Survival: Fog (Hard)/Strategies

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Strategy 1

by RisingDuskFTW

Note: This guide was found by me, but was created by YouTuber Sentientsword. He is a small YouTuber (311 subscribers) but has been making videos for years semi-regularly. Go check his PvZ guides out and give him some support!

This strategy revolves around Gloom-shrooms, Melon-pult and Cattail.

Round 1 (Waves 1 – 2)

For this round, you will need:

• Sunflower
• Puff-shroom
• Fume-shroom
• Lily Pad
• Plantern
• Pumpkin
• Twin Sunflower
• Gloom-shroom
• Cattail
• Squash (For 10 seed slots)

Start by planting Sunflower in columns 1 & 2, including the pool tiles. Meanwhile, plant Puff-shrooms in column 6. Whenever a Zombie appears, plant a second Puff-shroom behind the first. When a Conehead Zombie appears, plant a third Puff-shroom down. As soon as column 1 & 2 are filled with Sunflowers, plant a Cattail in column 3. Start planting Twin Sunflowers and then Fume-shrooms behind the Puff-shrooms. Next, plant a second Cattail in the other pool row. Once this is set up, plant a Pumpkin around a Plantern in column 7 in either Row 2 or 5. Plant another in the other row. Now, plant 1 Gloom-shroom in column 7 row 1 & 6, as well as just in front of the Cattails. Put Pumpkins around the Gloom-shrooms. By now, the 2nd wave will have finished and your backyard should look something like this:

Ts	Ts	Fs	Ps	Ps	Ps	(Gs)
Ts	Ts	Fs	Ps	Ps	Ps	(P)
Ts	Ts	Ct	(Gs)
S	S	Ct	(Gs)
S	S	Fs	Ps	Ps	Ps	(P)
S	S	Fs	Ps	Ps	Ps	(Gs)

Legend:

• Ts = Twin Sunflower
• S = Sunflower
• Fs = Fume-shroom
• Ct = Cattail
• Ps = Puff-shroom
• Gs = Gloom-shroom
• P = Plantern
• (_) = Pumpkin

Round 2 (Waves 3 – 4)

For this round you will need:

• Fume-shroom
• Lily Pad
• Spikeweed
• Pumpkin
• Melon-pult
• Twin Sunflower
• Gloom-shroom
• Spikerock
• Imitater Pumpkin
• Squash (For 10 seed slots)

From now, you want to develop your defences stronger. Start planting Spikeweed and Spikerock on the ground, as you continue creating Twin Sunflowers. Replace the back row of Puff-shrooms with Melon-pults and create Gloom-shrooms with Pumpkins in line with the Planterns in the pool. Create another one just in front of each Gloom-shroom as well. You can also start planting pumpkins around the Puff-shrooms. By the end of wave 4, your backyard should look something like:

Ts	Ts	Fs	Mp	Mp	(Ps)	(Gs)	Sr	Sr
Ts	Ts	Fs	Mp	Mp	(Ps)	(P)	Sw	Sr
Ts	Ts	Ct	(Gs)			(Gs)	(Gs)
Ts	Ts	Ct	(Gs)			(Gs)	(Gs)
Ts	Ts	Fs	Mp	Mp	Ps	(P)	Sw	Sr
Ts	Ts	Fs	Mp	Ps	(Ps)	(Gs)	Sw	Sr

Round 3, 4 & 5 (Waves 5 – 10)

To start, you will need to bring:

• Fume-shroom
• Lily Pad
• Pumpkin
• Melon-pult
• Gloom-shroom
• Winter Melon
• Spikerock
• Imitater Pumpkin
• Any other plant

Now, you keep planting Spikerock, replacing Puff-shrooms with Melon-pults, planting Gloom-shrooms in the pool and surrounding everything with Pumpkins. Additionally, You can start turning 1 column of Melon-pults into Winter Melons, change column 2 row 2 & 5 into Gloom-shrooms and put Pumpkins around the back column of Twin Sunflowers. This will protect you from Digger Zombies. After all the Spikerocks, Winter Melons and Digger Zombie protection is done, you can continue changing Puff-shrooms to Melon-pults and placing Pumpkins around everything. You may want to bring some Spikeweed later to replace destroyed Spikerock.

Again, this strategy was found at the YouTube channel called Sentientsword, so go give him some support if this strategy worked.

Strategy 2: Night of Melons

(Just to let you know, Soulslayer696969 made this. I am a Nintendo DS player, so keep in mind sometimes certain things may be different)

Flags 1 & 2

For the start, you want Rake. Buy that from Crazy Dave then get these plants: Sunflower, Twin Sunflower, Sun-Shroom, Fume-Shroom, Snow Pea, Puff-Shroom, Sea-Shroom, Lily Pad, and Squash. (If 10 Plant Slots, add in Pumpkin)

First you will need to plant Puff-Shrooms and Sea-Shrooms at the 6th column and beyond that point. Plant Sunflowers all in columns 1, and 2, but leaving the top and bottom of column 2 for Sun-Shroom. Do not plant Sunflowers or Sun-Shrooms in the Pool column 2. Leave those for your Fume-Shrooms. Next up is Fume-Shrooms. Keep planting those guys until you have 3 of them in all of the columns, 3, 4, 5 for non-pool columns, and 2, 3, 4 for pool columns. After this start upgrading the Sunflowers. You can also replace the Sun-Shrooms with Sunflowers later on. Before the 1st Flag, get out 1 or 2 columns of Snow Peas. (Place them in 3, 4, 5 for non-pool columns, and 2, 3, 4 for pool columns.) After the 1st Flag, get out your 3rd column of Snow Peas. Do the same, but for columns 5 for non-pool, and 4 for pool. Keep on planting Puff-Shrooms and Sea-Shrooms, as they are still useful. You should also upgrade your Sunflowers to Twin Sunflowers after getting 3 columns of Snow Peas. You will be fine for the 2nd flag so if there are any plants being destroyed, be fast and replant them.

Flags 3 & 4

For these flags, this becomes different. Select Twin Sunflower if you didn’t get all of your Sunflowers upgraded, Fume-Shroom and Gloom Shroom, and Pumpkin if there are Digger Zombies, Cat Tail, Melon-Pult and Winter-Pult. If there are no Digger Zombies, take in Magnet-Shroom is needed as well. Plantern is also needed. Blover if Balloon Zombies, and then lastly, Imitator Pumpkin.

Begin by upgrading Sunflowers to Twin Sunflowers, and plant Pumpkin and Imatator Pumpkin, get out Melon-Pults at where you have Snow Peas at non-pool columns and pool columns. Upgrade the Melon-Pults to Winter-Pults as well. Shovel a Sunflower at the column near the pool (column 2, row 2). And do the same for the other side. (Column 2, Row 5). And put a Fume-Shroom and upgrade it to Gloom Shroom before the 1st Wave comes in. Keep on planting Melon-Pults and Winter-Pults, and have them reach Magnet-Shroom column. (It’s before the Planterns.) Plant Catails at the Pool Columns before 1st wave. At least 4 should be ok. Make sure you have Melon-Pults and Winter-Pults at that row and columns as well. (Pool Columns and Rows.) Keep doing this and you should be ok. After 1st Wave, do what you do for Melon-Pults, and keep planting Pumpkins at the Sunflower area. Do this for Gloom Shrooms as well. 2nd Wave, do the same for 1st Wave.

Flags 5 & 6

Now, we are getting to a part where instants are needed.

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