Imp-Throwing Gargantuar

Imp-Throwing Gargantuar
Statistics
Strength	5
Health	5
Cost	5
Set	Premium
Rarity	Rare
Class
Tribe	Pirate Gargantuar Zombie
Traits	None
Abilities	When hurt: Make a 1/1 Swabbie with Amphibious in a random lane.
Seems like a better idea than a Gargantuar-Throwing Imp.

Imp-Throwing Gargantuar is a premium rare zombie card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the Crazy class. He costs 5 to play and has 5/5. He doesn't have any traits, and his ability makes a Swabbie on a random lane every time he takes damage, unless all other lanes are occupied.

Origins

He is based on Gargantuar Pirate in Plants vs. Zombies 2.

His ability is a reference to how Gargantuars throw Imps at half health.

Statistics

• Class: Crazy
• Tribes: Pirate Gargantuar Zombie
• Traits: None
• Ability: When hurt: Make a with Amphibious in a random lane.
• Set - Rarity: Premium - Rare

Card description

Seems like a better idea than a Gargantuar-Throwing Imp.

Update history

Update 1.2.11

• Rarity change: Uncommon → Common
• ▲ Ability change: Imp-Throwing Gargantuar can now throw Swabbies on aquatic lanes.

Update 1.4.14

• Design change: The Imp on his back was redesigned from a normal Imp to an Imp Commander without his hat and hook.

Update 1.6.27

• Design change: The Imp on his back is now redesigned back to a Swabbie.
• Ability now mentions that he throws Swabbies on random lanes.

Update 1.14.13

• Set - Rarity change: Basic - Common → Premium - Rare

Update 1.16.10

• Sound effect change: Now uses Gargantuar-Throwing Imp's sound effects.
• Sound effect change: Now uses his previous sound effects.

Update 1.22.13

• The sound effects were completely abandoned from said update.

Update 1.24.6

• Description change: Was originally More successful than the Gargantuar-Throwing Imp.

Strategies

With

This Gargantuar is a pretty average zombie for its brain cost. However, his ability to make Swabbies when hurt can be used to block the attack of an Anti-Hero plant, a hard-hitting plant, or an Amphibious plant, or just land 1 free damage on the plant or the plant hero. This can easily fill all lanes with Swabbies, making Zombot's Wrath and Bad Moon Rising a very good combination with this zombie. Unlife of the Party also goes great with Imp-Throwing Gargantuar. Since this zombie is a Gargantuar zombie, Smashing Gargantuar and Wizard Gargantuar can give this theFrenzy/Bullseye traits respectively. Additionally, he is also a pirate zombie, so Impfinity can use this with Swashbuckler Zombie.

Since the Swabbies made have very low stats, Valkyrie and Frankentuar can be boosted greatly for each Swabbie destroyed.

Because his ability only activates when he is hurt, you should try to keep the damage done to this zombie as low as possible. Healing or boosting Imp-Throwing Gargantuar's health can also be a good idea, but only Z-Mech and Electric Boogaloo can do this. You can also play this in Spikeweed Sector or Hot Lava to make a free Swabbie before combat.

Impfinity can use this with Toxic Waste Imp and against high-health plants, as the Deadly trait allows the Swabbies to destroy plants with one hit, provided they don't have the Armored trait or are shielded. Just keep in mind that Imp-Throwing Gargantuar is not in the Imp tribe, but the Swabbies made are.

Z-Mech and Professor Brainstorm can use the Swabbies made by Imp-Throwing Gargantuar to work around their lack of Amphibious zombies.

Against

Against Imp-Throwing Gargantuar, the fewer number of attacks needed to destroy him, the better. A plant with 5 or more strength or more can take him out easily in one hit. Instant-kill cards like Squash and Lawnmower do not activate Imp-Throwing Gargantuar's ability, so it is useful as well. Transforming this zombie with Goatify or Transmogrify is also an option, though not the best sometimes.

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Imp-Throwing Gargantuar
Simplified Chinese	投小鬼的巨尸
Traditional Chinese	投小殭屍的巨型殭屍
French	Gargantua lanceur de diablotins
German	Wicht-schleudernder Gargantua
Italian	Orco lanciazombolini
Japanese	インプ投げガルガンチュア
Korean	임프를 던지는 거인
Brazilian Portuguese	Devorador Lança-zumbinhos
Russian	Гаргантюа с бесятами
Spanish	Zombistein lanzazombiditos

Trivia

• Unlike his Plants vs. Zombies 2 counterpart, he actually throws the Imps, rather than them being shot out of the cannon strapped on his back. This cannon is present on his card, but isn't shown in-game.
  • Also on his card art, there is a regular Imp on his back, despite the Imp having been redesigned to be a Swabbie.
• In the tutorial, Super Brainz can use him despite not being a Crazy hero.
• His description foreshadowed the addition of Gargantuar-Throwing Imp.
• He is the only Gargantuars in the game, who use imp as ability

See also

• Hippity Hop Gargantuar

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