Board Thread:Weekly Discussions/@comment-11660317-20160817162330/@comment-29611741-20160818031425

Kernelmaster26 wrote: Fisherman zombie

or plantman zombie? I mean, he isn't even trying to catch fish

I hate him because he is hard to counter

You can dig the plant, so the octopi and the surf pranch don't make any effect, and you can attack the octo zombie from behind (split pea, wasabi whip, bonk choy), if you have a solid defense he can't do anything

But the fisher man zombie,oh the fisherman zombie, to counter him, only 1 plant with plant food

Seems easy right?

IT'S NOT

It's so easy do destroy infinut barrier, especially in levels with lots of zombies, gargantuar or the surfer zombie (because the surfer zombie can use his surf pranch to kill the infi nut, destroying its barrier) I never used that counter and they were never a problem for me. I use Guacodiles, Lily Pad lanes, and instants to stall/kill this Zombie, none too distracting or costly(except maybe Guaco). Also, if I were using an Infi-nut PF... er... 'garden'... then I would make sure to use Winter Melon to slow them so they don't break that PF shield as fast. Worst case scenario my main PFs would be one Infi-nut and one sun producer, so I'd think I'll have enough PF to repower that shield.

Lily8763cp wrote: Hey, my joke idea was actually used! Personally, I think Surfer Zombie. Infi-nut can stop Fisherman Zombie's line by its plant food effect and Octo Zombie is really slow, which can allow you to easily stall them.

However, Surfer Zombies surf REALLY fast in the water, and if you can't KO them, they will smash a plant and leave pretty much a Tombstone in your way. Even if you do defeat them, they will smash your closest plant anyways! At least Octo Zombie's octopi will turn back into plants once you destory them, but once Surfer Zombie crushes your plant, it's gone.

I think the reason I hate them with a burning passion though was because I was stuck on Big Wave Beach - Day 15 for the longest time because of them. If you can't deal with a Surfer before he hits land, put a Guacodile or Lili Pad in front of him and use lobbed plants to bypass his Surfboard. Honestly, if you can't deal with the Surfers, then you'll go through hell to pass BWB.

Octo Zombie takes 3 Guacos to kill(2 if one is planted on him if memory serves) and takes most, if not all, of Ghost Pepper's abuse to die. To counter him, you must plant plants in front of him to stall him, wasting sun in most cases, as Sun-shroom isn't an instant pick here and she's the typical cheap staller that one would use. Also, the cost of being unaware of him is more dramatic than the cost of being unaware of the other two. (partially because it's nigh impossible to not notice a Surfer)