Lifeguard Zombie

Lifeguard Zombie is the eighth new zombie encountered in Plunging Rapids in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, first appearing on Level 16A. Every 25 seconds, Lifeguard Zombie will throw lifebuoys at a random Basic, Conehead, Buckethead or Brickhead Zombie (or Ducky Tube Zombies of any variant which may have lost their ducky tube), giving the zombie increased armour (the lifebuoy absorbs 480 DPS before getting destroyed) and allowing them to move faster in the water (similarly to ducky tubes). Unlike ducky tubes, Coral cannot pop lifebuoys (cause these lifebuoys in the game are the hard plastic type). The same Lifeguard Zombie will never give a second lifebuoy to any zombie, even if the previous lifebuoy given by him was destroyed.
== Almanac entry ==
Lifeguard Zombie
Toughness: Dense
Speed: Basic
Occasionally throws a lifebuoy to random zombies to give them extra armour and increased speed in the water.
Why are you annoyed at him? He's doing a selfless act and donating lifebuoys to zombies which he doesn't even use for himself! Come on, it's not every day you see someone as generous as this guy, give him a break.
== Encounters ==
Plunging Rapids: Levels 16A, 17A, 19A, 20A, 1B, 2B, 3B, 4B, 1D, 4D, 5D.
Grove of Gloom: Levels 10A and 5C.
Magma Marshlands: Levels 7A, 3C, 2D and 3E.
Lightning Ridge: Levels 3A, 4C, 5C, 2D and 5D.
Blizzard Peaks: Levels 4A, 19A, 3B, 5C and 1E.
The Sanctuary: Levels 9A, 12A, 2B, 4B, 3C, 21A, 5B, 7E and X.
== Strategies ==
Try to get rid of this zombie as quick as possible, otherwise things can get annoying when most of the zombies start getting lifebuoys, allowing them to reach your defenses more easily due to their increased health and speed. Make sure you have a strong offense to destroy these lifebuoys quick. Loudspeaker can help to increase the speed of plants and get the job done. Snow Peas can also help to reduce the speed of the zombies and make the speed boost less effective. As for the Lifeguard Zombie itself, due to his Basic speed, he can easily hide behind other zombies with lifebuoys who are faster than him in the water, so your plants will tend to be occupied with other zombies first instead of the Lifeguard Zombie. If necessary, explosives like Cherry Bomb can take care of the threat quick. If you want to rely on your defense instead of explosives to take out the Lifeguard Zombie, then try to quickly take out other zombies in the same lane that Lifeguard Zombie might be hiding behind, or use plants like Bloomerang to try and attack Lifeguard Zombie who may hiding behind one or two zombies.
== Gallery ==
Lifeguard Zombie.png|Lifeguard Zombie (HD)
Degrade (Lifeguard Zombie).png|Degrade
Giving a Conehead Zombie a lifebuoy (pt. 1).png|Giving a Conehead Zombie a lifebuoy (pt. 1)
Giving a Conehead Zombie a lifebuoy (pt. 2).png|Giving a Conehead Zombie a lifebuoy (pt. 2)
Conehead's lifebuoy degraded.png|Conehead's lifebuoy degraded
Idling (Lifeguard Zombie).gif|Idling
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