Level 5-6

Level 5-6 is the sixth Roof level in Plants vs. Zombies. To complete this level, the player must not let the zombies in his/her house. This level introduces a new zombie: the Catapult Zombie. Once the level is beaten, the player receives the Umbrella Leaf.

Difficulty

 * The Catapult Zombie will be difficult without using any instant kills or Kernel-pults. Since it is a bad idea to use Doom-shrooms and Ice-shrooms (along with the Coffee Bean), use the Squash or Potato Mine to destroy it. It is a bad idea to use the Chomper, because the Catapult Zombie will move like a Zomboni when it runs out of basketballs.


 * Since no Bungee Zombies show up, three of them will drop zombies during the final wave. Since they have placed zombies on your lanes, you must destroy them.


 * In the DS version, the Catapult Zombie will start moving close to your house after it fires fewer basketballs. Unlike in the Mobile Phone and PC versions, you must be fast and have good defenses so that the Catapult Zombie will not crush your plants.

Strategies

 * Suggested plants:
 * Sunflower
 * Flower Pot
 * Cabbage-pult
 * Kernel-pult
 * Wall-nut/Tall-nut
 * Squash
 * Fume-shroom and Coffee Bean (if you have seven and eight slots)
 * Potato Mine (if you have nine slots)
 * Cherry Bomb (if you have ten slots)


 * Try not to place Kernel-pults on your first lanes; because of that, the Catapult Zombie will launch basketballs to deal damage and the plant will be destroyed. In addition, the Pumpkin is useless when the Kernel-pult is inside, because the Kernel-pult gets damaged first before the Pumpkin.


 * When a Catapult Zombie shows up, avoid letting it stay too long. If the Catapult Zombie is not killed, it will start moving and crushing your plants like a Zomboni. In the DS version, you must be fast, because the Catapult Zombie will move after it has fired fewer basketballs. Use a Cherry Bomb or any other instant kill (except the Doom-shroom)


 * Only plant Kernel-pults and Cabbage-pults on the third and fourth lanes.


 * Plant Fume-shrooms and Wall-nuts on the flat top of the roof on the seventh lanes only. Never use Garlic, because these zombies will deal more damage to your Wall-nuts. If you want higher defenses, plant Tall-nuts instead.


 * When the Ambush Zombies are dropped, plant a Squash near your Fume-shrooms if one of them has landed on your Fume-shrooms. This will save them from being eaten by the zombies dropped by the Bungee Zombies.