Arachnologist Zombie

Arachnologist Zombie is the seventh new zombie encountered in Grove of Gloom in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, first appearing on Level 14A. When Arachnologist Zombie is defeated, he drops his jar and releases three spiders, each making their own web on a random tile in a 5×5 area around the defeated zombie. Spider webs cannot be planted on, and will block all physical, straight-shot projectiles such as peas and boomerangs (stuff like fumes can still pass through). If a web is created on a tile with a plant on it, that plant will get disabled. Webs can only be broken by the zombies. Each web takes three bites to break (if there is a plant in the web, it will not get damaged by zombies until the web is destroyed), but zombies that try to eat it will have their biting speed reduced by half while they eat through the web. Webs can be crushed by zombies if they are able to do so.
== Almanac entry ==
Arachnologist Zombie
Toughness: Solid
Speed: Basic
Wields a jar of spiders, which are released to create webs upon defeat.
Special: Releases spiders that produce webs in random nearby areas upon defeat.
Good friends with Mycologist Zombie. Perhaps the only good friend. Only thing that Mycologist Zombie is not too fond of about him is his spider obssession, dude's house might as well be a full-blown kingdom of spiders; there's webs under his bed, in his closet, the kitchen sink and even his toilet.
== Encounters ==
Grove of Gloom: Levels 14A, 15A, 17A, 20A, 4B and 5D.
The Sanctuary: Levels 12A, 2E, 37A, 40A, 8C and X.
== Strategies ==
At first, Arachnologist Zombie's ability can seem quite overwhelming, especially when there's nothing you can do to stop the spiders from getting released upon the zombie's defeat, but there's an easy workaround: imagine the webs the spiders create are just invincible screen doors, you can use a Fume-shroom to target zombies past the web. Since webs can only be broken by zombies, however, attempting to remove them can be somewhat tricky to do. If your defense is significantly affected by the webs, then try to allow some of the zombies to eat through the web, but be prepared to take out those zombies once the webs have been destroyed if some of these webs are bound to plants.
== Gallery ==
Arachnologist Zombie.png|Arachnologist Zombie (HD)
File:Arachnologist zombie degrade.png|Degrade
File:Arachnologist zombie frickin' dies.png|Defeated Arachnologist Zombie releasing spiders that will soon make webs
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