Knight Zombie

For a similar looking zombie in Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, see Knight of the Living Dead.

Knight Zombie
His king appointed helm proves amazing protection from damage.
Almanac statistics
Toughness	Machined
Speed	Basic
In-game statistics
Health	1790
Weakness	(removes helm) (ignores helm) (extra damage to helm)
First seen	Dark Ages - Night 7
Code name	dark_armor3
Other code names	zombie_towerdefend_knight (Fright Theater)
Knight Zombie was just as surprised as anyone when Zombie King promoted him. He'd never say this out loud, but he's not sure he deserves the position. He's not sure he has what it takes to wear the armor. But like they say, "Fake it 'til you make it."

Knight Zombie is a zombie that appears in Dark Ages. Though otherwise identical to a normal zombie, the Knight Zombie's helm makes him extremely durable.

He can also be encountered in Fairytale Forest as Walking Guard Zombie (步行的护卫僵尸; pinyin: Bùxíng De Hùwèi Jiāngshī) who can be dropped by a Guard Cavalry Zombie. He could manually appear by himself in Wonderland Rabbit Hole in the v3.5.1 update, however he was very quickly removed from the said endless zone's zombie pool afterwards in the v3.5.2 update. However, he still made an exclusive debut in the second season of Ztalemate Escape.

Appearance

The Knight Zombie wears a metal knight helm with a small red feather on his head. He also wears metal shoulder pads, unlike a standard Peasant Zombie. Rather than wearing a full knight gear, he wears a standard peasant outfit, giving him an odd, unnatural, half-knight, half-peasant appearance.

In stark contrast, Walking Guard Zombie wears much more armor, with a complete chestplate, plating on his arms and a metal boot on his left leg. He also wears a burgundy shirt as opposed to Knight Zombie's brown one.

Almanac entry

Knight Zombie
	TOUGHNESS Machined SPEED Basic His king appointed helm provides amazing protection from damage. Knight Zombie was just as surprised as anyone when Zombie King promoted him. He'd never say this out loud, but he's not sure he deserves the position. He's not sure he has what it takes to wear the armor. But like they say, "Fake it 'til you make it."

Overview

The Knight Zombie absorbs 1790 damage, withstanding 90 pea shots, and his appearance changes upon absorbing 535, 1065, 1600 (when the helmet is destroyed), and 1695 damage, before dying at 1790 damage.

Encounters

• Player's House: Piñata Party
• Dark Ages: Nights 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and Arthur's Challenge.
• Modern Day: Days 33, 37 and Highway to the Danger Room (through portals only).
• Arena: Power Lily's Garden Party Tournament.

Strategies

General

This zombie can be a big problem if you are not prepared, as the damage it absorbs is almost equivalent to an instant kill, giving it half of a gargantuar's effective health. Your best choice to get rid of him quick would be instant kills. Try to break all the graves near the plants, as these zombies can be summoned during Necromancy. Fume-shroom's Plant Food ability will also help, as it greatly reduces Knight Zombie's health and will push him back. Using Fume-shroom's Plant Food ability in conjunction with Sun Bean is quite effective for sun farming. If there are other zombies behind it with high health, such as Buckethead Peasant, it may be useful to use a Hypno-shroom on it. Use Sun Bean's Plant Food on it if you are low on sun. Any strong offensive plant, such as Coconut Cannon or Citron will take it down quite easily. Using Magnet-shrooms can help a lot as they remove their helm, which will reduce his toughness drastically. When there are a lot of Knight Zombies, use Plant Food on a Magnet-shroom for removing each helm or a Shadow-shroom for dealing direct damage to all Knights on-screen, while ignoring their helms completely. Do not use it if you see Zombie Kings, as they will grant the helms back.

Aside from high DPS plants, Magnet-shrooms and instant kills, there are also some alternative solutions to them. Examples include those with special effects when eaten like Chili Bean, Sun Bean, Hypno-Shroom, crowd controllers like Winter Melon, Hurrikale, Shrinking Violet or Stunion, as well as armor-piercing attackers like Shadow-shroom, Puffball, Chomper, Grimrose, Shadow Peashooter and Explode-o-Vine.

Arthur's Challenge

In Arthur's Challenge, Knight Zombies, along with Zombie Kings, Jester Zombies, Dark Ages Gargantuars, and Wizard Zombies, are very dangerous in large numbers. These zombies are either too durable or have annoying abilities. You should have Cherry Bombs, Fume-shrooms, Iceberg Lettuces, and their Imitater versions for your disposal. Other strong, ranged area attacker plants are also a necessity.

Balance changes

Update 6.3.1

• ▼ Health decreased from 270 DPS to 190 DPS

Gallery

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	Knight Zombie
Simplified Chinese	骑士僵尸
French	Zombie chevalier
German	Zombieritter
Italian	Zombi cavaliere
Brazilian Portuguese	Zumbi Cavaleiro
Spanish	Zombi caballero

Trivia

• His Almanac entry makes a reference to Zombie King, despite Zombie King being released after Knight Zombie. This could have been a sort of teaser or hint that the Zombie King was going to appear in Dark Ages Part 2.
• After his helmet gets knocked off, his shoulder armor inexplicably disappears.
  • The shoulder armor is counted as part of the helmet, so it disappears with the helmet when he becomes a Peasant Zombie.
  • This is not the case if Magnet-shroom steals his helmet.
• Since the 5.9.1 update, for some reason, the knight helmets no longer glow white when the Zombie King grants a helm to any Peasant Zombie.
• His, alongside Blockhead, Fossilhead and Centurion's Internal names all end with the suffix _armor3.

See also

• Knight helm
• Zombie King
• Magnet-shroom
• Cavalry Zombie
• Admiral Helmet Zombie
• Blockhead Zombie
• Jurassic Fossilhead
• Centurion Zombie

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