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6 years ago

Captain deadbeard Vs cactus

Me as a player of PVZ BFN, I feel that zombies are just better than plants, with the zombies and plants that are similar to each other in their primary and some/all of their abilities such as Captain deadbeard vs cactus

Captain Deadbeard V.S Cactus

Their sniping is the same, and their secondary is trash, I believe that captain deadbeard shotgun is better than cactus rapid fire cactus shot, with the  shotgun you can jump around and shoot htme one at a time, with cactus not so much, you have a rapid fire weapon, which requires you to hit most of your shots, which is not a good secondary to bunny hop with, and me as a player has gotten way more vanquishes with captain deadbeards shotgun, than cactus's rapid fire.

Ability comparison

potato mine is basically equal to power to the barrel, the barrel is mostly for defensive purposes as you cannot be damaged in the barrel, this is a useful ability for escaping and running away to cover, this ability is useful because with captain deadbeard only having 100 health points, he is an easy target. with the cactus the potato mine doesn't provide physical cover, the potato mine is easy to spot in this game and you can easily destroy it, though the potato mine is good for defending point in Turf Takeover and other modes. Atleast one person on the zombie team will spot the potato mine and destroy. I play cactus frequently, and when running away place potato mines around corners where people wont suspect them. but since every cactus player puts potato mines were people wont suspect them, potato mines are now suspected to players who are chasing a cactus, and know to look for potaato mines. So I give the vote to the barrel for mostly being a defensive ability and sometimes being used for the offense.

Parrot Pal and Garlic Drone

The parrot pal and the garlic drone are both the same thing, but they only have one thing different about them, their ability, The bulb strike will require you to aim multiple shots of a weapon that has area damage. while the eggsplosion will require you to just aim and shoot one egg which will deal massive damage, and after that a series of attacks will come down on where you shot the eggsplosion, the eggsplosion does more damage than the bulb barrage, and is better capable of killing groups of plants. So I vote the parrot  pal being the better ability.

Escape ability.

The cactus has an ability which allows it to propel itself upwards and fly in the air for a few seconds, this ability is used for escaping and getting to higher places. The cactus has an ability called anchors away, this ability is used to escape and getting to higher places for a vantage point. When you use the ability you will have an anchor that you can move, you press the fire button and the anchor will fire, the anchor will move you with it. This abilities all have the same purpose and do the same things, but they are just used a bit differently, but there still are some differences between them. When the cactus uses his escape ability to fly in the air , he will basically fly at the same height  for a few second, which will make him vulnerable to incoming attacks, and you cannot cancel the ability. The anchor will instantly move you to the place of you choice, not allowing you to be shot while moving. The anchor can also be used as an offensive move instead of defensive. If you hit an enemy with the anchor you will deal 50 damage, this allows you to hit your enemy with the anchor and then finish them off. The anchors away ability has more uses than the cactus's fly away ability and is safer. On this ability I vote the anchors away ability to be better.

Conclusion

Captain deadbeard got all 4 points. Character primary and secondary, and all 3 abilities. This redeems captain deadbeard to be better than cactus

This is going to be an entire series, I will compare all the zombies and plants to their similar counterparts. I Will make one comparison each day. I might need some help finding out what would be the similar counterpart of some of the characters. And you can write down in the reply section what comparison you want me to do next. Thanks!

4 Replies

  • Maybe the Petal Propeller is slower but you can fly higher and it's instant activation.

  • @GodlyGamerBEAST being a Captain Deadbeard main myself here i am going have to disagree with you here a bit

    First cactus close range compared to scurvy scattershot is way better. Comparing their dps(damage per second), Scurvy has 37.05 dps to Cactus close range has a dps of 52. This means that cactus most of the time without any upgrades will always be better at close range than DB at least in a 1v1. These weapons also require a good bit of a aim to be used effectively. Scurvy scattershot does have upgrades to make it better but Cactus doesnt need any upgrades to make her close range better.

    Second Petal propeller is a bit more effective than you made it out to be. Yes you are stuck in the air for a few seconds but if you press LB or RB while in the ability you can go down or up. Making cactus slightly harder to hit. anchors away has a slight arm time (DB putting his anchor into his weapon animation) and the anchor does do damage but its extremely inaccurate and the purple circle doesnt do much to help aim the anchor. Plus DB does not go very far and most of the time its better to sprint. Anchors away only good purpose is to get up high places. Petal propeller can be used to get to high places and for movement/escape. 

    So i am going have to give Cactus 1.5/4 and DB 2.5/4 

    Quick reasons why

    Cactus:

    Better movement ability than DB - 1

    Better secondary without upgrades - 0.5

    DB:

    Better drone - 1

    Better secondary with upgrades - 0.5

    Barrel blast is better than potato mine - 1

    One last thing cactus is a she.

  • @Jacob2of3 I said the cactus was a he? i feel so stupid. I had no idea that you could press rb or lb to go up and down while in the abillity, thank you for teaching me that!

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