Foot Soldier (PvZ: BfN)

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Foot Soldier
With high morale and no trace of fatigue, Foot Soldiers consider it an honor to serve in the ongoing siege upon Neighborville’s brains.
Health	125
Weapon	Z-1 Assault Blaster
Ammo	40
Damage	Impact
Special	Can shoot ZPG while using Rocket Jump
Range	Close - Long
Role	Attack
Specialty	Attack Versatility
Abilities
Foot Soldiers are highly versatile attackers. They can hit targets at far ranges, provide cover, and eliminate the largest foes with their ZPG.

Foot Soldier is a playable Zombie class in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville. He is an Attack class.

Description

In-game description

Foot Soldiers are highly versatile attackers. They can hit targets at far ranges, provide cover, and elim[in]ate the largest foes with their ZPG.

Primary Weapon

“	Rapid-fire assault pellets	”
—In-game description

Foot Soldier's primary weapon is the Z-1 Assault Blaster, which fires paintball pellets that deal 6 damage each (7 for crits) and fires at a rate of 550 RPM (rounds per minute). Foot Soldier can fire 56 paintballs at a time before needing to reload.

Abilities

Left abilities
Super Stink Cloud	Throw a gas bomb to block enemy-but not your team's-vision.
Center abilities
Rocket Jump	Leap into the air.
Right abilities
ZPG	Launch a highly explosive rocket.

Upgrades

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	Combo		● 2
	Faster refresh time for all abilities by earning multiple vanquishes rapidly. Reduces ability cooldown by 5x for 2 seconds (10 seconds total) for earning multiple vanquishes.

	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.

	Low Life		● 2
	Gain health by earning a vanquish when at low health. Grants 1.666667 health every 0.2 seconds for 3 seconds (25 total health) upon vanquishing an enemy at 20% HP or lower.

	Ammo Thing-A-Ma-Bob		● 2
	Increased ammo capacity for Z-1 Assault Blaster. Increases the Z-1 Assault Blaster's magazine size by 18 rounds.

	Smelling Salts		● 2
	Allies get revived faster when inside Super Stink Cloud. Reduces the time to revive an ally by half when inside Super Stink Cloud.

	Ranger		● 2
	Increased zoom when aiming. Increases zoom magnification by 25% and slightly displaces camera to the left when aiming.

	Shockwave		● 2
	ZPG explosion knocks enemies away. ZPG explosion knocks enemies 10m (32.80 ft) upward and 10m (32.80 ft) backward.

	Fearless		● 2
	Regenerate health when near multiple enemies. When near one-four enemies within a 10m radius, regenerate 2 HP every 0.2 seconds. Can grant overhealth if no health is lost. Bug: On zombies, this upgrade only gives 0.2 HP every 0.2 seconds.

	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.

	Rapid Fire		● 4
	Increased rate of fire while using the Z-1 Assault Blaster. Z-1 Assault Blaster's rate of fire increases by 6 RPM per shot and tops out at 680 RPM (requires at least 24 shots to reach the max rate of fire). Fire rate resets upon releasing the fire button.

	Rocket Leap		● 2
	Distance increased for Rocket Jump.

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

	Sticky!		● 3
	Super Stink Cloud sticks to enemies and surfaces.

	Vampiric		● 3
	Gain health by earning a vanquish. Grants 1.666667 health every 0.2 seconds for 3 seconds (25 total health) upon vanquishing an enemy hero. Can grant overhealth if no health is lost.

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

	Ready Up		● 2
	Use weapons and abilities faster just after sprinting. Reduces sprint exit delay by 6.67x.

	Propellant		● 2
	Faster flight speed of ZPG. Increases ZPG's projectile speed to 500 m/s (1640.42 ft/s).

	Bottomless		● 3
	Z-1 Assault Blaster gains ammo for every vanquish. Adds 22 rounds to the Z-1 Assault Blaster upon vanquishing an enemy.

	Liftoff		● 2
	Cause an explosion at launch when using Rocket Jump. Using Rocket Jump causes an explosion with the following stats: (1.) 50 blast damage; (2.) 2.75m (9.02 ft) inner blast radius; (3.) 4m (13.12 ft) blast radius; (4.) 10 shockwave damage; (5.) 5m (16.4 ft) shockwave radius.

Related achievements

	One-Boot Camp Earn 200 vanquishes as a Foot Soldier.

Strategies

Tips & Tricks

The Super Zombie Stink Cloud can hide you from Kernel Corns Butter Becon if you stand in the cloud, it is useful for helping your team do a sneak attack in Butter Becon. 

Balancing changes

October 2019 patch

• ▲ Z-1 Assault Blaster damage increase 3.95->4.4
• ▲ Z-1 Assault Blaster rate of fire increased 520->550rpm
• ▲ Super Stink Cloud initial velocity increase 22->35m/s
• ▲ Rocket Jump windup delay decreased 0.15-0.1s

November 2019 patch

• ▲ Adjust spawn location and trajectory of Super Stink Cloud to be better aligned with center screen

Early December 2019 TTK Changelist

• ▲ Increase Z-1 Assault Blaster damage 4.4->6.1
• ▲ Increase Z-1 Assault Blaster ammo capacity 40->45
• ▲ Decrease Z-1 Assault Blaster camera recoil
• ▲ Decrease Z-1 Assault Blaster projectile spread when jumping

Gallery

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Background for mobile

Foot Soldier on the official website

Foot Soldier during Character Select

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