Grounded

Difficulty:Hard


 * Note: This achievement is equivalent to the Nintendo DS version achievement "Unsiege Mentality".

Strategy
Fume-shroom is essential to most strategies, as it ignores the roof's angle. The best way to get it is on Level 5-1, on Quick Play. To get it, you should pick the following (Up to 8 slots). And it's a good idea to have purchased Roof Cleaners.


 * Sunflower
 * Flower Pot
 * Coffee Bean
 * Peashooter or Repeater
 * Fume-shroom
 * Umbrella Leaf
 * Garlic
 * Chomper
 * Gloom-shroom

A Garden Rake is strongly recommended.

As the achievement states, you can't use catapult plants (Cabbage-pults, Kernel-pults, or Melon-pults, let alone Cob Cannons and Winter Melons). If you have one of them, you can't achieve this. It's not very different from any other level, so it can be easy. Start building your Sunflowers first and then you'll see a Zombie. It will step on the rake and will die. Another one will come, so use a Peashooter to shoot him down. Put 4 Umbrella Leaves to defend your Sunflowers away from the bungees and later, when you have a lot of Sun, use the Gloom-shroom and Garlic, because the Gloom-shroom is technically cheaper and more efficient than a Threepeater. Then, replace the 5 Peashooters with Sunflowers. Then, when a Garlic is damaged, since it can't be repaired by the Wall-nut First Aid, use your shovel and then replace them, or let them finally get eaten, but if a Flower Pot gets eaten with 1 bite after a Garlic gets eaten, put a Flower Pot on a space where a zombie ate it, but don't be too late.

Note: This Achievement can't be earned by completing Level 5-5 (Roof) as it is a bonus level in which no achievements can be earned and this level doesn't have Lobbed-shot Plants.

Another Strategy
Replay level 5-1.

Choose The Sunflower, Flower Pot, Umbrella Leaf, Coffee Bean, Fume-shroom, Pumpkin, Imitater Pumpkin, Potato Mine, Squash and whatever you want (except for lobbed-shots).

First, build up Sunflowers and use Potato Mines and Squashs to save sun, until you can afford Fume-shrooms, and use Umbrella Leaves to cover every 3X3 square to protect yourself against Bungees. Use Pumpkin[s to protect the frontward Fume-shrooms from Coneheads.

Fume Shroom strategy
Replay level 5-1 or 5-3. You can use this strategy on 5-6 without replay.

Choose Sunflower, Flower Pot, Fume-shroom, Coffee Bean, Squash, Potato Mine, Jalapeno. If you have more slots, use anything you want that is not lobbed shot.

Plant a column of Sunflower. Use Squash or Potato Mine for few first Zombies. Plant 3 column of Fume-shroom and wake up it. If there is Bungees or Catapult, Use Squash or Jalapeno.

Repeater/Gatling Pea strategy
This strategy is quite simple. You can try this strategy on level 5-1 whether or not you are replaying.

Pick: and the Garden Rake.
 * Sunflower
 * Repeater
 * Gatling Pea
 * Potato Mine
 * Squash
 * Pumpkin

If replaying, also get:
 * Torchwood
 * Flower Pot
 * Umbrella Leaf
 * Potato Mine (optional, but can save you more Sun)

Start by planting Sunflowers (aim for 2 rows, but save space for Umbrella Leaves if you have it). When the first zombie comes, he will step on the Rake and die. When the second zombie comes along, use a Potato Mine on him. Remember that Potato Mines take around 15 seconds (approx. 3 squares for a normal zombie) to pop out of the ground, so plant them early. When the next zombie comes along, depending on the circumstances, you may usually be able to use another Potato Mine on him. If you are playing it a second time, you can use the Imitater Potato Mine (or the Squash, but the Potato Mine is cheaper) on the zombie after that. Keep repeating this process until you find these instant kills are still recharging while zombies are coming. When that happens, plant your Repeaters. Remember to plant them on the first row behind the slanted part of the roof. Slowly upgrade your Repeaters to Gatlings. Also plant Torchwoods protected by Pumpkins around two to three squares in front of your Repeaters/Gatlings.
 * Twin Sunflower (optional, but can earn you more Sun)

Good luck!

First time in level 5-1
It is actually possible to complete this achievement on the first time, select these plants:

Sunflower

Snow Pea

Pumpkin

Chomper

Potato Mine

Jalapeno (for the excess of zombies on a lane)

If you got extra seed slots select other plants that could be useful.

A Garden Rake is strongly recommended.

Now you have to do this formation:

S:Sunflower

C:Chomper

SP:Snow Pea


 * Covered with Pumpkin

S S S C (SP)

S S S C (SP)

S S S C (SP)

S S S C (SP)

S S S C (SP)

Note: The third column of Sunflowers is optional

Note: Remember to replace your plants that has been stolen by a Bungee Zombie

Note: Use Potato Mines to kill the Zombies at the begining of the level to save Sun

Note: If you decide to use this strategy on the second time through Adventure Mode, you can protect your sun supply from Bungee Zombies by replacing 2 Sunflowers with Umbrella Leaves, in rows 2 and 4.

Peashooter Strategy
Choose the following plants: Fill in the rest of your empty seed slots with other useful plants that aren't lobbed shot. It is recommended to do this level on 5-1, if possible, because it is the easiest Roof level.
 * Sunflower
 * Peashooter
 * Snow Pea
 * Reapeater
 * Threepeater (optional)
 * Gatling Pea
 * Jalapeno
 * Twin Sunflower (optional)
 * Pumpkin
 * Flower Pot (optional)

In the beginning of the level, plant a Sunflower in the top left corner of the screen. After enough sun has been collected, plant another Sunflower right under it. You should be able to plant one more, and if you can, go ahead. Try to plant as many Sunflowers as you can, going in all the rows, but don't go past the third column. When the first Zombie comes, plant a Peashooter in the fifth column of the roof, on the same row. Continue to do that to all of the Zombies. If a stronger zombie comes, such as a Conehead Zombie, dig up your Peashooter in that row (if there is one), and "upgrade" it to a Snow Pea (if you brought along the Flower Pot you can plant one in front of the Peashooter to help deal more damage). The Zombies shouldn't get any stronger than that, but if you need to plant a Reapeater or Gatling Pea. The largest threat will be the Bungee Zombies, but they will most likely take your Sunflowers, which are cheap and easy to replace. If a row of Zombies gets to tough for you, your fourth column should be open and you can plant a Jalapeno.

Chomper Strategy
(It is recommended to do this on level 5-1) You will need the following plants:

Sunflower

Flower Pot

Chomper

Pumpkin

Twin Sunflower (optional)

Cherry Bomb

Imitater Pumpkin

Besides this pick anything else you thin might help like the Umbrella Leaf, Squash, or jalapeno. (The garden rake is also recommended).

Fill in the first two columns with sunflowers as you deal with zombies with the squash or potato mines. Fill in the 4th and 5th columns with chompers as needed and plant pumpkins over the fifth column to protect the chompers. Since the zombies only come about two to four at a time you can thin them out with squash and cherry bombs while the chompers chew. You can upgrade the sunflowers if you want, replace the pumkins with wall-nut first aid and plant umbrella leaves in the empty column.

Do this and you sould beat the level easy!

Fume Strategy
This strategy is very simple! You will need Start planting you sunflowers to the far left and by the time the 2nd zombie comes, (the 1st should be killed by the Garden Rake) plant a Fume-shroom and wake it up with Coffee Bean. Until your Fume-shroom recharges, plant Wall-nuts on the lanes that are not protected. Once you have one Fume-shroom on every lane, make sure to plant Wall-nuts (or Tall-nuts, if you want but Wall-nuts are cheaper) to defend hem. Once that is done, upgrade your Fume-shrooms into Gloom-shrooms. '''WARNING!!!! Do NOT plant Pumpkins on your Wall-nuts. '''The fumes from the Gloom-shrooms will not be able to hit the zombies because the Pumpkin makes them farther away from the Gloom-shroom.
 * Fume-shroom
 * Gloom-shroom
 * Coffee Bean
 * Sunflower
 * Wall-nut
 * Flower Pot (Optional)
 * Garden Rake

Ultimate Sun Strategy
This strategy lets you plant many peashooters due to the massive amount of sun you get from it. Best to play on Quick Play/Replaying 5-1.

Pick: It's helpful but optional to get Gatling Peas, Umbrella Leaf, and Pumpkin
 * Sunflower
 * Twin Sunflower
 * Flower Pot
 * Snow Pea
 * Repeater
 * Tall-Nut
 * Squash
 * Start by planting Sunflowers in the flower pots. Once that is done or you have enough sun, plant Snow Repeaters in the column behind the flat surface of the roof. If zombies come close, use Squash. After planting the Repeaters, try to upgrade them into Gatling Peas while planting torchwood in the column in front. Plant Snow Peas in front of those and plant Tall-Nuts with Pumpkins in the remaining columns. Leave the far right column empty. For the empty spaces behind the Repeaters and in front of the Sunflowers, plant more sunflowers. Be sure to upgrade them into twin sunflowers. You might get the Sunny Day achievment also!

Have fun!

Trivia

 * This is a reference to when a child is grounded for being in trouble.
 * This is easier on devices with Quick Play.
 * It is almost necessary to use the Pumpkin because non-lobbed plants have to be planted on the flat, right side which is too close to the zombies.