Grave Buster

*Grave Busters consume graves they're planted on.*

**He may appear spiky or ill-tempered, but Grave Buster just wants to give you a big hug. Unless you're a puppy. He's terrified of those.**

**Grave Buster** is an instant-use plant in *Plants vs. Zombies 2: Reflourished* and the fourth plant obtained in Ancient Egypt. He is unlocked after beating Ancient Egypt - Day 9. His main purpose is to destroy tombstones, freeing up space for planting and preventing ambush zombies from spawning from them.

Besides tombstones, Grave Buster can also destroy presents in Holiday Mashup, as well as Imp Pear grid items found in the Mission Imp-possible! Epic Quest.

Grave Buster can still be eaten or crushed while he is destroying tombstones or presents, and if he is, the tombstone or present will simply rise again.

## Almanac entry

**Grave Buster**

Grave Busters consume graves they're planted on.

Usage: single use, must be planted on graves
Special: removes graves

He may appear spiky or ill-tempered, but Grave Buster just wants to give you a big hug. Unless you're a puppy. He's terrified of those.

## Strategies

With the ability to remove tombstones and presents for free, Grave Buster is an easy option for clearing away these obstacles in worlds and levels that have them. From helping to manage graves and gifts that get generated mid-level by Tomb Raiser Zombie and natural means, to quickly extracting the bonus sun, Plant Food and plants stored inside them, Grave Buster is excellent in helping to manage these obstacles and feed their bonuses into the main defense.

That said, certain defenses will better benefit from Grave Buster than others, depending on which types of offensive plants are being used. Multi-hit and area-of-effect plants like Bloomerang and Laser Bean require the least assistance, being able to attack through both obstacles and the zombies at once. Straight-shooters benefit more: their attacks may be able to focus damage into destroying obstacles directly, but this also prevents that damage from reaching zombies. Lobbed plants are the biggest beneficiary, as their attacks typically ignore obstacles and can often leave them preserved on the lawn – a situation that Grave Buster can easily solve.

Importantly, Grave Buster can be eaten while consuming a gift or tomb. Because of this, Grave Buster must be planted away from the zombies to successfully remove the obstacle. This weakness can sometimes become an advantage, though: Intentionally planting a Grave Buster in the way of a zombie will force the zombie to stop and eat it, providing brief stall without spending any sun. If wishing to reuse the obstacle for this purpose, simply plant Grave Buster directly on top of the zombie; this will guarantee that Grave Buster gets eaten before destroying the obstacle.

However, Grave Buster has a major competitor in the realm of obstacle destruction: Boingsetta. Her boings can deal major damage to all forms of obstacle, not just tombs and presents, with just two boings being able to clear practically any obstacles on the lawn. While requiring a somewhat high investment of sun when planted, she can also be dug up with Shovel upgrades to recover much of the cost – or, she can be left on the lawn to regularly boing in her own lane. As such, Boingsetta works much better in levels with a high number of obstacles. However, if you wish to quickly extract important resources from graves and gifts, prefer destroying obstacles for 0 cost, or only need to clear away a few obstacles at a time, Grave Buster may remain an attractive option.