Zombot Sphinx-inator

Zombot Sphinx-inator is the boss of Ancient Egypt in Plants vs. Zombies 2 controlled by Dr. Zomboss, and is battled in Ancient Egypt - Day 25, Day 35 and possibly Modern Day - Day 32. It can send out any zombie from Ancient Egypt, excluding the Flag Mummy Zombie, Ra Zombie, and Camel Zombies. It takes up a two-by-two area at the right side of the lawn, jumping to different rows occasionally. It can send out zombies in two rows at a time, and it can only be attacked in the two rows it occupies at any one time. Unlike the original Zombot, the Sphinx-inator can be attacked at any time, provided there are plants in the same row he moves to.

In Arena, defeating the Sphinx-inator will award 10000 points, increasing by 10000 points each time the Sphinx-inator is defeated. Higher leagues will increase a multiplier for points scored, with a maximum of 5x in Jade league.

Almanac entry

International version

TOUGHNESS Undying SPEED Hungry	Zombot Sphinx-inator
The destroyer of plants from the ancient sands. Special: missile attack can create tombstones To add that extra bit of wickedness to the Sphinx-inator Dr. Zomboss chiseled his creation from the stonework of cursed tombs. You should not take this instance of reuse and recycle to mean he's going green. The only thing green about him is his tongue.

Chinese version (China only)

Overview

The Zombot Sphinx-inator approximately absorbs 18500 damage per shot. Its appearance changes upon absorbing 4000 and 12000 damage per shot before dying at 18500 damage per shot.

Phases

The Zombot Sphinx-inator randomly performs one of the following actions:

• Warps in zombies.
• A target will appear on a random space and the Sphinx-inator will shoot a missile at that space, destroying any plant on it unless that plant is using Plant Food, attempting to create two tombstones in an adjacent tile. On Day 35, the missiles will create four tombstones instead of two. If the player quickly selects a plant and plant on the tile the bone's about to land, the tombstone will not be created and the plant will remain.
• The Sphinx-inator will tap its front two legs on the ground, step back, and then charge forwards, destroying all plants and zombies in two rows. It will then stop short of the lawn mowers, and jump back to the rightmost column.
  • The attack will be cancelled if a plant fed with Plant Food attacks it.
  • A Wall-nut boosted with Plant Food will also have its armor stop the attack at the cost of destroying the armor, but the Zombot Sphinx-inator will not take any direct damage.

Ancient Egypt - Day 25

Phase	Health	Summoned zombies	Attacks
1	4000 dps		Charges into a row, destroying all plants and zombies in the row Fires missiles that can summon tombstones
2	8000 dps	(summons )	Charges into a row, destroying all plants and zombies in the row Fires missiles that can summon tombstones
3	6500 dps		Charges into a row, destroying all plants and zombies in the row Fires missiles that can summon tombstones

Ancient Egypt - Ultimate Challenge (China only)

Phase	Health	Summoned zombies	Attacks
1	4000 dps		Fires missiles that can summon tombstones
2	8000 dps		Charges into a row, destroying all plants and zombies in the rows Fires missiles that can summon tombstones
3	6500 dps		Charges into a row, destroying all plants and zombies in the row Fires missiles that can summon tombstones

Ancient Egypt - Day 35

Phase	Health	Summoned zombies	Attacks
1	8000 dps		Charges into a row, destroying all plants and zombies in the row Fires missiles that can summon tombstones
2	16000 dps		Charges into a row, destroying all plants and zombies in the row Fires missiles that can summon tombstones
3	15000 dps	(summons )	Charges into a row, destroying all plants and zombies in the row Fires missiles that can summon tombstones

Modern Day - Day 32

Phase	Health	Summoned zombies	Attacks
1	5000 dps		Charges into a row, destroying all plants and zombies in the row Fires missiles that can summon tombstones
2	9000 dps	(summons )	Charges into a row, destroying all plants and zombies in the row Fires missiles that can summon tombstones
3	8500 dps		Charges into a row, destroying all plants and zombies in the row Fires missiles that can summon tombstones

Arena and Penny's Pursuit

Phase	Health	Summoned zombies (Depends on damage)	Attacks
Depends on damage	Infinite dps	(summons )	Charges into a row, destroying all plants and zombies in the row Fires missiles that can summon tombstones

Strategies

See Ancient Egypt - Day 25, Ancient Egypt - Day 35, Modern Day - Day 32, and Ancient Egypt - Ultimate Challenge.

Gallery

Plants vs. Zombies 2

Almanac entry part 1

Almanac entry part 2

Almanac icon

Battling the Zombot Sphinx-inator

The Zombot Sphinx-inator defeated

The Zombot Sphinx-inator defeated while frozen

The Zombot Sphinx-inator teleporting out of the level after claiming the Ancient Egypt Trophy

Another official photo of Zombot Sphinx-inator at the Facebook page

A shadow of Zombot Sphinx-inator found in the official Facebook page

A message to stop Dr. Zomboss

Another message to stop Dr. Zomboss

The Zombot Sphinx-inator coming out of a sand tornado

An example of summoning Camel Zombies

Zombot Sphinx-inator in Arena

Zombot Sphinx-inator in Penny's Pursuit

Zombot Sphinx-inator in an advertisement for Zoybean Pod's BOSS FIGHT Tournament in Arena

Zombot Sphinx-inator in an advertisement for Ice Bloom's BOSS FIGHT Tournament in Arena

Zombot Sphinx-inator under Stallia's slowing effect

Location of the trophy

Zombot Sphinx-inator advertisement

HD Zombot Sphinx-inator

Sprites and assets

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Chinese version (China only)

Almanac entry (Note: The zombie's title name is written as Dr. Zomboss instead of Zombot Sphinx-inator)

A gameplay of a Zomboss Battle (Level 1)

The Zombot Sphinx-inator's boss event icon.

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Videos

Plants Vs. Zombies 2 Music - Dr. ZomBoss Fight ☿ HD ☿

The music heard while playing the level

Egypt Zomboss Last Stand Plants vs Zombies 2 Chinese Gameplay

Egypt Zomboss - Last Stand Hard - Plants vs Zombies 2 Chinese Gameplay

Plants vs. Zombies 2 ZomBoss - Prize Ancient Egypt Trophy Ancient Egypt Day 25 (Ep.31)-0

By Alex5432000

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Trivia

• Its Almanac entry says the only thing green about Dr. Zomboss is his tongue. However, his tongue is not green, but rather pink.
• When the Zombot Sphinx-inator is frozen and about to shoot a missile, it will be blue, but when it comes back from the top, it is no longer frozen.
• Before the 2.3 update, if an Iceberg Lettuce was hit with a missile the machine will be slowed down.
• The missiles launch Tomb Raiser Zombie's bones on tiles surrounding where it hit on tiles. Of the player acts fast enough, they can plant on the tiles they are falling onto, so the tombstones will not be created.
• In the Chinese version, its Almanac icon looks different as it shows the Zombot's full body.
• In the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2 before the 1.8.0 version, battling this Zombot can have the following:
  • A conveyor-belt manner which is the typical type (Level 1);
  • A Last Stand without the aid of sun-producing plants (Level 2);
  • And lastly, a Last Stand manner with the aid of sun-producing plants with the boss having additional health and stages. (Level 3)
• In the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2, previously, there was the boss music in the battle. But then, the boss music has been replaced by the Player's House music.
• In the Chinese version, when it summons zombies, its mouth looks different from the International version. This is shared with the Zombot Plank Walker, the Zombot War Wagon and the Zombot Tomorrow-tron.
• In the Chinese version before the 1.8.0 version, the Zombot Sphinx-inator will automatically disappear instead of teleporting after the player gets the prize.
• In the Chinese version before the 1.9.0 version, it was one of the only Zombots which only took up 1 row, the others being the Zombot Dark Dragon, the Zombot Sharktronic Sub, and the Zombot Vulture Fighter.
• There is a glitch where after the Zombot is defeated and when the player plants the Iceberg Lettuce on it and after the money bag is collected, it would slow the Zombot down when Dr. Zomboss is about to teleport away.
  • Also, in Modern Day - Day 32, there is another glitch where after the Zombot is defeated and when the player plants the Spikeweed underneath, it will still attack the Zombot.
  • Additionally, when the player plants a Spring Bean underneath a Zombot, it will look like it is ready to bounce, but it does not bounce the Zombot back.
• The "-inator" in the title may be a reference to Phineas and Ferb, as Heinz Doofenshmirtz builds machines that always have the suffix of "inator."
• Additionally, he can spawn Ra Zombies and Camel Zombies in Arena, which do not appear in normal fights.
  • When Dr. Zomboss spawns Camel Zombies, only one will spawn from it and the rest of them will just appear.

See also

• Dr. Zomboss
• Ancient Egypt - Day 25
• Modern Day - Day 32
• Tombstone
• Zombots