Hornethead Zombie

Hornethead Zombie is a half-Zombie in Plants vs. Zombies 2, encountered in Penny's Pursuit, Arena, Piñata Parties, and expansion levels, "wearing" some sort of bee thingy and a beekeeper suit. He got the short end of the stick, so no flying onto the lawn for him. Just walking. Upon entering the lawn he does pretty much nothing special, until he comes within five tiles of a plant in his lane or an adjacent lane, where he'll start shooting them with stingers from his head. These stingers do 300 damage each, and are fired off semi-infrequently. However, these stingers aren't just fired off at random. His half-bee intelligence gives him the free will to prioritize plants to target with his stinger. He can still eat while his stinger fires. Not much else outside of that.
==Origins==
Hornethead Zombie's name is based off of another zombie that was called Hornethead Zombie before him. The page wasn't very good, so it's gone now, but the name stuck with me.
The zombie at one point was going to have a hive on his head, but this was changed when I remembered that's not original in the slightest. Being half-bee is much more interesting.
==Overview==
Hornethead Zombie absorbs 700 damage. At 350 damage, his arm falls off. At 700 damage, his head falls off and he is defeated.
=== Priorities ===
Hornethead Zombie's priorities depend on the lineup of plants you choose to bring. While typically his attacks will go to attackers first, then assorted supporting plants, then sun producers and finally walls, there can be variation in which plants he targets before others. For instance, his absolute highest priority plants are stalling attackers like , which he will attack before other attackers. Of the supporting plants, sun producers are the absolute bottom of his priorities. And while it is unlikely more than one wall type will be brought to a level, and , along with similar wall plants, take priority over others. The only exception to this is Maybee, who Hornethead Zombie will not target, despite being an attacker. Maybee also doesn't target him back. Bee buddies.
==Almanac==
==Strategies ==
Hornethead Zombie is an annoying and dangerous zombie. His long-reaching range means he can easily shoot past wall plants and sun producers to reach your high priority attackers in the back and pick them off. Additionally, he has a boat-load of health, so he can't easily be brought down before he at least gets in range of something. One of the best ways to keep your attackers and supporting plants safe is to hide them behind several columns of sun producer and wall plants. Two sun producer columns and a column of walls should be enough space for your attackers to seriously harm Hornethead Zombie before he gets too close, and if your wall is Chard Guard he can knock him back so he never gets too close for comfort.
If you're too cowardly and afraid to use Chard Guard or your typical defense often lets zombies get close, consider bringing or to shoot down Hornethead Zombies from afar before they can get in range of anything at all. Plus, they're just generally good plants for defeating other high-priority zombie targets.
Don't use melee attackers in a level where there are Hornethead Zombies, because they will actually just shoot them down immediately with no consequences. Five tiles is a lot of range. Ground plants are also a bad pick, since Hornethead Zombie can still see and shoot them. may be one of the only ground plants who remains good on levels with him despite being able to get stung, as he surfaces quickly enough to maybe do something. If there's more than one Hornethead Zombie in range of your Primal Potato Mine, however, he's essentially useless because they'll both just shoot him down immediately. Unless of course, you leveled him up. In which case this strategies section is pointless because leveled plants invalidate any strategy. Great job!
==Trivia==
* Despite being called Hornethead Zombie, his half-insect head more closely resembles normal bees than hornets.
*Hornethead Zombie, unlike real bees, gets infinite stingers.
**This is because he isn't real.
==Gallery==
HornetheadHD.png|Hornethead Zombie in HD
HornetheadTile.png|Hornethead Zombie as he appears in the almanac
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