Barrel Roller Zombie


 * Not to be confused with the Barrel Zombie from Plants vs. Zombies Adventures.

The Barrel Roller Zombie is the eighth zombie encountered in the Pirate Seas of Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time. It rolls over plants using its barrel. When the barrel is destroyed, two Imp Pirate Zombies jump into the two adjacent rows, or occasionally the water. The barrel can be destroyed by Spikeweeds and Spikerocks when rolling, sacrificing an amount of sun or thrown into the water by a Spring Bean if adjacent to a row with water.

Almanac entry
TOUGHNESS: Hardened

SPEED: Hungry

His rolling barrel crushes plants and provides excellent protection.

DAMAGE: Crushes plants with barrel

SPECIAL: imps thrown from the barrel when destroyed

Barrel Roller Zombie is part of a super underground secret awesome club. You probably haven't heard about it. Also, his left arm is slightly longer than his right arm.

Overview
Barrel Roller Zombie absorbs 62 normal damage shots, it degrades upon 20, 40, 52 (when the barrel is destroyed) and 57 before dying at 62 normal damage shots.

Appearances
Player's House: Piñata Party

Pirate Seas: Day 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 25, and Dead Man's Booty.

Wild West: Puzzle Piece collecting (Chinese version only.)

Strategies
Using Spikeweed or Spikerock on the barrel will destroy it, but two Imps will jump out of the barrel. This is a good thing to do, but it is better to kill the zombie with a lobbed-shot plant, such as Cabbage-pult or Kernel-pult. That way, the projectiles hit the zombie and not the barrel. When the zombie is killed before the barrel, the barrel stops moving. Other plants that are good to use along with Lobbed Shots are Bloomerang and Snapdragon, as boomerangs and fire will pass through the barrel thus hitting the Barrel Roller Zombie. Using Spring Bean also is good, as it throws the barrel into the water, without Imps coming out, though the Barrel Roller will eat the Spring Bean unless killed quickly. Using Lightning Reed can also be a good idea, as it prefers to attack the Barrel Roller Zombie than the Barrel, when the zombie is defeated it begins to attack the Barrel until is destroyed, but the chain reaction can resolve the problem of not attacking the other zombies.

Trivia

 * If the Barrel Roller Zombie meets a Tall-nut or a Wall-nut it will take a little longer to kill them. This trait is shared with Pianist Zombie.
 * If its barrel is destroyed by a Jalapeno, the Imp Pirate Zombies will not come out of the barrel.
 * Most likely it is because the Imps are killed along with the barrel and the zombie itself.
 * If the Barrel Roller Zombie makes it to the Player's House with its barrel, only the barrel is shown when the screen goes black, and the barrel rolls in place.
 * The Barrel Roller Zombie (if it has its barrel), the Pharaoh Zombie (if it's in its casket), the Treasure Yeti, Gargantuar, Zombie Bull, Zombot War Wagon and Pianist Zombie are the only zombies that aren't affected by a Chili Bean.
 * The Barrel Roller Zombie's barrel can be bounced into water by Spring Bean.
 * When a Barrel Roller Zombie's barrel remains after all other zombies are destroyed, the level will not end until the Imp Pirate Zombies inside it are killed.
 * Although the wood (which is the Barrel) doesn't conduct electricity, chain reactions can still performed by Lightning Reed.
 * This might be a reference to the famous quote in Star Fox 64's "Do a Barrel Roll", but they roll barrels instead of rolling themselves
 * This is the only zombie that can appear in another world besides the Player's House in the Chinese Version of the game.
 * The other location the Barrel Roller Zombie is located in the Chinese Version is the Wild West, along with Imp Pirate Zombie. Although it seems like they has no relationship with the Wild West, since it doesn't look like the Barrel Roller Zombie and the Imp Pirate Zombie aren't from that location.
 * The 5th Anniversary costume hides the Imps eyes.