Baseball Zombie (Ninji2701)

Baseball Zombie is the third new zombie encountered in Plants vs. Zombies: The Hoard Continues, and the second new zomie with an almanac entry. Baseball Zombie will throw baseballs at your plants occasionally. It can be countered by Puff-shrooms or Sun-shrooms, as the baseballs pass over them without hitting them.
==Origins==
Baseball Zombie's appearance is based off of the Baseball Zombie from the DS Exclusive minigame Homerun Derby.
==Appearance==
When Baseball Zombies throws a baseball, it will stop moving to throw the baseball. 90% of the time, Baseball Zombies will appear throwing with their right hand, and 10% of the time, Baseball Zombies will appear throwing with their left hand. Note that this change is purely visual.
==Almanac Entry==
Baseball Zombie
Baseball Zombie likes to play baseball.
Toughness: Medium
Special: Throws baseballs at your plants.
Baseball Zombie has trained his whole life to get into professional baseball. He recently abandoned this plan in favor of throwing baseballs at innocent plants and eating people's brains, as he finds this more enjoyable.
==Overview==
Baseball Zombie absorbs 400 damage, which is the same as a Bungee Zombie. Baseball Zombie also loses its non-dominant hand after absorbing 200 damage. It will also stop to throw a baseball every 6.7 seconds. The throw causes the zombie to stop for 2 seconds. Note that the zombie will not throw when eating a plant, though its timer will still increase and reset as normal. Baseball Zombies will not throw baseballs if their lane is empty, and their timer will not reset in a empty lane, either. Note that Baseball Zombie will throw baseballs if there is anything in its lane, even if it cannot be hit. Plants also cannot be hit downrange, meaning that baseballs will miss plants lower that the zombie that threw it. The only exception is Tall-nuts, which can be hit from one tile downrange.
==Encounters==
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==Strategies==
Baseball Zombies on the roof can be easily countered by having a compact defense, as the baseballs do not travel down the roof's slope. Additionally, Sun-shrooms and Puff-shrooms are completely unaffected by Baseball Zombie's baseballs.
==Baseballs==
Baseballs are a projectile thrown by Baseball Zombies. They move at twice the speed of a pea, and deal twice as much damage. They cannot go downrange, although they can travel 2 tiles uprange.
==Hypnotized Baseball Zombie==
A hypnotized Baseball Zombie will throw baseballs at other zombies if any can be hit. Note that unlike non-hypnotized Baseball Zombies, they can detect whether a target is in range, and will act as if the lane is empty if no zombies are within its range. It still retains the same behavior for eating. Its baseballs will also have a purple filter, and will collide with baseballs thrown from the other direction, causing them both to fall to the ground and disappear.
==Trivia==
*Baseball Zombie is the only zombie capable of losing its right arm without the use of a Hypno-shroom.
*Baseball Zombie's sprites are switched for the opposite handedness when they eat a Hypno-shroom, so that they appear to still throw with the same hand.
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