Zombie file · Distant Pond — Strategic Attack

Fisherman Gargantuar

A zombie can be destroyed, but not necessarily defeated.

Durabilityabout 300 peas

Speedextremely slow

Lore

Fisherman Gargantuar is a shell-fishing giant with a huge, sturdy body. He uses a fishing rod to hook plants in front of him, then smashes them flat. After taking enough damage, he throws shells that can take about 25 peas.

The shells imprison plants and can be removed only by breaking the shell. Inside, it is dark and impressively soundproof. Luckily, there is no danger inside, so it is fairly suitable for sleeping — though in battle, it is better not to test that personally.

Mechanics

Role

Gargantuar · Plant hook · Shell imprisonment

Durability: about 300 peas; extremely slow speed.
Uses a fishing rod to pull plants in front of him and smashes front plants.
After enough damage, throws shells that imprison plants; shells have about 25 peas of durability.
Before the sunglasses fall off, he is immune to Sweetbriar Rose.
Honey Bamboo cannot be moved by the hook and works well as defense. Shells become scary in numbers and should be handled quickly.

Advanced mechanics

Fisherman Gargantuar's advanced mechanics are three systems at once: a 6000 HP giant body, a hook that exists as a disruptable flying object, and a finite shell stock that opens after damage thresholds. The real pressure comes when hooks, smashing, and shell imprisonment rewrite plant position after a threshold is crossed.

Giant HP, damage bands, and sunglasses

Fisherman Gargantuar uses an independent giant HP pool with 6000 maximum HP. Do not split it into the ordinary 270 HP zombie body plus about 90 HP critical reserve. The relevant combat reading is the giant's remaining HP until the body is destroyed.

The two main damage thresholds are 4000 HP and 2000 HP. After the first band is reached, shell throws become a regular threat. After the second band is reached, the sunglasses fall, shell timing quickens, and Sweetbriar Rose returns to ordinary line-of-sight handling.

A shell is a separate 500 HP target. Shell HP is not added to the giant body and does not behave like an ordinary armor layer; it occupies the landing cell, stores the plant inside, and must be broken before the plant returns.

H_{\max}=6000\text{ HP},\quad B_1=4000,\quad B_2=2000,\quad H_{\text{shell}}=500\text{ HP}

Read the giant body, damage thresholds, and shell HP separately; sunglasses fall in the heavy-damage band.

Hook path, magnetic disruption, and anchors

Hooking is not an instant plant teleport. Fisherman Gargantuar first searches the forward channel for a valid plant, then releases the hook from the fishing-rod point. If there is no usable target, or if he is already too close to the edge, the hook action does not resolve reliably.

While flying, the hook is its own object. Magnet-shroom pulls it within an ordinary reading radius of about 300 px, with some field states extending that to about 340 px. This pull changes the hook path and can reduce pressure, but it should not be read as full hook immunity for nearby plants.

When the hook connects, it latches onto the target and attempts to drag that target into the tile in front of the giant; once the target arrives, the smash window begins. Honey Bamboo is the anchor exception: the hook can attempt to interact with it, but movement does not succeed, making Honey Bamboo a stable front-line point in this encounter.

R_{\text{magnet}}\approx300\text{ px}\ (\text{up to }340\text{ px}),\qquad \operatorname{Anchor}(\text{Honey Bamboo})\Rightarrow\neg\operatorname{Pull}

The hook has flight, pull, latch, and return steps; Magnet-shroom disrupts its path, while Honey Bamboo rejects displacement.

Shell throws, target choice, and storage

Shell throwing opens only after the giant is damaged. Initial shell stock can be summarized by difficulty level L as L+1, clamped between 2 and 5. A completed throw spends one shell, so the pool is not infinite; nevertheless, a finite stock is enough to collapse the board if shells are ignored.

Throw timing changes by damage band. In the first damaged band, a compact reading is about 4000±300 internal ticks; in the heavy-damage band, it shortens to about 2000±300. Crossing a damage threshold can also create a more urgent throw window, so pushing him barely into damage without follow-up burst is the easiest way to be countered by a shell.

Target choice prefers a valid remembered attack source or another plant that can be stored, while avoiding cells already occupied by shells. After about 100 internal ticks of flight, the shell lands on the target cell, stores that cell's plant, and removes it from the field. You cannot plant on the shell while it remains; breaking the 500 HP shell returns the stored plant to battle.

N_0=\min(\max(L+1,2),5),\quad T_{\text{throw}}\approx\begin{cases}4000\pm300,&B_2<H\le B_1\\2000\pm300,&H\le B_2\end{cases}

The shell cycle is started by damage thresholds and constrained by stock, target cell, flight time, and the 500 HP shell body.

Threshold tempo and handling priorities

Fisherman Gargantuar's threat changes sharply around 4000 HP and 2000 HP. If damage only nudges him into a new band without continuing pressure or shell cleanup, the formation must handle hook pulls, front smashes, and cell imprisonment at the same time.

A steadier plan fixes key cells first, then chooses when to cross thresholds. Cherry Bomb and similar burst are valuable just after damage begins because they can shorten or deny throw opportunities; Magnet-shroom disrupts the hook route, and Honey Bamboo supplies an unmovable front anchor.

The Sweetbriar Rose window after sunglasses fall solves only the giant body's line-of-sight check. It does not automatically remove shells that have already landed. Once shells accumulate, breaking shells often outranks greedily continuing body damage.

Durability line: read the body as 6000 HP; 4000/2000 HP are mechanic thresholds, not an ordinary critical window.
Hook line: Magnet-shroom can bend the hook but cannot guarantee global immunity; Honey Bamboo is the stable anchor.
Shell line: each shell is a separate 500 HP target that occupies a cell and stores the plant inside; accumulated shells deserve priority.
Burst line: after entering a damage band, continue output quickly so the first shell throw does not get a full window.

Stabilize position before crossing thresholds; after shells land, break them instead of watching only the body HP.

Interactions & counters

Honey BambooCannot be pulled by the hook, making it a reliable blocker.
Magnet-shroomCan attract the hook to some extent and alter its target.
Sweetbriar RoseSunglasses protect it from hypnotism until they fall.