Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies 2/@comment-4111680-20151017034641/@comment-4111680-20151021040131

Okay, a couple of things to clarify.

First, imps. After a certain percentage of health of a wave is depleted (like, say, 1/3 of the total zombies), the next wave is sent. That's why stalling the death of the first zombie until you've established a few sunflowers is crucial. Oddly, imps do not count towards sending a new wave. So if an imp and a zombie both appear, only the zombie will count towards sending the next wave. But if a wave of imps is sent, the game reads it as 0 out of 0 hit points depleted, and it sends the next wave immediately. This is pretty annoying from Dark Ages onward.

The formula doesn't quite work for Greatest Hits until you mess around a bit with the numbers. By default, most of the special jam zombies are worth 3 points. But during their jam, they appear to only cost 1 wave point apiece. This means on level 74, when the second wave costs 5 points, up to 5 gargantuars can spawn. I think. (Can someone else verify this?)

And now the list: Zombie, 1; Conehead, 2; Buckethead, 4. Ra, 1; Explorer, 2.5; Tomb Raiser, 3; Camel, 3; Pharaoh, 4.5. Swashbuckler, 2; Seagull, 3; Cannon, Captain, and Barrel Roller are all worth 5. Prospector, 2; poncho, 3; Zombie chicken wrangler, 3; piano, 5. Jet pack, 2.5; Shield, 5; Robo-cone, 7; Disco-torn 3000, 8; Mecha-Football, 10. Imp dragon, 2; Jester, 5; Knight, 6; Wizard, 7; King, 8. Snorkel, 3; Octo, 7; Surfer, 7. Blockhead, 6. (Sorry, I don't like Icebound Battleground.) Excavator/Parasol, 3. Imp, 1. Bug zombie, 4. Bug conehead, 5. Bug buckethead, 7. Turquoise skull, 6. All jam zombies appear to be worth 3 points during random jams and 1 point during their jam with the exceptions of Arcade Zombie (5 points outside of jam) and HM Gargantuar (unknown). All surprise attacks (sandstorm, low tide, bot swarm, etc.) are worth 0 wave points and can be killed without fear of triggering the next wave.

Still missing a lot of zombie numbers, especially all the gargs, unfortunately.