Captain Deadbeard (Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville)

For other uses, see Captain Deadbeard (disambiguation).

Captain Deadbeard is a playable zombie class in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. He is a Defend class who specializes in long-range attacks, via either his Spyglass Shot sniper weapon or through his aerial Parrot Pal drone. His Cannon Rodeo ability from Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 has been replaced with Anchor's Away, a grappling hook to give Captain Deadbeard more mobility in order to reach more strategic positions. Furthermore, he can also now charge up his Spyglass Shot weapon the longer he is scoped in for in order to do more damage and his Scurvy Scattershot now deals many small and weak hitboxes instead of one large and powerful hitbox.

Description[]

In-game description[]

Captain Deadbeards are long-range specialists. Use abilities to get to high ground or take to the air with your Parrot Drone to attack from above

Weapons[]

Primary Weapon[]

“	Close-range scrap blast weapon	”
—In-game description

Captain Deadbeard's primary weapon is the Scurvy Scattershot, which fires 16 projectiles in a widespread. It deals 2 damage per projectile (max of 32 damage if all projectiles hit an enemy). It uses two ammo and can be fired 10 times in a row before needing to be reloaded.

Secondary Weapon[]

“	Hold [Zoom] for long range mode. Charged shots deal additional damage	”
—In-game description

Captain Deadbeard's secondary weapon is the Spyglass Shot. Spyglass Shot has 3 charge levels, with the damage increasing the more it is charged. Uncharged shots will only deal 5 damage (7 critical). The 1st charge will deal 15 damage (23 for crits). The 2nd charge will deal 34 damage (55 critical). A fully charged shot will deal 62 damage (98 critical). For each charge, one extra ammo is used.

Abilities[]

Left abilities
Barrel Blast	Hide in a short-fused powder keg. Light fuse with [?].
Center abilities
Parrot Pal	Control a flying Parrot Drone.
Right abilities
Anchor's Away	Choose a destination and press [?] to launch yourself.

Upgrades[]

	Refreshing Revive		● 1
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by reviving an ally. Reduces ability cooldown by 5x for 2 seconds (10 seconds total) when a teammate is revived.

	Rough Patch		● 1
	Spawn with more health after suffering multiple vanquishes in a row. After dying three times in a row, spawn with the maximum amount of overhealth for the currently used class after respawning or being revived.

	Powder Keg		● 1
	Captain Deadbeard gets launched higher from Barrel Blast. Barrel Blast launches Captain Deadbeard 11.5m (37.73 ft) upward.

	Best Defense		● 3
	Briefly reduce incoming damage by earning a critical vanquish. Can stack 3 times. Reduces incoming damage by 10% for 10 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy. Stacks up to 3 times for a total of 27.1% damage resistance.

	Health Regeneration		● 2
	Faster health regeneration. Doubles health regeneration rate.

	Health Regeneration Delay		● 2
	Reduced time between taking damage and when health regeneration activates. Reduces the time required to start health regeneration by half (4 seconds).

	Leveling Up		● 2
	Earn XP faster. Increases the amount of XP earned by 10%. Does not affect the XP Machine in Giddy Park.

	Critical Blow		● 3
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by earning a critical vanquish. Reduces ability cooldown by 5.5 seconds upon critically vanquishing an enemy.

	Incoming Keg		● 3
	Move faster while in Barrel Blast. Move 40.3509% faster while in Barrel Blast.

	Wind Chilled		● 3
	Reduced overheat for Parrot Pulse weapon. Each shot reduces the overheat percentage by 1.333333 percentage points.

	Scuttle Shot		● 2
	Scurvy Scattershot knocks enemies away when dealing damage. Scurvy Scattershot knocks enemies 2.5m (8.2 ft) upward and 9m (29.53 ft) backward. Enemies can only be knocked back when their 2.5m (8.20 ft) near Captain Deadbeard.

	Fallback		● 3
	Move faster when at low health. Increases movement speed by 20% upon reaching 20% HP or below.

	Speedy		● 3
	Move faster, except when sprinting. Increases walking speed by 12.9032%.

	Aye Spy		● 2
	Improved view on Spyglass Shot lens when zoomed. Decreases tunnel vision effect by 50%.

	Plunder		● 3
	Faster refresh time of Eggsplosion by dealing critical damage with Parrot Pal. Every 4 critical hits with Parrot Pal reduces Eggsplosion's cooldown timer by up to 4 seconds.

	Long Barrel		● 3
	Reduced spread of Scurvy Scattershot. Reduces Scurvy Scattershot's spread by 50%.

	Freebie		● 3
	Gain ammo for Spyglass Shot when vanquishing enemies at max charge. Adds 7 rounds to the Spyglass Shot upon earning a fully charged vanquish.

	Heavy Metal		● 2
	Start with max zoom damage for short time after activating Anchor's Away. Gain an instant full charge on Spyglass Shot after using Anchor's Away.

	Shore Leave		● 2
	Move faster for a short time after landing from Anchor's Away. Increases movement speed by 30% for 5 seconds after using Anchor's Away.

	Adrenaline Rush		● 3
	Move faster for a short time by earning a vanquish. Increases movement speed by 40% for 3 seconds upon vanquishing an enemy.

Related achievement[]

	Aye Spy with My Little Aye Earn 200 vanquishes as a Captain Deadbeard.

Strategies[]

With[]

Captain Deadbeard can be thought of as a Scientist and a Cactus combined into a class. He plays like the Cactus in terms of long-range, yet he can hold his own in close combat, like the Scientist. His Barrel Blast, when given upgrades, is very versatile. Not only does it give you a defense boost when in the barrel, but it gives you a speed boost when lit, and does a lot of damage. His Parrot Pal is small, agile and does a good amount of damage, plus the Eggsplosion carpet bombs an area and does more damage than the Big Bulb Barrage, making it a very solid ability against multiple enemies. Lastly, the Anchor's Away allows you to either get onto higher ground, escape or if very desperate you can hit your aggressor with the anchor for 50 damage. However his major weakness is mid-range, as it is his blind spot, so be wary of characters like the Kernel Corn, Night Cap and Sunflower. His low health means that he is easy to kill.

Overall, Captain Deadbeard is a solid sniper, who can be a threat at and long-range and can hold his own at close range.

Against[]

Captain Deadbeard is very threatening in long-range as a 2-4 fully charged shot can instantly vanquish any character, and his shotgun is solid, like the Scientist. However, his average health, no good tools at mid-range and lack of versatility in close range means that he isn't that threatening at mid to close range. The best plant to counter Deadbeard would be Rose. Since she has homing equipped with her weapon, you don't really have to fully aim, Arcane Enigma can protect you from Barrel Blast, and can get you farther away from him. Jinx can help you do more damage, plus Goatify can nullify any attempt to get you.

Balancing changes[]

October 2019 patch[]

▲ Removed delay after button input of Barrel Blast
▲ Reduced time between activation and being able to light fuse with Barrel Blast 2.5->1.25s

November 27 2019 Update (Pre-TTK)[]

▲ Remove weapon deploy time for Spyglass Shot
▼ Barrel Blast barrel health decreased from 150->85
▼ Parrot Drone's Eggsplosion initial blast damage decreased 75->65
▼ Parrot Drone's Eggsplosion blast radius of cluster eggs decreased 3.2->2.25
▼ Add initial cooldown when parrot is summoned

Early December 2019 TTK Changelist[]

▲ Increase Spyglass Shot ammo capacity 12->20
▲ Increase Scurvy Scattershot ammo capacity 12->20
▲ Increase Scurvy Scattershot damage per projectile 1.61->1.9
▲ Barrel Blast barrel health increased from 85->100
▲ Parrot Drone's Parrot Pulse damage increased 7->8.2
▲ Decrease overheat penalty for Parrot Drone's Parrot Pulse 3.0->1.0
▲ Increase Parrot Drone's Parrot Pulse initial speed 150->350
▼ Added bullet speed fall off for Parrot Drone's Parrot Pulse
▼ Decrease Eggsplosion initial blast damage 65->50

March 2020 patch[]

Anchor Shot
- Fix issue with targeting arc not turning off after being revived if vanquished with weapon primed
- ▲ Increase damage 20->50
- Adjust trajectory to be more center screen aligned
Eggsplosion
- Fix issue with ability refresh timer not resetting
Upgrade Powder Keg
- ▼ Remove secondary explosion
  - This fixes a glitch with this upgrade where equipping it will cause the Barrel Blast to deal 300 damage
Upgrade Heavy Metal
- Updated description to match gameplay; full charges lasts until next shot
Upgrade Long Barrel
- Fix issue with reticle not adjusting to new accuracy

May 2020 patch[]

Barrel Blast
- ▼ Decrease shockwave radius 7->5 m
Anchor's Away
- Switch cancel buttons from interact to ability button
Eggsplosion
- ▲ Increase main egg blast radius 4.5->5 m
- ▼ Decrease main egg shockwave radius 10->5.25 m
- ▼ Decrease cluster egg shockwave radius 5->2.5 m

September 2020 patch

Scurvy Scattershot
- ▲ Decreased pellet spread, multiplier 0.1->0.07x
- ▲ Increased damage 1.9->2.36 per pellet
Spyglass Shot
- ▼ Increased dispersion when in air from 0->1.6 degrees
Parrot Pulse
- ▼ Decreased damage 8.2->8
- ▲ Increased rate of fire 370->390
- ▼ Increased overheat rate 0.125->0.2 heat per second
- ▲ Decreased time until heat dissipates 0.4->0.2 seconds
- ▲ Decreased accuracy loss per shot from 1->0.04 degrees
- ▲ Increased initial velocity of projectiles 350->400 m/s
- ▲ Increased projectile drag start distance 15->20 meters
- ▲ Increased projectile drag stop distance 30->45 meters
- ▲ Increased projectile velocity post drag 200->250 m/s
- Adjusted base and aim camera position
Upgrade Scuttle Shot
- ▲ Decreased equip cost 3->2
- Now only knocks back enemies who are close
Upgrade Long Barrel
- ▲ Decreased angle of spread on inner projectiles from 0.375->0.175 degrees
- ▲ Decreased angle of spread on outer projectiles from 0.25->0.10 degrees
Upgrade Plunder
- Triggers every 4 critical hits instead of on every critical hit
- ▲ Increased refresh rate multiplier from 1.5->2x
Upgrade Aye Spy
- ▲ Decreased equip cost 3->2
Upgrade Shore Leave
- ▲ Decreased equip cost 4->2
Upgrade Heavy Metal
- ▲ Decreased equip cost 4->2
- Added VFX to signify that max zoom damage is active
Upgrade Freebie
- ▲ Increased ammo gain 4->7

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In other languages[]

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Captain Deadbeard
Traditional Chinese	死鬚船長
Dutch	Kapitein Doodbaard
French	Capitaine Barbemort
German	Käpt'n Totbart
Italian	Capitan Barbamorta
Japanese	デッドビアード船長
Korean	데드비어드 선장
Polish	Kapitan Siwobrody
Brazilian Portuguese	Capitão Barbamorta
Russian	Бородатый Капитан
Spanish	Capitán Mortacho
Latin American Spanish	Capitán Barbamuerta