Electric Currant

Not to be confused with High-Voltage Currant, a plant in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes.

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Electric Currants create electrical fences between ones planted on the same row or column.

Almanac statistics

Sun cost

150

Recharge

10 seconds (Mediocre in China)

Damage

48 damage

40 damage every second (electric fence)48 damage

Area

Lane & Column

Usage

Area effect (electric fence)

Special

Knocks zombies back into other lanes when activated

Family

Fila-mint

In-game statistics

Other weakness

(can easily disrupt the currants)

Rarity (China)

Legendary

Unlocked

100 gems

Unlocked (China)

10 Electric Currant Puzzle Pieces

Costumes

“Electricity is all very well and fine as a phenomenon,” says Electric Currant, “but electromagnetism as a whole is where it’s really at.”

“

I have detected an Electric Currant plant, User Dave. Two in the same row or column will create an electric field between them. The field will damage zombies and recharge my batteries.

”

—Penny

Electric Currant is a plant in Plants vs. Zombies 2, released with the 4.7.1 update. It was originally unlocked after completing the Electrical Boogaloo Epic Quest. It was available again as of January 9th, 2018, as a special-edition premium plant that costs 100 gems.

As of March 13th, 2021, Electric Currant is available to purchase at all times. It was also buffed on July 28, 2021, which was that Electric Currant can move zombies to adjacent lanes and push them back 0.5 tiles.

Overview

The Electric Currant has two ways to attack:

It will create an electrical fence when connected to other Electric Currants, either horizontally or vertically. The electricity deals 40 damage every second to any zombie that passes through it, and will disappear when a node is removed by any means.
When faced with zombies at melee range (on the same tile as itself), it will attack with an electric burst. The melee range attack deals 48 damage every 1.5 seconds, and does not disrupt the electrical field.
In both previous attacks, it can also make zombies move to adjacent tiles and push them back 0.5 tiles.
It can also divert zombies that eat it.

However, the following zombies are not affected by its knockback/move are:

Origins

Electric Currant is based on the redcurrent, (Ribes rubrum), also known as “red currant” in English, or possibly the fruit of the bilberry (Amelanchier canadensis), known as the “currant-tree” or more commonly the sugarplum, or it may even be in reference to the Zante currant also known as Corinthian raisins, or simply just “currants,” a type of grape native to Corinth and the nearby island of Zakynthos.

Its name is a portmanteau of “electric current,” a term for a flow of electricity, and “currant,” the real-life plant it is based on.

Almanac entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to Level 1.

Electric Currant

SUN COST

150

RECHARGE

SUN COST: 150
RECHARGE: 10

TOUGHNESS

200

DAMAGE

TOUGHNESS: 200
DAMAGE: 48

RANGE

Lane & Column

PLANT FOOD POWER

Damage

RANGE: Lane & Column
PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage

FAMILY

Fila-mint

FAMILY: Fila-mint

Electric Currants create electrical fences between ones planted on the same row or column.

Usage: area effect (electric fence)
Special: knocks zombies back into other lanes when activated

“Electricity is all very well and fine as a phenomenon,” says Electric Currant, “but electromagnetism as a whole is where it’s really at.”

Electric Currant

SUN COST

150

RECHARGE

SUN COST: 150
RECHARGE: 10

TOUGHNESS

200

DAMAGE

TOUGHNESS: 200
DAMAGE: 48

RANGE

Lane & Column

PLANT FOOD POWER

Damage

RANGE: Lane & Column
PLANT FOOD POWER: Damage

FAMILY

Fila-mint

FAMILY: Fila-mint

Electric Currants create electrical fences between ones planted on the same row or column.

Usage: area effect (electric fence)
Special: knocks zombies back into other lanes when activated

“Electricity is all very well and fine as a phenomenon,” says Electric Currant, “but electromagnetism as a whole is where it’s really at.”

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

When given Plant Food, Electric Currant strengthens both its melee damage and the damage of every electrical fence using the boosted plant as a node to 80 damage. Both abilities’ attack speeds remain unchanged, though.

Fila-mint effect

When boosted by Fila-mint, Electric Currant will receive an additional 80 damage to its electrical field, and an additional 90 damage to its melee attack.

Level upgrades

Level

Seed packets

Coins

Upgrades

Sun Cost

Recharge
(Mediocre)

Toughness
(Typical)

Damage
(Normal)

Plant Food Power
(Damage)

Range

Melee*

Electric
Fence

Melee*

Electric
Fence

150

10 seconds

200 damage

48 damage

40 damage

80 damage

Lane & Column

1,000

9 seconds

250 damage

50 damage

45 damage

90 damage

2,500

9 seconds

300 damage

55 damage

45 damage

90 damage

5,000

8 seconds

350 damage

60 damage

50 damage

100 damage

100

10,000

125

8 seconds

450 damage

65 damage

55 damage

110 damage

200

20,000

7 seconds

500 damage

70 damage

60 damage

120 damage

400

30,000

7 seconds

550 damage

75 damage

65 damage

130 damage

800

50,000

6 seconds

600 damage

80 damage

70 damage

140 damage

1,200

75,000

100

6 seconds

700 damage

85 damage

75 damage

150 damage

1,600

100,000

5 seconds

800 damage

90 damage

80 damage

160 damage

*Proximity damage dealt when attacking zombies at melee range with an electric burst.

Mastery upgrades

Chance to Boost
Damage Pierce

Costumed

(China only)

Electric Currant can now stun zombies on its current.

Level upgrades

(China only)

Level

Upgrades

Description

High-Voltage Current
高压电流

20% increase in damage per current attack.

Combat Training
战斗训练

Electric Currant gains 50% more attack power and health (150% of initial).

Current Sputtering
电流溅射

The zombies affected by the current will eject the current to the surrounding zombies within 3×3, but the additional damage is decreased.

Cell Activation
细胞活化

Electric Currant gains another 50% more attack power and health (200% of initial).

Ability Awaken
能力觉醒

Electric Currant may be boosted when planted.

Fighting Power
战斗能力

Electric Currant gains another 50% more attack power and health (250% of initial).

Current Overflow
电流溢出

Electric Currant itself will emit arcs that attack nearby zombies in the 3×3 range.

Fighting Power
战斗能力

Electric Currant gains another 50% more attack power and health (300% of initial).

Strategies

Electric Currant is a very strong plant. It has a damage output comparable to Spikerock for a fraction of the cost. It additionally has the added benefit of not taking up the spaces the electric gates are on, allowing it to double up its damage output against zombies in range of your walls and being able to better combo with field plants like Spikeweed, Potato Mine, Chili Bean, or Infi-nut. This also means the gates can’t be countered by zombies Spikerock is vulnerable to, such as Gargantuars, Barrel Rollers, Excavators, or flying zombies. It even has an incredible plant food effect that will permanently double the damage output of an Electric Currant’s gates.

However, this all comes with the noticeable drawback of not working well against zombies in its own lane, requiring another Electric Currant to be set up on the other side of the zombies to setup a fence, just for the plant to be heavily threatened. This creates a very present synergy between this plant and lane diverters like Garlic or Sweet Potato. You’ll mainly want to use Garlic, as it diverting zombies more forward from your defensive range allows a lot more Electric Currants to be set up in range behind it. Because of this, it’s highly recommended to learn proper Garlic usage if one wants to utilize Electric Currant well.

On the topic of Electric Currant’s powerful plant food effect, you should usually be using the first 2 plant foods given to your Electric Currants on the ones that have their gates in range of zombies that will be eating at your walls. This is because they can cover the entirety of defense range with a single gate compared to needing multiple gates to cover field range. However there’s a very good way to give this sort of value to plant food effected gates past your defensive range, and that’s via secondary wall plants like Infi-nut or Holly Barrier’s mini berries. Their walling capabilities offer the ability to hold zombies in range of a plant food gate like your primary walls, but don’t require you to divert the cost and recharge of your primary wall on less stable spaces, as walls positioned forward will naturally lose more health and be more at risk of wall counters like Explorers. It’s also well advisable to bring Power Lily to set up even more plant food gates, especially since gaining plant food from a Power Lily is far more reliable than the ones that naturally drop from zombies.

Another aspect of Electric Currant’s is the lane diversion it’s received in modern versions of the game. While this isn’t exactly great enough to replace the lane diverters you should be running with it, it’s still enough to save you if you find yourself in a dire situation, so don’t be afraid to use this as needed.

Balance changes

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Diverts and knocks back zombies that enter electric fence.
▲

Diverts and knocks back zombies eating Electric Currant.

▼

Knockback distance is reduced from 1 to 0.5 tiles.
▼

Knockback frequency is reduced.

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In other languages

Please note that all translations must be official.

Language
Name
Description

English

Electric Currant

Simplified Chinese

电流醋栗

lit. “Current Currant”

French

Électro-cassis

German

Elektro-Ribisel

Italian

Ribes elettrico

Brazilian Portuguese

Groselhétrica

Spanish

Grosella eléctrica

Trivia

Specific to Plants vs. Zombies 2

Its seed packet is different from the international version.
- The seed packet is aligned to the middle instead of the left, and is zoomed in on Electric Currant slightly.
Its Level 5 ability (melee attack) is very similar to Phat Beet and Gloom-shroom, especially Electrici-tea, as they are both electrical plants.