Fire Bonk Choy

Level upgrades
*Per hit. Its Plant Food effect deals a total of 25 hits.

Mastery upgrade

 * Chance to Boost
 * Damage Pierce

 Costumed (China only)
Along with its regular effect, Bonk Choy can also attract nearby zombies, increasing the power range (5x5).

 Plants vs. Zombies Online (China only) (Archived content)

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Strategies
Compared to other offensive plants unlocked in Player's House and Ancient Egypt, Bonk Choy trades effective range for DPS, being capable of dealing more than three times as much damage as a regular Peashooter. Its ability to punch backwards means that Bonk Choy can be used to attack stray zombies that get past defenses, as well as to catch Prospector Zombies and any zombies dropped by pterodactyls in Jurassic Marsh. Bonk Choy is also useful against Mecha-Football Zombie and Punk Zombie as they generally cannot eat it and will push it back, allowing Bonk Choy to punch them continuously. It can also be good against Bug Zombie because when Bonk Choy kills the bug, the zombie will be killed as well, instead of getting released. On the other hand, Bonk Choy's limited range means that it is greatly vulnerable to the horde, particularly enemies that can instantly kill or neutralize plants from afar. Bonk Choy will also be generally outclassed by Snapdragon and by the extension of Cold Snapdragon later on. These plants have less DPS, although they trade that with the ability of area splash.

Bonk Choy should ideally be placed behind defensive plants or Infi-nut's force field to protect it from being attacked by zombies. Chard Guard is a notable exception however, as it will push zombies out of range.

Avoid using Bonk Choy behind Explorer Zombie, Torchlight Zombie, Excavator Zombie, MC Zom-B, Torch Kongfu Zombie, Torch Monk Zombie, Archmage Zombie, Wizard Zombie, Octo Zombie and Hunter Zombie they can easily kill him, immobilize him or allow him to be vulnerable to other zombies before he can even have the chance to attack.

During an incoming zombie wave, it is a good idea to plant him in the middle of the horde, and feed him Plant Food to turn him into a makeshift Cherry Bomb. He will do great damage in the heavily clustered 3x3 area, devastating (if not destroying) the zombies in that area. However, the real Cherry Bomb does much higher damage and doesn't require plant food, so the effectiveness of this is questionable.

General

 * There is a Bonk Choy named Grrawrr-Bear in the Plants vs. Zombies Comics.
 * He is one of the six plants seen in the June 2013 trailer of Plants vs. Zombies 2 while fighting the zombies, the other five are Pea Pod, Bloomerang, Peashooter, Wall-nut, and Sunflower.
 * Sometimes, if an ambush zombie comes close to Bonk Choy, he will keep uppercutting it until it dies. This is also true after he destroys an arcade machine.
 * He will do a normal punch instead of an uppercut against Zombie Chicken, despite Zombie Chicken being a one-hit kill. However, the player can still hear the uppercut sound.
 * His sound effect is reused from Whack a Zombie.
 * According to the beta version of the seed packets, he was originally going to cost 175 sun.
 * In a trailer, he uses the sounds of Squash.
 * He will make an attempt to attack an incoming octopus launched by Octo Zombie.
 * He appears in the most in Zomboss battles out of any plant in the game, appearing three times.
 * He is one of the plants with the most wearable costumes.

 Specific to Plants vs. Zombies Online (China only) (Archived content)

 * He was formerly unlocked after beating Ancient Egypt - Day 7-1.