Blockhead Zombie

*The ice block on his head provides amazing protection from damage.*

One day, a Cave Zombie fell head-first into a glacier stream. It had been a bad day already, so he lay there in the frigid water for a long time contemplating the insignificance of his life. When he finally stood up, he discovered that his head was head was encased in ice. At last, his life had meaning! He was unique! He was Blockhead Zombie! At least, that's his story and he's sticking with it.

**Blockhead Zombie** is the first special zombie encountered in Frostbite Caves in *Alternate UniverZ*. He absorbs a lot of damage with his ice block. Otherwise, he is like a Basic Zombie.

## Almanac entry

**Blockhead Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Machined

SPEED: Basic

The ice block on his head provides amazing protection from damage.

Health: 190
Iceblock Health: 1600
Speed: 1.0

One day, a Cave Zombie fell head-first into a glacier stream. It had been a bad day already, so he lay there in the frigid water for a long time contemplating the insignificance of his life. When he finally stood up, he discovered that his head was head was encased in ice. At last, his life had meaning! He was unique! He was Blockhead Zombie! At least, that's his story and he's sticking with it.

## Overview

Blockhead Zombie absorbs 1790 damage, and his appearance changes upon an absorption of 533, 1067 and 1600 damage when his ice block falls off, and losing his left arm at 1695 damage, before dying.

## Encounters

* Player's House: Piñata Party

* Frostbite Caves: FC-I, FC-II, FC-III, FC-V, FC-VIII, FC-IX, FC-X, FCX-I, FCX-III, FCX-V, FCX-VII, FCX-VIII and FCX-X

* Plant Showcase: Grinded by Gears

* Timeless Avenue: Roguelike Hunt and A Small Ray of Light

* Invaded Levels: Invaded LCX-VIII

* Endless Zones: Icebound Battleground

## Strategies

Although Blockhead Zombie has normal speed, his ice block absorbs a lot of damage, which means this zombie is very strong, so he can be a big problem if you are unprepared. If you see him in the seed selection screen, bring Potato Mines, Toadstools, Electrici-teas, Hypno-shrooms or Squashes to kill him instantly, because Blockhead Zombies are harder to destroy than Buckethead Zombies. If combined with Hunter Zombies and Dodo Rider Zombies, they can be very threatening.

Using Sun Bean on this zombie is a very good idea. It is best to use Plant Food on the Sun Bean to kill him instantly because you could get a lot of sun from this zombie and ice blocks give more sun than buckets when they are destroyed.

Spring Bean and Chard Guard are also effective against this zombie, as they can knock him back, buying your defenses time. It is also recommended to use slowing plants like Snow Pea or Kernel-pult with them to stall even more, although ice plants aren't that recommended, since they usually appear in Frostbite Caves, which means usually you need to use fire plants like Pepper-pult or Torchwood.

Blockhead Zombie is especially dangerous when paired with the Frostbite Caves Extra ambush, Piercing Cold, since his health would be increased greatly, making it especially tough to kill him. Aside from using insta-kill plants, you can also use plants with high damage output like Fire Peashooter or Citron to deal with them.