Punk Zombie

*Moshes plants back a space when his jam is playing.*

Punk Zombie's piercings represent his individuality and his belief in personal freedom, or maybe just that he fell face-first into a sewing machine.

**Punk Zombie** is the second special zombie encountered in Neon Mixtape Tour in *Alternate UniverZ*. If he encounters a plant during the punk jam, he will kick it back to the nearest empty tile to the left, or when no empty tiles are available, off the lawn, similarly to Mecha-Football Zombie. He can be killed instantly by Magnet-shroom, which attracts his head, due to the fact that his head is full of metal.

## Almanac entry

**Punk Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Solid

SPEED: Hungry

Moshes plants back a space when his jam is playing.

Health: 250
Speed: 1.25
Special Ability: moshes plants back one tile in contact when punk jam plays
Weakness: Magnet-shrooms pull off his head

Punk Zombie's piercings represent his individuality and his belief in personal freedom, or maybe just that he fell face-first into a sewing machine.

## Overview

Punk Zombie absorbs a total of 250 damage. He loses his left arm at 125 damage, before dying.

## Encounters

* Player's House: Piñata Party

* Neon Mixtape Tour: NMT-II, NMT-IV, NMT-V, NMT-VII, NMT-IX, NMT-X, NMTX-III, NMTX-V, NMTX-VII, NMTX-IX and NMTX-X

* Green Gold Rush: GGR-II

* Plant Showcase: Law of Attraction and Dynamite Man

* Timeless Avenue: Roguelike Hunt and Fear Factory

* Invaded Levels: Invaded LCX-I and Invaded FC-IV

* Endless Zones: Greatest Hits

## Strategies

Like all other special-ability zombies in Neon Mixtape Tour, Punk Zombie is only a problem during his jam. Combining the increased speed of zombies and incoming Neon Bucketheads or Hair Metal Gargantuars protecting him, Punk Zombie can destroy defenses with ease.

An easy way to defeat him is to use Magnet-shroom to take his head and kill him instantly. This action requires a relatively small recharge time for Magnet-shroom compared to other metallic objects. However, when these zombies come in large hordes, multiple Magnet-shrooms or the use of Plant Food may be needed. Plants such as Celery Stalker and Cactus can help to defeat him, as he cannot mosh either of them (at least, for the former's case, when it is hiding).

Laser Bean and Fume-shroom are useful for killing multiple Punk Zombies in groups, as well as other zombies. It is not recommended to use Laser Bean and Fume-shroom when a Glitter Zombie is nearby though. Chard Guards are also useful against this zombie. Due to their ability to push zombies backwards, they can keep a single Punk Zombie away from your other plants. However, be careful when MC Zom-Bs and Arcade Zombie's arcade machines are nearby, as they can destroy him with ease. Spore-shrooms are a good choice as Punk Zombie can only move one plant at a time, unlike Mecha-Football Zombies. The newly created Spore-shrooms and Puff-shrooms can serve a distraction to him as he will waste time having to target them first.

Magnifying Grass is also a great way of effortlessly dealing with Punk Zombies as Punk Zombie has low health and his speed during his jam is increased more than other zombies, allowing Magnifying Grass to shoot him without having to shoot through other zombies. Additionally, Magnifying Grass can kill Punk Zombie with only one shot and its Plant Food ability can kill multiple Punk Zombies easily. However, always be aware of your sun amount, especially with Neon Mixtape Tour's significantly lower sun drop.

Infi-nut's Plant Food effect is very useful to stop several Punk Zombies as they kick his force field instead of the actual plant behind it. However, this ability should not be used when the pop or rap jam is playing, due to Glitter Zombie or MC Zom-B's abilities, or when Hair Metal Gargantuars will weaken the force field.

Escape Root is an effective way if you have another plant close to the Punk Zombie and you don't want him to push it further as the plant will be protected when swapped. In addition, the Escape Root cannot be pushed and will convert to an explosive plant instead which will instantly destroy him.

Thyme Warp is also a good choice against Punk Zombies as he can teleport them back, which prevents them from pushing your plants any further.