Breakdancer Zombie

* Eighties
* Patrick

*Kicks zombies forward when transported by the power of rap.*

Delivers only the freshest moves at bargain basement prices.

**Breakdancer Zombie** is the eighth special zombie encountered in Neon Mixtape Tour in *Alternate UniverZ*. During the rap jam, when any zombie gets close to him, he will start to spin, kicking them forward 1.5 tiles.

## Irish Dance Freak

*A freaky breakdancer with even freakier sick dance moves.*

## Almanac statistics

### Special

Kicks zombies 3 tiles forward upon contact during rap jam
Speeds up by 50% when rap jam is on

## In-game statistics

### First seen

GGR-V

Want your party to be the best in town? Get this guy to come - he will kick off the beat, kick out the door, the tables, the chair, the window, the fancy 4K TV...

**Irish Dance Freak** is the second special zombie encountered in Neon Mixtape Tour in *Alternate UniverZ*. When any zombie gets close to him, he will start to spin, kicking them forward 3 tiles.

## Almanac entry

* Eighties
* Patrick

**Breakdancer Zombie**

TOUGHNESS: Solid

SPEED: Hungry

Kicks zombies forward when transported by the power of rap.

Health: 250
Speed: 1.25
Special Ability: kicks nearby zombies 1.5 tiles forward when rap jam plays
Extra Ability: moves 50% during rap jam

Delivers only the freshest moves at bargain basement prices.

**Irish Dance Freak**

TOUGHNESS: Solid

SPEED: Stiff

A freaky breakdancer with even freakier sick dance moves.

Health: 250
Speed: 0.86
Special Ability: kicks zombies 3 tiles forward when in contact (during rap jam)
Extra Ability: speeds up by 50% when rap jam is on

Want your party to be the best in town? Get this guy to come - he will kick off the beat, kick out the door, the tables, the chair, the window, the fancy 4K TV...

## Overview

Breakdancer Zombie absorbs 250 damage and his appearance changes upon 125 damage, before dying.

## Encounters

### Breakdancer Zombie

* Player's House: Piñata Party

* Neon Mixtape Tour: NMTX-I, NMTX-II, NMTX-V, NMTX-VI, NMTX-VIII and NMTX-X

* Birthday Bashers: BB-VIII

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

* Timeless Avenue: Roguelike Hunt and Cowboy Bebop

* Invaded Levels: Invaded LCX-I and Invaded FCX-IX

* Endless Zones: Greatest Hits

* Veteran Quests: The Final Countdown

### Irish Dance Freak

* Player's House: Piñata Party

* Green Gold Rush: GGR-V, GGR-VI, GGR-VIII, GGR-IX and GGR-X

* Birthday Bashers: BB-VI

* Heroic Showdown: HS-IV, HS-VIII, HS-IX and HS-X

* Timeless Avenue: When Push Comes to Shove

* Endless Zones: Celebratory Carousel Crash

## Strategies

Do not be fooled by hiss health, Breakdancer Zombie teaming with dangerous zombies can cause a lot of trouble to the player's defenses, especially if he teams with Neon Bucketheads, Hair Metal Gargantuars, or Boombox Zombies. He also tends to hide behind crowds of zombies, allowing him to continue assisting zombies. The worst part is if they team up with MC Zom-Bs as they can both cause a huge disaster, due to the same corresponding jam. Kicking the MC Zom-Bs will allow them to use their ability right away and eliminate plants very quickly. Moreover, Breakdancer Zombie kicking another Breakdancer Zombie is even more dangerous, allowing them to become a relay system of sorts that can bring zombies into your defenses quickly, and if there are enough Breakdancer Zombies on the same row, any zombies can easily get kicked to your lawnmowers, or even your house. It can be very dangerous even if he is near your lawn mowers/house because unlike the Zombie Bull Rider thrown from Zombie Bull, he can have zombies reach your lawn mowers without it have to let the zombies get to the edge of the lawn and walk to them. Using Thyme Warp when this zombie is around and the rap jam is playing is not recommended, as right when the zombies are able to move, Breakdancer Zombie is able to kick all the zombies. If enough Breakdancer Zombies are sent back, they can reach the end of the lawn in quick succession.

Therefore, the best way to deal with Breakdancer Zombies effectively is with piercing plants such as Laser Bean or Fume-shroom, or simply powerful attackers like Citron and Fire Peashooter should take quick work of them. Insta-kill plants like Cherry Bomb, Jalapeño, or Grapeshot will also work tremendously well. Try and use knockback plants like Spring Bean, Chard Guard or Hurrikale to avoid the zombies kicked by Breakdancer Zombie to harm your defenses immensely. Simply keeping Breakdancer Zombie in place with defensive plants like Wall-nut or Endurian, or plants like Iceberg Lettuce and Stunion can also be a decent solution. It's also recommended to use manual plants, preferably if they have board range to quickly snipe Breakdancer Zombies before they can kick anything. Although it can be hard sometime as when they are spawned together with another zombie in a wave, you have very little time to react before they kick, Boom Balloon Flower is the most suitable plants for this job as they have no delay between firing and projectile showing up.