After 2 really dire weeks where playing Battlez matches was like having teeth pulled, we now have an arena that's fun.The only downsides are having the Holy Barrier as the Plant Of The Week (Yet again something that's next to useless) and those pesky dinos.As far as I'm concerned, any plants that require the player to constantly monitor and then manually activate them each time are totally unsuited to the Battlez environment. All they do is act as an unnecessary distraction. As such (Again) I am not making use of this week's featured plant and using just 5 plants in my strategy.My load out is Lvl 6 Holly Barrier (Waste of a slot), Lvl 7 Moonflower, Lvl 7 Dusklobber, Lvl 6 Chard Guard (Imitated) and Lvl 7 Blover. Once you develop a decent strategy against the kicking habit of the dinos they can be virtually nullified.My best score thus far is something over 3.8 million. (Image to follow.)How are you guys doing?

@D0CT0R_Z0MB0SSYour assumption is correct.Having said that, my personal experience of the 'knock back' effect of the Primal Peashooter in Battlez is not that good.Mine is at level 9, but it only seems to knock back a zombie with perhaps one shot out of 5 or 6 while playing in Battlez. Even then the amount of knock back varies, with the Zombies often moving back less than a column. When that happens the Blover often fails to shoot the zombie right off screen. (This is even when spamming with the Blover imitated, so the wind effect is virtually constant.)When using it in the Adventure mode it seems to knock back once in three times and almost always hits the Zombies back around 2 columns.Perhaps when I eventually get it up another level it might become more effective for me in Battlez.

@D0CT0R_Z0MB0SSI'm puzzled by my experience. I've seen vids on Youtube where players with Primal Peashooters at a lower level than mine are regularly getting more frequent knock backs, yet it doesn't seem to work that way for me.

@MAGICDAVESHROOMJust to let you know that I have revised my opinion of the Holly Barrier a little and I no longer regard it as a total waste of a slot.I have now started using it in Battlez, but not as a front-line barrier plant. Instead, I plant 2 or 3 near the center of the arena and make use of their berry/leaf firing and knock back capability as an emergency backup for my front-line Chard Guards for if one loses all its leaves and I don't yet have another one available as a replacement. I just target the square that has the Chard Guard stump and then dig up the stump in readiness for the berry/leaf to land on the vacated square. Once I have another Chard Guard ready I dig up the leaf and replace it with the new Chard Guard.The fact that the knock back effect works on a 3 x 3 area also helps by clearing the Zombies from adjacent lanes and giving temporary respite to the beleaguered Chard Guards either side and helping them to last a little longer. As my strategy this week is based around knocking back and blowing away the Zombies from column 9, or 8 if my column 9 Chard Guards get temporarily overrun, I would not place the Holly Barrier right at the front of my defences. I do, however, find it useful as long range artillery that can be targeted to a specific square as and when required.

Your right the holly barrier does suck but I'm certain that the reinforce-mint can help with that (as seen in the premium plant quest)

AT LAST!!! A Battlez game arena that's not like having teeth pulled!

19 Replies

eieio_31310
Hero
8 years ago
3.8 Mil? That is a very impressive score.
I have not time to really trying it out yet but I can see Dusk Lobber at mid level or above will be good for this week's Battlez.
BBnot8
8 years ago
Better than the previous weeks, too bad I'm throwing this week tournament 😞
If you have time to use them, HB could be useful to block zombies on the last columns, you should give it a try 🙂
Humplemann
8 years ago
Here is the promised image:-
Anonymous
8 years ago
I've noticed a lot of people bringing the primal pea-shooter in my results this week.
I am going to go out on a limb here, and assume that when a unit is KNOCKED BACK, does that count as being temporarily suspended in the air, and thus at the mercy of blover?
Humplemann
8 years ago
@D0CT0R_Z0MB0SS
Your assumption is correct.
Having said that, my personal experience of the 'knock back' effect of the Primal Peashooter in Battlez is not that good.
Mine is at level 9, but it only seems to knock back a zombie with perhaps one shot out of 5 or 6 while playing in Battlez. Even then the amount of knock back varies, with the Zombies often moving back less than a column. When that happens the Blover often fails to shoot the zombie right off screen. (This is even when spamming with the Blover imitated, so the wind effect is virtually constant.)
When using it in the Adventure mode it seems to knock back once in three times and almost always hits the Zombies back around 2 columns.
Perhaps when I eventually get it up another level it might become more effective for me in Battlez.
Anonymous
8 years ago
Interesting. If this is true, then it means EA is specifically added in hidden modifiers to penalize certain plants.
If they are anything like WarGaming does, then they only add these hidden penalty modifiers to players with high win/skill results, and artificially inflate bonuses for weaker players. LOL
Would be nice if EA actually told people the truth on what was happening here instead of being sneaky about it.
Humplemann
8 years ago
@D0CT0R_Z0MB0SS
I'm puzzled by my experience. I've seen vids on Youtube where players with Primal Peashooters at a lower level than mine are regularly getting more frequent knock backs, yet it doesn't seem to work that way for me.
MAGICDAVESHROOM
Legend
8 years ago
I think humplemann is right because when my profile was erased and i had to start from scratch i immediately started on getting the good plants of which primal peashooter and primal mine were 2.
I noticed a significant improvement in knockbacks over my previous level 4 plant both in force and frequency.
I think the EAlves have been up their little tricks again.
VICTORY TO MEEEEE!!!!!!🇬🇧
MAGICDAVESHROOM
Legend
8 years ago
I also think humplemann is wrong about holly barrier.
I'm not a massive scorer and I've only broke 1,000,000 4 times but i win more often than i lose (currently no.1 in iron league with 45 wins and 10 losses) and most of my plants are L3-4.
Last weeks strategy got me to my best ever streak to 44 before inexplicably resetting itself.
Anonymous
8 years ago
-- those pesky dinos.
Funny thing, is EA blocks you from bringing in the Perfume to this weeks tourny. I almost never use this plant, and being as it's free, even EA knows it's not OP. If they thought it was, it would be a $ plant. LOL
So why block it from being added? Not that I really think it would be useful, just seems even when I TRY to find an excuse to play some of the junker plants in the rotting pile, I even get locked out from doing so. Grrrrrr!