Revenant Zombie

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Revenant Zombie is the fourteenth new zombie encountered in The Sanctuary in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, first appearing on Level 37A, and is also a zombie that was meant to be released with the Dark Ages expansion levels in Plants vs. Zombies 2 before they were unexpectedly cancelled. When a plant is within a 3×3 area of Revenant Zombie, said plant will feel fear and have their speed halved until Revenant Zombie is no longer within their range.
Revenant Zombie's main, unique ability, however, revolves around its defeat, where, upon said defeat, their body will be transported to and buried under the nearest grave, cursing said grave (if there are no graves available, a grave will be created on the tile they are defeated on). Once a grave is cursed, any plant or plant attack that makes contact with the grave after it damages it will be absorbed. Essentially, this means:
*Attacks like fumes from Fume-shroom or lasers from Laser Bean won't be able to get past the grave as their attack would be absorbed upon reaching it.
*Bonk Choys or Chompers that attack the grave via direct contact will effectively be absorbed and disappear from the lawn.
*The grave is practically immune to Grave Buster.
*Projectiles like peas and cabbages are practically unaffected ability-wise, since they disappear upon inflicting damage regardless of whether or not it would get absorbed after.
Absorbing attacks does not affect the grave in any self-beneficial way, and will continue to take damage from attacks as normally. Attacks that destroy the grave will not be absorbed, so attacks like Jalapeño's trail of fire will not be absorbed since it would destroy the grave.
If the cursed grave is not destroyed within 25 seconds after it has been cursed, the curse will be lifted from the grave (effectively removing the absorption ability it formerly had) and Revenant Zombie will come back to life with full health, jumping out of the grave and jumpscaring every plant in a 3×3 area, which stuns them for 10 seconds. This means that destroying the cursed grave that Revenant Zombie creates is the only way to effectively defeat the zombie for good.
In Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, Revenant Zombie also has a corrupted form, and is the third zombie in the game to have a corrupted form, which only appears in the boss battle and some of the levels in level path E whose reality rifts involve Revenant Zombie (more about level paths here). In this form, Revenant Zombie will mutate and grow extra body parts and glow purple rather than red. To know about her abilities in his corrupted form, see the boss level and the levels in level path E that she appears in on the respective area pages.
==Origins==
Revenant Zombie is based on the revenant, which is a type of undead being which encompasses all monsters that have revived from death to haunt the living. Although zombies are technically revenants in that sense, Revenant Zombie's ability strongly emphasises more on this revival by enabling the zombie to be able to come back from death more than once (unlike most other zombies that only have one unlife), hence its more direct association with revenants.
Revenant Zombie's presence in Dark Ages in Plants vs. Zombies 2 references to the stories of revenants that were documented by historians during the Middle Ages.
==Almanac entry==
Revenant Zombie
Toughness: Solid
Speed: Basic
Gives off dreadful vibes, and can curse a grave upon death that enables the zombie to revive.
Special: Plants in a 3×3 area slow down due to fear.
Special: Curses a grave upon death that can absorb any attack.
Special: Emerges from cursed graves after a while, stunning nearby plants with a jumpscare.
Hair. That gosh darn hair. That's exactly the reason why Revenant Zombie just simply cannot rest in peace. It's so long and gets in her eye so much, to the point that her eye turned bright red from the irritation. And those spasms that Revenant Zombie has? She's not crazy, that's just frustration, pure fury. A haircut, that's all she wants, and she won't stop coming back to unlife until she gets it.
==Encounters==
===In Plants vs. Zombies 2===
Revenant Zombie was meant to be encountered in the Dark Ages expansion levels, but due to its unforeseen cancellation, it is unknown which specific levels this zombie would've been encountered in.
===In Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World===
The Sanctuary: Levels 37A, 38A, 39A, 40A, 5B, 8B, 6D, 7D, 8D, 7E, 8E, 10E and X.
==Strategies==
Revenant Zombie's fear-inducing ability by itself can already have a significant effect on your offense once they manage to get close enough to your defenses, slowing down your plants and consequently making it somewhat more vulnerable. On top of that, its revival ability can make it a real nuisance and stay on the lawn for a long time if this zombie isn't dealt with properly. Plus, on top of that, with its jumpscare ability, if the zombie manages to reach deep into your defenses, it can shut down part of your offense and leave it temporarily, significantly vulnerable to other zombies. This, all-in-all, makes Revenant Zombie a dangerous zombie the longer it stays on the lawn and manages to reach your infantry.
Since destroying the zombie's cursed grave is the only way to properly defeat it, you'll need to rely on raw firepower (Grave Buster in PvZ2 won't be much help) to destroy the grave as quickly as possible before the zombie respawns and gets another chance to infiltrate your defense. As a last resort, you can try using Squash (or any other suitable instant-kills) to get rid of the cursed grave for good if the grave seems to be positioned in a dangerous location.
For good measure, try to pre-emptively clear as many graves as you can from the lawn, starting with the ones closer to home to ensure Revenant Zombie doesn't take a 'shortcut' and move a few tiles forward merely because the nearest grave they need to bury themselves under is in front of them. This will help to make sure Revenant Zombie needs more time in order to reach your front line. Try to also make sure that Revenant Zombie doesn't get too close to your defense while it is still alive (since it has its fear-inducing ability). You can do this by using plants like Snow Pea or Stunion (in PvZ2) to slow them down or stall them, or just use raw firepower to defeat them quick (which shouldn't be too much of a problem because of its Solid toughness).
==Gallery==
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Revenant Zombie.png|Revenant Zombie (HD)
Degrade (Revenant Zombie).png|Degrade
Cursed graves (Revenant Zombie PvZ2).png|The cursed graves that can be formed by Revenant Zombie
Inducing fear in plants (Revenant Zombie PvZ2).png|Revenant Zombie inducing fear in nearby plants
Body transporting (Revenant Zombie PvZ2).png|Revenant Zombie's defeated body being transported to a nearby grave
Jumpscaring (Revenant Zombie PvZ2).png|Revenant Zombie emerging from her grave and doing her jumpscare
Idling (Revenant Zombie PvZ2).gif|Idling
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Revenant Zombie.png|Revenant Zombie (HD)
Corrupted Revenant Zombie.png|Corrupted Revenant Zombie (HD)
Degrade (Revenant Zombie).png|Degrade
Corrupted Revenant Zombie's degrade.png|Corrupted Revenant Zombie's degrade
Cursed grave (Revenant Zombie PvZ - LW).png|The cursed grave that can be formed by Revenant Zombie
Inducing fear in plants (Revenant Zombie PvZ - LW).png|Revenant Zombie inducing fear in nearby plants
Body transporting (Revenant Zombie PvZ - LW).png|Revenant Zombie's defeated body being transported to a nearby grave
Jumpscaring (Revenant Zombie PvZ - LW).png|Revenant Zombie emerging from her grave and doing her jumpscare
Idling (Revenant Zombie PvZ - LW).gif|Idling
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==Trivia==
*Revenant Zombie was originally going to have a different ability in PvZ:LW, where the main gist of it was that she would possess the plant that killed her upon death, taking time to fully possess them before she revived by replacing her head with the plant she possessed (like ZomBotany). This idea was later scrapped because the creator didn't have the time to make the extra images to demonstrate this ability.
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