Broadleaf solomon's seal

Overview

Broadleaf Solomon's seal is a leafy Perennial herb that fights as a self-healing staller: a poisoning opener, all-weather regeneration, and a late chance to cling to life. It is native to Europe and invasive across Eastern North America, so the arena can field it either way — as a native buffer for your bench or as an invasive attacker. It is a durable, disruptive support card whose poison and healing matter more than its ordinary damage.

Moves

Its starter attack, Rhizome Creep, unlocks at level 1 for 2 Sun, dealing about 29 damage as a native and 30 as an invasive and leaving the target poisoned with its bitter sap. The free once-per-battle ability, Stabilization, arrives at level 25: Pins the ground down — the foe stalls, and can't break away. — a mid-fight mend that stretches its longevity. The advanced attack, Self-Medicate, unlocks at level 40 for 6 Sun (29 native / 30 invasive) and mends the plant as it strikes. Most of your Solomon's seal sit below level 40, where only the starter is unlocked. None of its moves carry an initiative rider, so it never seizes a turn. See Moves.

Abilities

Broadleaf Solomon's seal keeps two always-on traits on separate risers. From the level 10 riser it carries Succulence at full strength: it regenerates health in any weather, though only about 60% of the time it checks, so it is a strong but unreliable mend. On the level 68 riser it adds Resprout, which lets it survive one otherwise-lethal hit at roughly a quarter of its health — also on that roughly 60% chance. A mature plant is a stubborn survivor, but every one of those saves is a coin flip, not a guarantee. See Abilities.

Features

Broadleaf Solomon's seal carries the Succulence keyword — the water-storing resilience behind its regeneration (covered above) — but no offensive keyword, and it is non-toxic, so although its starter applies Poison to the enemy, striking the plant itself poisons no attacker; there is no contact recoil. (The poison is an offensive move effect, not a defensive trait; see statuses.) Its growth habit is terrestrial, so it is not eligible for a Moss Pole. As a native, defensive field gear — a Cloche, or a calcium/magnesium amendment — suits its grind; as an invasive, offensive gear makes its poison count.

Stats

At level 40 broadleaf Solomon's seal reads 103 HP native and 89 invasive, with ATK of 22 native versus 26 invasive. DEF is just 1, at the soft floor of the perennial-herb band, so it takes hits with almost no armor and relies on poison and healing instead. Its tempo is front-loaded: it opens on a higher initiative (35) and can land the first hit, but its lower SPD (23) means it is out-paced from turn 2 on, so it wants to poison early and then heal through the follow-up. Retreat costs 12 Sun. As a native it gains a +15% HP cushion and, while benched, projects an HP overshield onto your active; as an invasive it pays Faustian self-damage to its own bench each damaging attack and concedes 2 prizes when knocked out. See Stats.

At Level 100

Matured to level 100, broadleaf Solomon's seal swells to 190 HP native / 165 invasive and 40 / 49 ATK, but its DEF only reaches 1 — as a soft herb it gains bulk in health and almost none in armor, so it stays vulnerable to any real hitter and leans on its heals and Resprout to trade up. Retreat rises to 22 Sun as it roots in, and its tempo has sunk to about 1% of cap, so its early-initiative edge fades and it acts last against almost anything younger.

Weaknesses & Resistances

As a perennial herb, broadleaf Solomon's seal sits in the Competitor succession group. It hits Ruderal plants (annual forbs, grasses, aquatics, bulbs) for ×1.5 and takes only ×0.667 from them; it is weak to Specialist plants (succulents, conifers, ferns, epiphytes), which strike it for ×1.5 while resisting its blows. Against other Competitors and the off-wheel Weird group the matchup is neutral. See Weaknesses & Resistances.

Gameplay uses

Play broadleaf Solomon's seal as a disruptive staller: lead with it to poison the enemy active, then heal through the exchange on its all-weather regeneration. As a native it doubles as a fair buffer; as an invasive it leans on poison and pressure, at the cost of Faustian chip to your own bench. On economy, it is inedible, so any nutrient you feed it banks ×1.25 XP as a growth boost rather than paying coins. It opens fast but leans on its bulk and healing as it levels, crossing over around level 18 as a native and 21 as an invasive — but it is always stronger at higher levels in raw stats, so there is no reason to hold it back.