Coconut Crab

Coconut Crab is a melee in unlocked in the Big Wave Beach Expansion. Coconut Crab punches zombies that get near to it every 1.2 seconds, dealing damage to them. If a zombie gets too near to him, he’ll burrow underground, whe a zombie steps on the hole, it’ll jump out of it and throw it far away, then it’ll fill the hole and disappear under it. Coconut Crab can punch multiple zombies if all of them step inside its hole at the same time. If Coconut Crab is planted on water, the zombies will be knocked back for 2-3 tiles when punched, however, it will last for a limited time (15 seconds) in water before he drowns. it’ll also drown if it tries to burrow underwater, unable to punch any zombies.
==Origins==
Coconut Crab is based on the real life crustacean with the same name. Coconut Crab is also based on a coconut, since the name has the word coconut on it.
Coconut Crab’s abilities are based on the real life coconut crab’s strength. The burrowing ability is based on how crabs’ ability to burrow under sand in beaches, this is Howe they make their homes.
==Almanac Entry==
==Upgrades==
=== effect===
When fed with Plant Food, Coconut Crab will smash the ground, stunning and knocking back zombies on it’s lane.
=== effect===
When boosted by Enforce-mint, Coconut Crab will gain 75 extra damage to his punch attack and 125 to its burrow attack.
===Level Upgrades ===
==Strategies ==
Coconut Crab is a great defensive plant when planted along other plants. You can plant wall plants like in front of it to protect it from zombies. However, if you do so, it will not be able to burrow, therefore, it’ll be just a basic melee plant, a strong one for sure. Don’t plant plants like or any of the on him, as he’ll entirely lose it’s purpose, as it won’t be able to attack zombies, because they’re too close, and the zombies won’t be punched by its burrow attack until they get through the shield. Nevertheless, if you take this from another perspective, you can use this to accumulate various zombies in here for Coconut Crab to punch them all with its burrow attack. You can use plants like to get more zombies closer.
Coconut Crab is not an insta-kill plant, it can only insta-kill zombies with 200 health or below, and only with its burrow attack. You shouldn’t it him against Gargantuars, since it will be crushed if it tries to punch them away. Instead you could use other plants like or , which are way better at this task. You shouldn’t use Coconut Crab’s abilities agains swarm zombies like chickens or weasel, it might kill some of them, but it won’t be enough to stop them. Insted use plants like , who is way better at this task.
==Gallery==
File:Coconut crab.png|HD Coconut Crab
==Trivia==
*Coconut Crab’s almanac entry mentions Carcinisation, a form of convergent evolution in which non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan (nerd).
Category:Plants