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 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. No appearance changes occur, but begins to vibrate after 29 Normal Damage Shots.

Suburban Almanac Entry
 Catapult Zombie 

Catapult Zombie operates heavy machinery.

Toughness: medium.

Special: lobs basketballs at your plants.

Of all the things Catapult Zombie could launch with his catapult, basketballs seemed like the best and most obvious choice.

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. 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 Catapult contains 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.

Trivia

 * If the player uses Garlic when a Catapult Zombie is in that row, it only takes 6 Basketballs to kill it.