Hammer Zombie

Hammer Zombie (Chinese: 锤子僵尸; pinyin: chuízi jiāngshī) is a zombie in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time. It has the same speed as the Prospector Zombie, and it spins relentlessly in order to deflect from peas and boomerangs. After spinning for quite some time, it becomes vulnerable to anything. Any normal Kung-Fu Zombie who manages to touch a weapon stand that contains a hammer in it will transform that zombie into a Hammer Zombie.

Almanac Entry
TOUGHNESS: Protected

SPEED: Stiff

Hammer Zombie unleashes Whirlwind that can bounce straight projectiles.

Overview
The Hammer Zombie absorbs 22 hit points and does not degrade.

Strategies
Once this zombie has set foot on your lawn, or whenever a Chinese Zombie manage to transform into this zombie, you should get ready, for it will block a wildfire of straight projectiles that will bounce back to you immediately. Use Iceberg Lettuce to temporarily immobilize the zombie, but be quick, or it will spin aggressively to nullify all the damage. Potato Mines will also work. All the Lobbed Shots work very well because Hammer Zombie doesn't bounce high projectiles. Spikeweeds and Spikerocks also work too.

You could also use any explosive plants. Melon-pults on the other hand can shorten its stay on the lawn so long as there are no other zombies to interfere with it.

Trivia

 * It can kill Bloomerangs while deflecting its boomerangs.
 * The same goes with Peashooters and its other variations while deflecting its peas.
 * Lobbed-shots are not redirected. Instead, they deal no damage.
 * The Hammer Zombie is the only zombie which can redirect attacks back at the plants.
 * However, as of The Dark Ages release, The Jester Zombie is able grab projectiles and throw them back at the plants as well.
 * If you kill the Hammer Zombie while it is spinning, it's head will fall off, but it continues spinning with it's head on (with another head on the ground) for a while.
 * Strangely, the Hammer Zombie could've used its hammer to smash plants but chose to eat them instead.
 * The deflected projectiles are weaker.