In Arena, defeating the Plank Walker will award 10000 points, increasing by 10000 points each time the Plank Walker is defeated. Higher leagues will increase a multiplier for points scored, with a maximum of 5x in Jade league.
Special: cannon can rain down imps past your defenses
"Hoist the mizzemast, batten down the hatches! 15 zombies on a dead man's boat, yo ho ho and a bucket of brains!" Dr. Zomboss had to admit he was really getting into this whole pirate thing. Though he never thought he'd be on a boat on a boat.
Overview
The Zombot Plank Walker approximately absorbs 26500 damage, and its appearance changes upon absorbing 5500 and 15500 damage, before being defeated at 26500 damage.
Phases
The Zombot Plank Walker randomly performs one of the following actions:
The "eye" will open and reveal a cannon. It will then fire six Imp Pirate Zombies into the third or fourth column resembling the Imp Cannon's explosion. Using Plant Food from any plant except for Kernel-pult, Chili Bean and Tall-nut can prevent it. Spikeweed's Plant Food effect can also stop it.
It will tap the ground, step back, and charge, destroying any plants and zombies in two rows, stopping near the lawn mowers and jumping back. As with the Zombot Sphinx-inator's similar attack, using Plant Food can prevent it. It will also stop and be stunned if it collides with a Cherry Bomb.
Although most Plant Food effects will work, Spikeweed's isn't recommended. The period where it stuns the Zombot is much lower than other effects, though it can stun him outside of his charge attack, which may be of use.
Please note that only official translations are used.
Language
Name
Description
English
Zombot Plank Walker
Simplified Chinese
海盗僵尸博士
Lit. "Pirate Dr. Zombie"
French
Bateau pirate zombot
German
Zombot-Plankenläufer
Italian
Galeone pirata Zombot
Brazilian Portuguese
Prancha da Perdição Zumbô
Spanish
Corsario Zombot
Trivia
Dr. Zomboss has an eye-patch on his left eye just like a pirate. It is the same eye missing from his face for his hologram when the player defeats him.
Zombot Plank Walker looks like a ship with cannons attached to it and anchors as its legs.
In addition, if the player feeds a Spikeweed with Plant Food, the defeated Zombot will not get pulled to Spikeweed but still receive the damage.
The almanac entry references the book "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson, specifically the part that says "15 zombies on a dead man's boat, yo ho ho and a bucket of brains." This references the commonly repeated line in the book "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest, yo ho ho and a bottle of rum."
Its name, Zombot Plank Walker, references to the pirate term, "Walk the plank."
In the Chinese version of Plants vs. Zombies 2, it along with the Zombot War Wagon and the Zombot Tomorrow-tron were not added until the 1.8.0 update.
When summoning an Imp Cannon in the Chinese version, the Cannon will immediately move back until it reaches the rightmost area of the lawn.