Hobo Zombie

== OVERVIEW ==
Hobo Zombie is a Zombie that appears in Plants vs. Zombies 2 in Penny's Pursuit\Arena\Thymed Events exclusively. When either killed or hit by an attack by a Pepper-Mint or Bombard-Mint Plant, he will either let go of his cheese slice if he has died or his cheese slice will be melted if he gets hit by one of the aforementioned plants. When this happens, a horde of Zombie Rats will be spawned. Their behavior will be described later on.
== STATS ==
Speed: Stiff
Eat DPS: Normal
HP: 550
Almanac Entry: "Hobo Zombie's cheese is a family heirloom which has been passed down from generation to generation. Or at least he wants to make it so. Let him dream."
He will lose his arm at 275 HP.
== STRATEGIES ==
Hobo Zombie can prove to be plenty dangerous. Even without his cheese slice, he has barely below the HP of a Conehead, but unlike them, he doesn't have it in armor, making slightly less weak to armor-piercing plants. He also has Stiff speed, which means that he will usually be hiding behind other Zombies, protecting him further. It is not recommended to use Pepper-Mint against him, but it can be done. Snapdragon specifically might help, because of it's three-lane range, which will help with dealing with it's rats, which will be talked about below
== OVERVIEW ==
Zombie Rat can only appear when summoned by Hobo Zombie. Zombie Rat will spawn 3 at a time, each one at a different lane. He will then pick up the first plant he sees and carry it to towards the left side of the lawn. Depending on the plant, he may carry it at a different speed. If he is killed before going off the lawn, he will drop the plant on the tile he was on. Otherwise, the plant is dead.
Heavy plants will be carried slower, these include:
-Tall-Nut
-Toadstool
-Chomper
-Banana Launcher
-Melon-Pult
-Winter Melon
-Zoybean
-Primal Wall-Nut
-Primal Sunflower
-Primal Peashooter
Light Plants will be carried faster, these include:
-Puff-Shroom
-Sun-Shroom (Stage 1-2)
-Sunflower
-Moonflower
-Chili Bean
-Hypno-Shroon
-Doom-Shroom (Stage 1-2)
-Shadow-Shroom
== STATS ==
Speed: Depends
Eat DPS: None
HP: 80
ALMANAC ENTRY: "He's the zombie rat that makes all of the rules."
He has no degrades.
== STRATEGY ==
Zombie Rat can be extremely dangerous. It can lead to important plants (such as your attackers) being send to the middle of no man's land, being able to be freely eaten by Zombies. Using Puff-Shrooms or other cheap plants as sacrifices can work, but due to them appearing in three lanes simultaneously, you'll propably only be able to handle one this way. Due to them running away very quickly, it is not recommended to use Melee plants against them. His best counter is Tall-Nut, as it is carried slower and even if carried far away, it has the HP to survive and hold off Zombies for a good amount of time.
== TRIVIA ==
* Originally, Hobo Zombie would carry a loaf of bread and would summon Pigeons. This was changed because it was too similar to Pigeon Zombie.
* Zombie Rat's Almanac entry is a Jerma reference.
== GALLERY ==
File:Melonrat).png|Zombie Rat struggling to carry a Melon-Pult.
File:Zombie Rat.png|Zombie Rat
File:Hobo Zombie.png|Hobo Zombie
File:Hobo Zombie2.png|Hobo Zombie's degrade.
Category:Zombie
Category:Zombie Groups
Category:Thymed Events
Category:Penny's Pursuit
Category:Zombies