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- For other uses, see Z-Mech (disambiguation).
The Scallywag Mech is a playable zombie Z-Mech variant in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 who was added in the Frontline Fighters DLC as an alternate form for the Scallywag Imp.
Description
TBA
- Easy: 240 HP
- Normal: 320 HP
- Hard: 400 HP
- CRAAAAZY: 480 HP
Primary weapons
Cluster Cannons
The Cluster Cannon is a rapid-fire, semi-automatic shotgun weapon that deals 35 damage to enemies. This weapon can only be used when the player is not holding down the aim button. Firing it takes up 1 ammo.
Hooligan Howitzer
The Hooligan Howitzer fire explosives that deal 40 damage to plants directly hit by it. This weapon can only be used when the player is holding down the aim button. Firing it takes up 2 ammo.
Abilities
| Left ability
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Crusty Gigabomb
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Similar to the Peashooter's Chili Bean Bomb, the Scallywag Mech shoots out a Crusty Gigabomb, which will roll around for a few seconds before exploding, dealing massive damage to plants around it.
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| Center ability
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Explosive Escape
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Don't go down in flames. Imp can launch his way to safety as the Z-Mech's core explodes, taking out any plants caught in the radius.
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| Right ability
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Peg Leg Kata
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Similar to the Impkata, the Scallywag Mech will spin around in circles for a few seconds, shooting constantly, dealing damage to all plants around it.
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Strategies
With
When the Scallywag Imp calls in his Scallywag Mech, he can be a living nightmare. His abilities and primary weapons are excellent for crowd control, and he can easily destroy plants from a long distance with the Hooligan Howitzer, and pulverize close-range threats with the Cluster Cannons, but you should never attack a big crowd of plants. Try firing the Crusty Gigabomb at the crowd to scatter them, use the Hooligan Howitzer to bombard any assailants or snipers into oblivion and mop up the rest with the Cluster Cannon. Should your vessel be surrounded, you can use the Peg Leg Kata or abandon ship with the Explosive Escape, laying waste to anyone unfortunate enough to be near you.
Against
Once Scallywag Imp deploys his mech, be extremely careful, you are effectively dealing with a supercharged version of Captain Deadbeard, meaning he can deal high damage to a given target at any range at any time. The only way to effectively deal with the Scallywag Mech is to use a team against it and even then, the mech's high damage and health can make taking it down a challenge. As always, watch out if you ever go to close as the enemy can evacuate from the Mech and wipe you out. Use ice elemental characters and the Citron's EMPeach to disrupt the Mech's normal function and disable most of its crowd control abilities and take him down, as he won't be able to use the Explosive Escape when stunned. The Future Cactus is also a very good character against this Mech, as around four fully charged shots can vanquish him.
Related achievements
Gallery
Scallywag Mech party icon
Scallywag Imp inside his Scallywag Mech
Another view of the Scallywag Mech
In other languages
Please note that only official translations are used.
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Description
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 English
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Scallywag Mech
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| Traditional Chinese
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飯桶機甲
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 French
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Méca d'eau douce
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 German
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Leichtmatrosen-Mech
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 Italian
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Mech furfante
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 Polish
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Huncwotowy Mech
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 Brazilian Portuguese
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Robô Patife
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 Spanish
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Mech canalla
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Trivia
- He is the only Z-Mech variant whose has both long-range and short-range primary weapons.
- The Scallywag Mech is more or less a massively scaled-up version of Captain Deadbeard, retaining his ability to alternate between two different firing modes by using the zoom button.
- However, unlike Captain Deadbeard, Scallywag Mech's short-range weapon takes up 1 ammo, while the long-range weapon takes up 2 ammo whereas Captain Deadbeard's weapon does the opposite.
- The Scallywag Mech's taunt resembles Captain Deadbeard's Tap Tap Hero gesture, further suggesting the mech being based on Deadbeard.
- This Z-Mech is the second Z-Mech to have 400 health, the other being the Drake Mech.
- This Z-Mech is the only Z-Mech that represents an actual vehicle or mode of transport, in this case, a pirate ship.
- Although, technically, Pylon Mech is somewhat similar to a racecar due to its using wheels instead of legs to move.
- Most Z-Mech entrances involve the Mech picking up the Imp and placing them inside(or something to that effect). Scallywag Imp, however, squeezes his way into the cockpit of his Z-Mech, unlike all the rest.
- This Z-Mech is probably based on the Zombot Plank Walker from Plants vs. Zombies 2.
- This Z-Mech is the second Z-Mech to use a magazine-based ammunition feed system and not have infinite ammo. The first is the Pylon Mech.
