Barrel Roller Zombie

* Pirate
* Birthday

*His rolling barrel crushes plants and provides excellent protection.*

Barrel Roller Zombie is part of a super underground secret awesome club. You probably haven't heard of it. Also, his left arm is slightly longer than his right arm.

**Barrel Roller Zombie** is the fifth special zombie encountered in Pirate Seas in *Alternate UniverZ*. He crushes plants using his barrel. When the barrel is destroyed, two Imp Pirate Zombies will jump onto both adjacent lanes or occasionally the water, if the barrel is destroyed next to water.

The barrel can be destroyed instantly by Spikeweed and Spikerock (although it will destroy them in the process) when rolling over them, or it can be bounced into the water by a Spring Bean if adjacent to a lane with water. This can save the player a lot of hassle by quickly destroying the barrel, but it also releases the two Imps inside, except for Spring Bean's case.

## Birthday Delivery Roller

*Rolls in with a barrel stuffed with gifts! Gifts that are actually reinforced gravestones.*

## Almanac statistics

### Special

Barrel releases a Reinforced Gravestone when destroyed

### Damage

Deals four times more damage with his barrel

### Weakness

        (targets zombie instead of barrel)
   (destroys barrel immediately)
         (hits both barrel and zombie)
   (can damage zombie from behind)
 (destroys barrel, tombstone and zombie at once)

## In-game statistics

### First seen

BB-II

It takes an exuberant amount of effort to fit an entire tombstones inside a small present. He hopes to ascend to another plane of reality by fitting a sarcophagus the size of your lawn inside a gravestone, inside of a tiny present.

**Birthday Delivery Roller** is the second special zombie encountered in Birthday Bashers in *Alternate UniverZ*. He crushes plants using his barrel. When the barrel is destroyed, a Reinforced Gravestone will be dropped on the tile in front.

The barrel can be destroyed instantly by Spikeweed and Spikerock (although it will destroy them in the process) when rolling over them, or it can be bounced into the water by a Spring Bean if adjacent to a lane with water. This can save the player a lot of hassle by quickly destroying the barrel.

## Almanac entry

* Pirate
* Birthday

**Barrel Roller Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Dense

SPEED: Basic

His rolling barrel crushes plants and provides excellent protection.

Health: 190
Barrel Health: 800
Speed: 1.08
Damage: deals 4 times more damage than regular zombies with barrel
Special Ability: barrel releases 2 Pirate Imps on adjacent lanes when destroyed or after the barrel roller dies and 10 seconds pass

Barrel Roller Zombie is part of a super underground secret awesome club. You probably haven't heard of it. Also, his left arm is slightly longer than his right arm.

**Birthday Delivery Roller**

TOUGHNESS: Hardened

SPEED: Basic

Rolls in with a barrel stuffed with gifts! Gifts that are actually reinforced gravestones.

Health: 190
Barrel Health: 1200
Speed: 1.08
Damage: deals 4 times more damage than regular zombies with barrel
Special Ability: barrel releases a Reinforced Gravestone when destroyed or after the barrel roller dies and 10 seconds pass

It takes an exuberant amount of effort to fit an entire tombstones inside a small present. He hopes to ascend to another plane of reality by fitting a sarcophagus the size of your lawn inside a gravestone, inside of a tiny present.

## Overview

The barrel absorbs 800 damage. It degrades upon absorbing 270 and 530 damage. After absorbing 800 damage, two Imp Pirate Zombies will come out adjacent to the row where the barrel is on or into the water. Meanwhile, the birthday barrel absorbs 1200 damage. It degrades upon absorbing 400 and 800 damage. After absorbing 1200 damage, a Reinforced Gravestone will pop up on the tile in front of where the barrel previously was.

The Barrel Roller Zombie absorbs only 190 damage and loses his left arm upon absorbing 95 damage. When he dies, the barrel will stop moving and after a while, it will pop by itself and release its two Imps or Reinforced Gravestone.

## Encounters

### Barrel Roller Zombie

* Player's House: Piñata Party

* Pirate Seas: PS-VI, PS-VII, PS-IX, PS-X, PSX-III, PSX-VI, PSX-VIII, PSX-IX and PSX-X

* Wild West: WWX-V and WWX-VII

* Far Future: FFX-I

* Dark Ages: DAX-VIII

* Summer Splashdown: SS-III

* Green Gold Rush: GGR-I

* The Breakroom: TB-I and TB-V

* Plant Showcase: Lightning Road and Ultimate Destruction

* Timeless Avenue: Barrel Bonanza, Updating Adventure and Mystical Winds

* Invaded Levels: Invaded AE-IX, Invaded AEX-VIII and Invaded PSX-VIII

* Endless Zones: Dead Man's Booty

### Birthday Delivery Roller

* Player's House: Piñata Party

* Birthday Bashers: BB-II, BB-III and BB-VI

* Heroic Showdown: HS-X

* Endless Zones: Celebratory Carousel Crash

## Strategies

This zombie is particularly dangerous in groups, as they can easily destroy your Spikeweeds and Spikerocks, and they can easily overwhelm most straight-shot plants. Because of this, plants with high pierce such as Laser Bean, Fume-shroom, and more are all very effective at taking out large amounts of these zombies. Lobber plants, particularly those with area of effect damage, also do very well against these zombies since their shot lob over the barrel, and they are also effective at taking out the imps inside the barrels. Great plants for this purpose include Melon-pult, Winter Melon, and Blooming Heart.

Using Spring Bean can be somewhat good, as it throws the barrel into the water. However, the Imps will still be released from the barrel, and the Barrel Roller Zombie will eat the Spring Bean unless killed quickly. You can also place a Split Pea or any plant that attacks backward behind the zombie, as the Barrel Roller Zombie is vulnerable from behind. However, this is not recommended as other zombies can very easily defeat these plants. Magnifying Grass also is a good plant to counter this zombie, as it can destroy the barrel quickly. Using a Jalapeño is also a good idea as it will kill the lane of zombies and every barrel; additionally, when it destroys the barrels, the Imps will not spawn, making it a very effective instant to use when faced with many Barrel Roller Zombies.