Oak Archery

歪比巴卜！

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Oak Archery (橡树射箭; pinyin: xiàngshù shèjiàn) is the third Brain Buster exclusive to Dark Ages in the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2. In this Brain Buster, the player must defend a single Oak Archer against a barrage of Wizard Zombies, Archmage Zombies, and Dark Ages Gargantuars. In their current form, all levels with this Brain Buster have two flags. To accomplish this, the player is granted three types of arrows to shoot at the zombies by tapping your targets. The game will end and the player will lose if the Oak Archer is defeated. This type of level is featured in Dark Ages - Night 15, and Dark Ages - Night 23. Originally to unlock this Brain Buster, the player needed to obtain 5 Dark Ages keys.

Level 1 arrows allow the player to defeat zombies with three hits. These arrows replenish in sets of 12 every ten seconds once exhausted. Level 2 arrows have a bluish glow around them and will instantly defeat any zombie (excluding Gargantuars). Level 3 arrows glow gold and will fire five arrows at once, each in a different frontal direction. They are well-used as a last resort. There is only a limited number of level 2 and 3 arrows as they do not replenish automatically, and an unlimited number of Level 1 arrows which must recharge, so the player must use them wisely.

There are three different types of Power Ups in the form of power spheres that will spawn on the lawn alongside zombies: Blue power spheres which will replenish eight level 2 arrows, Yellow power spheres which will replenish five level 3 arrows, and green health spheres which will replenish some of the Oak Archer's health.

Hitting any zombie in the head will inflict a "headshot" and deal up to triple the damage of a regular shot to the zombie. Getting consecutive headshots will also reward you with a multiplier which will allow you to obtain a higher score (and upon victory more coins).

There are four different types of zombies that will appear in this Brain Buster: Wizard Zombies which can withstand one headshot, Archmage Zombies which can withstand two headshots, Dark Ages Gargantuars which can withstand 30 (from level 3 arrows) 60 (from level 2 arrows) and 100 (from standard arrows) headshots, and Imp Monk Zombies which can withstand one headshot but are thrown in groups by the Dark Ages Gargantuars very close to the Oak Archer.

Levels

All levels give a star upon completion for the first time, and two stars for the completion of their Hard Mode variants.

Level	Plants	Zombies	Flags
Night 15			Two
Night 23			Two
Night 15 (Hard Mode)		:	Two
Night 23 (Hard Mode)		: :	Two

 (Archived content)

Level	Plants	Zombies	Flags
Tutorial (Night 22)			Two
Oak Archery I			Two
Oak Archery II			Three
Oak Archery III			Four

Strategy

• Save your level 3 arrows for big clusters of zombies. Use them only on Gargantuars if you have no level 2 arrows left as they are common.
• If left a choice, never use level 1 arrows on Gargantuars, as you will not have enough to fend off all the Imps it throws.
• Note that Imps do far more damage than Wizard Zombies and Archmage Zombies.
• Do not become dependent on level 2 arrows, as you'll soon run out when Power Spheres become scarce.
• Shoot power spheres immediately. They will only appear for a limited time and are the key to victory. Use level 2 arrows to obliterate zombies blocking the spheres.

Gallery

Headshot indicator

Oak Archer and health bar

Level 2 arrow blue power sphere

Level 3 arrow yellow power sphere

Green health sphere

Sprites and assets (1)

Sprites and assets (2)

Trivia

• Oak Archer shoots three levels of arrows. However, the level 3 arrows are gold, unlike other level 3 items in the game, which are purple.
• Oak Archery is the sixth Brain Buster to involve only one plant, the others being Cannons Away, All by Oneself, Gluttonous Hungry Guacodile, Air Raid, and Whack-a-Zombie.
  • Coincidentally, these Brain Busters except Cannons Away are exclusive to the Chinese version.
• The Level 1 arrow recharging system resembles the charging system of the player's shooting weapon in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare.
• This and PvP Mode are the only modes/Brain Busters where Wizard Zombie shoots fireballs.
• This is the fourth Brain Buster to use Power Ups, the others being Vasebreaker, One Gun Guard, and Whack-a-Zombie.
• In screenshots of gameplay of this minigame before it officially released, there were various differences, such as there being Dr. Zomboss, Peasant Zombie, and Crazy Dave targets and a three live system. However, the minigame was not any different.

See also

• Oak Archer

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