Changes: Zombie Hamsterball

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Hamster Ball Seed Selection (Battlez) — An empty Zombie Hamsterball

Zombie Hamsterballs are items in Plants vs. Zombies 2 that were introduced in the 6.9.1 update. It can come with nearly any of the existing zombies inside it, including Gargantuars, and significantly increases the speed of the zombie it contains, but breaks after absorbing a limited amount of shots. It kills any plants instantly by rolling into them, similar to Barrel Roller Zombie's barrel. After it kills a plant, its speed will decrease. It is only available in Battlez and will appear during "HAMSTER BRAWL!" ambushes. Any zombie inside of a Hamsterball is unable to use any of their special abilities.

Alongside these abilities, Zombie Hamsterballs can appear with Plant Family icons on them, which will show what plants the Hamsterball is weak or strong against.

Origins

They are based on the real life object, known as the hamster ball, a type of exercise equipment for hamsters and other small rodents. However, these balls are resized for zombies to use.

Encounters

Battlez:

Homing Thistle's Tournament
Starfruit's Tournament
Cactus' Tournament
Fire Peashooter's Tournament

Strategies

A Spikerock can instantly destroy it, but it will remove a spike on it. This however, will not work if the hamster ball approaches the Spikerock using a slider tile. Spikeweeds can also be used for their cheaper price and just as fast recharge, although they will only take one roll. The most effective way to counter the Hamster Ball is to use the Spear-mint, which creates five Spikerocks, therefore quickly nullifying the Hamsterball threat. If using Spikerock is not possible due to zombies like Troglobites, then Squash (lv 3+) can also be very effective due the the Hamsterball's large hitbox, making it take damage from all three smashes, while not being able move forwards while being squashed..

Players should also pay attention to the icons that appear on the Hamsterballs, as that helps show how to defeat them quickly.

Gallery

Trivia

According to a blog by PopCap representative Haemophilus_EA, the Zombie Hamsterballs were invented by Dr. Zomboss.
There are a few zombies that cannot be placed in a Zombie Hamsterball (such as Pianist Zombie, due to his piano).

Headwear	Roadcone · Bucket^† · Football helmet^† (black) · Hard hat · Hats · Helmet · Sombrero · Feather hat · Knight helm^† · Ice block · Skull · Egg · Brick · Galea^†
Shields	Newspaper · Screen door^† · Ladder^† · Trash can^† · Target · Barrel · Sarcophagus · Poncho · Surfboard · Lance · Clamshell · Shovel · Parasol · Tent · Arcade machine · Speaker · Egg · Wheelbarrow · Flying Machine
Vaulting abilities	Pole · Dolphin · Pogo stick^† · Segway
Weapons	Jack-in-the-box^† · Barbell^† · Torch · Surfboard · Lance · Clamshell · Shovel · Speaker · Syringe · Wheelbarrow · Flying Machine
Others	Pickaxe^† · Bobsled · Balloon · Necklace^† · Rocket · Hamsterball
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 ==Strategies==
 A [[Spikerock]] can instantly destroy it, but it will remove a spike on it. This however, will not work if the hamster ball approaches the Spikerock using a slider tile. Spikeweeds can also be used for their cheaper price and just as fast recharge, although they will only take one roll. The most effective way to counter the Hamster Ball is to use the [[Spear-mint]], which creates five Spikerocks, therefore quickly nullifying the Hamsterball threat.
-If using Spikerock is not possilbe due to zombies like [[Troglobite]]s, then [[Squash]] (lv 3+) can also be very effective due the the Hamsterball's large hitbox, making it take damage from all three smashes, while not being able move forwards while being squashed..
+If using Spikerock is not possible due to zombies like [[Troglobite]]s, then [[Squash]] (lv 3+) can also be very effective due the the Hamsterball's large hitbox, making it take damage from all three smashes, while not being able move forwards while being squashed..
 Players should also pay attention to the icons that appear on the Hamsterballs, as that helps show how to defeat them quickly.