Catapult Zombie

The Catapult Zombie rolls in onto the player's lawn, occupying the first two columns (from the right). He then starts lobbing basketballs at the last plant (closest to the house, or the chimney on the roof) in his row. Once this zombie kills a plant, it moves forward slightly and continues attacking the next plant. When it runs out of basketballs, the Catapult Zombie drives towards the player's plants in a similar fashion as a Zomboni (Although it does not produce Ice Trails), although this also happens if he kills all of the plants in the row. In the process, he will squash any plants he comes into contact with.

Overview
Absorbs 34 Normal Damage Shots. Appearance changes at 10 and 20 shots, and begins to vibrate after 29 Normal Damage Shots, with the front bumper of the catapult showing damage before exploding.

Strategy
Use Spikeweeds and Spikerocks to pop the tires, and if you don't have one available, use Umbrella Leafs to protect your plants while your offensive plants take care of it. This is a good idea if you have any expensive plants like Twin Sunflowers or Cob Cannons in the back.You also shouldn´t plant any plant any non-instant plant other than Spikeweed or Spikerock in the first two colums to the right, if there are Catapult Zombies in the level, because it will kill them, when it´s aproaching. In Survival: Endless, Umbrella Leafs are a must because any Spikeweeds or Spikerocks you have previously planted will quickly be destroyed by the hordes of stacked Catapult Zombies, Zombonis, and Gargantuars. Magnet-shrooms are useless against it even though the Machine is made out of metal;but you can use any freezing plants such as the Winter Melon, Snow Pea, and Ice-shroom to slow down the Catapult Zombie.


 * Note: Pumpkins are useless for directly defending plants against it, because the Catapult Zombie aims for the plant inside the Pumpkin first before they go for the Pumpkin.

Trivia

 * The burnt head that remains after a Catapult Zombie is killed by an explosive is identical to that of the Imp and the Zomboni.
 * Although it has higher health than most plants, the Garlic only takes six basketballs before dying, the same as any other plant being eaten (other than defensive plants)
 * Apart from the Digger Zombie, the Catapult Zombie is the only zombie to attack the plants in reverse order (until it runs out of basketballs).