Swashbuckler Zombie

* Pirate
* Feastivus

*Swings in on a rope to lane midway onto your lawn.*

He swashes. He buckles. But, he also writes home every third Sunday and sends brains and treasure via post. He's a good zombie at heart.

**Swashbuckler Zombie** is the first special zombie encountered in Pirate Seas in *Alternate UniverZ*. He swings onto the player's lawn and lands in the fifth column. He occasionally falls into the ocean, but there is a low probability of it happening. Blover can blow away all Swashbuckler Zombies that have not yet stepped into the lawn.

## Festive Buckler

*Swings in on a rope to raid your New Year's Eve parties.*

## In-game statistics

### First seen

HC-I

He raids. He buckles. But, he also visits zombie children every December and leaves all sorts of good and bad brain teasers. He's also a good zombie at heart.

**Festive Buckler** is the first special zombie encountered in Holiday Cheer in *Alternate UniverZ*. He swings onto the player's lawn and lands in the sixth or seventh column. Blover can blow away all Festive Bucklers that have not yet stepped into the lawn.

## Almanac entry

* Pirate
* Feastivus

**Swashbuckler Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Average

SPEED: Basic

Swings in on a rope to lane midway onto your lawn.

Health: 190
Speed: 1.0
Special Ability: swings 4 tiles into your lawn
Extra Ability: has a 5% chance to fall into the water

He swashes. He buckles. But, he also writes home every third Sunday and sends brains and treasure via post. He's a good zombie at heart.

**Festive Buckler**

TOUGHNESS: Protected

SPEED: Stiff

Swings in on a rope to raid your New Year's Eve parties.

Health: 440
Speed: 0.86
Special Ability: swings multiple tiles into your lawn

He raids. He buckles. But, he also visits zombie children every December and leaves all sorts of good and bad brain teasers. He's also a good zombie at heart.

## Overview

Swashbuckler Zombie absorbs a total of 190 damage. He loses his left arm at 95 damage, before dying. Meanwhile, Festive Buckler absorbs a total of 440 damage. He loses his left arm at 220 damage, before dying.

## Encounters

### Swashbuckler Zombie

* Player's House: Piñata Party

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

* Wild West: WWX-VIII

* Far Future: FFX-II

* The Springscapade: TS-II

* Heroic Showdown: HS-VII, HS-IX and HS-X

* Timeless Avenue: Updating Adventure and Roguelike Hunt

* Invaded Levels: Invaded PS-VIII and Invaded PSX-II

* Endless Zones: Dead Man's Booty

### Festive Buckler

* Player's House: Piñata Party

* Holiday Cheer: All levels except for HC-II

* Cheerful Return: HC-VII, HC-XI and HC-XIII

* Heroic Showdown: HS-VII, HS-IX and HS-X

* Timeless Avenue: Gatekeeping and Festive Frantic

* Endless Zones: Celebratory Carousel Crash

## Strategies

Be careful when you see a Swashbuckler Zombie in lanes without any planks. Potato Mine can be used to to deal with these zombies if planted preemptively, but it is not recommended to use them as a swift response to Swashbuckler Zombies. As the Swashbuckler has the same amount of health as a regular zombie, he is quite easy to defeat, especially with area of effect plants such as Snapdragon. Spring Bean can also be used if there are no more than a couple of them spawning at a time. Blover is perhaps the best counter to these zombies, as it can blow away all Swashbuckler Zombies in the air before they have a chance to land.