Mycologist Zombie

Mycologist Zombie is the sixth new zombie encountered in Shroom Moors in Plants vs. Zombies: Lost World, first appearing on Level 12A. Mycologist Zombie will reach into his satchel and take out and throw a syringe every 10 seconds at plants in its lane. If the syringe hits a mushroom, it instantly dies, else, it will only deal as much damage as a bite from a zombie.

Almanac entry
Mycologist Zombie

Toughness: Solid

Speed: Stiff

Specialises in fungi, and has created a poison which can instantly destroy mushrooms by throwing syringes of it at them.

Special: Throws syringes at regular intervals which can instantly kill mushrooms or damage other types of plants.

Had a very bitter school life. If you ask him why that's the case, he'll tell you that he's always greeted by his classmates every morning with: "That zombie's a nerd! A NEEERRRD!"

Encounters
Shroom Moors: Levels 12A, 14A, 15A, 2B, 4B, 3D and 4D.

Strategies
This zombie can be potentially detrimental to your defences, especially in night levels, because that’s when you tend to use mushrooms the most. You can easily protect your mushrooms by just placing Wall-nuts in front of them, so they can block off multiple syringes from Mycologist Zombie, without risking them hitting your mushrooms. You can also devise defences which use minimal mushrooms, or arrange your defense in such way that all the mushrooms are nearest to the tent, whereas the non-mushroom plants stand furthest from the tent, and prevent the syringes from reaching the plants. If your defences heavily rely on mushrooms, and is on the verge of breaking down, resort to instant-kills to defeat the Mycologist Zombie as fast as possible. Attempting to use heavy offense in this situation is sometimes discouraged, as Mycologist Zombie is slower than most zombies, and so can use this speed to his advantage to stay at the back of the horde, protecting himself from your offenses as other zombies absorb the damage instead of him, but, however, if there aren’t a lot of zombies which may be protecting Mycologist Zombie, then heavy offense may be plausible, as he has relatively low health, and can easily be defeated.

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