Wild West - Day 23

Game

Plants vs. Zombies 2

Statistics

Location

Wild West

Minecarts
and rails

Three

Type

Regular

Flags

Two

Difficulty

Hard

Plants	Zombies
Choice	Summoned:

Rewards

First time

A money bag

Replaying

Same as before

Level

Objective 1

Don't lose more than 1 plant

Objective 2

Don't let the zombies trample
the flowers

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Wild West - Day 23 is the twenty-third level of Wild West. In this level, the player must not lose more than one plant, and must prevent any zombie from trampling the flowers located in the middle of the fourth and fifth columns to win.

Difficulty

This level can be a nuisance without the proper plants. Because of the elements of this level, this can be a hard combination to defeat the zombies with. The Pianist Zombie stands out the most, especially with the player having to lose no more than 1 plant. The player needs a long ranged plant to deal with this, as well as it being powerful. However, there are also Chicken Wrangler Zombie, so plants like Lightning Reed or Snapdragon should be used. The flowers also provide another problem, in addition to the position they are in, right in front of some minecarts. Using plants like Melon-pult and Coconut Cannon on Minecarts are ideal for this level, as they can easily take down some of the more powerful zombies in this level.

Waves

The small number next to the zombie icon means that zombie will always appear in that lane, with 1 being the topmost lane and 5 being the bottommost one.

Waves	Non-dynamic zombies	Ambush zombies	Note(s)
1		None
2		None
3		None
4		None	600%/7 Plant Food
5		None
6	³	None
7		None	100% Plant Food
8	²	None
9		None	First flag; 500%/7 Plant Food
10		None	100% Plant Food
11	² ⁴	None
12	¹ ⁵	None
13	³ ⁵	None
14	¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵	None	100% Plant Food
15		None
16	⁴	None	100% Plant Food
17		None
18	¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵	None	Final flag; 400%/7 Plant Food

Strategies

Strategy 1

Suggested plants
- Twin Sunflower
- Spikerock
- Wall-nut or Tall-nut
- Bonk Choy
- Coconut Cannon
- Lightning Reed
Plant one column of Twin Sunflowers in the first column. If any early zombie comes, plant a Bonk Choy right next to the column with the flowers on the lane the zombie is in. It should be able to defeat the zombie. Plant another Bonk Choy on the next lane that the cowboy is crossing.
If a Conehead Cowboy appears, plant a Wall-nut next to the Bonk Choy to hold it off then plant a Bonk Choy to deal with the Conehead Cowboys.
Continue to do so until the entire column is armed with one Bonk Choy protected by one Wall-nut next to it. Start filling the front of the lawn with Spikerocks starting with the column next to the Wall-nut.
If any of the Wall-nuts looks broken, it is about to die. Plant another Wall-nut or give it plant food to make it last longer.
If a Spikerock has only has one spike left, it is about to die. Plant another Spikerock next to it to protect.
Coconut Cannon could be placed in the minecarts and the tiles not covered by rails. The same applies to lightning reed.
The strategy should look like this with Coconut Cannon, taking into consideration the fact that Pianist Zombie could storm the same lane.

TS	[CC]	CC	\|	BC	WN	SP	(SP)	(SP)
TS	\|	CC	\|	BC	WN	SP	(SP)	(SP)
TS	\|	[CC]	[CC]	BC	WN	SP	(SP)	(SP)
TS	\|	\|	CC	BC	WN	SP	(SP)	(SP)
TS	\|	\|	CC	BC	WN	SP	(SP)	(SP)

With Lightning Reed under the same situation:

TS	[LR]	LR	\|	BC	WN	SP	(SP)	(SP)
TS	\|	LR	\|	BC	WN	SP	(SP)	(SP)
TS	\|	[LR]	[LR]	BC	WN	SP	(SP)	(SP)
TS	\|	\|	LR	BC	WN	SP	(SP)	(SP)
TS	\|	\|	LR	BC	WN	SP	(SP)	(SP)

Legend:

TS = Twin Sunflower
BC = Bonk Choy
WN = Wall-nut
SP = Spikerock
() = Depends on situation
| = mine track
[] = minecart
LR = Lightning Reed

Strategy 2

Created by Bismabrj

Suggested plants:
- Sunflower
- Wall-nut
- Snapdragon (or Cold Snapdragon, although the steps below assume you picked Snapdragon)
- Spikeweed
- Spikerock
- Melon-pult (or Winter Melon, if you have beaten Wild West - Day 24, although the steps below assume you picked Melon-pult)
Before the first flag:
- Plant Sunflowers on the tiles to the left of the flowers that are not minecarts. It is recommended to have at least four sunflowers, preferably on the third and fourth column, excluding the minecarts.
- Until the fifth column is full of Snapdragons and the sixth column is full of Wall-nuts, whenever a zombie comes, be sure to have a Snapdragon and a Wall-nut on the 5th and 6th column of the same row, respectively.
- Plant Spikeweeds on the seventh column. It is optional to also plant these on the eighth column.
- If the fifth column is already full of Snapdragons and the sixth column is already full of Wall-nuts, plant a Wall-nut over a severely damaged one to restore its health, whenever possible.
After the first flag (also applies to the final flag):
- Whenever a Pianist Zombie comes, be sure to have a Spikerock on the ninth column of the same row.
- Continue planting Wall-nuts over severely damaged ones to restore their health, whenever possible.
- Try to afford for Melon-pults to be planted on the minecarts. It is recommended to have at least one Melon-pult on one of the minecarts, preferably the minecart on the second column. Move the Melon-pults accordingly.
During the final flag:
- Have fun using Plant Food on the Melon-pults.