago

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