Grill Maestro Zombie

Grill Maestro Zombie is a Zombie introduced in the Summer Nights event in Plants vs. Zombies: Rift of the Taco. When Grill Maestro Zombie is walking, he flings Sausagerangs at the plants. When Grill Maestro Zombie is 3 tiles away from a plant, he tries run up to the plant and hit it with his spatula for significant damage. After this move, he would take his grill out and start cooking 3 burgers for 5 seconds. The fumes created by the burgers would temporarily stun plants 3 tiles ahead of him for 5 seconds. If still alive after this, Grill Maestro Zombie would throw the 3 now burnt burgers onto nearby zombies, making those 3 zombies resistant to fire attacks. After this, he would walk like a normal zombie.
==Origins==
Grill Maestro Zombie is based on a Zombie that is cooking at a Barbecue. As his name suggests, Grill Maestro Zombie is an excellent cooker and has lots of skill when using the grill. The chef hat he is wearing also implies that he is a Chef. The portable grill and the spatula in his hand also imply that the things he will be cooking would require flipping over, hence the Burgers he flips.
However, his ability of cooking burnt burgers juxtaposes his title of being a Grill Maestro and this could just highlight that a maestro in the Zombie world may just be an amateur in the Plants world.
His Sausagerangs are also based off the Plants vs. Zombies 2 Summer Nights event where King of the Grill and Hotdog Imp are seen with sausages being represented in their designs.
File:Istockphoto-184358324-612x612.jpg|An image of a very skilled grill maestro.
File:Plants vs. Zombies27s About Time Square Icon 29.webp|An image of the Plants vs. Zombies 2 icon during the seasonal Summer Nights event.
==About==
Grill Maestro Zombie's first move is his Sausagerang attack which he uses unless there is a plant is 3 tiles infront of it. Grill Maestro Zombie flings the Sausagerangs at plants one at a time, they deal 50 damage per hit and can hit a maximum of 3 plants. The Sausagerangs would then fly back dealing 50 damage per hit, hitting the same 3 plants as it travels past to Grill Maestro Zombie.
When a plant is 3 tiles infront of Grill Maestro Zombie, he would then whip out his spatula and start running very fast into the first plant he meets. If contact is successful, Grill Maestro Zombie whacks the plant to deal 500 damage.
Grill Maestro Zombie then would take out his grill and start cooking 3 burgers in 5 seconds. While cooking them, fumes will be created that stun plants 3 tiles ahead of him for 5 seconds. When finished cooking, Grill Maestro Zombie would throw the now 3 burnt burgers onto 3 nearby zombies making them resistant to fire attacks. After this, Grill Maestro Zombie would walk like a normal zombie and none of his abilities would repeat.
==Almanac entry==
==Overview==
Grill Maestro Zombie absorbs 500 damage. One hit from a Sausagerang deals 50 damage and his spatula attack also deals 500 damage.
==Encounters==
===Plants vs. Zombies: The Rift of The Taco===
Grill Maestro Zombie currently appears in the seasonal 'Summer Nights' event.
==Strategies==
Grill Maestro Zombie is a very unique zombie with lots of unique abilities. Their abilities of firing Sausagerangs, hitting plants with a spatula and flinging burnt burgers on zombies can make them a nuisance to deal with and counter.
Firstly, Grill Maestro Zombie's Sausagerang attack is always activated unless plants are 3 tiles infront of it. This means that to avoid the spatula attack, plants should be placed at the back and have high damage dealers like Melon-pult to quickly kill Grill Maestro Zombie before he starts the Sausagerang attack. The attack doesn't affect ground based plants and he also can't attack ground based plants in general so plants like Spikeweed excel at quickly neutralising the threat. The Sausagerang attack also hits twice each time it's thrown so plants with high toughness can be used to stop them from dieing quickly like Tall-nut. Pumpkin can also be used as it protects the plant effectively without the need of wasting a tile of planting space.
Secondly when a plant is 3 tiles infront of Grill Maestro Zombie, he runs at an increased speed and dashes into the first plant he makes contact with. If contact is made, he deals 500 damage which is the equivalent of nearly 2 Peashooters. To avoid significant damage or even deaths of important plants, you can bait Grill Maestro Zombie into smacking a much weaker, less important plant. This may include plants such as Puff Shroom as they are free to place and have quick recharge times so the effects of the spatula attack is minimal.
Lastly, Grill Maestro Zombie begins to grill and cook up 3 burgers in around 5 seconds. In the process of this cooking, toxic fumes are created from the grill which stuns plants 3 tiles ahead of Grill Maestro Zombie for 5 seconds. Similar to before, plants that can attack from long distances will be useful here as they can hit Grill Maestro Zombie but Grill Maestro Zombie can't hit them. During the grilling of the burgers, plants that give the chill effect like Snow Pea or Winter Melon can be used to extinguish the grill and stop any fumes from being created and forcing Grill Maestro Zombie to behave like a regular Basic Zombie. 
If Grill Maestro has managed to cook up the 3 burgers he flings the burgers that are now burnt onto 3 nearby zombies which permanently gives them resistance to fire attacks making plants like Pepper-pult redundant as they can no longer deal damage to those zombies.
In game, worlds that Grill Maestro Zombie is the most hazardous in includes worlds such as Frostbite Caves due to the nature of the chilling effect and the recommended plants being fire related and also Modern Day as if Grill Maestro Zombie appears from a portal, it could cause huge damage to the Player's lawn.
Overall, Grill Maestro Zombie is a tricky zombie to deal with but ground based plants and chilling plants work best against him. Iceweed is the most effective counter to Grill Maestro Zombie as it is a ground based plant and also provides the chilling effect when stepped on.
==Balance Changes==
There have currently been no balancing changes to Grill Maestro Zombie.
==Gallery==
A collection of images that include Grill Maestro Zombie can be seen below.
File:Newgrill big lawn.png|A HD image of Grill Maestro Zombie on the lawn.
File:New grill small.png|An image of Grill Maestro Zombie on the lawn.
File:New grill small alma.png|An image of Grill Maestro Zombie in the Suburban Almanac.
File:Newgrill blank.png|A HD blank image of Grill Maestro Zombie.
File:Zombie temp vche.png|An old image of Grill Maestro Zombie on the lawn.
File:Zombie temp vcheb.png|An old blank image of Grill Maestro Zombie.
File:Alma Template sum.png|An old image of Grill Maestro Zombie in the Suburban Almanac.
==Trivia== 
*This was an entry for the SUMMER NIGHTS 2024!
*This was made by ShogunyanMasterOFish
*Grill Maestro Zombie features as a playable character in DMdarkmatter's Characters Clash
Category:Plants vs Zombies: Rift of the Taco
Category:Zombies with "Protected" toughness
Category:Zombies with "Basic" speed