Zombie King

*Grants knights helms to nearby peasant zombies.*

As Shakespeare once wrote, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." And Zombie King couldn't agree more. It is incredibly difficult to get a good night's sleep with a crown on your head. That thing is all kinds of uncomfortable.

**Zombie King** is the fifth special zombie encountered in Dark Ages in *Alternate UniverZ*. This zombie's main role is to provide a boost in toughness to Peasant Zombie, Conehead Peasant and Peasant Flag Zombie by granting them knight helms and transforming them into Knight Zombies every 6 seconds. The Zombie King does not move; an Imp will appear on a tile in the rightmost column, blow a horn, and the Zombie King will fall down and crush the Imp along with any plants on the Zombie King's respective tile.

## Almanac entry

**Zombie King**

Grants knights helms to nearby peasant zombies.

Health: 1000
Special Ability: grants nearby peasants a knight helmet every 6 seconds

As Shakespeare once wrote, "Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown." And Zombie King couldn't agree more. It is incredibly difficult to get a good night's sleep with a crown on your head. That thing is all kinds of uncomfortable.

## Overview

Zombie King absorbs 1000 damage, and he loses his arm upon absorbing 500 damage, before dying.

## Encounters

* Player's House: Piñata Party

* Dark Ages: DA-VIII, DA-IX, DA-X, DAX-III, DAX-V, DAX-I, DAX-IV, DAX-V, DAX-VI, DAX-IX and DAX-X

* Summer Splashdown: SS-VII

* Lawn of Doom: LOD-II

* The Breakroom: TB-V

* Fright Theater: FT-I

* Timeless Avenue: Roguelike Hunt

* Invaded Levels: Invaded WWX-VI and Invaded FFX-VI

* Endless Zones: Arthur's Challenge

* Veteran Quests: Action-Reaction

## Strategies

When you see this zombie on the lawn, kill him quickly or destroy all the Peasant Zombies as fast as you can because he will slowly transform all those zombies nearby into Knight Zombies, who absorb a lot of damage. Although he does not move, close-range plants like Snapdragon and Bonk Choy are useless (unless fed with Plant Food), as other zombies will quickly overwhelm them. Toadstools are also useless as they cannot devour the zombie and can only damage him. In addition, avoid using Coconut Cannons or Citrons as they can easily be distracted by other zombies or any nearby tombstones, unlike most offensive plants. The best strategy to deal with Zombie King is to put a column of Magnet-shrooms, as they will attract the knight helms, making the Peasant Zombies useless. However, Zombie Kings can immediately replace them back, meaning defeating the zombie afterwards must be done quickly. Butter from Kernel-pult may help, especially when fed with Plant Food, ensuring no Peasant Zombies can be granted knight helms. Spikeweeds and Spikerocks cannot be placed on Zombie Kings, and will be crushed when a Zombie King appears. Brute force from your plants will also work if you have enough firepower. This is especially true if the hypnotized zombie is granted a knight helm as it would allow the hypnotized zombies to survive longer. Holly Barriers and Boom Balloon Flowers are also useful as they can send a powerful attack to any tile on the screen.