Drakemake

Drakemakes are minion-deploying offensive plants that create small zombie-like projectiles to bite away at zombies.

Overview
Drakemake deploys a new mini-drake every 4 seconds. These copies move at the rate of a Hungry zombie and have 10 health points. They act as a hypnotized zombie, and they attack in a very similar manner.

The mini-drakes become stronger with every new flag. The second wave a zombies brings mini-drakes with 27 ndb of health, and they move slightly quicker. Third-wave mini-drakes have 40 ndb of health, but move slightly faster, and fourth-wave minions have 60 health points, but move even slower.

If a zombie is 1 tile in front of Drakemake, then it will release a piercing screech that halves the zombie's health, while also pushing back every zombie on the row back 1.5 tiles. Drakemake can only do this every 20 seconds, however.

Drakemake's minions are affected by potions, Piano Zombie, and a T. Rex's speed increase, as well as Di-Vine's speed increase.

Drakemake is unaffected by Boombox Zombie's music.

Drakemake is based off of the mythological plant of the mandrake or mandragora -- a humanoid-shaped root plant, and its name is a portmanteau of "mandrake" and "make."

Plant Food Ability
When Plant Food is used on Drakemake, then it will release a large, Gargantuar-sized minion. This spawn has the same properties of a full-health hypnotized Gargantuar.

Strategies
Drakemake is a powerful if slow plant. As the stage goes on, Drakemake's projectiles get stronger but slower. Because of this, putting Drakemake near the front of the lawn, especially behind a defensive plant, is a good idea.

Although costly, two or more Drakemakes in the same row can help fend off hordes of zombies that would otherwise tear through a single Drakemake's minions.

Drakemake vs. Other Hypnotizing Plants
As opposed to other hypnotized zombies, Drakemake releases minions that have a constant health. Early on, Drakemake's minions are weaker than most of the zombies that Caulipower, Ghostrawberry, or Hypno-shroom will control

Trivia

 * Drakemake's almanac entry and secondary ability are a reference to a mandrake's devastating scream upon being uprooted, which usually causes death.