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For the Plants vs. Zombies 3 version, see Dog Walker (PvZ3).
Dog Walker is a premium uncommon zombie card in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes and a member of the
Beastly class. He costs 1
to play and has 2
/2
. He has the Hunt trait and does not have any abilities. His closest plant counterpart is Corn Dog.
Origins
He is based on the scrapped Dog Walker Zombie from Plants vs. Zombies.
His description could possibly be a reference to Garth Nix's quote "Does the walker choose the path or the path choose the walker?" in the fantasy novel Sabriel.
Statistics
- Class: Beastly
- Tribe: Pet Zombie
- Trait: Hunt
- Abilities: None
- Set - Rarity: Premium - Uncommon
Card description
Is the Zombie walking the dog, or is the dog walking the Zombie? Hard to say.
Update history
Update 1.14.13
- Set - Rarity change: Basic - Common → Premium - Uncommon
Update 1.16.10
- Ability removed.
- Trait added: Hunt (Same effect as previous ability)
Strategies
With
As a 1-cost zombie with above average stats, Dog Walker is a good starting zombie, but not for attacking your opponent. Instead, Dog Walker shines at preventing your opponent from playing cheap setup plants like Sunflower, Poison Mushroom, Pea Pod, or even Haunted Pumpking since he'll just move there and neutralize the plant, leaving your opponent either helpless or with a tempo loss. Giving him stat boosts or the
Deadly trait helps him destroy tougher plants, while giving him the
Frenzy trait lets him hurt your opponent if he can destroy the plant fronting him. However, you will have to be aware of instant-kills and Bouncing in this case.
Dog Walker's Hunt trait, however, can be easily exploited once your opponent generates enough sun to play multiple plants, especially if they have good or reliable card draw. Dog Walker cannot be expected to survive long either, since he will always be fronted by a plant unless none are played that turn.
Being a pet zombie, Dog Walker can also be used as a cheap way to activate Zookeeper's and Cat Lady's ability, making him also suitable for pet decks.
Against
Dog Walker can be hard to counter due to his Hunt trait, especially if you have plants that either need to survive like Party Thyme, or those with
Anti-Hero (especially Poison Mushroom and Poison Ivy). However, he is also very easy to destroy because of that; any plant that does 2 damage like Potato Mine is enough, as Dog Walker will move there and be destroyed.
You can throw him off or protect your plants by playing Puff-Shroom or Lil' Buddy either in a diffrent lane, or in front of your important plants, but those cards are only usable by Kabloom heros (Puff-shroom) and Solar heros (Lil' Buddy).
Later on, be careful of the order you play cards in when Dog Walker is on the field, as you may want certain plants to survive or attack your opponent directly, and others to combat Dog Walker.
Gallery
Dog Walker's grayed out card
Dog Walker activating his Hunt trait
Dog Walker with the
Frenzy trait
Dog Walker with the {{PvZH Icon|overshoot}}Overshoot trait
Devour being played on Dog Walker
Dog Walker in the trailer
Old
Dog Walker's statistics before update 1.16.10
The player having the choice between Dog Walker and Smoke Bomb as the prize for completing a level
In other languages
Please note that only official translations are used.
Language |
Name |
Description
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English
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Dog Walker
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Simplified Chinese
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遛狗僵尸
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Traditional Chinese
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遛狗殭屍
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French
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Promeneur de chien
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German
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Hundeausführer
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Italian
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Dog sitter
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Japanese
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犬好きゾンビ
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Korean
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애완견 산책가
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Brazilian Portuguese
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Passeador de Cães
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Russian
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Выгульщик собак
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Spanish
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Paseador de perros
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Trivia
- The dog Dog Walker is carrying is a dachshund.
- His hair is much similar to Newspaper Zombie's.
- Prior to an update, there was a visual error in which the dog's tongue was underneath its mouth.
- This zombie can be seen in one of the trailers of the game which uses the graphics resembling those of Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2.
- He was mentioned in Pea Patch's description.
See also