ZCorp HelpDesk

ZCorp HelpDesk
ZCorp HelpDesk drops in and throws an exploding laptop.
Almanac statistics
Toughness	Protected
Speed	Basic
In-game statistics
In-game toughness	Hardened
In-game speed	Speedy, Flighty after throwing laptop
Health	600 600
Damage	1000 800
Eat DPS	100, 200 when enraged
Weakness	(blow him away when hanging)
First seen	Penny's Pursuit - A Cry for Helpdesk - Level 1
Code name	zcorp_helpdesk
ZCorp HelpDesk is here to help, especially if what you need help with is having too many plants on your lawn.

ZCorp HelpDesk is a ZCorp zombie in Plants vs. Zombies 2, introduced in the 8.7.1 update. He throws an exploding laptop after absorbing enough damage, dealing 1000 damage to the plant hit by it. After throwing his laptop, his eat DPS and speed are doubled.

Just like Lost Pilot Zombie, he can also appear from the "Parachute Rain!" ambush.

Almanac entry

ZCorp HelpDesk
	TOUGHNESS Protected SPEED Basic ZCorp HelpDesk drops in and throws an exploding laptop. ZCorp HelpDesk is here to help, especially if what you need help with is having too many plants on your lawn.

Overview

ZCorp HelpDesk absorbs 1200 damage per shot and his appearance changes upon absorbing 200, 400, 600 (when the laptop is thrown), and 800 (when his arm is lost) before dying at 1200 damage per shot. After throwing his laptop, his attacks and speed gain a x2 boost.

If ZCorp HelpDesk is defeated before he can throw his laptop (such as through high damage plants like Citron, armor piercing attacks like poison or being stunned), it will explode and deal 800 damage to all zombies in a 3x3 area. Other ZCorp HelpDesks adjacent to it will also explode instantly, causing a chain reaction depending on how many are on the lawn and near each other. ZCorp Helpdesks cannot throw their laptop while hanging during a Parachute Rain ambush, allowing this to happen easily.

Strategies

You might read the strategy that you use to defend your plants from Lost Pilot Zombies, but this zombie might be tougher to deal with than a regular Lost Pilot Zombie. Imagine if he was an upgraded version of Lost Pilot Zombie in Lost City, since he has similar traits to Lost Pilot Zombie, but with more health and protected with his exploding laptop.

You have to use Blover or Hurrikale to drop him down to the ground if you don't want him explode directly on your defenses, but remember that he will gain an extra speed after throwing his laptop. Planting ice-based plants like Snow Pea while using Blover on him (specifically his thrown laptop) will be the best combinations to defend this zombie. Using only Hurrikale while he speeds up and throws his laptop is just fine, but you must use her wisely if there are loads of zombies that almost close to your defenses.

Pumpkin might protect your plants from his target tough, but you must prepare him earlier before he comes first along with his minions. Combine this with Cold Snapdragon or his normal counterpart will be the best choice to damage ZCorp HelpDesk if there are two or more of them on three lanes in-front of them.

ZCorp Consultant & ZCorp HelpDesk combo

With her help, ZCorp HelpDesk will be more dangerous to defeat (but only on the ground). You must prepare your defenses much earlier before ZCorp Consultant come by. The combo between ice-based plants and Blover that we've talked about it earlier will be a great defense against these two combos. Stallia might be another choice that would slow both of these zombies down, only if they cross 3x3 area around her stalling effect.

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In other languages

Please note that only official translations are used.

Language	Name	Description
English	ZCorp HelpDesk
French	Assistant technique ZCorp
German	ZCorp Helpdesk-Zombie
Italian	Assistente ZCorp
Brazilian Portuguese	Atendente da Z-Corp
Spanish	Asistente ZCorp

Trivia

• ZCorp Helpdesk’s outfit has a similar color scheme to the Bungee Zombie. Additionally, both of these zombies ambush from the sky rather than entering the lawn from the right.
  • His structure is similar to Firewall Zombie from the older version of Plants vs. Zombies 3.
• ZCorp HelpDesk's advertisement named him as "HelpDesk Zombie".
• He appears to be standing still when the player is Choosing their Seeds in the beginning of the level, the same applied to Lost Pilot Zombie.
• ZCorp HelpDesk for some reason has his own burning animation while hanging, while Lost Pilot Zombie doesn't.
• Although his laptop is a metallic object, Magnet-shroom is unable to steal it, likely because it is an explosive and would have destroyed the Magnet-shroom.
  • If the laptop is tried to be modified to be a metallic object via modding, the laptop wasn't stolen but he will instantly throw his laptop regardless of damage within Magnet-shroom's stealing range. He will also throw his laptop when Magnet-shroom was given plant food.

See Also

• Lost Pilot Zombie
• Newspaper Zombie

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