Zombie Bull

*Can launch his zombie rider past most of your defenses.*

He's not an angry bull. He loves flowers, playing in the fields, sitting in the trees, and long walks across the pasture. He wants to settle down when he meets the right cow. Too bad he's a robot.

**Zombie Bull** is the seventh special zombie encountered in Wild West in *Alternate UniverZ*. He charges towards the player's plants and launches the Zombie Bull Rider off its back once it approaches a plant. Zombie Bull runs first at full speed, then slows down upon throwing the Zombie Bull Rider riding it.

## Almanac entry

**Zombie Bull**

TOUGHNESS: Hardened

SPEED: Stiff

Can launch his zombie rider past most of your defenses.

Health: 1300
Speed: 0.86 (normal), 1.72 (when charging)
Special Ability: slowly enters the lawn and charges onto your plants, then launches a low flying Bull Rider Imp 2 tiles forward after hitting a plant
Weakness: Tall-nut blocks flying imp, E.M.Peach immobilizes the bull

He's not an angry bull. He loves flowers, playing in the fields, sitting in the trees, and long walks across the pasture. He wants to settle down when he meets the right cow. Too bad he's a robot.

## Overview

Zombie Bull absorbs a total of 1300 damage. Its appearance changes upon absorbing 430 and 860 damage, before dying.

## Encounters

* Player's House: Piñata Party

* Wild West: WW-VIII, WW-IX, WW-X, WWX-I, WWX-IV, WWX-V, WWX-VI, WWX-IX and WWX-X

* Far Future: FFX-IX

* Lost City: LCX-V

* Volcanic Lost City: VLC-VII

* Frostbite Caves: FCX-III

* Big Wave Beach: BWBX-IV

* Holiday Cheer: HC-V

* Hearts of Flesh: HOF-V

* Summer Splashdown: SS-V

* The Breakroom: TB-I

* Plant Showcase: Grinded by Gears and Ultimate Destruction

* Timeless Avenue: Roguelike Hunt, Cowboy Bebop and Bait and Switch

* Invaded Levels: Invaded AEX-IV, Invaded PSX-VIII, Invaded WWX-VI and Invaded WWX-IX

* When Worlds Flourish: 1

* Endless Zones: Big Bad Butte

* Veteran Quests: Old Noon Flashback and The Twisted Spell

## Strategies

The Zombie Bull will be difficult to take out without the Tall-nut. You can either make it toss its Zombie Bull Rider by placing cheap plants next to it first to slow down the Bull, then kill it. Split Pea is a great choice; since it can attack forward and backward, it can target both the launched Zombie Bull Rider and the Zombie Bull itself. It will not toss its Zombie Bull Rider if it encounters an underground plant such as Spikeweed and Celery Stalker. Or you can use an instant kill to destroy it before it loses its rider to take both out. In dire times, the player can use Plant Food on an Infi-nut, whose force field will act as a Tall-nut that covers all lanes.

It can also be stunned by an E.M.Peach because it is actually a robot, instead of a biological animal. Zombie Bulls can be destroyed with any one use plant (Potato Mine, etc.), frozen with an Iceberg Lettuce, delayed by Sap-fling, buttered from Kernel-pult, and chilled by Snow Pea or Winter Melon.

Spring Beans and Chard Guards are useful as they can push the Zombie Bull back, especially when it encounters a plant and prevent it from launching its Zombie Bull Rider further into your defenses. Explode-O-Nut and Lava Guava are also useful as the Zombie Bull will trigger it and lose its speed. In addition, they can do high damage upon contact with the bull.

Multiple Zombie Bulls will attack the player in Big Bad Butte. Use the empty minecarts to your advantage. Take the opportunity while you are building your sun production especially in higher levels, as a tendency of a Zombie Bull coming after killing the first Cowboy Zombie is approximately at 20%. Other than that, use a Tall-nut if it is just alone or accompanied by any zombie. Stunions can come in handy as well to provide some time to forcibly throw its Zombie Bull Rider.

These and the Wild West Gargantuars are very dangerous. With it and the Zombie Bull's speed can be of troublesome. It is recommended to have either a Cherry Bomb or a Jalapeño at your disposal. If you can move a cart into the same row, you can put one of the plants from above on the cart to deal with it or a defensive plant like Endurian, Sweet Potato, etc. that you can move around forcing it throw the rider and halt its speed.