Maple Lake

We finally made it up! So this is Maple Lake.

Hurriclover lives by the lake. It's been so long since we last saw him.

Just a heads-up: there's a good chance Hurriclover will pick a fight with us.

I have a feeling this reunion with Hurriclover is going to end in a fight.

Huh? Why?

Hurriclover has doubts about that letter. Knowing him, he'll probably ask us to spar.

Hurriclover doesn't trust that letter. From what I know of him, we'll probably end up sparring on the lake.

I didn't believe the letter at first, either. But after all the zombies we've seen on the way here, I'm convinced.

At the end of the day, there's no harm in giving this route a try.

I don't know much about this Hurriclover friend of yours. What's his fighting style like?

He prefers fighting out on the lake, so we shouldn't plant anything on land. Once we reach the lake, it'll all be underwater.

So we'll plant on the waterfall. That way, we'll still have plants when we reach the lake.

(The battle may take place on the lake, but the land can still be useful, because...)

Actually, Lily Pads can be placed on land. We just need to set them out ahead of time.

Lily Pads can actually be placed on land, weird as that sounds. We just need to put them down before we reach the lake.

That's right. You can plant me on land, too. That way, your plants will stay with you on the lake.

As we mentioned before, Hurriclover can also draw in water from the lake, wrap it around his leaves, and fire them.

(I remember that. Since he's gathering liquid, while Hurriclover is charging up, I can use...)

I remember Hygro Plantago saying you could drain the water while he's gathering it, stopping him from firing.

Can't Hygro Plantago steal the water right out from under him?

Right. If he uses that move, just send me in to absorb the water while he's charging up.

But doesn't Hygro Plantago have a cooldown? What if the skill isn't ready?

If all else fails, have Wall-nut block the projectile. It might be a little rough, but it should work.

Hurriclover's charge is pretty powerful, too. We need a good way to handle that.

A charging attack just needs to be blocked, so we can use...

Wall-nut can block the charge, of course.

If Hurriclover runs into a wall, he won't keep banging his head against it.

So, your friend's called Hurriclover. Doesn't he attack with wind?

Oh, absolutely. He'll blow our plants all over the place.

If the wind blows a plant somewhere else, it might not be much use anymore.

If a plant gets blown somewhere useless, we can move it back with...

With our new teammate Cuscata, moving plants back into place will be a breeze.

That's a lot of plants to bring. Do we have enough Seed Slots?

If we don't, we'll just have to make some trade-offs. Not everything we mentioned is essential.

If we have to, we'll pick and choose. We don't need every single one of these plants.

Then it's settled. Let's get ready to meet Hurriclover.

(A winged Peashooter can float on water. That could work.)

(But that solution is far too restrictive. There has to be a better one.)

(Even with this plant, I still don't see how we can put the land to use.)

(This plant doesn't have much to do with liquids. Let me think again.)

(We'd get absolutely launched by Hurriclover.)

(If Hurriclover charged into Cherry Bomb, the explosion would definitely hurt him.)

(But Cherry Bomb's cooldown is too long, and it could only block him once.)

(We can't stockpile a bunch of single-use plants ahead of time, either. Is there a better option?)

(Does this really have much to do with moving plants...? Better rethink this.)