Rodeo Gargantuar


 * Not to be confused with the Wild West Gargantuar.

Rodeo Gargantuar is a in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, and a member of the  class. He costs 7 to play, and has 5/9. He has the Gravestone trait, and his ability allows himself to move a plant to a selected lane when he is revealed. His plant counterpart is Whipvine.

Statistics

 * Class: Hearty
 * Tribe: Sports Gargantuar Zombie
 * Ability: Gravestone. When revealed: Move a Plant.
 * Set - Rarity: Premium - Rare

Card description
Why yes, this IS his first rodeo.

With
Rodeo Gargantuar is basically a Sumo Wrestler with higher stats. Use this zombie as you would do with a Sumo Wrestler. With a very high health stat this can survive a strong attack or two. Use his ability to move a potential threat to Rodeo Gargantuar's lane to destroy it, or to move a plant away from his lane so that he can possibly finish off the plant hero. You can also use Zombie Coach to make him so he can't be hurt, as he is also a sports zombie. If Neptuna or The Smash is being used, you can use Possessed on this, and will now have Frenzy and even more health.

Against
Any Instant Kill card like , Doom-Shroom,, and Lawnmower can destroy him easily. However, if those cards are not available, strategize and determine potential spots where the zombie hero will direct the plant. If there are three plants on field (one is the lane Rodeo Gargantuar is in Gravestone), the plant hero can place a plant in Rodeo Gargantuar's lane and he will be forced to move it to the empty lane, which could easily turn the tables if the positioning is planned ahead and strategically used. However, be careful of plants that you play if it has team-up. Take him down quickly, because he could easily damage your plant hero for five (or even more, if he is buffed).

If you notice that during late game where a Hearty Hero plays only one gravestone, it can be a chance that it can be a Rodeo Gargantuar inside since it is really expensive. As mention above, you can use Grave Buster as this uses up all 7 brains from the Zombie Hero; plus it is the only zombie that cost more brains than any other gravestone zombies.

Trivia

 * His appearance is based on the Wild West Gargantuar.
 * His appearance may also be partially based on the Sheriff Gargantuar as well.
 * Similar to the Imp-Throwing Gargantuar, Rodeo Gargantuar is one of the various Plants vs. Zombies 2 Gargantuars renamed, in this case the Wild West Gargantuar.
 * However, they have a handful of differences in appearance.
 * In the Z-Mech Ally Pack, this has a lasso, although in game, he uses his lasso to move a plant.
 * For some reason, he is smaller than the other Gargantuars in the game.
 * He, tied with Zombot 1000, has the second-most health in the game, the first being Wannabe Hero, assuming that the zombie hero has at least 9 health.
 * Rodeo Gargantuar is so far, the only zombie that has the highest brain cost with gravestone.