Newspaper Zombie (pvzc)

Newspaper Zombie is a zombie belonging to the darkness class in Plants vs. Zombies: Collide as the first new zombie in the night levels of Suburbia. His newspaper absorbs damage for him until it is destroyed after which he gains a 3x speed and damage boost.
== Origins ==
Newspaper Zombie is based off of the same name and appearance in Plants vs. Zombies. His appearance is more based off of his pvz2 appearance due to the larger newspaper.
== Overview ==
Newspaper is a zombie initially from Plants vs. Zombies and its sequel. Therefore it functions identical. However his newspaper and toughness is higher than it was initially in Plants vs. Zombies 1 but lower health than the pvz2 version. When enraged he runs a lot faster and will kill plants with 2-3 bites. Lobbed shots and piercing plants will ignore his newspaper as well as any poison effects. Fire plants will destroy the newspaper almost instantaneously. The newspaper absorbs 500 damage and the zombie himself absorbs 200. Newspaper changes appearance at 150 and 350 damage. The zombie changes appearance at 100 and dies at 200. He deals 200 damage per second normally but deals 3x more when the newspaper is destroyed.
== Almanac Entry ==
== Upgrades ==
=== Pop Smart Ability ===
Newspaper Zombie rushes forward much quicker and instantly destroys any plant in his way before regaining his Newspaper and continuing as normal. (If Newspaper is already destroyed he will get a new one)
=== Elemental Upgrades ===
Level	Description
1 	speed increases to 4x speed
2 	Newspaper Zombie gains +200 health and a new newspaper
3 	when newspaper is destroyed, Newspaper Zombie will shake on the spot before releasing a large purple laser burning all plants in a 4 tile space ahead of him. (If Newspaper is already destroyed he will get a new one.
== Encounters ==
Suburbia: Night 1, Night 2, Night 4, Night 7
== Strategies ==
==== Adventure Mode ====
Newspaper Zombie is a lot stronger than he was in the original Plants vs. Zombies but is fortunately weaker than he was in Plants vs. Zombies 2. The newspaper absorbs a lot of damage however is vulnerable to lobbed projectiles and piercing plants. Cactus-Water, Plam Oil, Dragonfruit, Kernel Pult, Snow Pea, Cold Snapdragon and Winter Melon are great plants as they can slow down Newspaper Zombie when his newspaper is destroyed. Instant plants that can be placed on the lawn such as Potato Mine, Squash, Chomper, Butternut Squash and Bananasaurus as they can instantly kill Newspaper Zombie. Newspaper is very dangerous in large groups. Piercing plants are essential. Using a Fume-Shroom and Wall-Nut strategy is extremely effective. Try to sure to upgrade Wall-Nut to Level 3 first. 
==== iZombie/Tower Defence ====
Newspaper Zombie is really useful when going against large amounts of plants and wall-nuts. Due to their cheap price and quick recharge, lots can be deployed at once. Use them in front of other zombies for best effect to provide protection and to clear the path for other zombies when his newspaper is destroyed. When dealing with piercing lobbing plants make sure to deploy more newspaper zombies and upgrade them to level 2. 
== Gallery ==
File:Newspaper-Zombie-HD.png|Newspaper Zombie HD
File:Angry-newspaper-zombie.png|Newspaper Zombie without newspaper 
File:Defeated-newspaper-zombie.png|Defeated Newspaper Zombie
File:Newspaper-pvzc.png|Newspaper
File:Newspaper-1st-degrade.png|1st degrade
File:Newspaper-2nd-degrade.png|2nd degrade
File:Newspaper-Zombie-packet.png|Packet
File:Newspaper-zombie-packet-mobile.png|Packet (mobile)
Category:Plants vs. Zombies: Collide
Category:Zombies