Armor Chomper

Armor Chomper
Health	200 (225 if upgraded)
Weapon	Metal Chomp
Ammo	None
Damage	Bite/Swallow/Yum!
Range	Melee
Abilities
Variant of
Rarity	Super Rare
Every morning, the Armor Chomper dons his suit of armor and prepares for battle. He tries to lube up his joints during respawns so he doesn't sound too creaky.
Though his armor slows him down, he has added health, and his bites deal extra damage!
Health	215
Weapon	Metal Chomp
Ammo	None
Damage	Bite/Swallow/Yum!
Range	Melee
Abilities
Variant of
Rarity	Super Rare
Every morning, the Armor Chomper dons his suit of armor and prepares for battle. He tries to lube up his joints during respawns so he doesn't sound too creaky.

Armor Chomper is the Super Rare armored variant of Chomper in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare and the Rare armored variant of Chomper Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2. He is slower but has 50 more health (75 if upgraded), mark the total of 200 health (225 if upgraded and 215 in Garden Warfare 2), meaning that he is the playable character with the third most health in Garden Warfare 2, being only beaten by Iron Citron, Torchwood and Z-Mechs (not including Boss Mode and the Infinity Robots). The Armor Chomper was introduced in the Zomboss Down DLC pack in Garden Warfare.

Descriptions

Stickerbook description

Every morning, the Armor Chomper dons his suit of armor and prepares for battle. He tries to lube up his joints during respawns so he doesn't sound too creaky.

In-game description

Though his armor slows him down, he has added health, and his bites deal extra damage!

AI Health (GW2 only)

• Easy: 129
• Normal: 172
• Hard: 215
• CRAAAAZY: 258

Primary weapon

The primary weapon of the Armor Chomper is Metal Chomp which deals 50 in Garden Warfare and 45 in Garden Warfare 2 damage per chomp.

Abilities

• GW1
• GW2

Left abilities
Goop	Hitting targets with the Chomper's ranged Goop attack is a great way to slow them down, making them easier to chomp. They taste better too!
Super Sticky Goop	This goop is sooo sticky that Zombies are not even able to move when they get hit by it. Let's say it together... "Now that's Sticky!"
Cheesy Goop	The Cheesy Goop in the first in Crazy Dave's new line of gourmet marinades. It's scientifically formulated to slow Zombies down and make them taste great!
Center abilities
Burrow	The Chomper's ultimate weapon. He has the ability to tunnel underground and ambush unsuspecting Zombies by emerging under their feet and swallowing them whole!
Sprint Burrow	The Sprint Burrow allows the Chomper to move much faster when under the ground, but the range is quite limited.
Right abilities
Spikeweed	Laying Spikeweed traps is a great way to ambush Zombies. If they walk over the Spikeweed, they get ensnared and are easy to chomp.
Spiky Spikeweed	The Spiky Spikeweed deals more damage to Zombies it ensnares, but only a few can be deployed at a time.
Chesterweed	The Chesterweed attacks at an extremely fast speed, dealing up to 70 damage in 5 seconds. Chompers eating zombies trapped by the Chesterweed will swallow significantly faster, but the Chomper can only have two of them at a time, instead of three. It takes 60 seconds to recharge one Chesterweed.

Left abilities
Goop	Hitting targets with the Chomper's ranged Goop attack is a great way to slow them down, making them easier to chomp. They taste better too!
Super Sticky Goop	This goop is sooo sticky that Zombies are not even able to move when they get hit by it. Let's say it together... "Now that's Sticky!"
Chomp Cannon	If you're sick of being harassed by Zombies on rooftops, the Chomp Cannon is for you. Hock a loogie in their direction with this disgustingly explosive attack!
Center abilities
Burrow	The Chomper's ultimate weapon. He has the ability to tunnel underground and ambush unsuspecting Zombies by emerging under their feet and swallowing them whole!
Sprint Burrow	The Sprint Burrow allows the Chomper to move much faster when under the ground, but the range is quite limited.
Right abilities
Spikeweed	Laying Spikeweed traps is a great way to ambush Zombies. If they walk over the Spikeweed, they get ensnared and are easy to chomp.
Spiky Spikeweed	The Spiky Spikeweed deals more damage to Zombies it ensnares, but only a few can be deployed at a time.
Vampweed	When a zombie stumbles into a Vampweed, you get a helpful health boost! The zombie isn't hurt, but he probably feels a bit silly falling into your trap.

Weapon upgrades

Description about the Armor Chomper's weapon upgrades

Emptied Pockets

Emptying out his pockets has lightened the load, and allows him to move faster.

Iron Stomach

Zombies cause indigestion! Having iron stomach-plating makes the agony pass a little quicker.

Balanced Breakfast

Now that he eats a balanced breakfast every morning, he is feeling healthier than ever.

Strategies

Despite Armor Chomper's extremely high health, it is possible for him to be overwhelmed due to his low movement speed, which is why the Burrow is crucial to the Armor Chomper's survival along with the speed upgrade. When playing as Armor Chomper, always stick close to teammates near objectives. By doing this, the player can successfully halt objectives with his high health, tank damage from enemies, and keep his health up. Though optional, it might be useful to hold the Super Sticky Goop for the extra second could mean your life.

Armor Chomper excels in the Gnome Bomb due to his tanking ability while carrying and defusing objectives even though having a side-effect for being slow.

If the player ever wanted to kill for increased bounty it is best to equip Sprint Burrow and Cheesy Goop ability especially when you directly hit a zombie with the goop which can deal up a total of 25 damage. This will lead you killing any zombies with 125 health with just two Metal Chomps and that is why a Sprint Burrow is equipped because if you choose to swallow, it is a lowly decision except when having a low health.

Balancing changes

Graveyard Variety Pack DLC

• ▲ Digestion time was decreased after a chomp escape (i.e. victim got away using anti-chomp ability like Jackhammer).
• ▼ Brought Chompers regeneration delay to parity with all other playable characters.

Trouble in Zombopolis: Part One DLC

• Tuned Chomper camera to be closer to that in Garden Warfare.
• ▲ Improved all digestion time upgrade multipliers.

Trouble in Zombopolis: Part Two DLC

• ▼ Bite damage was decreased from 50 to 45.

November 2016 Patch

• ▼ Health was decreased from 225 to 215.
• ▼ Rate of fire was decreased from 100 to 85.

Gallery

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare

Armor Chomper in-game

Stickerbook

HD Armor Chomper

Swallowing

Armor Chomper in the Zomboss Down trailer

Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2

Armor Chomper in-game

Appearance

Armor Chomper about to use his Burrow ability

Video

PvZ Garden Warfare Zomboss Down "Armor Chomper" DLC gameplay commentary

Trivia

• Only his teeth, gums and tongue are not made of metal.
• Even if the "Emptied Pockets" upgrade is unlocked, he is still the slowest playable character having the speed of a normal Chomper without a speed upgrade.
• He is one of the five Chomper variants whose stem and leaves have different colors, the others being Count Chompula, Hot Rod Chomper, Chester Chomper, and Chomp Thing.
• Even though he moves slower than the other Chompers, Burrow will still allow him to move at the same speed as a normal Chomper.
• His weapon, Metal Chomp, deals twice the damage of a standard chomp from the front (50 damage per bite instead of 25) and chomps a little faster than half rate, resulting in it being more damaging.

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